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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: denarii on January 01, 2021, 04:01:29 AM
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Ill go with:
Prince Philip
Jimmy Carter
Bob Dole
Alan Greenspan
Henry Kissinger
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Ian Harrison.
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Joe Biden
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Donald Trump
Nancy Pelosi
William Buffett "Bitcoin has no unique value at all"
Rush Limbaugh
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Kim Jong Un - hopefully.
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Gislane Maxwell
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Gib. Great guy but I think the Rothschilds and their ilk will be sweating about how much wealth and influence he's gaining.
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Marcus Ruhl
I'm going to finally take it this year!!
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Donald Trump
Nancy Pelosi
William Buffett "Bitcoin has no unique value at all"
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh probably in the next couple weeks. Probably did his last broadcast last week.
Trump, Nancy and Buffett (Warren) will not die in 2021.
Are you THE Wayne Allyn Root?
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Rush Limbaugh probably in the next couple weeks. Probably did his last broadcast last week.
Trump, Nancy and Buffett (Warren) will not die in 2021.
Are you THE Wayne Allyn Root?
him and Ronnie are indestructible.
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Gislane Maxwell
Interesting choice. Why do you think she'll not make it through 2021? Will it be suicide, homicide or Covid?
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Ian Harrison.
Brutal.
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Mickey Rourke
Vince McMahon
Al Pacino
Ian Mckellen
Jack Nicholson
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Rush Limbaugh
Fat Nick (Rapper)
Hi pitch Erik
Olivia Newton John
Lionel Richie
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Ill go with:
Henry Kissinger
Thought he died 15 years ago
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Interesting choice. Why do you think she'll not make it through 2021? Will it be suicide, homicide or Covid?
She'll shoot herself in the back of the head ten times, and the death certificate will say COVID.
PS - I'll get my prediction list up tomorrow.
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1,000,000 dead Israelis via surprise nuke attack
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1,000,000 dead Israelis via surprise nuke attack
From where?
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From where?
It would be a surprise if it's from somewhere other than Iran.
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1,000,000 dead Israelis via surprise nuke attack
TPTB need to start WWIII so I wouldn't be surprised
They already tried to use US missiles to fake an attack by N Korea in 2018 (with real missiles) aimed at Hawaii (emergency warning) then Japan the next day (emergency warning) when someone inside told them to stand down at the last minute.
This really pissed off TPTB as they really want to start WWIII and the US tried when they almost launched nukes at hawaii/japan
Only 2 more banks to go for Rothschilds... N Korea and Iran so I suspect its any time now they'll try again
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Shannen Doherty.
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Joe Biden
Markus Ruhl
Johnny Depp
Miley Cyrus
Val Kilmer
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Larry King
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Keith Richards is following this with amusement
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She'll shoot herself in the back of the head ten times, and the death certificate will say COVID.
PS - I'll get my prediction list up tomorrow.
LOL....well it's not polite to laugh about someone possibly dying.... but this is pretty funny.
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Thought he died 15 years ago
He probably did. But reasons not known, his family is pretending he's still alive. ;)
Truthfully, the guy is 98 years old.
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Obviously Rush Limbaugh, Larry King... etc...
My choices..
Clint Eastwood
One member from the Rolling Stones
Mark Henry
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Donald J Trump.
He’ll probably have a heart attack once Biden starts reversing the exec changes he made and then Kamala becoming president by the end of 2021.
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Rush Limbaugh probably in the next couple weeks. Probably did his last broadcast last week.
Trump, Nancy and Buffett (Warren) will not die in 2021.
Are you THE Wayne Allyn Root?
NO. Just a long-time fan of his since 1990.
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Jan 1. For a car accident tonight Nicolas Ventura leaves us, only 33 years old. My condolences to the closest family and friends.
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'Sad news to begin a new year': Virginia state Sen. Ben Chafin Jr., 60, dies from coronavirus complications
State Sen. Ben Chafin Jr. died Friday after contracting the coronavirus, his office announced in a statement.
"State senator Augustus Denton (Ben) Chafin Jr., a native son of Russell County located in Southwest Virginia, passed away on January 1, 2021 from COVID-19 complications," the news release said.
Chafin, 60, was treated in Richmond at the VCU Medical Center for two weeks before his death.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the state flag to be immediately lowered over the Capitol in Richmond.
"With the passing of Senator Ben Chafin, Southwest Virginia has lost a strong advocate – and we have all lost a good man," Northam said in a statement. "This is is sad news to begin a new year with the loss of a kind and gracious man. May we all recommit to taking extra steps to care for one another."
Chafin was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2013 before being elected to the state Senate the following year.
"He served to ensure that his region and community, and the people he loved, would never be forgotten," his fellow state Senate Republicans said in a statement.
Days before Chafin’s death, Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, R-La., also died after contracting the virus. LSU Health Shreveport Chancellor G.E. Ghali said Letlow, 41, died from a heart attack following a procedure related to the infection.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/02/virginia-state-sen-ben-chafin-dies-coronavirus/4113879001/?fbclid=IwAR2dL7Ze_esEUr2ifI2laZHyvUUDyVPwACsK4BQL7KftRFo_MFA0z-omUns
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Mickey Rourke
Vince McMahon
Al Pacino
Ian Mckellen
Jack Nicholson
WELCOME TO THE THUNDERDOME............. ........................ ........................ ....FUCKFACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111
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NO. Just a long-time fan of his since 1990.
He used to drive past my place everyday when I lived in Vegas. The license plate on his Hummer was ROOT#1. :D
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Gerry and the Pacemakers Lead Singer Gerry Marsden Dead at 78
Gerry Marsden, the lead singer and namesake of the '60s British rock group Gerry and the Pacemakers has died.
The singer died from a heart infection
The group was part of the '60's "British Invasion" ... a steady stream of British rock bands led by the Beatles to overtake music in America and around the world.
The band scored big with their hit, "Ferry Cross the Mersey," which made them instant stars in America.
There were other hits as well. Their song, "You'll Never Walk Alone" was an anthem for Liverpool football fans for many decades.
And, there were fun songs, like "How You Do It?" which also became a big hit.
Gerry toured for 60 years ... never really stopping.
Gerry's friend, radio host Pete Price, broke the news of Gerry's death ... "It’s with a very heavy heart after speaking to the family that I have to tell you the Legendary Gerry Marsden MBE after a short illness which was an infection in his heart has sadly passed away. Sending all the love in the world to Pauline and his family. You’ll Never Walk Alone."
Gerry had heart issues for years, undergoing a triple bypass in 2003. He had another heart surgery in 2016 and, yes, they put in a pacemaker.
Gerry is survived by his wife, Pauline Marsden, whom he was married to for 55 years, and two daughters, Yvette and Victoria.
Gerry was 78.
RIP
https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/03/gerry-marsden-dead-dies-78-pacemakers-british-band/?fbclid=IwAR0lu9yvmpsiN_NsbuqccWKwTqdE3NJSP05kFh-7UzIP0JaRFKkWxpb7J4w
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Pj Braun
Ronnie Coleman
George Foreman
Bill Clinton
Ozzy Osbourne
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Larry King
Did you have an inside source on this? Someone his age that has already been in the hospital for a week with Covid and is already battling lung cancer has a slim chance of survival.
Larry King reveals battle with lung cancer
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/larry-king-reveals-battle-with-lung-cancer/vi-BB1cr7iC
Larry King reportedly hospitalized with Covid-19
LOS ANGELES — Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday.
Citing an unidentified person close to the family, CNN said the 87-year-old King is undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Hospital protocols have kept King’s family members from visiting him.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/larry-king-reportedly-hospitalized-with-covid-19/ar-BB1cqGyQ
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Former coach, NBA Hall-of-Famer Paul Westphal dies at 70
Paul Westphal, a five-time All-Star during his 12-year playing career with the Celtics, Suns, Sonics and Knicks, passed away Saturday at age 70. Westphal, who also coached in the NBA for several seasons, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, last summer.
Drafted 10th overall following a decorated career at USC, the 6'4" guard won his lone title in 1974, though he reached the Finals on two other occasions, once more as a player (1976) and again as a coach in 1993. Westphal's coach on the 1974 Celtics, Tommy Heinsohn, also died recently.
After retiring as a player in 1984, Westphal immediately transitioned into coaching, climbing the latter to become the Suns' head coach in 1992, a role he held for three seasons. The Redondo Beach native went on to coach another of his former teams, the Sonics, followed by stints with Sacramento, Dallas and Brooklyn, serving as an assistant for the latter two. Westphal also coached at the collegiate level, presiding over Southwestern Baptist Bible College (now known as Arizona Christian University), Grand Canyon University and Pepperdine. Westphal amassed 318 victories as an NBA head coach, good for 64th all-time.
It didn't take long for the tributes to start pouring in with countless players, coaches and media members paying their respects to Westphal on social media.
Westphal's career resume--12,809 points, 3,591 assists and 1,022 steals over 823 NBA appearances--earned him induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019. "Paul Westphal was a creative genius," said Bill Walton, whose own Hall-of-Fame career coincided with Westphal's. "Wherever he went, he was able to make everybody around him better."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/former-coach-nba-hall-of-famer-paul-westphal-dies-at-70/ar-BB1cqNus
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Pj Braun
Ronnie Coleman
George Foreman
Bill Clinton
Ozzy Osbourne
Haha - brutal
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Haha - brutal
I've got no hate for brother PJ, but if his case doesn't go well I can see him ODing and RIPing
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He probably did. But reasons not known, his family is pretending he's still alive. ;)
Truthfully, the guy is 98 years old.
LMAO..."China's rise was inconceivable." LOL!!!! Ah - J's amuse me:
Looks like he is still around...I thought maybe his last known interview was from 2004 or something, after your post, but looks like he's still here [or was, as of very recently]:
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All of you wish death on others.....your karma will come...
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Donald J Trump.
He’ll probably have a heart attack once Biden starts reversing the exec changes he made and then Kamala becoming president by the end of 2021.
Well, I would wish ill on anyone, but Trump isn't looking very healthy these days.
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All of you wish death on others.....your karma will come...
Are predictions a wish? If so, I predict everyone will live forever even Trump.
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A million in Iran after peacefull Biden takes office.
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Gamer Jarod Nandin -- known by fans as "South Park Guy" for re-creating the show's infamous World of Warcraft character -- has died after contracting the coronavirus.
Nandin died Sunday ... according to the WoW outlet, Wowhead. Jarod revealed his condition in mid-December, and on Dec. 22 he shared a photo of himself from the hospital saying he tested positive, but didn't seem overly concerned.
He wrote ... "I’m really sorry to worry you guys. I’m in the hospital getting treatment. Things look good. Im just looking at Covid with a sh*t eating grin on my face and saying: "How do you Kill that which...has no Life?"
Nandin, who famously went by NWBZPWNR in the role-playing game's community, used this sense of humor to make a big splash at BlizzCon 2013.
Jarod arrived at the event cosplaying as the slobby 'Warcraft' gamer on the Season 10 episode of "South Park" titled, "Make Love, Not Warcraft."
He even shaved his head to re-create the guy's baldness and clearly ... he nailed the entire look.
After that ... Jarod affectionately became known as "South Park Guy" in the gaming community, and today many are tweeting their condolences and tributes to him.
Jarod was 40.
RIP
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https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/04/jarod-nandin-world-of-warcraft-gamer-south-park-guy-dead-from-covid/?fbclid=IwAR3-34Y2OQFRFRjrmTtpqMK_-SYQlfSt4OCzwhUzXuh4C8jy6BOQ2YjWxQ8
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I'll bet Jarod died a virgin.
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I'll bet Jarod died a virgin.
Legit lol
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"Police Academy" actress Marion Ramsey dies at 73
Actress Marion Ramsey, who was best known for her role in the "Police Academy" films, died Thursday, her manager Roger Paul confirmed to CBS News. No cause of death was given. She was 73.
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"Ms. Ramsey's infamous voice was emblematic; soft-spoken, unique and gentle, equally fitting her golden generous spirit, and humorous disposition," Paul said in a statement. "Her passion for performing and sharing her heart with the world was immense."
Born in Philadelphia, Ramsey first got started in showbiz on the illustrious stages of Broadway. She was cast in both the original and touring productions of "Hello Dolly." After the 1974 show "Miss Moffat," in which Ramsey starred alongside Bette Davis, Ramsey went on to star in several different productions, including "Eubie!" and "Grind."
"Marion carried with her a kindness and permeating light that instantly filled a room upon her arrival," Paul added. "The dimming of her light is already felt by those who knew her well. We will miss her, and always love her."
While her film and television career began with guest TV spots on "The Jeffersons" and "Cos," the Bill Cosby sketch show, Ramsey became well-known for the role of Officer Laverne Hooks in the 1984 comedy film "Police Academy." She played the role through all six films, ending with "Police Academy 6."
The actress was a "staunch advocate" for AIDS advocacy, performing in fundraisers like "Divas Simply Singing." She also lent her voice talents to animated shows like "The Addams Family," and "Robot Chicken."
Ramsey's final acting role was in the 2018 indie film "When I Sing." She is survived by her many fans, colleagues, and her three brothers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/police-academy-actress-marion-ramsey-dies-at-73/ar-BB1cAH9e?ocid=msedgdhp&pfr=1
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Well, I would wish ill on anyone, but Trump isn't looking very healthy these days.
Biden is the picture of health?
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Michael Apted, the acclaimed director of 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' 'The World is Not Enough,' and the '7 Up' documentary series, has died at the age of 79. Rest in peace.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000776/?ref_=scl_fb&linkId=108746775&fbclid=IwAR2MfBsjKZSWUgc3W6Ow3tmZXcLrQdMIwGdDJIBCmx6dVoWe0QBxM0QeN4k
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Rush
Rudy
Sidney
Eric Trump
Trump's marriage
Trump's social media platform (cause of death - Section 230)
Perry Saturn
6ix9ine
Tony Atlas
Bob Barker
Carlos Colon
Lee Majors (didn't look good when I saw him at an xmas party back in 2019)
Clint Eastwood
Ron Jeremy
Tully Blanchard
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Michael Apted, the acclaimed director of 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' 'The World is Not Enough,' and the '7 Up' documentary series, has died at the age of 79. Rest in peace.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000776/?ref_=scl_fb&linkId=108746775&fbclid=IwAR2MfBsjKZSWUgc3W6Ow3tmZXcLrQdMIwGdDJIBCmx6dVoWe0QBxM0QeN4k
The "Up" documentaries were fascinating.
RIP.
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Sheldon Adelson dies: Casino mogul, Trump donor dead after non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma diagnosis
LAS VEGAS — Sheldon Adelson – the billionaire founder and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and one of President Donald Trump's largest donors – has died at the age of 87 from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, the casino company announced Tuesday.
At one point the third richest man in the world, Adelson brought singing gondoliers to the Las Vegas Strip and went all-in betting Asia would be a bigger jackpot than Sin City. In his later years, he became widely known for his political activism, including his donations to Trump and other Republicans as well as his support for Israel.
In March 2019, the 87-year-old businessman announced he was getting treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He recently resumed those treatments.
Las Vegas Sands announced last week that Adelson had taken a leave of absence as his cancer worsened.
With an estimated net worth of $41.4 billion, Adelson is the wealthiest person in Nevada and one of the 20 wealthiest people in America.
His Las Vegas Sands is one of the largest casino and resort companies in the world with the Venetian and Palazzo resorts on the Strip and lucrative casinos in Macau.
Adelson and his wife, Miriam, had been the Republican party's most prominent financial backers. They contributed more than $123 million to conservative politicians in the 2018 election cycle – more than any other U.S. citizen.
Over a two-day period in September 2018, the Adelsons pumped $55 million into three conservative political action committees. Two months later, President Donald J. Trump awarded Miriam Adelson a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In August, the couple donated $75 million into a super PAC launched to help Trump's re-election efforts.
Sheldon Adelson's life story
Sheldon Adelson was the son of Jewish immigrants, raised with two siblings in a Boston tenement, who over the second half of his life became one of the world’s richest men. The chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. brought singing gondoliers to the Las Vegas Strip and foresaw correctly that Asia would be an even bigger market. In 2018, Forbes ranked him No. 15 in the U.S., worth an estimated $35.5 billion.
“If you do things differently, success will follow you like a shadow,” he said during a 2014 talk to the gambling industry in Las Vegas.
Blunt yet secretive, the squatly-built Adelson resembled an old-fashioned political boss and stood apart from most American Jews, who for decades have supported Democrats by wide margins. Adelson was considered the nation’s most influential GOP donor over the final years of his life, at times setting records for individual contributions during a given election cycle.
In 2012, Politico called him “the dominant pioneer of the super PAC era.”
Adelson regularly hosted the party’s top strategists and most ambitious candidates at his modest office, wedged among the casinos on the Strip. Throughout, he helped ensure that uncritical support of Israel became a pillar of the GOP platform, never more visibly demonstrated than when the Trump administration relocated the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2018.
The inflammatory move had been adamantly opposed by Palestinians and was long a priority for Adelson, who had even offered to help pay for it, and for the Republican Jewish Coalition, of which he was the primary benefactor. Adelson and his wife, Miriam, were front and center at the ceremony in Jerusalem.
When asked at a gambling conference what he hoped his legacy would be, Adelson said it wasn’t his glitzy casinos or hotels, it was his impact in Israel. He donated $25 million, a record sum for a private citizen, to Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. He established a think tank in Jerusalem. He was closely aligned with the conservative Likud party and funded a widely-read free daily newspaper called “Israel Hayom,” or “Israel Today,” so supportive of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that some Israelis nicknamed it “Bibi-ton.
In the U.S., Adelson helped underwrite congressional trips to Israel, helped build a new headquarters for the lobbying group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and later was a top supporter of the Israeli-American Council, whose conferences have attracted top Republicans (Vice President Mike Pence) and Democrats (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi). He sponsored “Birthright” trips to Israel for young Jewish adults that were criticized by some participants as intolerant of opposing views.
His attachment to Israel was life-long and so deep that he once said he wished his military service had been in an Israeli uniform instead of an American one.
Adelson was a late bloomer in business and in politics. He didn’t become a casino owner, or a Republican, until well into middle age. Through the 1990s and after his wealth soared and his engagement in politics intensified. He was a supporter of President George W. Bush and backed Republican Rudolph Giuliani for the 2008 presidential race, before turning to the eventual candidate, Sen. John McCain, who lost to Barack Obama.
His leverage grew considerably in 2010 after the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision lifted many restrictions on individual campaign contributions. He and his wife spent more than $90 million on the 2012 election, funding presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and later Mitt Romney, who also lost to Obama.
“I’m against very wealthy people attempting to or influencing elections,” he told Forbes magazine in 2012. “But as long as it’s doable I’m going to do it.”
Adelson came around slowly to Trump, who during the campaign had said he would be “neutral” in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Trump even ridiculed his initial liking for Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, tweeting in 2015, “Sheldon Adelson is looking to give big dollars to Rubio because he feels he can mold him into his perfect little puppet. I agree!” Adelson eventually endorsed Trump, but remained hesitant through much of 2016. He gave more than $20 million in the final weeks of the campaign after reports that he would contribute $100 million, and was more generous with congressional races.
But after Trump’s surprise victory, the new president spoke often with Adelson and embraced his hardline views on the Middle East. He cut funding for Palestinian refugees and withdrew from the Obama administration’s nuclear nonproliferation deal with Iran. He moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem even though earlier administrations — Democratic and Republican — avoided doing do because it directly challenged the Palestinian view that the ancient city should be part of any peace agreement.
Adelson, in turn, aided Trump financially, including $5 million for his inauguration, and supported him through his media holdings. Late in 2015, Adelson secretly purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal — the paper’s own reporters revealed he was the new owner — and soon raised concerns he was imposing his own views. Some longtime staffers left in protest.
In what was widely seen as a mark of the Adelsons’ influence with Trump, Miriam Adelson was given a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.
Adelson, who contributed more than $100 million to the 2018 off-year elections, held extraordinary power among Republicans even though he didn’t always agree with them. In a 2012 interview with the Wall Street Journal, he called himself “basically a social liberal,” pro-choice on abortion and supportive of immigrant rights. He cited taxes and differences over Israel as major reasons for leaving the Democratic party.
In Nevada, his influence was such that even the state’s most prominent Democrat, Sen. Harry Reid, hesitated to take him on. In a 2014 interview with MSNBC, the then-Senate majority leader differentiated between Adelson and fellow GOP billionaire donors Charles and David Koch. Reid had sharply criticized the Koch brothers as callous and greedy, while saying that he respected Adelson because he was “not in it to make money,” a widely challenged opinion.
He had previously told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow that he remained friends with Adelson despite their political differences.
“Sheldon Adelson and I still meet and have conversations. He has a problem, I try to help him,” Reid said.
Adelson was married twice. He and his first wife, Sandra, were divorced in 1988. Three years later, he married Miriam Farbstein-Ochshorn, an Israeli-born doctor he met on a blind date and whom many believe helped deepen his involvement with Israel. Their honeymoon trip to Venice inspired Adelson to raze the historic Sands hotel-casino, once a favorite hangout for Frank Sinatra among others, and replace them with a pair of massive complexes: The Venetian and The Palazzo, one of the city’s tallest buildings.
Sheldon Adelson adopted his first wife’s three children and had two children with his second wife. Among numerous philanthropic projects, he and Miriam Adelson were especially committed to the research and treatment of substance abuse, a personal cause for Sheldon Adelson. His son Mitchell, from his first marriage, died of an overdose in 2005. (Sheldon Adelson would spend millions opposing state efforts to legalize marijuana).
Sheldon Garry Adelson was born in 1933, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. His father was a taxi driver, his mother the manager of a knitting store. A natural entrepreneur, he was selling newspapers by age 12 and running a vending machine business at 16. After dropping out of City College of New York and serving in the Army, he attempted to start dozens of businesses, from toiletries to de-icing windshields.
Adelson, who said he disdained email, began to amass his fortune with a technology trade show, starting computer convention COMDEX in 1979 with partners before selling his stake in 1995 for more than $800 million.
When he bought the Sands Hotel in 1989, he was thinking convention space, not just gambling, would make money. It did. He built a convention hall to keep his hotel rooms full on weekdays and others soon followed the business model. Meanwhile, his effort to replicate the Strip in Macau, the only Chinese province to allow gambling, made his wealth grow exponentially.
When faced with water and marsh land, Adelson directed his company to build land where there wasn’t any, piling sand up to create the Cotai Peninsula. Soon his Macau revenue outstripped that of his Las Vegas holdings. He later expanded his business to Singapore, where his Marina Bay Sands hotel and its infinity pool were featured in the hit film “Crazy Rich Asians,” and had been pressing to open a casino in Japan.
His Macau business also spawned a long-running wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former chief of Sands China Ltd. who accused Adelson and the company of firing him for exposing a host of misdeeds. Adelson often clashed with attorneys while appearing on a Clark County courtroom’s witness stand.
The Sands China lawsuit was among dozens involving Adelson, whose cases included his suing a Wall Street Journal reporter for calling him “foul-mouthed” (the parties settled, the words remained) to being sued by his sons from his first marriage for cheating them out of money (he won).
A long-running feud with fellow casino tycoon Steve Wynn turned to friendship when Wynn joined Adelson’s effort to end online gambling. Critics said Adelson was trying to stifle competition. Adelson countered that there was no way to ensure children and teenagers wouldn’t gamble and said he was “not in favor of it exploiting the world’s most vulnerable people.”
Trump’s election would again prove useful to Adelson. During the Obama administration, the Justice Department said online gambling that does not involve sporting events would not violate the Wire Act, a 1961 federal statute. In a legal opinion that became public early in 2019, the department reversed itself and decided the statute applies to any form of gambling.
The company has named Robert G. Goldstein – Las Vegas Sands’ president and chief operating officer – as acting chairman while Adelson is on medical leave.
The Book of Trump
Trump has delivered – both in policy and at the podium – on an issue very important to the Adelsons: Israel.
"They like a place called Israel very much," Trump said of the couple at a Las Vegas event in February. "Would you say that’s correct? Maybe I have to use the word 'love' a place called Israel, right?"
In a column last year published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a newspaper the Adelsons own, Miriam made a case to expand the Bible with a book named after the 45th president of the United States:
"Would it be too much to pray for a day when the Bible gets a 'Book of Trump,' much like it has a 'Book of Esther' celebrating the deliverance of the Jews from ancient Persia?"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/01/12/sheldon-adelson-obituary-las-vegas-sands-dies-dead/6636356002/?fbclid=IwAR2euni_1xuhyQhYxrdy_QY6gFMqafmyl7PxTG5vCJPSMKG9jZdmSuHp7b0
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Ill go with:
Prince Philip
Jimmy Carter
Bob Dole
Alan Greenspan
Henry Kissinger
My 2021 Deathpool Wish List:
1. Primemuscle
2. Primemuscle
3. Primemuscle
4. Primemuscle
5. Primemuscle
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I hate to but give me Willie Nelson
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Colin Powell
Sounded frail in an interview I saw yesterday...
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9139683/Saved-Bell-star-Dustin-Diamond-44-hospitalized-Florida-doctors-suspect-cancer.html
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Sheldon Adelson’s support for “extreme anti-Palestinian positions” will be felt for many years to come, Palestinian political analysts said on Tuesday, as news broke of the 87-year-old casino magnate’s death.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/12/policies-adelson-championed-will-be-long-felt-palestinians-say
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anyone have Siegfried of Siegfried and Roy?
Also looks like Screech from SAved by the Bell is donezo this year
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Sheldon Adelson dies: Casino mogul, Trump donor dead after non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma diagnosis
LAS VEGAS — Sheldon Adelson – the billionaire founder and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and one of President Donald Trump's largest donors – has died at the age of 87 from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, the casino company announced Tuesday.
At one point the third richest man in the world, Adelson brought singing gondoliers to the Las Vegas Strip and went all-in betting Asia would be a bigger jackpot than Sin City. In his later years, he became widely known for his political activism, including his donations to Trump and other Republicans as well as his support for Israel.
In March 2019, the 87-year-old businessman announced he was getting treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He recently resumed those treatments.
Las Vegas Sands announced last week that Adelson had taken a leave of absence as his cancer worsened.
With an estimated net worth of $41.4 billion, Adelson is the wealthiest person in Nevada and one of the 20 wealthiest people in America.
His Las Vegas Sands is one of the largest casino and resort companies in the world with the Venetian and Palazzo resorts on the Strip and lucrative casinos in Macau.
Adelson and his wife, Miriam, had been the Republican party's most prominent financial backers. They contributed more than $123 million to conservative politicians in the 2018 election cycle – more than any other U.S. citizen.
Over a two-day period in September 2018, the Adelsons pumped $55 million into three conservative political action committees. Two months later, President Donald J. Trump awarded Miriam Adelson a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In August, the couple donated $75 million into a super PAC launched to help Trump's re-election efforts.
Sheldon Adelson's life story
Sheldon Adelson was the son of Jewish immigrants, raised with two siblings in a Boston tenement, who over the second half of his life became one of the world’s richest men. The chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. brought singing gondoliers to the Las Vegas Strip and foresaw correctly that Asia would be an even bigger market. In 2018, Forbes ranked him No. 15 in the U.S., worth an estimated $35.5 billion.
“If you do things differently, success will follow you like a shadow,” he said during a 2014 talk to the gambling industry in Las Vegas.
Blunt yet secretive, the squatly-built Adelson resembled an old-fashioned political boss and stood apart from most American Jews, who for decades have supported Democrats by wide margins. Adelson was considered the nation’s most influential GOP donor over the final years of his life, at times setting records for individual contributions during a given election cycle.
In 2012, Politico called him “the dominant pioneer of the super PAC era.”
Adelson regularly hosted the party’s top strategists and most ambitious candidates at his modest office, wedged among the casinos on the Strip. Throughout, he helped ensure that uncritical support of Israel became a pillar of the GOP platform, never more visibly demonstrated than when the Trump administration relocated the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2018.
The inflammatory move had been adamantly opposed by Palestinians and was long a priority for Adelson, who had even offered to help pay for it, and for the Republican Jewish Coalition, of which he was the primary benefactor. Adelson and his wife, Miriam, were front and center at the ceremony in Jerusalem.
When asked at a gambling conference what he hoped his legacy would be, Adelson said it wasn’t his glitzy casinos or hotels, it was his impact in Israel. He donated $25 million, a record sum for a private citizen, to Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. He established a think tank in Jerusalem. He was closely aligned with the conservative Likud party and funded a widely-read free daily newspaper called “Israel Hayom,” or “Israel Today,” so supportive of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that some Israelis nicknamed it “Bibi-ton.
In the U.S., Adelson helped underwrite congressional trips to Israel, helped build a new headquarters for the lobbying group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and later was a top supporter of the Israeli-American Council, whose conferences have attracted top Republicans (Vice President Mike Pence) and Democrats (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi). He sponsored “Birthright” trips to Israel for young Jewish adults that were criticized by some participants as intolerant of opposing views.
His attachment to Israel was life-long and so deep that he once said he wished his military service had been in an Israeli uniform instead of an American one.
Adelson was a late bloomer in business and in politics. He didn’t become a casino owner, or a Republican, until well into middle age. Through the 1990s and after his wealth soared and his engagement in politics intensified. He was a supporter of President George W. Bush and backed Republican Rudolph Giuliani for the 2008 presidential race, before turning to the eventual candidate, Sen. John McCain, who lost to Barack Obama.
His leverage grew considerably in 2010 after the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision lifted many restrictions on individual campaign contributions. He and his wife spent more than $90 million on the 2012 election, funding presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and later Mitt Romney, who also lost to Obama.
“I’m against very wealthy people attempting to or influencing elections,” he told Forbes magazine in 2012. “But as long as it’s doable I’m going to do it.”
Adelson came around slowly to Trump, who during the campaign had said he would be “neutral” in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Trump even ridiculed his initial liking for Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, tweeting in 2015, “Sheldon Adelson is looking to give big dollars to Rubio because he feels he can mold him into his perfect little puppet. I agree!” Adelson eventually endorsed Trump, but remained hesitant through much of 2016. He gave more than $20 million in the final weeks of the campaign after reports that he would contribute $100 million, and was more generous with congressional races.
But after Trump’s surprise victory, the new president spoke often with Adelson and embraced his hardline views on the Middle East. He cut funding for Palestinian refugees and withdrew from the Obama administration’s nuclear nonproliferation deal with Iran. He moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem even though earlier administrations — Democratic and Republican — avoided doing do because it directly challenged the Palestinian view that the ancient city should be part of any peace agreement.
Adelson, in turn, aided Trump financially, including $5 million for his inauguration, and supported him through his media holdings. Late in 2015, Adelson secretly purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal — the paper’s own reporters revealed he was the new owner — and soon raised concerns he was imposing his own views. Some longtime staffers left in protest.
In what was widely seen as a mark of the Adelsons’ influence with Trump, Miriam Adelson was given a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.
Adelson, who contributed more than $100 million to the 2018 off-year elections, held extraordinary power among Republicans even though he didn’t always agree with them. In a 2012 interview with the Wall Street Journal, he called himself “basically a social liberal,” pro-choice on abortion and supportive of immigrant rights. He cited taxes and differences over Israel as major reasons for leaving the Democratic party.
In Nevada, his influence was such that even the state’s most prominent Democrat, Sen. Harry Reid, hesitated to take him on. In a 2014 interview with MSNBC, the then-Senate majority leader differentiated between Adelson and fellow GOP billionaire donors Charles and David Koch. Reid had sharply criticized the Koch brothers as callous and greedy, while saying that he respected Adelson because he was “not in it to make money,” a widely challenged opinion.
He had previously told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow that he remained friends with Adelson despite their political differences.
“Sheldon Adelson and I still meet and have conversations. He has a problem, I try to help him,” Reid said.
Adelson was married twice. He and his first wife, Sandra, were divorced in 1988. Three years later, he married Miriam Farbstein-Ochshorn, an Israeli-born doctor he met on a blind date and whom many believe helped deepen his involvement with Israel. Their honeymoon trip to Venice inspired Adelson to raze the historic Sands hotel-casino, once a favorite hangout for Frank Sinatra among others, and replace them with a pair of massive complexes: The Venetian and The Palazzo, one of the city’s tallest buildings.
Sheldon Adelson adopted his first wife’s three children and had two children with his second wife. Among numerous philanthropic projects, he and Miriam Adelson were especially committed to the research and treatment of substance abuse, a personal cause for Sheldon Adelson. His son Mitchell, from his first marriage, died of an overdose in 2005. (Sheldon Adelson would spend millions opposing state efforts to legalize marijuana).
Sheldon Garry Adelson was born in 1933, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. His father was a taxi driver, his mother the manager of a knitting store. A natural entrepreneur, he was selling newspapers by age 12 and running a vending machine business at 16. After dropping out of City College of New York and serving in the Army, he attempted to start dozens of businesses, from toiletries to de-icing windshields.
Adelson, who said he disdained email, began to amass his fortune with a technology trade show, starting computer convention COMDEX in 1979 with partners before selling his stake in 1995 for more than $800 million.
When he bought the Sands Hotel in 1989, he was thinking convention space, not just gambling, would make money. It did. He built a convention hall to keep his hotel rooms full on weekdays and others soon followed the business model. Meanwhile, his effort to replicate the Strip in Macau, the only Chinese province to allow gambling, made his wealth grow exponentially.
When faced with water and marsh land, Adelson directed his company to build land where there wasn’t any, piling sand up to create the Cotai Peninsula. Soon his Macau revenue outstripped that of his Las Vegas holdings. He later expanded his business to Singapore, where his Marina Bay Sands hotel and its infinity pool were featured in the hit film “Crazy Rich Asians,” and had been pressing to open a casino in Japan.
His Macau business also spawned a long-running wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former chief of Sands China Ltd. who accused Adelson and the company of firing him for exposing a host of misdeeds. Adelson often clashed with attorneys while appearing on a Clark County courtroom’s witness stand.
The Sands China lawsuit was among dozens involving Adelson, whose cases included his suing a Wall Street Journal reporter for calling him “foul-mouthed” (the parties settled, the words remained) to being sued by his sons from his first marriage for cheating them out of money (he won).
A long-running feud with fellow casino tycoon Steve Wynn turned to friendship when Wynn joined Adelson’s effort to end online gambling. Critics said Adelson was trying to stifle competition. Adelson countered that there was no way to ensure children and teenagers wouldn’t gamble and said he was “not in favor of it exploiting the world’s most vulnerable people.”
Trump’s election would again prove useful to Adelson. During the Obama administration, the Justice Department said online gambling that does not involve sporting events would not violate the Wire Act, a 1961 federal statute. In a legal opinion that became public early in 2019, the department reversed itself and decided the statute applies to any form of gambling.
The company has named Robert G. Goldstein – Las Vegas Sands’ president and chief operating officer – as acting chairman while Adelson is on medical leave.
The Book of Trump
Trump has delivered – both in policy and at the podium – on an issue very important to the Adelsons: Israel.
"They like a place called Israel very much," Trump said of the couple at a Las Vegas event in February. "Would you say that’s correct? Maybe I have to use the word 'love' a place called Israel, right?"
In a column last year published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a newspaper the Adelsons own, Miriam made a case to expand the Bible with a book named after the 45th president of the United States:
"Would it be too much to pray for a day when the Bible gets a 'Book of Trump,' much like it has a 'Book of Esther' celebrating the deliverance of the Jews from ancient Persia?"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/01/12/sheldon-adelson-obituary-las-vegas-sands-dies-dead/6636356002/?fbclid=IwAR2euni_1xuhyQhYxrdy_QY6gFMqafmyl7PxTG5vCJPSMKG9jZdmSuHp7b0
Not sorry too hear.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9151837/Big-Fat-Gypsy-Wedding-star-Paddy-Doherty-61-seriously-ill-Covid-pneumonia-hospital.html
One for Darren Avery
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Peter Mark Richman
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Banking heir Benjamin de Rothschild dies at 57
Benjamin de Rothschild, who oversaw the banking empire started by his father in 1953, has died. He was 57.
The Edmond de Rothschild Group, the company he was chairman of, said that de Rothschild died of a heart attack Friday afternoon at his home in Pregny, Switzerland.
Since 1997, Benjamin de Rothschild headed the banking group, which was named after his father. Today, Edmond de Rothschild Group says it manages assets worth 160 billion euros, or $190 billion.
Forbes magazine estimates de Rothschild’s net worth at $1.5 billion. He is a descendent of the Rothschild family, which has a nearly 300-year history running European banks.
In a press release announcing his death, the Edmond de Rothschild Group said de Rothschild was passionate about finance, sailing, cars and wine. He was also a philanthropist, involved in the Adolphe de Rothschild Foundation Hospital, the company said.
He is survived by his wife, Ariane de Rothschild, and their four adult daughters.
https://apnews.com/article/us-news-68483e58a3cff3b6dd143e9b12f81328
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Big Sean Allen
Nick Trigilli
Marius Dohne
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9157015/Phil-Spector-dead-81-Jailed-Wall-Sound-producer-dies-COVID.html
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joe biden imo
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John Madden.
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Bostin Loyd
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Banking heir Benjamin de Rothschild dies at 57
Benjamin de Rothschild, who oversaw the banking empire started by his father in 1953, has died. He was 57.
The Edmond de Rothschild Group, the company he was chairman of, said that de Rothschild died of a heart attack Friday afternoon at his home in Pregny, Switzerland.
Since 1997, Benjamin de Rothschild headed the banking group, which was named after his father. Today, Edmond de Rothschild Group says it manages assets worth 160 billion euros, or $190 billion.
Forbes magazine estimates de Rothschild’s net worth at $1.5 billion. He is a descendent of the Rothschild family, which has a nearly 300-year history running European banks.
In a press release announcing his death, the Edmond de Rothschild Group said de Rothschild was passionate about finance, sailing, cars and wine. He was also a philanthropist, involved in the Adolphe de Rothschild Foundation Hospital, the company said.
He is survived by his wife, Ariane de Rothschild, and their four adult daughters.
https://apnews.com/article/us-news-68483e58a3cff3b6dd143e9b12f81328
I thought these people were lizards?
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9157015/Phil-Spector-dead-81-Jailed-Wall-Sound-producer-dies-COVID.html
Can’t believe we all missed this one. 80 + and in prison = guaranteed worm food
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the world economy.
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George Soros
Jacob Rothschild
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I saw singer Jerry Lee Lewis the other day and for a minute I thought he was dead. No way he lasts much longer. Give me Jerry Lee “The Killer”
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George Soros
Jacob Rothschild
We can only hope.
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Hank Aaron, one of baseball’s greatest stars, has passed away at the age of 86. With 755 home runs, he was a legend and pioneer of the game. Aaron was a 25-time All-Star, World Series champion, and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Larry King
Damn, I called this one.
Larry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities, has died. He was 87.
His son, Chance, confirmed King's death Saturday morning.
King hosted "Larry King Live" on CNN for over 25 years.
A statement was posted on his verified Facebook announcing his passing.
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He looked dead 30 years ago.
When Larry found out his latest wife was cheating on him with his kids baseball coach, Larry told the coach "you think she's hot, you should see her younger sister." 8)
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Larry King Dead at 87
Larry King -- the legendary TV and radio host who conducted more than 30,000 interviews in a storied 60-year career -- has died.
King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center early Saturday ... this, according to Ora Media, the media company Larry co-founded.
Larry was diagnosed with COVID-19 over the holidays, and was hospitalized in the ICU at one point, but had recently been moved to a regular hospital room, and was breathing on his own. Things took a turn, and King died Saturday morning.
Larry -- who published more than 20 books and had a USA Today column for decades -- coped with various ailments throughout his life ... mostly heart problems. He suffered several heart attacks and, in 1987, had quintuple bypass surgery. In fact, Larry married his most recent wife, Shawn King, at UCLA Medical Center where he was being treated for chest pains.
He tied the knot just before undergoing cardiac surgery.
Larry had been in and out of the hospital in 2019 and was told by doctors he didn't have much longer to live.
Just this past July, Larry's son Andy King, 65, unexpectedly passed away of a heart attack in late July, while his daughter Chaia King, 52, died just weeks later from lung cancer.
Larry -- government name Lawrence Harvey Zeiger -- started his career in radio as a disc jockey at WAHR-AM in Miami ... after officially changing his last name to King.
His voice would ultimately land him jobs at radio stations across America before finding fame with "The Larry King Show." The nationally-syndicated late-night radio talk show debuted in 1978 across 28 cities ... and in just 5 short years the show was heard in 118 cities.
Larry's career catapulted to the big time when, in 1985, "Larry King Live" premiered on the fledgling CNN. He interviewed just about every iconic figure ... from Sir Paul McCartney, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Marlon Brando (they kissed on the lips in 1994) to Presidents Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Larry also interviewed Vladimir Putin.
Larry was a unique talent and an incredible interview who made his craft look effortless. He was completely absorbed in conversations with his guests, and he did something that escapes many other interviewers -- HE LISTENED. Larry wasn't thinking about his next question -- he was always in the moment. And something else ... he never asked long questions just to hear himself talk. His questions were short, and almost always on point.
The popular late-night TV show aired its last episode on December 16, 2010 ... becoming CNN's most-watched and longest-running program. But, he didn't exactly go away quietly ... Larry's one-man comedy show "Larry King: Stand Up" debuted 4 months later. He also started "Larry King Now" ... an online series that later migrated to Russian-owned news channel, RT.
Larry loved getting married almost as much as doing interviews -- he did it 8 times ... to Freda Miller (1952), Annette Kaye (1961), Alene Akins (1961), Mickey Sutphin (1963), Alene again (1967), Sharon Lepore (1976), Julie Alexander (1989) and Shawn (1997). He filed for divorce from Shawn in 2019.
The last time we saw Larry was in February 2020, when he mused on the upcoming Dodgers season. The Brooklyn native and lifelong Dodgers fan watched them win their first World Series in 32 years after the COVID-shorted 2020 season.
Larry's survived by 5 children ... Cannon, Chance, Danny, Kelly and Larry Jr. He was 87, and what an accomplished and full 87 years they were.
RIP
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'Barney Miller,' 'Sanford and Son' actor Gregory Sierra dies
Gregory Sierra, who had memorable roles in the 1970s sitcoms “Barney Miller" and “Sanford and Son," has died after battling cancer. He was 83.
Sierra's widow, Helene, said Saturday in a phone interview with The Associated Press that the actor died on Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California.
Sierra's breakthrough came in 1972 when he played the role of Fred G. Sanford's neighbor, Julio Fuentes, on “Sanford and Son." He also earned major attention for playing Sgt. Miguel “Chano” Amanguale on “Barney Miller," which launched in 1975.
“He was an amazing human being, different than any other person, male or female, that I have ever known," Helene told the AP. “He just was extremely intelligent and a brilliant actor. He had a heart (of gold). Anytime that somebody needed something, he would be there for them and he defended the underdog anytime. And he was a very charming man. He was truly a man’s man and women fell in love with him all the time."
Sierra, who is of Puerto Rican descent, was born on Jan. 25, 1937 in New York City. His TV credits include “All in the Family," “Soap," “Miami Vice," “Zorro and Son," “Hawaii Five-O," “Hill Street Blues" and more. He also appeared in films such as “Beneath the Planet of the Apes," “Papillon," “The Towering Inferno," “Honey I Blew Up the Kid" and “The Other Side of the Wind," which was released in 2018 after more than 40 years in development.
In addition to Helene, Sierra is survived by his daughters, Kelly and Jill, and his granddaughter, Emma.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/barney-miller-sanford-and-son-actor-gregory-sierra-dies/ar-BB1d1Y69
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‘Lost’ actor Mira Furlan dies at 65
Mira Furlan, best known for her roles as Delenn on “Babylon 5” and Danielle Rousseau on “Lost,” died on Wednesday. She was 65.
Her Twitter account announced the news on Thursday, and “Babylon 5” creator J. Michael Straczynski posted a tribute to the actor later that night.
While a cause of death has yet not been revealed, Straczynski said the cast and crew of “Babylon 5” had “known for some time now that Mira’s health was fading.” “We kept hoping that she would improve,” he wrote. “In a group email sent to the cast a while back, I heard that she might be improving.”
However, Straczynski said he later got the call from “Babylon 5” co-star Peter Jurasik that Furlan’s husband, director Goran Gajić, was “bringing her home.”
“Mira was a good and kind woman, a stunningly talented performer, and a friend to everyone in the cast and crew of ‘Babylon 5,’ and we are all devastated by the news,” he wrote. “The cast members with whom she was especially close since the show’s end will need room to process this moment, so please be gentle if they are unresponsive for a time. We have been down this road too often, and it only gets harder.”
Furlan was born in the former Yugoslavia, where she had a number of stage roles and was part of the Croatian National Theatre, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1991. She joined space opera “Babylon 5” as Delenn, the Minbari ambassador to the titular space station, in 1993, and would go on to star in the series for its full five seasons. In 2004, she made her debut in ABC’s megahit “Lost” as Danielle Rousseau, a scientist who’d been shipwrecked on the show’s mysterious island 16 years before the crash of the Oceanic Flight 815. She recurred throughout the series over its next few seasons.
Furlan continued to act through last year, and racked up dozens of credits across film and TV throughout her life. Her film credits include Emir Kusturica’s Oscar-nominated “When Father Was Away on Business,” “Beauty of Vice,” “Three For Happiness” and “In the Jaws of Life.”
She is survived by Gajić and their son, Marko Lav Gajić.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/lost-actor-mira-furlan-dies-at-65/ar-BB1cZKYj
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Famous people are dropping like flies.
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corona is clearing out the lingering
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Famous people are dropping like flies.
Mathematically, you need to compare it to previous years.
To begin: do your senses notice a difference since previous years? If yes, there may be something to be said about celebrity deaths going up.
I personally do not notice anything different this year.
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Mathematically, you need to compare it to previous years.
To begin: do your senses notice a difference since previous years? If yes, there may be something to be said about celebrity deaths going up.
I personally do not notice anything different this year.
This time of year gets a lot of old people with the flu, Covid, pneumonia, etc. A lot of people probably have weakened immune systems from depression post holidays, the weather, plus some people with diseases were probably hanging on till after holidays and new year.
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J.D. “Dave” Power, Who Made Quality Count in the Car Industry, Has Died
J.D. Power and his wife, Julie, established J.D. Power and Associates in 1968, funding it with a second mortgage on the house.
The “Associates” in the company name were Julie and the kids, who helped send out and tabulate surveys.
Power sold the company to McGraw Hill in 2005. He continued working in a supporting role until 2009.
It might be a vast oversimplification to say that before J.D. Power and Associates came along there was absolutely no incentive for carmakers to make quality cars, but you could say it anyway. Anyone who remembers the quality products foisted on an unwitting public in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s remembers.
It was J.D. Power and Associates that took it upon themselves to introduce quality to the auto industry or, in many cases, force it on them. And once they did, everyone benefitted.
“There was no interest in finding out what customers really thought,” Power once said of the pre-JDP era. “Instead, we were constantly asked to ‘torture the data until it confessed,’ giving up the answers that the executives wanted to hear.”
It was that “closed-minded thinking,” as Power once said, along with the cold Midwest winters, that got Power and his family to move west in 1965. He had been a financial analyst for Ford, then represented General Motors as a marketing research consultant for Marplan and then headed up marketing at Case tractors before heading west. Once out in sunny California, he did some consulting, took a position at McCulloch chainsaws, then got the itch to break out on his own after he heard that three of his fellow Wharton MBA grads had already started their own companies.
So, three years after Power, his wife and co-founder Julie, and their three kids (soon to be four) moved to Calabasas, Calif., they started J.D. Power and Associates on the family’s kitchen table, funding it with a second mortgage on the house. The “Associates” in the company name were Julie and the kids. Julie tabulated survey returns while the kids took turns stuffing envelopes with more customer surveys and scotch-taping a quarter onto each one as an incentive to fill them out and return them.
