RIP 2012

[cirquelover]

Mr Kotter, Mr Kotter!!

I really liked that show, Travolta not so much. RIP Ron

[CoasterMatt]

RIP Harry Harrison - Author, creator of The Stainless Steel Rat, Bill the Galactic Hero, and Soylent Green (http://io9.com/5934884/rip-harry-harrison-creator-of-the-stainless-steel-rat-bill-the-galactic-hero-and-soylent-green)

[Gn2Dlnd]

Director Tony Scott

Phyllis Diller :(

[CoasterMatt]

RIP Scott McKenzie (http://dangerousminds.net/comments/scott_mckenzie_singer_of_flower_power_anthem_has_l eft_this_mortal_coil1)

[Snowflake]

Director Tony Scott

Phyllis Diller :(

:( not a very funny day today. RIP

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm seriously close to tears.

Jerry Nelson, Muppeteer.

RIP to the Count, the Amazing Mumford, Herry Monster, Camilla Chicken, Robin the Frog, Floyd Pepper, Dr. Strangepork, Uncle Deadly.....

[Moonliner]

Neil Armstrong. (http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/us/neil-armstrong-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)

Holy crap.

[Snowflake]

Neil Armstrong. (http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/us/neil-armstrong-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)

Holy crap.

:(

[Strangler Lewis]

I watched him walk on the moon on a game room TV in a Florida hotel when I was seven. It was amazing.

What amazes me even more in retrospect was how we could go to the moon in 1969 when you still had to screw with the vertical hold on your TV at home to watch coverage of the Apollo missions.

RIP.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I was six. We watched at the home of some family friends. I could not figure out why I couldn't see the astronauts on the moon with my naked eye. I mean, I should have been able to see little specks or something!

[Alex]

Lani's version is she had to watch it because her parents made her but she found it all boring.

My version is she's old since she has a version.

[JWBear]

I was seven. We had a huge crowd at our house; all stuffed into our family room. We kids were all on the floor.

[BarTopDancer]

Between Jerry Nelson and Neil Armstrong I am seriously sad.

One taught me to count (and gave me memories with my daddy who, can "talk like The Count") and one made me fall in love with space, and in a round about way, SciFi

[lashbear]

What amazes me even more in retrospect was how we could go to the moon in 1969 when you still had to screw with the vertical hold on your TV at home to watch coverage of the Apollo missions.

[can of worms] That's because it was faked for TV. [/can of worms]

[Alex]

What's weird, though, is that it was real on radio.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

What's weird, though, is that it was real on radio.Hmm, real audio, but the landscape is not what we've been taught to believe. Sounds plausible.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Jersey Shore (http://gawker.com/5939274/jersey-shore-canceled-mtv-says-next-season-will-be-the-shows-last)
WooHoo!


yes, I know there's still one season to go, but at lest we know it's ending

[Snowflake]

Jersey Shore (http://gawker.com/5939274/jersey-shore-canceled-mtv-says-next-season-will-be-the-shows-last)
WooHoo!


yes, I know there's still one season to go, but at lest we know it's ending

Thank God, I've missed it all!

[Kevy Baby]

Seven seasons too many

[Strangler Lewis]

I've only seen it in The Three Stooges, and that was too much.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

composer and frequent Burt Bacharach collaborator, Hal David (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gPOD5mI047AWjHqpp9mEkHHm2cKA?docId=a9272dd04 ea54795ace6e95bf308f0fc) at 91

You may not know his name, but you probably know at least some of his songs:
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
(They Long to Be) Close to You
That's What Friends Are For
Walk On By
I Say a Little Prayer
Do You Know the Way to San Jose
Always Something There to Remind Me
What's New, Pussycat
Moonraker (the James Bond film title song)
To All the Girls I've Loved Before

[SzczerbiakManiac]

charismatic nutbag Sun Myung Moon (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/sun-myung-moon-dies-at-92-washington-times-owner-led-the-unification-church/2012/09/02/001b747a-f531-11e1-aab7-f199a16396cf_story.html) (92)

[Kevy Baby]

Michael Clarke Duncan (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-green-mile-star-michael-clarke-duncan-dies-at-age-54-20120903,0,1795797.story)

[RStar]

Michael Clarke Duncan (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-green-mile-star-michael-clarke-duncan-dies-at-age-54-20120903,0,1795797.story)

RIP Bear. Armageddon was my favorite, but most people loved The Green Mile.


And another loss from the music industry: Mark Abrahamian, lead guitarist for Starship (http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=754974)

[Betty]

Bob Denver - aka Gilligan

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/9230080/ns/today-entertainment/t/gilligan-star-bob-denver-dies-age/

[CoasterMatt]

Um, Betty- that happened in 2005.

