Jan 01 2014 05:21 PM
Re: Guess who died in 2014
James Avery, 65, played Will Smith's Uncle Phil.
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Guess who died in 2014
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Herman Pieter de Boer, Dutch writer, journalist and lyricist, 85.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 01 2014 05:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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James Avery, 65, played Will Smith's Uncle Phil.
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| G-Fafif Jan 02 2014 10:54 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Bob Grant, longtime New York talk radio host of the angry conservative stripe, 84 (New Year's Eve, actually).
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| Edgy MD Jan 02 2014 10:59 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Eighty-four is a long to be outraged.
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| Gwreck Jan 03 2014 07:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Phil Everly, 74
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| G-Fafif Jan 03 2014 07:35 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 03 2014 08:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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What a curdled piece of humanity this guy was, at least publicly. A Right-minded cousin-in-law who had listened to him a while ago once tried to convince me that he was an alright guy, because he didn't really "buy what he was selling." Wouldn't that make him an even nastier sort of shit-peddler?
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| Edgy MD Jan 03 2014 09:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Phil Everly also knew how to nurse a grudge.
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| Frayed Knot Jan 03 2014 09:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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74 years old ... and survived by his mother!!!
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| Edgy MD Jan 03 2014 11:05 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Hearing from my friend Rusty that it was Phil Everly who asked Warren Zevon to write a dance song called "Werewolves of London."
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| G-Fafif Jan 05 2014 08:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Alicia Rhett, 98, actress in Gone With The Wind, 75 years ago. Born to appear in this movie? She was descended from a secessionist and her last name was Rhett.
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| G-Fafif Jan 05 2014 08:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Don Forst, editor, 81. If you remember New York Newsday, from the "respectable tabloid" tried its hand in the five boroughs, you know Forst's work. He also edited the Village Voice for a decade.
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| Mets – Willets Point Jan 06 2014 10:09 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Portugeuse fútbol great Eusebio, 71, best remembered for his outstanding performance at the 1966 World Cup in England
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| RealityChuck Jan 07 2014 01:08 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sir Run Run Shaw, movie producer who put the Kung Fu genre on the map, producing hundreds of them in the 60s and 70s. He also was involved in producing Blade Runner.
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| Nymr83 Jan 11 2014 09:50 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ariel Sharon.
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| MFS62 Jan 12 2014 08:00 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Olevai Shalom. Later
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 12 2014 09:33 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Was in Israel for a few months just after the last stroke, in early 2006. We were in Jerusalem for the better part of that, intermittently doing ridealongs with the ambulance corps, and we occasionally had to push our way through press mobs whenever we swung by Hadassah-Ein Kerem hospital. Weird vibe-- there was a lot of handwringing in the press about his doctors' decision to take him to Jerusalem (from his farm a WAYS away in the country's Southern deserts) by ambulance instead of by medical helicopter. Plus, the entire country seemed to be sort of collectively holding its breath, indefinitely. (A situation that Olmert took copious advantage of, it seems.)
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| G-Fafif Jan 16 2014 01:58 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Russell Johnson, a.k.a. The Professor from Gilligan's Island, 89.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 16 2014 02:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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That leaves Ginger and Marianne alone on the island.
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| Edgy MD Jan 16 2014 02:06 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Didn't we always know it would end that way?
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| cooby Jan 16 2014 02:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Some of you probably hoped it would end that way
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| Edgy MD Jan 16 2014 02:40 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ouch.
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| MFS62 Jan 16 2014 02:43 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Earlier this week I saw a comment by the actress who played Ginger. (She's written a book.) She said that she was the first woman ever to be seen wearing short shorts on TV. And she wore them very well, I might add.
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| d'Kong76 Jan 16 2014 02:46 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Uh, guilty :*)
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 16 2014 02:50 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Geez, even worse news. Dave "Ruben Kincade" Madden dead.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 16 2014 02:54 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Uh-oh! If things happen in threes, then Bill Daily should be worried.
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| Edgy MD Jan 16 2014 03:26 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My idol.
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| G-Fafif Jan 16 2014 04:30 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I'm not sure why that's worse, but it's at least as bad. Fitting that Reuben Kincaid lived long enough to see Ruben Tejada agree to a one-year deal. And as the Mad magazine take on the series, The Putrid Family, asked, why did the Partridges have a manager but not an agent?
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| Edgy MD Jan 16 2014 04:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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It fully shines through in maybe only three or four of the Partridge Family episodes, but Madden had great comic chops. I went and looked up some of his old standup act on YouTube and his material was awful (no better than the Partridge Family anyhow), but his delivery was great.
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| d'Kong76 Jan 16 2014 05:39 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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C'mon, not happy -- at that news
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| Ashie62 Jan 16 2014 06:36 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Danny finally fried him with the wet wires of the bus.
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| G-Fafif Jan 16 2014 08:38 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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One Reuben moment sticks in my head. I can't remember the exact context, but he's either on a double-date or is a fifth wheel at a table that includes an older gentlemen (Shirley's father while split up from Shirley's mother?) who impresses the barely legal young ladies in their company that he once met Teddy Roosevelt (I think). Reuben: "Don't look at me. I only go back as far as Harry Truman." The girls give him a look like he's from another planet.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 16 2014 08:56 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I totally agree on Ruben's comedy chops. Very funny.
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| G-Fafif Jan 16 2014 09:56 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The Professor actually kind of kicked ass in the otherwise abysmal 1978 TV movie, Rescue From Gilligan's Island, in which he recoiled at the suggestion that he had "macho"...whatever that was.
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| Edgy MD Jan 17 2014 07:40 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Somehow, the Nutty Professor lives on.
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| Edgy MD Jan 17 2014 02:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Hiroo Onodo --- Japanese soldier who took until 1974 to surrender.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jan 17 2014 02:56 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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See? These things do happen in threes!
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| Mets – Willets Point Jan 17 2014 07:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Oh weird, I was just reading about him yesterday.
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| G-Fafif Jan 26 2014 08:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Tom Gola, basketball Hall of Famer and fixture of the records section of every Knicks yearbook I brought home from the Garden when I was a kid, 81.
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| Edgy MD Jan 27 2014 11:16 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Eric Lawson, at least the third Marlboro Man to die from smoking-related causes.
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| Centerfield Jan 27 2014 02:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The guy who played Phineas Bogg on Voyagers (a favorite of mine as a kid) died when he put a gun loaded with a blank to his temple and fired. Blanks are not bullets, but the force of the explosion was enough to kill the guy.
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| Vic Sage Jan 27 2014 02:33 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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isn't that how Brandon Lee died, during the filming of THE CROW?
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| Mets – Willets Point Jan 27 2014 02:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I remember when I worked at Colonial Williamsburg that people always wanted to to stand in front of the military regiment when they were firing salutes. It was not easy to convince them that even without bullets that the concussions of a dozen firing muskets can be dangerous.
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| Edgy MD Jan 27 2014 02:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I'm wondering what has prompted Centerfield to report 30-year-old news as if it's just breaking.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 27 2014 08:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Close. I think it wasn't the blast, but an actual projectile-- like, a stuck bullet in the chamber, resulting from blanks the crew made onset-- that shot out of the gun barrel and hit him in the chest.
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| Gwreck Jan 27 2014 08:56 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Pete Seeger, 94
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| smg58 Jan 28 2014 04:54 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I won't say I agree with everything Seeger said and did, but he was a paragon of courage, an American icon, and an inspiration to anybody who wishes to live by their beliefs.
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| MFS62 Jan 28 2014 07:49 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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He wanted the world to live in peace. Now, may he rest in it. Later
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| Mets – Willets Point Jan 28 2014 08:23 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Fman99 Jan 28 2014 10:25 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My maternal grandmother, last night, at age 89. She lived a long, full life.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 28 2014 10:26 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry to hear about FGranny. 89 is pretty good!
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| Zvon Jan 28 2014 12:04 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry for your loss Fman. And Segar will be missed. :(
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 28 2014 12:48 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 28 2014 01:09 PM |
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Not that it diminishes the hurt, but, man... making it around to see your beautiful grandkids' beautiful kids? That in and of itself is a nonpareil win, no?
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| d'Kong76 Jan 28 2014 12:59 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Condolences, Fm
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| Rockin' Doc Jan 28 2014 05:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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To enjoy a long, full life is truly a blessing. I sincerely hope that each of us can be as fortunate. My condolences and prayers are with your family.
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| Ashie62 Jan 28 2014 05:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 28 2014 07:43 PM |
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Hang in there Fman...time will heal...
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| Fman99 Jan 28 2014 07:05 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I could not agree more. Thanks to you all for your sympathy.
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| G-Fafif Feb 02 2014 11:24 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in his NY apartment.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 02 2014 11:25 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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whoa
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| Frayed Knot Feb 02 2014 11:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Whoa! And here I was about to check in with Austrian-born actor Maximilian Schell - 83
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| G-Fafif Feb 02 2014 11:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| G-Fafif Feb 02 2014 11:29 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| metirish Feb 02 2014 11:31 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Damn, he had been struggling with addiction right?, has a young son too IIRC.....
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 02 2014 11:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 02 2014 11:58 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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"Yansore CFS @BigDavesRants" is an idiot.
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| themetfairy Feb 02 2014 12:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Wishing anyone dead is inexcusable.
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| MFS62 Feb 02 2014 12:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Maximilian Schell
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 02 2014 12:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Three kids-- 10, 7, and 5. Found in flagrante delicto, no less. Cripes, this is awful.
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| Mets Guy in Michigan Feb 02 2014 01:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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What a shame!
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| Ashie62 Feb 02 2014 03:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Hoffman found with needle in arm...
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 02 2014 09:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Yeah, he was really outstanding. Not that I ever made a gay sex advance on a male porn star but that scene in BOOGIE NIGHTS where he's just beating himself up for even trying ("I'm a fuckin' idiot! A fuckin' idiot!) just kills me.
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| RealityChuck Feb 03 2014 07:39 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Amazing actor in every role he played. His role in Mission: Impossible III was one of the best movie supervillains ever, and in more serious films he knew exactly what was needed to make each role memorable.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 03 2014 12:08 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Reports of concern about Hoffman recently looking "disheveled and pasty" must have been really serious considering how disheveled and pasty he usually looked on a good day.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 03 2014 05:12 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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And his Lester Bangs, and his spooky cult-dude in The Master, and the shnook in Before The Devil Knows You're Dead, and the butler from Big Lebowski, and the CIA agent from Charlie Wilson's War, etc.
