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Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius Jan 01 2010 09:55 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 11 2010 08:42 PM

Cahal Daly, Irish Cardinal, 92.

TheOldMole Jan 03 2010 09:45 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Bill Powell, who was honored last summer as a racial pioneer in American golf more than 60 years after building a golf course while he was shunned by the sport he loved, died Thursday at a hospital in Canton, Ohio. He was 93. The cause was complications from a stroke, the P.G.A. of America said. In August 2009, when the P.G.A. of America held the 91st annual P.G.A. Championship in the Minneapolis area, it bestowed its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, on Mr. Powell. According to the organization, Mr. Powell was the only African-American to build, own and operate a golf course in the United States. When he returned to the Canton, Ohio, area from England in 1946 after serving in the Army Air Forces, Mr. Powell, a passionate golfer since caddying at age 9, was denied a chance to play on public courses. When he tried to get a bank loan to build his own course, he was rejected. Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier in major league baseball was still a year away. The nation’s golf courses, like much of America, remained segregated. And the P.G.A. of America’s bylaws barred nonwhites from membership, a ban that remained in effect until 1961. But Mr. Powell, a security guard for the Timken bearing and steel company in Canton, was undaunted. “It’s distasteful when you get turned down,” he told The New York Times in 2009. “You have a little pride. You say the hell with them. You say I’m not going to badger. I’m not going to beg them. So I said I’ll just build a golf course.” And so he did. With financial help from two black physicians and a loan from a brother, Mr. Powell bought 78 acres on a dairy farm in East Canton. Doing most of the labor by hand, helped by his wife, Marcella, Mr. Powell seeded pastures, tossed aside boulders and pulled up fence posts. In April 1948, what he called “this crazy dream” came true. He opened Clearview Golf Club with an initial nine holes and welcomed players of all races.

Valadius Jan 05 2010 04:15 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Rory Markas, Angels broadcaster, 54.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 05 2010 04:22 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Casey Johnson, erstwhile J & J heiress, 30. It's a terrible thing to die so alone that nobody notices you're gone for a week.

TheOldMole Jan 05 2010 05:03 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The guy who invented the quarter pounder and the frozen french fry died at 81. What does that tell you?

Valadius Jan 06 2010 05:28 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 93.

soupcan Jan 06 2010 06:20 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 93. Radiation schmadiation.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 06 2010 07:21 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

You know, when we read about terrorists with "dirty bombs" they say that one dirty bomb could leave midtown Manhattan uninhabitable for a thousand years. And yet I was in Hiroshima in 2006, just 51 years after the bomb, and it was perfectly safe (I hope!) and had been for many decades.

Centerfield Jan 07 2010 07:39 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 93. That is a really bad week. Amazing. Rasputin would be jealous.

Frayed Knot Jan 07 2010 07:46 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Centerfield wrote: Valadius wrote: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 93. That is a really bad week. Amazing. Rasputin would be jealous. I didn't read the obit but it makes me wonder if he died at his vacation home in Kabul.

Willets Point Jan 07 2010 10:49 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Frayed Knot wrote: Centerfield wrote: Valadius wrote: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 93. That is a really bad week. Amazing. Rasputin would be jealous. I didn't read the obit but it makes me wonder if he died at his vacation home in Kabul. He'd also resided in Londonderry, PA and Prypiat, Ukraine.

TheOldMole Jan 09 2010 07:57 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Art Clokey, the creator of the whimsical clay figure Gumby, died in his sleep Friday at his home in Los Osos, Calif., after battling repeated bladder infections, his son Joseph said. He was 88. Clokey and his wife, Ruth, invented Gumby in the early 1950s at their Covina home shortly after Art had finished film school at USC. After a successful debut on "The Howdy Doody Show," Gumby soon became the star of its own hit television show, "The Adventures of Gumby," the first to use clay animation on television. After an initial run in the 1950s, Gumby enjoyed comebacks in the 1960s as a bendable children's toy, in the 1980s after comedian Eddie Murphy parodied the kindly Gumby as a crass, cigar-in-the-mouth character in a skit for "Saturday Night Live" and again in the '90s with the release of "Gumby the Movie." Today, Gumby is a cultural icon recognized around the world. It has more than 134,000 fans on Facebook. Is it correct to refer to Gumby as "it"?

Edgy DC Jan 09 2010 10:52 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

No, he's a dude. A freaky freaky dude.

MFS62 Jan 09 2010 11:43 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Willets Point wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Centerfield wrote: Valadius wrote: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 93. That is a really bad week. Amazing. Rasputin would be jealous. I didn't read the obit but it makes me wonder if he died at his vacation home in Kabul. He'd also resided in Londonderry, PA and Prypiat, Ukraine. I gather those are the locations of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Later

TheOldMole Jan 09 2010 02:41 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

"Gumby was green because my dad cared about the environment." -Joseph Clokey, about his late father, Art.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 09 2010 04:38 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

"'Davey and Goliath' was full of gentle moral lessons and humanity because my father was paid by the Lutheran Church to make it."

Edgy DC Jan 09 2010 05:57 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

"Pokey was red because my dad was a murderer."

Kong76 Jan 10 2010 01:53 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Patriots, RIP ('til next year)

Edgy DC Jan 11 2010 07:59 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ann Frank's protector dies: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01 ... index.html Pay tribute by standing up for somebody. I'd really hope for a better name for this thread some time.

Willets Point Jan 11 2010 08:03 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

There goes my plan of meeting up with Miep Gies in Amsterdam this spring.

Valadius Jan 11 2010 08:59 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Mick Green, British guitarist, 65.

bmfc1 Jan 13 2010 02:06 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Art Rust Jr. I remember listening to his WABC sportstalk show before there was a WFAN.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 13 2010 02:18 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

bmfc1 wrote: Art Rust Jr. I remember listening to his WABC sportstalk show before there was a WFAN. He was still alive as of July 16 Meanwhile, the guy who invented Spaghetti-O's is also dead.

Frayed Knot Jan 13 2010 02:27 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Yup. Arthur George Rust Jr. Big boxing guy and also went way back with NYC baseball. Used to say that the only person that could give him chills like Billie Holliday (whose music he used to play a lot as intros and out-tros) was Joe DiMaggio. Was already aging out of the radio demographic by the time he got absolutely steamrolled out of existence by the emergence of WFAN and by WABC's transition to all politics. I seem to remember FAN hiring him at one point but I think his term there was measured in days - like single digit days. By that point he had started to sound testy when mingling with the younger folks and stories were popping up about him owing money all over the place. Hadn't heard or thought about him in years.

Willets Point Jan 13 2010 02:33 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Jay Reatard, 29.

G-Fafif Jan 13 2010 02:58 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Rust hosted a show on WMCA that followed Mets games in the Magic summer of 1980. He forecast that there would be postseason baseball at "Flushing By The Bay," and I believed him. I'm sure he meant it when he said it. I called his show the following year, when it moved to 'ABC, merely to ask his guest Steve Albert about the batter's eye at Shea and generally kiss up. Art authored Darryl Strawberry's memoir. It sounded way more like Art than Darryl.

MFS62 Jan 13 2010 04:50 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I was a frequent caller to Art's show. What I liked was he would let callers speak to his guests. He said something to me at the end of one call that I disagreed with (I forget what). So I wrote him a letter. A few days later, as I was pulling down my driveway, my wife called out "Art Rust is on the phone". He had called me before going on the air. We had a nice chat. Funny, I was thinking about him the other day when we were posting about Mike Francessa and how much more of a gentleman that Art was. I'll miss him. LAter

A Boy Named Seo Jan 13 2010 05:28 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Willets Point wrote: Jay Reatard, 29. 29, whoa. He played a freebie in Long Beach recently and I was gonna go because it was free. Heard lots of buzz about him after the last album, but prior to had never heard of him.

G-Fafif Jan 13 2010 06:45 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Art appreciation here.

themetfairy Jan 13 2010 06:51 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

G-Fafif wrote: Art appreciation here. Nice homage G-Fafif.

MFS62 Jan 13 2010 10:07 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I've reposted my memories from here to your site. Fond memories of Art belong in as many places as possible. Here's what I added there to my post above: We generally talked baseball and football. I'd end each call with a "See you in (and then mention one of the old stadia in which the American Football League teams had played. As if my mention would keep the memory of that league alive)". One time, the call screener/ producer said the guest was the editor of Ring magazine (Burt Sugar?) and added that I would have to start out with something about boxing. I said "OK" and led with a line I had remembered from MAD comics. I said "Max Schmelling would have beaten Joe Louis in their second fight if Louis hadn't landed 50 or 60 lucky punches in the first round." Both of them laughed for about a minute. Art then told the guest that I was one of his favorite callers. I appreciated that. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 14 2010 07:00 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Love the description: Gruff-voiced soul powerhouse Singer Teddy Pendergrass dies at age 59 By Dan DeLuca Inquirer Music Critic Teddy Pendergrass, the gruff-voiced Philadelphia soul powerhouse who belted out hits like "The Love I Lost" and "If You Don't Know Me By Now" as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s for Philadelphia International Records and went on to forge an influential solo career as a seductive bedroom balladeer, has died. He was 59. The singer's son, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his father died yesterday at Bryn Mawr Hospital. He underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago. Pendergrass II said the singer, who had been paralyzed from the waist down after he crashed his Rolls-Royce on Lincoln Drive in the Germantown section of Philadelphia in 1982, had "a difficult recovery." "To all his fans who loved his music, thank you," his son said. "He will live on through his music." After the car accident, he spent six months in a hospital but returned to recording the next year with the album Love Language. He returned to the stage at the Live Aid concert in 1985, performing from his wheelchair. Pendergrass was raised by his mother, Ida Epps, in North Philadelphia, and started singing in public at an early age. At age 21/2, he recalled in an interview in 2007 that he stood up on chair at the Glad Tidings Baptist Church and sang "If I Could Write A Letter To Heaven." "I was just a little bitty guy," he said. "I had to be seen. Always been my problem." In 1998, Pendergrass founded the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance, an organization whose mission is encourage and help people with spinal cord injuries achieve their maximum potential in education, employment, housing, productivity and independence. A tribute called "Teddy 25: A Celebration of Life, Hope and Possibilities" was held at the Kimmel Center in June 2007 to mark 25 years since his accident. It featured such artists as Patti LaBelle and Stephanie Mills.

Edgy DC Jan 14 2010 07:38 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Would have guessed he was older. He always seemed so... mature.

MFS62 Jan 14 2010 08:02 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Uh-oh. Donald Goerke. http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/t ... oerke.html SpaghettiOs inventor Donald Goerke dies at 83 1:29 p.m. CST, January 13, 2010 DELRAN, N.J. - The Campbell Soup Co. executive who was behind the enduring brands SpaghettiOs and Chunky Soup has died. Donald Goerke (GUHR'-kee) was 83. A Campbell spokesman confirmed that Goerke died of heart failure Sunday in his home in Delran. He was marketing research director of Campbell's Franco-American line in the early 1960s when his group started dreaming up pasta in shapes that would appeal to kids. He chose the o's. They were marketed with the unforgettable tag line, "Uh-oh, SpaghettiOs." Later, he helped introduce Chunky Soup, a hearty ready-to-serve soup that stood out from the company's traditional line of condensed soups. The Waukesha, Wis., native worked for Camden-based Campbell for 35 years, retiring in 1990 Later

Farmer Ted Jan 14 2010 12:31 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The rumor in Philly that never quits...Teddy got smashed up in that Rolls with Dr. J's wife as his passenger. I'm just sayin'...

TheOldMole Jan 16 2010 07:25 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Bobby Charles, Louisiana swamp pop giant, writer of "See You Later Alligator" and "Walkin' to New Orleans." He lived in Woodstock for a few years, and was beloved by all who knew him there (I wasn't one of them).

Edgy DC Jan 16 2010 08:25 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I was that video you posted at your facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#/tad.richards?ref=nf Something was bothering me, and ist sure wasn't Haley, and then I realized it was the drummer. He was trying to make it fit into a rock beat and didn't have any of the western swing.

TheOldMole Jan 16 2010 09:47 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

1976, Europe -- maybe a European drummer?

Valadius Jan 18 2010 08:29 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Glen Bell, founder of Taco Bell, 86.

MFS62 Jan 18 2010 08:57 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Glen Bell, founder of Taco Bell, 86. I always had wondered what tacos had to do with bells. Anyhow, RIP Glan. You gave America a choice in fast food. Later

Farmer Ted Jan 19 2010 11:36 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Our next door neighbor died yesterday. 51 years old. He was physically fit and swam two miles a day for the past 25 years, usually in the morning before work. Massive heart attack in the YMCA pool.