[flippyshark]

Um, Betty- that happened in 2005.

It's still sad, though.

[Alex]

Wonder if the confusion was started by the death of the Steve Franken (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-steve-franken-20120831,0,3191847.story?track=rss) over the weekend, who was also on Dobie Gillis.

[Betty]

Um, Betty- that happened in 2005.

I thought it sounded familiar. ha ha ha. I wonder where I got that from.

He's dead though. You should be sad.

[cirquelover]

Michael Clarke Duncan (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-green-mile-star-michael-clarke-duncan-dies-at-age-54-20120903,0,1795797.story)

This completely bummed me out! He was a very talented man and I loved his voice. I guess the heart attack explains why his show was cancelled. My cheese is sad:(

[Alex]

The show was canceled before his heart attack. It had bad ratings.

[RStar]

Disney digital pioneer Bob Lambert (http://news.yahoo.com/disney-digital-pioneer-bob-lambert-dies-55-231233240.html)

I suppose how you feel about the push to digital CGI type films will determine how sad your cheese is about this one.

[flippyshark]

Disney digital pioneer Bob Lambert (http://news.yahoo.com/disney-digital-pioneer-bob-lambert-dies-55-231233240.html)

I suppose how you feel about the push to digital CGI type films will determine how sad your cheese is about this one.

Digital was inevitable. I truly hope that there will always be hand-drawn animated films. (Even those are technically digital these days.) It's all about the storytelling. I remember a time, just after Disney bought Pixar, when some were hoping that Pixar would be the CGI brand and Walt Disney Animation would be the traditional brand. It hasn't worked out that way, but at least with Tangled, Disney achieved excellence worthy of comparison with the 90s renaissance classics.

And I don't much mourn the passing of old-school film projection. That art has fallen into such hideous disrepair, at least in the chain cinemas, that I'm happy to get a sharp, bright, reliable digital picture any day. (I do love a good repertory house when they have pristine prints and a projectionist who knows how to do it. That would be the rarest of rarities if you don't live in a major city, alas.)

So, I applaud those who helped shepherd the Disney company into continued relevance. (I just wish the partnership with Ghibli yielded more influence on Disney's domestic output. The artistic hands behind Ghibli films can make me cry before the story even gets started.)

[CoasterMatt]

Space Spiral (http://youtu.be/oxN617fZn0A) - 1965-2012

[Promo-Man]

Singer Andy Williams Dead at 84 (http://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/music/Singer-Andy-Williams-Dead-at--171333371.html)

[cirquelover]

My Mom will be so upset. She was supposed to see his show last Christmas but he canceled.

[Kevy Baby]

Herbert Lom, Frustrated Boss of Inspector Clouseau, Dies at 95 (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/arts/herbert-lom-frustrated-boss-of-inspector-clouseau-dies-at-95.html)

I wonder if his eye twitched right before he passed.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

My Grandmother, Margaret Barker 1922-2012

She started going to Disneyland since the first week and constantly until her birthday in 2010. Some of you met her in passing at the park I believe. She adored everything to do with the park. Loved the Main Street Electrical Parade and Prince John.

If Walt has created a park in heaven, I"m sure it was the first place she went.


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a377/bornieo/64481979606_0_ALB.jpg

[katiesue]

Mark I'm so sorry for your loss. Your Grandmother sounds like an amazing woman.

[Snowflake]

Mark, so sorry for you and your family. She had to have been wonderful and you have so many wonderful memories. Condolences.

[cirquelover]

I am sorry for your loss.

[flippyshark]

I love the picture with Prince John. And it's so great to know that the park Walt built gave her a lifetime of memories. My heartfelt condolences.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Sorry for your loss, Mark. What a lovely inspiration for your love of Disneyland.

[€uroMeinke]

So sorry for your loss, glad you can honor her memory with each trip to the park we all love.

[BarTopDancer]

I'm so sorry for your loss Mark

[Strangler Lewis]

I'm sorry for your loss. You're lucky to have had such a neat lady in your life for so long.

[Capt Jack]

sorry to hear it. condolences

[Kevy Baby]

Mark, there is nothing I can say which will lessen your pain, though I wish there were. I hope you can celebrate her life and all it gave to you rather than dwell on the loss.

[alphabassettgrrl]

My grandfather. He was 93.

Thanks for everything, grampa. Lots of good memories.

[cirquelover]

I am sorry for your loss.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Thank you. He was 93, and he had a good life.

[Kevy Baby]

Mongo AKA Alex Karras (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/sports/football/alex-karras-nfl-lineman-and-actor-dies-at-77.html?_r=0)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wow, I never connected that Mongo was George Papadopoulos.