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| Edgy MD Feb 03 2014 09:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The makers of Twister cringe, wince, and then shrug and concedingly nod sadly.
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| Edgy MD Feb 04 2014 04:17 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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On the "pasty" score, I have to say that I haven't met a single person from Rochester who didn't seem to be utterly lacking in pigment. Don't know what it is with that town. I haven't commented on this. I'm really uncomfortable with the idolization of actors. I think it becomes the fuel with which they burn themselves to the ground, like Hoffman did. And when you reward someone for being someone other than themselves, that has to create a painful conflict. I worked in a theater for a bit and not a one of them seemed psychologically healthy. Very sad sea to swim in. None of that says that I didn't enjoy his performances. But filmmakers will find someone else to read the lines. They always do. The real tragedy is that three young kids have no father. Cameron Crowe wrote this reflection on the scene in Almost Famous featuring the late night phone call between William and Lester Bangs. My wife goes back to that movie over and over again, and that's the scene that takes her back. I think she read that Hoffman was suffering from the flu during his shooting and that's what lends him the weak voice and the idea that Bangs is sapped and at a crossroads too. I guess he's saying in a better way what I'm trying to. That worshiping these guys does them no favors. Strange that he lived 12 years longer than than Lester Bangs (who OD'd on Darvon, Valium, and Nyquil) did. (Also strange is this fact I just learned: Bangs was listening to The Human League's Dare when he died.)
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| cooby Feb 04 2014 05:57 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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So sad...
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| themetfairy Feb 04 2014 06:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Horrible....
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| Edgy MD Feb 05 2014 10:51 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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And the longtime supporting TV player who completes the triumvirate is... Richard Bull, long-suffering bullied husband Nels Oleson on Little House on the Prairie. The Prairie gossip I always read said he didn't get along with Harriet (Katherine McGregor) in real life either, though they both ended up at the same nursing home, and appear to have become friends in later years. 
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 05 2014 02:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Good news for Bill Daily, I guess.
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| Mets – Willets Point Feb 05 2014 03:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The Prairie gossip I've heard is that Alison Arngrim was very sweet and Melissa Gilbert was a snotty brat.
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| Edgy MD Feb 05 2014 07:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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No! You're hitting the wrong sites!! Alison and Melissa G. were and are BFFs. It's that snotty Melissa Sue Anderson that was the horror of Walnut Grove. She was blind alright. BLIND TO THE FEELINGS OF OTHERS!
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| Mets – Willets Point Feb 05 2014 07:59 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My gossip came from a colleague who was a childhood friend of Arngrim so it may be slanted.
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| Edgy MD Feb 05 2014 08:49 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I think your colleague must've mixed up his Melissae.
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| G-Fafif Feb 06 2014 01:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Joan Mondale, this country's Jill Biden from 1977 to 1981 (and, I suppose, its Ann Romney in 1984), 83.
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| themetfairy Feb 11 2014 05:26 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| G-Fafif Feb 11 2014 06:00 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I knew who Shirley Temple was from a very early age, but then Shirley Temple Black was in the news, and I swear I thought "that must be the 'Shirley Temple' of black film." It was explained to me, no, one and the same.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 11 2014 06:12 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I'll take 'People I had No Idea Were Still Alive' (until now) for $1000 Alex
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| MFS62 Feb 11 2014 07:45 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Her tap dance routines with Bill "Bo Jangles" Robinson still stick in my memory.
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| Edgy MD Feb 11 2014 07:54 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The first, she would tell you, inter-racial dance partners in film history.
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| Edgy MD Feb 11 2014 09:13 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Kate Jacobs, who we met earlier in the Crane Pool as the author of a beautiful song about Rey Ordňńez, posts this at Facebook.
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| Lefty Specialist Feb 11 2014 11:52 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Shirley said she found out there was no Santa Claus at age 6, when she was sitting on his lap and he asked her for her autograph.
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 11 2014 11:55 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Today's child stars would probably react to that with less humility. They'd think, "I'm bigger than Santa Claus!"
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| Edgy MD Feb 11 2014 11:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Grunge connections of Shirley Temple.
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| G-Fafif Feb 12 2014 01:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sid Caesar, 91, presumably of a broken heart following Derek Jeter's Facebook post.
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| Edgy MD Feb 12 2014 02:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Along with Danny Kaye, a master of jibberish comic accents.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 12 2014 03:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 13 2014 06:44 AM |
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In college I had a girlfriend for a brief time (no really, I did) whose name was Sidonie, known as Sid.
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| MFS62 Feb 12 2014 09:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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One of the giants of comedy.
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| G-Fafif Feb 14 2014 07:18 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ralph Waite, patriarch of The Waltons, 85.
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| d'Kong76 Feb 14 2014 08:02 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Vic Sage Feb 14 2014 09:07 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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One of the things that was interesting and unique about the Caesar show, beyond how terrific it was, is that it became more beloved and a more significant part of the popular culture in subsequent years than it was at the time. In its first iteration, "the Show of Shows" was a 90-minute variety program for NBC, live on Saturday night (the first SNL). Though successful in its first few years, ratings declined and it gradually dropped out of the top 10. It was turned into a 60-minute live sketch comedy show, "The Caesar Hour", which ran a few more years but was eventually cancelled for low ratings, despite its history, Emmy awards and critical success. But many of those on his famous writing staff (Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Michael Stewart and others [later Woody Allen, but just for Sid's subsequent TV specials]) went on to great success themselves, and created shows ABOUT the Caesar show, some of which were more successful than the show itself.
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| Edgy MD Feb 14 2014 11:16 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The great thing about that interview is that most of those guys were still funny, even in their doddering years. And Mel Brooks didn't have to take over the whole show. Even Gelbart was still funny. I guess I had figured, because his signature creation had gotten taken over by Alan Alda, that he had somehow grown as tired as Alan Alda.
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| dgwphotography Feb 16 2014 06:58 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My dad - the greatest man I'll ever know:
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| d'Kong76 Feb 16 2014 07:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry to hear, dgw. Condolences to you and family.
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| themetfairy Feb 16 2014 07:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sincere condolences to you and the family.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 16 2014 07:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry to hear dave. Sounds like he had a great life and a lot of friends in 87 years.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 16 2014 07:40 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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It really, really does.
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| Edgy MD Feb 16 2014 08:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Thanks for sharing that, DGW. Al blessings to him, you, and your family.
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| Rockin' Doc Feb 16 2014 08:54 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family DGW.
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| metirish Feb 16 2014 08:56 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Condolences DGW, sounds like an amazing man.
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| Zvon Feb 16 2014 10:49 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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So sorry DGW. I feel for your loss.
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| smg58 Feb 17 2014 05:49 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I'm so sorry.
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| G-Fafif Feb 17 2014 11:35 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Very sorry to hear, Dave. You have our sincere condolences.
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| MFS62 Feb 17 2014 11:50 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Condolences to you and your family.
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| Edgy MD Feb 18 2014 10:26 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Devo guitarist and sometime producer Bob Casale is through being cool.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 18 2014 10:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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ouch. That's 2 Devotees in a year.
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| themetfairy Feb 18 2014 11:15 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Actress Mary Grace Canfield from the TV show Green Acres
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| Edgy MD Feb 20 2014 10:35 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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How much cross-promotional $$ could Devo make today?
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| Mets Guy in Michigan Feb 20 2014 03:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Just catching up to this. I'm so sorry. The obituary, I'm sure, only touches the surface of a remarkable life. I'd love to hear more about him.
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| TransMonk Feb 20 2014 05:06 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My condolences, dgw.
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| themetfairy Feb 22 2014 08:40 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Maria Von Trapp, of The Sound of Music fame.
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 22 2014 09:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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That's how you solve a problem like Maria!
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| Zvon Feb 22 2014 09:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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If that's spontaneous it's very funny. If you've been saving that for years for this very moment I might have a problem with it.
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 23 2014 05:39 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Spontaneous. I had no idea she was still alive.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 23 2014 05:46 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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This was Maria von Trapp the daughter. Maria, aka 'the problem' in the movie musical, who then went on to become step-mother to all the children, died in 1987.
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| Edgy MD Feb 24 2014 10:36 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Harold Ramis crosses the streams at 69.
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| TransMonk Feb 24 2014 10:52 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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RIP
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 24 2014 10:52 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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He was really great in Stripes. Held his own while Bill chewed the scenery.
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| themetfairy Feb 24 2014 11:17 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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RIP to an understated comic genius.
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| Lefty Specialist Feb 24 2014 12:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Groundhog Day is one of my all-time favorite movies, but he was a part of so many movies that make you laugh just thinking about them.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 24 2014 12:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ramis was one of the side character in a book I just read about the whole National Lampoon gang and several of its spin-offs in satiric humor (Lemmings, SNL, Animal House, etc.) and, yeah, he seemed to have his head screwed on a bit better than some of those who ran in that orbit.
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| Vic Sage Feb 24 2014 01:25 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ramis really was one of the major comedy forces in our culture from the 1970s-90s, as a writer, director, actor and producer of some of the biggest comedies in Hollywood's history.
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| MFS62 Feb 24 2014 09:22 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Stripes was very meaningful to all who served in the Army. Not every soldier was in combat, but they all were in Basic Training. And Ramis captured it perfectly in Stripes. He will be missed. RIP. Later
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| G-Fafif Feb 27 2014 07:57 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Dating Game host Jim Lange, 81.
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| Centerfield Feb 27 2014 08:06 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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He was so happy he even made Bill Murray and others who show up in that search happy. I would not have recognized him if I had seen him. The older version of Ramis is almost unrecognizable from his earlier days.
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| seawolf17 Mar 03 2014 08:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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A former colleague at another school - three months younger than me - had a massive seizure/stroke about six weeks back. He'd been in a coma since then, and passed away this morning. Leaves a wife and young son. Can't even imagine.
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| themetfairy Mar 03 2014 08:51 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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That's horrible seawolf - my condolences!
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| smg58 Mar 03 2014 09:11 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I can't even imagine, either. I'm so sorry.
