Jan 02 2009 04:02 PM
Should be here...
Master Index of Archived Threads
Bring out your dead, 2009
| TransMonk Jan 02 2009 03:25 PM |
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Strange trilogy of celebrity offspring deaths:
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| dgwphotography Jan 02 2009 03:43 PM |
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Bernie Hamilton - Captain Dobey on Starsky and Hutch
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| dgwphotography Jan 02 2009 03:47 PM |
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Paul Reiser - He's not dead, he's happy!
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| TheOldMole Jan 02 2009 04:02 PM |
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Should be here...
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| themetfairy Jan 02 2009 04:08 PM |
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[quote="Iubitul"]Paul Reiser - He's not dead, he's happy! |
| Valadius Jan 02 2009 06:53 PM |
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Probably the first big death of the year - Former Sen. Claiborne Pell, 90. He died shortly after midnight on January 1.
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| cooby Jan 02 2009 07:48 PM |
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Donald Westlake?
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| sharpie Jan 02 2009 07:59 PM |
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Donald Westlake, yes. Wrote 100(!) novels. Read a few, he's very funny. Wrote the screenplay to "The Grifters." I've spent more time thinking about him than Claiborne Pell.
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| cooby Jan 02 2009 08:36 PM |
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Oh I know who he is; I just didn't realize that he had died :(
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| OlerudOwned Jan 03 2009 12:14 PM |
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Pinky, my pet rabbit of 7+ years. The furry little bastards have a lot of personality for rodents.
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| Rockin' Doc Jan 03 2009 12:19 PM |
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Sorry for your loss, OO.
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| themetfairy Jan 03 2009 02:18 PM |
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[quote="OlerudOwned":2s72akt7]Pinky, my pet rabbit of 7+ years. The furry little bastards have a lot of personality for rodents.[/quote:2s72akt7]
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| dgwphotography Jan 03 2009 02:23 PM |
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[quote="themetfairy"][quote="Iubitul"]Paul Reiser - He's not dead, he's happy! |
| Edgy DC Jan 03 2009 02:28 PM |
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What's scary about "He's not dead, he's happy!"?
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| dgwphotography Jan 03 2009 02:38 PM |
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[quote="Edgy DC":shwhqqkq]Oddly enough, an episode of "Mad About You" was plotted around "Paul Buchman being mistakenly reported as dead to his credit card company and utility companies.[/quote:shwhqqkq]
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| themetfairy Jan 03 2009 03:16 PM |
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[quote="Edgy DC":1mmrxh3u]What's scary about "He's not dead, he's happy!"?
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| dgwphotography Jan 03 2009 04:25 PM |
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[quote="themetfairy":655lanlz][quote="Edgy DC":655lanlz]What's scary about "He's not dead, he's happy!"?
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A friend of mine, who has been through an awful lot this past year and whom Iubitul knows, knows Reiser from way back. The last thing she needs right now is another loss.[/quote:655lanlz]
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| MFS62 Jan 03 2009 04:39 PM |
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Sorry to hear that, OO.
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| themetfairy Jan 03 2009 09:12 PM |
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[quote="Iubitul":bzpx10e3][quote="themetfairy":bzpx10e3][quote="Edgy DC":bzpx10e3]What's scary about "He's not dead, he's happy!"?
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A friend of mine, who has been through an awful lot this past year and whom Iubitul knows, knows Reiser from way back. The last thing she needs right now is another loss.[/quote:bzpx10e3]
I didn't know she knew him...[/quote:bzpx10e3]
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| seawolf17 Jan 04 2009 09:18 PM |
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The saddest story in the history of stories.
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| Valadius Jan 05 2009 01:47 AM |
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Pat Hingle, 84, played Commissioner Gordon in the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher series of Batman movies from 1989-1997.
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| themetfairy Jan 05 2009 04:58 AM |
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[quote="seawolf17"]The saddest story in the history of stories. |
| Valadius Jan 05 2009 07:55 PM |
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Carl Pohlad, 93, Minnesota Twins owner.
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| TransMonk Jan 06 2009 01:23 PM |
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Ron Asheton, Stooges guitarist found dead
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| G-Fafif Jan 06 2009 02:40 PM |
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I saw Pat Hingle strangle the role of Ben Franklin in the 1997 revival of "1776". No offense to the deceased, but that will always be Howard Da Silva's territory to me.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 06 2009 02:50 PM |
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I keep thinking that Pat Hingle is this guy.
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| themetfairy Jan 06 2009 02:53 PM |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm"]I keep thinking that Pat Hingle is this guy. |
| Edgy DC Jan 06 2009 09:24 PM |
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Nah, man. Pat Hingle was boss, and it was a good indicator that you were clicking past a quality production if you saw Pat Hingle appear (even though I thought the Batman movies were pretty stinkum.)
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| Fman99 Jan 07 2009 07:32 PM |
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[quote="themetfairy"][quote="Benjamin Grimm"]I keep thinking that Pat Hingle is this guy. |
| Edgy DC Jan 07 2009 08:43 PM |
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This thread needs an 09 title.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 12 2009 10:53 AM |
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| Edgy DC Jan 12 2009 11:03 AM |
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| sharpie Jan 12 2009 11:37 AM |
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The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll is, I think, Dylan's best protest song, better than Masters of War, Only a Pawn in Their Game, Hurricane, Union Sundown, Oxford Town, etc.
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| soupcan Jan 13 2009 06:20 PM |
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 13 2009 06:36 PM |
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[quote="sharpie":3g8y0z4g]The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll is, I think, Dylan's best protest song, better than Masters of War, Only a Pawn in Their Game, Hurricane, Union Sundown, Oxford Town, etc.
He picked a good villian. Many years after the events of that song Zantzinger was convicted of charging rents for shacks (no running water, no electricity, etc) that he didn't even own, even going to court to get back "rent." Good riddance.[/quote:3g8y0z4g]
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| cooby Jan 13 2009 07:19 PM |
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isn't there a Dave Galloway too?
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| TransMonk Jan 14 2009 02:55 PM |
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Da Plane! Khaaaaaan! RIP.
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| DocTee Jan 14 2009 03:33 PM |
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I wonder if his casket will be lined with rich Corinthian leather?
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| Valadius Jan 14 2009 03:42 PM |
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Montalban had the most vibrant voice in TV and film. I'm gonna miss him.
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| bmfc1 Jan 14 2009 05:39 PM |
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He was great in The Naked Gun.
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| dgwphotography Jan 14 2009 06:32 PM |
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"Ah, Kirk, my old friend. Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish best served cold?"
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| Kong76 Jan 14 2009 06:46 PM |
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I had a used late 70's Cordoba in the 80's. It had a police engine in it
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| MFS62 Jan 14 2009 07:06 PM |
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#6
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| soupcan Jan 14 2009 07:21 PM |
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[quote="Kong76":2w5rswhu]I had a used late 70's Cordoba in the 80's. It had a police engine in it
and an alternator that could run a tiny village.
I don't know why it had 'em, but the 450 something engine had some balls.
And it had fine rich Corinthian Leather seats.[/quote:2w5rswhu]
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| Fman99 Jan 14 2009 07:27 PM |
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[quote="Iubitul"]"Ah, Kirk, my old friend. Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish best served cold?" |
| Valadius Jan 14 2009 10:03 PM |
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Actually, believe it or not, that was his actual chest in that movie, according to everyone involved.
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| Kong76 Jan 15 2009 03:57 AM |
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| Edgy DC Jan 15 2009 07:03 AM |
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Maiden died?
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| Edgy DC Jan 15 2009 07:12 AM |
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Oh, I get it. Boo, me. McGoohan passed away.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 15 2009 07:27 AM |
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Sad. I remember when he usta post here.
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| Rockin' Doc Jan 15 2009 07:44 AM |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":q2tvt8kn]Sad. I remember when he usta post here.[/quote:q2tvt8kn]
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| Edgy DC Jan 15 2009 08:22 AM |
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But he's not a number.
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| sharpie Jan 16 2009 08:58 AM |
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Andrew Wyeth, 91. He was an acquaintance of my brother who is friends with others in the extended Wyeth clan.
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| metsguyinmichigan Jan 16 2009 09:14 AM |
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"Christina's World" is one of my favorite paintings.
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| Edgy DC Jan 16 2009 10:00 AM |
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A butt man.
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| Willets Point Jan 16 2009 05:29 PM |
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[quote="sharpie":324p4pqx]Andrew Wyeth, 91. [/quote:324p4pqx]
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| TheOldMole Jan 21 2009 04:08 PM |
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My friend, and one of the great tenor sax players of all time, David "Fathead" Newman.
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| themetfairy Jan 21 2009 07:07 PM |
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My condolences Mole.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 21 2009 07:11 PM |
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Great obit!
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| Edgy DC Jan 22 2009 07:19 AM |
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Well, it's a great profile, but a lot of it's got to be re-tensed to be an obituary. It's got Newman speaking in the present and Ray Charles still alive and waiting for a re-union gig.
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| TheOldMole Jan 22 2009 09:15 AM |
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It wasn't meant as an obit -- I've just been posting pieces I've written about music over the years.
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| cooby Jan 24 2009 09:47 AM |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7849061.stm
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| Rockin' Doc Jan 24 2009 12:03 PM |
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Kay Yow, the women's basketball coach at NC State lost her valiant fight against cancer. She was a great ambassador for the women's game and a courageous role model for all those fighting cancer.
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| MFS62 Jan 24 2009 01:13 PM |
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Womens's college basketball is big up here in Connecticut and they've been following her struggle closely. Sad to hear she's lost her fight.
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| Rockin' Doc Jan 24 2009 01:29 PM |
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MFS62 - "Womens's college basketball is big up here in Connecticut and they've been following her struggle closely. Sad to hear she's lost her fight."
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| sharpie Jan 27 2009 12:10 PM |
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Novelist John Updike. Liked the Rabbit books quite a bit.