[Kevy Baby]

George Papadopoulos only pawn in game of life.

[flippyshark]

Candygram for George Papadopoulos. (walks away with fingers in ears to tune of "Merry Go Round Broke Down")

Very sad about Alex Karras, though.

[Morrigoon]

Oh my god,I never connected them either

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Gary Collins (http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2012/10/13/14418921-actor-tv-host-gary-collins-dead-at-74) (74)

[Kevy Baby]

Senator Arlen Specter (http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-72884075/)

[Kevy Baby]

Sylvia Kristel, Starred in ‘Emmanuelle’ (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/arts/sylvia-kristel-60-dies-starred-in-emmanuelle.html)

[€uroMeinke]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc3ivi8eo61qz6f9yo1_r1_500.jpg

[Strangler Lewis]

Very sad. She was a pretty lady.

[Ghoulish Delight]

George McGovern (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203406404578070654285331658.html)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Senator Arlen Specter (http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-72884075/)Wow, I had no idea how complex his positions were. Not a simple party-line guy, and you have to respect that, even when he parts ways with my own point of view. Does anyone like this exist anymore?

[flippyshark]

Actor and activist Russell Means (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/us/russell-means-american-indian-activist-dies-at-72.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0) is dead at 72. Much too soon.

[RStar]

Twinkies & Ding Dongs (http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/16/news/companies/hostess-closing/index.html)

I haven't eaten any in decades, but it's sad part of my childhood going away.

Although, I'd be surprised if the name and recipes didn't get bought up the way Mother's cookies were.

[RStar]

Mouseketeer Bonnie at age 68 (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2012/11/20/former-mouseketeer-bonita-lynn-fields-dies/QUYRlN79C2LW11AKaYwosI/story.html)

[JWBear]

Larry Hagman (http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20121123-actor-larry-hagman-notorious-and-beloved-as-dallas-villain-j.r.-ewing-dies.ece)

[Strangler Lewis]

Another handsome actor from the '60s gone. Sad.

And let's not forget Hector "Macho" Camacho. With Vernon Forrest, Corrie Sanders and now Camacho, a bad mini-trend of boxers getting shot to death. Also a mini-trend of untimely deaths of people with "macho" in their nickname.

[Kevy Baby]

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck (http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-73579309/)

[flippyshark]

Another music legend gone. Ravi Shankar (http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/12/showbiz/california-ravi-shankar-obit/index.html) is playing a West Coast raga with Brubeck.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Shankar's work here was done - talk about influential.

[Snowflake]

I saw Shankar perform twice and both times were just amazing.

[RStar]

OMG! Roger Broggie, Jr. (http://www.waltdisney.com/content/memory-roger-broggie-jr)

[Alex]

Other than having heard the name I have no idea who Ravi Shankar is. Same with Roger Broggie Jr. Both equally famous to me.

[Kevy Baby]

Ravi Shankar invented the Internet with Al Gore. Roger Broggie Jr. was the last remaining signer of the Declaration of Independence.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Children
Charlotte Bacon, 6
Daniel Barden, 7
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Madeleine F. Hsu, 6
Catherine V. Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Jesse Lewis, 6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Aveille Richman, 6
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison N. Wyatt, 6

Adults:
Dawn Hochsprung, 47
Rachel Davino, 29
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Lauren Rousseau, 30
Mary Sherlach, 56
Victoria Soto, 27

Offered without comment...

[cirquelover]

A tragedy beyond fathom.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Jack Klugman (http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2012/12/24/jack-klugman-dies/1789879/) (90), famous for being Oscar Madison, Quincy, and Mr. Brett Somers.

[cirquelover]

RIP Mr Klugman.

Looks like another great actor has died, Charles During has passed also. he was in so many movies I can't even think of anything except Mel Brooks movies.

It's sad when the old greats go.

[Strangler Lewis]

We watched "Home for the Holidays" last night because it seemed apt (though we did not go home for the holidays). I remarked to myself how amazing it was that Charles Durning was still alive given how heavy he was in 1995. Shouldn't have done that I guess.

Klugman and Durning were two solid screen presences whose appearance always made me happy. A sad time.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Stormin' Norman (http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/27/16197379-desert-storm-commander-norman-schwarzkopf-dies-at-78?lite)

[CoasterMatt]

I'm sure my dad is happy, he can finally have his nickname back.

[Kevy Baby]

Fontella Bass (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/arts/music/fontella-bass-72-singer-of-rescue-me-is-dead.html)

[Moonliner]

Looks like everyone else managed to hang on long enough to reach the new year, well done and best wishes for next year.

[Kevy Baby]

Slackers