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| TransMonk Mar 03 2014 09:35 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Very scary...my condolences.
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| RealityChuck Mar 03 2014 06:57 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Fantasy/horror author Michael Shea. His novel Nifft the Lean won a World Fantasy Award, and his short story, "The Autopsy," won both the Hugo and Nebula and is one of the greatest science fiction/horror short stories this side of H.P. Lovecraft. Shea had been inactive until recently; the first book of a new trilogy came out in 2010, with the second out just last year.
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| d'Kong76 Mar 03 2014 07:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry, sea ... scary stuff
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| Zvon Mar 03 2014 09:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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That sucks seawolf. My condolences.
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| TheOldMole Mar 07 2014 05:50 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Frank Jobe. Tommy John surgery won't help him now.
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| Edgy MD Mar 07 2014 06:18 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Wow. That's a guy who belongs in the Holla Fame.
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| Ashie62 Mar 07 2014 03:38 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Yogi Berra's wife Carmen 85
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| MFS62 Mar 07 2014 08:35 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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RIP to Dr Jobe and Carmen Berra.
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| G-Fafif Mar 07 2014 10:30 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sheila MacRae, 92, "the last Mrs. Kramden".
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| themetfairy Mar 10 2014 09:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| G-Fafif Mar 11 2014 09:45 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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--Joe McGinniss, The Selling of the President 1968
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 11 2014 09:55 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I didn't know he was sick.
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| Benjamin Grimm Mar 11 2014 09:59 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I read that soccer book (I believe at Lunchbucket's recommendation) and enjoyed it.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 11 2014 04:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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No kidding? I'm reading Miracle of Castel Di Sangro right now.
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| batmagadanleadoff Mar 12 2014 12:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/1820 ... 8283.shtml
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| G-Fafif Mar 15 2014 12:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Reubin Askew, former governor of Florida, 85. One of those Quixotic presidential candidates --he ran for the Democratic nomination in 1984 (same season George McGovern attempted a well-received if not exactly successful comeback). During the Iowa caucus campaign, when folks were asked by a radio host to flush for their favorite candidate -- the idea was whoever moved the water tower's contents the most would show the most support at caucusing time -- waters stayed perfectly still for Reubin.
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| themetfairy Mar 15 2014 04:47 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Frayed Knot Mar 15 2014 04:57 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Not that I've thought about Benner in years, but if asked I would have guessed maybe as much as a decade younger than 78 y/o.
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| seawolf17 Mar 15 2014 05:05 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Wondered if Yul Brenner was still alive. Turns out he died almost thirty years ago, on the same day as Orson Welles. Huh.
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| Edgy MD Mar 15 2014 05:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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A week after Rock Hudson, leading to a lot of tasteless jokes around my college campus freshman year.
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| G-Fafif Mar 15 2014 05:29 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Brenner was an up and comer in his mid to late thirties, having entered the profession after a career as a producer of TV documentaries. Between his freshness, his look and those considered his contemporaries, it's no wonder he always seemed younger than he was. On an appearance on Howard Stern, Howard alluded to learning Brenner's HS graduation date and did the math, which made him unfathomably old (or so it seemed). I seem to recall Brenner being none too pleased.
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| Edgy MD Mar 15 2014 06:26 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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In my mind, there was this continuity of James Komack/David Brenner/Gary Shandling, holding the place of TV's token genial, lumpy faced, fair-haired Jewish(?) actor playing supporting roles on sitcoms and genially slinging their act on chat shows.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 15 2014 08:54 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I knew girl in college that was like madly in love with Brenner.
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| Ashie62 Mar 16 2014 07:39 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Scott Asheton...original Stooge...
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 16 2014 10:58 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Benjamin Grimm Mar 17 2014 07:37 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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It was from David Brenner that I learned that people put mustard on pretzels.
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| themetfairy Mar 17 2014 08:34 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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When I was a kid, I loved this bit of Brenner's. He was talking about stupid questions people ask, and as an example he said that he was sitting on a newspaper on the subway and someone asked him whether he was reading the paper. His answer was yes; then he stood up, turned the page and sat back down.
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| Vic Sage Mar 17 2014 09:59 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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i remember that bit. Brenner was ubiquitous in the `70s and `80s, and then he was just gone. He was really funny about nothing much. Seinfeld must have learned much from him.
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| metirish Mar 17 2014 11:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I had not heard of this person until now but anytime a life is taken by suicide it is awful
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| TransMonk Mar 17 2014 12:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Have they ruled it a suicide?
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| metirish Mar 17 2014 12:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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um, right, I assumed as she was found hanging by a scarf....but you are correct...
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| TransMonk Mar 17 2014 12:45 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Too soon to ask, maybe, and tragic either way. I did see the Cosmopolitan tweet said "apparent suicide", but I hadn't seen that in any of the other stories.
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| Edgy MD Mar 17 2014 12:48 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Well, the one Irish posted said police don't suspect foul play. That leaves "accident," I guess. Unlikely, but possible.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 17 2014 05:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Was he the one who was replaced by Shemp?
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| Edgy MD Mar 17 2014 08:59 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I met a girl in college with a thing for David Brenner My roommate said I had no chance, and so I bet a tenner I wagered him a Hamilton I could indeed get with her He bet his ten, I asked him then, to punch me in my sniffer
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| Frayed Knot Mar 18 2014 07:05 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I never hear of her either ... but that doesn't stop todays Daily News from running at least five separate articles on her.
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| G-Fafif Mar 20 2014 05:45 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Bob Strauss, 95, longtime political operator type from Texas admired on both sides of the aisle. Held several government posts of sizable stature but he first came to national attention as chairman of the Democratic National Committee when the party infrastructure was a post-McGovern shambles. He pulled the organization together and come July 1976 made good on his December 1972 vow, "I'm not going to deliver a candidate to the party. I'm going to deliver a party to the candidate."
For a 13-year-old political junkie, it was like watching the National League All-Stars being introduced.
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| RealityChuck Mar 20 2014 07:54 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Lucius Shepard, science fiction writer. Shepard was considered to the the field's next big writer when he broke in in the mid-80s; he won the John Campbell Award for Best New Writer and won Hugos and Nebulas (and the Rhysling Award for best sf poetry). In an article in the late 80s, he was mentioned as the sterling example of where the field would be going.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 20 2014 08:02 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Conga/bongo session superstarJoe Lala, 66. Former member of Blues Image ("Ride Captain Ride")
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| Edgy MD Mar 20 2014 11:31 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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And Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church but apparently excommunicated from it in his last years.
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| themetfairy Mar 23 2014 02:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| TransMonk Mar 24 2014 07:28 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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GWAR Frontman DAVE BROCKIE A.K.A. ODERUS URUNGUS Dead At 50
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| seawolf17 Mar 24 2014 08:13 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Whoa.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 24 2014 08:54 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Frayed Knot Mar 25 2014 03:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson - 95
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| G-Fafif Mar 26 2014 06:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Posnanski pays tribute to Wilson here:
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| G-Fafif Mar 26 2014 06:49 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Mike Tanier, too:
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| Mets Guy in Michigan Mar 26 2014 07:20 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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[url]http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/03/25/4018497/gov-snyder-bills-owner-made-mark.html
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| TheOldMole Apr 01 2014 06:31 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Hobie Alter, who was known as the Henry Ford of the surfboard industry for his manufacturing innovations and who used his idle time to create the Hobie Cat, the lightweight, double-hulled sailboat that achieved worldwide popularity, died on Saturday at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 80.
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| Edgy MD Apr 01 2014 07:12 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Man, those things were popular with the doomed kids from Jaws 2.
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| G-Fafif Apr 02 2014 09:47 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Former Alabama Sen. Jeremiah Denton, 89, who as POW in North Vietnam blinked the word "torture" in Morse code to let the world (or those in the Pentagon who deciphered it) what was going on.
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| Edgy MD Apr 02 2014 10:09 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Oh, New York Times!!
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| TheOldMole Apr 03 2014 11:28 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Doowopper Joe "Speedo" Frazier, who sang this:
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| Edgy MD Apr 03 2014 12:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Check it out. Integrated doo-wop.
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| Frayed Knot Apr 03 2014 12:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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That was one of the songs the kids were singing in STAND BY ME
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| TheOldMole Apr 03 2014 12:30 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The first integrated doowop group to achieve real success? Depends on how you define integrated. The Del-Vikings -- "Come Go With Me" could have been the first. But before them, there were Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, who were African American and Puerto Rican.
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| G-Fafif Apr 03 2014 09:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sandy Grossman, innovative sports television director, 78.
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| MFS62 Apr 03 2014 09:30 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Depends on which sport you're talking about. Hank Stram was miked up in Super Bowl IV in 1970.
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| G-Fafif Apr 03 2014 11:40 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Grossman directed live events. NFL Films is NFL Films.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 06 2014 06:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Just got word that Chuck Stone died at age 89. He was a hugely influential columnist for the Philly Daily News -- said that 75 criminals "surrendered" to him over the years because they felt his writing the story would get the truth out. Also a former Tuskeegee Airman, black rights pioneer, etc etdc Had a side job teaching journalism to aimless English majors like me and really, truly inspired. "If your mother says she loves you, check it out!"
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| batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2014 06:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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John Pinette, 50, self-deprecating comedian whose routines usually referenced an all you can eat smorgasbord buffet, and who famously appeared in the last episode of Seinfeld.
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| RealityChuck Apr 06 2014 07:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I say "Nay, Nay!"
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| Benjamin Grimm Apr 07 2014 04:39 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Mickey Rooney, 93.
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| Edgy MD Apr 07 2014 06:11 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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About 90 of those in shew bidness.
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| Frayed Knot Apr 07 2014 06:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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From a post of about two months ago in the 'Apropos of Nothing' thread:
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| metirish Apr 07 2014 11:54 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Peaches Geldof found dead aged 25 , tragic family
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| Edgy MD Apr 07 2014 12:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Awful.
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| Mets – Willets Point Apr 08 2014 03:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Legendary House Music DJ Frankie Knuckles, 1955-2014.
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| SteveJRogers Apr 09 2014 10:31 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Iconic Pro Wrestler Ultimate Warrior, Jim Hellwig. 54
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 09 2014 01:29 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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What a complete blowjob of an obit. The guy was a shitty wrestler, not much of an entertainer especially for pro wrestling and spent recent years doing hateful right-wing commentary. That he was juiced beyond belief and yet another pro wrestler dead too young is barely even mentioned.