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| Edgy DC Jan 29 2009 10:32 AM |
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Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell, survivor of the plane crash that killed three bandmates.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 01 2009 08:42 AM |
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Ingemar Johansson - 76
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| Frayed Knot Feb 01 2009 09:12 PM |
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I had missed the death of James Brady last week (80).
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| Edgy DC Feb 02 2009 02:36 PM |
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A strange niche that guy had in the New York tabloid world. Sort of Jimmy Breslin meets Michale Musto. Married for fifty years, though.
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 02 2009 02:50 PM |
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That's tomorrow, right? The Buddy Holly anniversary?
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| Edgy DC Feb 05 2009 10:47 AM |
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| MFS62 Feb 05 2009 06:08 PM |
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John Isaacs. A member of the Harlem Rens basketball team, and a mentor and example to many players, coaches and executives.
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| DocTee Feb 06 2009 09:09 PM |
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James Whitmore, longtime character actor and Miracle-Gro spokesman.
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| Fman99 Feb 07 2009 03:45 AM |
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[quote="DocTee":2pkdyhsf]James Whitmore, longtime character actor and Miracle-Gro spokesman.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 734S51.DTL[/quote:2pkdyhsf]
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| metirish Feb 12 2009 08:34 AM |
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| Edgy DC Feb 12 2009 08:48 AM |
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I came to DC to study Irish drama. Leonard was a giant.
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| TheOldMole Feb 12 2009 12:04 PM |
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Blossom Dearie, a delicate pianist, composer, arranger and singer with a helium-high voice who helped pioneer vocalese in New York and Paris in the late 1940s and early 1950s, died on Saturday in Greenwich Village after a long illness. She was 82.
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| cooby Feb 12 2009 02:10 PM |
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Blossom Dearie sounds like a name she might have made up
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| Frayed Knot Feb 18 2009 11:09 AM |
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Former NYG linebacker Brad Van Pelt
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| Edgy DC Feb 18 2009 11:24 AM |
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Pretty much on schedule, huh?
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| Edgy DC Feb 18 2009 01:30 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 28 2009 08:14 PM |
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Impressive article in the News. Interesting to see that the Crunch Bunch stayed tight. I wonder if Joe Klecko, Abdul Salaam, Marty Lyons, and Mark Gastineau regularly play golf together. Giants Pro Bowl linebacker Brad Van Pelt dies of heart attack at 57 By Hank Gola and Gary Myers DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS
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| MFS62 Feb 20 2009 06:44 AM |
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My daughter attended a wake last night for someone named Sal Gerage. (She knows the deceased's daughter). He had been a sportswriter and editor for over 50 years .
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| TheOldMole Feb 28 2009 07:46 PM |
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| seawolf17 Feb 28 2009 08:08 PM |
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I loved Paul Harvey during my old radio days. We played him on WHAM right after the midday news every day; that was usually my shift on the weekends, so I loved listening to him.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 01 2009 05:02 AM |
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Good Day, Paul
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| Edgy DC Mar 01 2009 05:57 AM |
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I saw an obituary that said his first real station was KOMA in Oklahoma City. What kind of world was it that a station could un-ironically be called KOMA?
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| SteveJRogers Mar 01 2009 08:29 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 01 2009 08:30 AM |
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| SteveJRogers Mar 01 2009 08:29 AM |
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[quote="Edgy DC"]I saw an obituary that said his first real station was KOMA in Oklahoma City. What kind of world was it that a station could un-ironically be called KOMA? |
| MFS62 Mar 01 2009 08:51 AM |
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RIP Paul.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 16 2009 08:44 PM |
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| Farmer Ted Mar 17 2009 08:56 AM |
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Going back a few posts to KOMA...there was once a rock station out of the SF Bay area, KOME. Sensational ads...KOME-ing in your EAR, K-O-M-E. KOME-ing on your dasboard radio, K-O-M-E.
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| Benjamin Grimm Mar 17 2009 09:36 AM |
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[quote="Frayed Knot"]Actor Ron Silver - 62 |
| Chad Ochoseis Mar 17 2009 09:56 AM |
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[quote="Farmer Ted":743w6ucf]Going back a few posts to KOMA...there was once a rock station out of the SF Bay area, KOME. Sensational ads...KOME-ing in your EAR, K-O-M-E. KOME-ing on your dasboard radio, K-O-M-E.[/quote:743w6ucf]
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| metirish Mar 18 2009 06:32 PM |
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Natasha Richardson, Actress, Dies at 45
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| Benjamin Grimm Mar 18 2009 06:42 PM |
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It's incredible that after the fall, she thought it was just an ordinary stumble and she laughed it off. And hours later she was brain dead.
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| DocTee Mar 18 2009 06:52 PM |
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Any ski instructor who doesn't insist on his charges wearing a helmet deserves to be sued.
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| Fman99 Mar 18 2009 08:27 PM |
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[quote="metirish":1g2gdty3]Natasha Richardson, Actress, Dies at 45
Sad story[/quote:1g2gdty3]
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| Edgy DC Mar 18 2009 08:42 PM |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm":3qg9jxrh]It's incredible that after the fall, she thought it was just an ordinary stumble and she laughed it off. And hours later she was brain dead.
Reminds me of when Steve Allen died. Earlier that day, he had been in a fender-bender. But apparently it jarred his body so much that he died hours later. (Of course, Steve Allen was a lot older than Natasha Richardson was. But it's amazing to think you could be walking around after your fatal accident without having any idea of its seriousness.[/quote:3qg9jxrh]
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| Chad Ochoseis Mar 19 2009 08:25 AM |
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I didn't see the point of flying her from Montreal to New York, unless Lenox Hill has some sort of equipment that is unavailable anywhere else. Are there Canadian laws regarding removing someone from life support?
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| themetfairy Mar 19 2009 09:12 AM |
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FWIW, Lenox Hill is a top notch hospital. My daughter was born there, and when my dad (who was a physician on Long Island at the time) visited, he was very impressed with their technology.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 19 2009 10:45 AM |
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[quote="Mendoza Line":2i0uywck]I didn't see the point of flying her from Montreal to New York, unless Lenox Hill has some sort of equipment that is unavailable anywhere else. Are there Canadian laws regarding removing someone from life support?[/quote:2i0uywck]
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| themetfairy Mar 19 2009 10:52 AM |
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It seems rather impractical. But if the family can afford it and it apparently brought them some comfort, then who am I to judge?
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| cooby Mar 19 2009 02:00 PM |
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Except that he fell on concrete, this is exactly how my dad died. Believe me, there was nothing they could have done for her.
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| Edgy DC Mar 22 2009 06:46 PM |
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[quote="TheOldMole":1n2qs47f]Blossom Dearie, a delicate pianist, composer, arranger and singer with a helium-high voice who helped pioneer vocalese in New York and Paris in the late 1940s and early 1950s, died on Saturday in Greenwich Village after a long illness. She was 82.
Dearie was a regular at 52d St. clubs and the salon apartment of arranger Gil Evans in the late 1940s. Her earliest vocalese recordings for the Spotlite label in 1948 were arranged by Gerry Mulligan and featured bop singers Dave Lambert and Buddy Stewart. Dearie's first big jukebox hit as a vocalist came in 1952, when she sang the female part on King Pleasure's recording of Moody's Mood for Love, a track that remains definitive today for its hip, carefree feel.
http://www.lala.com/#album/432627039257817820[/quote:1n2qs47f]
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| Edgy DC Mar 22 2009 06:54 PM |
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But novelty aside, she deserves a better final statement than that:
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| metsguyinmichigan Mar 22 2009 07:57 PM |
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The adjective song is one of my favorite Schoolhouse Rock songs!
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| cooby Mar 22 2009 08:36 PM |
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Much much prettier than I was expecting. With a name like Blossom, I was expecting this
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| TheOldMole Mar 23 2009 07:14 AM |
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Eddie Bo, a New Orleans jazz pianist, singer and songwriter has died at the age of 79, The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported Saturday.
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| SteveJRogers Mar 23 2009 10:01 AM |
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Former 770AM WABC news reporter George Webber, murdered.
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| TheOldMole Mar 23 2009 04:36 PM |
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Nicholas Hughes, the son of poet Sylvia Plath, has killed himself, 46 years after his mother committed suicide and almost 40 years to the day after his stepmother, Assia Wevill, did the same. He was 47.
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| TheOldMole Mar 23 2009 07:25 PM |
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Some thoughts on poets, suicide and public perception after reading about Nicholas Hughes.
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| Edgy DC Mar 23 2009 07:41 PM |
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Cool poem.
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| TheOldMole Mar 23 2009 07:44 PM |
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| MFS62 Mar 25 2009 08:07 AM |
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John Brattain:
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 25 2009 08:30 AM |
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Sorry to hear that news. I'd read his contributions on BTF for years.
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| DocTee Mar 25 2009 03:56 PM |
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John Hope Franklin, Historian:
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| bmfc1 Mar 27 2009 09:41 AM |
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Dan Seals, otherwise known as "England Dan", passed away at 61:
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| bmfc1 Apr 07 2009 10:27 AM |
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Keith Olbermann's mother. He has a beautiful tribute to her (which involves baseball) at #1:
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| Nymr83 Apr 07 2009 02:54 PM |
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[quote="bmfc1":23graco3]Keith Olbermann's mother. He has a beautiful tribute to her (which involves baseball) at #1:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#30078927[/quote:23graco3]
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| bmfc1 Apr 07 2009 04:05 PM |
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Yes (good memory). He talks about it in his tribute.
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| G-Fafif Apr 07 2009 07:47 PM |
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[quote="bmfc1":3dwwrcz2]Dan Seals, otherwise known as "England Dan", passed away at 61:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Seals[/quote:3dwwrcz2]
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| G-Fafif Apr 07 2009 07:50 PM |
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[quote="bmfc1":1owgxbo6]Yes (good memory). He talks about it in his tribute.[/quote:1owgxbo6]
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| DocTee Apr 13 2009 03:37 PM |
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Marilyn Chambers, 56.
