RIP 2011
 

Pete Postlethwaite

One of the great "hey, it's that guy" guys. Kobayashi in The Usual Suspects being my favorite.

Anne Francis of Forbidden Planet and Honey West.

Wow - some sad news indeed. RIP

always really dug her. gorgeous eyes and built to the hilt.
farewell Ms Francis


:(

Oh yeah, he was great

Wow, this thread didn't take long to get started. :(

I dug Anne's mole......

John Olguin, the director of the Cabrillo Marine Museum, died on Saturday. I had the pleasure of seeing him work with children a couple of times. He'd get everybody doing the grunion dance. He was a wonderful educator.

Anne Francis stars in -WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE?- Forbidden Planet

I saw that movie. I'm fairly sure it was part of a late night, double feature, picture show.

I wanna go-o-o oh-oh-oh-oh-oooooOooo!

Forbidden Planet deaths do come in threes. First Walter Pidgen, now Leslie Nielsen and Anne Francis.

Thanks guys... Now I have that song stuck in my head.

Gerry Rafferty - 70's pop star

Bud Hurlbut - Creator of the Calico Mine Ride, a pioneer in the theme park industry, and a truly wonderful person.

This suicide letter from a man named Bill Zeller has deeply affected me. In my case, certainly, I did not suffer the same physical issues as he, though many other aspects of his experience resonate. The paragraph about his family in particular.

I'm grateful, that in my case, I feel I have people I can talk to. I'm incredibly sad that he did not feel the same.

As is so often the case, it's probably best to avoid reading the comments thereafter.

I read about him yesterday - what a sad story.

Lloyd Beebe, animal trainer, photographer for True Life Adventures, and one of my favorites:



There's a good interview with him here:

https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/...Transcript.pdf

Director Peter Yates (Bullitt, Breaking Away, and--most importantly--Mother, Jugs & Speed).

Sad. I loved Mother, Jugs and Speed, and though it's been a while, I think it holds up better than Bullitt.

Dick Winters:

Lead actor in "Band of Brothers," one of my favorite movies.

Well, he was who the lead was based on.
:)

Now, I'm confused. It was a Spielberg movie.

Mini-series. Yes, you are confused. ;) lol

David Nelson dies at 74; last surviving member of the TV sitcom family
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituari...,1039470.story

That makes me sad. I used to love watching that show.

Superman's Mom - Susan York

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni6919173/

Zsa Zsa Gabor's right leg

R. Sargent Shriver (Didn't realize he was still alive)

and

Don Kirshner

Rex the Wonder Dog.



You were a grumpy old dog from the day we brought you home and I'll miss you forever.

Awww, Moonie. I'm sorry!

Moonie! So sorry for your loss.

Rex, good luck and hope you are less grumpy once you've crossed that rainbow bridge.

So sorry, Moonliner.

my deepest condolences to you.

:(

My condolences Moonie on the loss of a family member.

Sorry to hear of your loss. :(

:(

Sorry to hear this, Moonliner.

Sorry to hear that, Moonie.
:(

The world needs more Wonder Dogs, not fewer. I'm sorry to hear of your loss.

Sorry for your loss, Moonie. (way to bring a death thread down, btw)

I'm sorry Moonie

Moonie - sorry for your loss.

Having thought I was going to loose Kimchi last night, I deeply feel your loss. Condolences to you and your family

Puppy! :(

What happened to Kimchi?

Check Lisa's Facebook.

Moonie, I'm so sorry! Our dog is getting old and her arthritis and hip dysplasia is really starting to make her quality of life very poor- I'm dreading losing her. Like all family members, she has her moments where she is a PITA, but I love her with all my heart and she is irreplaceable.

I'm so sorry to hear this, Moonie. My condolences...

So sorry Moonie

Very sorry to hear about your dog.

Legendary costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge

She won three Tonys (nominated for 14) and an Oscar & British Academy Award for The Great Gatsby. In 1984 more than 1,000 of her costumes could be seen in five musicals running simultaneously on Broadway: A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, La Cage aux Folles, 42nd Street, and The Rink.

On Tuesday Broadway theaters will be dimming their lights to honor her memory.

Jack LaLanne at 96. RIP

That's pretty good - guess I need to start in with the push-ups and jumping jacks.

Which makes me wonder, were Jumping Jacks named after him?

ETA: Nope, it was named after a toy. Although, Mr. LaLanne did take the credit for making them popular in the US.

He's gonna carry his own casket at his funeral.

RIP Mr. LaLanne - you were quite a remarkable guy.

There ya go.


And he's STILL in better shape than me.

Looks like I missed a page! So sorry to hear about Moondoggie, and how scary about Kimchi! She's ok, now?

Somewhere (else) either Chris or Lisa posted that she just got ahold of a small plastic character. She passed it the old fashioned way which didn't require surgery and she is doing fine now.

Was it the kind that squeaked?

poopsqueak

I'd suggest we keep plastic toys away from NA

I just checked, and Michael Jackson is still dead.

Im sensing a theme

"Uncle Milton" RIP :(

I was just coming here to post that: read about it at lunch

Edgar Tafel, the last of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship (One of Wright's "Nine Old Men").

Why is RIP 2011 already 3 pages long IN JANUARY???






(I can hardly wait for RIP 2012 - by December, it will load slower than the Sooooooo Thread.)

Change your Posts per Page setting (Control Panel > Edit Options > Thread Display Options > Number of Posts to Show Per Page) and it will be fewer.

Heck, you could view the Sooooo..... thread (in its current iteration) in just 18 pages!

Maybe we should hold a "Message Board Functions 101" class?:D

wat iz a message bored?

Yes please do :)

Charlie Callas:
http://www.thewrap.com/television/co...-dies-86-24308

Several Mel Brooks films - 50 Tonight Show appearances - But remembered as the voice of Elliot the dragon in Pete's Dragon.

RiP

Another funny guy gone... :(

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/arts/29frye.html?_r=1

David Frye - Recorded several "First Family" albums, known for his dead on imitation of Richard Nixon. I still have my LP's. Funny ****...

Film Composer John Barry.

:(

Seriously one of the BEST composers ever. He was amazing and his music was moving ... RiP

I loved Last Tango in Paris and sadly Maria Schneider has passed away. She was only 58.

http://entertainment.msn.com/news/ar...px?news=626700

I'll bet this person is going to have a long day.