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| Frayed Knot Apr 09 2014 01:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Cause of death is listed as 'Old Age', which is what they call 54 in the WWE.
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| Mets – Willets Point Apr 09 2014 03:09 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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WWE is kind of like Medieval Europe that way.
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| G-Fafif Apr 12 2014 11:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sweet Lou Hudson, All-Star Atlanta Hawk of yore, 69.
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| G-Fafif Apr 15 2014 11:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Zander Hollander, low-profile sports book maven, 91.
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| dgwphotography Apr 16 2014 04:15 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Wow. Every year, I would buy his Complete Handbook for Baseball, and the one for Football, too.
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| TheOldMole Apr 16 2014 08:06 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Me too.
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| TheOldMole Apr 16 2014 08:07 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Not a household name exactly, but a great story.
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| Fman99 Apr 17 2014 07:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 87, who wrote my all time favorite piece of fiction, One Hundred Years of Solitude.
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| Edgy MD Apr 17 2014 10:53 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Know what would be a big hit for all the wrong reasons? A pitying history of the Cubs since the Frank Chance days --- 100 Years of Suckitude. What publisher wouldn't green-light that sight unseen?
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| G-Fafif Apr 20 2014 06:48 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, 76.
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| Frayed Knot Apr 20 2014 06:57 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I'm sure it's going to get reported often in the next few days about how Carter was eventually declared 'not guilty' of the triple murder even though that wasn't the case. A re-trial was ordered and, after so much time, and the death of witnesses, and the time Carter already served, the prosecution declined to go to trial again and he was set free.
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| Vic Sage Apr 23 2014 10:46 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 23 2014 10:50 AM |
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I had tickets to take my son to Westbury to see the comedian John Pinette in February. The dates were cancelled and rescheduled for June. Yesterday i went to see exactly what the new date and time was for the show and saw that it had been cancelled again, with no new date. I checked Pinette's website and discovered that he DIED earlier this month of a pulmonary embolism! Well, that's certainly a valid reason to cancel the show. I was surprised at first (he was only 50) but, given that Pinette's major comic shtick was about being fat and his enormous appetite, it's not THAT much of a surprise. He also apparently had a pill addiction that he went into treatment for last year, which probably had something to do with it, too.
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| themetfairy Apr 23 2014 10:50 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Vic - we acknowledged Pinette's passing.
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| Vic Sage Apr 23 2014 10:51 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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sorry, i missed it.
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| themetfairy Apr 23 2014 11:44 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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No worries. I just didn't want you to think that his passing went unacknowledged.
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| Rockin' Doc Apr 24 2014 07:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I unfortunately missed the initial announcement of John Pinette's passing.
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| dgwphotography Apr 25 2014 03:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Maren Sanchez, 16. Just devastating.
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| d'Kong76 Apr 25 2014 03:38 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Horribly sad, jeez
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| Frayed Knot Apr 26 2014 05:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Earl Morrall - 79
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| dgwphotography Apr 26 2014 07:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Bob Griese's back up who was the qb for a good chunk of the dolphins' undefeated season.
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| metirish Apr 26 2014 07:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Christ , how fucking awful and sad....
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| MFS62 Apr 27 2014 06:50 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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From today's Toronto Globe and Mail
Later
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| dgwphotography Apr 27 2014 07:24 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Just unbelievably sad... This is "The Rock" at Jonathan Law High School - every year it is painted by that year's senior class celebrating graduation. By Friday afternoon, it was repainted in purple in honor of Maren, and turned into a memorial. Visiting this was very emotional, and as a parent, I can't even grasp what her family is going through. 
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| metirish Apr 27 2014 09:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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NBC News 4 has a feature on this now, showing the tribute that you pictured.......
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| TransMonk Apr 30 2014 07:18 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Vic Sage Apr 30 2014 08:39 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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terrific actor; see THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY and MONA LISA; also, PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (TV)
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| Edgy MD Apr 30 2014 08:51 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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His Best Actor nomination from Mona Lisa was one of the more surprising I recall.
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| MFS62 Apr 30 2014 07:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Al Feldstein - We were MAD for him.
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| TheOldMole May 01 2014 05:48 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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True story -- Paul Krassmer, editor of The Realist, was still living at home with his mother and still a virgin when The Realist first came out. Because of it's success, girls were starting to notice him, but he had no place to take one. Al Feldstein told him that if he ever needed to, he could use the couch in Feldstein's office.
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| Edgy MD May 01 2014 10:48 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Walter Walsh, legendary FBI sharpshooter, who bagged the Brady gang and the Ma Barker's boys, among many others, finally clocks in at 106.
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| Vic Sage May 13 2014 10:02 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Swiss artist HR Giger, 74
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| TransMonk May 13 2014 05:36 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The Brain Salad Surgery album cover is one I had tacked to my wall as a teen.
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| batmagadanleadoff May 21 2014 04:04 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sante Kimes
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| cooby May 24 2014 09:08 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Saw a man drive by my house and seconds later heard him crash his motorcycle into a pole in front of my neighbors house. No idea what caused him to wreck though the road was wet.
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| themetfairy May 24 2014 09:22 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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OMG - That's horrible!
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| Mets – Willets Point May 24 2014 09:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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That's terrible Cooby. I'll be praying for you and him and his family.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 24 2014 10:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Jesus, Cooby.
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| Benjamin Grimm May 25 2014 04:49 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Holy crap! I'm sure you'll never forget it.
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| smg58 May 25 2014 06:59 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I'm so sorry you had to experience that. And I'm also sorry for the man's family and friends.
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| cooby May 25 2014 07:30 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Thank you friends. Had a rough night of course, and it occured to me that it's a wonder I wasn't the only person to witness this all, as my street is very quiet on Saturday evenings.
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| Mets Guy in Michigan May 25 2014 07:38 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Cooby, it's a blessing for the man that you were there to give him some comfort.
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| MFS62 May 25 2014 08:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Cooby, I can't find any words to make you forget that terrible scene. But always remember the comfort you gave him when he most needed it.
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| d'Kong76 May 25 2014 10:39 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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[[[huggsss]]]
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| cooby May 25 2014 11:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Thank you again everyone.
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| Edgy MD May 25 2014 11:47 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Yeah, special tip of the cap to Cooby for having the courage and grace to place herself in that situation. I hope I'm so blessed when my last heartbeats come.
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| cooby May 25 2014 06:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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i hope so too Edgy...though he was among only strangers when he died, at least he wasn't alone. I guess that's what we can all hope for, after all.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2014 07:45 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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That's horrifying, Coobs.
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| Mets – Willets Point May 28 2014 07:19 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Herb Jeffries, singing cowboy of all-Black cowboy movies of the 1930s and vocalist for Duke Ellington, ca. 100 years old.
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| Mets Guy in Michigan May 28 2014 07:29 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Maya Angelou, the legendary, brilliant, and matchless American author, civil rights activist, director, educator, speaker, performer, and poet whose career has spanned five decades, has passed away at age 86.
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| Mets – Willets Point May 28 2014 07:36 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Oh wow. She spoke at the convocation at my college one year and it was one of the most amazing speeches I ever heard.
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| Frayed Knot May 28 2014 03:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Malcolm Glazer, 85 - owner of the NFL's Buccaneers and of the EPL's Man U
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| themetfairy Jun 01 2014 04:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ann B. Davis
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| Edgy MD Jun 02 2014 07:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sherwood Schwartz, in his foreword to Alice's Brady Bunch Cookbook wrote (going from memory here):
Did we ever get a last name for Alice? I don't believe we did.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 02 2014 07:30 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Nelson.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 02 2014 07:37 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I knew that too. I don't recall ever hearing it on the show, but somehow I did know that her last name was Nelson.
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| Edgy MD Jun 02 2014 07:38 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sounds right.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 02 2014 07:44 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Edgy MD Jun 02 2014 08:08 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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From one point of view, her real last name was Toklas.
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| Mets – Willets Point Jun 02 2014 08:20 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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There's a discussion of this on Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/gilligan.asp
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| Benjamin Grimm Jun 02 2014 09:20 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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For some reason I thought his name was "Robert Gilligan" based on that radio broadcast that listed all of the characters' names. Maybe I misheard something.
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| themetfairy Jun 04 2014 07:03 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Gary and Keith are discussing today's loss of Don Zimmer.
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| Edgy MD Jun 09 2014 02:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Rik Mayall, comic actor, most notably for The Young Ones, has died at 56. The people's poet is dead!
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| TransMonk Jun 09 2014 05:24 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I had a lady friend in high school that loved DROP DEAD FRED. RIP.
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| Edgy MD Jun 12 2014 11:56 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ruby Dee, who brought a professional luster to the otherwise ham-handed Jackie Robinson Story, has died at 91. Played a lot of other iconic roles, of course, including a pair of Spike Lee films that relaunched her career from 1989 onward.
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| MFS62 Jun 12 2014 01:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Wifey and I sat next to her, and her late husband, Ossie Davis, at B. Smith's in NYC several years ago. Recognized them, nodded, but didn't go all fan fawn and let them enjoy their meal. They smiled, and I think they appreciated that. RIP Later OE: I may have posted this story when Ossie Davis died about a year ago.
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| sharpie Jun 13 2014 09:40 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ossie Davis died 9 years ago. Time flies.
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| MFS62 Jun 13 2014 09:13 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Then I guess I never posted it here before now. Didn't post it then, and there wouldn't have been a reason to post it last year. Later
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| Frayed Knot Jun 13 2014 10:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Chuck Noll - 82
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| Frayed Knot Jun 14 2014 06:06 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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"Little" Jimmy Scott - 88
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| G-Fafif Jun 15 2014 08:56 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Casey Kasem, 82, the voice of Sunday mornings, this Sunday morning.
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| d'Kong76 Jun 15 2014 09:11 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I had no idea a man sung that beautiful song.
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| themetfairy Jun 15 2014 09:18 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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He was a true class act.