TransMonk Jan 19 2010 11:48 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ugk. That's horrible.

TransMonk Jan 19 2010 12:04 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

'Spenser' novelist Robert Parker dies at age 77 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_ ... ert_parker My grandfather would often read these books and I read a couple in high school.

Valadius Jan 19 2010 12:35 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Erich Segal, writer of "Love Story", 72.

sharpie Jan 19 2010 12:45 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Erich Segal also largely wrote the script for "Yellow Submarine."

Edgy DC Jan 19 2010 12:47 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I hear that Jeremy Hilary Boob was based on Al Gore.

themetfairy Jan 19 2010 12:50 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Farmer Ted wrote: Our next door neighbor died yesterday. 51 years old. He was physically fit and swam two miles a day for the past 25 years, usually in the morning before work. Massive heart attack in the YMCA pool. That's horrible Ted. My condolences.

Chad Ochoseis Jan 19 2010 05:42 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Kate McGarrigle, 63 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg5nKp4AwVg

cooby Jan 19 2010 05:43 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Farmer Ted wrote: Our next door neighbor died yesterday. 51 years old. He was physically fit and swam two miles a day for the past 25 years, usually in the morning before work. Massive heart attack in the YMCA pool. Cripes.

Farmer Ted Jan 19 2010 05:52 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

It's been in the SC paper, Coobs. Crazy.

cooby Jan 19 2010 06:06 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Found it; wow, he sounds like a good guy and a heck of a hole in the community. My condolences -- I'm assuming as a next door neighbor you were friends. A friend of mine teaches water aerobics at that YMCA; I'll have to ask her if she knew him too.

Frayed Knot Jan 19 2010 06:16 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Kate McGarrigle, 63 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg5nKp4AwVg I always get it mixed up so I had to look things up, but Kate was the sister once married to Loudon Wainwright III and the mother of singers Rufus & Martha Wainwright. Duet partner and older sister Anna survives.

Edgy DC Jan 19 2010 08:33 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Farmer Ted wrote: Our next door neighbor died yesterday. 51 years old. He was physically fit and swam two miles a day for the past 25 years, usually in the morning before work. Massive heart attack in the YMCA pool. Sorry. Hopefully, he'll have Kate McGarrigle to sing him home. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE8L843iUy4

Edgy DC Jan 23 2010 03:01 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Pay tribute to Jean Simmons by photographing yourself in cool noir lighting.

MFS62 Jan 23 2010 03:07 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I had a huge crush on Jean Simmons. RIP Jean. Hollywood, and your fans, will miss you. Later

cooby Jan 23 2010 03:12 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Lovely. I can see why, MFS62

Benjamin Grimm Jan 23 2010 03:36 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Wow! She looks a lot better without the KISS makeup!

Edgy DC Jan 23 2010 03:40 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Born and raised to crush hearts. Poor MFS62.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 25 2010 12:36 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali" 1941-2010. I was never much of a fan of his, but I did kind of like his wife, "Chemical Betty."

Frayed Knot Jan 26 2010 02:45 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Actor Pernell Roberts - 81 Played the oldest son (and last survivor) of the Cartwright clan from 'Bonanza' fame, plus the older version of Trapper John McIntyre. He left 'Bonanza' while the show was a big hit, reportedly because he thought the scripts were stupid. The show was a bit before my time and I only saw a handful of them but I kind of agree with him.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 26 2010 02:54 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I never watched Bonanza, but I did watch the first episode of Trapper John. It seemed awfully silly to me to see someone so different playing Wayne Rogers' part.

Edgy DC Jan 26 2010 08:28 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Frayed Knot wrote: Actor Pernell Roberts - 81 Played the oldest son (and last survivor) of the Cartwright clan from 'Bonanza' fame, plus the older version of Trapper John McIntyre. He left 'Bonanza' while the show was a big hit, reportedly because he thought the scripts were stupid. The show was a bit before my time and I only saw a handful of them but I kind of agree with him. No stupider than most shows at the time. It's tone and production values were first rate, anyhow. Anyhow, he sort of was the original Chuck Cunningham, written out of the show seemingly with an order to the writers to never allow the characters to speak of him again.

Willets Point Jan 27 2010 05:25 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Howard Zinn, historian/gadfly, dead at 87.

Valadius Jan 27 2010 09:11 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Zelda Rubinstein, best known as Tangina from Poltergeist, 76.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 27 2010 11:01 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Willets Point wrote: Howard Zinn, historian/gadfly, dead at 87. Sigh.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 28 2010 04:32 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Zelda Rubinstein, best known as Tangina from Poltergeist, 76. I remember her from Picket Fences.

Edgy DC Jan 28 2010 05:44 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Also the whiskey-drinkin' organist from Sixteen Candles.

Fman99 Jan 28 2010 06:28 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Zelda Rubinstein, best known as Tangina from Poltergeist, 76. Wow, enjoy midget heaven. And the "Under the Rainbow" midget survivor list gets smaller still. Time waits for no midge.

MFS62 Jan 28 2010 08:08 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Willets Point wrote: Howard Zinn, historian/gadfly, dead at 87. Sigh. Two sighs. He led anti-war and anti-segregation movements for over 40 years. Wrote a people's history of the United States that taught american history from those points of view. Later

sharpie Jan 28 2010 08:39 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I'll add a third sigh for Howard Zinn. You might not agree with everything he said but he was consistently interesting and fought the good fight for his whole career.

Willets Point Jan 28 2010 10:34 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Zelda Rubinstein, best known as Tangina from Poltergeist, 76. Go into the light, Zelda.

Vic Sage Jan 28 2010 11:14 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100128/us_nm/us_zinn_1 Howard Zinn was born in 1922 (like my dad) into a Jewish immigrant family (like my dad) growing up in Brooklyn (like my dad). These similarities came to light when i read his PEOPLE'S HISTORY in college. It had just come out then, and i, as a Poly Sci major, was fascinated by it. It had a big impact on me, coming as it did at the dawn of the Age of Reagan (which stands in opposition to the Age of Reason) . Unlike some other academics, he came out of the ivory tower to fight for the things he believed in. So long, Mr. Zinn, and thanks for all the fish...

Farmer Ted Jan 28 2010 11:21 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

JD Salinger.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 28 2010 11:37 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Zinn, Salinger today. Louis Auchincloss, accomplished author and chonicler of the patrician class... dead yesterday at 92. Does that complete our "Men of Letters-Plus" triad, or should guys like Phillip Roth or Oliver Sacks be watching their backs/the skies?

Edgy DC Jan 28 2010 11:58 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Tough day for people of letters, tough day also for folks with Jewish hertiage. So yeah, Roth and Sacks would be smart to lay low.

Willets Point Jan 28 2010 12:28 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Farmer Ted wrote: JD Salinger. This is a crumby day.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 28 2010 12:38 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

At least now Salinger knows what's out in the cornfield! (In the Kinsella book, he was the author dragged to watch the game at Fenway, not the made-up Terrance Mann.)

Farmer Ted Jan 28 2010 12:44 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I recently saw Finding Forrester (again) starring Sean Connery. His character was loosely based on JD.

metirish Jan 28 2010 12:46 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Willets Point wrote: Farmer Ted wrote: JD Salinger. This is a crumby day. If asked I would have guessed he was already dead.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 28 2010 12:57 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Me, too. I actually looked him up a couple months ago and was surprised he was still kickin'.

Nymr83 Jan 28 2010 02:01 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

easy to be surprised considering he intentionally chose to be a hermit. i never liked catcher in the rye, but i'm interested in all this writing his neighbor says he did "for himself." i'd have to think whoever inherits sees some dollar signs and publishes.

Edgy DC Jan 28 2010 02:35 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

People have tried to get their hands on his work for a long time, and I'm sure he's left his literary executor very specific instructions.

Edgy DC Jan 28 2010 02:38 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Farmer Ted wrote: I recently saw Finding Forrester (again) starring Sean Connery. His character was loosely based on JD. I'd say more like that it was closely based on a narrow caricature of Salinger. I did not like Good Will Hunting 2.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 28 2010 02:42 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edgy DC wrote: People have tried to get their hands on his work for a long time, and I'm sure he's left his literary executor very specific instructions. Probably. But once you're dead long enough, people stop caring about such things. (See Albert C. Barnes.)

Valadius Jan 28 2010 05:27 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I actually looked up Salinger about a week or so ago on Wikipedia and was shocked that he was 91 years old. I knew he was still alive, but thought he must be like 80, not 91.

Fman99 Jan 28 2010 07:27 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I much preferred Salinger's other works to "Rye." Speficially "Seymour"/"Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenter." Having said that, I hope he's having drinks with the Poltergeist midget tonight in heaven. And I hope he really did write another 20 books that we get to read now that he's gone.

metirish Jan 29 2010 06:55 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Little Jasmina , very sad Jasmina Anema

G-Fafif Feb 04 2010 03:33 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Dick McGuire, 84, great Knick.

Farmer Ted Feb 04 2010 05:27 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

42 years as the same character. MY mother-in-law LOVED her. I'm a Young and the Restless guy myself. "Days of Our Lives" and the world at large lost one of daytime's Grande Dames, Frances Reid, who played beloved grandma Horton since 1965, when the show first started, and was last seen in Salem in December of 2007. She passed away Wednesday, February 2 at the age of 95.

Edgy DC Feb 04 2010 06:40 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

My dad grew up admiring the McGuires --- the big stars of the neightborhood in Rockaway. I felt like I knew Dick even though I couldn't have told you five actual facts about him.

MFS62 Feb 05 2010 06:58 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Mine, too. I must have started paying attention to basketball right between the McGuire eras (player vs coach). The early Knicks I remember were Carl Braun, Richie Guerin, and Ray Felix. Finding Clyde Frazier was something special. I wonder if he was also responsible for drafting Charlie Tyra and Darrell Imhoff. Later

Edgy DC Feb 05 2010 07:27 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ballers from the Rockaways Dick, Al, and John McGurie Nancy Lieberman John Warren Mel Utley Far Rockaway High School has produced the three of those not named McGuire, three Nobel-winning scientists (Baruch Blumberg, Richard Feyman, and Burton Richter), Joyce Brothers, Richard Cohen, and MC Serch, but slated to close due to declining performance.

MFS62 Feb 05 2010 08:10 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I guess since this thread is about death, it is appropriate to talk about the slow death of the NYC public high school system. It is a shame. Some of the best, most famous of them are closing. I wonder if Cranepool's Monroe is on the list for closure. Later

Edgy DC Feb 05 2010 08:15 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The thing is, according to some (including Malcolm Gladwell) the Great Depression helped make the NYC public schools great, as college-level teachers were teaching in public K-12 schools back then, for better job security. Maybe we're due for another economy-related renaissance.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 05 2010 08:19 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

MFS62 wrote: I guess since this thread is about death, it is appropriate to talk about the slow death of the NYC public high school system. It is a shame. Some of the best, most famous of them are closing. I wonder if Cranepool's Monroe is on the list for closure. Later Here's the list of the doomed 19 NYC High Schools: Schools that will be phased out, starting in the fall of 2010 Brooklyn Paul Robeson High School Middle School for Academic and Social Excellence Metropolitan Corporate Academy Public School 332 William H. Maxwell High School Manhattan Norman Thomas High School Choir Academy of Harlem's high school grades Academy of Collaborative Education KAPPA II Academy of Environmental Science Bronx Christopher Columbus High School New Day Academy Global Enterprise High School Monroe Academy for Business and Law School for Community Research and Learning Frederick Douglass Academy III (middle school only will be closed) Queens School of Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship Beach Channel High School Jamaica High School http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/edu ... _city.html

Swan Swan H Feb 05 2010 09:46 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

My alma mater, John Adams HS in Ozone Park, was rumored to be on the chopping block, but I guess it lives to repress another day.

Frayed Knot Feb 08 2010 04:11 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Rep John Murtha; (D) Penn -- 77

Kong76 Feb 08 2010 07:18 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Friend of mine since childhood died napping this evening. I'm in shock, twenty of us were all just hanging out yesterday and poof he freakin' gone. 45 years old. Don't know any details yet, an hour ago they were still waiting on the coroner.

Chad Ochoseis Feb 08 2010 07:22 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

That's awful, Kong. My sympathies.

themetfairy Feb 08 2010 07:33 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

My condolences Kase - that's horrible!

