Good music, from a pretty lady. I am sad now, fuck cancer!Quote:
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Good music, from a pretty lady. I am sad now, fuck cancer!Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
Danny Aiello, 86, infection:
https://dlisted.com/2019/12/13/danny-aiello-has-died/
Consummate character actor. Did a fine job as a supporting character in one of my favorite movies:Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8X4r5X9c-Y
"On the floor? This is a good suit!"
I don't know how much of a celebrity he is in this part of the internet but he was important to me growing up. My family would take me to Iowa football games and I have many fond memories of tailgating before the game and watching some high quality college football thanks to him. It is why I am an Iowa Hawkeye fan to this day. On a larger scale, Hayden Fry's coaching tree is legendary and impacts the game to this day. Barry Alverez, every Stoops, Kirk Ferentz, Dan McCarney, and many others all got their start with Fry. He also broke up the "Big 2" in the Big 10, finally breaking the stranglehold Michigan and Ohio State had on the conference championship. God speed on your next journey, Coach. RIP.
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...en-fry-dies-90
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/11...chingTree2.png
He may not be a celebrity to anyone else here, but he is to me. And perhaps it's fitting that one of the men behind the most iconic Xmas special dies on the day of:
Lee Mendelson dies on Christmas Day
Hell yes he is a celebrity, that is the best Christmas special ever!Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Seattle's favorite sports executive dies at 77
Sonics bitterness notwithstanding, David is arguably the most influential sports executive of the last 40 years.
Jack Sheldon, jazz legend and 'Schoolhouse Rock!' singer, dies at 88
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(CNN) — Jazz great Jack Sheldon, known for his work on "The Merv Griffin Show" and "Schoolhouse Rock!," has died. He was 88.
Sheldon died December 27, said Cynthia Jimenez, the sister of Sheldon's manager, Dianne Jimenez.
"To all Jack Sheldon fans, on behalf of my sister Dianne Jimenez, sadly Jack passed away on December 27. May he rest in peace with all the Jazz Cats in heaven!," Jimenez wrote in a Facebook post Monday.
More details about his death were not available Tuesday.
Sheldon was a charismatic trumpeter, singer and actor with a career that spanned several decades.
He was part of the 1950s West Coast jazz movement along with artists Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers. He collaborated on "The Shadow of Your Smile," which was part of the soundtrack of the 1965 film "The Sandpiper."
Sheldon was known for several roles in TV productions. In the 1970s, Sheldon joined "The Merv Griffin Show" as music director and trumpeter, and ultimately appeared as Griffin's sidekick for 18 years.
In 1973, he lent his voice to the children's animated series "Schoolhouse Rock!" led by Bob Dorough. He sang tunes including the fun grammar lesson "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill."
"I'm just a bill. Yes I am only a bill. And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill," he sang, explaining how a bill becomes law in the three-minute short that was broadcast between cartoons.
"Schoolhouse Rock" songs premiered in 1973 and ran on ABC for 12 years. The show came back on air in the 1990s for five more years. Today, the songs live on in YouTube videos -- some with millions of views.
He had on-screen roles in the 1966 sitcom "Run, Buddy, Run" and appeared on Sally Field's "The Girl With Something Extra" a few years later.
Services for Sheldon will be held January 10 at Forest Lawn in Cypress, California, Jimenez wrote in her post.
Rapper, Lexii dead at age 21, cause unknown
Don Larsen, only pitcher ever to throw a perfect game in the World Series, at 90:
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/y...ET_RID=5209557
Another site I visit has an actual celeb deathpool, and there's one fellow who is already at two of his twelve picks dead (Stern, Larsen). He likely won't win, since their pool awards points for each death equal to (100 minus age in years at time of death) and his pool picks are all very old compared to the people who researched semi-celebs in their 40's/50's with fatal illnesses, but it's still amazing to see someone get these things right within the first two days of the year.
The man who gave the best speech in the history of Ohio professional football has died:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...-74/ar-BBYyKos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJMa20xXykI
OK, this one really hurts!
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ituary-936221/
Neil Peart, dead at 67 from brain cancer
I have been a fan of Rush since Junior High (early 70s) and saw them countless times in concert. This guy was arguably one of the best drummers ever.
Fuck cancer!
Back in my Usenet days, there was one person who had the most over-the-top signature (on purpose), and one part of it was the line "With a quote from Neil Peart". Looks like the CBC is running this as second story behind the Iran airliner thing:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...obit-1.5422806
Ruins my fucking day. Now I really wish I'd seen them for the last time on the 2015 tour.
Best drummer ever, and a seriously multi-talented musician. Rush ranks up with Queen, Led Zepplin, The Foo Fighters and The Beatles as my favorite bands. Back in about 1982 or 83 I passed up seeing Rush to see Billy Squire because the girl I was after wanted to see Squire. I still kick myself to this day because I never got another chance. FUCK!
Yep. Hard to argue against best drummer ever.
:(
Stan Kirsch who played Richie in Highlander passed away :(
I don't have the link handy, but saw something when leaving the office that Christopher Tolkien died at the age of 95 today.