Tura Santana

The Star of Faster Pussy Cat Kill Kill

See some scenes here

And her NSFW spider pool pic can be seen behind the spoiler

Bill Justice - RiP

"Justice joined Walt Disney Studios in 1937 and animated Chip 'n' Dale as well as Thumper in 'Bambi.' He directed the animated opening for the TV series 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'"

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituari...,6806641.story

Betty Garrett
Star of stage & screen, best known to my generation as Edna Babish DeFazio on Laverne & Shirley.

That was a shot, dere, Irene. Very sad.

Kenneth Mars

Linkie

Always wanted to have a nice quiet shat... RiP

Joanne Siegel - wife of Superman creator and model for Lois Lane - RiP

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/02/...siegel-passes/

Len Lesser, one of those "hey, it's that guy" guys.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110217/...us_obit_lesser

Yep, I do remember that guy!

Wasn't he the lesser of two evils?

Dwayne McDuffie - RiP - Comic Writer

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=30978

Sad his All-Star Superman animated feature was just released today.

Dwayne McDuffie - RiP - Comic Writer

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=30978

Sad his All-Star Superman animated feature was just released today.

Ummm. what?

Dodger great and hall of famer, Duke Snider

Jane Russell

Pisser. We lost a good one!

Pisser. We lost a good pair!

Matthew "Mamoosh" Sullivan - a dear friend and generally wonderful person.

Holiday World's official blog had this post.

Unfortunately, Mike Starr of Alice in Chains... who you may remember from Celebrity Rehab.

Our Golden Boy, Charles. Rest in Peace Sweet Boy.

You're gonna be missed sweetie!

:( We love Charles- he'll be very missed. Hugs to you guys, and you rock for giving him such a loving and wonderful home.

:( :( :(

I'll miss you, Chuck.

He was such a beautiful boy!

RIP, Charles. I know you were loved. May your furry legacy live on.

Oh no! He was one of my faves! Poor kitty boy. :( I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry to hear about Charles. I know he was very special to you.

My sympathies, Lisa. Even in such a simple picture I can see a lot of personality in that kitty.

He was a total sweetheart! I fondly remember petting him for long periods of time and will miss doing that again. He was fortunate to have such a wonderful caregiver.

Hugh Martin, composer of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

Aw, Charles was a love bunny, a big ol sweet boy. so glad he showed up on your porch and so glad to have met & pet him. :( :( :(

Hugs to NA & Euro

So sorry to hear about Charles. :(

Owsley “Bear” Stanley, the Acid King.

/insert witty comment about heaven needing a Regulator.

Regulate was a big ass deal...heavy MTV rotation.

Wow - I'm surprised he was still alive.

aww. I liked him :(

I killed a gopher yesterday. Now I feel a little bad about it.

It was sort of on a whim. I walked out of the house and noticed yet another gopher mound. We have a medium sized amount of lawn consising of what I think of as the front, side and back area. In the front area alone were at least 20 mounds, including through my flower bed.

Last year, our first year here, I planted a flower garden and would come out in the morning to find entire plants missing. It was frustrating. I had tried drowning them out with water with no success.

This year I've been wanting to start a vegetable garden and knew the gopher would be an issue. I saw the fresh mound and went for the garden hose, easily finding his underground tunnel. I started the water down it and after a good 5 minutes of it going, I wondered just how far it was reaching.

About this time, I remember reading online that the gopher is not supposed to drown but he'll pop out of one of his other mounds and I should bonk him with a shovel. And right then, of course, out comes his soppy wet butt out of another mound. And he just sits there.

At this point, I'm thinking OH NO! WHAT NOW! I don't REALLY want to have to kill this thing personally do I?

I call my dogs - 2 chihuahua's. One about 6 pounds and the other, Mousey, is about 4. Mousey (good girl!) came running towards me and the gopher. The gopher just sat there. Mousey did not see it. (tricky gopher!) I pointed out the gopher and before I could think, Mousey had picked it up and shook the living heck out of it.

I should point out now that Mousey really thinks she's a cat. She goes in the cats litter box. She does not play with dog toys (never has) but since getting a cat, she goes crazy for the cat toys (and still doesn't play with the dog toys.) She also tries to sneak the cats food!

Anyway, she's shaking the gopher and I'm wondering what next. She puts it down and it looks up wiht the big ol' teeth and I'm thinking again WHAT NEXT WHAT SHOULD I DO! so I got the shovel and bonked it on the head.

The whole time my bigger, more aggressive dog Rocky who likes to run with the big dogs in the neighborhood when he gets out and acts all tough? He hid in the house.

I scooped up the gopher and put him in the trash. I think maybe I should have thrown him over the fence for something to eat - maybe I'd feel better about it then? My husband assures me he's already back in our lawn since I didn't cut his head off. ! eek!

For now, I'm considering a raised planter with chicken wire for the bottom and around the edges. We also have bunnies and there is NO WAY I can do that to another gopher let alone a bunny.

So I just went for the first time today and there are 5 more mounds. Either my husband was right or I killed one of a family. I don't know if I should feel better or worse.

As long as it doesn't show up in the "What's for Dinner?" thread.

when we had them as a kid my dad made a windmill on a pole and drilled the center pivot off-center about 1/8 of an inch so it would wobble when it spun. his theory was that it would send constant vibrations into the ground, making their homes unlivable (sort of like living next door to a constant ongoing jackhammer) the windmill stood in the yard for decades and we never saw another gopher.

a nice non-lethal alternative

My mom suggested something similar to that - one or more of those yellow sunflower spinners you stick into your lawn (for the same reason.)

The gophers, by the way, are seeking revenge. More gopher holes then ever and now outside the fence as well. Are we being invaded? ;)

well....in a word, yes. gophers will establish colonies in an area of high resources.

Emily Litella wants to know why the racehorses are getting high. And why don't they just share with the gophers?

That one took me a sec to get.... but it's cute :)

Unfortunatly, I can't say this surprises me with as sick as she has been: Elizabeth Taylor

:(

Don't know precisely why, but my cheese is sad about Liz Taylor.

I'm sad about Taylor as well. She was a great actress with many amazing roles. My favorite films of hers: A Place in the Sun; Suddenly Last Summer; Cat on a Hit Tin Roof; and Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf. That's a lot of really great films and roles for one actress!

