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Title: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Disgusted on December 13, 2016, 06:45:09 PM
Seemed like a pretty decent guy.

http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/13/alan-thicke-dead/
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: SF1900 on December 13, 2016, 06:51:21 PM
PIP.

Growing Pains rocked!
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Rambone on December 13, 2016, 06:53:57 PM
Don't waste another minute on your crying
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: oldtimer1 on December 13, 2016, 06:58:10 PM
He was a really good guitar player too.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Irongrip400 on December 13, 2016, 07:15:26 PM
Crazy. He wasn't that old, 60's right?
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: rooseveltdunn on December 13, 2016, 07:15:41 PM
Sucks, I liked that show RIP
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Chadwick The Beta on December 13, 2016, 07:17:49 PM
I hope he was saved.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Rudee on December 13, 2016, 07:20:35 PM
He had Bob Paris as a guest on his talk show

Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: BB on December 13, 2016, 07:27:12 PM
Crazy. He wasn't that old, 60's right?

69.

The guy had a crazy career, a bit under the radar in some respects. He co-wrote the theme songs to Different Strokes, Charles in Charge, The Facts of Life, Wheel of Fortune, and a ton of other things.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Rudee on December 13, 2016, 07:38:39 PM
There's always a celebrity death each December.   Was wondering who it would be this year.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: calfzilla on December 13, 2016, 07:52:03 PM
PIP.

Growing Pains rocked!

X2. First Boner now Jason.  :'(
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Gregzs on December 13, 2016, 07:52:16 PM
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/15493577_10155462721550329_2890078046104175425_o.jpg?oh=6547da2bde323cd691befb04731484db&oe=58F003DA)
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: njflex on December 13, 2016, 08:00:22 PM
alan thicke head of hair rip...
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Rudee on December 13, 2016, 08:16:45 PM
He also sang the Different Strokes theme song.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Dave D on December 13, 2016, 08:51:43 PM
This is sad.

He had been a weekly guest on the Dan LaBatard show and he was pretty funny. Entertaining guy.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: BB on December 13, 2016, 09:13:23 PM
Here's a pretty good interview with him -

http://podbay.fm/show/883308059/e/1413758820?autostart=1 .

Starts about 5 minutes in, and goes till the 37:00 or so.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Danimal77 on December 13, 2016, 09:38:22 PM
Seemed like a pretty decent guy.

http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/13/alan-thicke-dead/

RIP. Watched every single episode of Growing Pains in its original run. Sad that he died. He's a year younger than my parents.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: galain on December 13, 2016, 10:13:34 PM
Died playing hockey with his son. Not a bad way to leave.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Matt on December 13, 2016, 10:14:26 PM
Sad that a guy who looks that young at close to 70, and was still active, can pass at that age.  Not that 69 is young, but it is by no means what I would call old.  Fast forward 20 years and it wouldn't surprise me.  Sad stuff.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Nether Animal on December 13, 2016, 10:29:55 PM
Man this year was horrible for celeb deaths. Looks like it ain't done with us yet, either.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Primemuscle on December 13, 2016, 10:38:23 PM
Man this year was horrible for celeb deaths. Looks like it ain't done with us yet, either.

I know. Walter Slobcock keeps wishing me dead. This could be the year he gets his wish....or not. But then, I am only a very minor celebrity.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: calfzilla on December 13, 2016, 10:41:47 PM

I know. Walter Slobcock keeps wishing me dead. This could be the year he gets his wish....or not. But then, I am only a very minor celebrity.


Perhaps the getbig Christmas card was a foreshadowing event.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Rusty Trombone on December 13, 2016, 11:04:12 PM
Is he all right?
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: King Shizzo on December 13, 2016, 11:08:27 PM

I know. Walter Slobcock keeps wishing me dead. This could be the year he gets his wish....or not. But then, I am only a very minor celebrity.
Primemausoleum.  :-*
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Master Blaster on December 13, 2016, 11:13:10 PM
69 is way too early...
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Matt on December 13, 2016, 11:15:45 PM
69 is way too early...

I'm happy you feel that way.  To die at 69 is to say I have lived half of my life already.