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| MFS62 Apr 13 2009 05:04 PM |
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[quote="DocTee"]Marilyn Chambers, 56. [url] http://www.ktla.com/landing_topstories/ ... eedID=1198 |
| Fman99 Apr 25 2009 04:18 PM |
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Bea Arthur, age 86. Star of Maude and Golden Girls.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2009 08:25 AM |
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Paul Perschmann, aka "Playboy" Buddy Rose, 56, which means he far outlived most wrestlers.
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| Frayed Knot May 03 2009 05:39 AM |
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Ex-AFL QB, 9-term Buffalo-area Congressman, 'HUD' Secretary, and Republican nominee for VP, Jack Kemp - 73
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| sharpie May 05 2009 09:42 AM |
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Actor/comic Dom DeLuise at 75.
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| Fman99 May 05 2009 09:45 AM |
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[quote="sharpie":crzgkaog]Actor/comic Dom DeLuise at 75.[/quote:crzgkaog]
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| HahnSolo May 05 2009 09:58 AM |
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For a while he struck me as the Joey Bishop to Burt Reynolds' Sinatra.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 05 2009 12:40 PM |
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Frankly, I thought DeLuise was dead already. I'm kinda more shocked he wasn't than I am that he's dead now.
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| DocTee May 05 2009 04:07 PM |
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I remember DD being a big supporter of the Hydrocephalus Foundation. Good work th
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| G-Fafif May 06 2009 01:47 PM |
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I once spoke to Dom DeLuise on the phone. Was working late one night and answered the companywide line which was usually handled by the switchboard. Someone asked for John. Not here right now, I said, can I take a message? "This is Dom DeLuise," the voice said, just a little sheepishly. OK, I said, I'll give John the message. John, our circulation director, was old pals with Dom.
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| Farmer Ted May 07 2009 08:37 AM |
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Ean Evans, the longtime bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died, after a long battle with cancer.
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| TheOldMole May 07 2009 09:18 AM |
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Marilyn French, a leading feminist writer and theorist, died of heart failure last weekend at age 79.
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| Frayed Knot May 09 2009 05:35 AM |
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Former basketball coach Chuck Daly
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| Edgy DC May 11 2009 10:54 AM |
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My father's older brother Eddie --- and my namesake --- died this morning. Second anniversary of my father's passing.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket May 11 2009 10:58 AM |
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Cheers to uncle eddie.
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| metirish May 11 2009 11:01 AM |
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R.I.P. to Uncle Eddie .
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| Edgy DC May 11 2009 11:07 AM |
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Yup.
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| themetfairy May 11 2009 11:08 AM |
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RIP to Uncle Eddie.
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| Chad Ochoseis May 11 2009 11:22 AM |
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My rather non-white girlfriend and I will make a point of having a drink in his honor. I'll wonder whether he would have been pleased or annoyed.
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| Fman99 May 11 2009 11:39 AM |
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RIP to Uncle Eddie.
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| Swan Swan H May 11 2009 12:21 PM |
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I bought my first car (a 1971 Ford Maverick) from a guy in Co-Op City in 1975, so I am in his debt. My condolences.
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| Farmer Ted May 11 2009 02:58 PM |
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Yesterday would have been my father's 78th birthday. As the annual ritual goes, I went to a baseball game, ate the greasiest burger I could find, and downed it all with PBR in a can.
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| TheOldMole May 12 2009 08:05 PM |
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Venetia Phair Dies at 90; as a Girl, She Named Pluto
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| themetfairy May 15 2009 12:35 PM |
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RIP Wayman Tisdale
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| Rockin' Doc May 15 2009 03:28 PM |
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Cancer is a merciless disease, Wayman Tisdale was still a young man.
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| metirish May 15 2009 05:56 PM |
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Photographer who took famous Saigon photo dies
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| metsguyinmichigan May 15 2009 06:23 PM |
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Two Grand Rapids-related items in a row!
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| Swan Swan H May 25 2009 07:22 AM |
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Jay Bennett, formerly of Wilco, age 45. His developing estrangement from Jeff Tweedy turned out to be the most fascinating aspect, in a bus-wreck-on-the-side-of-the-road kind of way, of the documentary I am Trying to Break Your Heart.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2009 08:15 AM |
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Tragedy. He was in the news just lasty week for a lawsuit against Wilco, seeking $$ so he could get an operation.
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| TransMonk May 26 2009 09:41 AM |
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I thought Bennett brought a lot to the table and I don't really like the albums between his departure and Nels Cline's arrival as much.
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| A Boy Named Seo May 26 2009 04:18 PM |
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Just heard about this. My fav jock in the world Franny is doing a 1-hour Bennett tribute of solo and Wilco stuff on Sirius/XM Loft right now.
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| sharpie May 26 2009 04:39 PM |
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Pretty sure "A Ghost is Born" is the only album that was post-Bennett and pre-Cline.
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| TransMonk May 27 2009 07:02 AM |
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True...not my favorite Wilco album.
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| metirish Jun 01 2009 07:40 PM |
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Probably not a name known here but a huge figure in sports in Ireland & Britain
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| Chad Ochoseis Jun 03 2009 05:48 PM |
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Koko Taylor, 80
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| sharpie Jun 04 2009 08:13 AM |
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David Carradine, of "Kung Fu" fame.
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| MFS62 Jun 04 2009 08:28 AM |
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[quote="sharpie":1wksan01]David Carradine, of "Kung Fu" fame.[/quote:1wksan01]
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| metirish Jun 04 2009 09:07 AM |
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Conflicting reports on Carradine , one I read has him found in a hotel wardrobe with a chord around his neck , in Bangkok.
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| Fman99 Jun 04 2009 01:48 PM |
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RIP, Hung Fu.
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| Methead Jun 04 2009 05:26 PM |
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[quote="Fman99":2o4z4n9z]RIP, Hung Fu.[/quote:2o4z4n9z]
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| DocTee Jun 05 2009 08:43 AM |
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Wire reports suggest auto-eroticism at play here.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 05 2009 08:48 AM |
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Yeah, he was naked in the closet, with ropes tied around his naughty bits.
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| soupcan Jun 05 2009 08:52 AM |
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[quote="Fman99"]RIP, Hung Fu. |
| Edgy DC Jun 05 2009 08:59 AM |
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Yeek, Fman crosses a(nother) line, and The Post quickly normalizes it.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 05 2009 10:34 AM |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm"]Yeah, he was naked in the closet, with ropes tied around his naughty bits. I wouldn't want to be caught dead in a situation like that, which is a strong argument against trying such things. |
| Benjamin Grimm Jun 05 2009 10:41 AM |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]Is there any naughty-bits exposed position in which you wouldn't mind being caught dead? |
| MFS62 Jun 05 2009 10:54 AM |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm"][quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]Is there any naughty-bits exposed position in which you wouldn't mind being caught dead? |
| metsguyinmichigan Jun 05 2009 12:00 PM |
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I'm still mourning Michael Hutchence from INXS who apparently died the same way.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 05 2009 01:05 PM |
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[quote="metsguyinmichigan"]I'm still mourning Michael Hutchence from INXS who apparently died the same way. |
| TheOldMole Jun 05 2009 06:08 PM |
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| Methead Jun 05 2009 09:22 PM |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm":2xvukpyx]
I wouldn't want to be caught dead in a situation like that[/quote:2xvukpyx]
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| Fman99 Jun 06 2009 08:13 PM |
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[quote="Edgy DC":2v30hgcs]Yeek, Fman crosses a(nother) line, and The Post quickly normalizes it.[/quote:2v30hgcs]
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| MFS62 Jun 07 2009 09:31 AM |
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[quote="TheOldMole"]Sam Butera |
| metirish Jun 19 2009 07:50 AM |
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Sorry if this offends any of the dead people here
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| Fman99 Jun 23 2009 06:35 AM |
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Ed McMahon, age 86.
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| TransMonk Jun 23 2009 07:10 AM |
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That fucker never did send me a check.
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| themetfairy Jun 23 2009 07:25 AM |
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Weird Al had a song about Ed a few years back -
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| Swan Swan H Jun 23 2009 08:31 AM |
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If I was the 'This is Jeopardy' guy at the table in the Lottery commercial I'd lock the doors and add some fiber to my diet.
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| Carnac the Metnificent Jun 23 2009 05:20 PM |
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** Hi-Yoooooooooo
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| Edgy DC Jun 23 2009 07:07 PM |
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I remember a sketch Johnny did on celebrity holiday cards and showed one from Ed McMahon that said "YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
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| sharpie Jun 25 2009 11:08 AM |
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Farrah Fawcett at 62.
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| metirish Jun 25 2009 11:09 AM |
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[quote="sharpie":3rq9minm]Farrah Fawcett at 62.[/quote:3rq9minm]
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| Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 11:18 AM |
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Boo on diseases that kill Farrah Fawcetts.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 25 2009 01:21 PM |
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[quote="sharpie":3d9j4vqy]Farrah Fawcett at 62.[/quote:3d9j4vqy]
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 01:23 PM |
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Remember when this poster was everywhere?
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| Gwreck Jun 25 2009 03:55 PM |
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Michael Jackson, apparently.
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| DocTee Jun 25 2009 04:01 PM |
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Farrah and Michael?
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| metirish Jun 25 2009 04:41 PM |
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Shocking...I am shocked
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 04:58 PM |
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Holy crap, what a terrible waste.
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| Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 05:29 PM |
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Nightmare.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2009 05:33 PM |
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It's hard to imagine that many people have had a stranger life than Michael Jackson did.
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| Farmer Ted Jun 25 2009 05:46 PM |
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As a parent, one less pedophile for me to worry about.
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| DocTee Jun 25 2009 05:51 PM |
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Guess he finally "beat it"
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| themetfairy Jun 25 2009 05:58 PM |
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R.I.P. Farrah and Michael.
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| Chad Ochoseis Jun 25 2009 06:00 PM |
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Not a good day to be a '70s pop culture icon. Somewhere, Henry Winkler is crossing the street very, very carefully.
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| Willets Point Jun 25 2009 06:56 PM |
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This is great time for Obama to push through some controversial progressive legislation. The media won't be covering any real news for a while.