Edgy DC Feb 08 2010 08:09 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Jay-sus, I'm sorry.

metirish Feb 08 2010 08:17 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Very sorry to hear this Kase, condolences to all

Fman99 Feb 08 2010 08:19 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Chad Ochoseis wrote: That's awful, Kong. My sympathies. Seriously. Sorry for your loss, Kace.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 08 2010 08:44 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I'm so sorry for your friends and his family.

Kong76 Feb 08 2010 09:15 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Thanks people, it's just weird having someone evaporate like that. This week is gonna suck.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 08 2010 09:29 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Geez, what a bummer.

Rockin' Doc Feb 08 2010 09:46 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I'm sorry to hear of your friend's sudden passing.

MFS62 Feb 09 2010 08:21 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Very sorry to hear that, Kase. Condolences to the friends and family. LAter

HahnSolo Feb 09 2010 08:30 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Horrible news Kase.

smg58 Feb 09 2010 08:34 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I'm very sorry to hear that.

Kong76 Feb 09 2010 06:14 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Thanks guys. Wake is Fri, funeral on Sat because of weather, travel time for some, and autopsy since it's still unknown what exactly happened.

Edgy DC Feb 09 2010 06:43 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Cha sends her condolences and blessings.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 10 2010 05:40 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Captian Phil of the Cornelia Marie, 53. He was one of the larger-than-life macho fishermen on the Deadliest Catch (awesome show!)

Willets Point Feb 10 2010 09:01 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I don't look at this thread often so sorry I'm late in offering my condolences to KC.

Valadius Feb 10 2010 01:17 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Carl Braun, Knicks star, 82.

MFS62 Feb 10 2010 01:21 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Carl Braun, Knicks star, 82. Oh my goodness. When McGuire passed away last week, I thought that I didn't remember much of his era, but remembered seeing Braun, Richie Guerin and Sweetwater Clifton. RIP Carl. I was a fan of yours. Later

Valadius Feb 10 2010 01:35 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Former Rep. Charlie Wilson, of "Charlie Wilson's War" fame, 76.

Nymr83 Feb 10 2010 07:46 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Former Rep. Charlie Wilson, of "Charlie Wilson's War" fame, 76. wow, i was gonna post about the "Deadliest Catch" guy, I didnt even know about this!

Frayed Knot Feb 10 2010 08:25 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Former Rep. Charlie Wilson, of "Charlie Wilson's War" fame, 76. Knowing a bit about Congressman Charlie's lifestyle it's surprising he lasted that long.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 11 2010 10:17 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

British fashion designer (Lee) Alexander McQueen, 40. Apparent suicide. His mother, Joyce, had died last Tuesday.

dgwphotography Feb 11 2010 06:53 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I know this is a little late, but jeez, Kase - that's awful. You have my heartfelt condolences...

Kong76 Feb 11 2010 08:47 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Nah, you're right on time. Thanks, and thanks if I missed anyone else. Found out tonight it was just a massive heart attack in his sleep. I don't know if that's painful or not, but people always say if ya gotta go that's the way to go.

Rockin' Doc Feb 14 2010 05:01 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Former steeplechase jockey and best selling mystery writer, Dick Francis died at his home in the Cayman Islands. He was 89 years old.

metirish Feb 14 2010 05:09 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I read plenty of his books Rest In Peace

Swan Swan H Feb 14 2010 05:23 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, 57, from cancer. Article

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 14 2010 07:53 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Swan Swan H wrote: Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, 57, from cancer. Article Adios, Doug, you rockin' pervert.

Kong76 Feb 14 2010 07:59 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1T71PGd-J0

Edgy DC Feb 14 2010 08:14 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Doug was a hero to all of us with balding temples, successfully parting his hair dead center or off center for 30 years.

cooby Feb 14 2010 09:13 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Rockin' Doc wrote: Former steeplechase jockey and best selling mystery writer, Dick Francis died at his home in the Cayman Islands. He was 89 years old. One of my very favorites

G-Fafif Feb 15 2010 07:59 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I took a lot of internal grief on my high school newspaper for writing a glowing review of Get The Knack (bumping a review of Led Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door to give it space). One sentence therein (paraphrasing): "Fieger and Averre may not be the new Lennon and McCartney, but..." something to the effect of whether or not they pose like the Beatles on the back cover of the album, the Knack gets your toes tapping in ways Donna Summer can only dream of. "My Sharona" is No. 25 on the Top 500 Songs of All-Time. Here's to Doug Fieger and those whose work we continue to love no matter the immediate backlash in their direction.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 15 2010 08:27 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Doug Feiger's brother, Geoff, is a flamboyant attorney here in Michigan. He represented Jack Kevorkian -- known as "Dr. Death" -- and even got the Democratic nod to run for governor in the mid-90s. It was an amazing campaign, with Feiger saying things like the incumbent's newborn triples looked like the product of circus freaks mating. So, the guy who sang "Good Girls Don't" was the tasteful member of the family.

Nymr83 Feb 20 2010 09:14 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Alexander Haig, 85.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 20 2010 11:49 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Nymr83 wrote: Alexander Haig, 85. Oh, crap-- who's in control now?

Chad Ochoseis Feb 20 2010 12:08 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

BOC!

Edgy DC Feb 20 2010 12:31 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The cool thing about the Reagan Cabinet was Regan and Baker just swapping jobs. What was that about?

Frayed Knot Feb 20 2010 12:52 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edgy DC wrote: The cool thing about the Reagan Cabinet was Regan and Baker just swapping jobs. What was that about? Says something when most MLB managers are more strict about bull penners sticking to assigned roles than a President was with cabinet members ... although I'm not sure what. At one point Haig was voted the best dressed man in Washington (or some such "honor") - leading a friend of mine to snidely remark that it was only because the guy was in the military so long that he had to spring for a whole new wardrobe upon his D.C. arrival. Somewhere in storage is a batch of originals from a comic story that ran in Nat Lampoon (or maybe it was Playboy) titled 'At Home with the Haigs' Have to see if I can find it.

Valadius Feb 25 2010 06:20 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Andrew Koenig, 41, suicide.

MFS62 Feb 26 2010 07:31 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Andrew Koenig, 41, suicide. Did he neglect to put his dad's phaser on "stun"? Later

TransMonk Feb 26 2010 07:44 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Andrew Koenig, 41, suicide. I thought he was marooned on Ceti Alpha Five. Fucking shocker.

dgwphotography Mar 01 2010 04:15 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, 58

Ashie62 Mar 01 2010 06:38 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edgy DC wrote: The cool thing about the Reagan Cabinet was Regan and Baker just swapping jobs. What was that about? Cabinet by committee

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 01 2010 06:40 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

dgwphotography wrote: Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, 58 He's gone (he's gone) he's gone (he's gone) oh I I'd pay the devil to replace him Good player!

Frayed Knot Mar 01 2010 07:07 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

OK, I had to look that name up: Wikipedia: Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (born 1951, died February 27, 2010) - longtime bassist with Hall & Oates (since 1981's Private Eyes album) and has also worked on the Saturday Night Live Band ... has also worked with Carly Simon, Jellyfish, Squeeze, Elvis Costello, Shawn Colvin and Billy Joel. - Wolk grew up in New York. - in 1991 co-produced Willie Nile's Places I Have Never Been on Columbia Records. - also worked with Ryan Leslie on his self-titled debut album. - more recently played a Fender Custom Shop replica of his heavily modified 1964 precision bass. - recorded on bluesman Guy Davis' albums, Butt Naked Free and Chocolate to the Bone, and appeared with Guy on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" performing, "Waitin' On the Cards to Fall". - had a column in the publication Guitar for the Practicing Musician during the 1980s.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 01 2010 07:20 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Seaver would call him "a pro's pro." Also in the bass-playing world, Toto is reassembling to do benefit gigs for their bass player Mike Porcaro (brother of Steve and Jeff) who's battling ALS.

G-Fafif Mar 01 2010 02:41 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: dgwphotography wrote: Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, 58 He's gone (he's gone) he's gone (he's gone) oh I I'd pay the devil to replace him Good player! Everybody getting high on consolation?

Edgy DC Mar 01 2010 08:23 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Known in the early MTV days for getting the third most face time in Hall & Oates videos. Also usually shown playing a fretless bass.

Edgy DC Mar 01 2010 08:40 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Know Your T-Bones: [list][*]T-Bone Walker (1910-1975): Electric guitar pioneer, prime influence on Chuck Berry, who had the stones to record a song called "Let Your Hair Down, Baby, Let's Have a Natural Ball" in 1947.[/*:m] [*]T-Bone Burnett (1948-): songwriter, producer of many fantastic albums, session dude, mostly known for assembling the "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack.[/*:m] [*]T-Bone (just T-Bone, 1973-): grammy nominated Christian rapper.[/*:m] [*]Tony "T-Bone" Bellamy (1946-), Mexican-Native American rocker, frontman for 1970s band Redbone, mostly known for "Come and Get Your Love." [/*:m] [*]Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (1951-2010), bassist/producer/session dude, known for his receding chin in Hall & Oates videos and playing in the Saturday Night Live band during the G.E. Smith era when they would give Smith (and Wolk, to a lesser extent) face time as they went to and from commercials.[/*:m] [*]Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (birthdate unknown), comic musician/favorite of Dr. Demento, most famous for "Camp Muckalucka."[/*:m][/list:u]

MFS62 Mar 02 2010 07:47 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

And I betcha' that all of them are, or were, pissed that they weren't T Boone Pickens. Later

Valadius Mar 02 2010 10:54 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Winston Churchill, grandson of Winston Churchill and former Member of Parliament, 69.

Frayed Knot Mar 02 2010 11:04 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The original Winston - the fat, cigar-smoking, heavy-drinking one - lived a long time (90) but most of his children did not* and now not this guy either. * Two of his five children pre-deceased him and a third out-lived him by less than three years. One is still alive at 88.

Edgy DC Mar 02 2010 11:18 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Know Your T-Bones with YouTube Links: [list][*]T-Bone Walker (1910-1975): Electric guitar pioneer, prime influence on Chuck Berry, who had the stones to record a song called "Let Your Hair Down, Baby, Let's Have a Natural Ball" in 1947.[/*:m] [*]T-Bone Burnett (1948-): songwriter, producer of many fantastic albums, session dude, mostly known for assembling the "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack.[/*:m] [*]T-Bone (just T-Bone, 1973-): Salvadoran-American Grammy-nominated Christian rapper.[/*:m] [*]Tony "T-Bone" Bellamy (1946-), Mexican-Native American rocker, frontman for 1970s band Redbone, mostly known for "Come and Get Your Love." [/*:m] [*]Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (1951-2010), bassist/guitarist producer/session dude, known for his receding chin in Hall & Oates videos and playing in the Saturday Night Live band during the G.E. Smith era when they would give Smith (and Wolk, to a lesser extent) face time as they went to and from commercials.[/*:m] [*]Tom "T-Bone" Stankus (birthdate unknown, no video, just ausido), comic musician/favorite of Dr. Demento, most famous for "Camp Muckalucka."[/*:m][/list:u]

sharpie Mar 02 2010 11:59 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Odd how T-Bone Walker plays with his guitar strap over one shoulder and not around his neck.

TransMonk Mar 08 2010 03:27 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Mark Linkous, leader of Sparklehorse, dies at 47 Shooting yourslf in the chest seems like an odd choice.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 08 2010 11:21 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Mark Linkous, leader of Sparklehorse, dies at 47 Shooting yourslf in the chest seems like an odd choice. No less than stabbing yourself in the chest, like Elliott Smith. A younger me wore through the first two Sparklehorse albums on cassette. Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot in particular made for great melancholy-driving accompaniment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me8tGjsYo1A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnuYWr4exlA

TransMonk Mar 09 2010 07:16 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: No less than stabbing yourself in the chest, like Elliott Smith. It just seems to me that if one had a gun and was going to off one's self, one would aim for the head. I never got totally into Sparklehorse...although I think their stuff sounds good.

Fman99 Mar 10 2010 06:31 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Corey Haim, 38, apparently of an overdose.

TransMonk Mar 10 2010 07:06 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Whoa! Shocking, but not, all at the same time.

Edgy DC Mar 10 2010 07:18 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Haim. Wow.

sharpie Mar 10 2010 07:19 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Had heard of him but when I checked his filmography I noted that he had made a lot of movies but I hadn't seen a single one of them.

Frayed Knot Mar 10 2010 07:26 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 10 2010 07:59 AM

I had to check and see whether he was the Corey in 'Stand by Me' or the other one. He was the other one.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 10 2010 07:54 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Sad to know but all the same Haim was a leading-edge douchewear model and a complete prick, from what I could tell from the few times I saw his "reality show." Now let's watch while the other Corey exploits his counterpart's death for all its tragic drama.