I do think that every 20 years that passes, we will be that much closer to curing/reversing aging.  If not completely, at least to some extent.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: King Shizzo on December 13, 2016, 11:19:34 PM
69 is way too early...
Depends on who finishes first.  ;)
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: King Shizzo on December 13, 2016, 11:31:29 PM
Thicke....wider than Heath.  :'(
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Marty Champions on December 14, 2016, 12:35:24 AM
how often does he exercise
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Svengoolie on December 14, 2016, 02:11:13 AM
Decent guy, yes but raised a douche bag of a son with one of the most punchable faces of all time

(http://images2.mtv.com/uri/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:741193?width=657&height=370&crop=true&quality=0.85)


Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Chadwick The Beta on December 14, 2016, 03:00:24 AM
Decent guy, yes but raised a douche bag of a son with one of the most punchable faces of all time

(http://images2.mtv.com/uri/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:741193?width=657&height=370&crop=true&quality=0.85)




You could have gone either way with this one.

(http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/16723ae4-8db6-4969-8554-ee22d9fb739c/4eeb20ce-2b12-411a-831b-e553951e1461.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: sync pulse on December 14, 2016, 03:24:47 AM
how often does he exercise

Not much from now on....
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Mr Anabolic on December 14, 2016, 04:23:52 AM
IRS shill...

Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Ronnie Rep on December 14, 2016, 07:00:51 AM
RIP. Great way to go, doing what he loved with his son.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: The_Punisher on December 14, 2016, 09:43:52 AM
that sucks....Heart attack sometime skip the warning and take you straight to hell
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Powerlift66 on December 14, 2016, 11:41:57 AM
Loved him on Family Guy...

Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Primemuscle on December 14, 2016, 12:22:11 PM
that sucks....Heart attack sometime skip the warning and take you straight to hell

That's a scary thought, but you are right.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on December 14, 2016, 12:24:17 PM
Wasn't he the one that helped Leonardo Dicaprio get into acting?
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Jizmonkey on December 14, 2016, 01:19:54 PM
RIP

Seemed like he was younger for some reason. Terrible way to go in front of his son.

Always liked him until I saw him on wife swap. He was an arrogant prick on that show.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Parker on December 14, 2016, 01:49:32 PM
Decent guy, yes but raised a douche bag of a son with one of the most punchable faces of all time

(http://images2.mtv.com/uri/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:741193?width=657&height=370&crop=true&quality=0.85)



Robin didn't want to be his dad, yet ended up like his dad. Robin told of a story that he would come home and different women/beauty queens would be in the hot tub.
That is why he married his high school sweetheart, Paula Patton.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: njflex on December 14, 2016, 02:07:13 PM
Wasn't he the one that helped Leonardo Dicaprio get into acting?
HE WAS FEATURED LAST SEASON OF THAT SHOW AN ORPHAN I THINK..CRAZY.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: sync pulse on December 21, 2016, 10:52:38 PM
His aorta dissected, just like John Ritter...
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Matt on December 22, 2016, 12:19:12 AM
His aorta dissected, just like John Ritter...

Does this come with warning signs of any sort?
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: AbrahamG on December 22, 2016, 12:31:36 AM
He slayed tons of hot, hollywood gash in his younger years.  RIP.  PIP. 
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: sync pulse on December 22, 2016, 12:55:29 AM
Does this come with warning signs of any sort?

Until it starts to actually tear, there are no outward signs. I think it can be diagnosed as it is developing in scans and things of the like, but they have to notice it first.  When it actually starts to happen, it has the same symptoms as a major infarction (heart attack).

Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: oldtimer1 on December 22, 2016, 05:51:00 PM
One of the causes of aortic dissection is a spike in blood pressure from lifting heavy weights in those predisposed. Imagine having high blood pressure then compound it by spiking it further by lifting heavy weights?
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Chadwick The Beta on December 22, 2016, 06:26:58 PM
One of the causes of aortic dissection is a spike in blood pressure from lifting heavy weights in those predisposed. Imagine having high blood pressure then compound it by spiking it further by lifting heavy weights?

Everybody want to be a powerlifter but don't nobody want any aortic dissections.
Title: Re: RIP Alan Thicke
Post by: Matt on December 22, 2016, 08:38:28 PM
Until it starts to actually tear, there are no outward signs. I think it can be diagnosed as it is developing in scans and things of the like, but they have to notice it first.  When it actually starts to happen, it has the same symptoms as a major infarction (heart attack).



Thank you for posting this, sync pulse.

One of the causes of aortic dissection is a spike in blood pressure from lifting heavy weights in those predisposed. Imagine having high blood pressure then compound it by spiking it further by lifting heavy weights?

Bah.  Sad but true.  I try not to push it with the weights even though I compete in the local strongman circuit.  I realize that, at some point, heavy lifting is not good for the heart.  Not to sound wimpish, but with kids now, priorities have shifted.