From those humble beginnings, J.D. Power and Associates would change the auto industry forever.
But it took some hard work first.
Toyota was one of his first clients. Remember that in 1968 Toyota was far from the industry juggernaut it is today. It needed an ace in the hole, and that ace would turn out to be quality, eventually. In June of 1968, Power offered Toyota his “California Import Car Buyers” study, which included comparisons with domestic brands, too. Toyota signed a contract for $8,000 and became a regular client from then on.
The Big 3 domestic manufacturers in Detroit proved a little harder sell, since Detroit, at that time anyway, didn’t want to be told it could use any quality improvement at all.
Although his research methodology now is almost universally embraced, for years Detroit automakers disparaged his findings, privately grumbling the data favored Japanese brands, likely because they were his first predominant clients and typically finished high in the standings.
The trade magazine Ward’s Auto said in a 2012 article on J.D. Power, “When told that General Motors’ nameplates finished as bottom feeders in a JDP survey during the 1980s, the late mild-mannered Jim McDonald, then GM president, snapped: ‘To hell with J.D. Power!’”
“To criticism that he has ever been biased, Power simply says, ‘That’s a bunch of baloney.’ He argues that the U.S automakers came out of their World War II manufacturing triumph a tad cocky. ‘The stronger they got after the war, the more they fought change,’ he says. ‘They were hidebound. They were not aware of what was going on around them and they lost sight of the consumer.”
Now, J.D. Power is considered a necessary and highly objective source of consumer thought on cars.
Ward’s quoted John Casesa, a longtime auto analyst, “Detroit was in denial, but (Power’s) surveys measured the real truth in the marketplace. He produced products with integrity. He’s had a profound impact on manufacturers and consumers.”
Today there are over 1,000 licensed J.D. Power awards, cited in everything from Super Bowl commercials to stickers on dashboards. Julie passed away in 2002, and Power sold the company he founded to McGraw Hill in 2005. He continued working in a supporting role until 2009.
Throughout his career, Power maintained a grace and warmth not often found in high-power industry leaders. A friend who worked at J.D. Power for 10 years remembered his very first day on the job at J.D. Power and Associates.
“Dave (everyone called him that, which is what he preferred) took the time to come by my office, introduce himself and learn about me,” recalled JDP communications man Jeff Perlman. “A fellow New Englander, we connected immediately, with talk about his beloved Red Sox and, of course, his views of the auto industry.
“That day—my first—a legend took the time to introduce himself to his newest employee. Dave Power ‘connected’ with everyone immediately. Beyond his brilliance, savvy, and seemingly endless accomplishments was the humble core of a boy from Worcester who built an empire, but never lost track of where he came from.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/j-d-dave-power-who-made-quality-count-in-the-car-industry-has-died/ar-BB1d4IQ2
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Bruce Kirby, ‘Columbo,’ ‘Kojak’ star and dad of ‘When Harry Met Sally’ actor Bruno Kirby, dead at 95
Bruce Kirby, the versatile character actor whose career spanned more than 50 years on TV and film, has died at the age of 95.
He passed away Sunday at a Los Angeles hospital, according to his son John Kirby.
No cause of death was revealed.
“My heart is heavy but grateful for all the extra blessed years together,” wrote Kirby on a Monday Facebook post. “My father loved acting and aside from his extraordinary professional career in television, film and theater, he never stopped working on it from his early years in New York on scholarship with Lee Strasberg for nine years, L.A.’s Theatre East and The Actors Studio.”
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Born in New York City in 1925, Kirby began his career in the mid-1950s with guest appearances on “The Phil Silvers Show” and “Goodyear Playhouse” before landing a recurring role as Officer Kissel on the Fred Gwynne comedy “Car 54, Where Are You?”
Throughout the 1960s, he landed one-time roles on the likes of “Adam-12,” “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Night Gallery,” according to IMDb.
In the mid-1970s, Kirby played Sgt. Al Vine on a half-dozen episodes of “Kojak” and appeared in the first of nine episodes of “Columbo,” originating the role of Sgt. George Kramer, Peter Falk’s naive assistant.
And from 1986 to 1991, he played the recurring role of District Attorney Bruce Rogoff on “L.A. Law.”
In 1984, he appeared as Uncle Ben in the Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman,” starring Dustin Hoffman, noted The Hollywood Reporter.
Two decades earlier, he debuted on the Great White Way in the doomed production of “Diamond Orchid,” according to the Internet Broadway Database.
Kirby also appeared in many memorable film roles, notably as the market owner in “Stand By Me,” a detective in “Throw Momma From the Train” and as racist cop Matt Dillon’s father in “Crash.”
He was still working into his 80s, appearing on episodes of “Numbers” and “Scrubs,” before retiring from the entertainment business in 2009, reported Variety.
Kirby was also the father of actor Bruno Kirby, co-star of “When Harry Met Sally” and “City Slickers,” who died from leukemia in 2006.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/bruce-kirby-columbo-kojak-star-and-dad-of-when-harry-met-sally-actor-bruno-kirby-dead-at-95/ar-BB1d7lYT?ocid=msedgdhp
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Rutgers Scientist Who Invented COVID Spit Test Dies At 51
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The man who helped invent the coronavirus saliva test, developed right here in a lab on the Rutgers University campus, has unexpectedly passed away.
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The death of Andrew Brooks, 51, was announced by Gov. Phil Murphy in his coronavirus press conference on Monday.
"With a heavy heart, I want to acknowledge the tragic passing over the weekend of one of our state's unsung heroes, Dr. Andrew Brooks," said Gov. Murphy in a somber tone. "Born and raised in New Jersey, Dr. Brooks was a Rutgers University research professor in the department of genetics, and for the past decade he served the director of RUCDR Infinite Biologics.
Now, you may remember that name. Why? Because last year, in the frenetic early days of the pandemic, he led the development of the so-called spit or saliva test."
"The Rutgers University community is deeply saddened by the unexpected loss of Dr. Andrew Brooks," said Rutgers Chancellor Christopher Molloy in a statement.
That Rutgers spit test helped revolutionize COVID testing and is now being used at testing sites across New Jersey. Because of Brooks' work, it became no longer necessary for testers to put a nasal swab high into one's nasal cavity, a painful and invasive experience. Instead, you could simply spit into a test tube and the saliva was then tested in a lab for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
At the time, New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli told NJ.com Brooks' test was "a game changer."
Brooks and his team developed the test in a lab at Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics, part of Rutgers' Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey. Their test was also unique in that results could be obtained within three days. At the time, it took up to 10 days to get coronavirus test results. (As testing technology progressed, results can now be obtained with 24 hours for the saliva test, and within minutes with rapid nasal cavity testing.)
Their work was based on a Nobel Prize-winning laboratory technique that used the virus' nucleic acid, in this case RNA.
After Brooks' test showed positive results, it received FDA emergency-use authorization in March and, as Patch reported, that weekend Brooks and his team got an overnight call from the Trump White House, asking how quickly the test could go nationwide.
A month later, the spit test was the first of any test approved for home use.
"Since March, more than two million of these clinical tests have been performed, undoubtedly saving many lives and providing a practical tool for pandemic control," said Rutgers Chancellor Molloy. "(Brooks') university career was distinguished by outstanding scholarship, service to the field of biomedicine, and business activities designed to improve human health."
The Rutgers COVID spit test was first piloted at the Edison Motor Vehicle drive-through testing site. It was then picked up by the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Community Health Centers, and used in locations including Asbury Park, Freehold, Keyport and Red Bank and other state-run testing sites across New Jersey.
"They've worked quite well!" said Christopher Rinn, CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, said in this Patch interview in May. "Very easy to administer, great turnaround time, and effective in the sense they will increase access to testing. Saliva tests are less intrusive than the deep nasal swab, and are safer for healthcare workers administering the procedure. They require less personal protective equipment."
"When I realized I didn't have to have the swab jammed into my brain, I figured I'd give it a try," Edison resident Katrina Duggan, 41, told Patch in the same article, of why she preferred the spit test when she thought she had the virus.
"We at Rutgers offer our heartfelt condolences to Dr. Brooks’ family and we take pride in his achievements, which have contributed significantly to the effort to overcome this global pandemic," said Molloy.
"His test has undoubtedly saved lives, " said Murphy on Monday.
Brooks authored more than 70 scientific papers and served as an advisor to the Food & Drug Administration.
"He leaves behind a tremendous legacy at RUDCR, which over the summer he helped take private and is now known as Infinity Biologics LLC, with more than 550 employees," said the governor. "We cannot thank Andy enough for all he did. He was only 51 years old."
Brooks is survived by his mother, his sister, and his wife and his three daughters.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/rutgers-scientist-who-invented-covid-spit-test-dies-at-51/ar-BB1d73oh?ocid=msedgdhp
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So both the PCR test creator, and the COVID spit test creator are dead?
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So both the PCR test creator, and the COVID spit test creator are dead?
Nothing to see here.
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So both the PCR test creator, and the COVID spit test creator are dead?
I guess the moral of the story is....don’t work developing virus tests
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I guess the moral of the story is....don’t work developing virus tests
Andrew Brooks dying at only 51... that's just so young, it jumps out at me. Maybe he had to work with live viruses, and the exposure harmed his health. It's even weirder that Kary Mullis died just before the pandemic started. Although Kary was 74 - so definitely up in age a little, making his death less noteworthy in a conspiratorial way.
I think someone said that with conspiracies..."they're in the air."
Maybe it's just this confluence of events that make them happen.
Example - Kary Mullis dying was the perfect time to use his PCR test inappropriately, to yield a bunch of false positives, producing a case-demic, without him still alive to explain that the PCR test is not intended to be a diagnostic tool - but to merely amplify something small.
I believe he developed the PCR test with a co-creator... I'm going to go see if he's still alive, to see if he has been talking about the PCR test at all.
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Cloris Leachman Made Gene Wilder Break Character Repeatedly in One Particular ‘Young Frankenstein’ Scene
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Gene Wilder never stood a chance.
The only people who love Young Frankenstein more than the fans is the cast, many of whom noted in previous interviews they had such a wonderful time making the 1974 Mel Brooks film that they shot footage they didn’t need.
Among the iconic ensemble was the hilarious, impeccable Cloris Leachman, who played fan-favorite caretaker Frau Blücher. The legendary Leachman died Wednesday. She was 94.
Of all her classic scenes in the black-and-white monster comedy, there was one moment in particular that broke co-star Wilder through several takes; the actor laughing before she even delivered the line at times.
The moment in question is when Frau advises Wilder’s Dr. Frankenstein to stay close to the light while they are on the steep staircase — the gag is the candelabra she is holding is not lit, which the actress talked about in a previous interview.
In one take, Leachman said she raised her voice on “can be treacherous” to infer others had fallen — and that is all it took.
“As I turned to Gene, he’d be laughing, his face was in two pieces laughing,” she said in the interview. “We did about 15 takes. I hear him laughing, and I have not said anything. I just tickled him to pieces.”
She added, “Everything I did in the movie ticked Gene to pieces. And it was so much fun to work with him.”
Brooks on Wednesday said of Leachman’s passing, “Such sad news—Cloris was insanely talented. She could make you laugh or cry at the drop of a hat. Always such a pleasure to have on set. Every time I hear a horse whinny I will forever think of Cloris’ unforgettable Frau Blücher. She is irreplaceable, and will be greatly missed.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/cloris-leachman-made-gene-wilder-break-character-repeatedly-in-one-particular-young-frankenstein-scene/ar-BB1d9uX1?ocid=msedgdhp
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This time of year gets a lot of old people with the flu, Covid, pneumonia, etc. A lot of people probably have weakened immune systems from depression post holidays, the weather, plus some people with diseases were probably hanging on till after holidays and new year.
Ah...so you meant the time of year. I thought you meant celebrity deaths were worse than previous years. I have found them to be roughly the same.
I hadn't thought about people holding off to die.
On that note - check out this obituary of the third oldest woman in my city's history [I'm pretty sure], who died one week ago today. Notice how she held out in the same way you described:
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/obituaries/alma-maria-prssinen-kuisma-3297756
Fascinating stuff. I wonder if there is a scientific basis to what you are saying.
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He looked dead 30 years ago.
When Larry found out his latest wife was cheating on him with his kids baseball coach, Larry told the coach "you think she's hot, you should see her younger sister." 8)
Funny you said that...I found that Larry looked old at 55, but didn't age much more from that age on, lol.
I always remember him looking old when I first saw him as a kid, and he didn't seem to ever look much older, as the years went by. I seem to recall he had major heart surgery at around 55 - maybe a quadroople bypass, if that's even possible - and that his heart held up well until...well, I guess until he passed away. I'm glad he got a new lease on life. I remember he wanted to be cryogenically frozen.
This is sad...as a father, I find it especially sad:
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Cicely Tyson, Iconic 'Sounder' and 'The Help' Actress, Dies at 96
Cicely Tyson, the iconic and incomparable screen and stage actress and Black American trailblazer, died on Thursday. She was 96.
Tyson, whose acting career spanned more than six decades, broke ground as a Black actress who resolved only to portray strong, positive and realistic images of Black women on screen. Her convictions resulted in astonishing performances in projects such as the films "Sounder" and "The Help," the TV movie "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," and the 2013 Broadway production of "The Trip to Bountiful," for which she won the Tony.
Tyson earned an Academy Award best actress nomination for "Sounder" in 1973. The following year she won a best lead actress and a special outstanding actress of the year Emmy for "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman." She later one an Emmy for the 1994 miniseries "Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All," and five more nominations, including one just last year for playing the mother of Viola Davis' character in the ABC drama "How to Get Away With Murder."
And for all of her life's accomplishments, Tyson's been recognized with a Kennedy Center honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an honorary Oscar and in 2018 was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, among many other awards and accomplishments.
"In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history," President Barack Obama said during the 2016 ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. "Cicely made a conscious decision not just to say lines, but to speak out. Cicely's convictions and grace have helped for us to see the dignity of every beautiful member of the American family — and, she's just gorgeous."
Tyson's death comes just two days after the publication of her memoir, "Just as I Am."
Born in Harlem, New York in 1924 to hardworking religious immigrants from the West Indies, Tyson wasn't even allowed to go to the movies growing up.
Tyson began her storied career as a model in New York City, gracing the covers of magazines such as Ebony, Jet, Harper Bazaar and Vogue. Tyson said during an appearance on Oprah's Master Class that her mother not only didn't approve of her career path, but told Tyson she wouldn't be allowed to live under her house if she continued. The two didn't speak for nearly three years, until Tyson invited her mother to her stage debut in "Dark of the Moon" at a Harlem YMCA.
When asked in 2018 whether she would ever retire, Tyson told Time Magazine: "And do what? The reason why I have been in this universe as long as I have been is because he's not ready for me. When I've completed my job, he'll take me away."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/cicely-tyson-iconic-sounder-and-the-help-actress-dies-at-96/ar-BB1dbACU?ocid=msedgdhp
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sentenced on 5th jan for corruption, dead by the end of the month.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9204601/Former-head-Chinese-state-asset-firm-Lai-Xiaomin-executed.html
Top Chinese banker is EXECUTED for soliciting $300m in bribes and starting a secret second family while married to 'loyal wife'
Lai Xiaomin, 58, a former Communist Party member, was executed on Friday
He was sentenced to death on January 5 for bribery, corruption and bigamy
Lai met with close relatives before execution carried out by the Tianjin court
He gave detailed televised confession on state broadcaster CCTV last January
The former head of a Chinese state asset firm was executed on Friday for soliciting $300million in bribes and starting a secret second family while married to his 'loyal wife', the official People's Daily reported.
In one of China's highest-profile corruption cases, Lai Xiaomin, an ex-Communist Party member, 58, was found guilty of receiving or seeking bribes totalling 1.79billion yuan ($278million) from 2008-18, when he was also a senior banking regulator.
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‘Saved by the Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Dead at 44
Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Screech on the hit ’90s sitcom "Saved by the Bell," has died at 44 from stage four lung cancer.
Roger Paul, the actor's spokesman, told NBC News he died Monday morning of carcinoma after a 3-week battle with the disease.
"He was diagnosed with this brutal, relentless form of malignant cancer only three weeks ago. In that time, it managed to spread rapidly throughout his system; the only mercy it exhibited was its sharp and swift execution. Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful," Paul said.
“Saved by the Bell” aired from 1989 to 1993, and its spinoffs included “Saved by the Bell: The College Years,” “Good Morning, Miss Bell” and “Saved by the Bell: The New Class,” which Diamond starred in. A sequel was launched on Peacock last fall featuring many from the original cast, including Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez, Tiffani Thiessen and Mark-Paul Gosselaar. Diamond was not included.
He starred in a handful of reality television series including the 5th season of "Celebrity Fit Club," "The Weakest Link" and "Celebrity Boxing 2." In December 2013, Diamond appeared on an episode of OWN’s “Where Are They Now?” and became a house member in the 12th season of "Celebrity Big Brother."
Diamond was sued several times for delinquent taxes and in foreclosure proceedings for missing mortgage payments. He has appeared on reality TV shows, made a sex tape and produced a tell-all documentary on Lifetime TV called “The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story.” In 2015, he was sentenced to serve four months in jail for his part in a Wisconsin barroom stabbing.
“Dustin was a humorous and high-spirited individual whose greatest passion was to make others laugh. He was able to sense and feel other peoples’ emotions to such a length that he was able to feel them too — a strength and a flaw, all in one,” wrote Paul.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/saved-by-the-bell-star-dustin-diamond-dead-at-44/ar-BB1diaw0
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Double K of People Under the Stairs Dead at 43
Double K, one-half of Los Angeles rap duo People Under the Stairs, has died. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, Double K died at home yesterday (January 30). DJ Mark Luv, a friend, claimed he died in his sleep. A cause of death has not yet been revealed. Double K was 43 years old.
Double K and Thes One formed People Under the Stairs in 1997. Their long-running partnership was founded on DIY principles—as producers and MCs, they sampled, produced, and deejayed all of their music. In 1998, the duo released their debut full-length The Next Step, followed by Question in the Form of an Answer in 2000. O.S.T., their most beloved LP, arrived in 2002.
People Under the Stairs continued to release records and tour frequently throughout their 22 year career. In 2011, Mac Miller brought them on tour as openers. The duo also released a steady stream of records until its disbandment in 2019—the duo’s 12th and final album was titled Sincereley, The P. Prior to releasing their farewell record, the duo played its last show at London’s Jazz Cafe in 2018.
In 2019, Double K and Thes One spoke to The Los Angeles Times about their legacy and the decision to make Sincereley, The P their last record. Thes One referred to the article as the duo’s “exit interview,” and the two artists reflected on the two-plus decades they created music together. “Where I grew up, there was the negative, and I had the positive, which was my music,” Double K said. “I was surrounded by the negativity, the things going on in the streets, the stuff that I thought that I wanted to be a part of. I decided that this was more important. I just holed up in my room, listening to music, and then I met this dude and I had somebody else to listen to music with.”
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/double-k-of-people-under-the-stairs-dead-at-43/ar-BB1dgDBZ
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‘Simpsons’ writer Marc Wilmore dies at 57 amid battle with COVID, other health conditions
Award-winning TV writer and producer Marc Wilmore, best known for his work on “The Simpsons,” has died from complications of a recent coronavirus diagnosis and other health issues, his family announced Sunday. He was 57.
“My sweet sweet brother, Marc Edward Wilmore, passed away last night while battling COVID and other conditions that have had him in pain for many years,” his brother and fellow comedian Larry Wilmore said in a tweet.
“My brother was the kindest, gentlest, funniest, lion of an angel I’ve ever known. I love you little brother,” the former Comedy Central host said.
Marc Wilmore’s work for “The Simpsons” spanned over a decade, writing about a dozen episodes and sharing producing credits on more than 300 until as recently as 2015, according to IMDb. He also wrote for the Netflix animated series “F Is for Family,” the 1990s comedy show “In Living Color” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jay Leno.”
The California native was nominated for 10 Primetime Emmy awards, winning the prize for outstanding animated program in 2008 for a “Simpsons” episode titled “”Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind.”
Michael Price, another writer for the long-running animated series, said he was honored to work with Marc Wilmore on multiple projects over the years.
“Another giant talent taken too soon,” Price tweeted. “I had the privilege to work alongside Marc Wilmore on 3 shows (PJs, Simpsons, FIFF) for the better part of the last 23 years and he was THE funniest person in every room. And a wonderful man. He is irreplaceable.”
Comedian Matt Oswalt said he worked with Marc Wilmore on the “Tonight Show.”
“He was such a nice guy and will miss him,” Oswalt wrote.
Writer Henry Gammill, of “F Is for Family,” said it was “a joy” to be his friend.
“I’m devastated by the loss of Marc Wilmore,” Gammill said in a tweet. “Marc was my favorite - I hung onto his every word. He was empathetic beyond measure, not to mention the funniest one in the room every damn time. Warm, genuine, uniquely funny - that was Marc. I love him.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/simpsons-writer-marc-wilmore-dies-at-57-amid-battle-with-covid-other-health-conditions/ar-BB1dhXnT?ocid=msedgdhp
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Assassination in Ecuador: TV host Efraín Ruales dies at age 36
Death of a young Ecuadorian actor and TV host
Shock at the death of Ecuadorian actor and TV presenter Efrain Ruales of 36. According to ‘BBC News’, Ruales was killed on Wednesday, January 27 while driving his vehicle on an avenue in the north of Guayaquil (Ecuador).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/assassination-in-ecuador-tv-host-efra%C3%ADn-ruales-dies-at-age-36/ss-BB1daS3e
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It seems like a lot of people end 2020 to 21 are passing no?
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covid clear out I guess
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Rest In Peace Furious
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Covid strikes again, although 100 is a pretty good innings.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-55881753
Captain Sir Tom Moore has died with coronavirus.
The 100-year-old, who raised almost £33m for NHS charities, was taken to Bedford Hospital after requiring help with his breathing on Sunday.
His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said the family had "spent hours chatting to him" after he caught pneumonia. Last week he tested positive for Covid-19.
Buckingham Palace said the Queen was sending a private message of condolence to his family.
He was knighted by the Queen in July in a special ceremony at Windsor Castle.
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Covid strikes again, although 100 is a pretty good innings.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-55881753
Captain Sir Tom Moore has died with coronavirus.
The 100-year-old, who raised almost £33m for NHS charities, was taken to Bedford Hospital after requiring help with his breathing on Sunday.
His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said the family had "spent hours chatting to him" after he caught pneumonia. Last week he tested positive for Covid-19.
Buckingham Palace said the Queen was sending a private message of condolence to his family.
He was knighted by the Queen in July in a special ceremony at Windsor Castle.
Another taken too soon....
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He was 100 with pneumonia before gerrint Corona. Pretty frail.
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R.I.P.
Hal Holbrook
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R.I.P.
Hal Holbrook
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Great actor
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Great actor
The man had a great run.
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The man had a great run.
He sure did. He was in a ton of good movies.
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Johannes Loima. Rest in peace forever. Thanks for everything.
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Another taken too soon....
Lmao...
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Another fine actor gone.
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From 'Sound of Music' to 'All the Money …,' Christopher Plummer was irreplaceable
Every great actor should be fortunate enough to become an internet meme in their 80s. Christopher Plummer, who died Friday at 91, experienced his own late-in-life social-media anointing at least twice over.
There was the oft-recurring GIF of Capt. von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” Plummer’s best-known and most inescapable role, tearing a Third Reich flag in two — an image that has become handy Twitter shorthand for anti-neo-Nazi resistance over the past few years. That quick single shot is a marvelous bit of acting in itself: You can’t help but notice Plummer's ramrod-straight military-man posture or the tight-lipped expression playing on his handsome face, a grimace teetering on the edge of a smile. And then, of course, there are those two swift, satisfying rips right down the middle of the swastika. (He really puts his arms into it.)
Another Plummer meme caught fire in 2017, not long after news broke that in the wake of sexual-abuse allegations against Kevin Spacey, his scenes as billionaire J. Paul Getty in “All the Money in the World” would be completely reshot, with Plummer replacing him. It was an extraordinary down-to-the-wire decision, a major recasting made unprecedentedly close to the film’s release, and it turned this fact-based kidnapping drama into a kind of behind-the-scenes Hollywood escape thriller. Arguably more exciting than anything in the movie’s suspense-soaked narrative was the spectacle of two reliable old pros, Plummer and director Ridley Scott, working with an energy, speed and high-wire daring that artists half their age would be hard-pressed to muster.
From that point on, of course, that audacious and entirely successful stunt became a reliable online running gag. Suddenly, almost every plum role was in danger of becoming a Plummer role: Whoever needed replacing, for reasons scandalous or benign, Christopher Plummer, acting genius and octogenarian workhorse, was your man. Some at the time puzzled over the ethics of the “All the Money in the World” solution, the dubious ease with which a toxic figure could be erased from the frame, leaving behind no visible residue of scandal or guilt. The aesthetics, though, were beyond reproach: Plummer was, of course, magnificent in the movie. Magnificence by then had become his trademark. To watch him as Getty — a figure of reptilian malevolence and cunning, the hollowness of greed made flesh — was to wonder how anyone else could have been considered in the first place.
The Canadian-born Plummer began his career in theater and television, but his talent for scene-stealing villainy was clear in one of his earliest pictures, “The Fall of the Roman Empire” (1964), in which he made a madly eccentric Commodus, consumed by the blaze of his own political destruction. He was Jane Seymour’s domineering manager in “Somewhere in Time” (1981) and the Klingon General Chang (“Cry havoc!”) in “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” (1991). His high voice and schoolmaster’s diction made him a uniquely mellifluous antagonist, especially in animated productions; not for nothing was he cast as the voice of the sinister Barnaby Crookedman in 1997’s direct-to-video “Babes in Toyland” and scheming explorer Charles Muntz in “Up” (2009).
But if Plummer possessed one of cinema’s most memorable smirks, he could also vanish into cooler, more complicated figures — men who, like Getty, were defined by a deep inner chill, a power to mesmerize the viewer without making any demands of their affection. He gave one of his finest performances in Michael Mann's “The Insider” (1999), eerily reproducing the famed mannerisms of veteran CBS News journalist Mike Wallace while also granting more private, explosive glimpses of a large and easily wounded ego. And although he was markedly warmer as Leo Tolstoy in “The Last Station,” maddening fits of self-absorption were also central to that grandly boisterous turn, which earned him the first of three Oscar nominations (all for best supporting actor).
That Plummer didn’t receive the motion picture academy’s formal recognition until he was 80 — well after winning two Tonys and two Emmys and more than 50 years after his big-screen debut in Sidney Lumet’s “Stage Struck” (1958) — is a testament to the Oscars’ history of screwy, often-arbitrary judgment. But it’s also a heartening sign of the resurgence Plummer experienced during what is often euphemistically described as a performer’s twilight years. (He remains the academy's oldest acting winner, at 82, for "Beginners," and its oldest acting nominee, at 88, for "All the Money in the World.") You could say he finally hit his stride, though I suspect it was really the other way around; it was the industry, perhaps even the audience, that at last found its footing, that properly appreciated him for the treasure he’d been all along.
Plummer won the Oscar and a raft of other valedictory prizes for his deeply felt performance in Mike Mills’ memory piece “Beginners” (2011), a movie about the potential vibrancy and vitality of old age. Playing a lonely father and widower who comes out as gay at the age of 75, fully embracing a life of new loves, friendships and heartaches, Plummer did some of the loveliest, most nakedly emotional work of his career. It was a beautiful change of pace, though the signature rascally wit was still very much in evidence, the impishness and irascibility that made him such an ideal fit for “Knives Out” (2019), one of his last major films. Who better suited to play a wily multimillionaire with a steel-trap mind, a twinkle in his eyes and an unexpectedly tender heart — a scoundrel and a softie rolled into one?
That wasn’t the first time that Plummer played a wealthy paterfamilias who regards his many offspring with frosty contempt. Capt. von Trapp comes around in the end, of course, and apparently, Plummer did eventually, though it took him awhile. Much has been reported over the years about how “The Sound of Music” was very far from one of his favorite things, to the point where Plummer may well have wished that he could have been erased and replaced (though not by himself). Stories of his grumpiness on the set are legion: his dislike of “Edelweiss,” his initial dislike of Julie Andrews (they eventually became close friends) and his complaints about having to carry Kym Karath, the actress who played the young Gretl von Trapp, during the movie’s Alps-crossing finale. (A lighter double was used instead.)
Not to suggest that Plummer had no pride in the project, or at least in his own work: The director, Robert Wise, spoke later in interviews about how delicately Plummer had to be persuaded to have his singing dubbed in the movie because his voice — though one of his great gifts as an actor — wasn’t up to snuff musically. In later years, Plummer responded to questions about “The Sound of Music” with amused resignation, grudgingly accepting that his legacy was forever tied to one of the biggest and most beloved cash cows in Hollywood history, doubtless realizing it would be the first title mentioned in obituaries and appreciations like this one.
In any case, as Andrews and others pointed out years later, Plummer’s utter contempt for the material could only have improved his performance. “The Sound of Music” — or “The Sound of Mucus,” as he legendarily called it — is total treacle, as many of us who love it unabashedly and watch it semi-religiously have long acknowledged. And Plummer’s aloofness, his disdain for the movie’s sugary sentimentality, doesn’t just match his character’s own initial hardness of heart. It dovetails with the audience’s own initial skepticism, at least up to a point: Roll your eyes at it if you must, but you, like Capt. von Trapp, will ultimately be worn down, steamrolled by the movie's uplift offensive.
“The Sound of Music” overshadowed Plummer’s screen work for years , despite bright spots like “The Man Who Would Be King” (1975), in which he played a memorably mustachioed Rudyard Kipling. It also ensured his big-screen immortality. Capt. von Trapp's defiance of Hitler made him an instantly iconic hero (no wonder Plummer preferred his villains), while his immaculate tailoring and disciplinarian temperament made him the most wholesome of sex symbols. To watch the movie again — and you know you will, sooner than you think — is to glimpse a quality evident in so many of Plummer’s great performances: a disarming sense of mischief, an ability to fully inhabit the material and stand, with a wink, outside it. He was an actor to whom you never wanted to sing, “So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehn, goodbye” — any more than he wanted to hear it.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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Another fine actor gone.
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Neat film, great acting.
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Mike Henry Dies: USC Footballer, LA Ram, Played ‘Tarzan’ And ‘Junior’ In ‘Smokey And The Bandit’, Was 84
Mike Henry, a USC and NFL linebacker and later an actor in Tarzan movies of the 1960s and the Smokey and the Bandit films, has died.
Henry died at age 84 in Burbank, Calif. on January 8 from chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Parkinson’s disease, according to social media posts.
Henry played football for the University of Southern California and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1958. He moved on to the Los Angeles Rams in 1962 and was noticed by a Warner Bros. producer. subsequently He was cast as Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, in three films: Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966), Tarzan and the Great River (1967), and Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968).
His run as the jungle lord ended after being bitten by a chimpanzee while filming.
Henry segued into another franchise in 1977, playing Junior, the son of Jackie Gleason’s Sheriff Buford T. Justice, in Smokey and the Bandit. He reprised the role in the film’s 1981 and 1983 sequels.
Among Henry’s other film roles were appearances in Skyjacked (1972), Soylent Green (1973) and The Longest Yard (1974). His TV credits included roles on M*A*S*H, General Hospital and Fantasy Island.
No information was immediately available on survivors or a memorial service.
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Remembering Robb Webb, longtime voice of 60 Minutes
The name Robb Webb might not be familiar to 60 Minutes viewers, but his voice almost certainly is.
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Beginning in the mid-1990s, Robb Webb's warm baritone voice greeted 60 Minutes viewers to inform them what to tune in for on our Sunday evening broadcast. Webb was the distinguished voice of 60 Minutes and the "CBS Evening News" during a long and storied career as a voice artist.
Nelson Robinette "Robb" Webb died this week in New York City, from complications related to COVID-19. A native of Whitesburg, Kentucky, Webb was 82 years old.
In addition to his high-profile voice roles at CBS News, Webb was widely known for his television commercial work, including DirecTV's notable "Get Rid of Cable" campaign. According to his family, Webb provided the voiceovers for thousands of TV spots.
"Robb Webb's voice made people stop in their tracks, the same way the 60 Minutes stopwatch does," 60 Minutes Executive Producer Bill Owens said. "Deep, warm and with just enough authority, Robb's voice alerted millions of Americans every week as to what 60 Minutes reporters were up to. We were all admirers of his work and very proud to be his colleague. Robb Webb was a gentleman and consummate professional."
Robb Webb is survived by his wife, Pat DeRousie-Webb of New York City, his daughter Allison (Donald) Willcox, grandson Michael Willcox and granddaughter Sara Willcox of Annandale, Virginia. Webb's family has noted to 60 Minutes that donations in his memory be made to the The Actor's Fund.
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Shizzo's mom
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Shizzo's mom
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Shizzo's mom
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Thought it - this is the Thunder Dome after all - but lacked the testicular fortitude to post it
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;D
Thought it - this is the Thunder Dome after all - but lacked the testicular fortitude to post it
oh we all thought it, you know that :D
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I think Leon Spinks passed away today.
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I think Leon Spinks passed away today.
All he wanted for Christmas were his two front teeth.
(Too soon?)
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All he wanted for Christmas were his two front teeth.
(Too soon?)
7 seconds post mortem isnt too soon on getbig
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George P. Shultz, Influential Cabinet Official Under Nixon and Reagan, Dies at 100
George P. Shultz, who presided with a steady hand over the beginning of the end of the Cold War as President Ronald Reagan’s often embattled secretary of state, died on Saturday at his home in Stanford, Calif. He was 100.
His death was announced by the Hoover Institution, where he was a distinguished fellow. He was also professor emeritus at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Shultz, who had served Republican presidents since Dwight D. Eisenhower, moved to California after leaving Washington in January 1989. He continued writing and speaking on issues ranging from nuclear weapons to climate change into his late 90s, expressing concern about America’s direction.
“Right now we’re not leading the world,” he told an interviewer in March 2020. “We’re withdrawing from it.”
He carried a weighty résumé into the Reagan White House, with stints as secretary of labor, budget director and secretary of the Treasury under President Richard M. Nixon. He had emerged from the wars of Watergate with his reputation unscathed, having shown a respect for the rule of law all too rare in that era. At the helm of the Treasury, he had drawn Nixon’s wrath for resisting the president’s demands to use the Internal Revenue Service as a weapon against the president’s political enemies.
As secretary of state for six and a half years, Mr. Shultz was widely regarded as a voice of reason in the Reagan administration as it tore itself asunder over the conduct of American foreign policy. He described those struggles as “a kind of guerrilla warfare,” a fierce and ceaseless combat among the leaders of national security.
He fought “a battle royal” in his quest to get out the facts, as he later testified to Congress during the Iran-contra affair. The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, William J. Casey, followed his own foreign policy in secret, and the State Department and the Pentagon constantly clashed over the use of American military force. Estranged from the White House, Mr. Shultz threatened to resign three times.
Mr. Shultz was summoned to Camp David and handed the wheel of American foreign policy in June 1982. Initially deemed too politically moderate by Reagan’s advisers, he had been passed over for the post of secretary of state the previous year. (The position had gone to Alexander M. Haig Jr., the mercurial and combative general who lasted barely 18 months before he abruptly left office amid fierce disputes over the direction of diplomacy and the projection of American power.)
The Middle East was exploding, the United States was underwriting covert warfare in Central America, and relations with the Soviet Union were at rock bottom when Mr. Shultz became the 60th secretary of state.
Moscow and Washington had not spoken for years; nuclear tensions escalated and hit a peak during his first months in office. The hard work of replacing fear and hatred with a measure of trust and confidence took place in more than 30 meetings with Mr. Shultz and the Soviet foreign minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, between 1985 and 1988. The Soviets saw Mr. Shultz as their key interlocutor; in private, they called him the prime minister of the United States.
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Continuous meetings between Mr. Shultz and Mr. Shevardnadze helped ease the tensions between the superpowers and paved the way for the most sweeping arms control agreement of the Cold War, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Ratified in June 1988, it banned land-based ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and missile launchers with ranges of up to 3,420 miles. Within three years the two nations had eliminated 2,692 missiles and started a decade of verification inspections.
The treaty remained in force until August 2019, when President Donald J. Trump scrapped it, contending that Russia had broken the accord by developing a new cruise missile.
Almost alone among the members of the Reagan team, Mr. Shultz had seen early on that the new Soviet leader, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, and his allies in Moscow were different from their predecessors. The rest of the national security team, and especially Reagan’s defense secretary, Caspar W. Weinberger (known as Cap), had scoffed at the idea that the Kremlin could change its tune.
“Many people in Washington said: ‘There is nothing different, these are just personalities. Nothing can be changed,’” Mr. Shultz recounted in an oral history of the Reagan administration. “That was the C.I.A. view; that was Cap’s view; that was the view of all the hard-liners.”
“They were terribly wrong,” he added.
The world seemed on the verge of a lasting peace when he left office; the Berlin Wall still stood, but not for long. “It is fair to say that the Cold War ended during the Reagan years,” Mr. Shultz wrote in his 1993 memoir, “Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State.” The easing of four decades of grinding tension changed the global landscape. There would be fewer nuclear weapons pointed at great cities, fewer proxy wars in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
But a lethal force was rising in Afghanistan, where American-supplied weapons in the hands of Afghan rebels killed Soviet occupying forces throughout the 1980s. Both Moscow and Washington had poured billions of dollars into the fight, and both sides continued to support rival Afghan factions after the Soviets pulled out in February 1989.
“We assert confidently our right to supply our friends in Afghanistan as we see the need to do so,” Mr. Shultz announced in April 1988. American arms had helped empower a generation of holy warriors who had bled the Red Army, but who would eventually shelter and support the Qaeda terrorists who struck the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
Strategies Against Terror
The United States was hit by terrorist attacks repeatedly in the Reagan years; the worst was the October 1983 suicide bombing of the Marine Corps headquarters at the Beirut International Airport that killed 241 Americans. They had been sent to Lebanon as peacekeepers while the United States tried and failed to broker a deal among the leaders of Israel, Lebanon and Syria after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Mr. Shultz had proposed a new strategy of counterterrorism — “preventive or pre-emptive actions against terrorists before they strike,” as he said in a June 1984 speech. The idea won only muted support at the time, but it became a tenet of President George W. Bush’s “war on terror.”
Mr. Shultz decisively lost the battle for control of foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere. The White House, the National Security Council and the C.I.A. believed that the rise of a left-wing government in Nicaragua foreshadowed a chain reaction that could inflame all of Central America. They chose to fight back through covert action, secret paramilitary operations and support for a counterrevolutionary force, the contras. Congress cut off aid to the rebels, but secret operations to support them continued apace.
Reagan’s national security adviser, Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter, and Mr. Casey, the C.I.A. chief, oversaw the secret sale of arms to Iran as ransom for American hostages held in Lebanon. Both men knew that millions of dollars in profits from the arms sales were being channeled covertly to the Nicaraguan rebels, in defiance of the congressional ban.
Mr. Shultz had been kept in the dark about secret presidential directives authorizing the trading of arms for hostages. Chagrined and outraged, he denounced the secret dealings after they were revealed in November 1986, directly challenging Reagan. He came close to losing his job. But alone among the senior members of the Reagan team, he emerged untarnished after the Iran-contra affair unraveled.
The arms-for-hostages deal was “totally outside the system of government that we live by,” Mr. Shultz later told Congress. “I don’t think desirable ends justify means of lying, deceiving, of doing things that are outside our constitutional processes.”
Mr. Shultz knew the consequences of criminal acts and cover-ups. He had lived through Watergate.
On the secretly recorded White House tapes, Nixon railed about Mr. Shultz’s reluctance to use the I.R.S. to investigate and intimidate hundreds of people on the president’s so-called enemies list.
“He didn’t get secretary of the Treasury because he has nice blue eyes,” Nixon said. “It was a goddamn favor to get him that job.”
Nixon named Mr. Shultz labor secretary in January 1969, a post he held for 18 months until he took over the newly formed White House Office of Management and Budget in July 1970. His deputy there was Mr. Weinberger, whose zeal to carry out the president’s demands to cut federal spending earned him the nickname “Cap the Knife.”
“Caspar Weinberger was noted as a big budget cutter,” Mr. Shultz said in an oral history of the Nixon administration. “Nixon railed against the C.I.A. and their lousy intelligence, and said, ‘Cap, I want you to cut the C.I.A.’s budget to one-third its present size.’ Cap would light up like a Christmas tree. Then Nixon said: ‘No. Make it one-half its present size.’ Then we’d leave the meeting, and Cap would be very excited, and I would say: ‘Cap, relax. He’s just showboating.’”
After two years at the budget office, Mr. Shultz became Treasury secretary in June 1972. The previous year, Nixon unilaterally made the dollar inconvertible to gold. That forced the rest of the world to move from a system of fixed rates of exchange for national currencies to a flexible system. Exchange rates ceased to be the way in which governments made monetary policy. Mr. Shultz traveled the world trying to make sure the dollar remained almighty.
He quit the Nixon administration in May 1974, three months before the president resigned in disgrace, the last of Nixon’s original cabinet members to depart. Before his death, he was the oldest surviving member of Nixon’s inner circle and, along with former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, among the last.
After 25 years in academia and government, Mr. Shultz joined the Bechtel Corporation (now Bechtel Group), one of the world’s biggest engineering and construction companies, serving as its president from 1974 to 1982. He was paid nearly $600,000 a year (about $2 million in today’s money) to run its global and domestic operations, which included the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the Washington Metro subway, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and much of the infrastructure of the Saudi government.
Throughout his years in power in Washington, Mr. Shultz tried to keep one secret out of print: that he had a tiger tattoo on his posterior, a legacy of his undergraduate days at Princeton University. When queried about the tattoo, Phyllis Oakley, a State Department spokeswoman at the time, replied, “I am not in a position to comment.”
Princeton, Then the Pacific
George Pratt Shultz was born in Manhattan on Dec. 13, 1920, the only child of the former Margaret Lennox Pratt and Birl E. Shultz, an official with the New York Stock Exchange. He grew up in Englewood, N.J., and entered Princeton in the fall of 1938.
In his senior year in 1941, he was majoring in economics when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7. He joined the Marines after graduation and saw combat in the Pacific. He joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after earning his doctorate in industrial relations there in 1949. His field was labor economics.
In 1955, he took a year’s leave to serve as a senior staff member of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Council of Economic Advisers, under its chairman, Arthur F. Burns, who later led the Federal Reserve Board.
Starting in 1957, Mr. Shultz taught at the University of Chicago, where he was dean of its business school from 1962 to 1968. That year he took a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, a wooded retreat for academics in Stanford. He returned to Stanford after leaving public office and receiving in 1989 the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Over the next three decades he wrote for academic journals and op-ed pages.
His most recent book, published in the fall, was “A Hinge of History,” written with James Timbie, a longtime State Department adviser. In the book, Mr. Shultz argued that the world is at a pivot point in history, much like the one it reached at the end of World War II, requiring international cooperation in grappling with an era that will bring fundamental changes in education, migration, national security, technology, economics and democratization.
Mr. Shultz was a Marine when he met his future wife of nearly 50 years, Helena M. O’Brien, known as Obie. He was on a rest-and-recreation trip to Kauai, Hawaii, where she was an Army nurse. She died in 1995.
In 1997, he married Charlotte Smith Mailliard Swig, San Francisco’s chief of protocol.The high-society ceremony was held in the city’s Grace Cathedral. He wore black tie with red, white and blue studs of rubies, diamonds and sapphire, and sported a tiger orchid boutonniere.
His survivors include his wife; three daughters from his first marriage, Margaret Ann Shylt Tilsworth, Kathleen Pratt Shultz Jorgensen and Barbara Lennox Shultz White; two sons from his first marriage, Peter and Alexander; 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
The only scandal that touched Mr. Shultz’s personal life began to erupt in 2015. For four years, he had been a member of the board of directors of Theranos, a Silicon Valley start-up founded by Elizabeth Holmes, a young college dropout who claimed to have invented a revolutionary new blood-testing system. His enthusiastic support drew power brokers to the board, including Mr. Kissinger and James Mattis, the retired Marine general who would become President Trump’s defense secretary.
Theranos was valued at $9 billion before whistle-blowers inside the company began talking to a Wall Street Journal reporter, saying the technology did not work as promised. The insiders included Mr. Shultz’s grandson, Tyler Shultz, and the elder statesman pressured him to stay silent.
It was not until Theranos collapsed in 2018 and its founders faced indictment on fraud charges that Mr. Shultz finally acknowledged the “troubling practices” at Theranos, saying in a public statement that his grandson had “felt personally threatened” by their confrontation “and believed that I had placed allegiance to the company over allegiance to higher values and our family.”
A lifelong Republican, Mr. Shultz largely stayed out of the political fray after leaving Washington. But he refused to publicly endorse Mr. Trump in 2016 and in 2020, adding that he did not back his Democratic opponents, either. In an interview with The New York Times in October, however, he offered no criticism of Joseph R. Biden Jr., Mr. Trump’s Democratic challenger at the time. The two had worked together collegially when Mr. Shultz was secretary of state and Mr. Biden was a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Mr. Shultz said he had recently teased Mr. Biden, who was 77 at the time, telling him, “From my standpoint, you’re a promising young man.”
A Legacy Undone
Mr. Shultz lived long enough to see his most lasting legacy from the Reagan years come largely undone.
The arsenals of the United States and the Soviet Union were bristling with tens of thousands of nuclear weapons when he became secretary of state. Fears of Armageddon approached an all-time high. In June 1983, General Secretary Yuri Andropov warned a former American ambassador to Moscow, Averell Harriman, that the two nations were nearing “the dangerous ‘red line’” of nuclear war.
“I don’t think the Soviets were crying wolf,” Robert M. Gates, the C.I.A.’s top Soviet analyst at the time and later the secretary of defense, observed a quarter of a century later. “They may not have believed a NATO attack was imminent in November 1983, but they did seem to believe that the situation was very dangerous.”
Washington and Moscow had been preparing for World War III since the dawn of the nuclear age. They also had been negotiating a strategic arms limitation treaty since 1969. An agreement signed in 1979 would have reduced both sides’ nuclear arsenals substantially. But after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan that year, the Senate never ratified it.
Mr. Shultz’s crowning arms-control achievement was the 1988 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and he was dismayed when President Trump scrapped it in 2019.
“Withdrawing from the I.N.F. treaty was a giant mistake,” Mr. Shultz said in the October interview with The Times. “You lose not only the agreement itself, but you lose all those verification provisions that we worked so hard on.”
Mr. Shultz and Mr. Gorbachev had argued to no avail in a Washington Post op-ed article in 2018 that abandoning the treaty “would be a step toward a new arms race, undermining strategic stability and increasing the threat of miscalculation or technical failure leading to an immensely destructive war.”
Mr. Shultz agonized over that threat. “We desperately need to have a discussion with Russia about this,” he told an interviewer in November 2019. “There is too much loose talk about not just having nuclear weapons, but using them,” he said.
“People have forgotten their power. In my day, I remember nuclear weapons. We knew what they could do. It was very vividly wrong.”
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Billy Brown -- the Brown family patriarch featured in 12 seasons of the hit series "Alaskan Bush People" -- has died.
Billy died Sunday following a seizure. His son, Bear, wrote on Instagram the family is "heartbroken to announce that our beloved patriarch Billy Brown passed away last night after suffering from a seizure."
Weird family. I suspect mostly reality bullshit. But RIP nonetheless
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Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mary Wilson, one of the original members of the Supremes, the 1960s group that helped establish the Motown sound and propelled Diana Ross to superstardom, has died. She was 76.