Methead Mar 10 2010 08:02 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Wow. Another childhood icon gone. Lisa Simpson must be heartbroken.

TransMonk Mar 10 2010 08:43 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLRK-XP_GLE

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 10 2010 08:48 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 10 2010 08:54 AM

sharpie wrote: Had heard of him but when I checked his filmography I noted that he had made a lot of movies but I hadn't seen a single one of them. If you are of a certain age, you either saw at least 2 of those (with "Lost Boys" being one of them), or had your house carpets littered with magazines by preteen siblings featuring his smiling Canuck face. I remember "Lost Boys," "Lucas," and "License to Drive" offhand. Which is to say, I remember seeing them all, and that he was in them. Transmonk wrote: Whoa! Shocking, but not, all at the same time. LWBH was watching the morning news today, and yelled to me in the bathroom that a Corey died. I guessed right, and was sure of it even before I heard her answer.

Edgy DC Mar 10 2010 08:54 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

So you have to name the kid Corey now.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 10 2010 08:55 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Or "Haim-ish."

MFS62 Mar 10 2010 10:12 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Or "Haim-ish." I'd love to nominate that for a BOC. But then I'd have to explain why. And something might get lost in the translation. I'll just give it a hearty LOL! Edit: OK, I did. And I explained it. I'm such a softie. Later

TransMonk Mar 10 2010 03:57 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I remember "Lost Boys," "Lucas," and "License to Drive" offhand... When I was 12 years old, I had a girlfriend who's dad playfully called me "Lucas" when he first met me. I hadn't seen the movie yet, and when I did, I realized I was a total nerd. "License to Drive" was a movie that was on HBO every day during the summer of my 13th year, leading me to believe that I could have such adventures when I learned how to drive in a few years. I guess I had forgot I was a total nerd.

Edgy DC Mar 10 2010 04:13 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

When I was 12 years old, I had a girlfriend who existed only in my mind and complete assurance that she was the only the girlfriend I would ever have. But you were the total nerd.

Valadius Mar 11 2010 09:41 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Merlin Olsen, NFL player, 69.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 11 2010 09:49 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

When I saw that name, the first thing I thought of was Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.

Edgy DC Mar 11 2010 09:58 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Nah, Mr. Garvey, Fr. Murphy, and also called a few Super Bowls. Fifteen years, and he was an All-Pro 14 of those.

Fman99 Mar 11 2010 10:22 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

"I'm very important, uh, I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany. I-- I'm friends with Merlin Olson, too. He comes over on occasion."

Frayed Knot Mar 11 2010 10:58 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Apparently Olsen had some on-going lawsuit with NBC or with a production company of NBC that he claim exposed him to conditions (asbestos?) which ultimately made him sick. I also remember a story he told a bunch of years back about how he had an offer to join the professional wrestling ranks soon after his football career ended. He and his equally large, though blond-haired, brother were to be a tag-team duo with the back-story that they were a couple of backwoods wild men from Alaska (they were actually from Utah). Names were even picked out as Merlin was to be the 'Kodiak Kid' and his bro the 'Blond Grizzly'. Fortunately for him - and unlike a lot of his contemporaries - he had other things going on during his post-playing days and turned down the offer.

TransMonk Mar 11 2010 03:46 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ah...he was on "Little House on the Prairie"...I vaguely remember him. Before my time as a footballer, though.

MFS62 Mar 11 2010 09:27 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Frayed Knot wrote: Apparently Olsen had some on-going lawsuit with NBC or with a production company of NBC that he claim exposed him to conditions (asbestos?) which ultimately made him sick. When I heard of the cause of death on the radio, I remembered that disease is usually a result of exposure to asbestos. Then I thought kid from Utah, football player, actor. Couldn't figure it out. Too bad. RIP Merlin. LAter

DocTee Mar 14 2010 08:12 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Peter Graves, of Mission: Impossible and other roles...

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 14 2010 08:16 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

It's over for Oveur.

Fman99 Mar 14 2010 08:44 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Apparently, he had the fish.

themetfairy Mar 14 2010 08:46 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Fman99 wrote: Apparently, he had the fish. I am ashamed at myself for laughing at this....

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 14 2010 08:47 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Did he self-destruct?

Fman99 Mar 14 2010 09:09 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

themetfairy wrote: Fman99 wrote: Apparently, he had the fish. I am ashamed at myself for laughing at this.... That is my entire purpose in life. That specific reaction.

MFS62 Mar 15 2010 09:52 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Graves later went on to the Boigraphy Channel on cable. I wonder who is going to do his biography? He was the brother of another early tv star - James Arness. RIP. Peter. Later

Farmer Ted Mar 15 2010 10:11 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

What's your clearance, Clarence?

G-Fafif Mar 16 2010 11:09 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ron Lundy, WABC jock of Musicradio glory days, heart attack, 75.

Edgy DC Mar 16 2010 11:26 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Goodbye, Love!

Benjamin Grimm Mar 16 2010 11:33 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

G-Fafif wrote: Ron Lundy, WABC jock of Musicradio glory days, heart attack, 75. There was an article in the Daily News just last week about how he wasn't doing too well.

Gwreck Mar 17 2010 08:44 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Alex Chilton, heart attack, 59.

Edgy DC Mar 17 2010 08:51 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Criminy. I guess him, Lux interior, and Johnny Thunders make the holy trinity of Replacements inspiration, all now dead. Thank you, friends. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC0Wa3P_dO0

Ashie62 Mar 17 2010 09:10 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

RIP your spirit and influence will be missed Thanks for helping Paul Westerberg & the Mats

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 17 2010 09:12 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

At the risk of saying this an an inappropriate time, I never managed to get nearly as passionate about Big Star that so many folks with tastes otherwise similar to mine seem to have. Chilton was a hero to 'em though. Adios!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 17 2010 09:21 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

There was a period of time where I snuck Big Star songs onto every mixtape I made, just as a little badge of cool, no matter how inappropriate (sorry 'bout breaking the mood a bit, Jenny Flynn). This stinks.

Gwreck Mar 17 2010 10:48 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: At the risk of saying this an an inappropriate time, I never managed to get nearly as passionate about Big Star that so many folks with tastes otherwise similar to mine seem to have. Chilton was a hero to 'em though. Adios! I'm not sure I entirely got him either. Went to see Big Star in concert when they were in these parts last November and while I could certainly see what the influence was and appreciate its effect, I doubt he'd ever be in my favorites list. Regardless, I'm still sorry I never got to see him sing "The Letter."

TransMonk Mar 18 2010 06:30 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HEZbM1Ha8Q

Edgy DC Mar 18 2010 07:14 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Paul playing the cherry red SG. Wow, Chilton's death gets' front page treatment at CNN.com.

metsguyinmichigan Mar 18 2010 07:35 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I didn't realize he was in the Box Tops. "Letter" is pop perfection in under two minutes.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 18 2010 07:38 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQqmnhSLOUQ This one made its way onto more than a few tapes.

Edgy DC Mar 18 2010 08:06 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

That's what I'm going with. I can play that song half the day.

Valadius Mar 18 2010 03:15 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9LGwzGnx5w Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) commemorated the life of Alex Chilton on the House floor.

Edgy DC Mar 18 2010 03:20 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

That's pretty amazing.

smg58 Mar 18 2010 04:34 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

He'd get my vote if I lived in Memphis. That was really well done. Personally, The only other American rock band I'd put on the same level as Big Star would be Creedence. This is a sad day.

Edgy DC Mar 18 2010 08:03 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

That's pretty amazing, also. Really?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 18 2010 08:07 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Brian Wilson is all passive-aggressively, "ahem?" (But it's not very authoritative, as the drugs have taken their toll.)

Edgy DC Mar 18 2010 08:12 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Mike Love is probably a little more aggressive-aggressive about it.

Ashie62 Mar 18 2010 09:19 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

"Daniel Boone" Fess Parker calls it quits at 85.. F-Troop cast on deck

metirish Mar 19 2010 08:43 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Article about Alex Chilton

MFS62 Mar 19 2010 10:08 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ashie62 wrote: "Daniel Boone" Fess Parker calls it quits at 85.. I thought he had died at the Alamo. Oh waitaminit. That was Davey Crockett. Those guys looked alike. Later

MFS62 Mar 24 2010 09:49 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Robert Culp. Co-starred with Bill Cosby on I Spy. http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/I-Spy-act ... rtculpobit Died in a fall. Thought he'd be more agile, being a tennis pro and a spy. RIP Robert. Later

Frayed Knot Mar 25 2010 07:31 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Well, you also have to throw in that 'being 80' factor. About 5 or 6 years ago my father got a call from a guy who said he was heading a group that had recently purchased the rights to the old 'Terry and the Pirates' adventure strip and were contemplating making a movie and wanted a graphic novel to go along with it. Dad, who's first job in the art world was as the assistant to George Wunder who had taken over the strip from creator Milton Caniff, was being approached to do the artwork for the novel as he was most likely the last living artist to have worked on the strip during its run. When dad wanted to check that he had the caller's name correct in case he needed to get back to him asked if he spelled his name just like 'Robert Culp' the actor ... and it was right about that point where it occurred to him that the guy on the other end of the line was Robert Culp the actor. Eventually nothing ever came of the project as while Culp's group may have been interested in producing a graphic novel they weren't so interested in paying very much to make one. But the two wound up having a long chat as they realized they were just about the same age and talked about that along with his movie/TV career, art (Culp had done some in his day as well), sports, etc.

Edgy DC Mar 25 2010 07:39 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Sorry I didn't realize it was you, Mr. Culp. Sorry also about, you know, Turk 182 sucking the big one.

Frayed Knot Mar 25 2010 10:28 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

John Mastrangelo - aka Johnny Maestro - 70 The Brooklyn-born Maestro was one of those big-voiced crooners who were popular lead voices for bands coming out of the late '50s/early '60s doo-wop era in NYC. He fronted several bands over the years, first getting chart success with 'The Crests' doing 'Sixteen Candles' and later forming 'Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge' and having a big hit with Jimmy Webb's 'Worst that Could Happen'. JM&tBB lasted for years as a staple on doo-wop nostalgia shows.

Edgy DC Mar 25 2010 10:42 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Do I correctly remember Johnny Maestro making a celbrity guest apperance at the John Gotti trial?

G-Fafif Mar 25 2010 11:02 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

This is, quite literally, the worst that could happen for Mr. Maestro.

TransMonk Apr 02 2010 03:09 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

John Forsythe, 92 This one get filed under "Didn't Realize He Was Still Alive" for me. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100402/ap_ ... n_forsythe

Valadius Apr 02 2010 07:15 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Orioles ace Mike Cuellar, 72.

SteveJRogers Apr 02 2010 09:00 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Jim Palmer is the sole survivor of the last 4 teammates to win 20 games in the same single season. As well as the sole survivor of those whom started WS games against the 1969 Mets. McNally started games 2 and 5. Cuellar was the only Oriole to beat the Mets, and he also started Game 4.

dgwphotography Apr 03 2010 03:55 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

H. Edward Roberts, PC Pioneer, 68

Edgy DC Apr 06 2010 01:13 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Wilma Mankiller, 64. First female leader of the Cherokees, with a name so bad that countless rappers were jealous.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 06 2010 01:24 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Whenever I'd see her name I'd think that Fred pissed off his wife one time too many. It's what can happen when you're pretending to visit a sick friend when you're really going bowling.

metirish Apr 08 2010 12:55 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren dies in New York aged 64

Edgy DC Apr 08 2010 12:57 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Also managed Bow Wow Wow and was a recording artist in his own right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SgvJY9xxcA

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 08 2010 01:04 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edgy DC wrote: Also managed Bow Wow Wow and was a recording artist in his own right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SgvJY9xxcA Yes, but as a recording artist, he made a great manager/impresario.

smg58 Apr 08 2010 07:25 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

There were more famous managers with more famous clients, but you could argue that none had a more direct influence on the music and the style than McLaren. Punk would have been very different without him.

Ashie62 Apr 08 2010 08:09 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

smg58 wrote: There were more famous managers with more famous clients, but you could argue that none had a more direct influence on the music and the style than McLaren. Punk would have been very different without him. Preach it bro

sharpie Apr 09 2010 07:24 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Last night over dinner I mentioned that Malcolm McClaren had died. Mrs. sharpie said "oh, that's too bad. I liked him." I thought "wow, I've been married to her for over 20 years and had no idea that she cared that much about Malcolm McClaren." Then she went on: "Actually, I liked his early work." Now Lenny and I are both confused. She liked the Sex Pistols press releases but not Bow Wow Wow. It was after that that we realized that she was thinking of Malcolm McDowell.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 09 2010 09:01 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

smg58 wrote: There were more famous managers with more famous clients, but you could argue that none had a more direct influence on the music and the style than McLaren. Punk would have been very different without him. Well, without him AND Vivienne Westwood. Weird thing? He died on her 69th birthday.