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| G-Fafif Jun 15 2014 09:19 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The endlessly perceptive Jim Farber in the News with an appreciation:
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| MFS62 Jun 15 2014 09:30 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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We use Sirius Radio for music at work. On the 70's station, they occasionally an entire America's Top 40 broadcast. We talked about Kasey while we were listening yesterday. We'll miss him. Later
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| G-Fafif Jun 15 2014 09:31 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Paul Vitello in the Times on the "homey sentiment" and "American optimism" Casey brought to the airwaves.
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| G-Fafif Jun 15 2014 09:33 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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SiriusXM channel 7 just began a 24-hour AT40 marathon, playing Casey's first show right now, from 7/4/70.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 15 2014 10:38 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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If you're referring to the YouTube clip of 'First Time Ever ...', the 'Hit' version you're probably familiar with from long ago radio was Roberta Flack's. I just went hunting for Jimmy Scott clips and came up with that one. That his pitch on it was similar to Flack's was the nature of Scott's unique voice. Looking up the history of the song (per WikiPedia so you know it's true): Written in 1957 by a British Socialist writer Ewan MacColl (born James Henry Miller) for his later, but not at the time, wife Peggy Seeger. She, it turned out, was married to someone else at the time. MacColl was the father (though not w/Seeger) of the late singer Kristy MacColl. Peggy Seeger was half-sister to folk legend Pete. The song became popular with folk groups in the '60s including Kingston Trio, Peter Paul & Mary, Brothers Four. Also Elvis. MacColl reportedly hated them all. Flack's slower version came out in 1969, then hit the charts in 1972 after getting a boost from being used by Clint Eastwood in 1971's PLAY MISTY FOR ME Wiki lists some 80 other versions although not Jimmy Scott.
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| Gwreck Jun 15 2014 06:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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iHeart Radio is also playing year-end countdowns from various years. http://www.iheart.com/live/Classic-Amer ... p-40-6545/
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| Edgy MD Jun 15 2014 06:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Casey has been a big part of my Saturday afternoons, when I try to run my weekend errands at noontime to catch the Sirius XM re-broadcasts of his countdowns. He is (was, I guess), of course, to music what Vin Scully is to baseball --- genially enthusiastic about EVERY act that manages to reach the 40, but he seems to save his most reverence for introducing an Al Green song, with maybe Barry White running a distant second.
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| G-Fafif Jun 16 2014 07:37 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Three more tributes:
--Randall Roberts, L.A. Times
--Sarah Larson, The New Yorker
(That one's mine.)
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| themetfairy Jun 16 2014 08:42 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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By Ken Levine
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| Mets – Willets Point Jun 16 2014 09:03 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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There seems to be an interesting divide among people who remember Casey for America's Top 40 and people who remember him as the voice of Shaggy.
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| d'Kong76 Jun 16 2014 09:31 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Tony Gwynn lost his battle with cancer ... sad, only 54
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| Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 10:21 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Also have fond memories of him as Alexander, the more swinging version of Shaggy, who managed Josie & the Pussycats --- a man for whom every day presented the choice of Paris. Additionally loved his action-hero stint voicing Mark in Battle of the Planets, leading a bunch of sturdy young heroes aboard the Phoenix in protecting earth from the vile plans of Zoltar from Planet Spectra, dubbing in English dialogue to adapt Japan's Gatchaman for American audiences. I was too old to be watching cartoons at the time it landed stateside, but it was just so different I got hooked. Finally, I salute his turn as mysterious Columbo imitator in the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, appearing in a crossover episode where the Frank and Joe meet Nancy in Hollywood. Mostly, of course, I salute his genial enthusiasm, maintaining a weekend countdown as a buzzing town square where a divided nation could celebrate the whole mosaic of our subcultures. That was Alice Cooper... doing a piano ballad, and here are the Pointer Sisters... doing some country harmonies. That was glam and here's a song of faith. That was disco and here's an... anti-disco backlash song. Somehow, without saying it explicitly, Casey's modeling of mutual respect said to keep it all civil, and it mostly was kept so.
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| RealityChuck Jun 17 2014 01:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Science fiction author Daniel Keyes. He's known for one particular story (which was later made into a novel): "Flowers for Algernon."
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| RealityChuck Jun 17 2014 05:36 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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New Yorker Cartoonist Charles Barsotti.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 18 2014 03:15 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Jazz bop great Horace Silver.
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| Rockin' Doc Jun 18 2014 08:45 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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One of my favorite players. Always seemed to be a class act and I just loved to watch him hit.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 19 2014 04:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Gerry Goffin - 75
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| RealityChuck Jun 19 2014 05:30 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ernest Borgnine, 95.
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| MFS62 Jun 19 2014 05:56 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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From the drama of Marty to the comedy of McHale, and everything in between, he was a professional. RIP Later
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| Frayed Knot Jun 19 2014 06:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ummm, Borgnine died two years ago.
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| d'Kong76 Jun 19 2014 06:13 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I don't remember Marty, I must have seen at least parts
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| batmagadanleadoff Jun 19 2014 06:17 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Maybe a different Ernest Borgnine died two years ago. And the Marty Borgnine died just now. How do you know? I wanna go home. 
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| Edgy MD Jun 19 2014 06:55 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Goffin hits close to home.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 19 2014 07:57 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Stealing that line.
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| Frayed Knot Jun 19 2014 08:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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As I said about Carol Klein (Carole King) a couple years ago here while acknowledging her birthday or something, if you have EITHER her recording or her writing career that's HoF material.
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| Edgy MD Jun 20 2014 07:13 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Played by Eric Stoltz in the weird fictionalized Carol King biopic Grace of My Heart. They kind of portrayed him as a smug beatnik hipster slumming in pop-rock and out to bring redemption to such a lowly form.
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| G-Fafif Jun 23 2014 06:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Steve Rossi, 82, Marty Allen's partner and part of an ever smaller cadre of former Ed Sullivan guests.
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| G-Fafif Jun 25 2014 12:22 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Actor Eli Wallach, 98.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2014 06:36 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I'm not a big "books on tape" guy but we once took a long car trip with Eli Wallach reading Stephen King's INSOMNIA for 900 miles. I can still hear the way he pronounced certain words.
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| MFS62 Jun 25 2014 06:50 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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He was good, bad and ugly. And it takes a special kind of actor to be that. RIP. Later
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| Vic Sage Jun 25 2014 08:06 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Jewish guy from Brooklyn who made a film career out of playing Mexican banditos and mafiosi, and ethnic villains of various stripes, in between his legendary theater work. Since he was the best thing in one of my favorite movies ever (G,B&U), he has always had a place in my heart.
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| Edgy MD Jun 26 2014 12:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Howard Baker, Senate majority leader and Reagan chief of staff. A bilateral coalition builder who survived into an era where that wasn't cool anymore. Famously asked what Nixon knew and when he knew it.
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| G-Fafif Jun 28 2014 12:40 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The great Bobby Womack, 70.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 28 2014 07:07 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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It's all over now. ..
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 28 2014 10:09 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Seems pretty damn early-- if I'd have guessed from his career history, I sure wouldn't have guessed he was just 70-- but the timing of his departure may have been for the best; besides his plethora of other health issues, he was apparently suffering through the early stages of Alzheimer's.
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| MFS62 Jun 29 2014 10:38 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Mensach Taylor. 67
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| seawolf17 Jun 29 2014 01:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Best remembered by me as a Hollywood Square.
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| RealityChuck Jun 30 2014 01:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Frank Cashen.
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| cooby Jun 30 2014 05:09 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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:(
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| themetfairy Jul 01 2014 03:35 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| RealityChuck Jul 01 2014 08:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I liked a lot of Mazursky's films: Harry and Tonto, Moscow on the Hudson, and Down and Out in Beverly Hills (never saw Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. His career took a nose dive after Down and Out.
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| Edgy MD Jul 02 2014 09:14 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I think his films tended to have problems. But they were seemingly intentional problems of his own making --- awkward scenarios that, to his credit, he tried to find honest ways through. Is that fair?
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| themetfairy Jul 02 2014 10:17 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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RIP actor Bob Hastings
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| sharpie Jul 02 2014 03:50 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Prolific YA author Walter Dean Myers, 76.
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| Edgy MD Jul 03 2014 09:12 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Louis Zamperini, thirties Olympian track star, and POW whose remarkable life was chronicled in Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken.
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| Rockin' Doc Jul 03 2014 07:46 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Unbroken was a great book. Truly a remarkable life.
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| Frayed Knot Jul 05 2014 04:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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And made it to 71 years after the first time his death certificate was issued.
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| MFS62 Jul 06 2014 08:23 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Our cat - Chester.
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| metirish Jul 07 2014 09:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Alfredo Di Stéfano dies at the age of 88, one of the greats
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 07 2014 09:55 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry to hear about your cat. 19 years is a long time!
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| Mets Guy in Michigan Jul 07 2014 10:06 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sympathies! Nearly 20 years -- that's a well-cared for and well-loved member of the family, right there.
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| Edgy MD Jul 07 2014 10:26 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry to hear about El Gato.
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| metirish Jul 07 2014 12:57 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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A giant name from the 80's
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| Mets Guy in Michigan Jul 10 2014 06:26 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Andy Griffith at 86.
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| Benjamin Grimm Jul 10 2014 06:41 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Is Ernest Borgnine still dead?
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| smg58 Jul 10 2014 07:38 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My condolences to MFS62 and Edgy. I've lost my share of pets, and having them for a particularly long time doesn't make it easier. And unfortunately, nicotine really doesn't care how young or standup you are.
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| themetfairy Jul 10 2014 08:25 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry to hear about your losses.
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| SteveJRogers Jul 10 2014 08:52 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Let me guess, in the same vein of "while you were posting about this trashy pop culture celebrity, or the current pop culture fad (i.e. World Cup), this famous person from years ago died with ZERO fanfare" the way Miley Cyrus twerking at the VMAs was linked to Neil Armstrong's passing thanks, most likely, to an On This Date posting?
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| d'Kong76 Jul 10 2014 08:55 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Condolences, guys.
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| d'Kong76 Jul 10 2014 08:57 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Andy, Ernest, who will the third to still be dead?
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| Edgy MD Jul 10 2014 08:59 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I just got word over the wire that Bob Denver has just been found still dead.
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| themetfairy Jul 10 2014 12:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Francisco Franco, of course! 
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| Mets Guy in Michigan Jul 10 2014 01:17 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Beat me to it!
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You can do the news for the hard of hearing.