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| cooby Jun 25 2009 08:08 PM |
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Not a good birthday surprise; I was a fan of them both. :(
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| Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 08:09 PM |
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Happy birthday anyhow, Coo'.
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| cooby Jun 25 2009 08:14 PM |
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Thank you, Edgy, it was.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2009 09:17 PM |
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Young Michael sung beautifully, and try as he might in his later creepy years, he couldn't take that away. And he was a star back in 82.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 25 2009 09:48 PM |
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Was good back in the days when he was a black male.
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| Edgy DC Jun 25 2009 10:25 PM |
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Really? I think the insane train ride that was pretty much the second half of his life underscored what a gift his juvenile performances were.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 26 2009 08:03 AM |
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Perhaps I should rephrase that to say that while I still appreciate his talent and all the early stuff that I liked at the time of its release, the whole freak-show persona and the over-the-top marketing that came with it caused me to pass over much of his '80s & '90s material even though there was probably more solid stuff there than my turned-off ears and averted glance were hearing and seeing. I was once in Philly on business (mid-'80s?) and wound up staying in the same hotel as the one-gloved one who was in the midst of one of his tours. Of course he had his own floor and numerous bodyguards so it's not like we said hi as we poked our heads out the door to grab the USA Today, but it probably doesn't need saying that the lobby of the place was a total zoo to the point where I began to think of hard-core Graceland pilgrims as relatively well-adjusted.
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| Edgy DC Jun 26 2009 10:58 AM |
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He almost overloaded the internet: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/26/mich ... index.html
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| Willets Point Jun 26 2009 01:13 PM |
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That scratching sound you hear is Elton John furiously churning out new tribute songs.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 26 2009 01:19 PM |
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Oooh!
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| Swan Swan H Jun 26 2009 01:26 PM |
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And it seems to me you filled your bed
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 26 2009 01:29 PM |
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I knew it wouldn't be long before someone rose to the challenge.
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| metirish Jun 26 2009 01:50 PM |
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[quote="Willets Point":i8l2060g]That scratching sound you hear is Elton John furiously churning out new tribute songs.[/quote:i8l2060g]
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| metsguyinmichigan Jun 26 2009 01:54 PM |
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Between the MFY KTE and the these lyrics, I'm gonna have to swear off the Pool for the reaminder of the work day today. Because people suspect I'm not writing about the National PTA's bid for national standards if I'm laughing so hard I start coughing.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 26 2009 02:02 PM |
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Those PTA cats are hil-arious!
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| MFS62 Jun 27 2009 10:07 AM |
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A reporter once interviewed Wayne Gretzky. He asked him (I paraphrase) "Wayne. You're not the strongest, biggest or fastest hockey player. What makes you so much better than everybody else?" Wayne replied "Everyone else skates to where the puck is. I skate to where the puck will be."
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| OlerudOwned Jun 28 2009 10:16 AM |
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BILLY MAYS HERE WITH AN EXCITING NEW CELEBRITY DEATH! NOTED TV PITCHMAN BILLY MAYS, THE GUY WHO BROUGHT YOU THE HERCULES HOOK, MIGHTY PUTTY, AND OXYCLEAN, DEAD AT THE AGE OF 50.
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| Rockin' Doc Jun 28 2009 10:36 AM |
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Probably from all the yelling.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 28 2009 10:39 AM |
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Hasn't been a good week for folks born in 1958.
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| DocTee Jun 28 2009 11:34 AM |
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I wonder if there will be a moment of screaming instead of a moment of silence.
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| bmfc1 Jun 28 2009 11:51 AM |
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[quote="Frayed Knot":16orefre]Hasn't been a good week for folks born in 1958.[/quote:16orefre]
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| Swan Swan H Jun 28 2009 12:05 PM |
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[quote="bmfc1":3u3ry78l][quote="Frayed Knot":3u3ry78l]Hasn't been a good week for folks born in 1958.[/quote:3u3ry78l]
Uh oh.[/quote:3u3ry78l]
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| metirish Jun 28 2009 05:56 PM |
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[quote="OlerudOwned":2w7su5di]BILLY MAYS HERE WITH AN EXCITING NEW CELEBRITY DEATH! NOTED TV PITCHMAN BILLY MAYS, THE GUY WHO BROUGHT YOU THE HERCULES HOOK, MIGHTY PUTTY, AND OXYCLEAN, DEAD AT THE AGE OF 50.[/quote:2w7su5di]
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| Fman99 Jun 28 2009 08:47 PM |
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[quote="OlerudOwned":364i0ela]BILLY MAYS HERE WITH AN EXCITING NEW CELEBRITY DEATH! NOTED TV PITCHMAN BILLY MAYS, THE GUY WHO BROUGHT YOU THE HERCULES HOOK, MIGHTY PUTTY, AND OXYCLEAN, DEAD AT THE AGE OF 50.[/quote:364i0ela]
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 28 2009 08:51 PM |
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[quote="Fman99":3j2ljffr][quote="OlerudOwned":3j2ljffr]BILLY MAYS HERE WITH AN EXCITING NEW CELEBRITY DEATH! NOTED TV PITCHMAN BILLY MAYS, THE GUY WHO BROUGHT YOU THE HERCULES HOOK, MIGHTY PUTTY, AND OXYCLEAN, DEAD AT THE AGE OF 50.[/quote:3j2ljffr]
Wow, the only guy on TV more annoying than the Sunday night ESPN broadcasters.[/quote:3j2ljffr]
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 29 2009 06:59 AM |
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Yeah, it sounds like the Natasha Richardson thing all over again.
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| seawolf17 Jun 29 2009 07:11 AM |
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OK, who's dead this morning? Anyone? Anyone? Danny Bonaduce, you feeling alright? OK, good.
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| RealityChuck Jun 29 2009 07:42 AM |
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Gale Storm.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 29 2009 09:54 AM |
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[quote="seawolf17"] edit: Wait! Sunuvabitch! I loved Fred Travalena! |
| seawolf17 Jun 29 2009 12:18 PM |
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Plus, I LOVED the John Davidson-era Hollywood Squares.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 29 2009 01:15 PM |
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[quote="seawolf17":1cf6s5pw]Plus, I LOVED the John Davidson-era Hollywood Squares.[/quote:1cf6s5pw]
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| themetfairy Jun 29 2009 01:39 PM |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"] Is Shadoe Stevens still walking this mortal coil? |
| Farmer Ted Jul 01 2009 10:15 AM |
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Former Boxing champ Alexis Arguello, age 57. Autopsy to reveal cause of knockout blow.
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| seawolf17 Jul 01 2009 10:31 AM |
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Not to be conflated with Alexis Arquette.
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| Farmer Ted Jul 01 2009 02:27 PM |
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Karl Malden. 184 years old I believe.
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| Edgy DC Jul 01 2009 02:33 PM |
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Yikes.
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| Frayed Knot Jul 01 2009 02:35 PM |
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I think Malden might have been the genesis of our first 'Still Alive' threads.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 01 2009 02:39 PM |
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He was listed in that original thread. I remember a photo of him with fellow old guy Kirk Douglas.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 01 2009 02:42 PM |
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[quote="Farmer Ted":286gopkf]Former Boxing champ Alexis Arguello, age 57. Autopsy to reveal cause of knockout blow.[/quote:286gopkf]
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| Nymr83 Jul 01 2009 07:47 PM |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket"][quote="Farmer Ted"]Former Boxing champ Alexis Arguello, age 57. Autopsy to reveal cause of knockout blow. |
| Fman99 Jul 01 2009 08:10 PM |
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Karl Malden, age 97. I honestly thought he had been dead for 10 years.
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| MFS62 Jul 02 2009 07:21 AM |
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I guess he finally left home without it.
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| metirish Jul 04 2009 07:20 AM |
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Can you bury the guy already?..........
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| Nymr83 Jul 04 2009 03:08 PM |
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Steve McNair??????
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| smg58 Jul 04 2009 09:03 PM |
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Unfortunately, yes. He was shot in the head inside somebody's condo, along with a 20-year-old woman. Lots of questions on this one, but a horrible tragedy regardless.
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| metirish Jul 05 2009 06:10 AM |
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Just watched a report on McNair , so he was shot multiple times with one shot in the head and the young girl had one gun shot to the head....cops say right now they are not looking for a suspect.
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| Nymr83 Jul 05 2009 03:38 PM |
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apparently the 20-year old girl he was found with was his girlfriend... he was married with 4 kids.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 05 2009 07:13 PM |
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[quote="Nymr83":3dliysum]apparently the 20-year old girl he was found with was his girlfriend... he was married with 4 kids.[/quote:3dliysum]
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| Edgy DC Jul 06 2009 08:01 AM |
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Bob McNamara. Died in his sleep at 93.
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| Fman99 Jul 06 2009 09:43 AM |
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Allen Klein, 77, manager of the Beatles and Rolling Stones. Alzheimer's.
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| cooby Jul 06 2009 06:04 PM |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2uooig3i][quote="Nymr83":2uooig3i]apparently the 20-year old girl he was found with was his girlfriend... he was married with 4 kids.[/quote:2uooig3i]
It doesn't seem like McNair and his girlfriend were going through any great pains to hide their dating-- they co-leased the car she'd been driving, plenty of pictures (some of which popped up on TMZ today). If memory serves, he and his wife had separated a while back (I remember catching wind of this around the time he retired last year), so it's likely they had some sort of agreement.
If memory serves further, though, the separation was rumored to have been at least partially due to infidelity on his part...[/quote:2uooig3i]
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| SteveJRogers Jul 06 2009 07:21 PM |
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The Wifey
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| themetfairy Jul 06 2009 07:22 PM |
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cooby wins the bet.
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| DocTee Jul 06 2009 07:26 PM |
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Agreed
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| Nymr83 Jul 06 2009 08:02 PM |
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you're comparing a professional wedding photo to a snapshot though
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 09 2009 01:24 PM |
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I just realized a connection between Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson that I don't think has been mentioned yet.
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| metirish Jul 09 2009 01:27 PM |
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Has Farrah appeared on a tree stump though?, now that would be eerie .