RIP Liz.

I've never really thought she was a great actress (or even particularly good) but she was a great movie star and, frankly, that's a lot less common.

I could probably agree with you there. Meryl Streep is a great actress.

She was so wonderful at Halloween Horror Nights in 2009.

I posted my thoughts here

I agree with everyone, she was a great beauty, could sometimes be a great actress. I feel she eclipsed her beauty and her fame with her humanitarian work with AmFar and The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation (and probably many more charities I know nothing about).

It's cliched, she was one of the last great movie stars, when it meant something being a "movie star."

She was earthy and she also had a lot of class.

Excellent tribute, Snowflake.

I got to see her and Richard Burton in Noel Coward's Private Lives at the Wilshire Theatre. It was opening night (I have no recollection of how I scored tickets), and it was like being at the Oscars. The place was packed with celebrities, and, despite the cranky reviews, I recall everyone, including Liz and Dick, having a rollicking good time.

Sad cheese, indeed. When Michael Jackson died, I felt worse for Liz than I did anyone in the Jackson family. After Richard Burton, it seemed that Michael truly was her soul-mate.

A friend just alerted me to this photography exhibit at LACMA, Elizabeth Taylor in Iran through June. I hope to squeeze it in during the May visit. Looks like some gorgeous photos.

Same here.
:(

Farewell to the last of the great bad actresses.

I dunno Strangler, Zsa Zsa is still alive (barely).

I saw that Zsa Zsa was once again rushed to the hospital because her publicity levels had dropped.

But, seriously, making a few bad films doesn't make Zsa Zsa an actress any more than it makes Paris Hilton one.

And in the spirit of my stupid list keeping, I'd like to welcome Alan Arkin to the Top 25 Oldest Living Academy Award Winning Actors List and congratulate Joel Grey, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine on each moving up a spot in that last.

Who's #1?

Luise Rainer at 101.1 years old. And she's way in the lead, 2nd place goes to Olivia de Havilland (94.7) followed by Ernest Borgnine (94.1), Celeste Holm (93.9), and Olivia's sister, Joan Fontaine (93.4).

And for the record, Jennifer Hudson at 29.5 is currently the youngest living Academy Awarding winning actor (being about 90 days younger than Natalie Portman).

I would consider Taylor a "movie star" in the classic sense as I would de Havilland and Fontaine. I'm curious who else is on that list that would fall into the classic movie star category. Lauren Bacall perhaps? Who else is still alive?

As Alan Swann said in panic in "My Favorite Year" when learning he'd be doing live TV, an actor's dream, "I'm not an actor. I'm a movie star."

This is the entire top 25.

Luise Rainer - 101.106
Olivia de Havilland - 94.724
Ernest Borgnine - 94.157
Celeste Holm - 93.897
Joan Fontaine - 93.415
Cliff Robertson - 87.535
Eva Marie Saint - 86.716
Dorothy Malone - 86.141
George Kennedy - 86.089
Cloris Leachman - 84.895
Sidney Poitier - 84.085
Lee Grant - 83.392
Estelle Parsons - 83.337
Martin Landau - 82.754
Gene Hackman - 81.142
Joanne Woodward - 81.065
Sean Connery - 80.575
Maximillian Schel - l 80.287
Robert Duvall - 80.211
Olympia Dukakis - 79.756
Rita Moreno - 79.280
Joel Grey - 78.946
Ellen Burstyn - 78.289
Michael Caine - 78.023
Alan Arkin - 76.991

While I have not thought of Lee Grant in years, I am still shocked to realize she is 83.

Gene Hackman and Sean Connery are the ones that boggle my mind.

And if you're keeping score of who would be the oldest living winners of acting Oscars if they were still alive, it looks like George Arliss and Marie Dressler, both at 142, with him having a few months on her.

Yep, if every actor ever to win were still alive these would be the 25 oldest (with birth date):


Marie Dressler - 11/9/1868
George Arliss - 4/10/1868
Charles Coburn - 6/19/1877
Edmund Gwenn - 9/26/1877
Lionel Barrymore - 4/28/1878
Jane Darwell - 10/15/1879
Ethel Barrymore - 8/15/1879
Donald Crisp - 7/27/1882
Walter Huston - 4/6/1884
Emil Jannings - 7/23/1884
Wallace Beery - 4/1/1885
Josephine Hull - 1/3/1886
Victor McLaglen - 12/10/1886
Barry Fitzgerald - 3/10/1888
Warner Baxter - 3/29/1889
Ronald Colman - 2/9/1891
Alice Brady - 11/2/1892
Mary Pickford - 4/8/1892
Margaret Rutherford - 5/11/1892
Hattie McDaniel - 6/10/1892
Thomas Mitchell - 7/11/1892
Fay Bainter - 12/7/1893
Walter Brennan - 7/25/1894
Paul Muni - 9/22/1895
George Burns - 1/20/1896

So Marie Dressler was the first person on the planet born who went on to win an acting Academy Award. The first to go to even be nominated was May Robson, born 4/19/1858.

The first human being to go on to win any main show Academy Award (whose birthdate information is easily available) is George Bernard Shaw, born on 7/26/1856 and who eventually won for his part in Pygmalion. He is also the first to even get a nomination in any category.

Though again, that is based on readily available birthdates. Of the approximately 5,878 people who have been nominated I don't have that information for about 1200 of them.

You have to get pretty close to the bottom of the list to get to a name that I remember as a living person. There may have been some who died after I was born, but it is really only Mary Pickford's and George Burns' deaths that I remember happening. Pickford was a "she's still alive???". So, really it is only George Burns from that list that I actually remember as a living person.

Pickford was a serious businesswoman, for all her girlish looks.

I'm mostly sad because of all the work she did to bring awareness to the AIDS issue. She supported Rock Hudson when everyone else had pretty much abandon him and worked tirelessly for the cause up until the last few months of her life. I heard someone say today that in the last year or so, it was incredibly difficult physically for her to appear at her fundraisers, due to her failing health, and yet she insisted because she knew that they would raise more money by her being there. A class act all the way, IMO, whether you liked her acting or not.

I guess you didn't watch many "The Real McCoys" reruns, because I certainly remember Walter Brennan's death, too.

And George Arliss was born before Marie Dressler.