Wilson died Monday night at her home in Nevada and the cause was not immediately clear, said publicist Jay Schwartz.
Wilson, Diana Ross and Florence Ballard made up the first successful configuration of The Supremes, Motown's first and most commercially successful girl group. Ballard was replaced by Cindy Birdsong in 1967, and Wilson stayed with the group until it was officially disbanded in 1977.
The group's first No. 1, million-selling song, "Where Did Our Love Go," was released June 17, 1964. Touring at the time, Wilson said there was a moment when she realized they had a hit song.
"I remember that instead of going home on the bus, we flew," she told The Associated Press in 2014. "That was our first plane ride. We flew home. We had really hit big."
It would be the first of five consecutive No. 1s, with "Baby Love," "Come See About Me," "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "Back in My Arms Again" following in quick succession. The Supremes also recorded the hit songs "You Can't Hurry Love," "Up the Ladder to the Roof" and "Love Child."
"I just woke up to this news," Ross tweeted on Tuesday, offering her condolences to Wilson's family. "I am reminded that each day is a gift," she added, writing "I have so many wonderful memories of our time together."
Berry Gordy, who founded the Detroit-based Motown Records, said he was "extremely shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of a major member of the Motown family, Mary Wilson of the Supremes." His statement Monday night, according to Variety, said "The Supremes were always known as the 'sweethearts of Motown.'"
Wilson, Ross and Ballard were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
"The world has lost one of the brightest stars in our Motown family. Mary Wilson was an icon," Motown Museum Chairwoman and CEO Robin Terry said in a statement.
Wilson, in a recent YouTube video posted Saturday, said she was excited to celebrate Black history month, her upcoming birthday (March 6) and teased fans with the announcement that Universal Music had plans to release some of her music.
"We're going to be talking about the Supremes, yeah, 60th anniversary, and I'm going to be talking a lot about that mainly because I've finally decided how to work with Universal and they're going to release new recordings, Mary Wilson recordings," she said. "Yes! At last!"
"Hopefully some of that will be out on my birthday," she continued. "We'll see. I've got my fingers crossed here. Yes I do."
Several celebrities mourned Wilson's death on social media, including Viola Davis, Questlove, Andy Cohen, Janet Mock, Ledisi, Richard Marx and Kiss' Paul Stanley, who said he was in touch with Wilson last week.
"OMG! Mary Wilson of the Supremes has died suddenly. I was just on a Zoom call with her Wednesday for about an hour & never could have imagined this," he tweeted Tuesday. "So full of life & great stories. Absolutely shocked. Rest In Supreme Peace Mary."
Steven Van Zandt said he spoke to Wilson before the world went on lockdown because of the coronavirus, tweeting Tuesday: "RIP Mary Wilson. Legendary founding member of the Supremes and fantastic solo artist. I had a wonderful conversation with her just before the quarantine. She was full of energy and plans so this is shocking as well as tragic. Our love and condolences go to her family and friends."
Following the Supremes' disbandment, Wilson released the New York Times best-selling book, "Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme," in 1986. She released her second book, "Supreme Faith: Someday We'll Be Together," in 1990. Her last book, "Supreme Glamour," was written with Mark Bego and was released in 2019.
Wilson also competed on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" in 2019.
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She is black history now.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg....still fucking dead!
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Lynda Carter is now a widow. :(
One week ago, my beloved husband Robert A. Altman passed away.
Robert is the love of my life and he always will be.
Our 37 years of marriage were an extraordinary gift. We shared the passion I hope everyone is lucky enough to experience in their lifetime. We protected each other and were each other’s champions always.
We have always been grateful for the two beautiful lives we created together: our children, Jessica and James. They are the lights of my life, and were the greatest joy of Robert’s. I see so much of Robert in them, and I know he lives on through them.
To all the fans who have shared their condolences:
Jessica, James, and I want to say thank you. We especially love hearing about the times you met Robert at concerts or through his work in the gaming world. He loved meeting you and hearing your stories.
To Robert:
You are the most honorable person that I have ever had the privilege to know. And I got to be your wife and the mother of your children. Thank you for giving me all the love in my life.
Nothing could prepare our family for this moment, but we will do our best to follow our dreams and honor the legacy you’ve left behind. I will love you always and forever.
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Hustler Founder Larry Flynt Dead at 78
Larry Flynt -- the famous and controversial publisher known for launching a porn empire -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
Family sources tell us the mogul passed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles from heart failure.
For nearly 50 years, Flynt's been one of the biggest names in the adult entertainment industry. He launched "Hustler" magazine in 1974, which brought him fame and fortune as it skyrocketed in popularity ... and also brought countless legal issues.
Many of these First Amendment battles were chronicled in the Oscar-nominated 1996 film, "The People vs. Larry Flynt," starring Woody Harrelson.
Flynt's magazine and notoriety also led to him being shot in 1978 in a murder attempt by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin. The shooting left Larry paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, and he suffered from constant pain and other medical issues as a result.
Along with being the name behind the Hustler brand, Flynt's the president of Larry Flynt Publications ... which produces other magazines like "Barely Legal," pornographic videos and Hustler TV.
He also opened the famous Hustler Casino near L.A. in 2000.
Flynt dabbled in politics, controversially of course, by attempting a brief presidential run in 1984 and running for Governor of California in the 2003 recall election. He also weighed in during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial by offering $1 million for evidence of sexual transgressions to publish his "The Flynt Report."
As for his personal life ... Flynt was married 5 times. He married his current wife, Elizabeth Berrios, in 1998. He has 5 daughters and a son, along with many grandchildren and great-grandkids.
Larry was 78.
RIP
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Hustler Founder Larry Flynt Dead at 78
Larry Flynt -- the famous and controversial publisher known for launching a porn empire -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
Family sources tell us the mogul passed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles from heart failure.
For nearly 50 years, Flynt's been one of the biggest names in the adult entertainment industry. He launched "Hustler" magazine in 1974, which brought him fame and fortune as it skyrocketed in popularity ... and also brought countless legal issues.
Many of these First Amendment battles were chronicled in the Oscar-nominated 1996 film, "The People vs. Larry Flynt," starring Woody Harrelson.
Flynt's magazine and notoriety also led to him being shot in 1978 in a murder attempt by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin. The shooting left Larry paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, and he suffered from constant pain and other medical issues as a result.
Along with being the name behind the Hustler brand, Flynt's the president of Larry Flynt Publications ... which produces other magazines like "Barely Legal," pornographic videos and Hustler TV.
He also opened the famous Hustler Casino near L.A. in 2000.
Flynt dabbled in politics, controversially of course, by attempting a brief presidential run in 1984 and running for Governor of California in the 2003 recall election. He also weighed in during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial by offering $1 million for evidence of sexual transgressions to publish his "The Flynt Report."
As for his personal life ... Flynt was married 5 times. He married his current wife, Elizabeth Berrios, in 1998. He has 5 daughters and a son, along with many grandchildren and great-grandkids.
Larry was 78.
RIP
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A true hero.
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Re: Flynt -
His biography, "An Unseemly Man" was a very good read. It went into the stuff the movie touched on far more indepth, and wasn't just a puff piece.
Allan MacDonell's "A Prisoner of X" was another good read about Hustler, as he was an editor there for 20 years or so, and goes into how the mag ran, and some of the behind the scenes stuff of dealing with porn girls, etc....
I haven't thought about or bought a porn mag in 20+ years, but I still get a big laugh out of most of the Hustler Cartoons I run across. One of the best parts of the whole mag.
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Re: Flynt -
His biography, "An Unseemly Man" was a very good read. It went into the stuff the movie touched on far more indepth, and wasn't just a puff piece.
Allan MacDonell's "A Prisoner of X" was another good read about Hustler, as he was an editor there for 20 years or so, and goes into how the mag ran, and some of the behind the scenes stuff of dealing with porn girls, etc....
I haven't thought about or bought a porn mag in 20+ years, but I still get a big laugh out of most of the Hustler Cartoons I run across. One of the best parts of the whole mag.
:D
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Hustler Founder Larry Flynt Dead at 78
Larry Flynt -- the famous and controversial publisher known for launching a porn empire -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
Family sources tell us the mogul passed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles from heart failure.
For nearly 50 years, Flynt's been one of the biggest names in the adult entertainment industry. He launched "Hustler" magazine in 1974, which brought him fame and fortune as it skyrocketed in popularity ... and also brought countless legal issues.
Many of these First Amendment battles were chronicled in the Oscar-nominated 1996 film, "The People vs. Larry Flynt," starring Woody Harrelson.
Flynt's magazine and notoriety also led to him being shot in 1978 in a murder attempt by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin. The shooting left Larry paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, and he suffered from constant pain and other medical issues as a result.
Along with being the name behind the Hustler brand, Flynt's the president of Larry Flynt Publications ... which produces other magazines like "Barely Legal," pornographic videos and Hustler TV.
He also opened the famous Hustler Casino near L.A. in 2000.
Flynt dabbled in politics, controversially of course, by attempting a brief presidential run in 1984 and running for Governor of California in the 2003 recall election. He also weighed in during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial by offering $1 million for evidence of sexual transgressions to publish his "The Flynt Report."
As for his personal life ... Flynt was married 5 times. He married his current wife, Elizabeth Berrios, in 1998. He has 5 daughters and a son, along with many grandchildren and great-grandkids.
Larry was 78.
RIP
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Great American Hero.
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I know a guy who dated one of Flint's wives. The one featured in the movie who died of a heroin overdose.
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Any man can be a playboy and live in a penthouse
But it takes a real man to be a hustler
-Larry Flint
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chick-corea-obit-1127283/
Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79
Chick Corea, the virtuosic keyboardist who broadened the scope of jazz during a career spanning more than five decades, died on Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. A post on his Facebook page confirmed the news. Corea was 79.
“Throughout his life and career, Chick relished in the freedom and the fun to be had in creating something new, and in playing the games that artists do,” his family wrote in a statement. “Through his body of work and the decades he spent touring the world, he touched and inspired the lives of millions.”
“Chick Corea was the single greatest improvisational musician I have ever played with,” John Mayer, who had appeared with Corea onstage, wrote on Instagram. “Nobody was more open, more finely tuned to the moment, changing his approach with every new offering by the musicians around him. If you hit a wrong note, he’d immediately pick it up and play it as a motif so as to say ‘all of this has value, whether you see it or not.’ What an immeasurable loss in so many ways.”
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An OT VIII in Scientology. He has his own universe now.
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Alex Trebek's Last Great 'Jeopardy!' Champ, Brayden Smith, Dead at 24
Alex Trebek's last great "Jeopardy!" champion has died at the young age of only 24.
Brayden Smith, who scored a 5-game winning streak and more than $115,000 in winnings as Trebek's era came to a close, died unexpectedly last Friday in his hometown of Las Vegas. The cause of death is unclear.
Brayden's lifelong dream had always been to appear on "Jeopardy!" ... and the young man, who had reportedly tried getting on the show at least a dozen times, left a lasting impression on Trebek and fans alike.
His run was so impressive he drew comparisons to the great James Holzhauer because he also had a knack for finding the Daily Doubles and laying huge wagers when he did.
Trebek was very much impressed with Brayden's prolific run ... dubbing him "Billy Buzzsaw" for his ability to dismantle the competition. Trebek also uttered "Most impressive. I don't know what to say." Brayden, of course, appeared in the final shows Trebek ever hosted before he died from pancreatic cancer.
Brayden, who died about a month after his episode aired, had been looking forward to competing in the show's Tournament of Champions. He had just graduated from UNLV last year with a degree in economics and had hoped to attend law school and become a U.S. Attorney.
The family's asked that donations be made in Brayden's name here ... a fund benefiting Nevada students furthering their education.
RIP, champ.
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Model Rebecca Landrith Found Dead on Side of the Road in Pennsylvania After Being Shot Multiple Times
A former model was found dead in western Pennsylvania over the weekend.
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Rebecca Landrith, 47, was discovered by a PennDot worker early Sunday morning in Union County on the side of an Interstate 80 ramp, authorities said, PhillyVoice reported Wednesday.
Landrith, originally from Virginia, had gunshot wounds to her head, neck, throat, chest and hand, Union County Coroner Dominick Adamo said in a statement to the outlet. The coroner ruled her death as a homicide.
Adamo did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
When she was found, Landrith did not have identification on her, but investigators were able to identify her using fingerprints on some receipts she had with her when she died. Landrith is believed to have recently traveled through Indiana and Wisconsin, based on the receipts.
On Wednesday, a man was arrested in connection to Landrith's death, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers said. Pennsylvania State Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
Tracy Rollins — whose name had been found on a note in Landrith's pocket — was arrested in Connecticut and charged with criminal homicide and abuse of corpse, PhillyVoice reported Thursday.
Rollins, a 28-year-old truck driver, was allegedly linked to the locations that had appeared on Landrith's receipts by surveillance video and cell phone data obtained by police, a criminal complaint obtained by the outlet said.
Police allegedly found blood and shell casings in Rollins' truck, and noted that bleach and cleaning solution had recently been used in his vehicle, PhillyVoice reported.
Connecticut State Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. It was not clear if Rollins has legal representation or has entered a plea at this time.
Landrith was a finalist in the 2014 Miss Manhattan contest and America's It Girl Miss Lady Liberty.
"I adore fashion and the industry and am a warm weather person with a warm heart," the model said in a bio on an iStudio page. "I have worked with some really great photographers and fantastic people in this industry."
In addition to modeling, Landrith was also an "accomplished violinist," her bio said.
Landrith's brother, George Landrith, told PennLive that his younger sister had been estranged from the family for about five years.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/model-rebecca-landrith-found-dead-on-side-of-the-road-in-pennsylvania-after-being-shot-multiple-times/ar-BB1dCfwT?ocid=msedgdhp
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Model Rebecca Landrith Found Dead on Side of the Road in Pennsylvania After Being Shot Multiple Times
A former model was found dead in western Pennsylvania over the weekend.
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Rebecca Landrith, 47, was discovered by a PennDot worker early Sunday morning in Union County on the side of an Interstate 80 ramp, authorities said, PhillyVoice reported Wednesday.
Landrith, originally from Virginia, had gunshot wounds to her head, neck, throat, chest and hand, Union County Coroner Dominick Adamo said in a statement to the outlet. The coroner ruled her death as a homicide.
Adamo did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
When she was found, Landrith did not have identification on her, but investigators were able to identify her using fingerprints on some receipts she had with her when she died. Landrith is believed to have recently traveled through Indiana and Wisconsin, based on the receipts.
On Wednesday, a man was arrested in connection to Landrith's death, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers said. Pennsylvania State Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
Tracy Rollins — whose name had been found on a note in Landrith's pocket — was arrested in Connecticut and charged with criminal homicide and abuse of corpse, PhillyVoice reported Thursday.
Rollins, a 28-year-old truck driver, was allegedly linked to the locations that had appeared on Landrith's receipts by surveillance video and cell phone data obtained by police, a criminal complaint obtained by the outlet said.
Police allegedly found blood and shell casings in Rollins' truck, and noted that bleach and cleaning solution had recently been used in his vehicle, PhillyVoice reported.
Connecticut State Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. It was not clear if Rollins has legal representation or has entered a plea at this time.
Landrith was a finalist in the 2014 Miss Manhattan contest and America's It Girl Miss Lady Liberty.
"I adore fashion and the industry and am a warm weather person with a warm heart," the model said in a bio on an iStudio page. "I have worked with some really great photographers and fantastic people in this industry."
In addition to modeling, Landrith was also an "accomplished violinist," her bio said.
Landrith's brother, George Landrith, told PennLive that his younger sister had been estranged from the family for about five years.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/model-rebecca-landrith-found-dead-on-side-of-the-road-in-pennsylvania-after-being-shot-multiple-times/ar-BB1dCfwT?ocid=msedgdhp
Shot 18 times? She was most sincerely dead.
I'm glad police have a suspect.
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Landrith, originally from Virginia, had gunshot wounds to her head, neck, throat, chest and hand [..] The coroner ruled her death as a homicide.
No sh1t...
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This article has more on the story, he wasn't a good cleaner. There were bits of bone, flesh, brain, and blood all through the bunk of the truck -
https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2021/02/note-in-pocket-of-model-found-dead-along-i-80-led-police-to-suspect-in-her-killing.html .
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chick-corea-obit-1127283/
Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79
Chick Corea, the virtuosic keyboardist who broadened the scope of jazz during a career spanning more than five decades, died on Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. A post on his Facebook page confirmed the news. Corea was 79.
“Throughout his life and career, Chick relished in the freedom and the fun to be had in creating something new, and in playing the games that artists do,” his family wrote in a statement. “Through his body of work and the decades he spent touring the world, he touched and inspired the lives of millions.”
“Chick Corea was the single greatest improvisational musician I have ever played with,” John Mayer, who had appeared with Corea onstage, wrote on Instagram. “Nobody was more open, more finely tuned to the moment, changing his approach with every new offering by the musicians around him. If you hit a wrong note, he’d immediately pick it up and play it as a motif so as to say ‘all of this has value, whether you see it or not.’ What an immeasurable loss in so many ways.”
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in happier times
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Robert Maraj was 64 at the time of his death.
Nicki Minaj's Father, Robert Maraj, Killed in Hit-and-Run Accident
Nicki Minaj's father, Robert Maraj, has died after being struck in a hit-and-run accident ... TMZ has learned.
Nassau County Police in New York say he was walking on the road between Roslyn Road and Raff Avenue Friday evening around 6 PM ET, when he was hit by a vehicle heading northbound. Cops say the driver then fled the scene without a meaningful description from witnesses.
Robert was taken to an area hospital in critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries and passed over the weekend. The Homicide Squad is investigating the case and asking for the public's help in identifying the responsible party.
Nicki hasn't spoken on her dad's death yet. There are shots of them together embracing, so they obviously had a decent relationship ... but we know their history has been rocky over the years, as NM herself has well noted. It's unclear what Nicki's relationship with her dad was currently.
We've reached out to Nicki's reps to see if she had any comment ... so far, no word back.
Robert appeared to be just 64.
RIP
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NFL Star Vincent Jackson Found Dead in Hotel Room, Cops Investigating
Vincent Jackson -- a 3-time Pro Bowl wide receiver -- was found dead in a hotel room in Florida on Monday, officials confirm. He was only 38.
The former San Diego Chargers and Tampa Bay Bucs star was discovered by a housekeeper inside his room at the Homewood Suites hotel in Brandon, Florida (located in the Tampa area). Cops have released pics from the scene.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says it's investigating -- as there is no apparent cause of death. No signs of trauma, etc.
Jackson had been staying at the hotel since January 11 -- though it's unclear why he was living there considering he made a fortune during his 12 years as an NFL player.
Officials say Jackson's family filed a missing persons report regarding the NFL star on February 11. He was located on Feb. 12 and cops spoke with him.
"After assessing Jackson’s well-being, the missing persons case was canceled," officials say.
He was found dead in his hotel room days later.
Sheriff Chad Chronister issued a statement saying, "My heart aches for the many loved ones Vincent Jackson leaves behind, from his wife and children to the Buccaneers nation that adored him."
"Mr. Jackson was a devoted man who put his family and community above everything else."
Jackson worked closely with the Sheriff's Dept and was even made an honorary deputy.
"He will be sorely missed by not only football fans across the country, but also the people here in Hillsborough County who reaped the benefits of his generous contributions."
Jackson was a star athlete in both football and basketball at the University of Northern Colorado before going 61st overall to the San Diego Chargers in the 2005 NFL Draft.
Jackson played for the Chargers from 2005 to 2011, making the Pro Bowl twice.
He spent the latter part of his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, earning a 3rd Pro Bowl spot in 2012.
The WR finally retired from the game in 2016. Jackson earned 540 receptions, 57 TDs and more than 9,000 receiving yards during his 12 seasons in the league ... and reportedly made more than $71 million in contract money during his NFL run.
Tributes are already starting to pour in ... his ex-Chargers teammate Shawne Merriman tweeted, "Man, no way. Praying for Vincent Jackson’s family. Dude was 3 years younger than me. Rest In Peace brother."
His alma mater also posted a tribute ...
https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/15/vincent-jackson-nfl-dead-38-years-old-police-investigating/?fbclid=IwAR1TjJp8ddpjPXSlZQEuy984vPnTo-65aq1FPoqmbeExEB70cwCSTQJH-Ck
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(https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&url=1ubeOZ_0YbYv8kc00).
This article has more on the story, he wasn't a good cleaner. There were bits of bone, flesh, brain, and blood all through the bunk of the truck -
https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2021/02/note-in-pocket-of-model-found-dead-along-i-80-led-police-to-suspect-in-her-killing.html .
So she was hitch-hiking, he picked her up, shot her to death in the cab, fvcked the corpse and thought bleach would do the trick... but left the shell casings in the cab... and there were bullet strikes too...
When asked questions pertaining to his travels, Rollins replied: “I hate to start lying to you cause this is a murder investigation.”
At that point Rollins had not been advised or presented any information that this was a murder investigation.
IQ of a (murderous) potato... Another incel virgin frustrated by his complete failure at life - should have used the gun on himself
I am so pro death penalty for cases like this... in the UK he'd get 'life' and be out in 17 years...
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PrimePedo hasn’t posted in a few days.
I’m hoping and praying that that rancid old senile pedo fuckstick is dead.
I want to be the one who gets to add his disgusting, perverted, moronic carcass to the Deadpool List.
Come on Grim Reaper, you can do it, I’m pulling for you!
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Chris Filippelli - passed away this week. 62yo was a good example of bodybuilder for all his life. My condolences to his family and friends.
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He looked dead 30 years ago.
When Larry found out his latest wife was cheating on him with his kids baseball coach, Larry told the coach "you think she's hot, you should see her younger sister." 8)
Larry King's Widow Shawn Contests His Handwritten Will
The battle over Larry King's estate is getting nasty ... his widow's contesting his handwritten will, which left everything to his kids and nothing to her.
Larry's seventh wife, Shawn Southwick King, claims in new legal docs ... the late talk show host was no longer pushing their divorce case and reconciliation was possible before he died.
In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Shawn claims Larry's handwritten will does not change her position as executor under his 2015 will, and also violates 2 post-nuptial agreements between Larry and her regarding his ability to give gifts to his children. So, in her book the new will has no legal effect.
As we first told you ... Larry scribbled his most recent will on October 17, 2019, about 2 months after filing for divorce from Shawn, saying he wanted his funds equally divided among his children.
According to the docs, Shawn claims Larry suffered a stroke around the time he hand-wrote his latest will, and she's arguing he had "questionable mental capacity" at the time.
One of Larry's surviving sons, Larry King Jr., has filed docs asking to be appointed a special administrator of the estate, noting his father was in the middle of divorce proceedings when he died ... but Shawn claims Larry didn't even know about Jr. until his son was well into his 30s.
In the docs, Shawn also claims Larry Jr. received improper gifts from his father's secret account, so he can't be the one to administer the estate ... and besides, she says she's the one with the most knowledge about Larry's businesses, assets and wishes.
As we reported, Shawn was butting heads with Larry's children right around the time he filed for divorce.
According to documents, Larry's estate is worth about $2 million, but a lot more is likely held in separate trusts.
Shawn wants the judge to deny Larry Jr.'s request to admit the handwritten will and deny his request to become special administrator of the estate.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/16/larry-king-widow-contests-handwritten-will-estate-shawn/?fbclid=IwAR2Iq1VmKN7XXzUEitzzaZY7oP1XNhffSX5BkGdiVZf5EN3TyKFQSHhR6gk
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Rush Limbaugh Lung Cancer
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/conservative-radio-legend-rush-limbaugh-dead-70
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Prince Philip on the way out.
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Prince Philip on the way out.
Is he the guy who hung out with Epstein?
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Is he the guy who hung out with Epstein?
Do think he did? Hes the British Queens husband who's about 400 years old
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Prince Markie Dee of The Fat Boys Dead at 52
Prince Markie Dee, one-third of the famous '80s hip hop group The Fat Boys, has died.
Prince passed away suddenly Thursday, according to SiriusXM’s Rock The Bells channel, where he used to host a radio show. The report did not mention a cause of death.
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The rapper helped start The Fat Boys, a pioneering rap group, back in the 1980s in Brooklyn. The group helped bring beatboxing to the mainstream, as they featured the sound on most of their songs -- and paved the way for artists like Biz Markie and Doug E. Fresh.
Even after The Fat Boys broke up ... Prince continued writing and producing for other artists. You'll find his credit on songs by Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige, Destiny's Child and Frank Ocean.
The Fat Boys had a brief Hollywood career too, as they co-starred in 2 movies ... "Krush Groove" and "Disorderlies."
Prince moved on to a solo career after The Fat Boys, signing with Columbia Records and releasing his debut album "Free" in 1992, featuring his chart-topping single, "Typical Reasons (Swing My Way)."
A career in radio followed, with Prince working as a host for Miami's 103.5 The Beat WMIB before his most recent gig as a host and DJ at Rock The Bells.
His groupmate, Darren "Buff Love" Robinson died in 1995 of a heart attack. Damon "Kool Rock-Ski" Wimbley is now the only surviving member.
Prince was 52.
RIP
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Prince Markie Dee of The Fat Boys Dead at 52
Prince Markie Dee, one-third of the famous '80s hip hop group The Fat Boys, has died.
Prince passed away suddenly Thursday, according to SiriusXM’s Rock The Bells channel, where he used to host a radio show. The report did not mention a cause of death.
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The rapper helped start The Fat Boys, a pioneering rap group, back in the 1980s in Brooklyn. The group helped bring beatboxing to the mainstream, as they featured the sound on most of their songs -- and paved the way for artists like Biz Markie and Doug E. Fresh.
Even after The Fat Boys broke up ... Prince continued writing and producing for other artists. You'll find his credit on songs by Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige, Destiny's Child and Frank Ocean.
The Fat Boys had a brief Hollywood career too, as they co-starred in 2 movies ... "Krush Groove" and "Disorderlies."
Prince moved on to a solo career after The Fat Boys, signing with Columbia Records and releasing his debut album "Free" in 1992, featuring his chart-topping single, "Typical Reasons (Swing My Way)."
A career in radio followed, with Prince working as a host for Miami's 103.5 The Beat WMIB before his most recent gig as a host and DJ at Rock The Bells.
His groupmate, Darren "Buff Love" Robinson died in 1995 of a heart attack. Damon "Kool Rock-Ski" Wimbley is now the only surviving member.
Prince was 52.
RIP
https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/18/prince-markie-dee-the-fat-boys-dead-dies/?fbclid=IwAR2mOIqw2AI1rgckjrZERU60H5Strx2FFYbybJWWl0BmRSYePyk0CrmXumQ
It’s that same lie that’s got white boys rappin’ and the Fat Boys actin’! ;D
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Do think he did? Hes the British Queens husband who's about 400 years old
:D That's right, I was thinking of Prince Andrew.
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Larry King's Widow Shawn Contests His Handwritten Will
The battle over Larry King's estate is getting nasty ... his widow's contesting his handwritten will, which left everything to his kids and nothing to her.
Larry's seventh wife, Shawn Southwick King, claims in new legal docs ... the late talk show host was no longer pushing their divorce case and reconciliation was possible before he died.
In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Shawn claims Larry's handwritten will does not change her position as executor under his 2015 will, and also violates 2 post-nuptial agreements between Larry and her regarding his ability to give gifts to his children. So, in her book the new will has no legal effect.
As we first told you ... Larry scribbled his most recent will on October 17, 2019, about 2 months after filing for divorce from Shawn, saying he wanted his funds equally divided among his children.
According to the docs, Shawn claims Larry suffered a stroke around the time he hand-wrote his latest will, and she's arguing he had "questionable mental capacity" at the time.
One of Larry's surviving sons, Larry King Jr., has filed docs asking to be appointed a special administrator of the estate, noting his father was in the middle of divorce proceedings when he died ... but Shawn claims Larry didn't even know about Jr. until his son was well into his 30s.
In the docs, Shawn also claims Larry Jr. received improper gifts from his father's secret account, so he can't be the one to administer the estate ... and besides, she says she's the one with the most knowledge about Larry's businesses, assets and wishes.
As we reported, Shawn was butting heads with Larry's children right around the time he filed for divorce.
According to documents, Larry's estate is worth about $2 million, but a lot more is likely held in separate trusts.
Shawn wants the judge to deny Larry Jr.'s request to admit the handwritten will and deny his request to become special administrator of the estate.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/16/larry-king-widow-contests-handwritten-will-estate-shawn/?fbclid=IwAR2Iq1VmKN7XXzUEitzzaZY7oP1XNhffSX5BkGdiVZf5EN3TyKFQSHhR6gk
She's not fighting over a couple million.
71. Larry King’s Beverly Hills Home
On the Market Since: 2020
Total Area: 10,810 square feet
Initial Value: $17 million*
This 10,810 square-foot estate, built in the Tuscan style, was built in 1989. Larry King and his former wife, Shawn King, purchased the home in 2007 for around $12 million. They lived there together for over a decade until putting the house back on the market in October of 2020 for $17 million.
The Tuscan estate, which is represented by West Side Estate Agency, has nine bathrooms, seven bedrooms, a gym, and a heated pool. It also has maid’s quarters and, located just near the main home, a guesthouse with one bedroom. The Kings raised their sons, Chance and Cannon, in the estate for thirteen years.
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California real estate has to be sitting on a bubble that will burst anytime.
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She's not fighting over a couple million.
71. Larry King’s Beverly Hills Home
On the Market Since: 2020
Total Area: 10,810 square feet
Initial Value: $17 million*
This 10,810 square-foot estate, built in the Tuscan style, was built in 1989. Larry King and his former wife, Shawn King, purchased the home in 2007 for around $12 million. They lived there together for over a decade until putting the house back on the market in October of 2020 for $17 million.
The Tuscan estate, which is represented by West Side Estate Agency, has nine bathrooms, seven bedrooms, a gym, and a heated pool. It also has maid’s quarters and, located just near the main home, a guesthouse with one bedroom. The Kings raised their sons, Chance and Cannon, in the estate for thirteen years.
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LOL
Larry King and his former wife, Shawn King, purchased the home in 2007 for around $12 million
I like how the wife "bought". Yeah with his money.
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LOL
Larry King and his former wife, Shawn King, purchased the home in 2007 for around $12 million
I like how the wife "bought". Yeah with his money.
Good catch. She was nobody until she started sucking Larry's dong.
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Joan Weldon, Actress Pursued by Giant Ants in 'Them!,' Dies at 90
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The Warner Bros. contract player also appeared in several Westerns and was a standout in the world of musical theater.
Joan Weldon, the actress and singer dubbed "filmdom's fairest exterminator" after her turn as a young scientist investigating giant, radiation-mutated ants in the 1954 sci-fi classic Them!, has died. She was 90.
Weldon died Feb. 11 at her home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, her family announced.
A onetime contract player at Warner Bros., Weldon during her heyday appeared in several Westerns, including The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) and Riding Shotgun (1954) opposite Randolph Scott; The Command (1954) with Guy Madison; Gunsight Ridge (1957) alongside Joel McCrea; and Day of the Badman (1958) with Fred MacMurray.
On the stage, she starred for three years as Marian the Librarian opposite Forrest Tucker in the original national tour of The Music Man, then played a countess alongside Alfred Drake on Broadway in 1961's Kean.
Weldon also toplined a national tour of Oklahoma! with Them! co-star Fess Parker in 1963, and a year later she became the first performer on the stage at the New York State Theater/Lincoln Center, portraying Natalie in a revival of The Merry Widow.
In Them!, her Dr. Pat Medford and her father (Edmund Gwenn) are myrmecologists brought on after strange footprints are discovered in a New Mexico desert. It turns out the prints were created by ants mutated by radiation released from an atomic bomb test.
"I didn't think much of Them! when I read the script; I just knew that [her character] was a scientist, and I was hoping that somewhere along the line there would be some romance or love interest," Weldon told Tom Weaver in an undated interview. "But [director] Gordon Douglas didn't want to refer to any kind of romance whatsoever. It was totally devoid of any interplay with anybody. The ants were supposed to be the star. Basically, it was an anti-war, anti-nuclear message [film].
"Jack Warner was unenthusiastic about Them!; so was an executive named Steve Trilling," she added. "Even Gordon Douglas didn't take it seriously when he was first assigned to it. He said at one point that they should get Martin & Lewis to star in the thing!"
Them!, however, received an Oscar nomination for special effects, was one of Warners' highest-grossing films of the year and spawned a series of "big bug" horror movies in Hollywood.
Joan Louise Welton was born in San Francisco on Aug. 5, 1930. Her mother died when she was 6, and she was raised by her grandmother. While a student at Galileo High School, she made her first public singing appearance as a member of the San Francisco Opera company chorus, at 16 its youngest singer under contract.
After a performance with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, she was signed by Warners, where execs changed her last name to Weldon and gave her $250 a week. She then made her film debut in the crime drama The System (1953).
Weldon said she worked six days a week as she made eight pictures in rapid fire, culminating with Them! and the MGM musical Deep in My Heart (1954), directed by Stanley Donen.
In her conversation with Weaver — he dubbed her "filmdom's fairest exterminator" — the actress said Them! was a "very tough picture to make, because of the heavy wool suit that I wore. We were in the Mojave Desert, and it was 110 in the shade. Poor Teddy [Gwenn], he had a suit and a tie and a hat, and I had the hat and the high heels and the hose. And, in those days, you wore girdles, and they were heavy!"
Weldon later hosted the 1955 TV show This Is Your Music and appeared on such series as The Millionaire, Cheyenne, Perry Mason, Have Gun — Will Travel and Maverick and in the 1958 film Home Before Dark, her final onscreen credit.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, David; daughter Melissa; grandchildren Sienna, Alexander and Ella; and stepdaughter Claudia.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joan-weldon-actress-pursued-by-giant-ants-in-them-dies-at-90?fbclid=IwAR2al90bpomVywmwPF4TE2Wr-wrQiSivUvvYBobAG47RijEf-egtBRICiTw
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Good catch. She was nobody until she started sucking Larry's dong.
She can still be Vice President
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Old Celebrities You Didn’t Realize Are Still Alive Today
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'Moonshiners' Star Lance Waldroup Dead at 30
Lance Waldroup, a famous bootlegger from Discovery's "Moonshiners," has died.
Lance died Feb. 25 in his home state of North Carolina ... according to his father, Jeff, who also appeared on the reality show alongside his son. The cause of death remains unclear.
Discovery tells TMZ ... Lance will be remembered as an adventurous distiller who was always looking to take his flavorful recipes of moonshine to new heights.
Lance appeared in several early seasons of the show ... bootlegging out of North Carolina with his father. He was one of the younger and less experienced moonshiners, and would often turn to his dad for guidance. He also distilled absinthe and scotch.
Lance's family set up a GoFundMe to raise money for a memorial fund, and the description says he was a recovering drug addict who had turned his life around after going to rehab.
The Waldroups have really been through it -- the family says Lance had survivor's guilt because his sister died when she was 11, and his brother died when he was 20.
Lance was only 30.
RIP
6:29 AM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Lance's mom, Lynn, called 911 and told the dispatcher she found him unconscious and not breathing at 9:45 PM on February 25. We're told Graham County Sheriff's deputies responded to the Robbinsville home and found Lance dead ... lying on top of his bed.
Our sources say Lance's mom had last spoken to Lance four hours earlier. At some point after that conversation, we’re told Lance went into his bedroom and laid down on his bed. We're told there are no signs of foul play and his cause of death is being investigated by the medical examiner.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/04/moonshiners-star-lance-waldroup-dead-dies-discovery/?fbclid=IwAR0xmWw7Vloq0rNUON1LqliCPeQkGiv5i0_fyYLRZRh9hhxDNO9H2qOxhhM
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'Moonshiners' Star Lance Waldroup Dead at 30
Lance Waldroup, a famous bootlegger from Discovery's "Moonshiners," has died.
Lance died Feb. 25 in his home state of North Carolina ... according to his father, Jeff, who also appeared on the reality show alongside his son. The cause of death remains unclear.
Discovery tells TMZ ... Lance will be remembered as an adventurous distiller who was always looking to take his flavorful recipes of moonshine to new heights.
Lance appeared in several early seasons of the show ... bootlegging out of North Carolina with his father. He was one of the younger and less experienced moonshiners, and would often turn to his dad for guidance. He also distilled absinthe and scotch.
Lance's family set up a GoFundMe to raise money for a memorial fund, and the description says he was a recovering drug addict who had turned his life around after going to rehab.
The Waldroups have really been through it -- the family says Lance had survivor's guilt because his sister died when she was 11, and his brother died when he was 20.
Lance was only 30.
RIP
6:29 AM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Lance's mom, Lynn, called 911 and told the dispatcher she found him unconscious and not breathing at 9:45 PM on February 25. We're told Graham County Sheriff's deputies responded to the Robbinsville home and found Lance dead ... lying on top of his bed.
Our sources say Lance's mom had last spoken to Lance four hours earlier. At some point after that conversation, we’re told Lance went into his bedroom and laid down on his bed. We're told there are no signs of foul play and his cause of death is being investigated by the medical examiner.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/04/moonshiners-star-lance-waldroup-dead-dies-discovery/?fbclid=IwAR0xmWw7Vloq0rNUON1LqliCPeQkGiv5i0_fyYLRZRh9hhxDNO9H2qOxhhM
I can tell you that this white trash TV fuckwit died of pure SHAME. Worthless twatliing.
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Hmmmmm....Kai Greene from organ failure and Arnold and Pig Sean Allan both from shame.
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Hmmmmm....Kai Greene from organ failure and Arnold and Pig Sean Allan both from shame.
If you were forced to watch one event in order to save all of humanity and it would be in person viewing, what would it be:
A. Big Sean Allan doing his pec bounce schtick
B. Kai Greene destroying a grapefruit with his kielbasa. (It would be like a Gallagher event and you'd be in the front row wearing a slicker)
;D ;D ;D
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'Moonshiners' Star Lance Waldroup Dead at 30
Lance Waldroup, a famous bootlegger from Discovery's "Moonshiners," has died.
Lance died Feb. 25 in his home state of North Carolina ... according to his father, Jeff, who also appeared on the reality show alongside his son. The cause of death remains unclear.
Discovery tells TMZ ... Lance will be remembered as an adventurous distiller who was always looking to take his flavorful recipes of moonshine to new heights.
Lance appeared in several early seasons of the show ... bootlegging out of North Carolina with his father. He was one of the younger and less experienced moonshiners, and would often turn to his dad for guidance. He also distilled absinthe and scotch.
Lance's family set up a GoFundMe to raise money for a memorial fund, and the description says he was a recovering drug addict who had turned his life around after going to rehab.
The Waldroups have really been through it -- the family says Lance had survivor's guilt because his sister died when she was 11, and his brother died when he was 20.
Lance was only 30.
RIP
6:29 AM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Lance's mom, Lynn, called 911 and told the dispatcher she found him unconscious and not breathing at 9:45 PM on February 25. We're told Graham County Sheriff's deputies responded to the Robbinsville home and found Lance dead ... lying on top of his bed.
Our sources say Lance's mom had last spoken to Lance four hours earlier. At some point after that conversation, we’re told Lance went into his bedroom and laid down on his bed. We're told there are no signs of foul play and his cause of death is being investigated by the medical examiner.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/04/moonshiners-star-lance-waldroup-dead-dies-discovery/?fbclid=IwAR0xmWw7Vloq0rNUON1LqliCPeQkGiv5i0_fyYLRZRh9hhxDNO9H2qOxhhM
CoD; obesity, corona, methanol poisoning?
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If you were forced to watch one event in order to save all of humanity and it would be in person viewing, what would it be:
A. Big Sean Allan doing his pec bounce schtick
B. Kai Greene destroying a grapefruit with his kielbasa. (It would be like a Gallagher event and you'd be in the front row wearing a slicker)
;D ;D ;D
Looks like humanity is...DOOMED! :o : ;D :o
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Here's to Fauci going the way of the Dodo. I hope he smothers under the face mask he only wears in pubic. Fucking midgie.
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California real estate has to be sitting on a bubble that will burst anytime.
People have been saying this for decades. The latest predictions are for the robust housing market in California to continue despite the pandemic.
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People have been saying this for decades. The latest predictions are for the robust housing market in California to continue despite the pandemic.
Fuck off, you degenerate rancid old queer.
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Frank Thorne, Legendary Red Sonja Artist, Dies at 90
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Frank Thorne, the legendary comic book artist perhaps best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Red Sonja, passed away the same day as his wife, Marilyn. He was 90 years old.
Numerous industry professionals relayed news of Thorne's passing on Facebook, including comic book writer Paul Levitz. "Bidding farewell to Frank Thorne, an artist who progressively developed his style into a more and more personal expression. I had the pleasure of working with Frank in his later DC days, when he did some magnificent work for the mystery titles, and stepped in to pencil for Jim Aparo on The Spectre, matching his storytelling approach carefully to Jim's," Levitz wrote.
"But Frank had the best time of his career on Marvel's Red Sonja, who he made both powerful and sexy," he continued. "He was probably the first working mainstream [artist] to revel in [cosplay], becoming the Wizard who acted with Wendy Pini's Sonja at show after show. A man of talent, charm and great wit. Good journey onward, Frank, you will be long remembered." Additionally, a post from fellow artist Chuck Patton explains that Thorne's wife, Marilyn, passed away as well -- seemingly a few hours after him. That being said, the causes of death are not available at this time.
Born on June 16, 1930, Thorne began his comic book career in 1948, penciling romance titles for the now-defunct Standard Comics. He went on to work on a number of newspaper strips and comic books, including Perry Mason, Flash Gordon and The Green Hornet. Starting with 1976's Marvel Feature #2, Thorne started drawing Red Sonja, a character created by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith for Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian series (who was also partially based on Robert E. Howard's characters Red Sonya and Dark Agnes). He succeeded Dick Giordano, who drew the character in Marvel Feature #1.
Thorne went on to draw Red Sonja throughout most of her first eponymous solo series at Marvel, which ran for a total of 15 issues from January 1977 to May 1979. The artist then went on to create several erotic fantasy comics, writing and illustrating "Moonshine McJugs" for Playboy, "Lann" for Heavy Metal and "Danger Rangerette" for National Lampoon. He also created the miniseries Ribit for Comico, as well as a number of graphic novels for Fantagraphics Books, including Ghita of Alizarr, The Iron Devil and The Devil's Angel. Thorne's work earned him multiple honors, including a National Cartoonists Society award in 1963, a San Diego Inkpot Award in 1978 and a Playboy editorial award.
https://www.cbr.com/frank-thorne-obituary/?fbclid=IwAR378yQyLPZ-gAOUB12GpxguZC6WnY8nB_Hmtm_32gwToADQfuBDQR1ztvo
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Billy Brown -- the Brown family patriarch featured in 12 seasons of the hit series "Alaskan Bush People" -- has died.
Billy died Sunday following a seizure. His son, Bear, wrote on Instagram the family is "heartbroken to announce that our beloved patriarch Billy Brown passed away last night after suffering from a seizure."
Weird family. I suspect mostly reality bullshit. But RIP nonetheless
very sad rip cool show 12 years ago
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Frank Thorne, Legendary Red Sonja Artist, Dies at 90
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Frank Thorne, the legendary comic book artist perhaps best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Red Sonja, passed away the same day as his wife, Marilyn. He was 90 years old.
Numerous industry professionals relayed news of Thorne's passing on Facebook, including comic book writer Paul Levitz. "Bidding farewell to Frank Thorne, an artist who progressively developed his style into a more and more personal expression. I had the pleasure of working with Frank in his later DC days, when he did some magnificent work for the mystery titles, and stepped in to pencil for Jim Aparo on The Spectre, matching his storytelling approach carefully to Jim's," Levitz wrote.
"But Frank had the best time of his career on Marvel's Red Sonja, who he made both powerful and sexy," he continued. "He was probably the first working mainstream [artist] to revel in [cosplay], becoming the Wizard who acted with Wendy Pini's Sonja at show after show. A man of talent, charm and great wit. Good journey onward, Frank, you will be long remembered." Additionally, a post from fellow artist Chuck Patton explains that Thorne's wife, Marilyn, passed away as well -- seemingly a few hours after him. That being said, the causes of death are not available at this time.
Born on June 16, 1930, Thorne began his comic book career in 1948, penciling romance titles for the now-defunct Standard Comics. He went on to work on a number of newspaper strips and comic books, including Perry Mason, Flash Gordon and The Green Hornet. Starting with 1976's Marvel Feature #2, Thorne started drawing Red Sonja, a character created by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith for Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian series (who was also partially based on Robert E. Howard's characters Red Sonya and Dark Agnes). He succeeded Dick Giordano, who drew the character in Marvel Feature #1.
Thorne went on to draw Red Sonja throughout most of her first eponymous solo series at Marvel, which ran for a total of 15 issues from January 1977 to May 1979. The artist then went on to create several erotic fantasy comics, writing and illustrating "Moonshine McJugs" for Playboy, "Lann" for Heavy Metal and "Danger Rangerette" for National Lampoon. He also created the miniseries Ribit for Comico, as well as a number of graphic novels for Fantagraphics Books, including Ghita of Alizarr, The Iron Devil and The Devil's Angel. Thorne's work earned him multiple honors, including a National Cartoonists Society award in 1963, a San Diego Inkpot Award in 1978 and a Playboy editorial award.
https://www.cbr.com/frank-thorne-obituary/?fbclid=IwAR378yQyLPZ-gAOUB12GpxguZC6WnY8nB_Hmtm_32gwToADQfuBDQR1ztvo
I wonder if he jerked off to his own illustration.
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He invented hentai.
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Roger Mudd, Anchorman Who Stumped a Kennedy, Is Dead at 93
Roger Mudd, the anchorman who delivered the news and narrated documentaries with an urbane edge for three decades on CBS, NBC and PBS and conducted a 1979 interview that undermined the presidential hopes of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, died on Tuesday at his home in McLean, Va. He was 93.
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The cause was kidney failure, his son Matthew said.
To anyone who regarded anchors as mere celebrities who read the news, Mr. Mudd was an exception: an experienced reporter who covered Congress and politics and delivered award-winning reports in a smooth mid-Atlantic baritone with erudition, authority and touches of sardonic humor.
He worked for CBS from 1961 to 1980 as a Washington correspondent and weekend anchor and was being groomed to succeed Walter Cronkite on the “CBS Evening News.” When the network named Dan Rather instead, a surprised and disappointed Mr. Mudd resigned.
He then joined NBC as chief Washington correspondent and in 1982 became co-anchor with Tom Brokaw on the “Nightly News,” an attempt to reincarnate the Chet Huntley-David Brinkley chemistry of the 1960s. It failed after 17 months, and NBC made Mr. Brokaw the sole anchor. Mr. Mudd resumed political reporting and documentary work for several years before switching networks again, moving to PBS.
At PBS he reported for “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” from 1987 to 1992. He then taught at Princeton and at his alma mater, Washington and Lee University in Virginia, and hosted documentaries on the History Channel from 1995 until his retirement in 2005.
Mr. Mudd is perhaps best remembered for the CBS interview with Senator Kennedy on Nov. 4, 1979, days before the senator began his campaign to wrest the Democratic presidential nomination from the incumbent, Jimmy Carter. Mr. Kennedy, heir to the political legacies of his assassinated brothers, had a 2-to-1 lead in the polls when he faced Mr. Mudd and a prime-time national audience.
“Why do you want to be president?” Mr. Mudd began.
Mr. Kennedy hesitated, apparently caught off guard.
“Well, I’m — were I to — to make the, the announcement and to run, the reasons that I would run is because I have a great belief in this country,” he stammered.
It got worse. He twitched and squirmed, conveying self-doubt and flawed preparation, and stumbled through questions for an hour. His campaign, burdened by many problems, including his conduct in the drowning death of a former campaign aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts in 1969, was wounded before it began and never recovered.