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 09 2009 01:28 PM |
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It would probably be the sexiest tree stump ever!
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| Fman99 Jul 09 2009 01:39 PM |
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[quote="metirish":2m64axmk]Has Farrah appeared on a tree stump though?[/quote:2m64axmk]
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 09 2009 02:01 PM |
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Of course not. Nothing's funnier than a joke about cancer!
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| Edgy DC Jul 09 2009 02:13 PM |
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Somebody needs a time out.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 09 2009 02:36 PM |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm":2hw1h1y9]I just realized a connection between Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson that I don't think has been mentioned yet.
Michael's mother and Farrah's former co-star have the same name: Kate Jackson.[/quote:2hw1h1y9]
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 09 2009 02:42 PM |
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From the Department of Irony-- yeesh.
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/conte ... -his-death
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| Fman99 Jul 10 2009 11:51 AM |
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[quote="Edgy DC":3hw13q35]Somebody needs a time out.[/quote:3hw13q35]
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| MFS62 Jul 10 2009 12:04 PM |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":28k5r7zk]
Also, from time to time, she enjoyed stepping out... and Michael's father's name was Joe Jackson.[/quote:28k5r7zk]
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| DocTee Jul 11 2009 05:18 PM |
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Brawlin' Canadian...homicide being investigated by Francis Assisi (really):
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 12 2009 09:59 AM |
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[quote="DocTee"]Brawlin' Canadian...homicide being investigated by Francis Assisi (really): [url]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/11/sports/s144401D10.DTL&tsp=1 |
| SAO PAULO (AP) -- The wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti was detained as a suspect by Brazilian authorities Sunday following his death at a posh seaside resort. Police said 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues was taken into custody after contradictions in her interrogation. Gatti's body was found early Saturday in a hotel room at the Porto de Galinhas resort in northeastern Brazil. The former junior welterweight champion was apparently strangled with the strap of a purse, which was found at the scene with blood stains, said Milena Saraiva, a spokeswoman for the Pernambuco state civil police. She told The Associated Press that the Canadian also had a head injury. The investigation was not complete, but Saraiva said authorities were preparing to present a formal accusation against Rodrigues, who denied being involved in her husband's death. Police said Rodrigues, a Brazilian, could not explain how she spent nearly 10 hours in the room without noticing that Gatti was already dead. Police were investigating witness reports that the couple fought and Gatti was drunk when he returned to his room Friday night, Saraiva said, adding that police were told the pair were extremely jealous of each other and that he constantly complained of her clothing when she traveled to Brazil. Acelino "Popo" Freitas, a four-time world champion Brazilian boxer, told Globo TV's Web site on Saturday that he was a close friend of Gatti and his wife and that he "knew they were having some sort of problem and were about to separate." The couple's 1-year-old son, who was unhurt, was with Rodrigues' sister, Saraiva said. |
| metirish Jul 12 2009 10:01 AM |
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A hell of a scraper to watch in the ring , his brawls with Ward are ones I will never forget.
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| metirish Jul 15 2009 12:51 PM |
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A beautiful young woman murdered in the city , a big Mets fan by all accounts.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2009 01:00 PM |
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The Daily News shouldn't be referring to the victim as a "brunette beauty."
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| Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 01:06 PM |
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Tabloids have been implcitly and explicitly commenting on the attractiveness of murder victims for a very long time.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2009 01:35 PM |
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Luridness from a tabloid? GASP!
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| RealityChuck Jul 15 2009 02:03 PM |
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Charles N. Brown, editor of Locus.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 15 2009 02:04 PM |
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[quote="Edgy DC"]Tabloids have been implcitly and explicitly commenting on the attractiveness of murder victims for a very long time. It's probably in the Daily News Style Guide. |
| Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 02:07 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 17 2009 11:02 PM |
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Russell Baker, in his biography, described having the police beat as a young reporter, and working hard on a murder story, knowing they wouldn't print more than the the first two paragraphs if the victim wasn't white, and only print the whole thing if the victim could be described as "statuesque" --- which every reader would understand meant that she had big bosoms.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2009 02:52 PM |
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Yeah, I know it's nothing new. But I still don't like it.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 15 2009 03:10 PM |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket"][quote="Edgy DC"]Tabloids have been implcitly and explicitly commenting on the attractiveness of murder victims for a very long time. It's probably in the Daily News Style Guide. |
| The stunner's eyes were hidden by giant designer sunglasses as she walked to a police cruiser in low-rise blue jeans and a clingy white top that showed off the toned physique that first caught Gatti's eye. |
| Kong76 Jul 17 2009 07:15 PM |
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Walter Cronkite, 92
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| MFS62 Jul 18 2009 07:15 AM |
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Walter Cronkite reported the news.
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| themetfairy Jul 18 2009 08:16 AM |
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RIP Uncle Walter.
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| metirish Jul 18 2009 08:35 AM |
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Sorry for your loss metfairy .
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| Edgy DC Jul 18 2009 09:02 AM |
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I think she's referring to her TV uncle.
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| themetfairy Jul 18 2009 10:02 AM |
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Irish - thanks, but Edgy is correct. Those of us of a certain age growing up here in the states often referred to Walter Cronkite as Uncle Walter.
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| Frayed Knot Jul 18 2009 11:42 AM |
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[quote="MFS62":1ejc2798]Walter Cronkite reported the news.
He didn't try to become the news.[/quote:1ejc2798]
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| Kong76 Jul 18 2009 12:28 PM |
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It's funny how most people tend to remember the good ol' days as being
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| Frayed Knot Jul 19 2009 05:34 PM |
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| Fman99 Jul 19 2009 06:29 PM |
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[quote="Frayed Knot"]Frank McCourt |
| cooby Jul 19 2009 08:29 PM |
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Truly sad
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| themetfairy Jul 19 2009 08:47 PM |
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Dave Barry's homage to Frank McCourt
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| Chad Ochoseis Jul 20 2009 12:08 PM |
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Loved this bit from Frank McCourt's obit in the NYT.
- Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords. - PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home? - The Norwegian Blue prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage! - Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there. - Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee! - "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised! - No no! 'E's pining! - 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
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| Frayed Knot Jul 21 2009 11:22 AM |
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Gordon Waller 64, cardio-vascular disease - was half of the British Invasion group Peter & Gordon.
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| Vic Sage Jul 22 2009 09:49 AM |
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[quote="Frayed Knot"]Gordon Waller 64, cardio-vascular disease - was half of the British Invasion group Peter & Gordon. Got a nice career boost out of the fact that his sister going out with one Paul McCartney at the time. Later became a producer of records - for James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt among others. |
| MFS62 Jul 22 2009 01:01 PM |
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[quote="Frayed Knot"]Gordon Waller 64, cardio-vascular disease - was half of the British Invasion group Peter & Gordon. Got a nice career boost out of the fact that his sister going out with one Paul McCartney at the time. Later became a producer of records - for James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt among others. |
| Frayed Knot Jul 22 2009 01:09 PM |
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Not quite sure I get that one - unless you're making a reference to song lyrics (which mention locking away although not a crypt)
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| MFS62 Jul 22 2009 01:15 PM |
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Yep.
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| Chad Ochoseis Jul 31 2009 07:51 PM |
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| Edgy DC Jul 31 2009 11:32 PM |
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An alumna of the College of Mt. St. Vincent in the Bronx.
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| Nymr83 Aug 06 2009 03:02 PM |
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John Hughes, director of lots of 80's movies.
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| Frayed Knot Aug 06 2009 03:05 PM |
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Don't you forget about him.
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| Edgy DC Aug 06 2009 03:11 PM |
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[quote="Nymr83":d0uenkl0]John Hughes, director of lots of 80's movies.[/quote:d0uenkl0]
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| smg58 Aug 06 2009 04:21 PM |
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I'm still pissed that the jock and rebel got lucky, while the nerd was totally OK with doing everybody else's homework. Suffice to say I would have written a different ending.
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| Kong76 Aug 06 2009 04:28 PM |
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Same nerd got lucky in other flicks (I don't know who directed them).
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 06 2009 06:22 PM |
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[quote="Nymr83":1tbue0bk]John Hughes, director of lots of 80's movies.[/quote:1tbue0bk]
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| RealityChuck Aug 06 2009 08:08 PM |
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Hughes's best work were the short stories he wrote for the National Lampoon. He had some good movies, but nothing funnier than "My Penis" and "My Vagina."
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 06 2009 09:20 PM |
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I forgot he wrote "My Vagina" I broke three ribs laughing at that one. I can still remember passages word for word.
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| MFS62 Aug 07 2009 07:40 AM |
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Thanks, had never read that before. And it immediately made me like his writing better than his movies.
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| Fman99 Aug 07 2009 08:12 AM |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]I forgot he wrote "My Vagina" I broke three ribs laughing at that one. I can still remember passages word for word. edit: I love the Internetz [url]http://www.tgfa.org/fiction/MyVagina.htm
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 07 2009 09:33 AM |
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This guy wrote "Beethoven"? THIS guy?
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| Vic Sage Aug 07 2009 09:35 AM |
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for more on Hughes (including a filmography):
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| metirish Aug 07 2009 09:47 AM |
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Great link Vic , what a wonderful l story.
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| Valadius Aug 11 2009 06:27 AM |
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88.
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| Frayed Knot Aug 11 2009 07:07 AM |
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Leaving only the two youngest, Senator Ted (78) and sister Jean (81), of the 9 children of Joe & Rose.
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| Nymr83 Aug 11 2009 07:58 AM |
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver was the founder of the Special Olympics (just in case you wanted to know something about her besides who she was related to)
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 11 2009 10:36 AM |
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[quote="Nymr83":140ivoqi]Eunice Kennedy Shriver was the founder of the Special Olympics (just in case you wanted to know something about her besides who she was related to)[/quote:140ivoqi]
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| Edgy DC Aug 11 2009 10:37 AM |
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Willy "Mink" DeVille, 59 --- leader of the houseband at CBGB, Oscar nominee, and fashion inspiraton for Pirates of the Caribbean.