Edgy DC Apr 09 2010 09:17 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Different maybe, but better is arguable. By many accounts, the guy was an exploiter, charlatan, and thief. Not that rock 'n' roll isn't full of all that.

Valadius Apr 09 2010 04:07 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

My uncle, 60.

TransMonk Apr 09 2010 04:08 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

My condolences, Val.

Valadius Apr 09 2010 04:39 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Thank you. I'm having trouble processing this. Cause of death was not natural causes, let's put it that way. We might want to split the thread.

Frayed Knot Apr 09 2010 07:37 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 10 2010 07:32 AM

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metirish Apr 10 2010 05:08 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Polish president dies in Russian plane crash WOW http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... king1.html

Edgy DC Apr 10 2010 06:43 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Very very bad. No time for a power void in eastern Europe. And there's never a good time for a head of state of any country to die on Russian soil.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 10 2010 06:59 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

awful.

MFS62 Apr 10 2010 08:28 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Did he try to crash it into the Kremlin? Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 10 2010 09:50 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

MFS62 wrote: Did he try to crash it into the Kremlin? Later What a knee-slapper.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 10 2010 09:53 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

En route to the memorial for the Katyn massacre. How strange and terrible.

MFS62 Apr 11 2010 08:10 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

He's really, most sincerely, dead. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Munchkin-Oz ... eakingnews RIP, little guy. Later

Frayed Knot Apr 11 2010 08:29 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Dixie Carter - 70 I knew the name but had to check what she did. Apparently there were a number of things in addition to the 'Designing Women' series which I never watched but that one was here calling card to fame. Was surprised to find that she is/was married to Hal Holbrook. He's 85, although I thought he was older than that.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 11 2010 09:15 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Have they double-checked? You do not want to cross a Sugarbaker woman unduly.

Frayed Knot Apr 12 2010 02:27 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Arthur Mercante Sr. - 90 Boxing referee who was the third man in the ring for the Ali-Frazier fight at MSG and about a million-teen other bouts both large and small covering about half the 20th century.

Edgy DC Apr 12 2010 09:15 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I passed the Polish embassy today. This was just the beginning. The embassy is now covered with flowers.

MFS62 Apr 13 2010 07:57 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Frayed Knot wrote: Arthur Mercante Sr. - 90 Boxing referee who was the third man in the ring for the Ali-Frazier fight at MSG and about a million-teen other bouts both large and small covering about half the 20th century. You're not kidding about the length of his career. I remember watching the Friday Night Fights on TV in the early 50's and I think he reffed some Archie Moore and Jersey Joe Walcott fights.

Frayed Knot Apr 13 2010 08:04 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

As mentioned in the NYTimes obit his first title fight was the Paterson v Johansson rematch in 1960, but his career in pro bouts started back in 1954 and continued until his retirement just in 2001.

MFS62 Apr 13 2010 08:51 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

1954 -55 That's about when I was watching. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 16 2010 08:54 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Gravel-gargling singer, songwriter, and bassist for death-metal Type O Negative Peter Steele, 48. Went to a couple of shows with my cousin during high school, and met him once. Funny, grounded, all-'round good dude.

metirish Apr 16 2010 08:56 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Gravel-gargling singer, songwriter, and bassist for death-metal Type O Negative Peter Steele, 48. Went to a couple of shows with my cousin during high school, and met him once. Funny, grounded, all-'round good dude. Oh wow......very sad. Bloody Kisses and October Rust were two of my worn out from being played albums in the nineties.

TransMonk Apr 16 2010 12:34 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

My Met-fan roommate from 1995 loved Type-O Negative.

Ashie62 Apr 17 2010 06:28 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Rodney King's best friend ex-LAPD Daryl Gates turns in for good at 83 of bladder cancer

Ashie62 Apr 17 2010 06:29 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

MFS62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Arthur Mercante Sr. - 90 Boxing referee who was the third man in the ring for the Ali-Frazier fight at MSG and about a million-teen other bouts both large and small covering about half the 20th century. You're not kidding about the length of his career. I remember watching the Friday Night Fights on TV in the early 50's and I think he reffed some Archie Moore and Jersey Joe Walcott fights. Geez, you really are old..

MFS62 Apr 17 2010 08:25 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ashie62 wrote: MFS62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Arthur Mercante Sr. - 90 Boxing referee who was the third man in the ring for the Ali-Frazier fight at MSG and about a million-teen other bouts both large and small covering about half the 20th century. You're not kidding about the length of his career. I remember watching the Friday Night Fights on TV in the early 50's and I think he reffed some Archie Moore and Jersey Joe Walcott fights. Geez, you really are old.. Yes, but at least any postings of our names in this thread are strictly premature. Later

Ashie62 Apr 17 2010 06:50 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

For me, Ali-Frazier 1 was possibly the defining sporting event of my youth; right there with the 69 Mets und Jets

Valadius Apr 20 2010 06:05 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Civil rights activist Dorothy Height, 98.

Frayed Knot Apr 21 2010 07:06 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Spanish former IOC chairman Juan Antonio Samaranch - 89

Edgy DC Apr 21 2010 07:21 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Dies without the Nobel Peace Prize he so aspired to.

metirish Apr 22 2010 09:29 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

metirish wrote: Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren dies in New York aged 64 Funeral today in North London

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 22 2010 09:37 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Mal had style... Viv had grace. (Johnny Lydon gave good face.)

Ashie62 Apr 22 2010 10:19 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

John has spoken ill over the years about Mal, he kinda blames him for Sid's demises, but, If McClaren doesn't pick Lydon to "audtion" behind the shop there ain't no Rotten.

metirish Apr 30 2010 10:08 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Shock in Ireland as hugely popular and I suppose hugely controversial radio and tv presenter Gerry Ryan found dead in his Dublin flat today after failing to show up for his morning RTE radio show. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... ing48.html

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 30 2010 12:18 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Leslie Buck, 87, retired paper-cup company executive. Also, designer of this:

Fman99 Apr 30 2010 12:33 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Leslie Buck, 87, retired paper-cup company executive. Also, designer of this: No truth to the rumor that the deceased will be crumpled up and tossed out of a car window on the Interstate.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 30 2010 12:33 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I salute you Leslie, your girly name, and your Greek-inspired vessel of coffee greatness.

DocTee Apr 30 2010 11:00 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ron Fimrite, 79, talented scribe: ht[url]tp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/30/MN7I1D597I.DTL&tsp=1

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 01 2010 06:56 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Loved seeing his byline in SI, whatever the subject. That link, which I'm fixing below, includes the kind of lede all writers aspire to. [url]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/30/MN7I1D597I.DTL&tsp=1 One of his stories, about a burlesque talent scout, began: "Bill Gilbert surveyed the near-naked young lady in his hotel room with the studied ease of a professional who can take a 36-22-36 figure or leave it alone. 'Your hips,' he said, flicking an ash, 'are not 36.' "

Farmer Ted May 03 2010 11:53 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Lynn Redgrave, 67.

Edgy DC May 03 2010 12:00 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Booooo!

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 03 2010 12:03 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Longtime Nashville guitarist (Amy Grant) and powerpop soloist Will Owsley, apparent suicide. He recorded under the name Owsley. Sounded quite a bit like ELO or something. [url]http://lala.com/z3qzY

Valadius May 05 2010 06:25 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Umaru Yar'Adua, President of Nigeria, 58, after long illness.

Fman99 May 05 2010 07:37 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: Umaru Yar'Adua, President of Nigeria, 58, after long illness. Now I'll never get that $1.2 million that he promised me in that email! Fuck.

MFS62 May 06 2010 07:45 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edgy DC wrote: Booooo! Wasn't it her sister who got the boos for her Oscar speech? Why boo Lynn? Later

Benjamin Grimm May 06 2010 07:49 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

MFS62 wrote: Why boo Lynn? Did you ever see her batting average with RISP?

Edgy DC May 06 2010 07:58 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I think it's pretty clear that I booed cancer. I'm a big supporter of the British film Getting It Right, the equally excellent Elizabeth Jane Howard book that was it's source, and anybody who appeared in the film, including Ms. Redgrave.

Farmer Ted May 06 2010 11:35 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Major league great Robin Roberts.

G-Fafif May 07 2010 04:48 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I have a friend who is a gifted illustrator and who shares my impassioned dismay at Bill Gallo's continued employment by the Daily News. Several years ago he parodied Gallo's style to a tee, I thought: Note one of the little Gallo info bursts he created for the occasion: MARRIED LYNN REDGRAVE! So the other day he sends me an e-mail titled "Poor Joe Torre". I click on the link and I see Lynn Redgrave has died. And I laugh, because I get it immediately. Then I remembered Lynn Redgrave actually died. And I cut the laugh, but still. Saw the not future Mrs. Torre on Broadway when I was eleven in this. I laughed at her then, too, but in a good way.

DocTee May 10 2010 07:59 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Lena Horne, 92. Never would have guessed she were that old. A sign of how far we've come in race relations: she was part of a generation where black performers played for white audiences but did not socialize with them.

HahnSolo May 10 2010 08:13 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Fred Sanford ready to welcome her with open arms.

Edgy DC May 10 2010 08:59 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

A sign of how far we've come in race relations: she was part of a generation where black performers played for white audiences but did not socialize with them. Except --- if you believe the legend --- she broke that line, accepting Frank Sinatra's invitation to accompany him to the Stork Club, becoming the first person of color to enter the lengendary swanky venue as a patron. A surprisingly kaboomy photo to use with an obituary.

Fman99 May 10 2010 10:10 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

A sign of how far we've come in race relations: she was part of a generation where black performers played for white audiences but did not socialize with them. Except --- if you believe the legend --- she broke that line, accepting Frank Sinatra's invitation to accompany him to the Stork Club, becoming the first person of color to enter the lengendary swanky venue as a patron. A surprisingly kaboomy photo to use with an obituary. Kaboyoyoyoyoyng, he said respectfully.

MFS62 May 10 2010 10:19 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

A friend of mine once noted that every time he heard Lena sing "Stormy Weather" it was going to rain that day. Today, it will be raining tears for those who remember her fondly. RIP, Lena. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 10 2010 10:22 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

A sign of how far we've come in race relations: she was part of a generation where black performers played for white audiences but did not socialize with them. Except --- if you believe the legend --- she broke that line, accepting Frank Sinatra's invitation to accompany him to the Stork Club, becoming the first person of color to enter the lengendary swanky venue as a patron. A surprisingly kaboomy photo to use with an obituary. Kaboyoyoyoyoyng, he said respectfully. With all due respect to her family... she turns my pants from relaxed-fit to slim-fit. (From beyond the grave, no less.)

metirish May 24 2010 04:50 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Brittany Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, found dead in Hollywood Hills home Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/ ... z0oqK1fstn

Chad Ochoseis May 24 2010 10:03 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The brilliant Martin Gardner, 95. [url]http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=three-puzzles-from-martin-gardner-1-2010-05-22 One can only wonder what he could have accomplished had he put his mind to solving important, far-reaching problems like batting-order optimization.

Willets Point May 24 2010 10:20 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Kaboyoyoyoyoyng, he said respectfully. With all due respect to her family... she turns my pants from relaxed-fit to slim-fit. (From beyond the grave, no less.) No one's gone for the obvious "She makes me Lena Horny".

Ashie62 May 24 2010 06:30 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

metirish wrote: Brittany Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, found dead in Hollywood Hills home Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/ ... z0oqK1fstn Apparantly doing Brittany's Mom did him in

metirish May 25 2010 08:03 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Paul Gray Bass player from Slipknot found dead in an Iowa hotel room Monday, age 38.... foul play?...not suspected....

TransMonk May 25 2010 08:08 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

metirish wrote: Paul Gray Bass player from Slipknot found dead in an Iowa hotel room Monday, age 38.... foul play?...not suspected.... Woah...I've met a couple of those guys during my travels. Crappy, crappy music, but more than decent dudes. I have no idea if this guy was one of the guys I've shared a beer with, but damn that's spooky.

Swan Swan H May 26 2010 02:23 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Art Linkletter, who was pretty old when I was a kid. And I'm pretty old. He lived to 97, and suffered some tough losses along the way.