Makes one wonder who the earliest born person ever to appear in a moving picture of any kind is. Could there be someone from the 18th Century?

To me, Liz Taylor's death is sad because her life was sad and people have basically been waiting for her to die for about 30 years.

I think she might disagree with you about her life being sad. In fact, I think she would be shocked that anyone would think so.

How was her life sad? I just don't get that.


Agree completely with Motorboat Cruiser's post above.




Oh, but the special Liz cocktail they're whipping up for charity sales at the Abbey this weekend sounds gross.

Whoops. I misread what you'd said and didn't look closely when they both floated to the top of the list.

As for oldest on screen, here's the result of poking around with IMDb's Power Searches (keeping in mind that many people don't have birthdate information listed. Quite a few world leaders born early appear in the earliest films (Peopl Leo XIII, Queen Victoria, etc.) but the first credited in IMDb as "Actors" are:

Lotten Amlof, born 7/31/1827. This one seems a bit suspect since her only credit is a 1921 film when she'd have been 94 years old. But who knows.

Daddy Taylor, born 7/9/1828. Another nonagenarian on film if correct as his credit is Chaplin's The Gold Rush in 1925 (when he'd have been 97). But he is credited as "Ancient Dancing Prospector."

Charles Manly, born 9/25/1830. Started a series of short films as Uncle Josh in 1900, worked until 1917.

Sky Hunter born 11/7/1830. Did some kind of short film in 1912.

I don't know if she found her life sad. I could see that from an observer's perspective it is a bit sad that over the last 30 years she was mostly worn down into a tired pop culture joke.

Plus, her last film role was The Flintstones. There's a lot of sadness right in that sentence.

SL didn't like Liz. Imagine that!

I liked her fine, the Eddie Fisher mishegoss notwithstanding, and I certainly admire the good works she did. But I think she had a tough road. Child star, eight marriages, Mike Todd's death, Burton's death, etc. I don't think she marries Nicky Hilton, Michael Wilding or Larry Fortensky if her life is in order. Add to that not being able to practice her profession in any meaningful, sustained way from her mid-40s. Obviously, I don't know how she actually felt about all this, but to me her public appearances always seemed weighted with sadness.

Maddie just told me she's sure Liz was in Grease :rolleyes:

In all the hubbub about gophers and ol' purple eyes, we failed to notice the death of former secretary of state, Warren Christopher.

Liz...Rizz...close enough.

And now, because I wanted to figure out how to automate something in Excel, and by the time I figured out I couldn't I was too far along not to finish, I present the chart you didn't know you wanted to see until you saw it (and probably not even then):

Interesting. Every single Youngest was a female whereas only five out of the 12 Oldest are female.

Is that sexism or perversion?

I think someone needs to die so we can get this thread back on topic.

Author Diana Wynne Jones.

Sidney Lumet :(

NYT linky no worky

Coaster Matt's Sidney Lumet link? Worked fine for me.

The NYT recently went behind a paywall, meaning you have to sign up for an account to read articles (it's free to sign up and you can read up to 20 articles a month for free).

The caps start the playoffs against the NY Rangers on Wednesday. The local sports pundits seem to be taking a more cautious line this year. Perhaps they think they jinxed the team last year with all their gushing praise.

Does the thread you posted that in indicate your level of confidence?

More my lack of sleep.

RIP Grete Waitz

NYT linky no worky

Michael Sarrazin-handsome, vaguely brooding '70s actor.

Worked fine for me. Talk to tech support.

Answer to linky no worky is probably the same as last time (not sure if this is a form of protest against the NYT semi-paywall or if SM didn't see it last time).

I do not subscribe to the NYT, so links to their articles never work for me.

Me too. She was on the show when I first started watching Doctor Who way back in my childhood. I wish The Sarah Jane Chronicles had a longer run. :(

You don't have to subscribe, you just have to have an account and be logged into it (to get the free number of page views).

But I guess the question is, if you know why the link doesn't work why do you keep telling us it doesn't work?

I don't subscribe to NYT nor have I ever signed up with them, yet the link works for me both at work (on a Windows box) and at home (on my Mac)

Because there are thousands of other news sites people can link to which are not behind paywalls and/or don't require their readers to submit personal information about themselves.

But since this is apparently a nuisance, I'll stop mentioning it.

I'm not saying it is a nuisance. I just wanted to know why you do it so I know how to respond. If it was because you didn't know why it was happening then every once in a while saying so would be helpful.

But now that I know it is just a form of protest I know how to respond when you do it.

I'm just curious why I can get on and SM can't

Other than the fact that I am cool and he isn't

I never have any problems with the NYT links from here, either.

Only the cool kids can access the NYT site

That's the link I had. Feel free to Google her name. She was an amazing marathon runner who died from cancer at 57.

Tim Heatherington, who was nominated for an Oscar this last time around for his Afghanistan documentary Restropo was killed filming events in Libya.

Chris Hondros of Getty Images was also killed.

Madelyn Pugh

Co-creator of "The Mothers-In-Law." Also involved in various nonsense with Lucille Ball.

Kevin Jarre - Writer - Tombstone - Glory - The Mummy -
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0418883/

Apparently the news about Poly Styrene is true. I'm very sad.

Apparently Phoebe Snow died yesterday, as well.

I still have my vinyl copy of "germ free adolescents." I didn't know she had joined the Hare Krishnas. Time to give the album another turn.

it's not actually. http://www.minyanville.com/dailyfeed...iter-industry/

Osama. Probably should start a new thread.

I already did.

Yep, just noticed. :)

Jackie Cooper, child star, character actor, played Jimmy Olson in 1940s era Superman movies, and a respected film/tv director.

Oops, he played Perry White, my bad!

I remember him from Our Gang. I wonder if he was the last to go

Nope. Robert Blake (named Mickey Gubitosi in the Our Gang shorts) is still around.

Edited to add:

Actually, quite a few according to this (not quite updated) list.

Awww, I didn't realize Bud McDonald had died in 2008. He was a good guy and very involved in a particular group I was in in LB.

Claude Choules

*salute*

Wow. That man has seen a lot in his lifetime.

That's the second quote I've seen today I thought would make a good gravestone.

It won't be much longer before we lose the last person from the 19th Century. When I was a kid, I'll tell you, that's how you knew somebody was old. None of this "born in the 1930s" makes you old nonsense.