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| TransMonk Aug 13 2009 10:31 AM |
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Ouch...a man who contributed as much to recorded music as anyone.
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| Edgy DC Aug 13 2009 11:37 AM |
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Even Willy DeVille played a Les.
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| Valadius Aug 13 2009 11:51 AM |
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You're shitting me. I honestly thought Les Paul would live forever.
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| A Boy Named Seo Aug 13 2009 12:00 PM |
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I saw Les Paul play at some bar in Manhattan in '05, so I guess he was 90 at the time, and still doing 2 shows a day. He was slick as ever and flirted with every chick on stage and in the small crowd, too. I don't think I've every been that spry, so no real point in hoping I'm that spry at 90.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 13 2009 12:21 PM |
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I've been telling myself for years that I'd go to the Iridium to catch his act one of these nights.
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| Benjamin Grimm Aug 13 2009 12:55 PM |
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[quote="Valadius":26jjm60a]I honestly thought Les Paul would live forever.[/quote:26jjm60a]
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| Benjamin Grimm Aug 14 2009 08:13 AM |
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They're still airing Billy Mays commercials. (He was just pitching "Jupiter Jack" on the Game Show Network.)
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| metirish Aug 14 2009 08:23 AM |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm":22u7p2qm]They're still airing Billy Mays commercials. (He was just pitching "Jupiter Jack" on the Game Show Network.)[/quote:22u7p2qm]
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| seawolf17 Aug 14 2009 08:28 AM |
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[quote="metirish":2sl06hza][quote="Benjamin Grimm":2sl06hza]They're still airing Billy Mays commercials. (He was just pitching "Jupiter Jack" on the Game Show Network.)[/quote:2sl06hza]
Can he still shout like he used to.......[/quote:2sl06hza]
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| Valadius Aug 14 2009 03:35 PM |
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I saw the Jupiter Jack commercial as well. Very eerie.
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| metirish Aug 18 2009 10:35 AM |
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Robert Novak dead at 78...wow
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| Frayed Knot Aug 20 2009 11:47 AM |
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Don Hewitt, longtime head of '60 Minutes' -- 86, pancreatic cancer.
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| metirish Aug 26 2009 08:53 AM |
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R.I.P . Ted
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| sharpie Aug 27 2009 07:16 AM |
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Songwriter Ellie Greenwich (Leader of the Pack; River Deep, Mountain High among many others).
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| Edgy DC Aug 27 2009 07:21 AM |
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Oh, shit.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 31 2009 01:12 PM |
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Played piano on "Mother & Child Reunion" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
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| sharpie Aug 31 2009 01:22 PM |
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Knechtel also played a memorable bass line on the Byrds' Mr. Tambourine Man.
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| Edgy DC Aug 31 2009 02:33 PM |
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There are worse things than Bread. Some would give anything they own to have Bread back again.
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| sharpie Aug 31 2009 03:26 PM |
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Don't know who those people are. For me, I'll be happy to never hear "Baby I'm a Want You" again.
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| Frayed Knot Sep 12 2009 05:05 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Larry Gelbart - 81, of cancer. "Which kind of cancer" his wife was asked. "The lethal kind" Gelbart wrote with the Sid Caeser show team. And later on M*A*SH (the TV series). Also 'Tootsie' and others.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 13 2009 07:22 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Teddy, 12, fall while sniffing glue, E. 29th St. Kathy 11, overdose Bobby, 14 leukemia G-berg, Georgie, hepatitis, Upper Manhattan Sly, gunshot wound, Vietnam Bobby*, ingesting lye, wedding night Mary, fall from hotel room Bobby**, self-administered hanging, Tombs Judy, hit by subway train Eddy, jugular vein bleeding Tony, pushed from a roof by Herbie Brian, murdered by bikers Jim Carroll, 60, heart attack * - different Bobby ** - a third Bobby This one is for you, my brother [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/books/14carroll.html?_r=1
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| Edgy DC Sep 13 2009 08:32 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Wow.
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| TransMonk Sep 14 2009 07:14 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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That sucks. I'll have to watch Basketball Diaries again in memoriam.
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| metirish Sep 14 2009 07:22 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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R.I.P. Jim Carroll , In interviews he seemed like a fascinating person.
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| Valadius Sep 14 2009 05:28 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Jody Powell, Carter press secretary, 65.
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 14 2009 06:34 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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| dgwphotography Sep 14 2009 06:46 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm"]
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| themetfairy Sep 14 2009 07:16 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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That makes me very sad. I really had a thing for him right after Dirty Dancing. RIP Patrick :(
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| metirish Sep 14 2009 07:23 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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A bad few days in the death biz. I really liked Swayze and must have watched Road House a dozen times by age 19....in fact I liked most of his early work...Red Dawn......Next of Kin.... absolutely loved Uncommon Valor and of course Dirty Dancing. RIP
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| Chad Ochoseis Sep 14 2009 08:20 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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The grim reaper also picked up Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug in this wave. And he's awfully pissed off, because Norman spent his life figuring out how to get more food from less soil, thereby reducing malnutrition and making grim reaping that much more difficult.
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| Edgy DC Sep 15 2009 05:35 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="TransMonk":15rq7cie]That sucks. I'll have to watch Basketball Diaries again in memoriam.[/quote:15rq7cie] Didn't like the movie at all at all.
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| metirish Sep 15 2009 07:42 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Shocking news in London , Darren Sutherland (27) a Bronze medalist for Ireland at the Beijing games was found by his manager hanged in his Bromley south London flat .
Sutherland turned pro after the Beijing games and won his first four pro fights, he was a three time National Champion of Ireland. It's really sad and again highlights the problem of suicide among young Irish men.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 15 2009 07:44 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Jayzus.
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| metirish Sep 15 2009 07:48 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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His manager Frank Maloney upon finding him collapsed and is being treated for a heart attack. Sutherland in the past suffered from depression , no one is saying that has anything to do with this but.....
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| MFS62 Sep 15 2009 07:59 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="metirish":3s337npk]A bad few days in the death biz. I really liked Swayze and must have watched Road House a dozen times by age 19....in fact I liked most of his early work...Red Dawn......Next of Kin.... absolutely loved Uncommon Valor and of course Dirty Dancing. RIP[/quote:3s337npk] Patrick, You were so multi-talented. I thought you'd be bigger. (Right, Irish?) Rest in Peace. Later
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 15 2009 08:37 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="Edgy DC":25edyi7w][quote="TransMonk":25edyi7w]That sucks. I'll have to watch Basketball Diaries again in memoriam.[/quote:25edyi7w] Didn't like the movie at all at all.[/quote:25edyi7w] It's a nugget of crap crap. Hell, just pick up the book again; it's none too long-- a long commute's worth of Holden Caufield-with-a-crossover.
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| sharpie Sep 15 2009 08:59 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Agree with crap crap Basketball Diaries movie. Read his books, listen to his music, skip the flick. Also dead is Jody Powell, Jimmy Carter's press secretary.
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 15 2009 09:01 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Only people within range of KYW-1060 will know this one, but Fred Sherman died the other day at age 86. (His catchphrase was "I'm Fred Sherrrrrrrrrman")
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| RealityChuck Sep 16 2009 07:14 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Henry Gibson, from the original Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In died at 73 of cancer. His best-known bit from the show was when he recited poetry holding an oversized flower. He was also very good at performing dark characters like Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman's Nashville and the sinister Dr. Verringer in Altman's The Long Goodbye.
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| Fman99 Sep 16 2009 07:59 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="RealityChuck"]Henry Gibson, from the original Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In died at 73 of cancer. His best-known bit from the show was when he recited poetry holding an oversized flower. He was also very good at performing dark characters like Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman's Nashville and the sinister Dr. Verringer in Altman's The Long Goodbye. |
| Frayed Knot Sep 16 2009 08:03 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Mary Travers (of Peter, Paul and ...) 72 - Leukemia http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32886244/ns ... ent-music/
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| smg58 Sep 17 2009 10:33 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="Fman99"][quote="RealityChuck"]Henry Gibson, from the original Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In died at 73 of cancer. His best-known bit from the show was when he recited poetry holding an oversized flower. He was also very good at performing dark characters like Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman's Nashville and the sinister Dr. Verringer in Altman's The Long Goodbye. |
| smg58 Sep 18 2009 08:02 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[url]http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?n=hon-thomas-m-muldoon&pid=133035192 Thomas Muldoon, father of patchyfogg, former mayor of Williston Park NY.
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| Fman99 Sep 18 2009 10:31 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="smg58"][quote="Fman99"][quote="RealityChuck"]Henry Gibson, from the original Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In died at 73 of cancer. His best-known bit from the show was when he recited poetry holding an oversized flower. He was also very good at performing dark characters like Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman's Nashville and the sinister Dr. Verringer in Altman's The Long Goodbye. |
| TheOldMole Sep 19 2009 01:22 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Irving Kristol, godfather of neoconservatism and one of the main characters in Nick and Jake.
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| Frayed Knot Sep 28 2009 06:56 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Hope the obit writers all used the proper syntax and tenses in their stories. William Safire - 79
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| Edgy DC Sep 28 2009 07:19 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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| Frayed Knot Sep 29 2009 12:21 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Lucy's in the sky Lucy Vodden, 46, who provided the inspiration for the Beatles' classic song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," has died after a long battle with lupus. Mrs. Vodden's connection to the Beatles dates to her childhood friendship with schoolmate Julian Lennon, John Lennon's son. Julian Lennon, then 4 years old, came home from school one day with a drawing, showed it to his father and said it was "Lucy in the sky with diamonds."
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 06 2009 09:12 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Bill Bartolin, guitarist for 70s Cheap Tricksters Blue Ash. Check out their snappy cover of a Dylan song. I mean, snappy [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81zUmlf8MQI
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2009 10:19 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I vaguely remember this guy as an Astro.
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| Edgy DC Oct 09 2009 10:32 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Shit. A recent baseball passing. Bad week for the Tigers.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 12 2009 07:58 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Steve Ferguson, original guitarist and co-founder of NRBQ.