Mr. Mudd, who won a Peabody Award for the interview, also narrated “The Selling of the Pentagon,” a 1971 documentary that exposed a $190 million public relations campaign by the Defense Department that included junkets for industrialists and television propaganda.
Roger Harrison Mudd was born in Washington on Feb. 9, 1928, to John and Irma (Harrison) Mudd. His father was a mapmaker for the U.S. Geological Survey, his mother a nurse. An ancestor was Samuel A. Mudd, a doctor who went to prison for treating John Wilkes Booth for the broken leg he suffered jumping to the stage of Ford’s Theater after shooting Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, Mr. Mudd joined the Army in 1945. He earned a bachelor’s degree at Washington and Lee in 1950 and a master’s degree in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1953. He began in journalism in 1953 as a reporter for The News Leader of Richmond, Va., and soon became news director of the newspaper’s radio station, WRNL.
Mr. Mudd married Emma Jeanne Spears in 1957; she died in 2011. In addition to his son Matthew, he is survived by two other sons, Daniel and Jonathan; a daughter, Maria Ruth; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
In 1956, Mr. Mudd became a reporter for the Washington radio and television station WTOP, and in 1961 he was hired by CBS to cover Congress. He went on to impress audiences and critics in 1964 with marathon coverage of a 60-day Senate filibuster that delayed civil rights legislation. That led to an assignment to co-anchor, with the veteran journalist Robert Trout, the network’s coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City.
Mr. Mudd was a natural on camera: tall and tanned, energetic but relaxed, with a long face that conveyed a rugged imperturbability. As his stature rose at CBS, he became the anchor on weekends and as a fill-in when Mr. Cronkite was on vacation or special assignment. He also covered Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign, and was on the scene when the senator was assassinated in Los Angeles.
Mr. Mudd won Emmys for covering the shooting of Gov. George Wallace of Alabama in 1972 and the resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew in 1973, and two more for CBS specials on the Watergate scandal. He was named CBS national affairs correspondent in 1977, and became the heir apparent as Mr. Cronkite’s 1981 retirement approached.
But Mr. Rather, the White House and “60 Minutes” correspondent, had sought Mr. Cronkite’s job and threatened to jump to ABC if he did not get it. After CBS chose Mr. Rather, Mr. Mudd went to NBC, where he was expected to succeed John Chancellor as anchor. Instead, the network named Mr. Mudd and Mr. Brokaw co-anchors, one based in Washington and the other in New York, but that arrangement did not last.
Mr. Mudd went on to be an anchor on NBC’s “Meet the Press” in 1984 and ’85 before his move to PBS as a political correspondent and essayist for “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.” His documentaries on the History Channel included accounts of America’s founders, biblical disasters and the sinking of the Andrea Doria.
Mr. Mudd’s well-received 2008 memoir, “The Place to Be: Washington, CBS and the Glory Days of Television News,” recalled an era of war, assassinations and scandals and news coverage by Eric Sevareid, Harry Reasoner, Marvin Kalb, Daniel Schorr, Ed Bradley and others who shared his spotlight.
In 2010, Mr. Mudd donated $4 million to Washington and Lee University to establish the Roger Mudd Center for the Study of Professional Ethics and to endow a Roger Mudd professorship in ethics.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/guy-mudd-anchorman-who-stumped-a-kennedy-is-dead-at-93/ar-BB1eq51C
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Lou Ottens, Cassette Creator, Dies at 94
He also played an important part in helping invent the CD
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In the history of recorded music, the cassette tape plays an important role, falling after vinyl and reel-to-reel, and years before the digital revolution. The inventor of cassette technology, Lou Ottens, died at the age of 94 at his home in Duizel, Brabant, Belgium. It was in 1963 that the first plastic encased cassette tape was presented at an electronics fair with the slogan “smaller than a pack of cigarettes!”
That said, Ottens, who retired in 1986, said in an interview that he was not on board with the recent cassette tape boom, saying, “nothing could beat the sound of a CD.”
Beginning his career at Philips in 1952. Eight years later, he was named to the top spot of the product development department. By 1961 Ottens and his team had created the first portable tape recorder, and then the cassette tape, which revolutionized the much-larger reel-to-reel tape system. DutchNews.nl reported that Ottens later explained: “I got annoyed with the clunky, user-unfriendly reel to reel system, it’s that simple.”
The tapes were quickly copied by the Japanese but in different formats, so Ottens made a deal with Sony to use the mechanism patented by Philips to introduce a standard cassette. That model had a global rollout and DutchNews.nl reports that over 100 billion units were sold worldwide.
But Ottens wasn’t done innovating: He went on to develop the compact disc, which again became a Sony-Philips standard and which sold over 200 billion units.
He retired in 1986 and wouldn’t take full credit for bringing recorded music. to the masses. He said in an interview, “I have no ‘pride dial’,” crediting the team effort that went into s products. His biggest regret was that Sony, not Philips, invented what he considered to be the ideal application for the cassette tape, the Walkman.
‘That still hurts,’ he said.
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Damn! He created a lot of joy to people everywhere.
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RIP.
Cliff Simon: Actor who played Ba'al in Stargate dies aged 58
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Actor Cliff Simon, best known as the villain Ba'al on Stargate SG-1, has died aged 58, his family has confirmed.
The South African actor's TV credits also included appearances in NCIS, Castle, Days of Our Lives, and 24.
In a statement, Simon's wife Colette spoke of her "unimaginable heartbreak" as she confirmed his death.
She explained her husband died after being involved in a kiteboarding accident at Topanga Beach in California earlier this week.
"He was known to most of you on this page as the villain you loved to hate, Ba'al, from Stargate SG-1," Colette Simon said in a post on Facebook.
"But, as he said, 'Acting is what I do, it's only a part of who I am.' And he was SO much more - a true original, an adventurer, a sailor, swimmer, dancer, actor, author. There is a gaping hole where he once stood on this earth. He was loved by too many to mention and had a great impact on so many lives."
Simon moved to the UK with his family as a teen and trained as a swimmer, hoping to compete for Great Britain at the 1984 Olympic Games.
But at the age of 17, he decided to quit and move back to South Africa, where he joined the country's air force.
His wife said: "A small saving grace to this tragedy is that he was doing one of the things he loved most and passed away on the beach near the water, which was his temple."
Simon became an actor after a chance meeting at a resort hotel led to him performing as part of a troupe in various stage productions.
He went on to perform at the Moulin Rouge in 1989, prompting him to write a book about his experience titled Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge.
He also did modelling work and later appeared in the South African TV series Egoli - Place of Gold for six years.
But he secured the biggest role of his career after moving to Los Angeles. His portrayal of villain Ba'al on Stargate SG1 was popular with viewers and the character enjoyed a five-year run.
Simon reprised his role for the Stargate: Continuum film, which was released in 2008.
But as a long-time survivalist and military veteran, his sense of adventure never left him.
Last year, he presented the Travel Channel series Into The Unknown, which saw him explore the world of the paranormal by hiking and swimming in the wilderness to find answers to myths and legends.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56371582
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9358099/Sarah-Harding-39-says-Christmas-2020-probably-last.html
Sarah Harding on the way out. Shame I always thought she was the hot fun chick from girls aloud.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9358099/Sarah-Harding-39-says-Christmas-2020-probably-last.html
Sarah Harding on the way out. Shame I always thought she was the hot fun chick from girls aloud.
Perhaps she will improve...
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Perhaps she will improve...
its spread and she said she has given up on chemo
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Marvin Hagler
This was when boxing was awesome
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ASe3GTXgC1o
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its spread and she said she has given up on chemo
No reason to delay the inevitable.
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'Amityville Horror' killer Ronald DeFeo Jr. dies in state custody, records show
Ronald DeFeo Jr., who massacred his entire family in 1974 in their Amityville home while they slept, a case that gained national attention and spawned a book and a movie, died Friday while imprisoned, according to state prison records.
DeFeo, 69, was serving a 25-years-to-life sentence at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in upstate Fallsburg for each of the six slayings, records show.
A State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision spokeswoman said DeFeo was transferred to Albany Medical Center and was pronounced dead at 6:35 p.m. Friday. The cause of death will be determined by the Albany County Medical Examiner’s Office, the spokeswoman said.
The nature of the killings — DeFeo's parents and four siblings were found dead in their beds, each with a single bullet in their back — and tales of angry spirits haunting the Dutch Colonial-style Ocean Avenue home in the aftermath, stunned Long Island and much of the country.
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"If you grew up on Long Island," said Joseph Giacalone, an adjunct professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan and a retired NYPD sergeant raised in Plainedge, "you knew about the home on Ocean Avenue."
He said the killings' lore was elevated with the 1977 novel "The Amityville Horror," by Jay Anson, and the 1979 cult horror film of the same name starring James Brolin. The movie was based on claims by the Lutz family, who bought the house following the DeFeo murders, and said they’d been forced to flee after being terrorized by paranormal activities.
"As kids, we rode our bikes just to see the house like every other kid who grew up in the area," Giacalone said. " … The movie made it famous. You’d go down there as kids, not really understanding the gravity of it, but you heard about all the murders in the house."
Police said DeFeo, 23 at the time, shot each of his family members with a .35-caliber Marlin Lever action rifle, police said.
The victims were DeFeo’s father, Ronald DeFeo Sr., 43, his mother Louise DeFeo, 42, and siblings Dawn, 18, Allison, 13, Mark, 11 and John, 9, according to newspaper articles at the time.
During his 1975 trial, DeFeo admitted the killings.
He was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder. State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Stark called the murders the "most heinous and abhorrent crimes."
DeFeo’s lawyer had argued his client was insane when he killed his family. DeFeo said he did it in self-defense after hearing voices that told him his family was plotting against him. A prosecution expert testified that while DeFeo was an admitted LSD and heroin user, he was sane at the time of the murders.
Former Newsday reporter and editor Bob Keeler, 77, of Stony Brook, interviewed DeFeo at the Attica Correctional Facility in 1986. During the interview, DeFeo changed his story and blamed his sister and mother for the deaths.
He told Keeler, "People look in my eyes, that I’m possessed or something. I’m sick of it."
DeFeo said in the interview that his sister Dawn shot their father, and his distraught mother shot Dawn and the other children.
"I believe he wanted to tell another side of the story," Keeler said. "I really wasn’t quite believing it."
Keeler recalled the widespread attention the case drew.
"It was a vicious crime, and it happened on quiet Long island," Keeler said. "People didn’t think of Long Island as a place where mass murder happens. It was maybe a combination of the suburban setting and the zeitgeist of that era, which was a little bit on the kooky side."
Giacalone, who once worked cold cases in the Bronx, said DeFeo’s murders will always live in infamy in New York.
"From a former investigator’s standpoint, I couldn’t imagine the scene that the cops had to witness," he said. "I never saw a case that would amount to what DeFeo did in his own home."
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/crime/amityville-horror-killer-dead-1.50183524?fbclid=IwAR2racMOAG8m1fOfsh9CTC-Rd_c_nhNvt4sK81-ARex3O30K9SQRrK3jhIE
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— DeFeo's parents and four siblings were found dead in their beds, each with a single bullet in their back —
Within 28 days of a positive test?
COVID.
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Yaphet Kotto
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Yaphet Kotto
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Kotto's other notable genre roles included William Laughlin in The Running Man (1987) and Doc in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991). Interestingly, he turned down the role of Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The part eventually went to and was made famous by Patrick Stewart.
"I think I made some wrong decisions in my life, man," he told Big Issue. "I should have done that, but I walked away. When you’re making movies, you’d tend to say no to TV. It’s like when you’re in college and someone asks you to the high school dance. You say no."
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/yaphet-kotto-james-bond-alien-star-dead-at-81?__source=Blastr_Vayner_syfy_Facebook&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=9yearoldboysearchingwalnut&utm_term=organic&utm_content=link_ad&fbclid=IwAR2N-SvtQU5AD-tbiW0Sp2DbHffRK4Su2lmVQ3J-xjkJP9t9t7H7TRDlNUQ
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Sadly, my barber of 18 years passed away. He was in his mid to late 50's and ultimately the beetus took him down. RIP Barber Al!
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Yaphet Kotto
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He Richard Pryor, and Harvey Keitel were all great in Paul Schrader's "Blue Collar."
R.I.P.
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Former 'Top Gear' Host, Racing Driver Sabine Schmitz Dead at 51
Sabine Schmitz -- affectionately known as the Queen of Nürburgring and former host of the hit BBC show "Top Gear" -- has died.
Sabine, the only woman ever to win Germany's famous 24-hour touring car and GT endurance racing event in 1996 and 1997, died Tuesday. She revealed last year she had been battling a rare form of cancer since 2017.
The Nürburgring's racing account tweeted, "The Nürburgring has lost its most famous female racing driver. Sabine Schmitz passed away far too early after a long illness. We will miss her and her cheerful nature. Rest in peace Sabine!"
Sabine was no stranger to the race track, having grown up in Nürburg and so close to the Nürburgring circuit in western Germany. She also raced for the Porsche motorsport team ... which also paid tribute to her saying it's "very sad to hear that Sabine Schmitz (1969-2021) has passed away."
The Porsche motorsport team added, "The 'Queen of Nordschleife' was a crowd favourite due to her open, humorous way. Our sympathy goes to her family and friends."
Sabine would go on to become a regular guest on "Top Gear" ... making her first appearance in 2004. Executive producer Clare Pizey, said, "Sabine was a beloved member of the Top Gear family and presenting team since 2016, having first appeared on the show in 2004, and everyone who had the pleasure of working with her on the team is in shock at this news."
The show's former host, Jeremy Clarkson, also was stunned by the news saying, "Terrible news about Sabine Schmitz. Such a sunny person and so full of beans."
Sabine was 51.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/17/former-top-gear-host-racing-driver-sabine-schmitz-dead-cancer/?fbclid=IwAR2fTweuAOt-Cal5r2S69DaBzcdq7Bp63n23yOkW7kNgmKZrUIvzgHWdlMw
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Texas Roadhouse Founder Kent Taylor Commits COVID-Related Suicide
Kent Taylor, the man who founded the wildly successful Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain, has taken his own life after experiencing severe, post-COVID side effects.
Taylor suffered from tinnitus -- ringing in the ears -- which his family says greatly intensified in the last days of his life and ultimately became unbearable. At its worst, tinnitus can sound like a jet engine roaring inside the ears.
The family said, "Kent battled and fought hard," but ultimately the suffering became too great.
Kent was a master businessman, who founded Texas Roadhouse back in 1993. He came up with the idea on a cocktail napkin and brought it to life with the first restaurant located in Louisville, Kentucky. The plan took hold, and eventually, there were 537 Texas Roadhouses in 49 states, with 10 international locations.
Kent got national attention last Spring when he earmarked his entire salary to help support frontline workers during the pandemic.
He suffered from tinnitus, but it apparently flared up in a big way after he contracted COVID. There's data indicating tinnitus is exacerbated by coronavirus.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said, "He was a maverick entrepreneur who embodied the values of never giving up and putting others first."
Kent was 65.
RIP.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/21/texas-roadhouse-founder-kent-taylor-commits-covid-related-suicide/?fbclid=IwAR0ZY7iugzkoO5T79cPs0Z1aDg8hTtEgGdMaJCWQ5G2lgnm97qJtvBfJFUo
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'Amityville Horror' killer Ronald DeFeo Jr. dies in state custody, records show
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/crime/amityville-horror-killer-dead-1.50183524?fbclid=IwAR2racMOAG8m1fOfsh9CTC-Rd_c_nhNvt4sK81-ARex3O30K9SQRrK3jhIE
Did the evil spirit he said he was possessed by vacate his soul when his body died.
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Did the evil spirit he said he was possessed by vacate his soul when his body died.
Yes, it went back to the house at Amity.
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He Richard Pryor, and Harvey Keitel were all great in Paul Schrader's "Blue Collar."
R.I.P.
I always spell Paul Schrader's name wrong. I will have to check out that movie. I was a big fan of the 1979 movie "Hardcore", written and directed by Paul Schrader, starring George C. Scott. I thought Scott did a great job in the movie, yet if I recall correctly, he was nominated for some "Worst Actor's Award" for the movie. I disagree with that completely.
Paul Schrader's writing was excellent too - who I later learned wrote Taxi Driver [a movie I heard lots about, but never watched].
LOL @ this scene from Hardcore...it just goes to show how long the victimhood mentality has been part of Western culture:
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Top Surfer Katherine Diaz Killed By Lightning Strike During Ocean Training Session
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Katherine Diaz -- one of El Salvador's top surfers -- died on Friday after she was hit in a lightning strike during a training session near her home.
The 22-year-old rising star -- who had been gunning to compete for El Salvador at the Olympics in Tokyo -- was surfing at a spot called El Tunco when the lightning storm hit.
Katherine's uncle Beto Diaz told a local media outlet his niece had gone to hug a friend she spotted at the surf spot when lightening struck.
"She, the friend, was thrown by the force of the lightening strike too, the board threw me back. Katherine died instantly."
Emergency personnel reportedly raced to the scene and scrambled to revive Diaz ... but it was too late.
Diaz was a rising star in the sport and beloved by the surf community in El Salvador.
She was expected to compete in the ISA World Surf Games in May -- the event is a qualifier for Olympics in Tokyo.
The International Surfing Association issued a statement on her death ... saying, "It is with a heavy heart that the ISA has learned about the passing of El Salvador’s Katherine Diaz."
"Katherine embodied the joy and energy that make surfing so special and dear to us all, as a global ambassador of the sport. She excelled at the international competition level, representing her country with pride at both the ISA World Surfing Games and ISA World Junior Surfing Championship."
"We send our heartfelt condolences to Katherine’s family, the surfers of El Salvador, and to all those in the international surfing community whose lives she touched."
"We will never forget you."
RIP.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/22/katherine-diaz-surfer-killed-lightening-strike-el-salvador/?fbclid=IwAR0H03kKO10U4MZIawOyT3vMeTGwxjj8SKooueZLLjvV_E7SRXFAYEOchvI
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Texas Roadhouse Founder Kent Taylor Commits COVID-Related Suicide
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said, "He was a maverick entrepreneur who embodied the values of never giving up and putting others first."
Kent was 65.
RIP.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/21/texas-roadhouse-founder-kent-taylor-commits-covid-related-suicide/?fbclid=IwAR0ZY7iugzkoO5T79cPs0Z1aDg8hTtEgGdMaJCWQ5G2lgnm97qJtvBfJFUo
This guy?
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Bobby Brown Jr. now 28 ... Whitney, the daughter dead...whole family on lots of drugs. Somehow Bobby Sr. still truckin'.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/22/bobby-brown-jr-cause-of-death-drugs-alcohol-autopsy/
The L.A. County Medical Examiner's Office just released its findings -- and according to the document, obtained by TMZ, the autopsy and toxicology found a deadly combo of alcohol, cocaine and fentanyl.
The report also says a witness told police Bobby Jr. had downed tequila and snorted half a Percocet and the cocaine. The manner of death is listed as accidental. ????
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Bobby Brown Jr. now 28 ... Whitney, the daughter dead...whole family on lots of drugs. Somehow Bobby Sr. still truckin'.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/22/bobby-brown-jr-cause-of-death-drugs-alcohol-autopsy/
The L.A. County Medical Examiner's Office just released its findings -- and according to the document, obtained by TMZ, the autopsy and toxicology found a deadly combo of alcohol, cocaine and fentanyl.
The report also says a witness told police Bobby Jr. had downed tequila and snorted half a Percocet and the cocaine. The manner of death is listed as accidental. ????
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This is a really sad, sad story of a tragic family.
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It took since November 2020 to determine all this?
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This is a really sad, sad story of a tragic family.
Fame and money ruined that family
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Yoko Ono.
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Yoko Ono.
This isn't really a wish list. 8)
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Loved his work in that 2012 movie. RIP
George Segal, star of Just Shoot Me and The Goldbergs, dies at 87
Actor and musician George Segal died on Tuesday due to complications from bypass surgery. He was age 87.
"The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery," his wife Sonia Segal said in a statement to EW.
Perhaps best known for his performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Segal later became a household name for his television roles in Just Shoot Me! and later ABC's The Goldbergs.
Born in Great Neck, New York, Segal was the youngest of four children. He discovered an interest in acting at age 9 when he saw Alan Ladd in the 1942 film noir This Gun for Hire.
After scoring a few roles on stage, including an understudy part in Broadway's The Iceman Cometh, Segal enjoyed a few minor film roles in the early 1960s. His first substantial part came in 1961 with The Young Doctors.
It was in 1965 in Stanley Kramer's drama Ship of Fools and later in King Rat that Segal started to gain some recognition for his work. The next year came his Oscar nomination in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? alongside Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
By the early 1970s, Segal was enjoying a prolific career with appearances in movies such as The Owl and the Pussycat, Blume in Love, Born to Win, and The Hot Rock as he tried his hand at drama and comedy. In 1974 he won his second Golden Globe Award, this time for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Other notable film roles include parts in California Split (1974), For the Boys (1991), and Flirting with Disaster (1996).
Segal also had an illustrious television career. In 1966, he starred as George in the television adaptation of Of Mice and Men and, in the '70s and '80s, often appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as a guest and even once as a guest host. He also co-hosted the Academy Awards in 1976.
Most recently, Segal was prominent on television sitcoms. His role as Jack Gallo on the NBC series Just Shoot Me! lasted for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999 and 2000, as well as a Satellite Award in 2002 for this part. His final role was on ABC's The Goldbergs playing eccentric grandfather Albert "Pops" Solomon.
Segal was also a talented banjo player, regularly showcasing his skill on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In 1974, he played on the album A Touch of Ragtime with his band, the Imperial Jazzband.
The actor had been married three times. He and his first wife had two daughters, Polly and Elizabeth, both of whom survive their late father. His third wife, Sonia Schultz Greenbaum, also survives him. The couple had been married since 1996.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/george-segal-star-of-just-shoot-me-and-the-goldbergs-dies-at-87/ar-BB1eTrEq
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Loved his work in that 2012 movie. RIP
George Segal, star of Just Shoot Me and The Goldbergs, dies at 87
Actor and musician George Segal died on Tuesday due to complications from bypass surgery. He was age 87.
"The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery," his wife Sonia Segal said in a statement to EW.
Perhaps best known for his performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Segal later became a household name for his television roles in Just Shoot Me! and later ABC's The Goldbergs.
Born in Great Neck, New York, Segal was the youngest of four children. He discovered an interest in acting at age 9 when he saw Alan Ladd in the 1942 film noir This Gun for Hire.
After scoring a few roles on stage, including an understudy part in Broadway's The Iceman Cometh, Segal enjoyed a few minor film roles in the early 1960s. His first substantial part came in 1961 with The Young Doctors.
It was in 1965 in Stanley Kramer's drama Ship of Fools and later in King Rat that Segal started to gain some recognition for his work. The next year came his Oscar nomination in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? alongside Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
By the early 1970s, Segal was enjoying a prolific career with appearances in movies such as The Owl and the Pussycat, Blume in Love, Born to Win, and The Hot Rock as he tried his hand at drama and comedy. In 1974 he won his second Golden Globe Award, this time for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Other notable film roles include parts in California Split (1974), For the Boys (1991), and Flirting with Disaster (1996).
Segal also had an illustrious television career. In 1966, he starred as George in the television adaptation of Of Mice and Men and, in the '70s and '80s, often appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as a guest and even once as a guest host. He also co-hosted the Academy Awards in 1976.
Most recently, Segal was prominent on television sitcoms. His role as Jack Gallo on the NBC series Just Shoot Me! lasted for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999 and 2000, as well as a Satellite Award in 2002 for this part. His final role was on ABC's The Goldbergs playing eccentric grandfather Albert "Pops" Solomon.
Segal was also a talented banjo player, regularly showcasing his skill on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In 1974, he played on the album A Touch of Ragtime with his band, the Imperial Jazzband.
The actor had been married three times. He and his first wife had two daughters, Polly and Elizabeth, both of whom survive their late father. His third wife, Sonia Schultz Greenbaum, also survives him. The couple had been married since 1996.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/george-segal-star-of-just-shoot-me-and-the-goldbergs-dies-at-87/ar-BB1eTrEq
I've enjoyed many of his films. R.I.P.
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Fame and money ruined that family
Bobby Brown ruined that family. Whitney was all obsessed with that hood rat because he was in a boy band. Turned that sweet church girl into a drug head like himself.
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I've enjoyed many of his films. R.I.P.
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Bobby Brown ruined that family. Whitney was all obsessed with that hood rat because he was in a boy band. Turned that sweet church girl into a drug head like himself.
I actually heard she was the instigator.
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Houston Tumlin, 'Talladega Nights' child actor, dies by suicide at 28
Former child star Houston Tumlin, who's best known for playing Will Ferrell’s son in "Talladega Nights," has died by suicide at age 28.
The Shelby County Coroner's Office confirmed to USA TODAY Wednesday that Tumlin died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Pelham, Alabama home Tuesday.
Tumlin played Walker Bobby alongside Grayson Russell's Texas Ranger Bobby, the two trash-talking sons of Ferrell’s iconic character in the 2006 NASCAR-themed comedy "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." Despite the film's PG-13 rating, Tumlin's Walker frequently uses crude language like his father, including in a memorable family dinner scene.
"These kids are my grandchildren and you are raising them wrong. They are terrible boys," Ted Manson's Chip says. Ten -year-old Walker shoots back, "Shut up, Chip, before I go (expletive) on your (expletive)."
Ferrell’s Ricky Bobby approves: "I love the way they are talking to you, because they are winners. Winners get to do what they want."
In February, Tumlin shared a throwback photo on Instagram of himself and his onscreen brother posing at the premiere of "Talladega Nights." He wrote, "Tell me a set of 'brothers' more handsome. I’ll wait."
Tumlin's girlfriend, Charity Robertson, mourned the former child star on Facebook.
"I’ve never experienced a hurt like this before. I feel numb, I feel defeated, I feel lost. I feel empty. My heart is absolutely shattered," she captioned several pictures of the couple Tuesday. "My sweet, sweet baby.. Our time together was one of the best experiences of my life. I’ll miss your big heart, caring spirit, infectious laughter, & oh man could the list go on. I love your smart mouth, your 'i’m always right' attitude... your hugs, your kisses, your touch.. Just YOU!"
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She continued: "One thing is for sure though, I have the absolute best guardian angel a girl could ever wish for cause everybody knows you don’t play about me. I love you so much Houston Lee & thank you for loving me so passionately and unapologetically for the time we had each other."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/03/24/talladega-nights-actor-houston-tumlin-dies-28/6988017002/?fbclid=IwAR09SPmgFFOgY2Z9egH4HehVTDCbycTI46hUE1Ws4PY9YVirYWfgdTKDZ8I
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Bobby Brown ruined that family. Whitney was all obsessed with that hood rat because he was in a boy band. Turned that sweet church girl into a drug head like himself.
I knew people in the music industry
They said she was never a nice church girl and had one hell of a mouth on her
It was all churchianity
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I knew people in the music industry
They said she was never a nice church girl and had one hell of a mouth on her
It was all churchianity
She was as nutty as squirrel shit. I saw a show a few years before she died where she went to Israel to get baptized in the Jordan River (where Jesus was baptized). She was almost incoherent mumbling shit with her hands up praying during the whole time the camera was on her. She seemed almost comatose. I was not surprised when she was found dead.
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Richard Gilliland, ‘Designing Women’ Actor and Husband of Jean Smart, Dies at 71
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Richard Gilliland, a busy character actor whose credits included a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Designing Women, where he met his future wife, Emmy winner Jean Smart, died March 18 in Los Angeles after a brief illness, a publicist announced. He was 71.
The Texas native starred as Sgt. Steve DiMaggio on NBC’s McMillan & Wife in 1976-77 and as Lt. Nick Holden on ABC’s adaptation of Operation Petticoat in 1977-78, and he was a series regular on ABC’s Just Our Luck in 1983 and the CBC’s Heartland in 1989.
Gilliland also had recurring roles on other shows including Party of Five, The Waltons, thirtysomething, Dark Skies and Desperate Housewives and guest-starring appearances on Criminal Minds, Dexter, Becker, Scandal, Joan of Arcadia, The Practice and Crossing Jordan, among many other shows.
In 1986, Gilliland arrived on Designing Women in its first season as J.D. Shackelford, the boyfriend of Annie Potts’ Mary Jo Shively, and he went on to work on 17 episodes of the series through 1991.
“I met him when he was kissing someone else,” Smart said with a laugh during a 2017 interview. She said she asked castmember Delta Burke to find out if he were married.
Smart, who portrayed Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the series, said she “lured” Gilliland into her dressing room under the pretext of needing help with a crossword puzzle. They married in June 1987 in the rose garden of the home of Designing Women actors Dixie Carter and Hal Holbrook.
The couple also worked together on the stage in It Had to Be You and Love Letters, on the Fox series 24 — he was Captain Stan Cotter in the fifth season, she was the first lady — and in the telefilms Just My Imagination and Audrey’s Rain.
He was slated to work alongside his wife this summer in Breaking News in Yuba County, a film directed by Tate Taylor.
Richard Morris Gilliland was born on Jan. 23, 1950, in Fort Worth. He attended the prestigious Goodman School of Drama in Chicago and played Jesus in Godspell for a year opposite Joe Mantegna as Judas before coming to Los Angeles.
He also acted on stage in L.A., Chicago and off-Broadway in Cops, Beyond Therapy, I Remember You, Little Egypt and Amadeus (as Salieri) and in films including Bug (1975) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982).
Survivors also include children Connor and Bonnie, sisters Ann and Wendy and brother John. Donations in his memory can be made to the M.I.T. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/richard-gilliland-designing-women-actor-and-husband-of-jean-smart-dies-at-71/ar-BB1eY2lV?ocid=msedgdhp
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Jessica Walter, Emmy winner and Arrested Development star, dies at 80
Jessica Walter, the Emmy winner and star of Arrested Development, has died at the age of 80. According to The Associated Press, Walter's passing was confirmed Thursday by her daughter, Brooke Bowman.
Walter's career spanned five decades, and while she was best known to younger audiences for her television work on shows Arrested Development and Archer, she made an early mark in the 60s and 70s in films such as Play Misty for Me, The Group, and Grand Prix.
Walter made iconic turns on television, appearing as a series regular on the first half of season 1 of 90210, voicing matriarch Fran Sinclair on Disney Channel's Dinosaurs, and earning an Emmy for starring as the title character on Amy Prentiss. She also earned Emmy nominations for her work on Trapper John M.D., and Streets of San Francisco.
For many, Walter will be best remembered as the caustic, comically out-of-touch Lucille Bluth on Fox's Arrested Development, who famously didn't know the price of a banana or how to wink.
"It was just very, very special," Walter previously told EW of the role. "Of all my memories of things I've done in my career, that was definitely a highlight. I'll never forget it."
Over five seasons (with a jump from Fox to Netflix and several years in between seasons 3 and 4), she earned an Emmy nomination and two SAG nominations.
Walter also had a dedicated record of service to her fellow actors, serving as the second National Vice President of the Screen Actors Guild and was an elected member of the SAG Board of Directors for over a decade.
Jessica Walter was born in Brooklyn on Jan. 31, 1941 and grew up in Astoria, Queens. She studied acting from a young age, attending Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts and the famous Neighborhood Playhouse where she studied alongside the likes of James Caan and under Sydney Pollack.
Her early career was defined by stage work, winning the Clarence Derwent Award in 1963 for Outstanding Debut Broadway Performance in Photo Finish. She returned to Broadway throughout her career, most notably in 1964's A Severed Head, 1988's Rumors, and 2011's Anything Goes.
Walter also worked steadily on television throughout her early career, working on the soap Love of Life from 1962 to 1965 and appearing on a broad range of series, including Naked City, Diagnosis: Unknown, Route 66, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, the pilot of Flipper, and more.
She made her feature film debut alongside Gene Hackman in 1960's Lilith, appearing opposite the likes of Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg.
In 1966, she earned a Golden Globe newcomer nomination for her role in Grand Prix as the unhappy wife of an American race car driver, who has an affair with James Garner's Pete Aron. She earned another Globe nod for her work as an obsessive fan of a disc jockey in Clint Eastwood's directorial debut, 1971's Play Misty For Me.
Walter worked regularly in film in the era, appearing in titles such as Bye Bye Braverman, Number One, The Flamingo Kid, and PCU.
But it was television where she made her most substantial mark. Beyond her Emmy-nominated work on Trapper John M.D. and Streets of San Francisco and more recent memorable turns on Arrested Development and Archer, Walter appeared on countless shows, including The Big Bang Theory, Just Shoot Me!, Oh Baby, Saving Grace, Jennifer Falls, Good Girls, American House, NCIS, Coach, Murder She Wrote, Law and Order, Wild Fire, The Love Boat, Bare Essence, and dozens more.
Walter was married from 1966 to 1978 to Ross Bowman, and they had one daughter Brooke Bowman, who survives her. She was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, Tony-winning actor Ron Liebman, who died in December 2019 at the age of 82.
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NOOOOOO!!! Are they going to kill off Malory on Archer?
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G. Gordon Liddy, the former FBI agent and Army veteran who was convicted of conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate burglary, has died at age 90
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WILL was a great book about G. Gordon Liddy. Tough guy, RIP
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Paul Grymkowski?
RIP?!
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Paul Grymkowski?
RIP?!
Ironic if it were that brother to go first - where are you hearing it from, Stunt?
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TAFFIN, Heard it from a reliable source whom most of you know but he plans to contact Pete to see if it's true before proceeding.
Until then .... I'll leave those question marks because someone on this board may be more accurate.
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TAFFIN, Heard it from a reliable source whom most of you know but he plans to contact Pete to see if it's true before proceeding.
Until then .... I'll leave those question marks because someone on this board may be more accurate.
Of course, I understand
As I said, crazy irony if true :-\
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'Chernobyl' star Paul Ritter, who also had roles in Harry Potter and James Bond movies, dies at 54
British actor Paul Ritter, who starred in HBO's "Chernobyl," has died aged 54.
Ritter died at home with his family on Monday after suffering from a brain tumor, his agent said in a statement.
"It is with great sadness we can confirm that Paul Ritter passed away last night," his agent said, according to The Guardian.
"He died peacefully at home with his wife Polly and sons Frank and Noah by his side. He was 54 and had been suffering from a brain tumor."
He played the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant engineer Anatoly Dyatlov in the 2019 HBO series "Chernobyl," and appeared in the British TV show "Friday Night Dinner," in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," and the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace," as well as in many stage productions.
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https://www.insider.com/paul-ritter-dead-actor-chernobyl-harry-potter-2021-4?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=sf-insider-entertainment&fbclid=IwAR0b_H6CkfyFmIv5OnngxSp0gJZ2q4KF51S5xhmfWvsuGFGqAns9b_iYbjg
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but he plans to contact Pete to see if it's true before proceeding.
Seance?
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R.I.P. World Bodybuilding Legend ANTON HOLIC (1952-2021, Czechoslovakia).
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Anton Holič, a long-time successful Czechoslovak representative in bodybuilding, died at the age of 68. Information from official sources was published, for example, by the Facebook page SAFKST (Slovak Association of Fitness , Bodybuilding and Powerlifting). According to available reports, the three-time European champion of the International Federation IFBB from 1980, 1981 and 1983 succumbed to the consequences of COVID-19.
https://kulturistika.ronnie.cz/c-35707-zemrel-anton-holic.html
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R.I.P. World Bodybuilding Legend ANTON HOLIC (1952-2021, Czechoslovakia).
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I remember his brother Alco
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Ex-NFL pro Phillip Adams kills five and himself in South Carolina, according to reports
Sources identified former NFL cornerback Phillip Adams on Thursday as the suspect in a Rock Hill, South Carolina, shooting that left local doctor Robert Lesslie, his wife, two grandchildren and an employee dead, according to The Associated Press and The Herald newspaper. Adams – who had been treated by Lesslie – took his own life with a .45-caliber weapon early Thursday, according to AP. Local police are scheduled to hold a media briefing at 2 pm ET.
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James Hampton, Prolific Actor From ‘F Troop’ and ‘Teen Wolf,’ Dies at 84
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James Hampton, an actor perhaps best recognized from roles in “F Troop,” “The Longest Yard” and “Teen Wolf,” has died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, his spokesperson told TheWrap. He was 84.
Hampton, who passed away on Wednesday at his home in Texas, is survived by his wife, Mary, along with his children, James, Andrea and Frank, and his grandchildren.
Hampton was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role as “Caretaker” in the original “Longest Yard.” Also from that film came a longtime friendship with co-star Burt Reynolds, which led to multiple new career opportunities, including writing, directing and producing duties on Reynolds’ “Evening Shade.” Hampton would go on to direct episodes of “Sister, Sister” and “Grace Under Fire.”
Hampton was born in Oklahoma City and raised in Dallas. He attended North Texas State College (now the University of North Texas), where he majored in speech and drama and appeared in a number of productions at the school.
An Army veteran who served in Europe, Hampton’s first Hollywood acting role was on “Gunsmoke,” which was the No. 1 TV show in the country at the time. He’d famously play tone-deaf bugler (a person who plays the bugle) Hannibal Dobbs on “F Troop.” Hampton’s list of TV credits is a long one that includes roles on “Who’s The Boss,” “Mama’s Family,” “The Bob Newhart Show” and “Rawhide.” He made more than 30 appearances on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show.”
Hampton, who played Michael J. Fox’s father Harold Howard in “Teen Wolf,” also had big-screen roles in the movies “Sling Blade” and “Police Academy V.”
Hampton’s autobiography, “What? And Give Up Show Business?” was published earlier this year by Texas Christian University Press.
“The family appreciates your love and support and asks for privacy at this time,” a statement read.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Michael J. Fox Foundation.
https://www.thewrap.com/james-hampton-dies-f-troop-teen-wolf-the-longest-yard-dies/
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I remember his brother Alco
;D
Tragic family. Father Wěrka had an untimely death, while sister Czópa squandered the family fortune.
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;D
Tragic family. Father Wěrka had an untimely death, while sister Czópa squandered the family fortune.
Genius ;D
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dies aged 99
Buckingham Palace has announced the death of the Queen’s husband of 73 years
https://mashable.com/2017/05/04/prince-philip-gaffes-list/?europe=true
1. "British women can't cook," he told the Scottish Womens' Institute in 1961. Lovely.
2. "It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from her school art lessons," he muttered while being shown Ethiopian art in 1965.
3. "I would like to go to Russia very much, although the bastards murdered half my family," at a very heated period of history in 1967.
4. "What do you gargle with? Pebbles?" he told singer Tom Jones at the 1969 Royal Variety Performance. Later he added: "It's difficult to see how it’s possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs."
5. "We don’t come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves," he told journalists in Canada in 1976.
6. "You are a woman, aren't you?" he said to a Kenyan woman, who was presenting him with a small gift in 1984.
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I remember his brother Alco
His daughter Cath is asking that we say a prayer for her father.
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His daughter Cath is asking that we say a prayer for her father.
Can't believe I missed this one! ;D
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His daughter Cath is asking that we say a prayer for her father.
;D
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dies aged 99
Buckingham Palace has announced the death of the Queen’s husband of 73 years
https://mashable.com/2017/05/04/prince-philip-gaffes-list/?europe=true
1. "British women can't cook," he told the Scottish Womens' Institute in 1961. Lovely.
2. "It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from her school art lessons," he muttered while being shown Ethiopian art in 1965.
3. "I would like to go to Russia very much, although the bastards murdered half my family," at a very heated period of history in 1967.
4. "What do you gargle with? Pebbles?" he told singer Tom Jones at the 1969 Royal Variety Performance. Later he added: "It's difficult to see how it’s possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs."
5. "We don’t come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves," he told journalists in Canada in 1976.
6. "You are a woman, aren't you?" he said to a Kenyan woman, who was presenting him with a small gift in 1984.
True Getbigger. :D
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CONFIRMED!
Paul Grymkowski has passed away.
Paul RIP !
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Adam Perkins, Creator Of The "Welcome To Chili's" Vine, Has Died At Age 24
His twin brother posted the news on Instagram this morning in an emotional tribute to his sibling, calling Adam his "best friend" and saying, "I’m struggling to find the words to explain what it will be like for me to live in this world without him."
Patrick did not disclose a cause of death.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/vine-star-adam-perkins-has-died-at-age-24?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeed&ref=bffbbuzzfeed&fbclid=IwAR1ehULdRmQ6w8DB9D-ZInLyUyVeB4Fr3h9XtDXmsco0D1EF92KflA7vhsM
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‘Army of Darkness’ Actor Timothy Patrick Quill Has Passed Away
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A familiar face in the world of Sam Raimi movies, we’ve learned the sad news via Bruce Campbell this week that Army of Darkness actor Timothy Patrick Quill has passed away.
Quill’s longtime friend, Campbell tweets, “Tim was a mainstays in our amateur Super-8 flicks & I loved working with him decades later on Army of Darkness and My Name is Bruce. Tim was full of fun & mischief and he left it all on the dance floor. Safe travels, sir!”
Timothy Patrick Quill played a blacksmith in Sam Raimi’s third Evil Dead movie, subsequently appearing in all three of Raimi’s Spider-Man movies. He popped up for cameo appearances as “Wrestling Arena Guard” in Spider-Man, “Train Passenger” in Spider-Man 2, and “Crane Operator” in Spider-Man 3. He later appeared in Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful.
Quill also appeared in Sam Raimi’s debut feature It’s Murder!, along with several shorts from the Raimi crew including Three on a Couch, No Dough Boys, and Six Months to Live.
Other films on Quill’s resume include Mike Mendez’s Killers, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, My Name is Bruce, and most recently, last year’s The Trees Have Eyes.
https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3660313/r-p-army-darkness-actor-timothy-patrick-quill-passed-away/?fbclid=IwAR1ehULdRmQ6w8DB9D-ZInLyUyVeB4Fr3h9XtDXmsco0D1EF92KflA7vhsM
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Oh no - Not Timothy Patrick Quill
How can we endure it
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^^^
My attempt at a Dave D style post there - I'd give myself 3 out of 10 :-[
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https://news.sky.com/story/helen-mccrory-peaky-blinders-and-harry-potter-star-dies-of-cancer-12277363
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R.I.P.
Felix Silla
Felix Silla, Cousin Itt on 'The Addams Family,' Dies at 84
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/felix-silla-cousin-itt-on-the-addams-family-dies-at-84
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https://news.sky.com/story/helen-mccrory-peaky-blinders-and-harry-potter-star-dies-of-cancer-12277363
RIP
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R.I.P.
Felix Silla
Felix Silla, Cousin Itt on 'The Addams Family,' Dies at 84
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/felix-silla-cousin-itt-on-the-addams-family-dies-at-84
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I read that he choked on a giant hairball. ;D
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Primemuscle
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Primemuscle
Hope you're wrong about this, but one never knows when their time is up. If it happens, so be it. I've had a really good life.
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https://news.sky.com/story/helen-mccrory-peaky-blinders-and-harry-potter-star-dies-of-cancer-12277363
another premature cancer death.
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another premature cancer death.
actress dies after "Heroic Battle with cancer" while normal people dont respond to therapy.
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actress dies after "Heroic Battle with cancer" while normal people dont respond to therapy.
Yep, and there is nothing heroic about getting sick and dying. We all do it someday.
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SCOTTIE PIPPEN'S FIRSTBORN SON ANTRON DIES AT 33
Scottie Pippen has revealed his oldest son Antron Pippen passed away on Sunday. He was only 33.
"I'm heartbroken to share that yesterday, I said goodbye to my firstborn son Antron. The two of us shared a love for basketball and we had countless conversations about the game."
Scottie continued, "Antron suffered from chronic asthma and if he hadn’t had it, I truly believe he would've made it to the NBA. He never let that get him down, though -- Antron stayed positive and worked hard, and I am so proud of the man that he became."
Antron was born in 1987 to Karen McCollum -- who married Scottie in 1988 (they split in 1990).
Antron was a pretty solid basketball player who reportedly spent time hoopin' at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU). Clearly, Scottie believed he had real potential, if not for his medical condition.
Scottie did not reveal Antron's cause of death. However, he's asking fans to pray for his family.
"Please keep his mom, Karen, and all of his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers. A kind heart and beautiful soul gone way too soon. I love you, son, rest easy until we meet again."
Antron also spent time playin ball at South Georgia Technical College -- and moments ago, the school paid tribute to their former player.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/19/scottie-pippen-antron-son-died-dead-nba-basketball/?fbclid=IwAR0biGld3ymBej5QrIvr-U2FNr4BuLsy86mBnZpIa6zCtqKDsNP43i75ADM
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former Vice President Walter Mondale has died at 93
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93.
The death of the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general was announced in a statement from his family. No cause was cited.
Mondale followed the trail blazed by his political mentor, Hubert H. Humphrey, from Minnesota politics to the U.S. Senate and the vice presidency, serving under Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.
In a statement Monday night, Carter said he considered Mondale “the best vice president in our country’s history.” He added: “Fritz Mondale provided us all with a model for public service and private behavior.”
His own try for the White House, in 1984, came at the zenith of Ronald Reagan’s popularity. Mondale’s selection of Rep. Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his running mate made him the first major-party presidential nominee to put a woman on the ticket, but his declaration that he would raise taxes helped define the race.
On Election Day, he carried only his home state and the District of Columbia. The electoral vote was 525-13 for Reagan — the biggest landslide in the Electoral College since Franklin Roosevelt defeated Alf Landon in 1936. (Sen. George McGovern got 17 electoral votes in his 1972 defeat, winning Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.)
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“I did my best,” Mondale said the day after the election, and blamed no one but himself.
“I think you know I’ve never really warmed up to television,” he said. “In fairness to television, it never really warmed up to me.”
Years later, Mondale said his campaign message had proven to be the right one.
“History has vindicated me that we would have to raise taxes,” he said. “It was very unpopular, but it was undeniably correct.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/19/former-vice-president-walter-mondale-dies-93/7295568002/?fbclid=IwAR0YooIWuXgLc17XZvR3p96XOjpUeTa2E-ApJillOBMfq2_rb2Vw-x7uhzg
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I read that he choked on a giant hairball. ;D
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Twiggy. :'(
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Rock Legend Jim Steinman Dead at 73
Jim Steinman, who wrote and produced huge hits for Meat Loaf, Air Supply, Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler, is dead ... TMZ has learned.
Steinman died Monday in Connecticut, according to the state's medical examiner. The cause of death is unclear. We do know it appears it was sudden ... there was a medical emergency call to his home around 3:30 AM Sunday to transport a male patient.
Jim's perhaps best known for his songwriting work on Meat Loaf’s "Bat Out of Hell" -- one of the best selling albums of all time -- and "Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell" ... writing and producing the smash hit, "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)."
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Steinman's got his fingerprints all over Bonnie Tyler's albums, writing and producing her biggest hit, "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
Jim also wrote and composed Air Supply's "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" and Barry Manilow's "Read 'Em and Weep," which was originally written for Meat Loaf.
He's also the brainchild behind another power ballad, "It's All Coming Back To Me Now," first recorded by Pandora's Box and then made famous with Celine Dion's cover.
Jim also worked with Def Leppard, Barbra Streisand, Billy Squier and The Sisters of Mercy. You wanna talk about accomplishments ... for 3 straight weeks in 1983, Jim was responsible for the #1 and #2 songs on Billboard -- 'Total Eclipse' was in the top spot, and 'Making Love' was second.
Steinman was 73.
RIP
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I'm thinking Willie Nelson. Looked to be in bad shape recently. Hope I'm wrong
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I'm thinking Willie Nelson. Looked to be in bad shape recently. Hope I'm wrong
He's looked that way for 50 years.