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| themetfairy Jul 10 2014 01:55 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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[youtube]butZyxI-PRs[/youtube]
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| cooby Jul 10 2014 06:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Im so sorry, MFS :(
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| MFS62 Jul 11 2014 07:33 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Thanks everyone.
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| themetfairy Jul 11 2014 11:37 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Edgy MD Jul 12 2014 07:13 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Ashie62 Jul 12 2014 08:16 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Born Erdelyi Tomas...Tommy Erdelyi
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| Ashie62 Jul 12 2014 08:26 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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He produced the Replacements "Tim"
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| Edgy MD Jul 12 2014 08:40 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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It would be cool if somewhere back in time, the Ramones filled in for The Producers on a bill. That way, Tommy could claim to have produced The Replacements and replaced The Producers.
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| Mets Guy in Michigan Jul 12 2014 11:12 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Very sad news about Tommy.
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| Edgy MD Jul 12 2014 11:53 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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A rare member of a big-time (if little big-time) band who graduated from backstage, going from manager to drummer.
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| Ashie62 Jul 12 2014 01:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Iggy went from the drums to the front.... I wonder how that went?
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 12 2014 01:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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4, 5, 6, 7
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| G-Fafif Jul 13 2014 11:15 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Renowned journalist and Kennedy confidante John Seigenthaler, 86.
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| Edgy MD Jul 14 2014 07:49 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Surviving Ramones:
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| Frayed Knot Jul 14 2014 07:58 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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It seemed like about 80% of journalists of a certain era either doubled as "Kennedy confidantes" or wished that they did.
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| sharpie Jul 14 2014 09:03 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Nobel winning South African author Nadine Gordimer at 90.
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| sharpie Jul 17 2014 07:04 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Johnny Winter, 70.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 17 2014 07:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Lawdy mama
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 17 2014 08:25 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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GOTdamn Johnny is a player.
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| G-Fafif Jul 17 2014 11:11 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Here's to the lady who lunched: Elaine Stritch, 89. Of course the news come down not long after noon in New York.
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| G-Fafif Jul 17 2014 11:13 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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[youtube:j5lejh8g]virv-1o2KjE[/youtube:j5lejh8g]
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| Vic Sage Jul 17 2014 02:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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singing I'M STILL HERE
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| themetfairy Jul 20 2014 06:03 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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RIP James Garner
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| d'Kong76 Jul 20 2014 07:45 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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One of my favorites, RIP Maverick
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| d'Kong76 Jul 20 2014 09:37 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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This is pretty cool:
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| Edgy MD Jul 20 2014 01:30 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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More than cool. It beat a big field and some stiff competition in this poll.
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| Mets – Willets Point Jul 20 2014 05:48 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Garner was a handsome guy. I'm pretty sure that was my father's favorite show, although all I remember is the answering machine gags and the awesome theme music. Thanks for the flashback, Kong!
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| Frayed Knot Jul 20 2014 06:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Don't think I ever watched a minute of Rockford or Maverick.
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| sharpie Jul 20 2014 09:03 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I mostly remember him shilling for Kodak or one of the other film companies.
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| dgwphotography Jul 20 2014 09:13 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Polaroid. [youtube]6o_hAzIeOY0[/youtube]
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| Mets – Willets Point Jul 20 2014 09:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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He did a lot of Beef Industry ads until he had to have bypass surgery.
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| Edgy MD Jul 21 2014 07:36 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Garner and Mariette Hartley were, like, an award-winning pitch team. Producers were desperate to try and translate their chemistry from those Polaroid ads into big screen $$, but couldn't pull it off without looking obvious and, well, desperate. They did have her guest star in an episode of Rockford Files, which sort of backfired. While half of America was convinced by the Polaroid ads that they were actually husband and wife, the other half was scandalized by a tabloid photo showing them doing a kissing scene on the show, taken by a paparazzo who got on the Rockford set, and run in a tabloid magazine suggesting the two were having an affair and cheating on their actual spouses.
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| Vic Sage Jul 21 2014 10:01 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Over the course of his career (particularly the period from 1957-1982), James Garner developed a persona as a loveable rogue, cynical but heroic, a guy willing to run from a fight if it seemed prudent, but able to pull the trigger when necessary. He was a man's man and a ladie's man. But, lordie, he was a man. While best known for his two hit TV series, MAVERICK (57-62) and ROCKFORD FILES (74-80), and his Polaroid commercials, he was a movie star and had a film career worth looking at.
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| Edgy MD Jul 21 2014 10:24 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Never realized Support Your Local Sheriff! and Support Your Local Gunfighter weren't part of the same storyline. I suppose that'll happen when you watch films 10 years apart.
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| Frayed Knot Jul 21 2014 10:32 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Never realized they weren't the same movie!
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| RealityChuck Jul 21 2014 10:33 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Support Your Local Sheriff was a favorite of mine, and my father's favorite movie. I also loved Garner's voice acting in God, the Devil, and Bob as God.
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| RealityChuck Jul 22 2014 09:35 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Author Thomas Berger, best known for Little Big Man. I also was a fan of his Neighbors and Regiment of Women.
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| d'Kong76 Jul 22 2014 12:17 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Some toe tappin' fun this song is ...
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| d'Kong76 Jul 27 2014 04:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Our next-door neighbor is dying. She has an
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| Edgy MD Jul 27 2014 05:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Good of you to be present. That's really important.
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| d'Kong76 Jul 27 2014 05:25 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Hope so.
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| themetfairy Jul 27 2014 05:47 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry to hear that - brain tumors are awful.
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| Mets – Willets Point Aug 04 2014 01:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I remember seeing him on 60 Minutes back in the mid-80s, a full-grown man reduced to tears from the rehabilitation he was doing with the people he jokingly called "physical terrorists." It left quite an impression. Brady's life did not go as he planned but he and his wife did a lot of good in response to his shooting and disability.
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| themetfairy Aug 08 2014 06:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Medical Examiner Rules Brady's Death a Homicide
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| Frayed Knot Aug 08 2014 06:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Not that I expect this ruling to lead to a full trial or even new charges against the increasingly free Hinckley, but the first thing I thought of upon hearing the death of Brady was to wonder to what extent the shooting had on shortening his lifespan, and once you get into that mindset you bring up all sorts of possibilities.
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| themetfairy Aug 08 2014 06:38 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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No, of course not. Grievous injuries never are. But there needs to be some kind of proximity in time between an injury and one's subsequent death in order to say that the injury was the cause of death. This is stretching things beyond all reason, IMO.
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| Frayed Knot Aug 08 2014 07:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The idea that the bullet caused the death is, for the time being anyway, a medical opinion and not a legal one.
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| themetfairy Aug 08 2014 07:36 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Even so. After 33 years, I think it's safe to say that he survived the shooting.
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| Vic Sage Aug 11 2014 08:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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There used to be a "year and a day" rule in the criminal law (you couldn't prosecute for homicide if the death was more than 1 year + 1 day after the original assault). But now, "delayed homicides" can be prosecuted decades after the initial injury. The issue is determining "proximate cause". For that, you need forseeability (see PALSGRAF), and it's certainly forseeable that, if you shoot somebody, that they'll die from the ensuing injury. You also need the absence of any other "intervening cause". So, is Brady's initial survival for 30 years an "intervening cause"? Only if his death is directly related to a condition that arose from something entirely unrelated to the original assault. Here, the coroner ruled that it was related, and that's a medical determination, not a legal one.
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| themetfairy Aug 12 2014 05:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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| Benjamin Grimm Aug 13 2014 07:30 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I've never known quite what to think about Lauren Bacall. She had a strange kind of beauty. Her movie debut, in To Have and Have Not, was definitely memorable. She was a unique presence, strutting around with confidence that belied her youth, and seducing Humphrey Bogart with her husky voice. (This was the movie where she gave instructions on how to whistle.) But her list of memorable movie roles isn't all that long, at least compared to other actors and actresses of similar fame. She did spend a good part of her career on the stage, which at least partially explains that.
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| themetfairy Aug 15 2014 11:50 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Skater Jay Adams
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| themetfairy Aug 16 2014 09:12 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ron Pallilo
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| batmagadanleadoff Aug 16 2014 10:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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1. You only die once. 2. What are you, the Grim Reaper of this forum?
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| MFS62 Aug 17 2014 08:15 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ooh Ooh Ooh, Mister Koteere. I have the answer. As we get older, when we get up in the morning and check the obituaries. If our name isn't on it, we know we had a good day yesterday. Sometimes, we will see a recognizable name and post it here. Not saying MF is getting old, though. :) Later
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| themetfairy Aug 17 2014 08:15 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I may be on a roll, but I'm hardly the only contributor to this thread.
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| d'Kong76 Aug 17 2014 08:17 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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You know, Horshack is a very old and respected
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| d'Kong76 Aug 17 2014 10:37 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My neighbor mentioned earlier lost her battle with a brain
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| themetfairy Aug 17 2014 11:00 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry to hear that Kase.
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| d'Kong76 Aug 17 2014 12:24 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Thanks, it's sad but it's kind of a happy sad. She
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| themetfairy Aug 17 2014 01:46 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Amen!
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| sharpie Aug 17 2014 07:30 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Our cat Charly. Last night we took her to the vet for euthanizing (she had a terminal kidney disease) and it was the first time in 17 years that we arrived home and she wasn't there.
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| themetfairy Aug 17 2014 09:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry sharpie :(
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 17 2014 09:20 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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aw that sucks. Sorry for Charly
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| Vic Sage Aug 18 2014 08:56 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry to hear it, Sharpie.
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| MFS62 Aug 18 2014 09:05 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry, Sharpie.
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| G-Fafif Aug 18 2014 09:46 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 26 2014 06:05 PM |
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Don Pardo, 96, voice of nearly everything over a long career at NBC.
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| Edgy MD Aug 19 2014 08:44 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Thank you for playing, Seawolf. Don Pardo, tell him what he didn't win.
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| themetfairy Aug 24 2014 06:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Actor/Director Sir Richard Attenborough
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| Mets – Willets Point Aug 24 2014 07:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Not to be confused with his younger brother David Attenborough, the epic voice narrating so many nature documentaries (d'oh!).