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| Edgy DC Oct 12 2009 08:23 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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NRBQ --- there's an act that should get Rock And Roll Hall of Fame consideration. Steve Ferguson: never the healthiest looking of individuals.
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| Frayed Knot Oct 12 2009 08:26 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I saw them a whole buncha years ago at some club in NYC although I forget which one. Roseland maybe. Fun stuff. IIRC it was right around when their 'Captain Lou Albano' tribute was new-ish.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 12 2009 08:30 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I'm pretty NRBQ ignorant, I always knew there was a kinda cultish buzz around them but I never was invited.
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| Frayed Knot Oct 12 2009 08:34 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Definitely more novelty than most of their stuff www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJNrsNe54AE
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 12 2009 09:23 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Wow. According to the Internets Lou Albano is himself on his deathbed.
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| Edgy DC Oct 12 2009 11:46 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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NRBQ: imagine the young Beatles had Thelonius Monk in the band.
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| MFS62 Oct 12 2009 01:23 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3lknpdzp]Wow. According to the Internets Lou Albano is himself on his deathbed.[/quote:3lknpdzp] Tetanus from that pin through his cheek? Later
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 14 2009 11:42 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Wow. According to the Internets Lou Albano is himself on his deathbed. |
| Captain Lou Albano, the crazed and charismatic wrestling icon who played Cyndi Lauper's dad in her "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video, has died. He was 76. Albano - known for his wild goatee, usually tamed by a rubber band, and his half-open Hawaiian shirts - was a wrestling world fixture for more than a half-century. He was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1996, paying tribute to Albano's management of 15 WWE tag team champions and WWE title holder Ivan Koloff. The colorful and kooky Albano was dubbed "The Guiding Light" for his "management" work. "One of the company's most popular and charismatic legends," the WWE said in a statement. "He will be greatly missed." But Albano's success transcended the ring and catapulted the Captain into pop culture. The band NRBQ paid homage with their song "Captain Lou," and he appeared in a number of "Miami Vice" episodes along with several films. His biggest moment came when he teamed with Lauper for a string of videos in 1985, playing her father. The "Rock N Wrestling Connection" helped boost both Lauper's record sales and the WWE's ratings. Albano also played Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, a hybrid live-action/animated show. No one was faster to sing the captain's praises than Albano himself. "Often imitated, never duplicated," was his repeated self-assessment. He was once a wrestler himself, launching his career in Canada in 1953. He moved to the WWWF - a WWE precursor - in the early '60s, and won a tag-team title in 1967 by defeating a two-man pairing that included Bruno Sammartino. Albano found his true calling in the corner, managing other wrestlers with antics that rivaled anything going on in the ring. Albano's 75th birthday party last year at a Yonkers restaurant turned into a drunken battle royal, with the arrest of one wrestler. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2009/ ... z0Tvv9pEOo |
| Edgy DC Oct 14 2009 12:25 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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The arrest of one wrestler? Only one? That's almost disappointing.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 14 2009 12:31 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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All three members of the Holy Trinity of Evil from Channel 9-Era WWWF are now dead. The Grand Wizard died in the 80s and Freddie Blassie in the 90s.
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| themetfairy Oct 14 2009 01:45 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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R.I.P. Captain Lou!
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| Edgy DC Oct 14 2009 01:50 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Did he ever soften his anti-messing-with-the-danger-zone views?
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 14 2009 02:10 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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what?
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| Edgy DC Oct 14 2009 02:17 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Apparently somebody's forgotten the autoerotic insanity that was "She-Bop": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuGSx-2UGjo Captain Lou appears about 1:50.
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 23 2009 07:02 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Soupy Sales, 83. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33442972/ns/entert ... lebrities/
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| MFS62 Oct 23 2009 07:12 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm":2eicia8h]Soupy Sales, 83. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33442972/ns ... lebrities/[/quote:2eicia8h] We've got to pay for his funeral. So, kiddies, go into the bedroom where your daddy is sleeping ..... RIP Soupy. Later
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| Edgy DC Nov 04 2009 11:00 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Claude Levi-Strauss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world ... .html?_r=1
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| Frayed Knot Nov 04 2009 11:12 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="Edgy DC":12womdw7]Claude Levi-Strauss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world ... .html?_r=1[/quote:12womdw7] With all that work when did he find time to invent the pants?
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| MFS62 Nov 04 2009 12:52 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Are we sure it wasn't the pants that denim in? Later (That was as painful for me to type as it was for you to read it)
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| Frayed Knot Nov 04 2009 01:53 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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btw, I'm surprised none of the hockey fans around here mentioned Bill Chadwick's death last week. After losing an eye as a young player, Chadwick then had a lengthy career as a referee (the sight impairment was not well known at the time) before becoming the long-time TV color voice for the Rangers. He was an unabashed homer in the Phil Rizzutto mold with many of the same mangled language and clownish tendencies - traits which made him an easy target for satire or ridicule - but, at the same time, a truly passionate advocate for his sport and a voice which was as original and identifiable with a team and an era as almost any in NYC. He was 94.
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| Edgy DC Nov 05 2009 02:56 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Tom Robbins on Art D'Lugoff: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninsca ... ff_vil.php I hadn't realized the Gate shut down so shortly after I left town. I blame myself.
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| MFS62 Nov 05 2009 05:35 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I remember Chadwick as someone who never called those "obvious" holding penalties on the uniform-grabbing Maple Leafs when they played the Rangers in the late 50's and early 60's. But I haven't been really interested in years, so his radio work doesn't register with me. But, for his lifelong dedication to the sport, RIP Bill. Later
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| metirish Nov 16 2009 07:38 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Edward Woodward age 79.......liked The Equalizer a lot back in the day.
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 16 2009 08:29 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I don't know much about Edward Woodward, except that his name is fun to say.
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| Edgy DC Nov 16 2009 08:31 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Edward Woodward could see right through you.
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| MFS62 Nov 16 2009 08:50 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I watched the Equalizer, but I could never figure out that lapel pin he wore. Later
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| HahnSolo Nov 17 2009 08:11 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Ken Ober, 52. Host of MTV's Remote Control.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 17 2009 08:26 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I liked that show.
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| Edgy DC Nov 17 2009 08:30 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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What hap'd to Ken Ober?
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| soupcan Nov 17 2009 08:35 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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The initial presumption was drugs, but I've now heard heart attack. He was a friend of a friend. My friend's still trying to find out.
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| Edgy DC Nov 17 2009 08:43 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Crapshit. Funny self-effacing guy who seemed decent enough.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 17 2009 09:34 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Never heard of him or the show
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| Edgy DC Nov 17 2009 10:06 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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An inspired satire on game shows, in which the premise is that the host so wanted to be a game-show host that he set up a studio in his (mother's) basement, with the set cluttered with suburbian basement detrius and out-of-date furniture, and with the contestants strapped into barcaloungers with rips patched by strips of duct tape. The contestants competed in TV trivia, but usually with a bizarre angle. One repeating motif was, if you picked a certain category (a channel, which you selected with an oversized seventies remote control), Ken's dipshit cousin Skip would emerge. Skip had a "talent" that he supposedly obtained after being hit on the head by a collpasing stack of TV Guides. He would laugh TV theme songs and you'd have to guess the show from the laugh. Occasionally, while conducting a show with a rollicking studio audience and special guest stars and shit, Ken's mother would yell down the stairs asking him if he wanted Funyons with his lunch. Whether it was celebrating or lamenting what it called "the sad truth about an entire generation" was always unclear. And that ambiguity was tough to wrestle with, so the show would certainly wear on you after a while. Like all good rule-breaking ideas, its legacy is as much negative as positive, as it helped pave the way for the ton of non-musical programming that would follow.
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| seawolf17 Nov 17 2009 10:44 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Launched the career of Adam Sandler and Colin Quinn. Great show. Funny guy, gone too soon. But hey, life happens.
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| G-Fafif Nov 17 2009 01:50 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Most inspired ep of Remote Control was when it became a '70s game show circa 1988 without any winking or warning. Colin Quinn and the Lovely Kari, instead of being snarky, became very mellow. "Inside Tina Yothers" became, if you'll excuse the expression, "Inside MacKenzie Phillips". Great show all around, but that one was a true classic. Sorry to hear of Ken's passing.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 17 2009 02:13 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Always thunk I'dve aced the regular rounds on that show but gakk on the video identification bonus round. I know(knew) a chick who was a contestant and I loved her for it.
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| Vic Sage Nov 17 2009 02:19 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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i went to HS and college with Colin Quinn. He was never more than the 3rd funniest guy in any room he was in... including an empty one.
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| Gwreck Nov 17 2009 11:47 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Showed a couple of episodes tonight on MTV2 and MTV. Great to see things from when MTV didn't suck.
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| bmfc1 Nov 18 2009 08:53 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Farewell to Sy Syms.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 18 2009 08:59 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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An educated mortician is his best customer.
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| bmfc1 Nov 24 2009 04:49 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards. A significant figure in DC and from all accounts, a decent man. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... inionsbox1
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| Edgy DC Nov 24 2009 08:40 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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More than decent, to my accounting. I imagine thiis is covered in that link, but when the Washington DC area was at it's darkest --- in the cloud of AIDS, crack, and the comically patronistic government that gripped the city in the eighties --- he was running around trying to light candles and recruiting other millionnaires to do the same. He chose a random struggling school, adopted a grade of students, and promised scholarships to any one of them that would graduate high school, and again, lobbied other Richie Riches to match his largesse. But the amazing part is that he went so far beyond his word long after the good PR had died down, paying for continuing ed courses for women who got sidetracked by families and got a GED degree in their twenties, and didn't get to higher ed until they were approaching their thirties. I may be wrong, but I think he even sprung for child care while these women were at school. In short, he was the sort of alpha-citizen you'd dream your town's sports owners would be. The main blemish on his record --- besides extended failures on the hardwood --- was that he fired Michael Jordan, but even Jordan's advocates merely wished that he'd've let Michael resign with dignity.
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| bmfc1 Nov 25 2009 07:54 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Agreed Edgy. A rare bright-light in the world of sports.