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I'm thinking Willie Nelson. Looked to be in bad shape recently. Hope I'm wrong
Yeah I put Willie on here a couple of pages ago but I’m hoping he lives forever.
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Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown, who helped spark the 'invention of boy bands,' dead at 65
Scottish pop singer Les McKeown, best known as the frontman of the wildly successful 1970s bubblegum-glam band the Bay City Rollers, has died at age 65. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of our beloved husband and father Leslie Richard McKeown,” his family posted on Twitter Thursday. “Leslie died suddenly at home on Tuesday.” No further details about the cause of death were disclosed at press time.
McKeown was born on Nov. 12, 1955, in Edinburgh, and was only 18 years old when he replaced the Bay City Rollers’ original singer, Gordon “Nobby” Clark, in 1973. He fronted the classic lineup — featuring Alan Longmuir (who died in 2018), Derek Longmuir, Stuart “Woody” Wood, and Eric Faulkner — during the height of the group’s “Rollermania” teen idol era, when they were being heralded as the next Beatles and even starred in their own U.K. television series. The “tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh” got their plaid-tastic look from McKeown’s father, a tailor, who made their famous trousers.
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“They were adorable. Five cute guys at once. That's the story of rock ‘n’ roll. The invention of boy bands became an industry thanks to the Bay City Rollers,” music journalist and executive Danny Fields once told the BBC.
McKeown sang on the Rollers’ biggest hits, including “Remember (Sha-La-La-La),” “Shang-a-Lang,” “Summerlove Sensation,” “Give a Little Love,” “All of Me Loves All of You,” and a cover of the Four Seasons’ “Bye, Bye, Baby,” all of which cracked the top 10 in Britain. Their LPs Rollin’ and Once Upon a Star both went to No. 1 on the U.K. album chart, and the band eventually went on to sell 120 million records worldwide.
Stateside success came in 1975 thanks to an aggressive push from Clive Davis, then the head of the Rollers’ North American label, Arista Records. The band’s American breakthrough single and arguably their signature song, “Saturday Night” — the original version of which, with Nobby Clark on lead vocals, had failed to chart in Britain in 1973 — went to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The Rollers debuted the song in America during a via-satellite performance on the ABC variety program Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (not to be confused with the NBC sketch comedy show of the same name). They scored two more U.S. top 10 hits, “Money Honey” and “You Made Me Believe in Magic,” and released five gold-selling U.S. albums between 1975 and 1977.
McKeown’s rise to fame was marred by tragedy in 1975, when he was found guilty of reckless driving after striking and killing a 76-year-old woman, Euphemia Clunie, during a visit to his family in Edinburgh. He was only fined 100 pounds and banned from driving for a year, and he rejoined the Bay City Rollers’ tour the day after the accident. McKeown later confessed in various interviews that the ensuing unshakable guilt played a large role in his drug and alcohol addiction, which began in the late ‘70s. In 2005, he was arrested for driving while drunk and was found to be over twice the legal limit. After several stays in rehab, McKeown became sober for good in 2008.
Rollermania was short-lived, and by 1976 the group was already fracturing and undergoing various personnel changes; in 1978, McKeown departed the Rollers as they decided to go in a more new-wave musical direction. He released nine solo albums during his career, enjoying success in Japan with his 1979 debut, the cheekily titled All Washed Up, but his solo output failed to chart elsewhere. In 2015, he reunited with Stuart Woo and Alan Longmuir for a Bay City Rollers nostalgia tour, which kicked off at the Glasgow Barrowlands venue in the band’s home country.
Looking back on the Rollermania whirlwind while promoting a 2016 Bay City Rollers gig at Scotland’s T in the Park festival, McKeown told the Press and Journal, “I think we were a breath of fresh air in the ‘70s. There was nothing complicated about our music — although it's amazing how many people who used to come to our concerts as teenagers are still coming back with their daughters after all these years and they're singing our songs together. That's pretty special.”
McKeown’s most recent album was 2016’s The Lost Songs, featuring tunes he’d written while touring with the Bay City Rollers in the ‘70s. McKeown is survived by his wife, Peko Keiko, and their son, Jubei.
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I doubt any of them lifted.
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Is it too late to add Chauvin to this list? he's on borrowed time.
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Is it too late to add Chauvin to this list? he's on borrowed time.
No he isn't. 1) he will be in a protected unit as a cop anyway and 2) most of the law enforcement, including prison guards, support him and will make sure he is fine.
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Univ. of Kentucky Basketball's Terrence Clarke Dead At 19, Killed In L.A. Car Crash
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Terrence Clarke -- a 19-year-old University of Kentucky basketball player and a projected 2021 NBA Draft pick -- was killed Thursday in a car accident in Los Angeles, law enforcement sources tell TMZ Sports.
We're told Clarke was driving a Genesis around 2 PM in the San Fernando Valley when his vehicle was struck by another car ... sending him smashing into a pole and before ultimately slamming into a wall.
Footage from the accident shows Clarke's vehicle completely smashed in.
Law enforcement sources tell us the accident is being investigated -- but so far, no official cause of the crash has been determined.
We're told Clarke was in Los Angeles with his Kentucky teammate, B.J. Boston -- another NBA Draft prospect.
Boston was reportedly in the car behind Clarke when the accident occurred -- but we're told he's physically okay.
Clarke was rushed to a nearby hospital ... but injuries proved too severe and doctors were unable to save his life. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital.
Terrence -- a 6'7" guard -- was an absolute stud on the hardwood. Rivals rated him a 5-star recruit coming out of high school in New Hampshire ... and ranked him as the #8 overall high school player in the entire country.
He didn't play much at Kentucky -- but he clearly had the talent to succeed at the pro level and recently declared for the 2021 NBA Draft.
Some experts projected he would be a 2nd-round pick -- with tons of upside.
Tragic story.
RIP.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/22/terrence-clarke-dead-car-crash-kentucky-nba-draft-bj-boston/?fbclid=IwAR35OVFkqkIZnWFOgDxr9GOiLFofrFKMblNoTsMkkPpyn8H1F6MtMG8H604
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The man behind viral ‘Spanish Giggles’ meme has passed away
Spanish comedian Juan Joya Borja, better known as ‘El Risitas’ (’The Giggles’), has died in Seville at the age of 65, due to a complication of the disease he had suffered for several years.
He was known as the man behind viral ‘Spanish laughing guy’ meme. The Spanish comedian and actor rose to internet fame in 2015 when a YouTube video of him laughing during an interview spawned dozens of celebrated parody clips.
The Spanish comedian and actor surged toward internet fame in 2015, as a YouTube video of him laughing during an interview spawned dozens of celebrated parody clips.
Before becoming an internet sensation, the popular actor and comedian rose to fame around the year 2000 by the hand of Jesús Quintero with his appearances on the programs ‘El Vagamundo’ or ’Ratones coloraos’, where he recounted his experiences along with the now-defunct ’El Peíto’. His laughter, jokes, personality and his famous tagline of ’cuñaooo’ made him popular with the nickname ’El Risitas’.
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Michael Collins was an Apollo 11 astronaut, who launched from Kennedy Space Center with crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 16, 1969, kicking off an eight-day mission that culminated in a successful landing on the moon. He was tasked with piloting the command module while Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the surface in the lunar module.
He died Wednesday at the age of 90.
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Kirk Douglas' Widow Anne Buydens Dead at 102
Anne Buydens, who married Kirk Douglas a year after meeting him in 1953 on a movie set, is dead.
Kirks' widow died peacefully Thursday at her Beverly Hills home, which she shared with her late husband ... according to reps for the family.
A longtime staple in Hollywood, Anne presided over the Douglas Foundation and The Bryna Company before she died ... but she got her start in Tinseltown as a location scout for director John Huston. Anne also worked as a publicist for the Cannes Film Festival back in the day.
Anne and Kirk married way back in 1954 ... they'd met the previous year while he was shooting his starring role in "Act of Love." Anne applied for a job as his assistant on the movie ... and the rest, as they say, was history.
Anne and Kirk had 2 sons together, Peter and Eric. The latter died in 2004. FYI, Michael Douglas is one of Kirk's sons from his first marriage.
One thing Kirk and Anne definitely had in common was longevity. You'll recall, he passed away in February 2020 at the age of 103. Anne was 102.
RIP
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We're sad to hear of the death of Johnny Crawford (1946-2021) — original Mouseketeer, singer, co-star of THE RIFLEMAN.
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His landlord was not allowing them to vacate their house in Baroda because he didn’t have money to pay rent. ???
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Olympia Mary Dukakis (June 20, 1931 — May 1, 2021)
She acted in over 130 stage productions, over 60 films, and in 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not long after her arrival in New York City, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her Off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's "Man Equals Man". She later moved to film acting and won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, among other accolades, for her performance in Moonstruck (1987). She received another Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra (1992) and Emmy Award nominations for Lucky Day (1991), More Tales of the City (1998), and Joan of Arc (1999). She also starred in Look Who's Talking and Mr. Holland's Opus. In July 2003, Dukakis' autobiography, Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress, was released and praised. In 1962, Olympia Dukakis married the fellow Manhattan theater actor, the Yugoslav-American Louis Zorich. They moved out of the city in 1970 to settle in Montclair, NJ. It was there they raised their three children: Christina, Peter, and Stefan. She was also a cousin of Michael Dukakis, former politician. Dukakis died on May 1, 2021 at age 89 following an illness.
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Billie Hayes Dies: Wicked Witchiepoo Of ‘H.R. Pufnstuf’ Was 96
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Billie Hayes, whose portrayal of the flamboyantly and comically wicked witch Witchiepoo on the 1969-70 Saturday morning live-action children’s classic H.R. Pufnstuf, died of natural causes April 29 at Cedar’s Hospital in Los Angeles. She was 96.
Her death was announced by her family.
A Broadway veteran by the time she reached national fame as the flute-stealing nemesis to a psychedelic dragon, Hayes had starred as Mammy Yokum in both the Broadway and film versions of the popular late-1950s musical Lil’ Abner. She’d made her Broadway debut in New Faces of 1956 along with an ensemble that included actress Maggie Smith.
Following a couple of guest appearances on episodic TV in 1967 – including a Mammy Yokum-type matriarch in the “Hillbilly Honeymoon” episode of The Monkees – Hayes endeared herself to a generation of glued-to-the-tube Saturday morning viewers in 1969 as the eccentrically costumed, ever-cackling and always bumbling Witchiepoo (full name: Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo).
With a performance panache that was over-the-top even by the wacky standards of the Sid and Marty Krofft universe of costumed creatures, Hayes was an immediate scene-stealer. Series-stealer, actually: Though Witchiepoo was the H.R. Pufnstuf villain, intent on stealing the magical, talking Freddy the Flute as if he were a pair of ruby slippers, Hayes’ wildly entertaining vaudeville, slapstick style had legions of young viewers rooting her on to a victory that never came. “Why me?,” she’d whine or sob after the inevitable backfiring of her latest evil scheme.
Born in Du Quoin, Illinois, Hayes began her show business career at age 9, dancing professionally in local nightclubs. While still in high school, she joined the fourteen-piece regional orchestra of Vince Genovese, and performed solo in her teens in Chicago and throughout the Midwest.
After moving to New York, Hayes performed selections from her nightclub singing-and-dancing routine in an audition for famed theater impresario J.J. Shubert, who was so taken with her comic and musical talents he cast her in principal roles of three roadshow operettas: Student Prince, The Merry Widow and Blossom Time.
Soon enough she was co-starring with fellow newcomer Paul Lynde in the New York revue What’s New, which led to her Broadway debut in Leonard Sillman’s New Faces show. She then took over the role of Lil’ Abner‘s Mammy Yokum from the original cast’s Charlotte Rae, finding herself alongside another up-and-comer in the replacement cast named Valerie Harper.
Hayes, with old-age make-up, a white wig and a long-stemmed pipe, would reprise the role in Paramount’s 1959 film version and, in 1971, a TV-movie adaptation. She’d return to the stage in the late 1960s as the character Minnie Fay in the national touring company of Hello, Dolly! starring Betty Grable.
After her 1969 arrival in the destined-for-cult-classic Sid and Marty Krofft series, which also starred Jack Wild (Oliver!) as the on-the-run Dorothy Gale-stand-in Jimmy and, as Pufnstuf the dragon, Lennie Weinrib in full-body green-and-yellow costume, Hayes had found what would be her signature role. She returned as the character in the 1970 feature film adaptation Pufnstuf, along with Wild, Martha Raye and, in her sole feature role, “Mama” Cass Elliot (as Witch Hazel).
Hayes even reprised the role in 1976 on the ABC Halloween special of her old friend Paul Lynde, appearing with The Wizard of Oz‘s Margaret Hamilton in a comedy sketch that revealed the sisterly bond between the two famous witches.
The cancelation of H.R. Pufnstuf in 1970 led to yet another Krofft casting, this time in the dual role of Witchiepoo and the kindlier Weenie the Genie in Lidsville (1971-72), with Charles Nelson Reilly taking the show’s chief villain spot as magician Horatio J. Hoodoo.
Hayes had a long and busy subsequent TV career in voice roles – The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, The Flintstones Comedy Show, Trollkins, The Real Ghostbusters, Rugrats, Transformers: Rescue Bots, among many others – and she appeared in a recurring role on General Hospital in the early 1980s as a street-wise international spy named Agent Brighton O’Reilly.
Offscreen, Hayes founded the Los Angeles-based animal rescue nonprofit organization Pet Hope, a cause she had championed since adopting a puppy abandoned in the basement of Broadway’s St. James Theatre during the run of Lil’ Abner.
Hayes is survived by niece Nancy Powers, nephews Tom Brosch, Louie Brosch and Guy Brosch; their spouses; and several great-nieces and -nephews. The family requests donations in lieu of flowers to Pet Hope.
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'Blow' Inspiration George Jung Dead at 78
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George Jung -- the prolific cocaine smuggler portrayed by Johnny Depp in the movie "Blow" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... George died Wednesday morning at home in the Boston area. The cause of death is currently not known, though he had recently been experiencing liver and kidney failure.
We're told he had been in home hospice care since this past weekend and died with his girlfriend, Ronda, and friend, Roger, by his side. We're told he will be cremated.
George's Twitter account tweeted a quote from the film Wednesday, “May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face, and the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars. 1942-2021."
"Boston George," as he was known, served 20 years in prison for running drugs. He was released in 2014, but ultimately landed back behind bars just 2 years later for violating his parole by failing to inform his parole officer he would be hitting up San Diego.
He was famous for being part of the Medellin Cartel and helping Pablo Escobar smuggle planeloads of cocaine into the U.S. That was a big deal because, at the time, Escobar's cartel was responsible for distributing 80% of the world's cocaine -- and about 15 tons of blow reportedly came into the U.S. per day ... for a weekly haul of $420 million.
George's story was ultimately written in the book "Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All" ... and then in the 2001 flick starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz.
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Rock Legend Jim Steinman Dead at 73
Jim Steinman, who wrote and produced huge hits for Meat Loaf, Air Supply, Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler, is dead ... TMZ has learned.
Steinman died Monday in Connecticut, according to the state's medical examiner. The cause of death is unclear. We do know it appears it was sudden ... there was a medical emergency call to his home around 3:30 AM Sunday to transport a male patient.
Jim's perhaps best known for his songwriting work on Meat Loaf’s "Bat Out of Hell" -- one of the best selling albums of all time -- and "Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell" ... writing and producing the smash hit, "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)."
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Steinman's got his fingerprints all over Bonnie Tyler's albums, writing and producing her biggest hit, "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
Jim also wrote and composed Air Supply's "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" and Barry Manilow's "Read 'Em and Weep," which was originally written for Meat Loaf.
He's also the brainchild behind another power ballad, "It's All Coming Back To Me Now," first recorded by Pandora's Box and then made famous with Celine Dion's cover.
Jim also worked with Def Leppard, Barbra Streisand, Billy Squier and The Sisters of Mercy. You wanna talk about accomplishments ... for 3 straight weeks in 1983, Jim was responsible for the #1 and #2 songs on Billboard -- 'Total Eclipse' was in the top spot, and 'Making Love' was second.
Steinman was 73.
RIP
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Tawny Kitaen has passed away at age 59.
R.I.P.
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R.I.P. IFBB PRO Fahd Al-Hazzazi
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Could somebody please change this thread title to 2021 obituary thread?
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'Blow' Inspiration George Jung Dead at 78
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Impressive, given the amount of cocaine he used.
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NFL's Tarik Cohen's Twin Brother Found Dead After Apparent Electrocution
Tyrell Cohen -- the twin brother of NFL running back Tarik Cohen -- was found dead Sunday ... after officials say they believe he was electrocuted trying to climb power equipment.
Authorities say the 25-year-old, who's a fraternal twin of the Chicago Bears star, was involved in the tragedy shortly after a single-car crash Saturday morning in Raleigh, NC.
Officials say Tyrell left the scene of the accident after the wreck ... and could not be located in the ensuing hours.
Tyrell's family eventually filed a missing person report Saturday night ... with Tarik even putting out a message on social media asking anyone in the area for help locating his brother.
"Could be on foot in the [woods] around 540 and six forks," Tarik said in a since-deleted tweet. "Possibly injured!"
Officials say on Sunday morning, they resumed their search for Tyrell ... and, after an employee at a Duke Energy substation discovered a body, officials ultimately identified it as Tyrell's.
Authorities say Tyrell appeared to have entered the substation after the accident and was electrocuted shortly after. They say they do not believe foul play was involved.
The Bears released a statement Sunday evening mourning the death ... saying, "We are heartbroken."
"Our immediate thoughts and prayers go out to Tarik, his mother, Tilwanda, and the rest of their family and loved ones."
They continued, "On behalf of the entire Bears family, we extend our most heartfelt sympathies to all who mourn his loss."
Tarik was picked in the 4th round by the Bears in the 2017 NFL Draft. He's started 22 games for the team in his four-year career.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/05/10/tarik-cohen-tyrell-electrocution-cops-fraternal-twin-chicago-bears-running-back-nfl/?fbclid=IwAR0RT5COdS4Es3_Vlct5HmADZqfi2d7zpsZ_EWmdYt8AlpMwT4HkAThaLs4
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Norman Lloyd, born Norman Perlmutter (November 8, 1914 – May 11, 2021)
Lloyd was an actor, producer, and director with a career in entertainment spanning nearly a century. He worked in every major facet of the industry including theatre, radio, television and film, with a career that started in 1923. His last film, Trainwreck, was released in 2015, after Lloyd had attained 100 years of age. In the 1930s, he apprenticed with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre and worked with such influential groups as the Federal Theatre Project's Living Newspaper unit, the Mercury Theatre, and the Group Theatre. Lloyd's long professional association with Alfred Hitchcock began with his performance portraying a Nazi agent in the film Saboteur (1942). He also appeared in Spellbound (1945), and was a producer of Hitchcock's anthology television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Lloyd directed and produced episodic television throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. As an actor, he appeared in over 60 films and television shows, with his roles including Bodalink in Charlie Chaplin's Limelight (1952), Mr. Nolan in Dead Poets Society (1989), and Mr. Letterblair in The Age of Innocence (1993).
In the 1980s, Lloyd gained a new generation of fans for playing Dr. Daniel Auschlander, one of the starring roles on the medical drama St. Elsewhere. From 1998 to 2001, he played Dr. Isaac Mentnor in the UPN science fiction drama Seven Days. His numerous television guest-star appearances include The Joseph Cotten Show; Murder, She Wrote; The Twilight Zone; Wiseguy; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Wings; The Practice; and Civil Wars. Lloyd's wife of 75 years, Peggy, died on August 30, 2011, at the age of 98. The couple had two children, one of whom is actress Josie Lloyd. Lloyd died during his sleep at the age of 106 in the morning of May 11, 2021, at his home in Los Angeles.
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Charles Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021)
Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in TV serials including The Virginian. He had a small part as an obstetrician in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby in 1968. In the 1970s he moved into film acting, including playing the lead in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and supporting roles in Mike Nichols' Catch-22 (1970) and Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978). He became a familiar face as a supporting actor in many Hollywood comedies of the era, including Real Life (1979), Seems Like Old Times (1980), Ishtar (1987), and Dave (1993). Grodin co-starred alongside Robert De Niro in the action comedy Midnight Run (1988), and in the family film Beethoven (1992). He made frequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman.
In the mid-1990s, Grodin retired from acting, and wrote several autobiographies, and became a talk show host on CNBC and in 2000 a political commentator for 60 Minutes II. He returned to acting with a handful of roles in the mid-2010s and appeared in a recurring role in Louis C.K.'s FX show Louie and While We're Young (2015). He also portrayed the philanthropist and defrauded investor Carl J. Shapiro in the 2016 miniseries Madoff on ABC. Grodin had two children: daughter Marion (a comedian), from his marriage to Julie Ferguson, and son, Nicholas, from his marriage to Elissa Durwood. Grodin died from bone marrow cancer at his home in Wilton, Connecticut on May 18, 2021
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Charles Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021)
Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in TV serials including The Virginian. He had a small part as an obstetrician in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby in 1968. In the 1970s he moved into film acting, including playing the lead in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and supporting roles in Mike Nichols' Catch-22 (1970) and Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978). He became a familiar face as a supporting actor in many Hollywood comedies of the era, including Real Life (1979), Seems Like Old Times (1980), Ishtar (1987), and Dave (1993). Grodin co-starred alongside Robert De Niro in the action comedy Midnight Run (1988), and in the family film Beethoven (1992). He made frequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman.
In the mid-1990s, Grodin retired from acting, and wrote several autobiographies, and became a talk show host on CNBC and in 2000 a political commentator for 60 Minutes II. He returned to acting with a handful of roles in the mid-2010s and appeared in a recurring role in Louis C.K.'s FX show Louie and While We're Young (2015). He also portrayed the philanthropist and defrauded investor Carl J. Shapiro in the 2016 miniseries Madoff on ABC. Grodin had two children: daughter Marion (a comedian), from his marriage to Julie Ferguson, and son, Nicholas, from his marriage to Elissa Durwood. Grodin died from bone marrow cancer at his home in Wilton, Connecticut on May 18, 2021
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RIP Chuck.
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Grodin was excellent in "Heaven Can Wait". I actually prefer that version to the original (albeit barely and I have both) which starred Robert Montgomery (Elizabeth Montgomery's father) and was called "Here Comes Mr. Jordan". A fine comedic actor with excellent phrasing and timing.
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Grodin was excellent in "Heaven Can Wait". I actually prefer that version to the original (albeit barely and I have both) which starred Robert Montgomery (Elizabeth Montgomery's father) and was called "Here Comes Mr. Jordan". A fine comedic actor with excellent phrasing and timing.
I love that film: "I'm in the pink!"
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I nominate that crybaby Anthony Roberts. Seems he has been chased off of mainstream Internet now.... will probably kill himself.
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I nominate that crybaby Anthony Roberts. Seems he has been chased off of mainstream Internet now.... will probably kill himself.
The steroid guy?
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The steroid guy?
Yeah. That was ran off every board he joined.
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'School of Rock' drummer Kevin Clark dies at 32 after getting hit by car; Jack Black 'heartbroken'
Kevin Clark, who appeared in the 2003 film "School of Rock" with Jack Black, died in Chicago Wednesday after getting struck by a car while riding his bicycle. He was 32.
Clark suffered multiple blunt force injuries from the collision and was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m. at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Natalia Derevyanny, the director of communications for the Cook County Bureau of Administration, confirmed to USA TODAY. His death was an accident, she added.
According to a statement provided to USA TODAY by Chicago Police Department Public Information Officer Anthony Spicuzza, an unnamed male, whom Derevyanny later identified as Clark, was struck by a Hyundai Sonata on the 2600 block of North Western. The driver, a 20-year-old female, was issued citations.
Clark was in critical condition before his transport to the hospital for treatment. The incident remains under investigation.
Clark appeared alongside stars Black and Miranda Cosgrove in "School of Rock" as student drummer Freddy Jones. It's his only acting credit listed on IMdB.
Black said he was "heartbroken" by the news.
"Devastating news. Kevin is gone. Way too soon. Beautiful soul. So many great memories," Black captioned a throwback picture with Clark on Instagram Wednesday, in addition to a more recent photo. "Sending love to his family and the whole School of Rock community."
Clark's mother Allison Clark told the Chicago Sun-Times that her son played in several bands. His latest group, Jess Bess and the Intentions, played its first live show Saturday.
“They were unbelievably fantastic, and they would’ve gone somewhere,” she said. “He’s just a raw talent. He’s got a heart of gold."
According to Allison, Clark had no acting experience prior to "School of Rock."
"He just kind of shined," she said. “He took it on right away, but he never really acted afterward."
Clark’s former roommate and bandmate Robbie Goldberg told the outlet that Clark "was motivated and loved to write songs."
"He loved to take the guitar off the wall and make a funny song," Goldberg added. "It was great working with Kevin."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/26/school-rock-kid-drummer-kevin-clark-dead-after-getting-hit-car/7457041002/?fbclid=IwAR0ayhMe60VpgG5yiTpacvu1y19-Cw3rwTo9loRBdfAQln_1KD_R92O5nKI
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Gavin MacLeod, ‘Love Boat’ Captain and ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Star, Dies at 90
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Gavin MacLeod, a sitcom veteran who played seaman “Happy” Haines on “McHale’s Navy,” Murray on “Mary Tyler Moore” and the very different, vaguely patrician Captain Stubing on “The Love Boat,” has died. He was 90.
MacLeod’s nephew, Mark See, confirmed his death to Variety. MacLeod died in the early morning on May 29. No cause of death was given, but MacLeod’s health had declined in recent months.
MacLeod played a relatively minor character on ABC hit “McHale’s Navy,” starring Ernest Borgnine, but as newswriter Murray Slaughter, he was certainly one of the stars of “Mary Tyler Moore,” appearing in every one of the classic comedy’s 168 episodes during its 1970-77 run on CBS. Murray was married to Marie (Joyce Bulifant) but was in love with Moore’s Mary Richards. His desk was right next to Mary’s in the WGN newsroom, so MacLeod was frequently in the shot during the sitcom, and Murray, like all the other characters, was richly developed — a hallmark of MTM shows.
MacLeod originally tried out for the part of Lou Grant, which went to Ed Asner, but claimed to be happy that he ended up playing Murray. He also auditioned for the role of Archie Bunker on “All in the Family,” but of reading the script for the first time, he wrote in his memoir, “Immediately I thought, This is not the script for me. The character is too much of a bigot. I can’t say these things.” When Norman Lear called the actor to say that Carroll O’Connor had gotten the part, MacLeod was relieved.
The “Moore” cast — MacLeod, Asner, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Betty White and Georgia Engel (Ted Knight had died in 1986) — reminisced with Moore in 2002 on CBS’ “The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion.”
Asner paid tribute to MacLeod on Twitter, writing: “My heart is broken. Gavin was my brother, my partner in crime (and food) and my comic conspirator. I will see you in a bit Gavin. Tell the gang I will see them in a bit. Betty! It’s just you and me now.”
MacLeod had the great fortune to roll right from one hit show to another in 1977, when “Moore” ended and ABC’s “The Love Boat” began. The hourlong romantic comedy set on a cruise ship ran for 10 years. The actor’s Captain Stubing was known for his signature salute. Even after the end of the voyage in 1987, the actor returned for telepic “The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage” in 1990 and for the “Reunion” episode of rebooted series “Love Boat: The Next Wave” in 1998.
MacLeod may, indeed, hold a record for consecutive long-running series: He went straight from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (168 episodes) to “The Love Boat” (249 episodes).
The New York Times said in 2010: “Perhaps no actor has embraced a signature role the way Mr. MacLeod has with Captain Stubing. Since ‘The Love Boat’ went off the air, he has been a spokesman for Princess Cruises.”
In 1997, the actor joined the rest of “The Love Boat” cast on “Oprah” in what was the first full cast appearance since the show was cancelled. Another cast reunion occurred in 2013 on “The Talk.”
MacLeod was born Allan George See in Mount Kisco, N.Y. His mother worked for Reader’s Digest, while his father was an electrician who was part Chippewa. He grew up in Pleasantville, N.Y., and went to Ithaca College, where he studied acting and graduated in 1952. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he moved to New York City and worked at Radio City Music Hall as an usher and elevator operator while seeking work as an actor. During this time he changed his name.
After a few uncredited film roles, MacLeod made his credited bigscreen debut in the 1958 Susan Hayward vehicle “I Want to Live,” playing a police lieutenant, then played a G.I. in Gregory Peck starrer “Pork Chop Hill” the next year. His supporting role in Blake Edwards’ WWII comedy “Operation Petticoat,” starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis and focusing on the chaotic goings on aboard a submarine, gave the young actor a flavor of what he would be doing a few years later on “McHale’s Navy.” In the meantime he appeared in the 1960 thriller “Twelve Hours to Kill,” which starred future “I Dream of Jeannie” star Barbara Eden; Blake Edwards’ musical comedy “High Time,” starring Bing Crosby and Fabian; and the critically hailed but now forgotten Korean War film “War Hunt.” He also did a boatload of guest appearances on TV before his stint on “McHale’s Navy.”
MacLeod left “McHale’s Navy” in order to be able to appear in a supporting role in the excellent period adventure film “The Sand Pebbles,” starring Steve McQueen, and he appeared in a number of other films throughout the decade: “A Man Called Gannon” and Blake Edwards’ Peter Sellers comedy “The Party” in 1968; “The Thousand Plane Raid,” “The Comic” and “The Intruders” in 1969; and, in 1970, the World War II caper film “Kelly’s Heroes,” in which he played Moriarty, Oddball’s machine-gunner and mechanic.
In the meantime he was guesting on both dramas (“Perry Mason,” “Ben Casey,” “Ironside,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “The Big Valley”) and comedies (“The Andy Griffith Show,” “My Favorite Martian,” “Hogan’s Heroes”). In December 1961, he guested on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” in what was his first time working with Mary Tyler Moore.
After his years on “Mary Tyler Moore” and “The Love Boat,” MacLeod did not work on a steady basis — he did not have to.
He made an impression, however, in a 2000 episode of HBO prison drama “Oz” in which he played the Roman Catholic Cardinal Frances Abgott, with whom Rita Moreno’s nun Sister Pete discusses leaving the order. The actor had assumed a certain gravitas as Captain Stubing, even amid the silliness of “The Love Boat,” that made this role possible in a way that it couldn’t have been before.
In the 2000s MacLeod also guested on series including “The King of Queens,” “JAG,” “Touched by an Angel” and “That ’70s Show.”
MacLeod, who had appeared on Broadway in 1962 in “The Captains and the Kings,” also returned to stage work after “The Love Boat.” He toured with Michael Learned of “The Waltons” in A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” and he appeared in musicals such as “Gigi” and “Copacabana” between 1997 and 2003. At a concert in 2008, he conducted the Colorado Symphony in Denver.
MacLeod was first married, from 1955-1972, to Joan Devore, with whom he had two sons and two daughters.
He married actress Patti Kendig in 1974. They divorced in 1982 but remarried in 1985.
During the mid-1980s, MacLeod and his second wife became Evangelical Christians, and the pair credited the religion for reuniting them. He wrote about it in his 1987 book “Back on Course, the Remarkable Story of a Divorce That Ended in Remarriage.” He and Kendig appeared in the Christian big-screen time-travel epic “Time Changer,” along with Hal Linden, in 2002, and he played the title role in the 2008 Christian film “The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry.”
His memoir “This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith & Life,” was published in 2013.
He is survived by Kendig and four children by Devore.
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/gavin-macleod-dead-dies-love-boat-mary-tyler-moore-show-1234984591/
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'Tarzan' Star Joe Lara Dead at 58 After Plane Crash in Tennessee
Joe Lara -- the star of "Tarzan: The Epic Adventures" -- has died after a small plane he, his wife and a few others were on crashed into a lake this weekend.
The private jet -- said to be a Cessna 501 -- took off Saturday from Smyrna Airport, just outside of Nashville, and was reportedly headed toward Palm Beach, FL ... but somehow plunged into Percy Priest Lake not too long after takeoff.
Fire and other rescue crews were dispatched to the scene -- but, after an all-night operation -- authorities say the passengers were found to be deceased ... and their families were notified. An investigation is underway to determine what might've caused the crash.
Lara was one of seven people who were killed. The others are his spouse -- Christian diet guru, Gwen Lara -- Jennifer J. Martin, David L. Martin, Jessica Walters, Jonathan Walters, and Brandon Hannah, all of whom are locals and reported to be part of the same church.
JL is famous from his TV days, when he played the king of the jungle between 1996 and 2000 ... starring as Tarzan for a total of 22 episodes, including a TV movie that came out years prior called 'Tarzan in Manhattan' -- which catapulted him into the role.
He'd been in other action/fantasy projects over the years -- including 'Steel Frontier,' 'Sunset Heat,' 'Gunsmoke: The Last Apache,' 'American Cyborg: Steel Warrior' 'The Magnificent Seven,' 'Baywatch' and 'Tropical Heat,' among several others. Lara had 28 acting credits to his name.
Lara married Gwen Shamblin in 2018 -- who's famous for founding the Remnant Fellowship Church as well as the Weigh Down Workshop ... a weight-loss program that was big in the '80s and '90s among church-goers and others.
Gwen and Joe leave behind two children. He was 58 and she was 66.
RIP
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Singer B.J. (it's his initials, Straw and Prime so don't get sexcited) Thomas has passed away at 78. :'(
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'Tarzan' Star Joe Lara Dead at 58 After Plane Crash in Tennessee
Joe Lara -- the star of "Tarzan: The Epic Adventures" -- has died after a small plane he, his wife and a few others were on crashed into a lake this weekend.
The private jet -- said to be a Cessna 501 -- took off Saturday from Smyrna Airport, just outside of Nashville, and was reportedly headed toward Palm Beach, FL ... but somehow plunged into Percy Priest Lake not too long after takeoff.
Fire and other rescue crews were dispatched to the scene -- but, after an all-night operation -- authorities say the passengers were found to be deceased ... and their families were notified. An investigation is underway to determine what might've caused the crash.
Lara was one of seven people who were killed. The others are his spouse -- Christian diet guru, Gwen Lara -- Jennifer J. Martin, David L. Martin, Jessica Walters, Jonathan Walters, and Brandon Hannah, all of whom are locals and reported to be part of the same church.
JL is famous from his TV days, when he played the king of the jungle between 1996 and 2000 ... starring as Tarzan for a total of 22 episodes, including a TV movie that came out years prior called 'Tarzan in Manhattan' -- which catapulted him into the role.
He'd been in other action/fantasy projects over the years -- including 'Steel Frontier,' 'Sunset Heat,' 'Gunsmoke: The Last Apache,' 'American Cyborg: Steel Warrior' 'The Magnificent Seven,' 'Baywatch' and 'Tropical Heat,' among several others. Lara had 28 acting credits to his name.
Lara married Gwen Shamblin in 2018 -- who's famous for founding the Remnant Fellowship Church as well as the Weigh Down Workshop ... a weight-loss program that was big in the '80s and '90s among church-goers and others.
Gwen and Joe leave behind two children. He was 58 and she was 66.
RIP
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Very sad. They leave behind not only children but grandchildren.
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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31532507/former-utah-jazz-center-mark-eaton-dies-bicycle-crash-age-64
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Former Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton dies after bicycle crash at age 64
Mark Eaton, the 7-foot-4 shot-blocking king who twice was the NBA Defensive Player of the Year during his career with the Utah Jazz, has died, the team said Saturday. He was 64.
The Jazz said that police said Eaton was found lying in the road around 8:30 p.m. Friday after apparently crashing his bike in Summit County, Utah. According to the team, the Summit County Sheriff's Office said that Eaton was taken to a hospital, where he later died, and that there was no reason to believe a vehicle was involved in the accident.
"The Utah Jazz are profoundly saddened at the unexpected passing of Mark Eaton, who was an enduring figure in our franchise history and had a significant impact in the community after his basketball career," the team said in a statement.
"... His presence continued around the organization as a friend and ambassador while giving back as a businessman and volunteer to his adopted hometown in Utah. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife Teri and their extended family. Mark will be greatly missed by all of us with the Jazz."
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Must have been a really big bicycle. I remember him with his big red mop of hair. RIP
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Paul Robert Soles (August 11, 1930 – May 26, 2021)
Soles was an actor and television personality. He led the voice cast in such series as The Marvel Super Heroes (1966), voiced the title character in Spider-Man (1967), and portrayed Hermey in the 1964 television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Soles was one of the last surviving participants of the special's voice cast. Soles first screen appearance was on CFPL (Canada's second privately owned television station) in 1953, and he continued to perform over 60 years later, performing as of 2016 in the comedy web series My 90-Year-Old Roommate on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's online comedy channel, CBC Comedy. He was the host of the short-lived CBC Television late-night comedy talk show Canada After Dark, and co-hosted the public affairs show Take 30 for 18 seasons with hosts such as Anna Cameron and Adrienne Clarkson.
Soles and his wife Jean Allan had one son, Jonathan David Soles. Soles is cousin of Bernard "Bunny" Cowan, and they both worked on the original 1960s Spider-Man animated series and the 1967 children's series Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse. Soles died in Toronto on May 26, 2021, age 90.
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Must have been a really big bicycle. I remember him with his big red mop of hair. RIP
Bigger than Bill Walton's bike.
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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31532507/former-utah-jazz-center-mark-eaton-dies-bicycle-crash-age-64
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Former Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton dies after bicycle crash at age 64
Mark Eaton, the 7-foot-4 shot-blocking king who twice was the NBA Defensive Player of the Year during his career with the Utah Jazz, has died, the team said Saturday. He was 64.
The Jazz said that police said Eaton was found lying in the road around 8:30 p.m. Friday after apparently crashing his bike in Summit County, Utah. According to the team, the Summit County Sheriff's Office said that Eaton was taken to a hospital, where he later died, and that there was no reason to believe a vehicle was involved in the accident.
"The Utah Jazz are profoundly saddened at the unexpected passing of Mark Eaton, who was an enduring figure in our franchise history and had a significant impact in the community after his basketball career," the team said in a statement.
"... His presence continued around the organization as a friend and ambassador while giving back as a businessman and volunteer to his adopted hometown in Utah. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife Teri and their extended family. Mark will be greatly missed by all of us with the Jazz."
Just a month or so ago 7 ft. 6 in tall Former NBA center Shawn Bradley had a wreck on a bicycle and is now paralyzed. Those big guys need to stay off them bikes.
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Just a month or so ago 7 ft. 6 in tall Former NBA center Shawn Bradley had a wreck on a bicycle and is now paralyzed. Those big guys need to stay off them bikes.
They sure do. Those big oafs can barely walk on two feet.
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Just a month or so ago 7 ft. 6 in tall Former NBA center Shawn Bradley had a wreck on a bicycle and is now paralyzed. Those big guys need to stay off them bikes.
An inattentive motorist struck Bradley from behind. Having experienced the same, I'd say that some folks should never be allowed to drive.
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An inattentive motorist struck Bradley from behind. Having experienced the same, I'd say that some folks should never be allowed to drive.
True, but you have no control over what other drivers do. This is why motorcycle riding is so dangerous and it doesn't matter if you were in the right of way if you are hit. "It's not who is right, it's who is left."
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True, but you have no control over what other drivers do. This is why motorcycle riding is so dangerous and it doesn't matter if you were in the right of way if you are hit. "It's not who is right, it's who is left."
You are correct about having no control over drivers. But the baller and I were on bikes. In my case I was in the bike lane.
A motorcyclist can accelerate away from perils in the blink of an eye.
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Ban bikes.
Ban cars.
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Ban bikes.
Ban cars.
Ban people.
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A death pool thread irreverently predicting "celebrity" death rattles turned into a "celebrity" worship/obituary column. :D
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R.I.P.: LORINA KAMBUROVA OF LEATHERFACE HAS PASSED AWAY AT 30
Bulgarian actress Lorina Kamburova didn't have the opportunity to have a very long career, but she packed a lot of horror into the few short years she did have. She made her feature debut in 2017's Nightworld, starring Robert Englund, and followed that up with projects like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel Leatherface, the remake Day of the Dead: Bloodline, and the video game adaptation Doom: Annihilation. Genre fans may have also seen her in Death Race: Beyond Anarchy, and she has a role in the newly released Russian film Love and Monsters (which is not related to last year's English-language film Love and Monsters).
Sadly, it has been confirmed that Kamburova passed away in a Moscow hospital last month. She was only 30 years old. The cause of death was bilateral pneumonia, the result of lung problems that developed after she caught COVID-19.
https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/rip-lorina-kamburova-leatherface?fbclid=IwAR2xR8q3TRwj0m0G8M9XioX-GaiyWnF-IjQBQnV3PEIh_wdbTyB7cgZGS2o
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Ban people.
Ban Cock.
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Clarence Williams III, 'The Mod Squad' and 'Purple Rain' star, dies at 81
LOS ANGELES — Clarence Williams III, an actor known for portraying Linc Hayes on "The Mod Squad" and Prince's father in "Purple Rain," died on Friday. He was 81.
Williams' management confirmed his death to Variety, citing the cause as colon cancer.
Williams broke through in 1968 as one of the stars of the counterculture cop show "The Mod Squad," also starring then-unknown actors Peggy Lipton and Michael Cole. He was a mainstay of the series until its end in 1973, and went on to have a career in film, television and theater spanning four decades.
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Williams portrayed Prince's father in 1984's "Purple Rain" and had a recurring role as FBI Agent Roger Hardy on the TV show "Twin Peaks." He also had a long-running collaboration with director John Frankenheimer, playing Bobby Shy in 1986's "52 Pick-Up," Chaka in 1994's "Against the Wall," Archie in the 1997 TV movie "George Wallace" and Merlin in 2000's "Reindeer Games."
Born in New York City on Aug. 21, 1939, Williams began his career in acting on stage in "Dark of the Moon" in 1957, directed by Vinette Caroll. He also starred opposite Geraldine Page in "The Great Outdoors" on Broadway. In 1965, Williams earned a Tony nomination and Theatre World award for his starring performance in "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground." Williams' other theater credits include co-starring with Maggie Smith in Tom Stoppard's "Night and Day" and leading Joseph Papp's "King John" at the Delacorte Theatre.
Williams' other film credits include "The General's Daughter," "Sugar Hill," "Half Baked," "Deep Cover," "Hoodlum," "The Brave," "Happy Here and Now," "The Legend of 1900" and "Life." More recently, Williams appeared in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" in 2013 as Maynard.
Williams is survived by his sister Sondra Pugh, daughter Jamey Phillips, niece Suyin Shaw, grandnephews Elliot Shaw and Ese Shaw and grandniece Azaria Verdin.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/clarence-williams-iii-mod-squad-purple-rain-star-dies-81-n1269786
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A death pool thread irreverently predicting "celebrity" death rattles turned into a "celebrity" worship/obituary column. :D
Gregzs has turned the random pics thread into the same thing. What a starstruck queen.
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'Network' & 'Superman' Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83
Ned Beatty -- a veteran character actor, famous for his work in "Superman," "Network" and several other iconic films -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
A family member tells TMZ ... Ned passed away in his sleep Sunday while surrounded by family at his home. No other details surrounding the exact circumstances of his death were immediately available -- however, we've been told his passing is NOT COVID-related.
The guy has appeared in a variety of different movies and an even bigger variety of roles over his five-decade-plus career ... giving us memorable characters and even better performances. He'll perhaps best be remembered for his standout monologue in 1976's "Network," in which he played a TV/communications chief, who tries convincing the protagonist to stop resisting a major merger deal that will adversely affect the masses.
It's an epic 5 to 6-minute speech he gives to the fictional truthteller, Howard Beale -- one of the only times Beatty appeared on screen in this flick, BTW -- ... and it earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Oscars that year. That's how great it is.
Beatty had scores of other unforgettable movie moments -- notably, as the bumbling sidekick to Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor, Otis, in the 1978 version of "Superman" in which he completely flipped the script from serious to comedic ... which he carried on for the sequel too. In other words, Beatty had incredible range -- and flexed it often in his acting.
Other remarkable film credits include ... "Deliverance," -- infamous for its "Squeal like a pig rape scene, of which Beatty was the onscreen victim -- "Friendly Fire," "All the President's Men," "Silver Streak," "Back to School," "Nashville," "The Big Easy," "The Toy," "1941," "Silver Streak," "Captain America," "Rudy," "White Lightning," "Prelude to a Kiss," "Hear My Song," "Restless Native," "Life," "Shooter," "Charlie Wilson's War" and even a couple voice acting roles in "Rango" as well as "Toy Story 3," in which he played Lotso ... the evil pink bear.
Ned had appeared in several big hit TV shows as well through the years, such as "Law & Order," "Roseanne," "The Boys," "Highway to Heaven," "American Playhouse," "Szysznyk," "The Rockford Files," "M*A*S*H*," "Homicide: Life on the Street," 'CSI,' "Murder, She Wrote" and countless others.
He's survived by his wife, Sandra Johnson, and his eight children and grandchildren. Ned was 83.
RIP
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Prescient.
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At least Ned won't be raped by any more hillbillies. RIP
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Ned Beatty's cheeks were perched upon a log,
His shit was packed by a hillbilly's hog,
His anus was intruded by a toothless country freak,
He just laid here and moaned, man it must have hurt for weeks,
Ned Beatty's cheeks!
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Ned Beatty's cheeks were perched upon a log,
His shit was packed by a hillbilly's hog,
His anus was intruded by a toothless country freak,
He just laid here and moaned, man it must have hurt for weeks,
Ned Beatty's cheeks!
They should have put that to music and had it as background music. Great soundtrack.
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Ned Beatty's cheeks were perched upon a log,
His shit was packed by a hillbilly's hog,
His anus was intruded by a toothless country freak,
He just laid here and moaned, man it must have hurt for weeks,
Ned Beatty's cheeks!
Well played, sir.
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Ban bikes.
Ban cars.
Ban scooters
'Gone Girl' Actor Lisa Banes Dead at 65 After Hit-and-Run Scooter Accident
"Gone Girl" actor Lisa Banes has died after suffering injuries from a hit-and-run accident caused by an electric scooter ... TMZ has confirmed.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Banes died Monday after more than a week in the hospital in critical condition.
As we reported ... Banes was struck while using a crosswalk on the Upper West Side in NYC on June 4, witnesses said Banes had the right of way -- but the scooter driver barreled through a red light, striking her, and kept going. The scooter was described as red and black in color.
Cops have not yet made any arrests and have not released a more detailed description of the driver.
A rep for Banes -- who was best known for her roles in "Gone Girl" and "Cocktail" -- told ET, "We are heartsick over Lisa's tragic and senseless passing. She was a woman of great spirit, kindness and generosity and dedicated to her work, whether on stage or in front of a camera and even more so to her wife, family and friends. We were blessed to have had her in our lives."
Banes was 65.
RIP
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'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Genie John Paragon Dead at 66
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John Paragon, famous for playing Jambi the Genie on "Pee-wee's Playhouse," has died.
The Riverside County Coroner tells TMZ John died back in April ... but, at this point, his cause of death is unclear.
As Jambi The Genie, John's face would appear in a jeweled box whenever Pee-wee Herman wished for something. JP was dressed in blue makeup with a red and gold turban. John also voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl on the show.
In addition to playing 2 characters, John wrote several episodes for 'Playhouse' and worked with Paul Reubens in writing "Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special" way back in 1988, earning an Emmy Award nomination for Best Writing in a Children's Special.
John also made appearances on "Seinfeld" and acted in movies including "The Frog Prince," "Eating Raoul" and "Echo Park."
'Playhouse' was on CBS Saturday mornings from 1986 to 2000 and John reprised his role as Jambi The Genie in 2010 for the Broadway adaption of the "Pee-wee Herman" show.