Ashie62 May 26 2010 03:42 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The 1969 Toxicology report should no LSD in Linkletter's daughter at the time of her passing. I'm pretty sure he believed the drug had changed her mind even if she hadn't ingested it that day. He will be missed

Edgy DC May 28 2010 01:38 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Rest in peace, Gary Coleman.

Willets Point May 28 2010 01:47 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Diff'rent Strokes was my favorite show as a child. RIP.

G-Fafif May 28 2010 02:05 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Very sad. As he demonstrated by voicing himself on The Simpsons and appearing in other self-deprecating roles, he was generally in on the joke people tried to make of him. It was a guest star turn on The Jeffersons that led him to his own show. He stole an entire episode from George & Weezy, not easy to do.

Rockin' Doc May 28 2010 02:50 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Willets Point wrote: Diff'rent Strokes was my favorite show as a child. RIP. What you talkin' bout Willets?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 28 2010 02:55 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Rockin' Doc wrote: Willets Point wrote: Diff'rent Strokes was my favorite show as a child. RIP. What you talkin' bout Willets? Thwack. Is it wrong to ask if he had a different stroke?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 28 2010 03:35 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Rockin' Doc wrote: Willets Point wrote: Diff'rent Strokes was my favorite show as a child. RIP. What you talkin' bout Willets? Thwack. Is it wrong to ask if he had a different stroke? (Biting lip so hard it bleeds)

Edgy DC May 28 2010 03:54 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

That's two of the three Drummond kids gone, but Conrad Bain and Charlotte Rae keep on truckin'.

Swan Swan H May 28 2010 06:26 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

In memory of Gary Coleman Mark Messier has lowered his towel to half-staff.

Willets Point May 28 2010 06:50 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Rockin' Doc wrote: Willets Point wrote: Diff'rent Strokes was my favorite show as a child. RIP. What you talkin' bout Willets? Good one Doc! Even if I should have seen that one coming, it still made me laugh. I'm giving you a BOC nom for that one.

SteveJRogers May 29 2010 09:13 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Diff'rent Strokes was my favorite show as a child. RIP. What you talkin' bout Willets? Thwack. Is it wrong to ask if he had a different stroke? On another message board a member posted that joke as done by David Caruso's CSI Miami character. I'll rip it off right here:

Ashie62 May 29 2010 10:18 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

That is totally unfunny

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 29 2010 10:50 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

It's kind of a terrible joke, granted. But I'm not surprised you were able to see that, what with the see-through walls of your house and all.

Valadius May 29 2010 11:41 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Dennis Hopper, 74.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 30 2010 01:05 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The man’s enlarged my mind. He’s a poet-warrior in the classic sense.

Chad Ochoseis Jun 02 2010 11:21 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

MFS62 wrote: A friend of mine once noted that every time he heard Lena sing "Stormy Weather" it was going to rain that day. Today, it will be raining tears for those who remember her fondly. WBAI played a long - but generally interesting - 1966 interview with Lena Horne this morning. I listened to the first half on my drive to work. Even in spoken voice, she sounded even better than she looked. And that's a high bar to reach. Downloadable at wbai.org - the second hour of this morning's "expanded" Democracy Now program. Interview begins around minute 7 and lasts until about minute 38, with a few of her songs played following the interview.

Ashie62 Jun 03 2010 11:53 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ex-Golden Girl Rue McClanahan dead at 76...RIP

Ashie62 Jun 03 2010 11:54 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: It's kind of a terrible joke, granted. But I'm not surprised you were able to see that, what with the see-through walls of your house and all. The snark meter is running high

Centerfield Jun 03 2010 12:20 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Diff'rent Strokes was my favorite show as a child. RIP. What you talkin' bout Willets? Thwack. Is it wrong to ask if he had a different stroke? On another message board a member posted that joke as done by David Caruso's CSI Miami character. I'll rip it off right here: How is that unfunny? That's the total opposite of unfunny. That's...funny.

metirish Jun 03 2010 12:50 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Rockin' Doc wrote: Willets Point wrote: Diff'rent Strokes was my favorite show as a child. RIP. What you talkin' bout Willets? I missed this, brilliant.

MFS62 Jun 04 2010 09:36 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Rue McClanahan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/ap_ ... lanahan_21 Later

Benjamin Grimm Jun 04 2010 09:52 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I never watched Golden Girls, but I do remember her from Maude. I think, though, that the role I'll most remember her for was a guest shot she did on All in the Family, when Edith unknowingly invited a wife-swapping couple to their home. (She found an ad they had placed in a magazine, thinking they were looking for a more conventional kind of friendship. A very funny episode. Vincent Gardenia played the husband.) The Bunkers and the Swingers

Benjamin Grimm Jun 04 2010 10:07 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

It continues here. Classic stuff!

Edgy DC Jun 04 2010 11:36 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Didn't Gardenia also play Irene Lorenzo's (Betty Garrett's) husband?

Benjamin Grimm Jun 04 2010 11:47 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Yes, that was in subsequent seasons. Gardenia also, in the first season of the show, played a neighbor who was trying to keep the Jeffersons from moving in.

Valadius Jun 04 2010 08:25 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

John Wooden, 99. I was really hoping he'd make it to 100.

MFS62 Jun 08 2010 07:41 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Valadius wrote: John Wooden, 99. I was really hoping he'd make it to 100. He led a life to be respected. Coach. Teacher. Good person. etc. And then I read this: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseb ... _coac.html RIP, John. We won't hold it against you. Later

DocTee Jun 19 2010 02:54 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Manute Bol, 47. Rail-thin, developed a decent three-point shot and worked tirelessly on behalf of African relief efforts. once teamed with Muggsy Bogues on an minor league team (Bridgeport Gulls?) but was more--much more--than a circus freak.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2010 03:11 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Fascinating figure. A splendid obituary. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02214.html Once, when he was asked if the story about him killing a lion with a spear as a child was true, Chris Mullin interrupted the interview to say that, no, he killed it with a free throw. He actually teamed with Bogues in the NBA also, on the Washington Bullets.

metirish Jun 19 2010 03:17 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I was wondering why it seemed such an odd way to start an obit, your link opens on page three .

DocTee Jun 19 2010 03:29 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

That's a heckuva quote there from Sir Charles: "if everyone in the world was a Manute Bol, that's a world I'd want to live in."

Edgy DC Jun 19 2010 08:09 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Especially since he'd never get a shot off. Fixed the bad link. Sorry 'bout that.

Fman99 Jun 19 2010 08:44 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

RIP Manute. He did a funny SNL skit where they were selling a cruise and he was the featured celebrity. He played himself and was in on the joke. I bet he had a big rig.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 19 2010 10:51 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

RIP Manute. He did a funny SNL skit where they were selling a cruise and he was the featured celebrity. He played himself and was in on the joke. I bet he had a big rig. Funny. He didn't seem like a trucking enthusiast to me. He always seemed a bit bigger than basketball. Also, pretty damn unfortunate in the endgame: Stevens-Johnson Syndrome appears to be a terrible-- and terribly rare-- way to die.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 20 2010 06:54 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

My uncle. A really terrific guy. I wish I was half the uncle he was.

Zvon Jun 20 2010 07:02 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Benjamin Grimm wrote: My uncle. A really terrific guy. I wish I was half the uncle he was. My condolences Ben.

Edgy DC Jun 20 2010 07:42 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I'm sure you make a fine Uncle Ben. Condolences as well.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 20 2010 07:58 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I'm sorry, sir.

themetfairy Jun 20 2010 08:08 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I'm so sorry BG. {{Hugs}}

seawolf17 Jun 21 2010 07:24 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Thought for just a minute there you were saying Manute Bol was your uncle. My condolences as well.

metirish Jun 21 2010 07:27 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Condolences Ben Grim .

Benjamin Grimm Jun 21 2010 09:02 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

seawolf17 wrote: Thought for just a minute there you were saying Manute Bol was your uncle. That... would be surprising. Thank you everyone.

MFS62 Jun 21 2010 09:37 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Sorry to hear the news, BG. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Later

soupcan Jun 21 2010 10:45 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

My condolences BG.

G-Fafif Jun 21 2010 10:45 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Condolences, BG.

Willets Point Jun 21 2010 10:45 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Sorry for your loss, BG.

Fman99 Jun 23 2010 09:59 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edith Shain, 91, best known as the woman in this photo:

Nymr83 Jun 27 2010 02:03 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The scroll bar at the top of Fox News website said "Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died"... But there was strangely no story about it on the front page... I had to wait for the thing to scroll around again to see that I had missed the first two words "Husband of..."

metirish Jun 28 2010 04:47 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Robert Byrd - 92

Edgy DC Jun 28 2010 07:58 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I just got a press release about Manute Bol's funeral: Tomorrow, 10 AM, National Cathedral.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 30 2010 01:42 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Graffiti artist, influential hip-hop figure, Basquiat collaborator, star of Wild Style, maker of various cool things, and genuine weird-ass dude Rammellzee.

metirish Jul 12 2010 07:40 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Bob Sheppard, public address announcer for the New York Giants of the National Football League from 1956 to 2006 died Sunday, he was 99.

Chad Ochoseis Jul 12 2010 09:40 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Harvey Pekar, 70

TheOldMole Jul 13 2010 08:48 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Tuli Kupferberg http://www.thefugs.com Gotta figure he feels like homemade shit.

Willets Point Jul 17 2010 11:53 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Found out this morning from one of my high school friends on Facebook that my high school history teacher died this week. From the obituary I learned that he was a marine in WWII, captain of the champion Duke baseball team and a minor league player & coach, things I never knew about him. I never played football and was only on the JV baseball team so I never had Mr. Bergeron as a coach but I know he had a lot of influence on the kids who played for him. In the classroom he just commanded respect. In some classes kids would fool around and the teacher would yell and threaten punishments to no avail. In Mr. Bergeron's class no one ever tried to pull anything. I never figured out how he did that. Anyhow, I haven't seen him in 20 years but I found it interesting to read the obit and think back on how he touched my life.

themetfairy Jul 17 2010 11:59 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

My condolences Willets.

Zvon Jul 17 2010 05:38 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Willets Point wrote: Found out this morning from one of my high school friends on Facebook that my high school history teacher died this week. From the obituary I learned that he was a marine in WWII, captain of the champion Duke baseball team and a minor league player & coach, things I never knew about him. I never played football and was only on the JV baseball team so I never had Mr. Bergeron as a coach but I know he had a lot of influence on the kids who played for him. In the classroom he just commanded respect. In some classes kids would fool around and the teacher would yell and threaten punishments to no avail. In Mr. Bergeron's class no one ever tried to pull anything. I never figured out how he did that. Anyhow, I haven't seen him in 20 years but I found it interesting to read the obit and think back on how he touched my life. He lives on through you WP. And now through all that read this.

TransMonk Jul 19 2010 01:28 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Cancer sucks. 'Major League' actor James Gammon dies at 70

G-Fafif Jul 19 2010 04:34 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

TransMonk wrote: 'Major League' actor James Gammon dies at 70 Long before sabermetrics infiltrated the greater baseball thought process, Lou Brown was a pioneer in the use of advanced statistics. Did you know in 1989 he was able to figure out, to the game, just how many victories his Cleveland Indians would require to capture their first American League East crown? The Major Leagues are missing a great man.

MFS62 Jul 20 2010 09:27 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Jim was a good actor, but not a major star. He was "just a little outside". RIP, Jim. We'll miss that twinkle in your eye. Later

TheOldMole Jul 22 2010 08:49 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

You may not have heard of him, but you've surely heard him. RIP Fred Carter, Jr., who played on Marty Robbins' 'El Paso,' Bob Dylan's 'Lay Lady Lay' and Simon and Garfunkel's 'The Boxer.' Here's more.

Farmer Ted Aug 02 2010 01:00 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Dan Resin, aka Dr. Beeper from Caddyshack

Benjamin Grimm Aug 02 2010 01:08 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Here's a guy I didn't know was still alive. (And now he's not.) Mitch Miller, 99. NEW YORK — Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to "Sing Along With Mitch" on television and records, has died at age 99. His daughter, Margaret Miller Reuther, said Monday that Miller died Saturday in Lenox Hill Hospital after a short illness. Miller was a key record executive at Columbia Records in the pre-rock 'n' roll era, making hits with singers Rosemary Clooney, Patti Page, Johnny Mathis and Tony Bennett. "Sing Along With Mitch" started as a series of records, then became a popular NBC show starting in early 1961. Miller's stiff-armed conducting style and signature goatee became famous.