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| Edgy DC Nov 25 2009 09:58 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Here's a brief but great story from two years ago about Abe's gift that kept giving: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=612
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| metirish Dec 04 2009 12:13 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Singer Liam Clancy dies aged 74 - That sucks http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... king77.htm
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| Edgy DC Dec 04 2009 01:03 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Oh, shit. I believe that he was the source of Willets' name. That's both of us who lost the source of our names this year.
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| smg58 Dec 04 2009 02:21 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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And he was the last of the brothers. Very sad.
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| metirish Dec 04 2009 02:26 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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One of his last interviews http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/mag ... ml?via=rel
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| Edgy DC Dec 04 2009 02:40 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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At 74 years old, and the youngest of 11, plus a lifetime of singing in pubs, I imagine he died as the active leader in getting beaten up.
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| Chad Ochoseis Dec 13 2009 11:54 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Paul Samuelson, 94, who did for economic analysis more or less what Bill James did for baseball analysis.
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| Swan Swan H Dec 13 2009 12:19 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Mark Ritts, 63. He played Lester the Rat on Beakman's World, a show that my son and I watched just about every Saturday when it was first on. More appropriately, in the words of his character, he played a guy in a rat suit.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 14 2009 09:01 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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If you asked me who sung and wrote songs for the Alan Parsons Project*, I'd have guessed "Alan Parsons." Farewell, Eric Woolfson, I never knew ye:
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| Frayed Knot Dec 14 2009 09:16 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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| Edgy DC Dec 14 2009 09:31 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I'm sorry. Am I to understand that Alan Parsons was a titular, but non-frontman, member of the group (a la J. Giels or Spencer Davis) or that there was no member of the group by that name at all?
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 14 2009 09:33 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Listening now [url]http://lala.com/zPDk
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 14 2009 09:35 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="Edgy DC"]I'm sorry. Am I to understand that Alan Parsons was a titular, but non-frontman, member of the group (a la J. Giels or Spencer Davis) or that there was no member of the group by that name at all? |
| Edgy DC Dec 14 2009 09:38 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Yeah, I remember seeing his name on the Beatles stuido logs, but not don't necessarily recall Wolfson's.
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| MFS62 Dec 14 2009 10:04 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="Mendoza Line"]Paul Samuelson, 94, who did for economic analysis more or less what Bill James did for baseball analysis. |
| Frayed Knot Dec 14 2009 12:23 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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It's not just the Samuelson book. Except maybe for a handful of science topics, there's very little "new and updated" in newer and updated editions of textbooks. They get revised - usually around on a three year cycle - for the sole purpose of defeating the used book market.
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| TransMonk Dec 15 2009 02:21 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Oral Roberts, 91 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap_ ... al_roberts
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 15 2009 02:37 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="TransMonk":1plgooih]Oral Roberts, 91 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap_ ... al_roberts[/quote:1plgooih] Apparently, he should have touched himself more often.
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| Valadius Dec 17 2009 08:51 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Cincinnati Bengals WR Chris Henry, 26. Dead from injuries from being thrown from the bed of his fiancee's pickup truck.
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| Valadius Dec 20 2009 07:47 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, senior Iranian dissident cleric, 87.
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| Valadius Dec 20 2009 05:13 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Brittany Murphy, actress, 32. Cardiac arrest.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 20 2009 05:20 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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That's almost certainly gotta be a drug situation.
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| MFS62 Dec 20 2009 05:24 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="Frayed Knot":mls6lpmt]That's almost certainly gotta be a drug situation.[/quote:mls6lpmt] I just saw the news photos on tv. I'm thinkin' anorexia or bulemia if not the drugs. Shame. Later
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| metirish Dec 20 2009 05:25 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Heroin addict apparently .
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| MFS62 Dec 21 2009 08:34 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="metirish":afpn75ob]Heroin addict apparently .[/quote:afpn75ob] But now they're sayin' that she was also Diabetic. But the husband is saying he doesn't want an autopsy. So, we may never find out. Later
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| metirish Dec 21 2009 09:09 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I don't think it makes a difference what the husband says about an autopsy , one will be done.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 21 2009 09:20 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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That her husband doesn't want an autopsy-- coupled with the fact that he apparently was taken to the ER himself immediately after deplaning a week ago*-- is pretty indicative that something untoward was going on. But he'll never teeeee-eeeeell. *All manner of stuff sneaks into your ear holes and sticks if you leave the local-morning-show volume up a little too loud.
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| TransMonk Dec 21 2009 09:24 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":lzbdtwc1]But he'll never teeeee-eeeeell.[/quote:lzbdtwc1] BOC
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| soupcan Dec 21 2009 11:03 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Apologies for digressing but the Brittany Murphy death and the speculation above that heroin was involved, reminded me of this story from 1995. My wife and I lived in the same building the Marback's did. Didn't 'know' them but we'd say hi in the lobby and the elevator. I remember after the wife died, the husband continued to live in the building with the kids. It was always so uncomfortable to be in the elevator with the guy. The story got so much exposure at the time, everybody knew what happened. It had to be a nightmare to be him at that time.
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| Benjamin Grimm Dec 21 2009 12:42 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I hate to say it, but I will anyway... This could be very good news for Tiger Woods.
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| metirish Dec 21 2009 12:45 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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[quote="Benjamin Grimm":jcbu7578]I hate to say it, but I will anyway... This could be very good news for Tiger Woods.[/quote:jcbu7578] You think he'll make a play at her?
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| Benjamin Grimm Dec 21 2009 12:48 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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You know, I should have read that article before I commented! I thought that Marbeck was Brittney Murphy's husband. As Emily Litella would say, "Never mind."
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| Centerfield Dec 21 2009 02:07 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I'm not sure how I missed this story when it happened. OD'ing on drugs is so 80's.
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| Number 6 Dec 21 2009 09:50 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Kim Peek, inspiration for "Rain Man" and all-around fascinating person, of a heart attack at 58. http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_14043625
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 22 2009 05:23 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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That obit failed to mention how excellently he drove.
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| bmfc1 Dec 24 2009 09:39 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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George Michael (not the singer): of the "George Michael Sports Machine"; Islander radio play-by-play announcer; WABC DJ; DC TV sports legend. From dcrtv.com: Breaking: 4 Legend George Michael Dies - 12/24 - First here. DCRTV hears that legendary DC sportscaster George Michael (right) died early this morning after battling cancer for two years. He was 70. A native of St. Louis, Michael anchored the sports desk at Channel 4/WRC from 1980 to 2007. He also hosted numerous sports programs for the NBC station, including his "Sports Machine," which was nationally syndicated. Previously, he was a DJ at NYC "top 40" outlet WABC, where he was noted for his boisterous personality and energetic style. Before that, Michael was the popular evening deejay at Philadelphia's "top 40" WFIL radio from 1966 until his move to WABC radio, where he also did sports work at sister WABC-TV before joining WRC.
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| Edgy DC Dec 24 2009 09:52 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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George was very cool. He had this great side-project he did, and would share the results with SABR. He collected classic shots of plays at home plate, going back to the days when the photographers would crowd the field for the best angles. The shots often came out of the files of the papers and the photographers unmarked. So he'd analyze the photo until he figure out who all the players and umps in the shot are, what year it was, and eventually what game it was and what play in what inning it was. Here's hoping you slide safely into home, George Michael.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 24 2009 09:54 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I still have VCR tapes of 'The Sports Machine' from ~1982 or so. We got a kick out the guy.
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| Edgy DC Dec 24 2009 10:02 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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My friend Chris was a producer/camera man/editor for Michael and had won three emmies (one in each field!) working for him, and his career has been zero fun since Michael retired, left to work in a sports journalism field papered with the likes of Buster McSnarkysocks and Titty Bimboflirts, all of them vicious careerists.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 24 2009 10:09 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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GM was also the guy who replaced the legendary 'Cousin Brucie' on WABC radio - at the time when Bruce's (6-10?) evening time slot was probably the most valuable real estate in radio.
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| Edgy DC Dec 24 2009 10:31 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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I didn't know that. That's twice he went from DC to New York and back again. It's worth noting that he gave up his slot as daily sports anchor in protest over layoffs of his staff. A very loyal guy in a field of backstabbers and assgrabbers.
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| Kong76 Dec 24 2009 10:52 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Buster McSnarkysocks = lol
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| soupcan Dec 24 2009 04:09 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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The George Michael Sports Machine, every Sunday night at 11:30. George and the Machine were Sportscenter before there was a Sportscenter. I loved his big button. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQLaO8LqaOA
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| Swan Swan H Dec 26 2009 08:22 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, 45, apparent suicide. I only saw him perform once - he did a wonderfully tortured cover of 'Everybody Hurts' at the R.E.M. Tribute at Carnegie Hall this past March.
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| smg58 Dec 26 2009 10:36 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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He was a paraplegic as a result of a car accident 25 years ago, and had all sorts of medical issues as a result. He apparently overdosed on muscle relaxants. He just released an album two months ago that was generating some indie buzz. I liked the one song I heard off it. A shame.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 26 2009 01:20 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Back to George Michael for a second; from the Washington Post obit (GM was apparently a legend in that town) By the late 1970s, Mr. Michael said he thought his career was fading in New York and turned down an offer by the New York Mets to replace Lindsey Nelson as the team's play-by-play man. [Instead] he accepted an offer at [local NBC station] WRC, which was then looking to revive itself from the bottom of the ratings. I either never know that or had long ago forgotten it.
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| Edgy DC Dec 26 2009 05:05 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Wow, could've had George Michael and ended up with Steve Albert.
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| TheOldMole Dec 29 2009 06:33 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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| Edgy DC Dec 29 2009 07:05 PM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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| TransMonk Dec 31 2009 11:16 AM Re: Bring out your dead, 2009 |
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Seems like there was a lot of death in 2009. Hopefully 2010's thread will not be 23 pages long/
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Giants great Brad Van Pelt is dead of an apparent heart attack at age 57.
You may have been fooling a lot of people, but you were never fooling Edward Woodward.
August 8, 1995