Most recently, he was working with Walt Disney Imagineering, where he was an idea man for improv performances at the Disney theme parks.
John was 66.
RIP
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'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Genie John Paragon Dead at 66
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Today's secret word is crow's feet
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Prescient.
8) 8) 8)
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Beverly Joanne Linville (January 15, 1928 – June 20, 2021)
She was the first female actor to play a Romulan in the “Star Trek” franchise. Linville was a fixture on television from the 1950s to the ’80s, appearing in over 100 film and TV shows, including anthology series such as “Studio One,” “Kraft Theatre” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” Linville also appeared on The Twilight Zone,” “Columbo,” “Kojak,” “Dynasty,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “L.A. Law,” “Gunsmoke,” “The Streets of San Francisco,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Route 66,” “Barnaby Jones” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” She worked in films including the 1976 version of “A Star Is Born,” starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, and the 1973 spy movie “Scorpio” with Burt Lancaster. One of her more later roles was portraying legendary gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in the 2001 TV movie “James Dean,” starring James Franco in the lead role and directed by her ex-husband, Mark Rydell. Linville had two children with Rydell: Amy and Christopher, both actors. She died on June 20, 2021 at age 93.
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RIP Melissa Coates
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R.I.P. Melissa
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She had a very pretty face and great body. RIP
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RIP
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RIP. So young.
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'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Genie John Paragon Dead at 66
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John Paragon, famous for playing Jambi the Genie on "Pee-wee's Playhouse," has died.
The Riverside County Coroner tells TMZ John died back in April ... but, at this point, his cause of death is unclear.
As Jambi The Genie, John's face would appear in a jeweled box whenever Pee-wee Herman wished for something. JP was dressed in blue makeup with a red and gold turban. John also voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl on the show.
In addition to playing 2 characters, John wrote several episodes for 'Playhouse' and worked with Paul Reubens in writing "Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special" way back in 1988, earning an Emmy Award nomination for Best Writing in a Children's Special.
John also made appearances on "Seinfeld" and acted in movies including "The Frog Prince," "Eating Raoul" and "Echo Park."
'Playhouse' was on CBS Saturday mornings from 1986 to 2000 and John reprised his role as Jambi The Genie in 2010 for the Broadway adaption of the "Pee-wee Herman" show.
Most recently, he was working with Walt Disney Imagineering, where he was an idea man for improv performances at the Disney theme parks.
John was 66.
RIP
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Ban AIDS.
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John 'Conspiracy Nutjob' McAffee?
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John 'Conspiracy Nutjob' McAffee?
Are you calling him a nutjob because he believed weird stuff or because he had a harem of women he was always nutting in?
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NHL Goalie Matiss Kivlenieks Dead at 24, Struck By Firework in July 4th Incident
Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks died Sunday night at the age of 24 after being struck in the chest by a firework at a July 4th celebration, according to local authorities.
Kivlenieks -- who was born in Latvia -- signed with the Blue Jackets in 2019 ... and appeared in 2 games for Columbus this season.
Matiss was at an Independence Day party at a private residence in Novi, Michigan when the deadly accident occurred.
Officials in Michigan say a mortar style firework was inadvertently fired in the direction of a group of people in a hot tub ... striking Kivlenieks.
Rescue workers rushed to the scene around 10 PM and transported Matiss to the hospital ... but doctors were unable to save the goalies life.
Law enforcement is still investigating ... but doesn't believe there was any foul play involved.
"At the moment, we're pretty certain this was a tragic accident," a police spokesperson said.
Authorities originally believed Matiss died of a subsequent slip and fall after the blast ... but on Monday morning, a medical examiner in Michigan said that wasn't true -- clarifying the firework caused the fatal injury.
The Blue Jackets issued a statement on social media, writing ... "It's with a very heavy heart that we share the news that goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks passed away last night at the age of 24."
"We are heartbroken. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. Rest in peace, Kivi."
The teams General Manager, Jarmo Kekalainen, also weighed in on the horrific loss ... "Life is so precious and can be so fragile. Hug your loved ones today. RIP Matiss, you will be dearly missed."
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Director Richard Donner.
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Director Richard Donner.
Richard Donner, the acclaimed director of 'Superman,' 'The Goonies' and 'Lethal Weapon,' has died at the age of 91. Rest in peace.
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Robert Downey Jr.'s Dad, Robert Sr. Dead at 85
Robert Downey Sr. -- whose credits included filmmaking, directing, writing, acting and fathering Robert Downey Jr. -- has died at the age of 85.
Sr. died in his sleep at home in NYC Wednesday after a battle with Parkinson's Disease, according to his wife, who spoke to the NY Daily News.
Downey Sr.'s career started back in the '60s with directing and writing smaller projects before moving on to big-budget films in the '70s with "Greaser's Palace." He also appeared in "Boogie Nights," "Magnolia," and other films.
Sr. fathered two children with actress Elsie Ann Ford -- Allyson and Downey Jr. -- but the couple divorced in 1975. He went on to marry two more times ... Laura Ernst, who died in 1994, and 4 years later he married Rosemary Rogers, whom he remained with until his death.
Sr.'s most recent film, "Rittenhouse Square," wrapped in 2005 about the everyday happenings in a park in Philadelphia.
Robert Downey Jr. has not yet commented publicly on his dad's passing.
Robert Downey Sr. was 85.
RIP
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Charlie Robinson (November 9, 1945 – July 12, 2021)
He was best known for his role on the sitcom Night Court as Macintosh "Mac" Robinson (Seasons 2–9), the clerk of the court and a Vietnam War veteran. Although his most frequent on-screen billing has been Charlie Robinson, Night Court had credited him as Charles Robinson throughout his 1984–1992 stint as Mac. In two of his earliest film appearances, 1974's Sugar Hill and 1975's The Black Gestapo, he was credited as Charles P. Robinson. Some of his credits have been occasionally commingled with those of older actor Charles Knox Robinson who, billed as Charles Robinson, was featured in numerous films and TV episodes between 1958 and 1971. In 2010, Robinson worked at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and co-starred in the film Jackson which was directed by J.F. Lawton. Robinson appeared as "Troy" in August Wilson's Fences at Southern California's South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa from January 22, 2010 until February 21, 2010. Robinson died from a cardiac arrest and organ failure due to septic shock and metastatic adenocarcinoma, a type of cancer, at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 75 years old.
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Cinderella Guitarist Jeff LaBar Dies At 58
The legendary rock guitarist passed away on Wednesday (July 14), LaBar was a member of the popular glam metal band Cinderella since 1985, when he replaced their original guitarist Michael Schermick, and continued as their guitarist until their breakup in 2017.
His son, Sebastian Labar, who plays guitar in the bands Mach22 and Tantric, shared the sad news on his Instagram late Wednesday evening.
“So i just got the call… @jefflabar , my father, my hero, my idol, passed away today. I’m currently at a loss for words,” Sebastian captioned a series of photos with his late Father. “I love you pop! ❤️ if you could, please share pictures or video of all the fun times we all had with my dad. It would be greatly appreciated.”
The Pennsylvania native and guitarist has previously admitted to struggling with alcoholism for years and even blame the substance abuse for Cinderella’s inactivity. Cinderella formed in 1982 in the suburbs of Philadelphia and in 2017 the band broke up. Frontman Tom Keifer stated in November 2017 that the popular rock group has no plans to reunite, explaining that “issues between the band members are beyond repair.”
LaBar has appeared on all four of Cinderella’s albums, including Night Songs, Long Cold Winter, Heartbreak Station and their final album, Still Climbing. In addition to appearing on all four of the band’s albums, he also appears on their two greatest hits compilation cds and their live project, Live At The Key Club. The band has sold over 15 million records worldwide.
The band has had several hit singles including “Don’t Know What You’ve Got Until It’s Gone,” “Somebody Save Me,” “Heartbreak Station,” “Nobody’s Fool,” “The Last Mile,” & “Shake Me.”
Additionally, he has also played in bands such as the Naked Beggars, Freakshow, Cheap Thrill and also fronted a solo project since 2014.
LaBar was born on March 18, 1963 and passed away on July 14, 2021.
Cause of death is currently unknown.
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But was he sexual?? ^^^
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Gary Corbett Dies: 2nd Member of Cinderella to Pass on Same Day
Gary Corbett, a producer, songwriter and keyboard player best known for co-writing “She Bop,” a Top 5 single for Cyndi Lauper in 1984, and his touring work with KISS and Cinderella, died yesterday (July 14, 2021). Corbett, believed to be 62 years old, died after a battle with lung cancer, one day before his birthday. He was the second member of the glam rock band Cinderella to die that day, following the death at 58 of the group’s longtime lead guitarist, Jeff LaBar.
His sister, Mindy Cohen, announced his passing. “Those who knew Gary know that we and the world of music have all lost a very talented, funny, kind and gentle soul,” she wrote.
Corbett had been ill for some time and a GoFundMe page had been established to help defray the cost of his mounting medical bills.
On Thursday night, the members of Cinderella – Tom Keifer, Eric Brittingham and Fred Coury, wrote, “Late last night, while we were still trying to process the sad news of losing Jeff, we got word that our longtime keyboard player Gary Corbett lost his battle with cancer. Gry was a talented musician and good hearted friend. He toured with Cinderella on and off for many years. Our deepest condolences go out to Gary’s wife Lenora and his family and love ones. RIP Gary.”
Corbett grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and began taking piano lessons at age four. By the time he was ten years old, he was earning money playing private parties on weekends. After graduating from high school, he was part of Ian Hunter’s touring band.
Several years later, he enjoyed his first significant success, co-writing “She Bop” with Lauper and several others. The #3 pop hit was one of four Top 5 singles on her 1983 debut, She’s So Unusual, which has sold a reported 16 million copies worldwide.
With his first royalty check, Corbett bought a Yamaha DX7, and an Apple IIe home computer, complete with MIDI interface. Being one of the “first kids on the block” with these amazing new tools, he quickly became one of New York’s busiest keyboard player/programmers. After a few years of working in many of New York’s studios, he was finishing a project at Electric Lady Studios. During a break, a casual conversation with a fellow keyboardist led him to being hired for Lou Gramm’s debut solo tour. Before that tour was done, Corbett was asked to go out on the next KISS tour (1987’s “Crazy Nights”) to play keyboards. In between KISS tours, he toured and recorded with many other artists, serving as musical director for Debbie Gibson and Taylor Dayne. In the beginning of 1991 joined up with Cinderella, for their “Heartbreak Station” tour.
Amidst other work, Corbett continued to tour with Cinderella.
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Damn! Bad luck for Cinderella.
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Carry On...
Kansas Band’s Robby Steinhardt’s Cause of Death Revealed in Obituary
Robby Steinhardt, best known for his work with the group Kansas has sadly died on July 17, 2021, at the age of 71. Steinhardt’s family announced that the singer passed away after a short illness.
His family announced the sad news in a statement, saying: “Robert Eugene Steinhardt was well recognized as a founding member and original violinist and vocalist for the rock band Kansas. His violin and vocals on Dust in The Wind, Point Of No Return, and Carry On Wayward Son have etched Robby a solid place in rock history,”
“Robby had been recording his new album with producer Michael Franklin, who put together an all-star cast of famous musicians in support of Robby’s comeback,” the statement continued. “Steinhardt was very proud of this project, slated for release in late 2021. He had begun rehearsals for a national tour when he became ill.”
“Robby is survived by his wife Cindy and daughter Becky. Steinhardt was 71 years old. He will be deeply missed by all he knew, and his music will last forever. A memorial will be announced in the future, the heartbroken family said.
Robert Eugene Steinhardt, who was born in Lawrence, Kansas, on May 25, 1950, was known as a rock violinist and singer best known for his work with the Kansas band. He was also the co-lead singer / “frontman” of the group.
You can find more details about other celebrities’ life and career till death in the celebrity death section.
What was Robby Steinhardt’s Cause of Death?
While many fans are searching for Robby Steinhardt’s cause of death, his family revealed that the legendary star died Saturday of complications from acute pancreatitis
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Steinhardt is now dust in the wind. At least he is if he gets cremated.
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Carry On...
Kansas Band’s Robby Steinhardt’s Cause of Death Revealed in Obituary
Robby Steinhardt, best known for his work with the group Kansas has sadly died on July 17, 2021, at the age of 71. Steinhardt’s family announced that the singer passed away after a short illness.
His family announced the sad news in a statement, saying: “Robert Eugene Steinhardt was well recognized as a founding member and original violinist and vocalist for the rock band Kansas. His violin and vocals on Dust in The Wind, Point Of No Return, and Carry On Wayward Son have etched Robby a solid place in rock history,”
“Robby had been recording his new album with producer Michael Franklin, who put together an all-star cast of famous musicians in support of Robby’s comeback,” the statement continued. “Steinhardt was very proud of this project, slated for release in late 2021. He had begun rehearsals for a national tour when he became ill.”
“Robby is survived by his wife Cindy and daughter Becky. Steinhardt was 71 years old. He will be deeply missed by all he knew, and his music will last forever. A memorial will be announced in the future, the heartbroken family said.
Robert Eugene Steinhardt, who was born in Lawrence, Kansas, on May 25, 1950, was known as a rock violinist and singer best known for his work with the Kansas band. He was also the co-lead singer / “frontman” of the group.
You can find more details about other celebrities’ life and career till death in the celebrity death section.
What was Robby Steinhardt’s Cause of Death?
While many fans are searching for Robby Steinhardt’s cause of death, his family revealed that the legendary star died Saturday of complications from acute pancreatitis
He was a Tampa Bay staple. Played with Stormbringer a local 80's cover band. Word was he was going to appear with them NYE at their concert on the beach. I went, but he didn't appear. Still a great show.. this explains why he didn't make it. If you haven't seen the Kansas documentary, it's pretty cool.
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'Dating Game' Serial Killer Rodney Alcala Dead at 77
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Rodney Alcala (AKA, "The Dating Game Killer") -- who killed several women in Orange County, as well as a child -- has died.
The California Dept. of Corrections made the announcement Saturday, saying Alcala passed away of natural causes Friday while hospitalized in a hospital near the city of Corcoran, where he was on death row after being tied to, tried and convicted over the murders of multiple women in and around the Orange County area during the 1970s.
His case is one of the more famous ones among CA's serial killers -- as the guy actually appeared on (and won) an episode of the famous 'Dating Game' in '78 ... after which his would-be date, Cheryl Bradshaw, reportedly canceled their plans after actually meeting him.
Supposedly, she found him to be "creepy" ... and in hindsight, good on her for following her intuition -- because a jury, years later, found that he had, in fact, been on a killing spree even before his TV debut. Who knows what would've happened if she went out with him.
Alcala was initially charged and tried in the 1979 kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old girl, Robin Samsoe, in 1980 ... for which he was convicted and sentenced to death row. That judgment was reversed, however, in '84 by and Alcala was given a new trial.
There, too, though he was found guilty again ... only to have a federal court of appeals overturn the sentence yet again years later in 2003 -- and a new trial was granted once more. Finally, he got nailed ... and it was all due to the advent of technology.
In addition to Samsoe's murder, OC prosecutors say they found DNA evidence linking him to the murders of four other women in Orange County between '77 and '79. Later, he was indicted for two more murders in NY -- dating back to '71 -- to which he pled guilty.
He was charged with yet another murder out of Wyoming as recently as 2016 -- allegedly killing a woman named Christine Thornton in '78, who was 6 months pregnant. It doesn't appear as though that case was resolved though. BTW, several other jurisdictions across the U.S. either suspected or linked Alcala to murders in their states as well, including WA, AZ, NY and NH. His true victim count is unknown.
Alcala was 77 years old.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/24/dating-game-serial-killer-rodney-alcala-dead-dies-orange-county/?fbclid=IwAR1yy1GTfJpTHOLBYxGOVxAh3z87oky-GS2wcKg_fn8fdCAKHwwhj2GYfWU
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Jackie Mason, born Yacov Moshe Maza (June 9, 1928 – July 24, 2021)
Mason was a stand-up comedian and film and television actor. He is ranked No. 63 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all-time. His 1986 one-man show The World According to Me won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy nomination. Later, his 1988 special Jackie Mason on Broadway won another Emmy Award (for outstanding writing) and another Ace Award, and his 1991 voice-over of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski in The Simpsons episode "Like Father, Like Clown" won Mason a third Emmy Award. He had written and performed in six one-man shows on Broadway. In 1961, the comic got a big break, an appearance on Steve Allen’s weekly television variety show. His success brought him to “The Ed Sullivan Show” and other programs. He was banned for two years from the “Sullivan” show when he allegedly gave the host the finger when Sullivan signaled to him to wrap up his act during an appearance on Oct. 18, 1964. He had parts in films such as The Stoolie (1972), Steve Martin’s The Jerk (1979) and Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I. Mason’s act even carried him to Broadway, where he put on several one-man shows, including “Freshly Squeezed” in 2005, and “Love Thy Neighbor” in 1996. Over the course of his career, Mason also penned a number of books including 1999 autobiography Jackie, Oy!, on which he collaborated with Ken Gross. He died on July 24, 2021 at age 93.
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R.I.P. Dusty Hill of ZZ Top
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R.I.P. Dusty Hill of ZZ Top
And his beard.
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And his beard.
yes now that was an awesome beard
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Ron Popeil
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/29/1022133556/ron-popeil-the-inventor-wait-theres-more-late-night-infomercials-is-dead-at-86
Gonna throw him into a Chop-O-Matic and grind him up silly... SILLY! (He and Ole Cornpop)
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Courage the Cowardly Dog Star Thea White Dies at 81
Today, the Cartoon Network fandom is taking time to mourn the loss of a beautiful soul. Thea White, the actress who voiced Muriel on Courage the Cowardly Dog, has passed away. She had just turned 81 back in June.
The information was posted to Facebook by John Zitzner who shared a video of White shortly before her death. The clip, which was taken on July 25, came ahead of White's death on July 30 at 11:05 am. No cause of death has been shared, but Zitzner did note in their post that White had just had a surgery on July 28.
As you can see here, White is awfully cheerful in this video as she says hello to family. "Thanks to Susan Bookshar for recording this last Sunday, July 25 some 5 days after her first surgery. Wishing her family good times as some of us were in Chautauqua for a few days, contemplating she would join us later in the week. Her last breath was Friday July 30 at 11:05 am. 2 days after her second surgery," Zitzner.
For those who are unfamiliar with White, the actress is known for her work on Courage the Cowardly Dog. The actress, who was born in June 1940, grew up loving theater in New Jersey. She took that passion to the next level by studying at an acting academy, and she did various performances on Broadway. After taking a brief leave to celebrate her marriage, White returned to acting when she was offered the role of Muriel. She voiced the lady from 1999 to 2002 when the show ended. And most recently, White returned to the role in 2021 for Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Our thoughts are with White's loved ones during this difficult time. May she rest in peace.
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/courage-the-cowardly-dog-thea-white-death/
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Goodbye Mr Elias Petsas +++
The Greek Bodybuilding is poorer than today - Mr Universe 1972 Ilias Petsas has passed away...
He succumbed to the disease of the Coronavirus at the age of 76 in South Africa - according to sources - where the top Greek bodybuilder Elias Petsas, who was drawing the origin from Dorida, lived.
Ilias Petsas is an athlete from the old days who competed in top competitions and glorified Greece.
In Greek games, he did not have many entries as much as internationals. He had defeated Mr Hellas in 1970 but then moved to South Africa permanently
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He had participated in many NABBA Mr Universe with the highlight of the General Title of the Amateurs in 1972!
He had competed with legends of the sport, such as Frank Zane, Voyer Coe, Chris Dickerson, Albert Beckles, Bill Pearl.
He had done many photoshoots as well as covers in many international magazines of the era.
His main entries
1969 Mr Universe - NABBA, Medium, 5th
1970 Mr Hellas
1971 Mr Universe - NABBA, Short, 2nd
1972 Mr Universe - NABBA, Short, 1st,Mr Universe - NABBA, Overall Winner
1973 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Short, 3rd
1974 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Short, 4th
1975 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Short, 4th
1976 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Short, 4th
Ilias Petsa's funeral will take place on Wednesday August 4 in Vryburg, South Africa.
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Goodbye Mr Elias Petsas +++
The Greek Bodybuilding is poorer than today - Mr Universe 1972 Ilias Petsas has passed away...
He succumbed to the disease of the Coronavirus at the age of 76 in South Africa - according to sources - where the top Greek bodybuilder Elias Petsas, who was drawing the origin from Dorida, lived.
Ilias Petsas is an athlete from the old days who competed in top competitions and glorified Greece.
In Greek games, he did not have many entries as much as internationals. He had defeated Mr Hellas in 1970 but then moved to South Africa permanently
.
He had participated in many NABBA Mr Universe with the highlight of the General Title of the Amateurs in 1972!
He had competed with legends of the sport, such as Frank Zane, Voyer Coe, Chris Dickerson, Albert Beckles, Bill Pearl.
He had done many photoshoots as well as covers in many international magazines of the era.
His main entries
1969 Mr Universe - NABBA, Medium, 5th
1970 Mr Hellas
1971 Mr Universe - NABBA, Short, 2nd
1972 Mr Universe - NABBA, Short, 1st,Mr Universe - NABBA, Overall Winner
1973 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Short, 3rd
1974 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Short, 4th
1975 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Short, 4th
1976 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Short, 4th
Ilias Petsa's funeral will take place on Wednesday August 4 in Vryburg, South Africa.
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Great physique
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RIP Brad Allan
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'My 600-lb Life' star Gina Krasley is dead at 30.
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Gina Krasley -- who appeared on Season 8 of "My 600-Lb. Life" -- has died ... according to TLC.
The official cause of death is unclear, but an obituary says Gina died Sunday at home in Tuckerton, New Jersey, where she was surrounded by family.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/06/my-600-lb-life-gina-krasley-dead-dies-30-tlc/?fbclid=IwAR1yel0a3I3OUEh94ROiP9x9lGORLJRPkVP48GEv05jH4df2mbEZI3WGDFY
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The official cause of death is unclear, but an obituary says Gina died Sunday at home in Tuckerton, New Jersey, where she was surrounded by family.
It will take a highly skilled person to do the autopsy to figure out what caused this death...
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Well, at least the world food shortage has come to an end. :-\
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'My 600-lb Life' star Gina Krasley is dead at 30.
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Gina Krasley -- who appeared on Season 8 of "My 600-Lb. Life" -- has died ... according to TLC.
The official cause of death is unclear, but an obituary says Gina died Sunday at home in Tuckerton, New Jersey, where she was surrounded by family.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/06/my-600-lb-life-gina-krasley-dead-dies-30-tlc/?fbclid=IwAR1yel0a3I3OUEh94ROiP9x9lGORLJRPkVP48GEv05jH4df2mbEZI3WGDFY
Surrounded by family.....in a very large circle.
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'My 600-lb Life' star Gina Krasley is dead at 30.
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Gina Krasley -- who appeared on Season 8 of "My 600-Lb. Life" -- has died ... according to TLC.
The official cause of death is unclear, but an obituary says Gina died Sunday at home in Tuckerton, New Jersey, where she was surrounded by family.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/06/my-600-lb-life-gina-krasley-dead-dies-30-tlc/?fbclid=IwAR1yel0a3I3OUEh94ROiP9x9lGORLJRPkVP48GEv05jH4df2mbEZI3WGDFY
What if only a certain amount of food were allocated to each person in their lifetime? If this were true, she ate her total allotment by the time she was 30....so, she had to go.
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Markie Post... :'(
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Markie Post... :'(
Marjorie Armstrong Post (November 4, 1950 – August 7, 2021)
Post was known for her roles as Terri Michaels in The Fall Guy from 1982 to 1985, Christine Sullivan on Night Court from 1985 to 1992, and as Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on Hearts Afire from 1992 to 1995. Prior to acting, Post worked on several game shows. She began her career with the production crew of the Tom Kennedy version of Split Second. She also served as associate producer of CBS's Double Dare and as a card dealer on NBC's Card Sharks. Her early acting credits included a 1979 episode of Barnaby Jones and the pilot episode of Simon & Simon "Details at Eleven" in 1981. Film credits include There's Something About Mary (1998), in which she played the mother of Cameron Diaz's character. She appeared in the 30 Rock episode "The One with the Cast of Night Court" playing herself when she, Harry Anderson, and Charles Robinson staged a mock reunion of the Night Court cast. She was married twice, and had two daughters from her second marriage. Post died from cancer on August 7, 2021 at age 70.
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'My 600-lb Life' star Gina Krasley is dead at 30.
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Gina Krasley -- who appeared on Season 8 of "My 600-Lb. Life" -- has died ... according to TLC.
The official cause of death is unclear, but an obituary says Gina died Sunday at home in Tuckerton, New Jersey, where she was surrounded by family.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/06/my-600-lb-life-gina-krasley-dead-dies-30-tlc/?fbclid=IwAR1yel0a3I3OUEh94ROiP9x9lGORLJRPkVP48GEv05jH4df2mbEZI3WGDFY
I guess it took two days for her cremation to be finished as they ran out of lighter fluid.
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Someone add bhank to this list.
Pencil him in for late fall 2021.
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Someone add bhank to this list.
Pencil him in for late fall 2021.
LOL ;D
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Markie Post used to be a cutie.
RIP
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Markie Post used to be a cutie.
RIP
She was jerked off to many a time after the Thursday night airing of Night Court.
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I guess it took two days for her cremation to be finished as they ran out of lighter fluid.
They'll use her mountain of ashes to salt the icy roads this winter. For once she'll be useful.
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John Meadows
Well-known bodybuilder and coach “Mountain Dog” John Meadows has died “unexpectedly and peacefully” at his family’s home.
His wife, Mary Meadows, released a statement on her husband’s verified Facebook page announcing his passing on Sunday morning.
Family friend Brooke Nappo, who posted the statement on behalf of Ms Meadows, said she would provide further updates as soon as she could. No cause of death was disclosed in the announcement.
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R.I.P. Alex Cord, who played the CIA boss on Eighties action favorite 'Airwolf'
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Eighties action entertainment was all about cool vehicles. Television had awesome rides for land, sea, and air. Michael Knight drove a talking Firebird. The Riptide Detective Agency of Riptide was named after the guys' boat on Pier 56. They had a helicopter, too. But there was no cooler helicopter than Airwolf.
Taking off in 1984, Airwolf starred Jan-Michael Vincent as tough-guy pilot Stringfellow "String" Hawke. He flew the experimental aircraft for "The Firm," a division of the CIA headed up by director Michael Coldsmith-Briggs III, codename "Archangel." All of that sounds cool. Playing Briggs was Alex Cord, a veteran actor with more than two decades of experience on television.
Cord was stricken with polio as a child when his family moved to Wyoming. It was there he learned to ride horses and recover from his illness. Unsurprisingly, considering his background, he made his screen debut in Laramie, an episode titled "The Mountain Men." It was on that Western he met Robert Fuller, star of the series, who could become his lifelong friend. Four decades later, Cord told Fuller he should move to Texas, near his place, and the two both resided in the Lone Star State in recent years.
Other cowboy shows cast Cord, too. Branded brought him alongside Chuck Connors, while his spot on Gunsmoke, in "The Sodbusters," featured him with an unknown up-and-comer named Harrison Ford.
Route 66 particularly appreciated his services, casting Cord four times in four different roles. He was also a frequent guest star on Fantasy Island and Police Story.
One major breakout role was in his grasp — if the show had been successful. Gene Roddenberry cast Cord as the star in Genesis II, one of his follow-ups to Star Trek. The sci-fi pilot was not picked up for series, however, and aired as a TV movie in 1972.
His most important guest role, at least to his personal life, came on Night Gallery, the eerie Rod Serling horror series. The tale "Keep in Touch - We'll Think of Something" centered around a man (Cord) who fills out a false police report to track down a beautiful woman, Joanna Pettet.
Cord and Pettet hit it off and the two married.
The erstwhile Airwolf actor continued to work into the 1990s, with his last notable role coming on Walker, Texas Ranger. After that, it was just a life in Texas. Cord would pass away on August 9 in his home in Valley View, Texas, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 88.
https://www.metv.com/stories/rip-alex-cord-who-played-the-cia-boss-on-eighties-action-favorite-airwolf?fbclid=IwAR3XfjB_Q6uzhbFnylLhgOmyBw1ghzx-JSwuUO50M3NeHd_DBVW4ddh87sc
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Cameron Burrell, NCAA Champ, Carl Lewis' Godson, Dead At 26
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Track star Cameron Burrell -- former NCAA champion and godson of the legendary Carl Lewis -- passed away at the age of 26 years old, his family announced Tuesday.
Burrell was a star at the University of Houston ... capturing the 100m championship in 2018. CB also anchored Houston's 4x100m relay team. Bottom line, he was the fastest college athlete in the U.S.
CB was also 3x NCAA All-American in multiple events ... and held an NCAA record in the 4x100m relay.
Cameron's dad, Leroy Burrell, announced the devastating news through the U of Houston, saying ... "My family is extremely saddened with the loss of our son, Cameron, last night."
"We are going through profound sorrow and ask that all of our friends, extended University of Houston family and the track and field community in the U.S. and abroad allow us to gather with our closest family and friends."
"We are profoundly grief-stricken, and thank everyone for the outpouring of prayers and support. We will forward more information when it is available.”
Cameron was following in his dad Leroy's footsteps ... who was a former world record holder in the 100m and gold medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the 4x100m relay.
Burrell's godfather was legendary track star, 9x Olympic gold medalist, Carl Lewis.
The circumstances surrounding Cameron's death are currently unclear ... but medical records show the place of death as a "parking garage."
Story developing ...
https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/10/cameron-burrell-ncaa-champ-carl-lewis-godson-dead-at-26/?fbclid=IwAR3NxBoEQEClxhghv1iQm1M1gA3FuSmgq1EIuT0-p0OSUxlpL8yq2rQEr3E
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Patricia Hitchcock (July 7, 1928 – August 9, 2021)
She was the only child of English director Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville, and had small roles in several of his films, starting with Stage Fright (1950). In that film, because she bore a resemblance to the star, Jane Wyman, her father asked if she would mind also doubling for Wyman in the scenes that required "danger driving". Hitchcock had a small uncredited role as an extra in her father's 1936 Sabotage. She and her mother, Alma Reville, are in the crowd waiting for, then watching, the Lord Mayor's Show parade. Hitchcock also worked for Jean Negulesco on The Mudlark (1950), which starred Irene Dunne and Alec Guinness, playing a palace maid, and she had a bit-part in DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956). She also appeared in small roles in Strangers on a Train (1951), and Psycho (1960), both directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In addition, she appeared in ten episodes of her father's half-hour television show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. She married Joseph E. O'Connell, Jr., 17 January 1952, at Our Lady Chapel in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. They decided to have their wedding there because Hitchcock had many friends on the East Coast and O'Connell had relatives in Boston. They had three daughters together, and were married until her husband's death in 1994. Patricia Hitchcock died on August 9, 2021 at age 93.
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Cameron Burrell, NCAA Champ, Carl Lewis' Godson, Dead At 26
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Track star Cameron Burrell -- former NCAA champion and godson of the legendary Carl Lewis -- passed away at the age of 26 years old, his family announced Tuesday.
Burrell was a star at the University of Houston ... capturing the 100m championship in 2018. CB also anchored Houston's 4x100m relay team. Bottom line, he was the fastest college athlete in the U.S.
CB was also 3x NCAA All-American in multiple events ... and held an NCAA record in the 4x100m relay.
Cameron's dad, Leroy Burrell, announced the devastating news through the U of Houston, saying ... "My family is extremely saddened with the loss of our son, Cameron, last night."
"We are going through profound sorrow and ask that all of our friends, extended University of Houston family and the track and field community in the U.S. and abroad allow us to gather with our closest family and friends."
"We are profoundly grief-stricken, and thank everyone for the outpouring of prayers and support. We will forward more information when it is available.”
Cameron was following in his dad Leroy's footsteps ... who was a former world record holder in the 100m and gold medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the 4x100m relay.
Burrell's godfather was legendary track star, 9x Olympic gold medalist, Carl Lewis.
The circumstances surrounding Cameron's death are currently unclear ... but medical records show the place of death as a "parking garage."
Story developing ...
https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/10/cameron-burrell-ncaa-champ-carl-lewis-godson-dead-at-26/?fbclid=IwAR3NxBoEQEClxhghv1iQm1M1gA3FuSmgq1EIuT0-p0OSUxlpL8yq2rQEr3E
Suicide by gun. Very sad. :'(
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Suicide by gun. Very sad. :'(
Not necessarily. He went out on his own terms.
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Not necessarily. He went out on his own terms.
His suicide will forever bother me, friend. It's personal.
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Cameron Burrell, NCAA Champ, Carl Lewis' Godson, Dead At 26
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Suicide by gun. Very sad. :'(
Starting pistol?
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Starting pistol?
Went off by accident and he ran into the garage door...
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Went off by accident and he ran into the garage door...
;D
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RIP Brad Allan
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/brad-allan-a-tribute-to-the-legendary-stunt-choreographer-by-edgar-wright/?fbclid=IwAR1E5-7AsZ04xYWUyRu1h6RW4KE8XtgpBM5Klr1IqcqOLYJLANpsDzmaOVQ
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Starting pistol?
This is getbig gold.
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A young Alex Cord...and old.
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GREGZ, Hoe did Brad Allen (Allan?) pass away?
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GREGZ, Hoe did Brad Allen (Allan?) pass away?
No article I have seen so far mentions cause of death. 48 is way young.
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Alena Kosinova, IFBB Pro, who was set to compete at the IFBB Europa Pro, has passed away.
We pass our condolences to Alena's family and loved ones.
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Alena Kosinova, IFBB Pro, who was set to compete at the IFBB Europa Pro, has passed away.
We pass our condolences to Alena's family and loved ones.
PIP - undiagnosed congenital disorder, no doubt...
Entirely unrelated to that: In another thread I was saying how IMHO some of the 'physique' women appear to be creeping towards the levels of muscularity of the '90s FBB women that caused such a stir at the time (Bev Francis or Paula Bircumshaw, anyone..?)
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PIP - undiagnosed congenital disorder, no doubt...
Entirely unrelated to that: In another thread I was saying how IMHO some of the 'physique' women appear to be creeping towards the levels of muscularity of the '90s FBB women that caused such a stir at the time (Bev Francis or Paula Bircumshaw, anyone..?)
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What's up with her skin?
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What's up with her skin?
Horrid acne coupled with broken blood vessels. The former from stayroids and the latter from high BP brought on by the stayroids. Either that or she was just a genetic freak with a congenital disposition to being FUGLY. I don't think Stridex Medicated Pads would've helped her. ;D
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Alena Kosinova, IFBB Pro, who was set to compete at the IFBB Europa Pro, has passed away.
We pass our condolences to Alena's family and loved ones.
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Suicide via stayroids.
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I believe women and testosterone do not mix well.
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Is this what Lisa Cross was not talking about on Instagram?
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Suicide via stayroids.
Nah Shelby starnes offed her with his insane protocols
3-4 diuretics
Dnp
T3(150+mcg)
Clen
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Nah Shelby starnes offed her with his insane protocols
3-4 diuretics
Dnp
T3(150+mcg)
Clen
Is this pulled out of your hind quarters? Or is there some basis of truth? As pertains to Shelby's protocols.
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Is this pulled out of your hind quarters? Or is there some basis of truth? As pertains to Shelby's protocols.
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Japanese martial artist film star Sonny Chiba dies at 82
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese actor Sonny Chiba, who wowed the world with his martial arts skills in more than 100 films, including “Kill Bill,” has died. He was 82.
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Chiba, known in Japan as Shinichi Chiba, died late Thursday in a hospital near Tokyo where he had been treated for COVID-19 since Aug. 8, Tokyo-based Astraia, his management office, said in a statement Friday. It said he had not been vaccinated.
Chiba rose to stardom in Japan in the 1960s, portraying samurai, fighters and police detectives, the anguished so-called “anti-heroes” trying to survive in a violent world. He did many of the stunt scenes himself.
His overseas career took off after his 1970s Japanese film “The Street Fighter” proved popular in the U.S.
American director Quentin Tarantino listed the work as among his “grindhouse,” or low-budget kitsch cinema, favorites.
Tarantino cast Chiba in the role of Hattori Hanzo, a master swordsmith in “Kill Bill.”
Chiba appeared in the 1991 Hollywood film “Aces,” directed by John Glen, as well as in Hong Kong movies.
Chiba’s career also got a boost from the global boom in kung fu films, set off by Chinese legend Bruce Lee, although critics say Chiba tended to exhibit a dirtier, thug-like fighting style than Lee.
“A true action legend. Your films are eternal and your energy an inspiration. #SonnyChiba #RIP,” American actor Lewis Tan said on Twitter.
New York-based writer and director Ted Geoghegan called him “the great Sonny Chiba.”
“Watch one of his films today,” Geoghegan tweeted, followed by images of a fist and a broken heart.
Other fans mournfully filled Twitter threads with clips of his movies and photos.
Born in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, Chiba studied at Nippon Sport Science University trained in various martials arts, earning a fourth-degree black belt in karate.
Chiba set up Japan Action Club in 1980, to develop a younger generation of actors, including protege Hiroyuki Sanada, who is among Hollywood’s most coveted Japanese actors, landing roles in “The Last Samurai” and “Rush Hour 3.”
Chiba is survived by his three children, Juri Manase, Mackenyu Arata and Gordon Maeda, all actors. A wake was canceled as a pandemic measure, and funeral arrangements were still undecided, his office said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/japanese-martial-artist-film-star-sonny-chiba-dies-at-82/ar-AANw3jW
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Japanese martial artist film star Sonny Chiba dies at 82
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese actor Sonny Chiba, who wowed the world with his martial arts skills in more than 100 films, including “Kill Bill,” has died. He was 82.
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Chiba, known in Japan as Shinichi Chiba, died late Thursday in a hospital near Tokyo where he had been treated for COVID-19 since Aug. 8, Tokyo-based Astraia, his management office, said in a statement Friday. It said he had not been vaccinated.
Chiba rose to stardom in Japan in the 1960s, portraying samurai, fighters and police detectives, the anguished so-called “anti-heroes” trying to survive in a violent world. He did many of the stunt scenes himself.
His overseas career took off after his 1970s Japanese film “The Street Fighter” proved popular in the U.S.
American director Quentin Tarantino listed the work as among his “grindhouse,” or low-budget kitsch cinema, favorites.
Tarantino cast Chiba in the role of Hattori Hanzo, a master swordsmith in “Kill Bill.”
Chiba appeared in the 1991 Hollywood film “Aces,” directed by John Glen, as well as in Hong Kong movies.
Chiba’s career also got a boost from the global boom in kung fu films, set off by Chinese legend Bruce Lee, although critics say Chiba tended to exhibit a dirtier, thug-like fighting style than Lee.
“A true action legend. Your films are eternal and your energy an inspiration. #SonnyChiba #RIP,” American actor Lewis Tan said on Twitter.
New York-based writer and director Ted Geoghegan called him “the great Sonny Chiba.”
“Watch one of his films today,” Geoghegan tweeted, followed by images of a fist and a broken heart.
Other fans mournfully filled Twitter threads with clips of his movies and photos.
Born in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, Chiba studied at Nippon Sport Science University trained in various martials arts, earning a fourth-degree black belt in karate.
Chiba set up Japan Action Club in 1980, to develop a younger generation of actors, including protege Hiroyuki Sanada, who is among Hollywood’s most coveted Japanese actors, landing roles in “The Last Samurai” and “Rush Hour 3.”
Chiba is survived by his three children, Juri Manase, Mackenyu Arata and Gordon Maeda, all actors. A wake was canceled as a pandemic measure, and funeral arrangements were still undecided, his office said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/japanese-martial-artist-film-star-sonny-chiba-dies-at-82/ar-AANw3jW
6' 6" of half-breed fury! R.I.P.
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Nah Shelby starnes offed her with his insane protocols
3-4 diuretics
Dnp
T3(150+mcg)
Clen
Fancy name for a pesticide.
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Another female competitor (NPC) :-\
generationiron
Verified
NPC competitor Sofia Graham has passed away in her sleep while preparing for shows. A GoFundMe campaign has been setup in her memory. GI sends condolences to the family and friends of Graham. Link in bio for full story. #sofiagraham #bodybuilding #RIP #GenerationIron
7h
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Major bummer.
Sony Chiba was awesome.
PIP Kung Fu Fighter.
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Red trainers guy
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9911941/Seattle-couple-young-child-car-attacked-mob-homeless-camp-fatal-hit-run.html
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We regret to inform you that Don Everly of The Everly Brothers has died today, August 21, 2021.
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(http://)R.I.P. Tom T.Hall
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R.I.P. Charlie Watts
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R.I.P. Charlie Watts
80 year old drummer. I'll bet he was sore after shows. RIP
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80 year old drummer. I'll bet he was sore after shows. RIP
They are supposed to play at the Cotton Bowl in a couple of months. I wonder who will fill in for Charlie
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They are supposed to play at the Cotton Bowl in a couple of months. I wonder who will fill in for Charlie
Maybe one of his grandkids.
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Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones Drummer, Dies at 80
Drummer Charlie Watts, whose adept, powerful skin work propelled the Rolling Stones for more than half a century, died in London on Tuesday morning, according to his spokesperson. No cause of death was cited; he was 80.
A statement from the band and Watts’ spokesperson reads: “It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts. He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.
“Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also a member of the Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation.
“We kindly request that the privacy of his family, band members and close friends is respected at this difficult time.”
On August 4, Watts abruptly withdrew from the Stones’ upcoming pandemic-postponed U.S. tour, citing the need to recover from an unspecified but “successful” recent medical procedure. A spokesperson said, “Charlie has had a procedure which was completely successful, but I gather his doctors this week concluded that he now needs proper rest and recuperation. With rehearsals starting in a couple of weeks it’s very disappointing to say the least, but it’s also fair to say no one saw this coming.” Unconfirmed reports said Watts had undergone heart surgery; drummer Steve Jordan, a longtime associate of Stones guitarist Keith Richards, is filling in for the tour, which launches in St. Louis on Sept. 26.
Watts had generally been healthy throughout his entire career with the Stones. He was stricken with throat cancer in 2004 but successfully recovered, and suffered from substance abuse in the 1970s and ’80s, but beat that as well.
Universally recognized as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time, Watts and Richards always have been the core of the Rolling Stones’ instrumental sound: Richards spends upwards of half the group’s concerts turned around, facing Watts, bobbing his head to the drummer’s rhythm. A 2012 review of a Rolling Stones concert reads in part: “For all of Mick and Keith’s supremacy, there’s no question that the heart of this band is and will always be Watts: At 71, his whipcrack snare and preternatural sense of swing drive the songs with peerless authority, and define the contradictory uptight-laid-back-ness that’s at the heart of the Stones’ rhythm.” Watts was never a flashy drummer, but driving the beat for “The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band” for a two-hour set — in a stadium, no less — is an act of great physical endurance that Watts performed until he was 78.
His last concert with the group took place in Miami on August 30, 2019, although he did appear with the band during the April 2020 “One World Together” all-star livestream early in the pandemic. Reviewing a show earlier in the 2019 tour, Variety wrote, “Sitting at a minimalist kit and moving even more minimally with his casual jazz grip, [Watts looks] like the mild-mannered banker who no one in the heist movie realizes is the guy actually blowing up the vault.”
The wiry, basset-faced musician was a jazz-schooled player who came to the Stones through London’s “trad” scene of the early ‘60s. He was the missing piece in the group’s early lineup, joining in January 1963; with Jagger and Keith Richards, he remained a constant with “the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band” on record and on stage for more than 50 years.
He provided nimble, energetic support on the band’s long run of dirty, blues- and R&B-based hits of the early and mid-‘60s. He reached the pinnacle of his prowess on a series of mature recordings, made with producer Jimmy Miller in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, in which his sharp playing caromed off Richards’ serrated guitar riffs.
In the 2003 oral history “According to the Rolling Stones,” Richards said, “To have a drummer from the beginning who could play with the sensibility of Charlie Watts is one of the best hidden assets I’ve had, because I never had to think about the drummer and what he’s going to do. I just say, ‘Charlie, it goes like this,’ and we’ll kick it around a bit and it’s done. I can throw him ideas and I never have to worry about the beat…It’s a blessing.”
A flexible player, Watts displayed his malleable chops on the Stones’ forays into off-brand styles – psychedelia, reggae and (on the 1978 hit single “Miss You”) disco.
Though he grew weary of the band’s touring pace as early as the 1980s, he soldiered on with the Stones for three more decades, in what was arguably the most comfortable and lucrative drumming gig in music. He prevailed through bouts with heroin addiction and a battle with throat cancer, quietly addressing these challenges as the spotlight shined more brightly on his more flamboyant band mates.
Watts remained a picture of domestic bliss and tranquility amid the soap-operatic lives of his fellow Stones: He wed his wife Shirley in 1964, and the couple remained together, even amid rough patches, for the duration.
He maintained a love of jazz throughout his life, and from the ‘80s on would record regularly with various ad hoc lineups of his Charlie Watts Quintet, essaying the hard-swinging instrumental music that fired his early interest in music.
Watts was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Stones in 1989.
He was born June 2, 1941, in London; his father was a truck driver for the English rail system. Raised in Wembley, he gravitated as a youth to the music of early jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton and bop saxophonist Charlie Parker. He was an indifferent music student in school, but began playing at 14 or 15.
In “The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones,” Watts told Stanley Booth, “Fortunately my parents were perceptive enough to buy me a drum kit. I’d bought a banjo myself and taken the neck off and started playing it as a drum… played newspaper with wire brushes. My parents bought me one of those first drum kits every drummer knows too well.”
He emblazoned the bass drum head of his early kit with the name “Chico,” after saxophonist Gerry Mulligan’s drummer Chico Hamilton. In his teens, he worked in various regional jazz groups.
He was schooled as a graphic designer at Harrow Art School, and worked for a London ad firm. In 1961, he illustrated and wrote a fanciful tribute to Charlie Parker; it was subsequently published in 1964, after the Rolling Stones’ rise to fame, as “Ode to a High Flying Bird.”
In 1962, Watts first encountered some of his future band mates at London’s Ealing Club, a subterranean venue where first-generation trad-to-blues players like Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies took early stabs at replicating American R&B and blues.
After a stint doing design work in Copenhagen, Watts returned to London and accepted an offer from Korner to drum in his group Blues Incorporated, which for a time had featured Jagger as its singer.
Jagger was in the process of establishing his own blues-based band, originally called the Rollin’ Stones, with Richards, guitarist Brian Jones, bassist Bill Wyman and pianist Ian Stewart. The weak link in the unit was drummer Tony Chapman, and, after pleas from Richards and Jones, Watts replaced Chapman in the nascent group; he was replaced in Korner’s band by Ginger Baker, later of Cream.
Watts later admitted, “It was from Brian, Mick and Keith that I first seriously learned about R&B. I knew nothing about it. The blues to me was Charlie Parker or [New Orleans jazz clarinetist] Johnny Dodds playing slow.” He schooled himself by listening to recorded performances such drummers by Earl Phillips, Jimmy Reed’s accompanist, and Fred Below, who powered many of Chess Records’ major blues hits of the ‘50s.
He proved an apt pupil, and he forcefully completed the sound of the Stones (who soon subtracted Stewart from the permanent lineup and employed him as a sideman and road manager). From the band’s debut 1963 single, a cranked-up cover of Chuck Berry’s “Come On,” he pushed the unit with seemingly effortless power and swing.
Watts lent potent support to the R&B- and blues-derived material recorded in the era when the purist Jones enjoyed parity in the Stones with Richards and Jagger. However, he was much more than a four-on-the-floor timekeeper, and flourished as Jagger-Richards originals pushed the band to the top of the U.S. and U.K. charts.