I always think it is amazing that all 4 of my grandparents (not GREAT grandparents) were born in the 1800s. My parents were both born in the 1920's.

Same here. I only knew one of my grand parents. One died before I was born, one when I was too young to remember her, and I never met one of my grandfathers even though he died when I was 7.

I only met one grandparent also - my grandfather who was 98 when he died. My Grandmother, his wife, I "met" her in her coffin. My Dad's parent were both gone before i was born.

I never knew any of my grandparents, although my mother insists that her mother died when I was about two.

If my father's parents were alive, they'd be 134 and 124, and I'd still think the difference in their age was kind of weird.

Blows my mind that my mom's already a great-grandparent. I only met one of my grandparents.

I, through bizarre family stuff, had 6 grandparents plus two step-grandparents. My Mom's Dad and one of my Dad's Mom's both died before I was born. My Dad's other Mom just died last year, she was the last one living.

Three of my great-grandparents were alive when I was born. I clearly remember two of them. The third died shortly after I was born. I also had a great number of Great Aunts and Uncles. I've only got one of those left and she's got dementia and has been in a nursing home for quite some time. When we were younger we spent a lot of time with all the various Great Aunts/Uncles most of which were fun interesting people.

I was lucky and knew all my grandparents. My grandmother and her sister are still alive I knew one of my great grandmothers and quite a few great aunts.

My boy was the lucky one he had four sets of grandparents and two great grands. You know my boy was spoiled when he was born with that many grandparents all wanting to buy things!

All my great-grandparents were dead when I was born. My mom has 15 great-grandchildren, and she has met all of them. A couple of them are now old enough to have children themselves!

Playwright and director Arthur Laurents. He wrote the books for and directed "West Side Story" and "Gypsy" and directed the original Broadway production of "La Cage aux Folles".

Due to longevity in my family, there exists a five-generation photo: My great grandmother, my grandfather, my father, my sister, and my nephew,


Yeah, but you're old.

6 of 8 great-grandparents were alive when I was born. The last just died 4 years ago.

My first niece has two different five generation photos. My nephew could have as well but didn't live in the right part of the country.

It's not so much much that we live long as that we don't learn about contraception early enough.

'Macho Man' Randy Savage

:(

Solo car accident - according to his brother, he had a heart attack which is what caused him to lose control into a tree.

And being led to the Pearly Gates by his manager, Miss Elizabeth . . .

Ah...now I want a Slim Jim.

Indeed, it occurs to me that his obituary could note that he was preceded in death by both his valets, Miss Elizabeth and Sensational Sherri.

Pre-raptured?

I forgot to post this a couple of days ago: Harmon Killebrew, Baseball Great

Back in 1969, I found him vaguely scary. He had a strange, long name, hit big home runs and was bald.

Spirit, NASA and JPL's Mars rover, one of the great triumphs of contemporary space exploration. After a lot of failure, the expectations were set low, so when it's said that it lasted 20 times longer than "expected", it perhaps overstates things a bit. But no matter the numbers, Spirit did the job of pushing past the demoralizing failures of the Climate Orbiter and Polar Lander, and the abject tragedy of the Columbia disaster. As someone with the word "engineering" in the name of my degree, I couldn't help but be captivated and vicariously thrilled by the success of the little guy. Bravo.

Jeff Conway from the tv show Taxi has passed away. That show spwned a lot of good actors.

Oh man, not Kenickie!

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron RIP

It would already be tempting to snark at the death of Joseph Brooks, the guy who wrote that crappiest of 70s earworms, "You Light Up My Life." (It's already playing in your head right now, isn't it!) But, apparently, he was a serial "casting couch" rapist into the bargain. (Side note - his son is currently charged with murder, making this an unusually troubled family.)

I recall going with my Mom to see the feature film of You Light Up My Life, starring Didi Conn of Grease fame. Brooks wrote and directed that piece of tripe, and followed it up with another movie in which he cast himself as the leading man. If Ever I See You Again was a huge bomb, and has never had a video release, but some thoughtful soul loaded these ten minutes of clips onto YouTube. It's got to be the most cringe-inducing thing I've seen in years.

So, my cynicism about sappy Adult Contemporary music has been very well placed!

Dr. Jack Kevorkian at age 83

the end of an era. Ive always thought of him as good intentioned, but misunderstood by many with very loud voices. hopefully the idea of death with dignity and as a choice wont die with him.

James Arness from Gunsmoke; http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=650839&GT1=28103

:snap:

Kevorkian and I parted paths when he changed from enabling sick people to commit suicide to killing them himself (I support suicide, but not physician assisted suicde where "assisted" is actually did it, that I think it better labeled "patient complicit homicide."

My feelings on Kevorkian are mixed. On one hand, I agree with a right to die scenario. Quality of life is an important thing, and I believe that the media prominence of Kevorkian gave us an opportunity to discuss our beliefs en masse in a way I don't think we really did before. I know that my teenage self was challenged to consider all the options when he was making headlines.

On the other hand, I remember there being debate about a number of the physician assisted suicides being patients that he 'helped' less than 24 hours after first meeting them; many of whom, it was later learned, were not terminally ill.

So, my feelings are mixed on it. I think he got a little careless at the end, which is disappointing since I do think that some people just need a little help when they're suffering so much.

Anyway, RIP.

Reading the article on him... he doesn't believe a patient should have to be terminal in order to be able to make that choice. So it's not surprising.

He went doing what he did best, dying.

Sad cheese :(

Another major loss for us Disneyland fans.

RIP Mr. Boag. And may the after life be happier place with you there!

Wally Boag - the only Disneyland performer who ever got his own episode of The Muppet Show. He's also well represented on the Golden Horseshoe Anniversary Episode of the Wonderful World of Color, which is on one of those Disney Treasures sets, if you can find it. thank goodness, our Tiki Room here in Florida will soon have him back in proper context.

Betty Taylor died today. It seems like Walt has waited long enough to see his favorite show again.

:eek:

Well, it is almost Walt and Lillian's anniversary...

Andrew Gold has passed and all I can say is Thank You For Being a Friend :D

sorry. took me a minute to get that

:snap:

Yeah, me too

Clarence "Big Man" Clemons

U2 played a tribute to him at their concert Saturday in Anaheim

Ryan Dunn, from Jackass :(

I'll miss him.