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| Frayed Knot Sep 01 2014 06:33 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Former NY Ranger Carol Vadnais - 68
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| Frayed Knot Sep 01 2014 01:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Stan Goldberg - 82.
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| Edgy MD Sep 01 2014 01:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Associate of your dad?
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| Frayed Knot Sep 01 2014 01:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Not sure if 'associate' is the right word, but they were friends as part of a loose confederation of L.I.-based cartoonists.
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| batmagadanleadoff Sep 01 2014 06:55 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Reference to F. Springer in Michael O'Donoghue (Mr. Mike) piece earlier this week during Grantland's week-long retrospective of SNL at 40.  http://grantland.com/features/michael-o ... e-mr-mike/
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| Edgy MD Sep 01 2014 07:33 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Jimi Jamison, singer for Survivor, failing to live up to his band's name after a heart attack.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 02 2014 10:06 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Facebook pals tell me that our high school football QB and "best athlete" designee from our class died of brain cancer this morning. To my knowledge is 1st death from my class, although I may be forgetting someone.
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| sharpie Sep 02 2014 10:29 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I didn't have to wait nearly that long for my first high school classmate death. That fall a girl I knew only slightly killed herself by jumping off the roof of her college dorm. There've been several since then. Sorry to hear about your classmate, JCL.
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| Frayed Knot Sep 02 2014 10:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Simple actuarial chance suggests that, unless you're a fairly recent graduate or come from a fairly small class, your odds of losing classmates even as soon as five to ten years out is pretty good.
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| Ashie62 Sep 02 2014 06:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Cripes, I'm old.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 02 2014 08:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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About 300 students? I do have a nagging feeling I'm forgetting some dead sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, pinheads, dweebies, and/or richies.
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| themetfairy Sep 02 2014 08:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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It's interesting that you've gone so long without a dead classmate. I grew up near you, and within ten years of graduation I had several including one who was mauled to death by a tiger (she worked at the Bronx Zoo), a suicide, and a presumed mob rubout.
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| Frayed Knot Sep 02 2014 08:41 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 03 2014 06:58 AM |
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I don't have the specific stats but have seen them in the past. Those represent only averages of course, but they'll tell you that you can generally expect x% to be dead ten years out, and then a higher pct by graduation +15 years, and so on. It's a bit like the 'Birthday Conundrum' problem which I know has been discussed here in the past (where the amount of people needed in a room before the odds of at least two sharing a birthday is MUCH smaller than most folks suspect) in that while the odds of any one 18 y/o dying in the next decade is very small once you start multiplying those odds by a couple hundred it adds up quickly. In all, it would be pretty shocking if this were the first death among a class of 300+ some 30 years later. It might be one of the earlier "natural" deaths as obviously a lot of the 20s & 30s deaths involve stuff like wrapping cars around telephone poles, drownings, bar fights, and other stupid shit. I have no idea about my class except that as of last year there's been at least one drop dead from the heart attack route.
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| Edgy MD Sep 02 2014 08:55 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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We had a guy who died in the marines during supposed peacetime within a year of graduation. His parents may never find out what happened.
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| Ashie62 Sep 04 2014 01:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Joan Rivers 81
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| themetfairy Sep 04 2014 01:21 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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A Barnard grad. I remember watching her while I was growing up - she was a groundbreaker, a true original and hysterically funny. She will be missed. RIP Joan
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| MFS62 Sep 04 2014 01:26 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Can we talk..
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| Ashie62 Sep 04 2014 01:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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[url]https://celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/joan-rivers--trailblazing-comic--red-carpet-fixture--dead-215344477.html
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 04 2014 01:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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It really didn't look like a recovery was likely, so it's good that she didn't linger. It's funny, I happened to watch an episode of Louie from a few years ago where Joan Rivers was a guest, playing herself.
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| G-Fafif Sep 04 2014 01:39 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Though she'd been around forever by then, I remember her hosting The Tonight Show in her "permanent guest host" role when I was in college some 30 years ago, engaging Sheena Easton in some risque banter and getting huge laughs from those who were lingering in my dorm's TV lounge. Struck me that somebody with that kind of longevity was connecting with college kids -- and that she made Sheena Easton seem equally hilarious, which she might have been when not rhapsodizing over the Morning Train, but who knew?
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 04 2014 01:58 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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She was really funny.
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| Edgy MD Sep 04 2014 02:03 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sheena? Hell, yeah!
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| d'Kong76 Sep 04 2014 02:06 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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[youtube:2627nlgt]ONgN2Hgz3XE[/youtube:2627nlgt]
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| Zvon Sep 04 2014 03:40 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Classically funny lady. Always loved her act & wit. She had balls. I do wish she chose to grow old naturally as opposed to plastically, but it was her life, not mine.
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| G-Fafif Sep 04 2014 04:43 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Joan Rivers, on what she likes about New York, 2014
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| Benjamin Grimm Sep 06 2014 05:14 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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[youtube]EpPCFoXXhF0[/youtube]
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| Edgy MD Sep 06 2014 06:25 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I guess this kills all plans for Rabbit Test II.
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| batmagadanleadoff Sep 09 2014 10:39 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Bad news. Marvin Barnes, 62
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| Frayed Knot Sep 10 2014 07:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Bob Suter, 57
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| MFS62 Sep 10 2014 09:33 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Richard Kiel - 74
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| Edgy MD Sep 12 2014 08:13 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ian Paisley, the living symbol of Northern Ireland's union with the UK, has died at 88. He was... um... a challenging figure.
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| metirish Sep 12 2014 03:59 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Martin McGuinness tweeted this morning that he "lost a friend", the power of change , the chuckle brothers was what those two became known as....Paisley was a hateful man yet he changed , peace would not have been possible without that change.
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| Edgy MD Sep 12 2014 08:45 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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That's heartening.
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| TheOldMole Sep 13 2014 11:00 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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A dear friend...Ted Flicker, creator of Barney Miller. Fell asleep watching a movie and died peacefully in his sleep. But still terribly sad.
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| themetfairy Sep 13 2014 11:21 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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So sorry for your loss Mole :(
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| Mets – Willets Point Sep 13 2014 02:58 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Kind of like George Wallace's late-in-life change of heart regarding segregation.
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| G-Fafif Sep 15 2014 12:13 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Joe Sample, great jazz keyboardist and Crusader, 75.
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| Edgy MD Sep 15 2014 06:21 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Bob Crewe, composer of a great number of the Four Seasons' hits, died this weekend at 83.
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| themetfairy Sep 20 2014 09:45 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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RIP to Ruby Dee and Polly Bergen.
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| Frayed Knot Sep 21 2014 07:36 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ruby Dee died back on Page 11 of this thread (aka: June)
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| themetfairy Sep 21 2014 07:46 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry about that. I saw that there was a funeral at Riverside Church yesterday.
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| TransMonk Sep 21 2014 07:53 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Former Tennessee Titans Kicker Rob Bironas, 36
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| TransMonk Oct 04 2014 10:42 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Except for the .218% of alcohol in Bironas' blood. WAY over the legal limit. What a shame.
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| Frayed Knot Oct 04 2014 05:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier - 63, heart attack, was living back in his native Haiti over the last few years.
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| Ashie62 Oct 05 2014 11:16 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Paul Revere of Paul Revere and the Raiders, 76.
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| Frayed Knot Oct 05 2014 11:40 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 05 2014 12:45 PM |
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A guy whose actual name was Paul Revere Dick. I wouldn't have guessed that in a million years. Revere/Dick was the organist. Mark Lindsay the vocalist. Wikipedia (so you know it's true) lists Revere as the founder/leader and also lists about 30 guys who were at one time or another members of the band.
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| d'Kong76 Oct 05 2014 12:38 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Loved this WABCesque song as a yute...
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| batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2014 12:51 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Vote Penguin.
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| G-Fafif Oct 06 2014 02:43 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Geoffrey Holder, 84. Enjoy an Uncola in his memory.
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| d'Kong76 Oct 06 2014 02:50 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Whoa, makes me feel a little old!
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| G-Fafif Oct 09 2014 04:33 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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SNL stalwart Jan Hooks, 57. From a "serious illness". Will always think of her as the Alamo tour guide in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
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| batmagadanleadoff Oct 09 2014 06:36 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Jan Hooks and Mike Piazza
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| Fman99 Oct 09 2014 07:20 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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One of my all time favorite SNL bits. Every single person in this ensemble hits the mark.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2014 09:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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And yet, Victoria Jackson keeps on keepin' on.
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| Edgy MD Oct 09 2014 09:44 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Still waiting to see the basement of the Alamo.
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| Zvon Oct 09 2014 09:55 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Jan Hooks was great. This sucks.
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| themetfairy Oct 10 2014 06:17 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I always loved the Sweeney Sisters skits.
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| Edgy MD Oct 10 2014 07:28 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Always disappointed that the Sweeney sisters never performed with Nick the Lounge Singer.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 16 2014 07:38 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 16 2014 07:54 AM |
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Speaking of subtly-great '80s-'90s screen presences... Elizabeth Pena of La Bamba and Incredibles fame (and serial provider of underrated, smart, sexy support in stuff like Lone Star, Waterdance, and Down and Out in Beverly Hills), age 55.
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| Edgy MD Oct 16 2014 07:42 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Worth saying that I heard a rebroadcast of an old Casey Kasem AT40 Countdown, and his introduction to this song was incredible.
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| G-Fafif Oct 19 2014 01:03 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Tim Hauser, 72, founder and vocalist, the Manhattan Transfer.
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| Edgy MD Oct 19 2014 03:17 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Two things I did not know during the MT's brief reign at the top:
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| Edgy MD Oct 21 2014 09:31 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Start blaring some air sax, as saxophone hero Raphael Ravenscroft has joined Jerry Rafferty in the hereafter.
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| d'Kong76 Oct 21 2014 09:52 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Pretty good list of iconic sax in rock n roll songs
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| Edgy MD Oct 21 2014 10:02 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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We hashed this out in a Facebook group, and apart from the unimpeachable Raffy F. Ravenscroft, the final two we settled on were Walt Parazider's work on "Just You 'n' Me" and Phil Kenzie's lines on "The Year of the Cat."
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| G-Fafif Oct 21 2014 06:03 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Ben Bradlee, editor, 93.
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| themetfairy Oct 21 2014 06:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Not just an editor. Woodward and Bernstein's editor during the Watergate investigation.