He stood out on the Stones’ first U.S. No. 1, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965) and on latter-day exotica like “Paint It Black” (1966) and “Ruby Tuesday,” “Dandelion,” “We Love You” and “She’s a Rainbow” (all 1967).
He came into his own with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Street Fighting Man” (1968) and “Honky Tonk Women” (1969), convulsive singles produced by Miller that marked the end of Jones’ tenure with the group (he died in 1969) and the arrival of guitarist Mick Taylor.
Those numbers and the subsequent “Brown Sugar” (No. 1, 1969) and “Tumbling Dice” (1972) – respectively drawn from the Stones’ landmark albums “Sticky Fingers” and “Exile on Main St” – all exhibited the trademark sound of the Stones at their apex, with Watts bouncing hard off a lacerating Richards guitar intro.
From 1971-81, Watts appeared on eight consecutive No. 1 studio albums by the Stones, and appeared on three of the biggest-grossing tours of the era. From 1975 on, he brought his design skills to bear and worked with Jagger on configuring the elaborate stage sets that became a hallmark of the act’s later tours.
In the late ‘70s, he began using heroin, and his addiction became so acute that he nodded out in the studio during the recording of “Some Girls” (1978). He later said in an interview with the BBC that Richards – an enthusiastic abuser of the drug – shook him awake at the session and counseled him, “You should do this when you’re older.” Watts said he took the guitarist’s advice and stopped using the drug.
Despite his difficulties during that era, Watts smoothly navigated the dancefloor backbeat that propelled “Miss You,” the Stones’ last No. 1 single, released in ’78. During the ‘80s, he brought his whipcracking skills to the band’s top-10 hits of the period, the perennial show-opener “Start Me Up” (1981) and the dark fusillade “Undercover of the Night” (1983).
He again grappled with alcohol and drug issues in the mid-‘80s, but once again discreetly and successfully shook off his addictions, cleaning up for good in 1986.
In his 2002 book “Rolling With the Stones,” bassist Wyman (who exited the Stones in 1993) claims that Watts’ enthusiasm for working with the band waned in the late ‘80s, when conflict between Jagger and Richards over direction of the group threatened to run it aground permanently.
He increasingly recorded and toured on his own as a jazz band leader. He cut a big band album for Columbia in 1986; four sets with his own quintet from 1991-96; and worked on a collaborative project with fellow drummer Jim Keltner in 2000. In 2004, an album featuring his tentet was recorded at Ronnie Scott’s famous jazz venue in London.
Watts still dutifully clocked in with the Stones after Jagger and Richards reconciled: Their four studio albums between 1989-2005 were succeeded by mammoth tours that broke records internationally. His tour duty was not broken by a siege of throat cancer, diagnosed in 2004 and treated successfully.
At the half-century mark, the group made successful treks in the new millennium without any new product in stores, hitting the road for arenas in 2012-16.
In October 2016, the act filled the Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif., site of the annual Coachella music festival on a double bill with Bob Dylan, as part of the three-day “Desert Trip” festival featuring ‘60s classic rock acts.
The Rolling Stones last toured in 2019, including an August 22 show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, of which Variety noted in a review, “The faces have changed, while the bodies, cocky postures and enviable stamina levels have not, in some kind of laughably wonderful cosmic disconnect. … Charlie Watts is still our darling, sitting at a minimalist kit and moving even more minimally with his casual jazz grip, looking like the mild-mannered banker who no one in the heist movie realizes is the guy actually blowing up the vault.”
The group played what turned out to be its final show with Watts just a few nights later, at Florida’s Hard Rock Stadium on August 30, 2019.
The group’s final public appearance with Watts on drums was a filmed appearance for the “One World: Together at Home” broadcast in April 2020, for which a typically contented-looking Watts played “air drums” to a pre-recorded track on a fresh version of “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”
Watts is survived by his wife and daughter Serafina.
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-dead-dies-1235047778/?fbclid=IwAR1V7UxONvlBLxExw0aJZXaosPMScCh7fVZovxzt8gdo34fqFkaUXJ5RcN4
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Any legit death pool should exclude anyone 75 and older. The idea is to pick a winner like Nick Walker or Akim Williams, not some old dinosaur like Biden or Clint Eastwood.
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Charlie Watts was known to have played YYZ, Side 1 of 2112, Motorhead's "Overkill" and many other warmup tunes for his normal Rolling Stones songs of peace.
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Big Richard from the delray misfits died of skin cancer
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Charlie Watts was known to have played YYZ, Side 1 of 2112, Motorhead's "Overkill" and many other warmup tunes for his normal Rolling Stones songs of peace.
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Charlie admitted that he still had to count when playing
Keef said “that’s what makes him great”
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Charlie admitted that he still had to count when playing
Keef said “that’s what makes him great”
Yup, nothing against basic drummers and bass players.
Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams are as solid as one could ask for and stick to heavy basics.
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Charlie admitted that he still had to count when playing
Keef said “that’s what makes him great”
Did Keith Richards ever play at all
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Child Actor Matthew Mindler Dead at 19
Matthew Mindler, the child actor who went missing earlier this week, has died ... law enforcement tells TMZ.
The college he attended confirmed his death with an announcement to the student body ... "It is with a grieving heart that I let you know of the death of 19-year-old Matthew Mindler from Hellertown, Pennsylvania, a first-year student at Millersville University. A search had been underway for Matthew since Thursday, after he was reported missing. Matthew was found deceased this morning, Saturday, August 28, in Manor Township near campus."
The official did not disclose the cause of death or whether foul play is suspected.
Matthew starred opposite Paul Rudd in "Our Idiot Brother."
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Matthew had not been seen since Tuesday night after failing to return to his dorm room. He was reported missing late Wednesday.
Police say Matthew was last seen walking away from his dorm at 8:11 PM Tuesday, wearing a white Millersville University hoodie with black stripes on the arm, a black backpack, jeans and white sneakers.
Cops say Matthew went to classes Monday and Tuesday but hadn't returned on Wednesday.
Matthew's credits include an episode of "As the World Turns" and "Frequency." He also appeared in the 2016 TV movie, "Chad: An American Boy."
Matthew was 19.
RIP
https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/28/matthew-mindler-dead-dies-child-actor/?fbclid=IwAR3FGb5gLy18Akh-ic6sLojZT4Qot8cjjqEwrEw5PpMah6NQ2F4txBqJ238
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Ed Asner, seven-time Emmy winner, TV's beloved Lou Grant and star of 'Up,' dies at 91
Edward Asner, known to millions as gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, died Sunday at age 91.
His publicist, Charles Sherman, confirmed to USA TODAY that Asner died early Sunday morning at home, surrounded by his family.
"We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully," read a tweet shared to Asner's official Twitter account. "Words cannot express the sadness we feel. With a kiss on your head – Goodnight dad. We love you."
Hard-drinking, tough-talking Grant, who originated on CBS' "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and grew to headline on drama spinoff "Lou Grant," made Asner a household name. But he was much more than one indelible character.
Asner, a U.S. Army veteran, took on a broad range of roles over an acting career that spanned seven decades, playing burly cops and 5 o'clock-shadowed heavies in pre-"Mary" '60s dramas while endearing himself to younger generations who wouldn't know Lou Grant from Ted Baxter in 2003's "Elf" and 2009's "Up."
His seven Emmys, five for playing Grant on "Mary" and "Lou Grant," are a record for a male actor, and Asner was the first actor to win Emmys for playing the same character on both a comedy and drama series. He won his other two Emmys for playing harsh, unlikable characters on two historic miniseries, "Roots" and "Rich Man, Poor Man."
But if Asner, who compiled more than 400 screen credits, were only remembered as Lou Grant, that would be plenty.
The WJM news director was an immediate breakout in the "Moore" pilot episode. After conducting a job interview that would have today's HR professionals assessing lawsuit damages, Lou smiles at polite but plucky applicant Mary Richards (Moore) and says, "You know what? You've got spunk!"
As Mary smiles back and starts an aw-shucks response, Lou, turning dark, cuts her off: "I hate spunk!"
It was jarring misdirection and a rebuke to predictable TV tropes of that era, as was so much of Moore's groundbreaking sitcom. Most of all, it was hilarious.
Speaking fondly of Moore following her death in 2017, Asner parted ways with his TV alter ego. "She had spunk," he told USA TODAY. Did he hate that? "No. Not when she has it."
When "Mary" premiered in 1970, Asner had no idea how it would be revered 50 years later. However, he quickly realized it was something special. "As we began to work on it and shape it and round it, it became quite revealing to us that we were doing the Lord’s work," he said.
Over the course of the series' seven-season run, Asner's Lou revealed different shadings: impatience, anger and even physical violence with Ted, and sweetness and friendship with Mary, although he had a sexist streak notable even for its time.
A married dad at the start of the series, Lou went through estrangement and eventual divorce, with Asner masterfully depicting the pathos and humor of a man sucker-punched in mid-life. His fear and loathing of sometimes paramour Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White, now the show's last surviving main cast member at 99) was a comic delight and a solid-gold talent pairing, while his friendship with Mary, despite one awkward and quickly dismissed date, showed real character development. Lou had many faults, but there was always the chance for learning and redemption.
As Asner mourned Moore's death, he thanked her, professionally and personally. She "never missed an (opportunity) to advance us. She took good care of us," he said. "I loved her. The world loved her – and it should have. She was an inspiration to women and she was a good example as a human being."
Moore indeed took care of Asner as MTM Enterprises, the production company she founded with then-husband Grant Tinker, transplanted Lou from Minneapolis TV news director in a half-hour CBS sitcom to Los Angeles newspaper editor in a one-hour drama.
Asner pulled off the impressive feat of avoiding typecasting with his signature role, toning down Lou's drinking and temper – no more physically throwing Ted out of the studio! – while turning up his sobriety, literally and figuratively, and dedication to shoe-leather journalism in the post-Watergate era. The new version of Lou earned him two Emmys.
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Earlier, before "Mary" ended its seven-season run, Asner showed his dramatic chops as angry immigrant father Axel Jordache in 1976's "Rich Man, Poor Man," the first blockbuster miniseries, and then as slave ship captain Thomas Davies in 1977's "Roots," a hugely popular ABC miniseries and cultural landmark that broke new ground in TV’s (and the country’s) conversation about race.
Asner's commitment to acting went beyond the screen, as the pro-union progressive's opposition to the 1980 actors strike settlement led to his candidacy and eventual election to the presidency of the Screen Actors Guild, which he held from 1981 to 1985.
At a time when a former SAG president, Ronald Reagan, had become a conservative idol partly for his anti-union action, Asner was devoutly and defiantly liberal in his political views.
In the years that followed, he was outspoken about controversial topics, including support for freeing Mumia Abu-Jamal and single-payer health care, the kind of matters many actors steered clear of for fear of hurting their careers. In 2017, he expressed solidarity with NFL players taking a knee to protest racial injustice. He also had been involved in charitable work and worked to help Holocaust survivors, immigrants and the hopeless and to protect free speech.
Asner, born in Kansas City to Russian-born parents and raised in an Orthodox Jewish household, was married twice, to Nancy Sykes from 1959 to 1988 and to Cindy Gilmore from 1998 to 2015, and had four children.
He took a circuitous path to acting. After attending the University of Chicago, he worked on a General Motors assembly line and served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Europe before helping found the Playwrights Theatre Company in Chicago.
He left for New York in the 1950s, where he joined an off-Broadway revival of "Threepenny Opera" in 1956 and appeared on Broadway in "Face of a Hero" in 1960. Hollywood and television beckoned, too: Asner made his first foray on "Studio One" in 1957, followed by roles on such shows as "The Outer Limits," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "Mission: Impossible," "The Fugitive" and "The Invaders." His made his film debut in 1962's "Kid Galahad," an Elvis Presley movie, and appeared in a John Wayne film, 1966's "El Dorado."
Although his role as Lou Grant and the 1970s miniseries constituted Asner's peak for awards and fame, he remained busy in subsequent years. Movie roles included "Elf," one of the many times he played Santa Claus, and the Oscar-winning, animated Pixar film "Up," in which he played curmudgeonly old widower Carl Fredericksen, the standout role from dozens of voice-acting credits over the years..
In recent decades, Asner was a series regular on such TV shows as "Thunder Alley," "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill," "The Bronx Zoo" and "Working Class," CMT's first sitcom, and he made many guest appearances. Highlights include revisiting art smuggler August March, a character he played in a 1975 episode of "Hawaii Five-0," in the rebooted edition in 2012. He was in "Dead to Me" and, after reaching 90, he appeared in "Blue Bloods," "Modern Family" and "Cobra Kai."
Even before those later roles, Asner had earned the Screen Actors Guild life achievement award and induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
Asner also appeared on stage, including touring the country as Franklin Delano Roosevelt in "FDR" starting in 2010 and appearing in 2012 with Paul Rudd in "Grace" on Broadway. He also was the subject of a 2014 documentary, "My Friend Ed."
We'll always admire Asner's impressive body of acting work and his equally accomplished life, but we can continue to embrace him, just like Mary, Ted, Lou and Sue Ann did in the "Mary" finale, as curmudgeon with a heart of gold Lou Grant.
"I treasure you people," he told his colleagues in that iconic closing group-hug scene. And we treasure you, Ed.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/08/29/emmy-winner-ed-asner-dies-lou-grant-elf-up/4138015001/?fbclid=IwAR3pXVZdES5dyvu_aOPAYq-C1fepWY9Lh86nT_2d1eFZfc8kWdAs6R3OdVQ
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Megan Elizabeth, pro bodybuilder dies at 28yo.
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Megan Elizabeth, pro bodybuilder dies at 28yo.
WTF? There's another one.
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Ouch.
Pro Bull Rider Amadeu Campos Silva Dead at 22 After Accident While Competing
Amadeu Campos Silva -- a promising young bull rider -- died after a "terrible accident" at an event in California on Sunday, the Professional Bull Riders announced. He was 22 years old.
Campos was riding a bull named Classic Man during the championship round of the PBR Velocity Tour in Fresno ... when he was bucked off after about 5 seconds.
As he went down, Campos' spur got stuck in his rope, which led to Classic Man stepping on his chest. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he sadly passed away.
Campos was born in Brazil ... and came to the U.S. after competing in PBR Brazil in 2017 and 2018 to pursue a World Championship.
He also competed in the PBR World Finals in 2020.
"Amadeu Campos Silva was a son, a brother, a soccer teammate, and a smiling presence in the locker room, here in the U.S. pursuing his bull-riding dream," Sean Gleason, PBR's CEO, said on Twitter.
"Amadeu was a rising star in our sport; a cowboy with so much potential on and off the dirt," Gleason added.
"The entire PBR and western sports family extend our thoughts, prayers, and heartfelt condolences to Amadeu's family and friends."
"Please say a prayer tonight for them, and may Amadeu's soul eternally rest in peace."
RIP
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Rodeo competitors are crazy, especially bull riders.
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Child Actor Matthew Mindler Dead at 19
Matthew Mindler, the child actor who went missing earlier this week, has died ... law enforcement tells TMZ.
The college he attended confirmed his death with an announcement to the student body ... "It is with a grieving heart that I let you know of the death of 19-year-old Matthew Mindler from Hellertown, Pennsylvania, a first-year student at Millersville University. A search had been underway for Matthew since Thursday, after he was reported missing. Matthew was found deceased this morning, Saturday, August 28, in Manor Township near campus."
The official did not disclose the cause of death or whether foul play is suspected.
Matthew starred opposite Paul Rudd in "Our Idiot Brother."
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Matthew had not been seen since Tuesday night after failing to return to his dorm room. He was reported missing late Wednesday.
Police say Matthew was last seen walking away from his dorm at 8:11 PM Tuesday, wearing a white Millersville University hoodie with black stripes on the arm, a black backpack, jeans and white sneakers.
Cops say Matthew went to classes Monday and Tuesday but hadn't returned on Wednesday.
Matthew's credits include an episode of "As the World Turns" and "Frequency." He also appeared in the 2016 TV movie, "Chad: An American Boy."
Matthew was 19.
RIP
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Suicide is cause of death.
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Ouch.
Pro Bull Rider Amadeu Campos Silva Dead at 22 After Accident While Competing
Amadeu Campos Silva -- a promising young bull rider -- died after a "terrible accident" at an event in California on Sunday, the Professional Bull Riders announced. He was 22 years old.
Campos was riding a bull named Classic Man during the championship round of the PBR Velocity Tour in Fresno ... when he was bucked off after about 5 seconds.
As he went down, Campos' spur got stuck in his rope, which led to Classic Man stepping on his chest. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he sadly passed away.
Campos was born in Brazil ... and came to the U.S. after competing in PBR Brazil in 2017 and 2018 to pursue a World Championship.
He also competed in the PBR World Finals in 2020.
"Amadeu Campos Silva was a son, a brother, a soccer teammate, and a smiling presence in the locker room, here in the U.S. pursuing his bull-riding dream," Sean Gleason, PBR's CEO, said on Twitter.
"Amadeu was a rising star in our sport; a cowboy with so much potential on and off the dirt," Gleason added.
"The entire PBR and western sports family extend our thoughts, prayers, and heartfelt condolences to Amadeu's family and friends."
"Please say a prayer tonight for them, and may Amadeu's soul eternally rest in peace."
RIP
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Willard Scott, the longtime weatherman for the “Today” show and the original Ronald McDonald, died on Saturday morning. He was 87.
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Willard Scott, the longtime weatherman for the “Today” show and the original Ronald McDonald, died on Saturday morning. He was 87.
“Today’s” Al Roker confirmed Scott’s passing on “Today” and in a heartfelt Instagram post. “We lost a beloved member of our @todayshow family this morning,” Roker wrote. “Willard Scott passed peacefully at the age of 87 surrounded by family, including his daughters Sally and Mary and his lovely wife, Paris. He was truly my second dad and am where I am today because of his generous spirit. Willard was a man of his times, the ultimate broadcaster. There will never be anyone quite like him.”
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/willard-scott-dead-dies-today-show-weatherman-1235056575/
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54717608
Sarah Harding died of cancer at 39
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https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/05/black-oak-arkansas-guitarist-rickie-lee-reynolds-dead-dies/
Rickie Lee Reynolds (Black Oak Arkansas) dies at 72.
One of my favorite classic rock bands, fronted by the legendary James Mangrum (Jim Dandy). (Where D.L. Roth sort of borrowed his gimmick from).
Not sure if RONA related, but he was obese over the last decade+ (or more).
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X-Rated album is my fave, heavy as f**k... GetBiggers too their acorn logo nad the bicep pose.
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WTF? There's another one.
Another one of the 'Physique' women - but not actively competing, so... ???
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Elizabeth, who’s real name was Megan Marshall, was a veteran of the US Navy, who found herself interested in bodybuilding in 2013. She built up a physique that was solid enough to earn her an IFBB Pro Card, after she won the NPC Junior USA Championships in 2018, four years after she started competing.
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Obviously Rush Limbaugh, Larry King... etc...
My choices..
Clint Eastwood
One member from the Rolling Stones
Mark Henry
I was right!! Charlie Watts of the Stones ...
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Another one of the 'Physique' women - but not actively competing, so... ???
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Elizabeth, who’s real name was Megan Marshall, was a veteran of the US Navy, who found herself interested in bodybuilding in 2013. She built up a physique that was solid enough to earn her an IFBB Pro Card, after she won the NPC Junior USA Championships in 2018, four years after she started competing.
I'm guessing meth or heroin.
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I'm guessing meth or heroin.
You are probably correct but I'm guessing shame. Pure shame. Why would a woman do this to herself? :-\
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The greatest. 8) 8) 8)
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You are probably correct but I'm guessing shame. Pure shame. Why would a woman do this to herself? :-\
She did the meth or heroin because of the shame.
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JUST IN - 'The Wire' actor Michael K. Williams found dead in his apartment in New York from possible drug overdose.
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JUST IN - 'The Wire' actor Michael K. Williams found dead in his apartment in New York from possible drug overdose.
A really good actor.
Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire.
Fentanyl overdose.
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How do these dudes be getting all these painkillers I can't even get good aloe for my sunburn
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How do these dudes be getting all these painkillers I can't even get good aloe for my sunburn
He was a lifelong addict.
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Michael Kenneth Williams (November 22, 1966 – September 6, 2021)
Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn to a Bahamian mother and an American father, Williams started his career as a dancer, working with artists such as George Michael and Madonna. Among his first acting roles was in the 1996 film Bullet alongside Tupac Shakur. He played Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire and Albert "Chalky" White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. He was also acclaimed for his role as Jack Gee, husband of Bessie Smith, in the HBO telefilm biopic Bessie. He acted in supporting roles in a number of films and television series, including The Road, Inherent Vice, The Night Of, Gone Baby Gone, 12 Years a Slave, When We Rise, When They See Us, and Hap and Leonard. Williams received three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nominations for his roles in Bessie (2015), The Night Of (2016) and When They See Us (2019). Among Williams’ more recent performances are Montrose Freeman in HBO’s Lovecraft Country, for which he received a 2021 Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. Williams died on the morning of September 6, 2021, at the age of 54. He was found in his Brooklyn residence on Monday afternoon, the New York Police Department confirmed.
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Drugs like Fentanyl and Meth are "harmless" and should be made legal so the Government can "control"
their sale you and make money off taxing addicts.
If you feel that way you may well wind up like my late brother or this fuckwit "actor" who just OD'd. Dead. Addicts are a drain on CIVILIZATION and pushers should be pushed off cliffs. It is one thing to "declare" a war on drugs and another to actually wage one. The former is nothing but pompous posturing whilst the latter is what is needed.
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JUST IN - 'The Wire' actor Michael K. Williams found dead in his apartment in New York from possible drug overdose.
He was great on "Boardwalk Empire".
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He was great on "Boardwalk Empire".
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Sylvester McCoy pays tribute to Tony Selby after Doctor Who star’s death aged 83
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Sylvester McCoy has paid tribute to his Doctor Who co-star Tony Selby, who died last week at the age of 83.
Selby played a character called Sabalom Glitz, a rogue who encountered Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor in the long-running show’s 24th series during a storyline titled Dragonfire.
In total, Selby appeared in nine episodes of the iconic sci-fi drama, having shared the screen with Colin Baker’s Sixth Doctor in two previous arcs.
Following the news that Selby had died, a heartfelt message was shared from McCoy’s official Twitter page, describing the late actor as a “warm, merry, generous person”.
McCoy’s tribute reads: “Just heard the sad sad news that Tony Selby has died. A popular member of the Doctor Who family. He was such a warm, merry, generous person. And it was always a joy to meet him socially.”
News of Selby’s death was first reported by his talent agency LCM Limited, which announced he had died peacefully in London yesterday and honoured his decades-long career.
“With great sadness we announce that actor Tony Selby passed away peacefully in London yesterday,” the statement began. “In a career spanning 70 years in theatre, film and TV, Tony was highly respected and loved by family, friends and colleagues. His renowned sense of humour will be missed by us all.”
Selby starred in a wide variety of other television shows during his life, including guest roles in Stan Lee’s Lucky Man on Sky One, medical soap Doctors, popular sitcom My Family and ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders.
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/tony-selby-death-doctor-who-sylvester-mccoy-tribute-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR0hE4CIbyKTwHeAW4AC7vIjG-PKaIn9-8X3vBUQorWLgn4DW5o4RU40MYI
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You Owe It to Yourself to Watch Michael K. Williams and Anthony Bourdain Explore Brooklyn
On the series finale of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, which first aired in 2012, Bourdain and Williams walked around Williams' home neighborhood of East Flatbush. They eventually make their way over to Crown Heights where they eat at the famed Caribbean restaurant Gloria's and coincidentally run into Jamie Hector, who co-starred with Williams on The Wire.
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/michael-k-williams-anthony-bourdain-brooklyn-clip
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Art Metrano, 'Police Academy' Actor and Comic, Dead at 84
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Art Metrano -- the stand-up comedian known for his role in the "Police Academy" sequels -- has died of natural causes ... according to his family.
Art's son, Harry, tells TMZ ... his father passed at his home Wednesday in Aventura, Florida. Harry says he didn't just lose his dad, but also his best friend and mentor. He adds ... "He was and will always be the toughest man I know. I have never met someone who has overcome more adversities than him."
Metrano's career began in the '60s but skyrocketed in the '70s thanks to his performance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," in which he performed as The Great Metrano ... a hilarious magic act spoof.
From there, the Brooklyn native began working nightclubs all over the country and performing on famous variety shows like "The Dean Martin Show" and "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In."
He made it to the big screen in 1972's "The Heartbreak Kid" and played DaVinci in Mel Brooks' "History of the World: Part I," and would go on to star as Uncle Rico on "Joanie Loves Chachi."
A couple years later, Art landed perhaps his most famous role in the second and third "Police Academy" films ... as the boss, Ernie Mauser.
Sadly, at the height of his career in 1989, Metrano suffered a severe spinal injury that left him paralyzed. However, he made a remarkable recovery and turned his triumph over adversity into a one-man stage show, "Metrano’s Accidental Comedy" ... in which he emerged from a wheelchair to take a few steps.
Art continued acting until 2001, with his more recent credits including "Party of Five," "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Chicago Hope."
Metrano was 84.
RIP
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Michael Constantine, born Gus Efstratiou (May 22, 1927 – August 31, 2021)
He was widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus" Portokalos, the father of Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). Earlier, he earned acclaim for his television work, especially as the long-suffering high school principal, Seymour Kaufman, on ABC's comedy-drama, Room 222, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1970; he was again recognized by the Emmy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Awards, the following year. After the conclusion of Room 222, Constantine portrayed night court magistrate Matthew J. Sirota on the 1976 sitcom Sirota's Court, receiving his second Golden Globe nomination. Constantine reprised his role as Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016).He studied acting with such prominent mentors as Howard Da Silva and played character roles on and off Broadway in his mid-twenties, supplementing his income as a night watchman and shooting-gallery barker. In 1959, he appeared in his first film, The Last Mile (1959). He had a small but memorable supporting role in The Hustler (1961). Constantine began his career on the New York stage and in the mid-1950s as understudy to Paul Muni in Inherit the Wind. While in the cast, he met and married actress Julianna McCarthy on October 5, 1953; they had two children, Thea Eileen and Brendan Neil. The marriage ended in divorce in 1969, the same year that Constantine began his role on Room 222. Constantine died in Reading, Pennsylvania in August 2021, at the age of 94.
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Norm MacDonald dies (cancer) what a hilarious bastard. PIP Norm...
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/norm-macdonald-dead-dies-snl-1235064570/
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Norm MacDonald dies (cancer) what a hilarious bastard. PIP Norm...
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/norm-macdonald-dead-dies-snl-1235064570/
Fuck
Only just discovered this guy..he was great
this was hilarious
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Norm MacDonald dies (cancer) what a hilarious bastard. PIP Norm...
His weekend updates were the best. You could see some kind of mental decline over the years but he stayed funny.
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Norman Gene Macdonald (October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021)
Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom Roseanne and made guest appearances on shows such as The Drew Carey Show and NewsRadio. Macdonald joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL) television program in 1993, where he performed impressions of Larry King, Burt Reynolds, David Letterman, Quentin Tarantino, Charles Kuralt, and Bob Dole, among others.
The following year during the show's twentieth season, Macdonald anchored the segment "Weekend Update". Macdonald was famously removed from the "Weekend Update" desk at "SNL" in 1998 by then-NBC chief Don Ohlmeyer, and the comedian publicly said he believed it was because Ohlmeyer didn't like Macdonald's jokes about O.J. Simpson, who was a friend of Ohlmeyer's. Macdonald later left "SNL" altogether. Soon after leaving Saturday Night Live, Macdonald co-wrote and starred in the "revenge comedy" Dirty Work (1998), directed by Bob Saget, co-starring Artie Lange, and featuring Chris Farley in his last movie; the film was dedicated to his memory. Later that year, Macdonald voiced the character of Lucky the Dog in the Eddie Murphy adaptation of Dr. Dolittle. He reprised the role in both Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) and Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006).
Macdonald became a frequent guest on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien during its 2009 and 2010 run. He has made frequent appearances on the Internet talk show Tom Green's House Tonight, and on May 20, 2010, was guest host. One of his last projects was Netflix's "Norm Macdonald Has a Show," a pared-down talk show that debuted in 2018 in which the comedian interviewed celebrity guests including Jane Fonda, Drew Barrymore and Letterman for wide-ranging, half-hour conversations. In 1988, Macdonald married Connie Vaillancourt, with whom he has a son, Dylan, born 1993. The couple separated in 1999. Macdonald died on September 14, 2021, nine years after being diagnosed with cancer. His cancer had not been announced prior to his death Macdonald was 61 years old.
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Fran Bennett (08/14/37🙏 *09/12/ 21) was a prolific film and television actress who played Fleet Admiral Shanthi in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" fifth season episode "Redemption II". Seventeen years later Bennett portrayed the second Vulcan midwife beside Jill Lover in J.J. Abrams' 2009 "Star Trek". Her scene, "Spock's Birth", was cut from the final film but is included on the Special Edition DVD and the Blu-ray. According to the call sheet of Monday 16 September 1991, Bennett was up to reprise her role of Admiral Shanthi for the fifth season episode "Unification I" but was replaced by Karen Hensel as Admiral Brackett. She was 84.
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How do these dudes be getting all these painkillers I can't even get good aloe for my sunburn
My nikka
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People please pray for my Dad he has a blood clot :'(
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People please pray for my Dad he has a blood clot :'(
Hang in there!
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People please pray for my Dad he has a blood clot :'(
Where is the clot?
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'Friday' Star Anthony Johnson Dead at 55
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Anthony Johnson -- best known for his roles in "House Party" and "Friday" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
Johnson's nephew tells us ... A.J. was found lifeless in a store earlier this month in Los Angeles and rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. So far, no cause of death has been released.
The actor and comedian's career took off in 1990 after he landed the role of E.Z.E. in "House Party" and going on to do stand-up all over L.A.
After that, he appeared in films like "Lethal Weapon 3" and "Menace II Society" before his breakout role playing Ezal in the 1995 comedy "Friday."
A.J. would go on to appear in nearly 50 films and TV shows, including "Moesha," "Martin," "Malcolm & Eddie," "The Players Club" and "I Got the Hook Up" and its sequel. It's also rumored Johnson was cast to reprise his role in the upcoming "Last Friday."
Johnson was 55.
RIP
https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/20/anthony-johnson-friday-star-dead-at-55/?fbclid=IwAR0JQkcTzT_pfZ-PCoYK_1dBjVIhZA3Pau4lGHDKQk5oDlwLYbNAY2FiLYk
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People please pray for my Dad he has a blood clot :'(
How's he doing..? Hopefully the meds would have broken it up by now..?
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Willie Garson, actor known for 'Sex and the City' and 'White Collar' roles, died at the age of 57
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Willie Garson, the character actor known for his roles on "Sex and the City" and "White Collar," died at the age of 57, according to Variety.
A family member confirmed the death to the outlet but did not disclose a cause.
Garson became a familiar face to the millions who watched HBO's "Sex and the City," in which he played talent agent Stanford Blatch, best friend of Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie Bradshaw. He reprised his role in both films, and had been filming for the network's upcoming revival series, "And Just Like That," Variety reported.
In addition to his work on the series, Garson co-starred as con man Mozzie on USA Network's "White Collar," from 2009 to 2014. The versatile actor was also a mainstay in many films, such as "Little Manhattan," "There's Something About Mary," and "Groundhog Day."
In 2009, Garson adopted his son, Nathen, and continued to be a fierce advocate for adoption.
Nathen memorialized Garson on Instagram on Tuesday.
"I love you so much papa. Rest In Peace and I'm so glad you got to share all your adventures with me and were able to accomplish so much. I'm so proud of you. I will always love you, but I think it's time for you to go on an adventure of your own," he wrote.
https://www.insider.com/willie-garson-dead-at-57-sex-and-the-city-2021-9?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=sf-insider-entertainment&fbclid=IwAR2f-SiINE4UegExl-jyq0PPNrjD1oqv5FnuJ2xvZg9CF7rwcO-Lup4DnJs
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Melvin Van Peebles, the pioneering director and actor, best known for 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song,' has died at the age of 89. Rest in peace.
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'Friday' Star Anthony Johnson Dead at 55
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Anthony Johnson -- best known for his roles in "House Party" and "Friday" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
Johnson's nephew tells us ... A.J. was found lifeless in a store earlier this month in Los Angeles and rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. So far, no cause of death has been released.
The actor and comedian's career took off in 1990 after he landed the role of E.Z.E. in "House Party" and going on to do stand-up all over L.A.
After that, he appeared in films like "Lethal Weapon 3" and "Menace II Society" before his breakout role playing Ezal in the 1995 comedy "Friday."
A.J. would go on to appear in nearly 50 films and TV shows, including "Moesha," "Martin," "Malcolm & Eddie," "The Players Club" and "I Got the Hook Up" and its sequel. It's also rumored Johnson was cast to reprise his role in the upcoming "Last Friday."
Johnson was 55.
RIP
https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/20/anthony-johnson-friday-star-dead-at-55/?fbclid=IwAR0JQkcTzT_pfZ-PCoYK_1dBjVIhZA3Pau4lGHDKQk5oDlwLYbNAY2FiLYk
Damn...Weren't he jes 'bout ta play in Willie Shakesdatspear's magnum opus on weed 'n' sheit, Manz of La Munchies.
Fuck the actors and actresses of today to Hades.
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A really good actor.
Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire.
Fentanyl overdose.
"The 54-year-old's cause of death was "acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine," the medical examiner's office said. The office said the manner of death was an accident."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-k-williams-cause-of-death-accidental-drug-overdose-fentanyl-heroin-cocaine/
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"The 54-year-old's cause of death was "acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine," the medical examiner's office said. The office said the manner of death was an accident."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-k-williams-cause-of-death-accidental-drug-overdose-fentanyl-heroin-cocaine/
Accidental or just plain stupidity. I don't know how anyone can accidentally put that much shit into their body. It's suicide.
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Accidental or just plain stupidity. I don't know how anyone can accidentally put that much shit into their body. It's suicide.
Agreed. It isn't suicide but perhaps more "stupicide"? An addict is a retarded animal. The guy was an "actor". He pretended to be who he wasn't. Why?
Because it's a rare thing when people want to see the reality of this world in real time and not on the screen. Fuck that idiot.
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Agreed. It isn't suicide but perhaps more "stupicide"? An addict is a retarded animal. The guy was an "actor". He pretended to be who he wasn't. Why?
Because it's a rare thing when people want to see the reality of this world in real time and not on the screen. Fuck that idiot.
Actors are empty shells.
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Tommy Kirk.
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Tommy Kirk.
(https://d23.com/app/uploads/2013/05/1180w-600h-disney-legends-Tommy-Kirk-1180x600.jpg)
Gloriously youthful. But is he sexual?
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Read his life story. Pretty interesting.^
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Read his life story. Pretty interesting.^
Yup. My younger brother that is a voice actor told me some stuff about more than a few actors, directors and the like. I think Kirk had a carpet cleaning business in years gone by. Hollyweird is fuqued.
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Jean Hale
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Jean Hale, born Carol Jane Hale (December 27, 1938 – August 3, 2021)
In films, Hale played Miriam Stark in Taggart (1964), Cheryl Barker in The Oscar (1966), Myrtle in The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) and Lisa in In Like Flint (1967). She made two 1965 appearances on Perry Mason. Other television appearances include The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Batman, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Bonanza, The Fugitive, Hawaii Five-O, McHale's Navy, My Favorite Martian, The Men From Shiloh in 1971, Hogan's Heroes, and The Wild Wild West. She married Dabney Coleman in 1961. They had three children, however, the couple divorced in 1984. That same year, she started a production company, Coleman-Tanasescu Entertainment, with partner Gino Tanasescu before branching out on her own in 2000. Outside of her work as an actor, Hale was devoted to volunteering with the American Cancer Society. She died on August 3, 2021 at age 82 from natural causes.
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People who played on one episode of Batman or Star Trek are not worthy of this list. HTH
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Jean Hale
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Jean Hale, born Carol Jane Hale (December 27, 1938 – August 3, 2021)
In films, Hale played Miriam Stark in Taggart (1964), Cheryl Barker in The Oscar (1966), Myrtle in The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) and Lisa in In Like Flint (1967). She made two 1965 appearances on Perry Mason. Other television appearances include The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Batman, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Bonanza, The Fugitive, Hawaii Five-O, McHale's Navy, My Favorite Martian, The Men From Shiloh in 1971, Hogan's Heroes, and The Wild Wild West. She married Dabney Coleman in 1961. They had three children, however, the couple divorced in 1984. That same year, she started a production company, Coleman-Tanasescu Entertainment, with partner Gino Tanasescu before branching out on her own in 2000. Outside of her work as an actor, Hale was devoted to volunteering with the American Cancer Society. She died on August 3, 2021 at age 82 from natural causes.
Would you say it's highly probably that Adam West fucked her?
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Tommy Kirk.
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Gloriously youthful. But is he sexual?
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Jean Hale
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Hotter than Dutch love. Very hot.
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Would you say it's highly probably that Adam West fucked her?
Your post reminded me that West was supposedly a bit of a swinger/party animal - so I checked Amazon to see if he had an autobiography on there
Answer is yes, but used paperbacks of "Back to the Batcave" are running around $50 (up to $200, anybody?)
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adam-West-Back-Batcave-Autobiography/dp/B00NBQERVI/ref=monarch_sidesheet (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adam-West-Back-Batcave-Autobiography/dp/B00NBQERVI/ref=monarch_sidesheet)
So has anyone read it - is it any good/worth the $?
(Cross posting to the 'what are you reading' thread)
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George "Da Bull" Peterson - 212 Mr. Olympia Competitor - RIP
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Chopped Junior Champion Fuller Goldsmith Dead at 17
On Wednesday, Oct. 6, the production company Magical Elves wrote on Instagram that Fuller, who won Chopped Junior at the age of 14 and later competed on Top Chef Junior, recently died of cancer. He passed shortly before his 18th birthday.
"We are devastated after hearing about the loss of our Top Chef Junior alum, Fuller Goldsmith," the statement read. "He was an incredible chef and the strongest kid we've ever met. From the minute he was introduced to us, we knew he would make an impact on everyone around him and be a positive force in cooking world."
They continued, "To his family, we give all our love as they mourn the loss of someone truly special."
Vanessa Lachey, who hosts Top Chef Junior, commented, "We all Loved Fuller so much! And will never forget his contagious smile, laugh and butter tricks. Sending so much Love to his family. We will never forget you Fuller!"
Vanessa met Fuller when he competed on Top Chef Junior in late 2017. The teenager nearly made it to the finale, but left early to prioritize his health.
At the time, he wrote on Instagram, "I am now better than ever and you have not seen the last of FULLER GOLDSMITH!!!!!!"
Though Fuller's time on Top Chef Junior was cut short, he went on to cook alongside Guy Fieri at the 2018 Stagecoach Festival. In an Entertainment Weekly video, the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives host told Fuller, "What you've already accomplished in your life is amazing. The example you're setting for other kids is amazing. The example you're setting for adults—You don't give up."
At the time, Fuller was in remission, but by that December his cancer returned. "Round 4 is going to be the one I win against cancer once and for all!" he vowed to his followers.
While seeking treatment, Fuller continued cooking and traveling, before eventually becoming an assistant chef at Tuscaloosa, Alabama's Southern Ale House. His colleagues wrote on Facebook that he was a major help to the chefs in "helping prep, serve, and create recipes."
Then, in February, Fuller told his followers that he was diagnosed with brain cancer and entered his fifth round of radiation. He wrote, "I'm ready to fight to keep my winning streak going. #notgivingup #ihatecancer."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/chopped-junior-champion-fuller-goldsmith-dead-at-17/ar-AAPdeKk?pfr=1
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https://www.tmz.com/2021/10/07/bodybuilder-george-peterson-dead-37-years-old-mr-olympia-arnold-classic/
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Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, who led Iraq War ‘surge,’ dead at 67
https://nypost.com/2021/10/09/gen-raymond-t-odierno-who-led-iraq-war-surge-dead-at-67/
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Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, who led Iraq War ‘surge,’ dead at 67
https://nypost.com/2021/10/09/gen-raymond-t-odierno-who-led-iraq-war-surge-dead-at-67/
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That’s young
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That’s young
Cancer.
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Ray Fosse, barreled over by Pete Rose in 1970 All-Star Game, dies at 74
https://nypost.com/2021/10/13/ray-fosse-barreled-over-by-pete-rose-in-1970-all-star-game-dies-at-74/
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He died on that day in 1970.
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He died on that day in 1970.
I was watching that night and yeah Fosse seemed to be on his way to an outstanding career but was never the same after this.
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Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, who led Iraq War ‘surge,’ dead at 67
https://nypost.com/2021/10/09/gen-raymond-t-odierno-who-led-iraq-war-surge-dead-at-67/
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RIP. Seemed like a cool guy with a good sense of humor.
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RIP. Seemed like a cool guy with a good sense of humor.
All round big dude. 6'5"
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html
Colin Powell - Dead from Rona
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Peter Scolari, 'Bosom Buddies' and 'Newhart' star, has died
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Peter Scolari, a veteran actor who rose to fame alongside Tom Hanks on "Bosom Buddies," died Friday morning.
Scolari had cancer and had been ill for two years, his manager Ellen Lubin Sanitsky told CNN. He was 66.
Scolari appeared in numerous films and television series over the years, including "Newhart," "Murphy Brown," and "The Good Fight." He won an Emmy in 2016 for his portrayal of Hannah's father Tad Horvath on "Girls."
"Bosom Buddies" was on the air for two seasons at ABC. On the show, Scolari and Hanks dressed as women in order to move into an affordable women-only residence. The two actors remained good friends in real life, with Scolari saying in an interview for Oprah Winfrey that Hanks toasted him at his wedding.
"I cannot get my mind around what I've done in my life to deserve this kind of affection," Scolari said of his toast.
He also appeared in a TV adaptation of "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids," "Gotham," and played Peter Madoff in HBO's "Madoff."
On stage, Scolari starred in Broadway productions of "Hairspray," "Sly Fox," "Wicked," "Magic/Bird" and "Lucky Guy," alongside Hanks.
He is survived by his wife, Tracy Shayne, and children Nicholas, Joseph, Keaton, and Cali.
Colleagues and friends paid tribute to Scolari on Friday.
"The shyest extrovert, the most dramatic comedian, the most humble icon," Lena Dunham wrote of her late co-star. "You had lived enough life to know that a TV show was just a TV show, but also to appreciate just what it meant to be allowed to play pretend for a living- and you never let us forget that this job was a privilege."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/22/entertainment/peter-scolari-obit/index.html
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html
Colin Powell - Dead from Rona
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Obviously Rush Limbaugh, Larry King... etc...
My choices..
Clint Eastwood
One member from the Rolling Stones
Mark Henry
I am still proud of my prediction here...Charlie Watts...
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Friends actor James Michael Tyler dies aged 59
Actor James Michael Tyler died of prostate cancer at 59, his manager announced in a statement on Sunday. He was most known for his role as Gunther, the Friends’ omnipresent Central Perk barista and the “seventh friend.” Tyler was diagnosed with cancer in 2018, but he only revealed it publicly last June, during the famous sitcom reunion. Beyond his prominent role on Friends, the actor appeared on TV series including Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Just Shoot Me! and Scrubs.
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Peeps dying right and left.
Conspiracy?
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Chopped Junior Champion Fuller Goldsmith Dead at 17
On Wednesday, Oct. 6, the production company Magical Elves wrote on Instagram that Fuller, who won Chopped Junior at the age of 14 and later competed on Top Chef Junior, recently died of cancer. He passed shortly before his 18th birthday.
"We are devastated after hearing about the loss of our Top Chef Junior alum, Fuller Goldsmith," the statement read. "He was an incredible chef and the strongest kid we've ever met. From the minute he was introduced to us, we knew he would make an impact on everyone around him and be a positive force in cooking world."
They continued, "To his family, we give all our love as they mourn the loss of someone truly special."
Vanessa Lachey, who hosts Top Chef Junior, commented, "We all Loved Fuller so much! And will never forget his contagious smile, laugh and butter tricks. Sending so much Love to his family. We will never forget you Fuller!"
Vanessa met Fuller when he competed on Top Chef Junior in late 2017. The teenager nearly made it to the finale, but left early to prioritize his health.
At the time, he wrote on Instagram, "I am now better than ever and you have not seen the last of FULLER GOLDSMITH!!!!!!"
Though Fuller's time on Top Chef Junior was cut short, he went on to cook alongside Guy Fieri at the 2018 Stagecoach Festival. In an Entertainment Weekly video, the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives host told Fuller, "What you've already accomplished in your life is amazing. The example you're setting for other kids is amazing. The example you're setting for adults—You don't give up."
At the time, Fuller was in remission, but by that December his cancer returned. "Round 4 is going to be the one I win against cancer once and for all!" he vowed to his followers.
While seeking treatment, Fuller continued cooking and traveling, before eventually becoming an assistant chef at Tuscaloosa, Alabama's Southern Ale House. His colleagues wrote on Facebook that he was a major help to the chefs in "helping prep, serve, and create recipes."
Then, in February, Fuller told his followers that he was diagnosed with brain cancer and entered his fifth round of radiation. He wrote, "I'm ready to fight to keep my winning streak going. #notgivingup #ihatecancer."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/chopped-junior-champion-fuller-goldsmith-dead-at-17/ar-AAPdeKk?pfr=1
sad story shouldve changed his diet but nahhh radiate his head ::)
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Peeps dying right and left.
Conspiracy?
It's a conspiracy that's been going on since the dawn of time.
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Today's showcase showdown in honor of longtime Price is Right host Bob Barker. Bob celebrates his 98th birthday on December 12, 2021. Whoever guesses closest to his exact date of his death without going over wins. I'm going 3-12-2022
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I am still proud of my prediction here...Charlie Watts...
He already was known to have cancer, former heroin addict, 80+ .... what kind of prediction is that?
What's next Flex Wheeler? ::)
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Today's showcase showdown in honor of longtime Price is Right host Bob Barker. Bob celebrates his 98th birthday on December 12, 2021. Whoever guesses closest to his exact date of his death without going over wins. I'm going 3-12-2022
2/22/22
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Bob has aged a lot since he was in Happy Gilmore.
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James Michael Tyler (May 28, 1962 – October 24, 2021)
In 1988, he moved to Los Angeles and became a production assistant for Fat Man and Little Boy and an assistant film editor. He supported the Lili Claire Foundation and AIDS Project L.A charities. From 1994 to 2004, James Michael Tyler played Gunther on the sitcom Friends. Gunther was a coffee shop worker at Central Perk. This led to a ten-year career with appearances in 148 of Friends' 236 episodes; he is the show's most-frequently-appearing recurring character actor. Tyler also appeared in numerous other titles including "Scrubs," "Modern Music," and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch." He starred in two short films - The Gesture and the Word, and Processing - winning best actor awards at various film festivals.
In 1995, Tyler married Barbara Chadsey. The couple separated in 2003, and in 2014, he filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Tyler was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, but did not reveal his illness to the public until June 2021. He died from the disease at age 59 on October 24, 2021.
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Wolfgang Schober 63yo
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Camille Saviola Dies: ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’, Broadway Actor Was 71
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Camille Saviola, whose many stage and TV roles included the Bajoran religious leader Kai Opaka in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the mother of the hapless Turtle in Entourage and characters in Nine and Chicago on Broadway, died yesterday. She was 71.
Her death was reported on the Star Trek website WarpFactorTrek.com, and in social media posts by friends. Additional details were not immediately available.
Longtime friend and actor Harvey Fierstein tweeted: “She was a friend for 40 years who could always be counted on for a laugh, a shoulder or a kick in the ass. The Italian Godmother of Soul! Farewell.”