MFS62 Aug 03 2010 10:00 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I guess now we're going to have to sing along with the kinescopes. RIP, Mitch You helped us learn the words to a lot of songs. Later

metirish Aug 03 2010 03:04 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Bill Cosby is not dead http://www.popeater.com/2010/08/03/bill ... -response/

MFS62 Aug 09 2010 09:29 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Patricia Neal -84 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100809/people_nm/us_neal_4 A few months ago, my wife and daughter saw her coming out of a Broadway theater and recognized her immediately. They told me that none of the other theater-goers who passed by her seemed to. What a shame. She was one of the all-time acting greats. RIP. Later

Edgy DC Aug 09 2010 09:41 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I'm surprised she made it so long. And I guess that's a credit to her. I watched The Homecoming last Christmas. That's from 1971 and it didn't look like she was going to make it to the end of the movie.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 09 2010 10:17 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Also, former Mrs. Roald Dahl.

sharpie Aug 09 2010 10:27 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I spoke to her on the phone once. Had the raspiest female voice I've ever heard.

Edgy DC Aug 09 2010 10:28 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

One of the reasons it's surprising she lasted so long. That guy was un pocito loco.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 09 2010 07:15 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

sharpie wrote: I spoke to her on the phone once. Had the raspiest female voice I've ever heard. Hold on, you can't roll that out there and not tell us how that came about!

Benjamin Grimm Aug 10 2010 11:29 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, in a plane crash.

metirish Aug 10 2010 11:32 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, in a plane crash. Wow, he was in the news with a few years back for something controversial?

Edgy DC Aug 10 2010 11:54 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Pursued for years on charges of profiting off of his office. Finally convicted, only to have the conviction thrown out due to an inappropriately overzealous prosecution. Had been in Alaska politics going back before statehood.

Willets Point Aug 10 2010 12:59 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The news of his death is being spread across the series of tubes that is the internet.

Nymr83 Aug 10 2010 04:19 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

wow

Farmer Ted Aug 10 2010 05:52 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Second plane crash he's been in. His wife died in the first crash.

Nymr83 Aug 10 2010 08:29 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I didn't know that, they seem frequent in Alaska? I guess its the only state where small plane flight is actually more than a recreational activity for a sizeable number of people

Frayed Knot Aug 10 2010 08:38 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

They are frequent up there - saw some stats on tonight's news. Small planes, long distances, rough terrain, high mountains, and frequently no other method available make for risky conditions. This one was down for over half a day before rescuers could get to the wreckage and still half the passengers lived. Maybe more survive if the same plane crashes somewhere less remote/rugged. This wasn't even the first plane crash to take out an Alaska politician. One of the stat's first at-large reps went down in a plane that was never found (took LA congressman Hale Boggs with him). The guy who finally defeated the scandal-plagued Stevens was that guy's son.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 11 2010 04:32 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Will Rogers, I'm pretty sure, also died in an Alaska plane crash.

Edgy DC Aug 11 2010 09:53 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Here's a dead guy for you: Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, longtime chair of the Ways and Means Committee. Like a Democrat version of Ted Stevens, he had a long, legendary powerful career, and a great rep as a deal maker (12 of his 14 years as chair were under Republican presidents), but his career ended under a cloud of ethics investigations (though he lost his seat at the polls in 1994), accused of profiting from his office. He was convicted and spent some time in federal lockup before being pardoned by Bill Clinton (after his sentence was completed) in 2000, during his orgy of pardons his last month in office.

sharpie Aug 12 2010 08:37 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I spoke to her on the phone once. Had the raspiest female voice I've ever heard. Hold on, you can't roll that out there and not tell us how that came about! Just saw this. I was working for a company that was sponsoring a "theatre cruise" from LA to Alaska (I didn't get to go). Passengers would hang with famous theatre folk who would give staged readings and the like: Patricia Neal, Helen Hayes, Celeste Holm, some other folks. Some of them would call me with questions. Pat Neal was one of them, Helen Hayes never called.

TransMonk Aug 13 2010 12:11 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Richie Hayward, co-founder of Little Feat, dies [64]

DocTee Aug 20 2010 03:40 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Pukkelpop? [url]http://www.spinner.com/2010/08/19/the-calls-michael-been-dies-of-heart-attack-at-brmc-show/?tsp=1

Edgy DC Aug 20 2010 03:48 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I'm sorry to hear that. What a gorgeously transcendent baritone growl that guy had. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi-CfLsgLyk Have we done poll of standout Call songs?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 20 2010 09:15 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

What a minor tragedy. I used to go to a record store in Huntington just to look at the album covers and was fascinated by Modern Romans. I didn't ever have the 8 bucks to buy it. I can still remember where it was located (under ROCK C of course) but where THAT section was.

Edgy DC Aug 20 2010 10:26 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Great cover art. Before Nirvana was throwing kids in pools, The Call was sticking 'em in satchels. I think that kid grew up to be Glen Hansard.

Willets Point Aug 31 2010 09:50 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Francisco Varallo, 100. Played for Argentina in the 1930 World Cup and was the last surviving player.

metirish Aug 31 2010 01:48 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Star of screen and stage Mick Lally died aged 64 in Ireland. If you grew up in Ireland then you knew who Mick Lally was , people of my generation and older would know him as Miley Byrne from the long running TV series Glenroe, Mikck Lally was a co founder of the Druid Theatre in Galway. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... ing16.html

TransMonk Sep 09 2010 08:56 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I know just as much about the supernatural as I do about interior design.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 09 2010 11:27 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Loopy rap-rock's kinda at the crux Of what made mid-90s music suck Sugar Ray did it first and for longer Adding more grounds makes coffee stronger But I remember you and that song you did That baseball-cap store at the mall is "Lids" Spouting bad lyrics while making duck lips TMZ paparazzi showing nip slips But bone cancer's hard, it'll suck your life President Obama has a pretty tall wife Now I'm kind of wistful and oddly sad Call me Michael Jackson cause I'm feeling bad Calling old friends, saying, "Guess who died?" I like dumplings steamed, but I love them fried Feel bad for your family, who you leave behind Michelle Pfeiffer played a teacher in "Dangerous Minds" When my friends can't guess, I say "That one guy, Rich, He wrote that song that mentioned Abercrombie and Fitch."

MFS62 Sep 15 2010 08:04 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

From an Op-Ed in the Times. With That Guy as ... By LAWRENCE DOWNES Published: September 14, 2010 By scanning earth’s television broadcasts long after we are gone, other civilizations will be able to make certain judgments about human society. How among untold billions of lives, a few were deemed worthy of repeated and copious observation. Milton Berle, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Danson, Oprah Winfrey, Simon Cowell: Truly these were giants of the species. But there were others whose status might inspire mystery. Like the man in this photo. Who is that guy? Note to anthropologists: He’s Harold Gould. There are character actors. And then there is Mr. Gould, who died on Saturday in California, age 86. Mr. Gould and his mustache were one of the hardest-working, most-familiar duos in Hollywood. He had the face you could place, if not attach a name to. Mr. Gould didn’t start acting until his late 30s, but then he didn’t stop. His talent runs like DNA through nearly 50 years of movies and TV. Some actors make mountainous careers out of a handful of parts. Not Mr. Gould, who had no blockbuster roles. Using bit parts like mosaic tiles, he built an awesome résumé. He was Martin Morgenstern, Rhoda’s father in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Rhoda.” He was the crime lord Honore Vachon on “Hawaii Five-O.” He was on “The Rockford Files,” “The Love Boat,” “Gunsmoke,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “Get Smart,” “The Golden Girls” and dozens of other shows better and worse. He was a grifter in “The Sting,” a Russian nobleman in “Love and Death.” He was Marlo Thomas’s father in the pilot of “That Girl.” He was, in other words, that guy. And they are not making many more like him. “They don’t write parts for character people anymore,” said Saratoga Ballantine, a producer of a new, unreleased documentary, “Troupers,” about character actors who kept working past 80. They include Mr. Gould and her father, Carl Ballantine, who died last year. (You know him, too: Lester Gruber, “McHale’s Navy.”) “Everybody’s beautiful and Botoxed these days,” Ms. Ballantine said. “Everyone’s starting to look alike.” Looking alike is not what Mr. Gould did. He had other dimensions: a doctorate in dramatic speech and literature, a long career teaching drama in college, a family and grandchildren. He had all the parts of a satisfying life, plus a thousand others. RIP, Harold. Later

Edgy DC Sep 15 2010 01:06 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edwin Newman, 91, radio and tv newsman with a compelling but calming pitch, and an advocate for responsible and civil use of language. My first experience of him (consciously, anyhow) was him doing news updates on David Letterman's original morning chat show and pinch-hitting as an occasional guest, combining his civility with a good sense of humor.

Edgy DC Sep 15 2010 01:10 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Vic Sage Sep 15 2010 01:17 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

goodbye, Nnnnnnnewman...

Fman99 Sep 15 2010 06:58 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

He had a great cameo as himself at the end of "Spies Like Us."

Willets Point Sep 15 2010 07:33 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

He did a good job hosting SNL a couple of times too.

Edgy DC Sep 15 2010 09:16 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

There you go. Funny, but terribly gracious. Can you imagine that in a newsman of today?

MFS62 Sep 15 2010 09:34 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

His pet peeve was the misuse of the English language. I think he wrote a book on that subject. I liked him. RIP, Mr. Newman. Later

Willets Point Sep 15 2010 10:04 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

For some reason "Terrain in Maine is stained with acid rain" has stuck with me all of these years.

G-Fafif Sep 16 2010 01:04 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Loopy rap-rock's kinda at the crux Of what made mid-90s music suck Sugar Ray did it first and for longer Adding more grounds makes coffee stronger But I remember you and that song you did That baseball-cap store at the mall is "Lids" Spouting bad lyrics while making duck lips TMZ paparazzi showing nip slips But bone cancer's hard, it'll suck your life President Obama has a pretty tall wife Now I'm kind of wistful and oddly sad Call me Michael Jackson cause I'm feeling bad Calling old friends, saying, "Guess who died?" I like dumplings steamed, but I love them fried Feel bad for your family, who you leave behind Michelle Pfeiffer played a teacher in "Dangerous Minds" When my friends can't guess, I say "That one guy, Rich, He wrote that song that mentioned Abercrombie and Fitch." Considering I was already all grown up when the stuff for which LFO rapped nostalgic came along, I felt a little self-conscious purchasing the single That Summer that summer it came out (I was 36), but that summer was 1999, and That Summer is entwined in my mind with Matt Franco and some other Met moments that made that summer so memorable. Sorry to hear of the passing. Tickled, in a respectful way, to take in your tribute. LFO has a worthy successor in LWFS.

SteveJRogers Sep 21 2010 07:04 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The inspiration for the name of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 21 2010 09:49 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

G-Fafif wrote: Considering I was already all grown up when the stuff for which LFO rapped nostalgic came along, I felt a little self-conscious purchasing the single That Summer that summer it came out (I was 36), but that summer was 1999, and That Summer is entwined in my mind with Matt Franco and some other Met moments that made that summer so memorable. Sorry to hear of the passing. Tickled, in a respectful way, to take in your tribute. LFO has a worthy successor in LWFS. Belated tanks. Sadly, this came all too easily. I thought I hated the song because it was lyrically insipid; turns out that it's just far too close to what my running inner monologue sounds like.

MFS62 Sep 24 2010 08:04 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Eddie Fisher. http://new.music.yahoo.com/various-arti ... --62005681 You know, Princess Leia's dad. RIP , Eddie Later

TransMonk Sep 24 2010 08:21 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

MFS62 wrote: You know, Princess Leia's dad. Nope Nope Nope RIP

Edgy DC Sep 27 2010 02:07 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Speaks for itself. Owner of Segway Company Dies in Segway Crash By ROBERT MACKEY Reuters A British businessman who recently purchased the Segway scooter company was found dead on Sunday after apparently crashing while driving a cross-country model of the upright, electric transporter near his home outside Leeds, England. Jimi Heselden, who owned Segway, Inc. until his death on Sunday. A statement posted on Segway’s Web site said: It is with great sadness that we have to confirm that Jimi Heselden O.B.E., has died in a tragic accident near his home in West Yorkshire. Jimi Heselden, 62, was chairman of Hesco Bastion Ltd., the world leading manufacturer of protective barriers and owner of Segway Inc. Mr. Heselden’s body was found on Sunday in the River Wharfe, The Daily Mail reported, after he had apparently “plunged 30 feet from a rocky path” while on a version of the Segway known as the X2. According to a statement from the West Yorkshire police force, “The incident is not believed to be suspicious.” The battery-powered Segway, which is stabilized by gyroscopes, was invented by Dean Kamen, who founded the company in 1999. As Tom Vanderbilt reminded us in Slate last year, when Mr. Kamen introduced the device in 2001, he claimed that “the impact of this in the 21st century will be just like what Henry Ford did at the beginning of the 20th century.” The Segway, he said, would “change lives, cities and ways of thinking.” As Martin Wainwright explained in The Guardian, Mr. Heselden, a former miner, was also an inventor, who made his fortune from an improved take on the sandbags used in the military. Using the money he received after being laid off from his pit job, the newspaper reported, “he invented a wire basket crammed with earth and water which proved far more effective than sandbags against mortar and missile attacks.” The X2 is designed to be more rugged than the original version of the scooter, and can be seen in this corporate video from Segway’s Web site: http://link.brightcove.com/services/pla ... 9353656001 The Mail also reported: There was little evidence of the accident today in the remote area where it is believed to have happened on the edge of the River Wharfe. One area of the woodland path at the top of several cliff faces on the river’s banks – which is accessible from a public bridleway – is particularly uneven with a sheer drop of around 30ft at the side which leads down to the river. The heavily wooded area, which is popular with walkers, has areas of relative flat before being broken by various tree roots and branches. A well-trodden path curves around the top of the cliff before descending to another path which is met by a footbridge over a small stream. About a dozen family members arrived at the scene today to lay floral tributes for Mr Heselden, with many visibly shaken.