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| G-Fafif Oct 21 2014 06:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Implied.
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| themetfairy Oct 21 2014 06:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Understood.
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| G-Fafif Oct 21 2014 10:50 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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David Remnick in The New Yorker:
David Von Drehle in Time:
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| MFS62 Oct 22 2014 08:02 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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How eerie. His name was an answer in a crossword puzzle I did this past Sunday. (Danbury News-Times) The clue was "Who was the editor of ____ ( I don't remember the writer's name)".
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| smg58 Oct 25 2014 10:03 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Jack Bruce, 71, Cream bassist and vocalist.
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| Fman99 Oct 25 2014 08:16 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Been digging through a number of songs by West, Bruce and Laing, an early 70's combo of Bruce along with Leslie West and Corky Laing of "Mountain." Long live the supergroup!
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| d'Kong76 Oct 25 2014 08:25 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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This is really good...
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| batmagadanleadoff Oct 26 2014 11:14 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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What a bringdown.
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| d'Kong76 Oct 26 2014 02:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Song selection or his passing?
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| MFS62 Oct 26 2014 06:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Marcia Strassman
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| Mets – Willets Point Oct 30 2014 10:18 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Thomas Menino, longest-serving mayor of Boston, 71.
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| RealityChuck Nov 03 2014 01:04 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Tom Magliozzi, one of the Tappet Brothers on NPR's Car Talk.
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| Edgy MD Nov 03 2014 02:42 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Bad week for Bostonians.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 03 2014 05:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Love car talk. Love how it at once could get people who didn't care about cars to listen every week and also provide knowledge about cars that could teach a mechanic something. Also the show really wasn't about cars at all. Brilliant.
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| Mets – Willets Point Nov 03 2014 07:56 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Yeah, I hate cars, but I loved Car Talk. I think that says it all.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 03 2014 08:34 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Not to mention that the guy had one of the best laughs of any adult human, all-time.
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| metirish Nov 10 2014 09:43 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Soupcan's dad , sorry for your loss Nick.
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| themetfairy Nov 10 2014 09:58 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My condolences Soup - sorry to hear the news.
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| TransMonk Nov 10 2014 10:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Condolences, soup.
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| metirish Nov 10 2014 10:27 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I remember years ago seeing a picture of Soup and his dad together and being struck by the resemblance, I think it was one year when Soup posted pix of a San Diego trip. It is Soups bday today too.
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| Edgy MD Nov 11 2014 06:01 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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We've lost a lot of dads here. Very sorry, soup.
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| MFS62 Nov 11 2014 07:21 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Our thoughts are with you and your family, soup.
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| cooby Nov 11 2014 12:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Very sorry Nick.
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| Zvon Nov 11 2014 04:00 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Shit. I didn't read this until now. My sincere condolences Soupcan.
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| Fman99 Nov 11 2014 06:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Big Bank Hank, 57 of the "Sugar Hill Gang."
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| Edgy MD Nov 12 2014 09:46 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Give a thought to John Doar, the heroic lawyer who broke the Klan, dead at 92.
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| Madoff's Mets Nov 12 2014 10:20 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Actress who played "Mrs Wolowitz" on "Big Bang Theory"
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| d'Kong76 Nov 12 2014 04:18 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry to hear about Inoe, Edge. Sad and sucks.
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| Edgy MD Nov 12 2014 05:02 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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It's just amazing that in the time since I first moved to DC 20 or more years ago, that it's changed from a crack-addled firing range to a playground for the wealthy, and the budget for the homeless continues to shrink, even as the tax coffers swell.
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| smg58 Nov 13 2014 11:08 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I'm very sorry.
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| Chad Ochoseis Nov 13 2014 10:22 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Condolences.
I saw the post on Facebook. This just completely sucks. Condolences here, too. I hate this thread.
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| cooby Nov 14 2014 02:52 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Stabbed to death, good god, so sorry Edgy.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 19 2014 03:29 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Jimmy Ruffin - 78
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| G-Fafif Nov 19 2014 03:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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That's a shame. Was listening to that very song last weekend and thinking how good it was.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 19 2014 04:59 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Acc or Wikipedia (so you know it's true) 'WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED was:
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| Mets – Willets Point Nov 19 2014 09:01 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Love that song.
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| G-Fafif Nov 20 2014 05:18 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Mike Nichols, of Nichols & May fame and a whole lot more in showbiz, 83.
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| G-Fafif Nov 20 2014 05:27 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Carl Sanders, 89, governor of Georgia in turbulent times (1963-1967). Notable for not being a segregationist in an era and region given over to George Wallace and Lester Maddox types. Ran against Jimmy Carter in the 1970 gubernatorial primary; Carter intimated Sanders was too liberal for Georgia and won.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 23 2014 05:42 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Marion Barry - 78
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| Edgy MD Nov 23 2014 07:11 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Wow.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 23 2014 07:48 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Well, it's not like this will stop him from running again ... or winning for that matter.
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| Edgy MD Nov 23 2014 05:28 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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The local street papers have long referred to him as "Mayor for Life Marion Barry." So we'll see if that stops him.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 24 2014 06:15 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Viktor Tikhonov - 84
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| Edgy MD Nov 28 2014 11:24 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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This is my dear mother-in-law and one of my heroes. She breathed her last today. Eighty-six years.
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| Mets – Willets Point Nov 29 2014 07:00 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry for your loss, and Charlene's too. I agree that mother-in-laws are awesome.
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| TransMonk Nov 29 2014 07:07 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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So sorry for your loss, Edgy.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 29 2014 07:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sucks. Sorry.
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| d'Kong76 Nov 29 2014 07:51 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Hugs to both of you from both of us.
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| themetfairy Nov 29 2014 08:00 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My condolences to you and Charlene. I'm glad that you had the chance to see her on Thanksgiving.
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| smg58 Nov 29 2014 08:28 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Very sorry to hear.
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| cooby Nov 29 2014 04:22 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I am so sorry Edgy. My condolences to you and your family.
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| Edgy MD Nov 29 2014 05:23 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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You're all very kind.
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| MFS62 Nov 29 2014 06:10 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Our thoughts are with you and your family.
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| Rockin' Doc Nov 29 2014 09:43 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My thoughts and prayers are with you and your better half on the loss of her mother. May your memories bring you both comfort during these difficult times.
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| G-Fafif Nov 30 2014 11:55 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sincere condolences to you, your wife and all who were touched by someone you make sound like a rare gem. Better days ahead.
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| d'Kong76 Dec 01 2014 12:33 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Kirk Douglas is still alive and looking pretty damn
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| Edgy MD Dec 02 2014 12:49 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Bobby Keys, sax player for the Stones, and a big part of why they were at their greatest during the Mick Taylor era.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 03 2014 06:44 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Longtime Montreal Canadiens center, Jean Beliveau - 83
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| Edgy MD Dec 03 2014 04:14 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Hockey shmockey. Bad week for Rolling Stones sidemen, as keyboardist (mostly the B3 Hammond organ) Ian McLagan joins Keys on his final tour.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 03 2014 09:48 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I think his last work may have been with the Empty Hearts...
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| Edgy MD Dec 03 2014 09:59 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Had a new album (United States) of his own that he was touring in support of.
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| Frayed Knot Dec 04 2014 06:49 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Herman Badillo - 85
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| Ashie62 Dec 14 2014 05:26 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sy Berger 91 Owner and founder of Topps baseball cards.
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| sharpie Dec 22 2014 12:40 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Joe Cocker, 70.
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| cooby Dec 22 2014 04:09 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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My neighbor, John, whom I bonded with last Memorial Day when a fellow crashed his motorcycle and died down the street in front of John's house. We were the first ones there.
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| themetfairy Dec 22 2014 05:07 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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So sorry Sweetie :(
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| Edgy MD Dec 22 2014 05:31 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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That's too bad, Coo. You two were good neighbors.
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| d'Kong76 Dec 22 2014 05:45 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sorry, cooby
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| cooby Dec 22 2014 06:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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They did, but nothing since last week, and I've checked his funeral home webpage every day but nothing. None of the neighbors know anything either. :( I know a friend was looking after him, and the VA, but I just want to know how to honor him.
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| Edgy MD Dec 22 2014 07:05 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Maybe the local VA office will have some information, or be able to point you in the appropriate direction.
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| cooby Dec 22 2014 07:19 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Thanks, Edgy, it's worth a try. I'll find something out :/
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| Benjamin Grimm Dec 30 2014 07:43 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Actress Luise Rainer, 104. Won Oscars for Best Actress in 1936 (The Great Ziegfeld) and 1937 (The Good Earth)
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| sharpie Dec 30 2014 08:00 AM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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First back-to-back Oscar winner. Had no idea she was still around.
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| themetfairy Dec 30 2014 03:08 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Christine Cavanaugh
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| G-Fafif Dec 31 2014 03:12 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Edward Herrmann, 71. Played FDR and Lou Gehrig.
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| Zvon Dec 31 2014 03:50 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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She was Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory as well, a very distinctive voice. Also, which was a surprise, I can see from the photo in the link that she was the girl who thought the guy with the tail (who could shape shift) was Luke Skywalker on The X Files.
I didn't see this. So sorry Cooby. I hope you were able to find out more since last mention.
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| Chad Ochoseis Dec 31 2014 04:08 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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And a fellow Bucknell grad. RIP.
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| cooby Dec 31 2014 04:11 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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No I haven't actually :( My daughter in law was going to try to find something out (works for local paper) Chad you went to Bucknell? I knew somebody here did, but I was thinking Dino Jesus.
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| Chad Ochoseis Dec 31 2014 04:25 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Sure did. Maybe DJ did, too; I don't know. I travel from the NYC area to Cleveland a few times every year to visit family, so I still pass by every once in a while. And, sympathies for your loss.
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| cooby Dec 31 2014 04:32 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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Thank you... He was a really nice man; I am glad I got to know him a little this summer :/
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| Zvon Dec 31 2014 04:59 PM Re: Guess who died in 2014 |
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I know Herrmann from something that left me very much a fan, but I don't recall what it was. The only thing I can imagine from that article is St. Elsewhere which I watched religiously. By the time Eleanor and Franklin came out I was already a fan of his work. Who was he on St. Elsewhere?
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