Tasteless:

This is terrible! He was so young...his poor family. Drinking and driving....sigh.

He was a great member of the Jackass team, very likable....I'll miss him too.

Dunn's Done. Got to go with brevity (like Iz Was back in '98).

I'm not a fan of Jackass and don't know who this is, but must say "Jackass star killed doing something stupid" is not going to go into my shocking headlines files.

An since, in the process of doing something stupid, he managed to kill someone else (who at least was in on the stupidity for being in the car and not a complete innocent bystander), I can't get too moved to feign empathy.

I'm not feigning empathy. I met Ryan a few years ago, and while not really close, I would still say this is really a bummer.

But it was something that's so mundanely stupid.

And, for the record, there is no evidence as yet that he was drunk at the time of the crash. There's a photo of him a couple hours before with a drink in his hand, that's all. Not that it would be terribly surprising if the evidence does eventually confirm the speculation, but it is firmly in the speculation department for the time being.

Celebrity + Porsche + 3 a.m. + single car wreck = Duh!

Just in case, did not mean to imply that anybody else's empathy is feigned. Just that mine would be.

I'd only read a couple stories but they said it was the people with him who said he'd had a fair amount to drink before leaving (three shots, three beers). If that turns out to be incorrect then that reason for not feeling empathy will be gone. But I don't have much issue with playing the odds on alcohol having been involved in a fatal solo car crash on the way home from a bar at closing time.

But if I were a more public figure like Roger Ebert I'd probably pretend to hold off on jumping to conclusions.

I am very disappointed that Ebert would tweet something like that. Especially since the guy had only been dead for hours. I always liked Ebert but am very disgusted by him at the moment.

When I saw the headline I was expecting it to be one of the other stars. Ryan always seemed like the mellow one. I feel for his family and friends at this sad time.

Looks like the odds were born out. At least he didn't kill any completely innocent bystanders on his way out.

Yes, so totally shocked.

Peter Falk, entirely remembered for Columbo but most won't realize he was twice-nominated for an Academy Award.

To me, he'll always be Max from The Great Race.

And, to me, besides Columbo, he's best remembered for "Wings of Desire".

And I've always had a hard time thinking of Carroll O'Connor as anything other than a military man in a supporting role.

I just saw Carol O'Conner last night as a British Officer in an episode of Time Tunnel. It was hard to envision him yelling meathead.

I may have to pull out Wings of Desire this weekend. One of my favorites, especially so for Peter Falk

~just one more thing~

~as you wish~

:(

grandpa from The Princess Bride

the list goes on and on...
RIP Mr Falk

I love that movie!

I was sad to hear that he had passed.

Sorry folks, I'm late, but then again, so's Wally Boag!
*Boom, Tish!*

I've been avoiding this thread (for various reasons) but my cheese is extra sad to hear of Wally's passing. I have actually been listening to a lot of the DL recordings off the collectors CD set and there's a couple of Golden Horseshoe versions I've been listening to.

As a tribute to Mr. Boag, I would like to sing one of his favourite songs - it's a little number entitled "The girl next door lived the life of a dog, so I called her [r]over"

Brilliant.

At a local Disney fan convention I had some of my cookies with me, and if you said the secret word "Wally" you got one. I figured he could still bring a little happiness, even if he is gone.

I finally bought his book. I had been holding off on the unlikely chance I would get an opportunity to meet him. I got the edition with the signed Balloon Kit. The book is terrific. Buy it when you get a chance.

I'll drink a toast to her tonight.

Visible Mojo :D

Amy Winehouse, apparently.

Wow. CBS New is posting it.

Tragic, but sadly not too surprising. Another member of the 27 Club (she's already been added to the Wikipedia page)

When we saw her at Coachella a few years back, we "joked" that she was a must see because it might be our only chance. We were right. She was great live, great big voice coming out of a tiny, frail body. Very sad.

Gee, I wonder what could have happened.... :rolleyes:

Still, it is tragic.

She was awesome in 2007



Glad we saw her when we could, too bad other's won't have the opportunity

G.D. Spradlin

So, two days ago there was some article about some actress whose name I didn't recognize. It turned out to be one of Meryl Streep's daughters. This got me to reading about Meryl Streep and her relationship with John Cazale, which eventually got me to reading about Godfather II, where I saw the name G.D. Spradlin. "Huh, haven't thought about him in years. I wonder if he's still alive, I don't remember him dying." Turned out he was. Now, he's not.

I'm a dangerous man.

Yeah, one of those great character actors one recognizes as soon as he shows up on screen. "Oh, it's that guy!" These sort of rough, careworn everyday types are a vanished breed in movies. Character actors these days aren't allowed to be much more than 36, and only marginally less attractive than their co-stars. Oh, and it helps if they're "wacky." (Too bad, because I'm 46 and getting more and more "character" by the day!)

Dan Peek, one of the founding members of the band America.

Sometimes I wonder, would we have anything to talk about if people stopped dying??

overpopulation?

Bubba Smith

aww :(

We'll miss Hightower

Cha Cha from Grease.

"A lock of hair. From her chest."

First Kenickie, now Cha Cha? Bad year for Grease stars.

And to update the list.

Robertson was the 15th oldest living Academy Award nominated actor. His death moves Glynis Johns into his spot and brings in Colette Marchand (86.37) to the list in the 25th spot. Luis Rainer, who is apparently immortal at now more than 101.5 years old remains the oldest.

Robertson was the 6th oldest living Academy Award nominated actor. His death moves Eva Marie Saint into his spot and brings in Shirley Jones (77.45 years old) to the list in the 25th spot. Luis Rainer is also the leader in this category.

Am I missing something here?

Well, according to this list, Robertson would have been the fifth oldest living Academy award winner (his DOB was 9/9/23). However, that list appears to only include leading actor/acrtress recipients (Eva Maria Saint won the award for Supporting Actress for On the Waterfront).

I guess we'll just have to wait for Alex...

Second one should have said "6th oldest living Academy Award winning actor.

Yes, my list is both lead and supporting actor noms/wins. So for Oldest Living Winners, it was:

Luise Rainer (Lead)
Olivia de Havilland (Lead)
Ernest Borgnine (Lead)
Celeste Holm (Supporting)
Joan Fontaine (Lead)
Cliff Robertson (Lead)
Eva Marie Saint (Supporting)

A sad farewell to another of the handsome middle aged men of my childhood.