Actor Wilson Cruz, who said he performed with Saviola at many AIDS benefits over the years, tweeted: “What a presence this woman was! My heart is heavy. My love to Camille’s family and family of friends throughout the industry. She will be missed.”
On Facebook friend and actress Mary Jo Mecca wrote, “We lost Camille Saviola today- A DIVA of the greatest kind. I met her when we played Mother & Daughter in The Rink for The Musical Theatre Guild. We spent everyday on a park Bench sharing stories of our Italian upbringing and building a relationship that we transferred to the stage. She called me ‘Jersey’ and I called her ‘Walk-Up’…She was a tough cookie with a huge heart a wicked sense of humor and a voice that would shake the rafters….She fought the good fight in silence.”
A Bronx native who got her start in show business as a singer in 1970s New York rock band the Margo Lewis Explosion, Saviola made her Broadway debut as Mama Maddelena in the 1982 production of the Tommy Tune-directed musical Nine. In 2003, joined the replacement cast of Chicago as Matron Mama Morton.
Her film debut came just two years after her Broadway bow when she was cast in a small part in Woody Allen’s 1984 Broadway Danny Rose. She reunited with Allen the following year for a role in The Purple Rose of Cairo and from then on enjoyed a prolific career in both TV and film. She reteamed with Allen yet again in 1991’s Shadows and Fog. Other film roles included Betsy’s Wedding and Last Exit to Brooklyn.
On television, she made appearances on Remington Steele, Baby Boom, JAG, Some of My Best Friends, Saving Grace, Without a Trace and Nip/Tuck, among many others. In 1992 she recurred on both The Heights and Civil Wars, and in 1993 began playing Kai Opaka in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a role that would be featured in four episodes through 1996.
In 2002, she recurred on the James Garner legal drama First Monday as Justice Esther Weisenberg. She also played an attorney in several episodes of Judging Amy from 2002-05.
From 2006-09, Saviola recurred on HBO’s Entourage, portraying the mother of Jerry Ferrara’s character Turtle.
Saviola’s most recent credit is the recurring role of Filomena in the Darren Star-created series Younger.
Information on survivors was not immediately available.
https://deadline.com/2021/10/camille-saviola-dead-obituary-star-trek-deep-space-nine-broadway-actor-was-71-1234864824/?fbclid=IwAR2b7YJ4pevwD0hAgelrZ7MR4k1YM3JxdQv00MfzyX_4MhrYA7jpFK3mBHA
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Viktor Bryukhanov, engineer blamed in Chernobyl explosion, dies at 85
Viktor Bryukhanov, the engineer who oversaw the construction and operation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the site of an explosion in 1986 that ranks among the worst accidents of the nuclear age, died Oct. 13 in Kyiv. He was 85.
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The press service of the Chernobyl plant, which is no longer in operation, confirmed his death and said that Mr. Bryukhanov had suffered several strokes.
The explosion at Chernobyl, a Soviet installation that was one of the most powerful nuclear power plants in the world, occurred in the early-morning hours of April 26, 1986, when a reactor malfunctioned during a safety test, destroying the building and spewing toxic radiation into the sky.
Two workers were killed in the accident. In the ensuing months, 28 firefighters and cleanup workers died of radiation sickness, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. As many as 200,000 people in the surrounding area were evacuated, and the wind carried radioactive isotopes across portions of Europe.
Mikhail Gorbachev, who served at the time as the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and who five years later would preside over the dissolution of the Soviet Union, would one day reflect that “the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl,” even more than the reforms known as perestroika, “was perhaps the real cause of the collapse” of the Communist superpower.
In the immediate aftermath, a great part of the blame for the disaster was placed on Mr. Bryukhanov, a thermal power engineer with years of experience in the Soviet nuclear power industry. In the widely watched 2019 HBO series “Chernobyl,” in which he was portrayed by actor Con O’Neill, he was depicted as a villain. But the reality, said Serhii Plokhy, a professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University, is more complex.
“His subordinates valued him as a good engineer and effective manager,” Plokhy wrote in the 2018 book “Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe.” “He put in long hours, spoke little, and was known as one of a rare breed: a Soviet manager who got things done while showing consideration to his subordinates.”
Mr. Bryukhanov learned of the explosion shortly after it occurred, when an anguished chemist at the plant awakened him with a phone call at approximately 2 a.m. Mr. Bryukhanov rushed to the site, observed the extent of the destruction and said to himself, “This is my prison.”
He “realized immediately that life as he knew it — a successful career, participation in the party congress, government awards — was over,” Plokhy wrote. “He would have to bear responsibility for the disaster, whether he was guilty or not.”
Accused of failing to respond effectively and promptly to the crisis, Mr. Bryukhanov was expelled from the Communist Party. In 1987, he and two aides were tried on charges of violating safety rules, abuse of power and negligence. According to Plokhy, the most damaging evidence against him was a statement Mr. Bryukhanov signed the day of the accident minimizing the threat of the radiation released in the explosion.
Mr. Bryukhanov denied the first two charges but pleaded guilty to negligence, declaring at his trial, according to Plokhy’s account: “I am guilty as manager of having missed something, of having been careless or inefficient in some way. I understand that this is a serious accident, but everyone bears some blame for it.”
Along with his aides, Mr. Bryukhanov was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison and labor camps. He was released after five years, following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Mr. Bryukhanov resumed his professional life, leading a technological department at Chernobyl, which had not yet been fully decommissioned, later telling the Moscow News that he received a “warm welcome” upon his return. He later worked for Ukraine’s trade ministry.
Viktor Petrovich Bryukhanov was born Dec. 1, 1935, in Tashkent, in what was then the Soviet republic of Uzbekistan. His father was a glazier — a tradesman who works with glass — and his mother was a cleaner, according to the London Daily Telegraph.
Mr. Bryukhanov was a graduate of the Tashkent State Technical University. He worked in Soviet power plants in positions of increasing responsibility until he was assigned in 1970 to build what became the Chernobyl plant. He also oversaw the development of the nearby community of Pripyat, effectively a company town for plant workers that reached a population of 50,000.
Mr. Bryukhanov was among the victims of radiation sickness at Chernobyl, suffering from headaches and other painful symptoms. He and his wife, Valentina, had a daughter, Lilia, and a son, Oleg, but complete survivors information was not immediately available.
In interviews with journalists and historians over the years, he sought to defend himself against the image of negligence that had developed around him.
“It was the constructors’ job to see to it that no mistake by the staff could lead to such a tragedy,” Reuters quoted him having said in 1992. “But of course it was easier to blame not the reactor’s creators but the staff at the plant. Was it permissible at that time to cast a shadow on the prestige of the Soviet nuclear industry? How much simpler to put the director and chief engineer in the dock.”
Several years later, he told the Moscow News that he thought the world would never know the truth of Chernobyl.
“Much time was allowed to pass,” he remarked. “We won’t know the truth not because someone is hiding it but because it just cannot be understood. And no one wanted to do it while the trail was still fresh.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/viktor-bryukhanov-engineer-blamed-in-chernobyl-explosion-dies-at-85/ar-AAQfut8?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&pfr=1
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All basic common sense
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this will be 100 pages by next year with all the vaccine related deaths
You may as well start adding famous kids to the list
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this will be 100 pages by next year with all the vaccine related deaths
You may as well start adding famous kids to the list
The deaths will be attributed to a "genetic condition."
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Soul Crusher.
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Kai Greene.
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Steve Lott , Mike Tyson manager in the 80s
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Soul Crusher.
Lol. How many shots of vodka you
Do today ?
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Dean Stockwell, Quantum Leap Star, Dead at 85
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Veteran actor Dean Stockwell, best known for playing Admiral ‘Al’ Calavicci opposite Scott Bakula’s Dr. Sam Beckett in NBC’s sci-fi dramedy Quantum Leap, died Sunday of natural causes. He was 85.
Airing from March 1989 to May 1993, Quantum Leap starred Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who in testing out a time travel theory “leapt” into the body of an Air Force pilot 50 years in the past. In trying to return home, Sam realized he could only randomly leap into other people, in other times. Stockwell played Sam’s womanizing, cigar-smoking hologram of a BFF/companion.
The role of Admiral ‘Al’ Calavicci earned Stockwell four Emmy Award nominations for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as one Golden Globe award.
He later recurred as Brother Cavil in Syfy’s reboot of Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009). Additional TV credits included JAG and 1998’s short-lived Tony Danza Show.
Born in North Hollywood in 1936, Stockwell was on Broadway by the time he was age 7, and his career as a child star began. As a child actor of the 1940s, his credits included the films Song of the Thin Man, The Boy with Green Hair, Kim and Gentleman’s Agreement (for which he won a Golden Globe).
His later big-screen credits included David Lynch’s Dune (1984) and Blue Velvet (1986), as well as To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), The Player (1992) and Air Force One (1997). Stockwell scored an Oscar nomination for his supporting performance in the 1998 comedy Married to the Mob.
Stockwell is survived by his wife, Joy, and their two children, Austin and Sophie.
https://tvline.com/2021/11/09/dean-stockwell-dies-obituary-quantum-leap-dead/?fbclid=IwAR151nNzIPKcsvg0Dz_ExYaIWuHzT8CM01Zosyej7FBnRVr5JWeK82qVapc
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I think my neighbor died. Yesterday, there was a moving van in their driveway and a lot of stuff being carried out of the house by family. Last night, their house was pitch dark. He was/is 87 and she was/is 84. They'd lived there since the house was built in the late 70's. Thinking about this depressed me. Shit! I am only ten years younger the he was. I don't know for sure anyone died or if they did, which of them did.
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I think my neighbor died. Yesterday, there was a moving van in their driveway and a lot of stuff being carried out of the house by family. Last night, their house was pitch dark. He was/is 87 and she was/is 84. They'd lived there since the house was built in the late 70's. Thinking about this depressed me. Shit! I am only ten years younger the he was. I don't know for sure anyone died or if they did, which of them did.
Please go knock on the door tomorrow and report back to this thread.
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I think my neighbor died. Yesterday, there was a moving van in their driveway and a lot of stuff being carried out of the house by family. Last night, their house was pitch dark. He was/is 87 and she was/is 84. They'd lived there since the house was built in the late 70's. Thinking about this depressed me. Shit! I am only ten years younger the he was. I don't know for sure anyone died or if they did, which of them did.
Sleep is death without the responsibility of that which we think no one else is aware of. She waits for you and you know too well of whom I speak. If we are to believe that none are taken nor given in marriage at the end of all things, it does not mean you will not be together. It would not be Heaven if you are alone.
Hell is being alone. I should think you and many others have had more than enough of that feeling.
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I think my neighbor died. Yesterday, there was a moving van in their driveway and a lot of stuff being carried out of the house by family. Last night, their house was pitch dark. He was/is 87 and she was/is 84. They'd lived there since the house was built in the late 70's. Thinking about this depressed me. Shit! I am only ten years younger the he was. I don't know for sure anyone died or if they did, which of them did.
It hits close to home when it's somebody close.
Shawn Roden died at 46. Do you feel depressed?
Be happy it's not you.
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It hits close to home when it's somebody close.
Shawn Roden died at 46. Do you feel depressed?
Be happy it's not you.
Well said.
Prime needs to realize that every day is a gift, but what is a gift that you never open? Here is a hint: The word "gift" in German translates to "poison". I have seen many seasoned citizens become shitizens because they treat the present as a gift (poison). The past is filled with memories, some good and some bad. But the present is pretty much empty unless we live in it.
Don't just shake the box and say it's empty when what you need to do is open it and then fill it yourself. I have seen some of those "unboxing" videos on Youtube and they are ridiculous! If people treated life like those shillers do a box of stuff then maybe they would find a reason to live a little.
My neighbor just passed away a few weeks ago. His wife rarely leaves the house now but one of her daughters is there along with her children to give her a reason to live. Shit. I'm rambling like a seasoned shitizen, LOL! Sorry my friend.
It boils down to this: The real gift is life itself. We just need to open it and then fill it. I am getting sentimental in my dotage...LOL!
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You are a philosopher, Scott.
Well done.
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Shawn Roden died, jeez. what was the cause pls?
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bhank
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bhank
Of rectal bleeding.
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Prime, I have given some thought to my words and yours and as I cannot reply elsewhere I shall do so here because I think it needs saying.
Well, I am guessing there were times you called her, "my little Margie"...Gale Storm (the star of that old TV show) was a beautiful woman with a past that required working on to ensure a future.
Having been dead once and come close several times since then, I still cannot say what awaits us. But I do know that if I thought someone was worth dying for I would not hesitate living in such a manner as to make seeing her again my goal. Love is friendship set to music. I suggest you play the soundtrack of your life together for inspiration.
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The photo with the crew wearing red shirts was a joke, right?
William Shatner's flight mate to edge of space killed in New Jersey plane crash
William Shatner’s crew mate in last month’s historic rocket trip to the edge of space was one of two men killed Thursday in a plane crash in New Jersey, officials said.
Glen de Vries, 49, of New York City, and Thomas P. Fischer, 54, of Hopatcong, New Jersey, died following the small aircraft crash shortly before 3 p.m. in Hampton Township, according to New Jersey State Police.
De Vries joined Shatner and other crew members aboard the Oct. 13 flight developed by Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating Thursday's crash, police said. The FAA could not be immediately reached Friday for comment.
The New Jersey Herald reported the FAA alerted public safety authorities that a single-engine Cessna 172 went missing near Kemah Lake, about 50 miles northwest of Newark. Emergency crews found the wreckage about an hour later, the newspaper reported.
The aircraft was “destroyed” in the crash, which occurred “under unknown circumstances,” an initial report by the FAA states, according to the Herald.
De Vries co-founded software company Medidata Solutions, which specializes in management of electronic data from clinical trials. He also served as a trustee for Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
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“We will truly miss Glen, but his dreams — which we share — live on: we will pursue progress in life sciences & healthcare as passionately as he did," Medidat said in a statement.
De Vries received his undergraduate degree in molecular biology and genetics from Carnegie Mellon University, worked as a research scientist at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and studied computer science at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematics, according to his biography on the Medidata website.
A statement from Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian called de Vries one of the university's greatest science advocates.
"The entire Carnegie Mellon University community is devastated by the loss of alumnus and trustee Glen de Vries, and our hearts go out to his family, friends and loved ones," Jahanian said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/william-shatner-s-flight-mate-to-edge-of-space-killed-in-new-jersey-plane-crash/ar-AAQDEtx?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&pfr=1
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Look for Shatner to die soon.
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Young Dolph has been shot and killed in his hometown ... TMZ has confirmed.
The rapper was gunned down Wednesday in Memphis, TN outside a local cookie store ... and there's already a massive police presence with people recording the aftermath. A video from the crime scene shows his car parked outside the shop while police investigate. FOX13 Memphis was first to report Dolph's death.
A source says Dolph went into the store, and a vehicle pulled up, firing through a front window and striking the rapper.
Young Dolph has been targeted in the past ... back in 2017, he was struck by multiple bullets outside a shoe store in Hollywood, getting hit in the arms and buttocks, requiring surgery.
Earlier that same year, Dolph's SUV was shot at over 100 times while he was in Charlotte, NC in a shooting that saw an arrest warrant issued for Blac Youngsta, who later turned himself in. The charges against BY were eventually dropped.
As Dolph explained to us in the wake of that shooting, he dropped $600,000 for a pair of bulletproof vehicles and he chalked up the hail of gunfire to jealousy and hate because he's rich and successful.
Last time we got Dolph out was in 2019. He talked to our cameras about the Lakers and Juice WRLD's death.
Dolph leaves behind a son and a daughter. He was only 36.
He's known for several hits, such as "Major" and "On the River." He released 7 studio albums, starting in 2016 with his debut album, "King of Memphis."
RIP
1:54 PM PT -- Young Dolph's attorney and friend Scott Hall tells us the rapper was in town for his annual Thanksgiving giveaway -- he'd been living in Atlanta most of the time.
Hall says Dolph was scheduled to hand out a truckload of turkeys to folks in his old neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. His plan was to head to the event right after the cookie store.
2:54 PM PT -- The Memphis Police said their preliminary investigation confirms Young Dolph is the victim and was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting. They said "this shooting is another example of the senseless gun violence we are experiencing locally and nationwide. Our hearts go out to the Thornton family and all who are affected by this horrific act of violence"
https://www.tmz.com/2021/11/17/young-dolph-killed-gunned-down-shot-memphis/?fbclid=IwAR3Aj5MhB-p1B3a8DqqkQvZCxhfk6h0BViem3A-5sqvxrFgJdnNU54QTGjg
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Young Dolph has been shot and killed in his hometown ... TMZ has confirmed.
The rapper was gunned down Wednesday in Memphis, TN outside a local cookie store ... and there's already a massive police presence with people recording the aftermath. A video from the crime scene shows his car parked outside the shop while police investigate. FOX13 Memphis was first to report Dolph's death.
A source says Dolph went into the store, and a vehicle pulled up, firing through a front window and striking the rapper.
Young Dolph has been targeted in the past ... back in 2017, he was struck by multiple bullets outside a shoe store in Hollywood, getting hit in the arms and buttocks, requiring surgery.
Earlier that same year, Dolph's SUV was shot at over 100 times while he was in Charlotte, NC in a shooting that saw an arrest warrant issued for Blac Youngsta, who later turned himself in. The charges against BY were eventually dropped.
As Dolph explained to us in the wake of that shooting, he dropped $600,000 for a pair of bulletproof vehicles and he chalked up the hail of gunfire to jealousy and hate because he's rich and successful.
Last time we got Dolph out was in 2019. He talked to our cameras about the Lakers and Juice WRLD's death.
Dolph leaves behind a son and a daughter. He was only 36.
He's known for several hits, such as "Major" and "On the River." He released 7 studio albums, starting in 2016 with his debut album, "King of Memphis."
RIP
1:54 PM PT -- Young Dolph's attorney and friend Scott Hall tells us the rapper was in town for his annual Thanksgiving giveaway -- he'd been living in Atlanta most of the time.
Hall says Dolph was scheduled to hand out a truckload of turkeys to folks in his old neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. His plan was to head to the event right after the cookie store.
2:54 PM PT -- The Memphis Police said their preliminary investigation confirms Young Dolph is the victim and was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting. They said "this shooting is another example of the senseless gun violence we are experiencing locally and nationwide. Our hearts go out to the Thornton family and all who are affected by this horrific act of violence"
https://www.tmz.com/2021/11/17/young-dolph-killed-gunned-down-shot-memphis/?fbclid=IwAR3Aj5MhB-p1B3a8DqqkQvZCxhfk6h0BViem3A-5sqvxrFgJdnNU54QTGjg
And not an airborne intercourse was given.
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Well said.
Prime needs to realize that every day is a gift, but what is a gift that you never open? Here is a hint: The word "gift" in German translates to "poison". I have seen many seasoned citizens become shitizens because they treat the present as a gift (poison). The past is filled with memories, some good and some bad. But the present is pretty much empty unless we live in it.
Don't just shake the box and say it's empty when what you need to do is open it and then fill it yourself. I have seen some of those "unboxing" videos on Youtube and they are ridiculous! If people treated life like those shillers do a box of stuff then maybe they would find a reason to live a little.
My neighbor just passed away a few weeks ago. His wife rarely leaves the house now but one of her daughters is there along with her children to give her a reason to live. Shit. I'm rambling like a seasoned shitizen, LOL! Sorry my friend.
It boils down to this: The real gift is life itself. We just need to open it and then fill it. I am getting sentimental in my dotage...LOL!
Great post my friend.........words of wisdom to say the least !!
A lot of us,myself included, have one leg in the future,the other leg in the past, while we piss all over the present which is akin to a gift.
Carpe` Diem !!
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Well said.
Prime needs to realize that every day is a gift, but what is a gift that you never open? Here is a hint: The word "gift" in German translates to "poison". I have seen many seasoned citizens become shitizens because they treat the present as a gift (poison). The past is filled with memories, some good and some bad. But the present is pretty much empty unless we live in it.
Don't just shake the box and say it's empty when what you need to do is open it and then fill it yourself. I have seen some of those "unboxing" videos on Youtube and they are ridiculous! If people treated life like those shillers do a box of stuff then maybe they would find a reason to live a little.
My neighbor just passed away a few weeks ago. His wife rarely leaves the house now but one of her daughters is there along with her children to give her a reason to live. Shit. I'm rambling like a seasoned shitizen, LOL! Sorry my friend.
It boils down to this: The real gift is life itself. We just need to open it and then fill it. I am getting sentimental in my dotage...LOL!
I left the door open on whether my neighbor had passed or not. Good thing because they are both fine. The house is three levels and has an enormous yard, which their nephew helped maintain. The moved to a home better suited to the limitations that sometimes come with age.
Most tri-level houses are the worst when it comes to stairs, everything you do in the course of the day requires going up and down stairs, often many times throughout the day.
I'm fortunate because my home has everything one needs on the same level. Living room, Dining room, Kitchen, laundry, three bedrooms including the master bedroom. Upstairs is like a separate apartment with a large loft area and a second master bedroom suite. All it needs is a small efficiency kitchen to be complete.
BTW, I treat everyday as a gift. I am well aware of the fact that our life can end at anytime. When you've witnessed as many deaths as I have, it is hard not to know how precious life is.
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Dave Frishberg Dies: Jazz Musician, Writer Of ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ Tune ‘I’m Just A Bill’ Was 88
Grammy-nominated jazz songwriter, singer and pianist Dave Frishberg died yesterday, according to a post on his Facebook page. His wife April Magnusson said he had been battling an illness for several years. He was 88.
Frishberg had a long and varied career that stretched from the Greenwich Village jazz scene of the ’50s to work as a studio musician in L.A. in the ’70s, to cutting his own Grammy-nominated albums and doing music for films and TV.
But his greatest fame came from his involvement with Schoolhouse Rock, a 1973-85 series of Saturday-morning shorts on ABC that used music and rhyme to help kids learn basic facts, with such memorable songs as “Elementary, My Dear” (Multiplication Rock, 1973), “Conjunction Junction” (Grammar Rock, 1973) and Frishberg’s “I’m Just a Bill” (America Rock, 1975). “I’m Just a Bill” was famously spoofed on Saturday Night Live in 2014.
He wrote and performed other memorable tunes in the series including “Walkin’ on Wall Street,” a song that describes how the stock market works, and “$7.50 Once a Week,” a song about saving money and balancing a budget.
Frishberg’s most popular non-Saturday morning songs include “I’m Hip” (lyrics only, in collaboration with Bob Dorough), “My Attorney Bernie,” “Peel Me a Grape,” “Quality Time” and “Van Lingle Mungo,” a tune whose lyrics are simply the names of old-time baseball players. Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn, Anita O’Day, Michael Feinstein, Diana Krall and Mel Tormé are among the greats who have performed his work.
His songs were featured in Legally Blonde 2, the Burt Reynolds film Paternity and TV projects such as NBC’s Bennett Brothers and the Danish series Forbrydelsen. Given his comedic bent, Frishberg was also a musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and had bit roles on shows like Simon & Simon.
My Dear Departed Past — a memoir of his time on the road, life in the music business and, of course, adventures with Schoolhouse Rock — was published in 2017.
Frishberg’s fellow jazz musician and Schoolhouse Rock collaborator Dorough died in 2018.
Rhino Records issued a four-CD box set of Schoolhouse Rock tunes in 1996, and Disney produced a two-DVD set for the series’ 30th anniversary in 2002, featuring 52 of the 64 episodes.
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https://deadline.com/2021/11/dave-frishberg-dead-im-just-a-bill-song-schoolhouse-rock-1234877300/
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'The Sandlot' star Art LaFleur is dead at 78.
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Art LaFleur, famous for playing Babe Ruth in the classic baseball movie "The Sandlot," is dead.
The actor died Wednesday following a 10-year battle with Parkinson's disease ... according to his wife, Shelley. We're told he died at his home surrounded by his children and Shelley -- and although he was in hospice care, Art was cracking jokes to try to make his family laugh in the time leading up to his death.
His wife is remembering Art as a "generous and selfless man" ... qualities she says carried over into his acting career, "but more importantly it was who he was for his family and friends."
Art is most known, and beloved, for his role in 1993's "The Sandlot" -- but he was also in another big baseball flick, playing first baseman Chick Gandil in 1989's "Field of Dreams" alongside Kevin Costner.
He didn't get into acting until he moved from Chicago to Los Angeles way back in 1975 when he was already 31 years old. He went on to become one of those character actors audiences always recognized, acting in movies like "The Blob," "Cobra" and a couple of the 'Santa Clause' films.
He also landed episodic TV roles on "Malcolm in the Middle," "The Bernie Mac Show," "JAG" and many other shows.
Art was 78.
RIP
https://www.tmz.com/2021/11/19/the-sandlot-star-art-lafleur-dead-dies/?fbclid=IwAR0FROYlQvbeOtzB5DLCt8ZhLdzijKZ5MERmShmpmnpqiyEbS8Skd2eja_U
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R.I.P. Richard Lee-Sung, a M*A*S*H actor who actually served in the Korean War
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In the 1974 M*A*S*H episode "Officer of the Day," Hawkeye has a lot of luck — well, "Lucks." Multiple locals named "Kim Luck" show up at the 4077th for treatment. Jamie Farr (Klinger) cites it as one of his favorite episodes. It likely held a fond place in the memory of the second Kim in the story, played by Richard Lee-Sung. It was his M*A*S*H debut.
Lee-Sung would go on to appear in 11 episodes of the iconic dramedy, memorably as a pushy salesman in "Bug Out," as a creative French horn repairman in "The Smell of Music," and running a craps game in "A Night at Rosie's." For the Texas native, it was a step back in time. He had served in the Korean War.
As one of the "Chosen Few," Lee-Sung fought in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir as a member of the U.S. Marines. Later, he left his hometown of El Paso behind and settled in Los Angeles. There, the man of Mexican-Chinese heritage found work and notoriety in Chinatown. As a bartender at L.A. joints like Tang's and General Lee's, the bald fellow who liked to be called "Curlee" reportedly delighted customers. He would eventually perform as a comic at General Lee's, according to a newspaper profile from 1975.
That summer of '75, Lee-Sung had landed a role as an ensemble player in Keep on Truckin', a short-lived variety show that also cast young talents such as Billy Crystal and Didi Conn. By that point, he had a M*A*S*H appearance under his belt, as well as guest spots on Kung Fu.
As his star began to rise, he nabbed roles in The Apple Dumpling Gang, Happy Days, The Incredible Hulk and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. His M*A*S*H ties continued in the '80s, as he popped up in both Trapper John, M.D. and AfterMASH.
Over Thanksgiving weekend, the MASH Matters Podcast posted an announcement from Richard's son Russell on Facebook: "We are deeply saddened to announce that veteran character actor and beloved M*A*S*H guest star Richard Lee Sung passed away at the age of 91 on August 16th, 2021."
"Those [M*A*S*H] roles were some of his best memories as an actor working with an amazing cast, crew and director (Alan Alda) whom he had the highest respect," Russell wrote. He was 91 years old.
https://metv.com/stories/rip-richard-lee-sung-a-m-a-s-h-actor-who-actually-served-in-the-korean-war?fbclid=IwAR3LkcNW1uq-HVgFZyE4_-WqsnIyjOyTqIBl8vWs_7JM_JNbJNccIOMzDqw
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Bob Dole, longtime Republican senator and presidential nominee, dies at 98
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Viagra lost their spokesperson. :-[
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The photo with the crew wearing red shirts was a joke, right?
William Shatner's flight mate to edge of space killed in New Jersey plane crash
William Shatner’s crew mate in last month’s historic rocket trip to the edge of space was one of two men killed Thursday in a plane crash in New Jersey, officials said.
Glen de Vries, 49, of New York City, and Thomas P. Fischer, 54, of Hopatcong, New Jersey, died following the small aircraft crash shortly before 3 p.m. in Hampton Township, according to New Jersey State Police.
De Vries joined Shatner and other crew members aboard the Oct. 13 flight developed by Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating Thursday's crash, police said. The FAA could not be immediately reached Friday for comment.
The New Jersey Herald reported the FAA alerted public safety authorities that a single-engine Cessna 172 went missing near Kemah Lake, about 50 miles northwest of Newark. Emergency crews found the wreckage about an hour later, the newspaper reported.
The aircraft was “destroyed” in the crash, which occurred “under unknown circumstances,” an initial report by the FAA states, according to the Herald.
De Vries co-founded software company Medidata Solutions, which specializes in management of electronic data from clinical trials. He also served as a trustee for Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
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“We will truly miss Glen, but his dreams — which we share — live on: we will pursue progress in life sciences & healthcare as passionately as he did," Medidat said in a statement.
De Vries received his undergraduate degree in molecular biology and genetics from Carnegie Mellon University, worked as a research scientist at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and studied computer science at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematics, according to his biography on the Medidata website.
A statement from Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian called de Vries one of the university's greatest science advocates.
"The entire Carnegie Mellon University community is devastated by the loss of alumnus and trustee Glen de Vries, and our hearts go out to his family, friends and loved ones," Jahanian said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/william-shatner-s-flight-mate-to-edge-of-space-killed-in-new-jersey-plane-crash/ar-AAQDEtx?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&pfr=1
was he wearing a red sweat top when he crashed?
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I left the door open on whether my neighbor had passed or not. Good thing because they are both fine. The house is three levels and has an enormous yard, which their nephew helped maintain. The moved to a home better suited to the limitations that sometimes come with age.
Most tri-level houses are the worst when it comes to stairs, everything you do in the course of the day requires going up and down stairs, often many times throughout the day.
I'm fortunate because my home has everything one needs on the same level. Living room, Dining room, Kitchen, laundry, three bedrooms including the master bedroom. Upstairs is like a separate apartment with a large loft area and a second master bedroom suite. All it needs is a small efficiency kitchen to be complete.
BTW, I treat everyday as a gift. I am well aware of the fact that our life can end at anytime. When you've witnessed as many deaths as I have, it is hard not to know how precious life is.
You’re elderly. Your time is limited. Tock tock. Stop being a pussy about it.
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Hopefully somebody will call the 2022 version of this the "Obituary Thread". It is not a deadpool thread. HTH
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Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021)
Nesmith was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). Nesmith's songwriting credits include "Different Drum" (sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys). Nesmith began his recording career in 1963 by releasing a single on the Highness label. He followed this in 1965 with a one-off single released on Edan Records followed by two more recorded singles; one was titled "The New Recruit" under the name "Michael Blessing", released on Colpix Records, coincidentally also the label of Davy Jones, though they did not meet until the Monkees formed. Once he was cast, Screen Gems bought his songs so they could be used in the show. Many of the songs Nesmith wrote for the Monkees, such as "The Girl I Knew Somewhere", "Mary, Mary", and "Listen to the Band", became minor hits. After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne", and then as a solo artist. He played a 12-string guitar, performing on a custom-built Gretsch electric during his time with the Monkees and various 12-string acoustic models during his post-Monkees career.
He was also an executive producer of the cult film Repo Man (1984). In 1981, Nesmith won the first Grammy Award given for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. In addition, Nesmith formed the Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. in 1974 to manage and develop media projects. Pacific Arts Video became a pioneer in the home video market, producing and distributing a wide variety of videotaped programs. Nesmith was married three times and had four children. Nesmith was forced to cancel the last four dates of his 2018 tour with Micky Dolenz due to a "minor health scare". In an interview with Rolling Stone published on July 26 of that year, Nesmith said he had undergone quadruple bypass heart surgery, and had been hospitalized for over a month.
Nesmith died at his home on December 10, 2021, at age 78, of unspecified natural causes, according to a family statement sent to Rolling Stone magazine.
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Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021)
Nesmith was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). Nesmith's songwriting credits include "Different Drum" (sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys). Nesmith began his recording career in 1963 by releasing a single on the Highness label. He followed this in 1965 with a one-off single released on Edan Records followed by two more recorded singles; one was titled "The New Recruit" under the name "Michael Blessing", released on Colpix Records, coincidentally also the label of Davy Jones, though they did not meet until the Monkees formed. Once he was cast, Screen Gems bought his songs so they could be used in the show. Many of the songs Nesmith wrote for the Monkees, such as "The Girl I Knew Somewhere", "Mary, Mary", and "Listen to the Band", became minor hits. After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne", and then as a solo artist. He played a 12-string guitar, performing on a custom-built Gretsch electric during his time with the Monkees and various 12-string acoustic models during his post-Monkees career.
He was also an executive producer of the cult film Repo Man (1984). In 1981, Nesmith won the first Grammy Award given for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. In addition, Nesmith formed the Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. in 1974 to manage and develop media projects. Pacific Arts Video became a pioneer in the home video market, producing and distributing a wide variety of videotaped programs. Nesmith was married three times and had four children. Nesmith was forced to cancel the last four dates of his 2018 tour with Micky Dolenz due to a "minor health scare". In an interview with Rolling Stone published on July 26 of that year, Nesmith said he had undergone quadruple bypass heart surgery, and had been hospitalized for over a month.
Nesmith died at his home on December 10, 2021, at age 78, of unspecified natural causes, according to a family statement sent to Rolling Stone magazine.
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From what I have seen and read, Nesmith was a libtard who hated President Trump, ergo he must've died from shame.
Yes, it is sad that there is only one Monkee left. Hopefully Dolenze isn't as left as Nesmith. And yeah, I enjoyed their recordings form the 60s.
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Nesmith's mother invented "wite-out" correction fluid and became wealthy.
He was quite a talented dude.
From what I've read, the Monkeys music recordings were performed by studio musicians. Some of the group members were really actors and had to learn and practice up quite a bit so they could actually play the songs in concert.
Peter Tork, who also recently died, was the best musician in the group.
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fantasy artist Chris Achilleos passed away on December 6th. He was 74
R.I.P.
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Anne Rice, author of Interview With the Vampire, dies aged 80
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Anne Rice, the bestselling author of Interview With the Vampire, has died at the age of 80.
The gothic novelist’s son, Christopher Rice, said in a statement on Sunday morning that Rice had “passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke”, adding: “The immensity of our family’s grief cannot be overstated.”
Rice wrote more than 30 books but was best known for her debut novel, Interview With the Vampire, which introduced the world to the saga of the vampire Lestat and moved from 18th-century Louisiana through the next 200 years. Published in 1976, it was made into a film in 1994 starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst. Audrey guy described it as Rice’s “masterpiece”.
Rice wrote a further 12 novels in the Vampire Chronicles series, and was dismissive of the sparkly, vegetarian version of vampires made popular in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, saying she felt “sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun” and that Lestat “would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town”.
The horror legend Ramsey Campbell said Rice wrote “in the great tradition of the gothic, both thematically and in her prose”. “I would argue it’s a specifically female lineage that stretches from the classical gothics but in particular from Mary Shelley, in its humanisation of the monster and the way it accords him a thoroughly literate voice,” Campbell said.
The bestselling horror author Sarah Pinborough, whose Behind Her Eyes was recently adapted for Netflix, praised how Rice had transformed the genre. “I have had a fascination with vampires since early childhood and when I found Rice’s work I absolutely loved how she took that genre and created such a vivid world and characters within it and, more importantly, made them feel so contemporary and relevant,” she said.
Rice was also known for her erotic fiction Sleeping Beauty series, and for novels about the life of Christ and about angels, written after she returned to her childhood faith of Catholicism in 1998 after decades of atheism. Rice said at the time that she “consecrated her writing entirely to Christ, vowing to write for Him or about Him”.
But she later “quit” Christianity, writing on her Facebook page: “In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.”
Rice’s husband, the poet Stan Rice, died in 2002. As well as Christopher, the couple had a daughter, Michele, who died of leukaemia in 1972 at the age of six. Rice started writing in the years after Michele’s death, telling the Guardian in 2010: “It was really a desperate attempt to be somebody. I looked around after my daughter’s death and realised I was nobody and nothing. I wasn’t even a mother any more. I had nothing.”
Interview With the Vampire was published in 1976, and Christopher, who is also a writer, was born two years later. He said his mother “taught me to defy genre boundaries and surrender to my obsessive passions”.
He said: “In her final hours, I sat beside her hospital bed in awe of her accomplishments and her courage, awash in memories of a life that took us from the fog-laced hills of the San Francisco Bay area to the magical streets of New Orleans to the twinkling vistas of southern California.
“As she kissed Anne goodbye, her younger sister Karen said: ‘What a ride you took us on, kid.’ I think we can all agree. Let us take comfort in the shared hope that Anne is now experiencing first-hand the glorious answers to many great spiritual and cosmic questions, the quest for which defined her life and career.”
He said a public celebration of Rice’s life would be held next year in New Orleans, where the author was born and raised.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/dec/12/anne-rice-author-of-interview-with-the-vampire-dies-aged-80
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Not even safe backstage
Drakeo the Ruler Dead from LA Stabbing at Festival, Snoop Dogg Responds
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L.A. rapper Drakeo the Ruler is dead after a stabbing at the Snoop Dogg-headlined Once Upon a Time festival concert ... TMZ has learned.
Drakeo was one of the dozens of billed performers at the huge all-day event Saturday in L.A.'s Exposition Park.
He was backstage around 8:30 PM when a fight broke out -- and during the altercation, he got stabbed ... according to law enforcement sources
We're told LAPD, California Highway Patrol and the fire department responded, and Drakeo was rushed to a hospital -- but multiple sources tell us he died from his injuries.
There are reports he was stabbed in the neck, but we haven't confirmed that yet.
We're told cops are investigating and will try to interview all artists and their entourages who were in the area when the fight started.
After the fight and Drakeo's stabbing, concert organizers shut down the festival -- so headliners like Snoop and 50 Cent never even took the stage.
SD says he was informed about the stabbing while he was in his dressing room, and immediately left the grounds. In the same breath, he sent condolences to Drakeo's family.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/19/drakeo-the-ruler-dead-dies-stabbing-once-upon-a-time-concert-los-angeles/?fbclid=IwAR0zzAYAbsNLsvxbxQCtALnPADjsloNHW7bFJHoUpcjtkDNQvb4xRg3W5GU
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Not even safe backstage
Drakeo the Ruler Dead from LA Stabbing at Festival, Snoop Dogg Responds
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L.A. rapper Drakeo the Ruler is dead after a stabbing at the Snoop Dogg-headlined Once Upon a Time festival concert ... TMZ has learned.
Drakeo was one of the dozens of billed performers at the huge all-day event Saturday in L.A.'s Exposition Park.
He was backstage around 8:30 PM when a fight broke out -- and during the altercation, he got stabbed ... according to law enforcement sources
We're told LAPD, California Highway Patrol and the fire department responded, and Drakeo was rushed to a hospital -- but multiple sources tell us he died from his injuries.
There are reports he was stabbed in the neck, but we haven't confirmed that yet.
We're told cops are investigating and will try to interview all artists and their entourages who were in the area when the fight started.
After the fight and Drakeo's stabbing, concert organizers shut down the festival -- so headliners like Snoop and 50 Cent never even took the stage.
SD says he was informed about the stabbing while he was in his dressing room, and immediately left the grounds. In the same breath, he sent condolences to Drakeo's family.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/19/drakeo-the-ruler-dead-dies-stabbing-once-upon-a-time-concert-los-angeles/?fbclid=IwAR0zzAYAbsNLsvxbxQCtALnPADjsloNHW7bFJHoUpcjtkDNQvb4xRg3W5GU
"Dra-K-E-O"? FTN.
Another cRap fArteest dead...Flies everywhere are in mourning. There goes the hope of a tenth symphony...
No such thing as "cLM"? cRap Lives Matter? I for one am thrilled that the "bruthas" or "brothas" (what kind of turd refers to themselves in such a manner?) have stepped up to the plate and decided to kill one another with a degree of frequency. One supposes those crosses around his neck were placed there by whitey and later set on fire?
A high school Petri dish has more culture than these turds. Survival of the shitest...Fuck them all to Hades.
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Not even safe backstage
Drakeo the Ruler Dead from LA Stabbing at Festival, Snoop Dogg Responds
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L.A. rapper Drakeo the Ruler is dead after a stabbing at the Snoop Dogg-headlined Once Upon a Time festival concert ... TMZ has learned.
Drakeo was one of the dozens of billed performers at the huge all-day event Saturday in L.A.'s Exposition Park.
He was backstage around 8:30 PM when a fight broke out -- and during the altercation, he got stabbed ... according to law enforcement sources
We're told LAPD, California Highway Patrol and the fire department responded, and Drakeo was rushed to a hospital -- but multiple sources tell us he died from his injuries.
There are reports he was stabbed in the neck, but we haven't confirmed that yet.
We're told cops are investigating and will try to interview all artists and their entourages who were in the area when the fight started.
After the fight and Drakeo's stabbing, concert organizers shut down the festival -- so headliners like Snoop and 50 Cent never even took the stage.
SD says he was informed about the stabbing while he was in his dressing room, and immediately left the grounds. In the same breath, he sent condolences to Drakeo's family.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/19/drakeo-the-ruler-dead-dies-stabbing-once-upon-a-time-concert-los-angeles/?fbclid=IwAR0zzAYAbsNLsvxbxQCtALnPADjsloNHW7bFJHoUpcjtkDNQvb4xRg3W5GU
A culture/scene/music by retards for retards.
This burnout stain won’t be missed. Just like all the others.
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:'(
Alicia Witt's Parents Found Dead After Welfare Check: 'The Outcome Was Unimaginable'
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Actress Alicia Witt suffered an "unimaginable" tragedy this week, after both of her parents were found dead inside their Worcester, Massachusetts home on Monday night.
The discovery came after Witt, known for her work on "Cybill," "Nashville" and the film "Urban Legend," had a relative check on parents Robert and Diane Witt after not hearing from them for several days.
"I reached out to a cousin who lives close to my parents to check on them. Sadly, the outcome was unimaginable," she said in a statement. "I ask for some privacy at this time to grieve and to wrap my head around this turn of events, and this surreal loss."
According to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, police came to aid the relative in checking the home, where officers found the couple, dead. Police said there "was no trauma" and firefighters on the scene found no evidence of noxious gases, including carbon monoxide.
Autopsies will determine the cause of death.
"I can confirm that police were dispatched to the residence and discovered a male and a female deceased. There were no signs of foul play. It is under investigation," Worcester police added in a statement to the Boston Herald.
Neighbors reported the couple kept to themselves and "were rarely seen outside the home." One neighbor said she believed the two had "been ill for some time."
Witt last posted about her "amazing" dad on Father's Day of 2021, calling him "the wise and hilarious and always curious one, the greatest teacher, and the OG Witty." Sharing a photo of them from 2015, she added, "i am deeply blessed in the dad department and i know that every single day ❤️"
She also shared a tribute to her mom in 2018 on Mother's Day.
https://toofab.com/2021/12/22/alicia-witt-parents-dead/?fbclid=IwAR3wqcEzhokyhFva_w0I10f_-0sQMZvY5_ptuAb9JqBGH1BfDG4iXk4vhsY
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Mutual suicide likely.^
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Mutual suicide booster likely.^
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Hopefully somebody will call the 2022 version of this the "Obituary Thread". It is not a deadpool thread. HTH
Agreed - there should be 2 threads - obituary and deadpool
Instructions for each on page 1
It's virtually impossible* to find winners when the thread is this big
*For someone as lazy as me ;D
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Mutual suicide likely.^
Or experimentation with cutting-edge pyschonootropics from the Dark Web...
They look the type... ;)
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Battled prostate cancer for 24 years. :(
Remembering Desmond Tutu’s life and legacy
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Battled prostate cancer for 24 years. :(
Remembering Desmond Tutu’s life and legacy
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You meant to tell me that DRAKEO died? LOL ;D
Who the fuck would name their kid DRAKEO ? :D
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NFL Legend John Madden Dead At 85
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John Madden -- the NFL coaching and broadcasting legend who's also the namesake of the famed "Madden" video game franchise -- has died, the NFL announced.
He was 85 years old.
The league said he passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday morning.
"Nobody loved football more than Coach," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement Tuesday evening. "He was football. He was an incredible sounding board to me and so many others."
"There will never be another John Madden, and we will forever be indebted to him for all he did to make football and the NFL what it is today."
Madden is one of the most iconic figures in NFL history -- he dominated as a head coach of the Oakland Raiders, winning Super Bowl XI and finishing his career with a 103-32-7 record.
After his time as a head man on the sidelines ended, he went on to become one of the greatest color commentators ever -- famously teaming up with Pat Summerall to break down key NFL games for decades.
He was eventually inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 -- and his popular terms "Boom!" and "Turducken" are still used around NFL broadcast booths to this day.
"I am not aware of anyone who has made a more meaningful impact on the National Football League than John Madden," Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in a statement Tuesday. "And I know of no one who loved the game more."
Madden, though, is perhaps most known for his association with the insanely popular "Madden" football video game.
Casual fans, NFL players, and even coaches around the league play it religiously ... and the franchise -- which comes out with a new iteration yearly -- is reportedly worth around $4 billion.
Madden also gained fame in his career for his role as a pitchman -- he hawked products like Miller Lite and Tinactin, and appeared in notable commercials regularly.
Madden is survived by his wife Virginia, and his two sons, Joseph and Michael.
RIP.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/28/nfl-legend-john-madden-dead-at-85/
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Battled prostate cancer for 24 years. :(
Remembering Desmond Tutu’s life and legacy
Aw - no way man! I loved his music :'( Here's my favourite (religious guy all the way)
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True Hebrew approved.
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Did anyone get more than 1?
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RIP Betty White
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RIP Betty White
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Mutual suicide likely.^
Actor Alicia Witt is opening up about the loss of her parents a little over a month after they were found dead in their Worcester, Massachusetts home.
"It still doesn't feel real. It’s been a month since i got scared, not having heard back from them, and called to have them checked on," the "Walking Dead" star wrote in a lengthy Facebook post on Tuesday. "Waiting, phone in hand, praying fervently that the next call would be from them, angry i’d gotten someone else involved. knowing as soon as i heard the detective’s voice on the other line that they were gone. knowing i would never hear their voices again. beginning the rest of my life of finding them on the breeze, in a song, in a dream."
Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75, were found dead by police on Dec. 20 after Alicia Witt asked a cousin who lives nearby to check on them.
There were reports the couple had been having furnace problems, according to The Telegram & Gazette. Local station WFXT reported that their deaths are believed to be from hypothermia.
Alicia Witt wrote that there were a number of "misconceptions" about her parents' deaths, and said she was unaware that they were having heating issues.
In her post, she explained that her parents were "fiercely stubborn, beautifully original souls" who would not accept her offers to help them.
"I hadn’t been allowed inside my parents’ home for well over a decade; every time i offered to have something repaired for them, they refused to allow workers into their house. i begged, cried, tried to reason with them, tried to convince them to let me help them move — but every time, they became furious with me, telling me i had no right to tell them how to live their lives and that they had it all under control. it was not for a lack of trying on my part, or the part of other people who loved them. My parents were not penniless," she posted.
The actor, who has appeared in a number of movies and television shows including "Last Holiday," said she still struggles thinking about what else she could have done for her parents.
“I had no idea that their heat had gone out. i will never understand how or why they made the choice not to tell me this, not to let me help them with this. my heart is broken," she wrote.
Despite the struggles, Alicia Witt said she is "deeply grateful" that she had the opportunity to have a private funeral in Worcester for her parents earlier this month. She ended the post by saying the last words she exchanged with her parents were "I love you."
"That part was simple; never in doubt," she wrote, "they loved me so. i loved them so."
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/walking-dead-actor-alicia-witt-says-parents-sudden-death-still-doesnt-rcna13602
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I cant keep up with the Deathpool threads but someone must have had Gorby....
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I thought he was already dead.
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I thought he was already dead.
I thought Gorby was long-dead, I guess not...
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Wonder if Ted Knight or Ed Asner ever fondled her titties?