TransMonk Sep 27 2010 02:31 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

onion-esque. In other deaths, the actress who played the older version of Kate Winslet's character in Titanic dies at age 100. If you had asked me yesterday, I would have said she was already dead. She was 87 when Titanic was filmed. Was it really that long ago?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 27 2010 02:38 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

TransMonk wrote: onion-esque. In other deaths, the actress who played the older version of Kate Winslet's character in Titanic dies at age 100. If you had asked me yesterday, I would have said she was already dead. She was 87 when Titanic was filmed. Was it really that long ago? Dicaprio then. Dicaprio now.

TransMonk Sep 27 2010 02:42 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 27 2010 03:17 PM

George Blanda, 83.

Edgy DC Sep 27 2010 02:47 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Something has to be done about that guy's head.

metsguyinmichigan Sep 27 2010 08:56 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Leo hasn't grown much.

seawolf17 Sep 27 2010 09:04 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edgy DC wrote: Something has to be done about that guy's head. Blanda, DiCaprio, or the Segway guy?

MFS62 Sep 27 2010 09:31 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 28 2010 07:23 AM

TransMonk wrote: George Blanda, 83. That news saddened me. He was one of the players who really made the old American Football League fun. The game I remember most was against the Jets at Shea Stadium. He was about 45 years old at the time. The Jets were leading with under a minute to go, and Blanda threw a 45+ yeard pass into the end zone, where it went off/through the hands of three defenders, into the waiting arms of Warren Wells (who was lying on his back), for the winning touchdown. Not bad for an old guy. RIP, George. Later

Edgy DC Sep 27 2010 09:36 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

seawolf17 wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Something has to be done about that guy's head. Blanda, DiCaprio, or the Segway guy? DiCaprio. I can almost hear it growing as I look at the picture. Soon it will block out the sun. Why, yes, I do suspect steroids.

Willets Point Sep 28 2010 07:55 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Leo hasn't grown much. But he's damned happy.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 28 2010 11:50 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Ah, yes. The Strutting Leo.

metirish Sep 29 2010 03:57 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Comic Greg Giraldo dead from an accidental overdose....fucks sake.

G-Fafif Sep 29 2010 04:10 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

In the "Happy Days" ep in which the guys want to go to Chicago to see the Packers, set in 1959, there's a discussion of the abilities of the Bears' quarterback. He's 32, he's over the hill, according to Potsie or Ralph. No, Richie counters, I think George Blanda still has something left. Studio audience roars with laughter.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 29 2010 07:45 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

metirish wrote: Comic Greg Giraldo dead from an accidental overdose....fucks sake. Gilbert Gottfried If Greg Giraldo is cremated, will that be the "Greg Giraldo Roast"? 3 hours ago · Comment · Like

dgwphotography Sep 30 2010 04:11 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Stony Curtis, 85.

metirish Sep 30 2010 06:54 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: metirish wrote: Comic Greg Giraldo dead from an accidental overdose....fucks sake. Gilbert Gottfried If Greg Giraldo is cremated, will that be the "Greg Giraldo Roast"? 3 hours ago · Comment · Like Giraldo would have appreciated that I think, I liked the guy when he did the roasts, not very polished but funny .

themetfairy Sep 30 2010 06:57 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Jon Stewart paid a heartfelt goodbye to Giraldo at the end of last night's Daily Show.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 30 2010 07:19 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Comic Greg Giraldo dead from an accidental overdose....fucks sake. Gilbert Gottfried If Greg Giraldo is cremated, will that be the "Greg Giraldo Roast"? 3 hours ago · Comment · Like Giraldo would have appreciated that I think, I liked the guy when he did the roasts, not very polished but funny . Of course he was barely dead yet when GG posted it: Balls of steel and impeccable comic timing.

DocTee Sep 30 2010 07:32 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Tony Curtis, 85. Bronx Born actor best known for his role in Spartacus and for fathering Jamie Lee. Could swore he was dead (and gay).

Benjamin Grimm Sep 30 2010 07:34 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

When I think of Tony Curtis movies, the first one that comes to mind is Some Like it Hot. About a month ago I watched The Defiant Ones for the first time. Also saw Curtis in Houdini not so long ago.

MFS62 Sep 30 2010 08:08 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The role I remember best was as a Cossack prince in Taras Bulba. His Bronx accent shone through. RIP, Tony. Later

Edgy DC Sep 30 2010 08:11 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I think of his caveman alter-ego Stony Curtis.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 30 2010 08:14 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edgy DC Sep 30 2010 08:16 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I vote gay. Checking his bio: married six times. Whoah.

soupcan Sep 30 2010 08:48 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

That Bronx accent provided unintententional comic relief for me when I watched Spartacus for the first time earlier this year.

Willets Point Sep 30 2010 09:02 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edgy DC wrote: I vote gay. Checking his bio: married six times. Whoah. Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat oysters? Antoninus: When I have them, master. Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat snails? Antoninus: No, master. Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails to be immoral? Antoninus: No, master. Marcus Licinius Crassus: Of course not. It is all a matter of taste, isn't it? Antoninus: Yes, master. Marcus Licinius Crassus: And taste is not the same as appetite, and therefore not a question of morals. Antoninus: It could be argued so, master. Marcus Licinius Crassus: My robe, Antoninus. My taste includes both snails and oysters.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 30 2010 10:55 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

So, two action heroines lost their dads this week, huh?

Vic Sage Sep 30 2010 11:01 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

That Bronx accent provided unintententional comic relief for me when I watched Spartacus for the first time earlier this year. don't forget BLACK SHIELD OF FALSWORTH: "i come from da castle of my fadda..." that scene WP quotes from SPARTACUS was i think cut from the original theatrical release (studio afraid of the gay subtext becoming actual text -- they had enough problems with a blacklisted screenwriter) Tony was actually a fairly underrated actor, in the right role. Check out his performance in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS; it's brilliant. And in romantic comedy, he was one of the best of his era.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 30 2010 11:31 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I have to say, I'm quite pleased that, when my 13-year-old son comes home from school today, and I tell him that Tony Curtis died, he'll know exactly who I'm talking about.

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2010 11:33 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Also director Arthur Penn, 88, best known for 'Bonnie and Clyde'

dgwphotography Sep 30 2010 12:29 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Edgy DC wrote: I think of his caveman alter-ego Stony Curtis. I think there's an echo in here...

Edgy DC Sep 30 2010 01:03 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Oh, please, I get echoed every day. Nobody reads anymore. Who has the time? Getting attention, baby --- that's the ticket. Giving it is for everybody else.

Vic Sage Sep 30 2010 01:07 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Stony Curtis filmography viewtopic.php?f=11&t=14840

G-Fafif Sep 30 2010 04:43 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river.

Frayed Knot Oct 01 2010 07:54 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

George Blanda, 83. From Phil Mushnick's column today: So, George Blanda, all-time AFL/NFL favorite, dies Monday, and ESPN is ready with clips of when he wore No. 16 with the Raiders. And there’s Blanda rolling out and throwing a pass. ... Wait a second, Blanda rolling out? By the time he became a Raider he was too old to roll out of bed. And there’s Blanda throwing a pass to No. 33, Kenny King. ... But King became a Raider in 1980; Blanda retired in 1975. [IOW] ESPN, America’s sports network, was paying tribute to Blanda by showing clips of Jim Plunkett.

Edgy DC Oct 01 2010 08:04 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Nice work, Mushnick. Ed Kranepool's going to die someday (hopefullly long off) and America will get footage of Hubie Brooks.

metirish Oct 01 2010 08:09 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

espn really are a disgrace.

Frayed Knot Oct 01 2010 08:23 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

You figure that a network which dedicates about 26 hours per day to football talk would be able to get something like that correct. Except that you then remember that Blanda's career occurred entirely before ESPN existed and therefore not only do they not own any film of him but also have to rely on staffers who never heard of him to get tapes from outside somewhere.

HahnSolo Oct 01 2010 10:32 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Jesus, did they really do that? Really calls into question the producers up there. And god help me but most of the time Mushnick is right to call those clowns out.

dgwphotography Oct 01 2010 02:51 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Stephen J. Cannell, 69 Wow. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wir ... d=11777534

TransMonk Oct 01 2010 03:42 PM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Was Cannell the guy they would cut to after the credits of shows in the 80's sitting at a typewriter and throwing a piece of paper up in the air? Wasn't that his production company's 5 second spot at the end of shows?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 02 2010 12:36 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

TransMonk wrote: Was Cannell the guy they would cut to after the credits of shows in the 80's sitting at a typewriter and throwing a piece of paper up in the air? Wasn't that his production company's 5 second spot at the end of shows? Yep. Rockford Files, Wiseguy{/i], 21 Jump Street, and a messload of other solid shows.

TransMonk Oct 02 2010 05:32 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd_3fXqZeMM

Rockin' Doc Oct 02 2010 07:20 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: TransMonk wrote: Was Cannell the guy they would cut to after the credits of shows in the 80's sitting at a typewriter and throwing a piece of paper up in the air? Wasn't that his production company's 5 second spot at the end of shows? Yep. Rockford Files, Wiseguy{/i], 21 Jump Street, and a messload of other solid shows. Cannell was part of the creation team for nearly 40 television shows. Including two staples of my youthful television viewing, Rockford Files and Baretta. He was also responsible for The A-Team, The Commish, and Baa Baa Black Sheep to list a few more. He had a very successful and prolific career.

metirish Oct 02 2010 08:16 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: TransMonk wrote: Was Cannell the guy they would cut to after the credits of shows in the 80's sitting at a typewriter and throwing a piece of paper up in the air? Wasn't that his production company's 5 second spot at the end of shows? Yep. Rockford Files, Wiseguy{/i], 21 Jump Street, and a messload of other solid shows. That's where I knew the name from , at first I thought it was some author I never brothered to read....

Edgy DC Oct 07 2010 08:00 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I hate this thread. Carlos Guardado, the man who had made my burritos for the last 10 years, 48, doting father of two.

Edgy DC Oct 07 2010 08:31 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Carlos Guardado, everyday hero.

TransMonk Oct 07 2010 08:33 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

Sad.

seawolf17 Oct 07 2010 10:28 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

I teared up. What a story.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 07 2010 10:39 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

My heart hurts reading this.

Edgy DC Oct 07 2010 10:43 AM Re: Bring Out Your Dead, 2010

See that tagline --- "He was one of the smartest people I've ever met in Washington." It sounds patronizing, but it was completely true. I liked to break early --- during the 11 o'clock hour. That way I get my lunch, my bossess get theirs, and it's two bullshit-free hours instead of one. Carlos was between his morning coffee rush and his afternoon burrito rush. If one of the lawyer ladies wasn't flirting with him, he was usually alone reading during that period --- world history, economics, politics, sociology. He was trying to understand the forces that tore apart his home country and sent him into the capital of the country whose interests were all tied up in the never-ending revolution back home. Whenever another country blew up or had a refugee crisis, he'd see me reading the newspaper article and say "Let me tell you why." And it'd be a non-paranoid explication involving coffee price-fixing and distrust between tribes that was fomented by a manipualtive outside government. But he was philosphical about it rather than bitter. His kids were Alison and Matthew --- not Alejandra and Mateo. He was raising them to be Americans. Good ones. If he was illegal, then let me be illegal too.