And while my Alan in a 1979 high school production of "Picnic" is probably the definitive interpretation, I have to admit he did a decent job in the film.

RIP REM

I didn't know they were still together.

Steve Jobs

iRIP

What a loss.

Apple's home page

And tribute

I'd have no Pixar, iMac, iPod, iPad, or macbook without Steve Jobs. And seeing how utterly hopeless and stupid I am with all things Windows, I just might not have been able to meet all you LoT folks if it weren't for Mac. I'm looking forward to reading the biography that comes out in November. It's long been clear that this day was coming, but I wish it hadn't been today.

Charles Napier :(

While I'm not a brand-loyal computer guy, I do have an iPod, which I love, and an android phone that I'm sure wouldn't exist if Steve Jobs hadn't created such a high standard for the rest of the industry to meet.

I'm moved by this quote from a piece on Huffington Post:

Boing boing have changed their theme for the day in memory of Jobs.

Not that it diminishes the point bit Android is the most popular smartphone platform by a healthy margin. ( assuming we define most popular A's most used. )

Android is the most popular OS, iPhone is still the most popular device.

Given the way some folks are talking about him, I'll wait the full three days to offer my condolence, just in case.

I warned of it when he stepped down. The adoration was so over the top I feared what would be necessary to show sufficient grief when he died.

VMLM!

Al Davis (owner of the Raiders)

And if wherever he's going will build him a stadium, I bet he'll move the team there.

No, he'll just promise some place that if they pay him $10 million he might go there. Just ask Irwindale.

Qwikster

Goodbye little buddy, you were so young we hardly even knew you.

Good. It was a terrible idea.

I'm currently at the 5th Avenue Apple Store in NYC.

IT has turned into something of a shrine. Which is not good A's I don't take collective grieving over celebrities nobody grieving ever actually met A's seriously as those around me apparently feel is appropriate.

Even local mall Apple stores seem to be attracting shrines. I'm trying to withhold judgment since I'd have felt that way if I was around when Walt died.

Was he shot?


---

The Apple Store in the Spectrum and Mission Viejo malls were plastered with post-it notes. I think it's awesome - the impact that this one man had on technology was huge. Without the iPhone I wouldn't have my Android. Without the iPad other tablets wouldn't be around. He changed the way we interact and live our lives.

I think a great tribute to #SteveJobs would be for people to donate $1 for every #Apple product they own to #cancer research.

(copied from my little Twitter campaign, feel free to RT)

I think it's a great idea and did retweet, but the problem is there are so many cancer research organizations.

And I only need to donate $1.

Done. 6 dollars donated to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

What strange depressing action shows that network must produce.

Dennis Ritchie, C Programmer And Unix Co-Creator

/salutes

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Barbara Kent at 102, one of the few silent film players who were still with us. She did not have a long career, played most notably in Paul Fejos 1928 film Lonesome (a wonderful film). She refused all interviews about her film career and I suspect that is why so many silent film peeps I know were so obsessed with her.

She retired and was Garbo's assistant for years, all those mysterious Garbo secrets went to the grave with her, unless she left a diary.

Mickey Rooney and Diana Serra Cary aka Baby Peggy are silent film actors still around.

Not sure why it struck me, but she was married once (assuming IMDb is accurate) and that marriage ended with his death. 62 years ago.

And yet we still aren't sure how to spell his name

Gaddafi
Qaddafi
Khadafy
Khaddafi
Kadhafi
Quaddafi
Gadhafi

Sure we do! It's معمر القذافي

"معمر القذافي,"

Barry Feinstein - photographer :(

ROFL!! :snap: :snap:

Headline "Lindsay Lohan arrives at morgue on time".

I guess she's just doing community service.

Pity.

Mickey Goldesn. A music publisher (whatever that is), including for Don Ho's "Tiny Bubbles."

That reminded me of a story I learned on this last vacation. The first week, Lani's mom was along with us and Don Ho came up.

Before he moved into arranging, Lani's dad was lead in a pretty successful Japanese pop band and at one point they had reasonably successful tour in the United States. This was why we stayed at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, they'd played the main room there for two weeks on that tour.

Anyway, at the conclusion of the tour the American promoter tried to sign them to a multi-year deal where the band (and their families) would be moved to Hawaii and using that as a base of operations they'd tour the Pacific Rim. Lani's dad was in favor but the other members of the band didn't want to leave Japan so he had to say know.

Later, they did get booked in Honolulu for several months and again at the end of that gig they were offered a permanent spot at one of the new Waikiki hotels. Again, Lani's dad was all in favor of it, but to his anger (and whoever it was that was trying to hire them) the rest of the band said no.

The person that the hotel hired instead was Don Ho, and that was the gig in which Don Ho became Don Ho.

Later, when Lani's family emigrated and were in Honolulu, apparently they went to Don Ho's show several times and there exists, somewhere, a photo of Lani as a child on stage with Ho. This is a photograph I must eventually possess.

And in looking around for some stuff found this old Japanese Coke commercial. That is Lani's dad's group singing. Apparently they did all the Coke commercials for a while in the '60s.

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=62597

Ralphie's dad died today. So sad. I had a good cry this morning. He was such a good man. I f*cked up and posted a memorial to him on Facebook. I didn't know everyone wasn't contacted yet. Dang it. I pulled the post. Kind of embarrassed now. I hope people weren't calling him because of it...
He drove me crazy in a fun way and I'll miss him.

((hugs))

Sir Jimmy Savile

Clunked. Clicked.

Cory Smoot, better known as Flattus Maximus, guitarist for GWAR.

:( I'm terribly saddened by this.

Kevy is stalking dead people.....

A champ from when being heavyweight champeen o' da woild still meant something. That first fight with Ali wasn't just a sporting event. It was part of the culture war.

RIP, Joe.

well...they are somewhat easier to keep track of than some of the live ones.

They're the only ones who can't out-run me and they never complain about "inappropriate touching"

Except for Elvis. For a dead guy he seems to show up in lots of strange places, like Denny's in Arizona, or a trailer park in Colorado.

Bil Keane

I'll be lookin for the strip with the circuitous path Billy takes to visit the grave.

I wonder if this means we can finally get that strip out of the papers and let a new comic voice take the spot?

Well, his son has been doing the strip for a while now.

Based on the fact that Charles Schultz has been dead for 230 years and still appears in the paper, I'm guessing not (even if he were still the one doing the strip).

I remember when he died. It doesn't feel like it was 230 years ago, more like it was no more that 190 years ago. Time flies!!

Not me.

A reliable source tells me Barney the Dinosaur passed away last year, but since I just heard about it I'm going count it as this year.

Which could break the tie between Osama Bin Laden and Muammar Gaddafi for best death of the year.

Please tell me the Teletubbies proceeded him.

The last original Teletubbies episode was filmed over 10 years ago.

Although as any parent will tell you, kids have no qualms about watching shows over and over* again.






* And over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over

yes - and songs as well. I got treated to "What's New Pussycat" for two plus months straight every time we were in the car.

I'm not getting the connection between Tom Jones and the Teletubbies but think it is probably better I stay ignorant.

Tom Jones has a big schlong, and one of the Teletubbies is gay.

It's obvious.

Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headline...ther-arrested/

Anne McCaffrey

The last (I believe) of my childhood reading icons.

Susan remains a fan well into her adult life. Well, adult in age...

I want to reread them all again now...

Sure, why not. :)

I'm kind of tempted, too. I haven't touched them since junior high, but that's ok. As I remember, they should still be entertaining.

I reread the Pern books a couple years ago and they didn't hold up to my childhood infatuation very well. But the first Crystal Singer book did.

Ken Russell :(

Sad face :( very sad cheese

Glad we got to see him be a lunatic at the Tommy screening last year.

I'm very happy I got to join Ken on a visit to the Holy Land Experience theme park. What a surreal and great thing to get to say. Anyway, Tommy and The Music Lovers play at my house tonight.

It would seem I've never seen a Ken Russell movie (he looks to have stopped making them about the time I started to develop a willingness to consume adult and historical titles and I guess I've never landed on one of his).

Not even Crimes of Passion?

Not that I recall.

Though it is possible it was one of those movies I tried to watch through the cable's primitive scrambling in the hopes of catching a stray squiggle that I could convince myself was a naked boob.

Anyone wanna come over and wrestle in front of the fireplace?

Alan Sues of Laugh-In.

Nice that he was with his beloved dog at the end. Hope someone will take care of her, too.

I hope you don't mean "take care of her.

I remember when I was a kid, I was highly amused by the Alan Sues Peter Pan ads. I used to impersonate them, which must have worried my super-conservative dad. I found them goofy and funny. I didn't know that Sues' mannerisms might have any other connotations. (I was similarly amused by Paul Lynde, who I also enjoyed impersonating.)

Harry Morgan was shot down over the Sea of Japan. It spun in, there were no survivors.

(Not an accurate recounting of Harry Morgan's death. Not an accurate recounting of a colonel's death.)

I didn't know he was still alive!

(BTW... It was Colonel Blake that died over the Sea of Japan, not Colonel Potter.)

Yes, thus the parenthetical.

Now, that's the way a famous person in their 90s should go: quietly and quickly. None of this Billy Graham/Zsa Zsa Gabor publicity seeking.

Correct, it is an accurate recounting of a Lieutenant Colonel's death. And with a bit of artistic license a country singers death.

Jerry Robinson, R.I.P (Creator of the Joker)

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=35811

Here's the annual recap from Turner Classic Movies.

What happens if someone kicks within the next couple of weeks?

Their body remains in suspended animation, somewhere between life and death, the mind trapped in excruciating anguish until next year's list can be released.

So, that's what the deal was. I think I worked with a guy in this very situation, Univ. of Wisconsin, late 1980's. I wonder if he ever made it to the Other Side.

Anybody who dies in the last two weeks goes unnoticed. Because the alternative is that someone would have to work on the this over the holidays so that it could be released January 2.

The end up in next year's recap, I guess.

I was amazed, Liz Taylor died? ;-)

Yeah, I've been watching with absolute fascination. The prices things are selling for, incredible sales WAY over estimates. The cachet of Taylor's name is selling some of the items (lesser valued) but my goodness things estimated in value of 1200 are selling for 20-30-50k!

Joe Simon, co-creator of Captain America.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/joe-...ay-111215.html

With the loss of Simon and Robinson I think we have seen the last of the Golden Age creators pass away. Certainly all the big names are gone.

RIP Joe Simon

And the same day, another fantastic artist. Eduardo Barreto

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=35943

Christopher Hitchens is gone. An equal-opportunity infuriator, to be sure. His rhetorical skills were formidable. No prayers, please, at his request. (Discount any death-bed conversion stories.)

If he was wrong on the issue of an afterlife, Mother Teresa is currently kicking him in the nuts.

I loved reading him regardless of whether I agreed with him.

The news about Hitchens isn't unexpected; he'd been very ill. Still, it saddens me deeply to have his voice silenced. He was one of a kind.

Cesaria Evora

I wonder if he's still so ronery?

Kimchi is celebrating tonight

You should bake her a little Kim Jong Il shaped meatloaf...

Meatroaf.

Meatrrrroaf.

You had me thinking Meat Loaf had died.

Not that it would have been an unforeseeable development.

I don't have many heartfelt favorite makers of the hippie music, but he was one of them.

Is one of them.

Shame on you.

Damn!

I guess hell needed one more bat. Rock on you sweet bastard!

Mr. Loaf did not die. Kim Chi wants meatroaf. Your dog wants steak.

My Dog Died??? Noooo!!!!

I should have started with "Grandma was up on the roof." Sorry to break it to you so sudden and all.

This guy, not dead yet.

(Why am I seeing a post on this from Snowflake in my email, but not in the thread? Mysterious.)

For the money I spent on my dog recently, it was supposed to die. Now, I get to do that against at least one more time.

Yes, I deleted it as it appears to be a sick joke (especially NSF MMG)

Oh, I see. This is how those rumors get started.

I feel so enlightened!

So, is this thread dead?

May it rest in peace.



Now, close the casket and shove this fvcker in the ground before it starts to stink.

2011 dead thread not quite dead yet.

Nicol Williamson died on December 16, 2011, not announced until 2012, however.

Reminds me I need to watch Excalibur again, a fun, over the top movie.