I guess this means we don't get Lost Tales Part CXLV: Some Notes Dad Threw In His Ashtray.
But in all seriousness, I appreciate the work he did that gave us The Silmarillion.
That one hurts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philo
Suicide by hanging, too.
His character in Highlander eventually became my favourite because they did so much character development with him once he became immortal.
Monty Python's Terry Jones, dead at 77:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51209197
One of the very few pictures in my place is a framed copy of the theatre poster for Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Very sad.
He was the one who was often in drag. Brian's mom!
Loved Terry Jones, he did play an old woman very well. For me not much can compare to the comedy of Monty Python, all of them are/were incredibly funny and clever. Sad, sad loss.
Yah the Python's ruled, sigh :(
ack! sorry you had to suffer that :( bad enough losing yer parentsQuote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
yeah that is a horrible way to go, wouldn't wish it on anyone, seeing my Dad go that way.
Had a really wonderful (if sometimes bloody frustrating lol) time in EQ, started just around Kunark release, with pals met on the baldurs Gate forums on InterplayQuote:
Originally Posted by FilanFyretracker
stayed together for years, met os many nice folk
was gutted when old lady we played with, passed away few years ago
sigh well McQuaid did start something great :)
even if they did go on to fuck it up totally with Omens of War etc
The fuck-up expansion was Gates, just prior to Omens. There was very little for non-raid characters to do, and raiders despised the flagging system that all but required a warrior, cleric, monk/bard, and enchanter/shaman to carry people through them. Omens fixed those problems, but by the time it arrived the damage was done and everyone was off to WoW.
Original, Kunark, Vellious. After that, I started to question what the hell I was even doing.
What did you eventually find was the answer to your question? Assuming you ever did find the answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinthalas Tigris
ah that was it yeah, but Omens just made it worse in different waysQuote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
both made mobs loony over powered and broke the entire mechanics players had built for
Omens mobs were tough (for casuals*), but there were areas (Wall of Slaughter) where casual players could get some really stellar item drops for their gear level. It was balanced risk-reward.
*I say "for casuals" because I can remember zoning into WoS on my cleric, hearing a "train to zone" call, getting my melee setup ready, healing the first person that made the zone tunnel to gain threat, and then killing the entire train with melee. It almost felt like I was playing a different game than the people I saved.
The next expansion to come out after that was shadow of luclin, and it royally screwed my computer, graphics wise. It could not keep up without adjusting the depth of field to almost nothing. So I avoided SoL like the plague, and after watching people spend all their time there instead, I got a girlfriend and pretty much gave up on MMOs besides a brief stint on warcraft and the occasional month long dabble into a session of EQ because an expansion was professed to have changed everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
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Uhh...Kobe Bryant dead in helicopter crash???
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https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-...-in-calabasas/Quote:
Originally Posted by Merkus
Apparently so :(
Didn't even give LeBron 24 hrs to relish the moment. Ok, too soon.
But it is a shame -- he looked like he was going to be one of those rare athletes who would have a significant post-playing life.
Sadly, one of his daughters was with him.
https://people.com/sports/kobe-bryan...icopter-crash/
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LAPD is trying to tell people not to go to the Staples center because it’s all closed off for the Grammy Awards. GL with that.
Oh no one note that SYD MEAD, famous scifi artist/designer who worked on Blade Runner amongst many others, died end of last year?
Super sad. He is and was one hell of an icon.
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This dude was a frighteningly effective pass rusher:
http://www.startribune.com/former-vi...-58/567382652/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_TAhYCbDdg
Others claimed to be, but he was Spartacus:
https://people.com/movies/kirk-douglas-dead/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0cXyGVsUjs
Actor Orson Bean hit and killed by car in L.A.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Mxn23c7-I
We might have to put Jordan Peterson on deck:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/jorda...ssia-1.5456939
Damn, this year's off to a big start
maybe that scumbag will grow a sense of empathy and realisation of what he has helped fuelQuote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
otherwise, fuck him
I may sympathise what he has went through, but, if Goebbels had got cancer...tough shit
Tony Fernandez, HoF baseball player, 57, stroke related to kidney disease:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/ml...s-away-age-57/
Not so much a celebrity, but he is the creator of something taken for granted today:
Larry Tesler invented the copy-paste function for personal computers
He may be rolling over in his grave based on how Facebook uses it now, though.
Some posts I saw make him sound like he was a great guy, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22370180Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonlainy
Dude, why'd you have to put copy and paste right onto adjoining letters on the keyboard?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonlainy
Speaking of people associated with some form of copy and paste, Sy Sperling has gone to the great weave in the sky:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/us/sy...ies/index.html
https://youtu.be/IuRLGdGnqSU
Katherine Johnson, 101, NASA mathematician and subject of the film "Hidden Figures":
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51619848
I now have the urge to play a game of Contra and cheat my way through:
https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/26/21...ra-gradius-nes
Maybe Heaven is a just a big Dyson sphere with God at the center
https://www.businessinsider.com/lege...ath-age-2020-2
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Trader Joe's founder, Joe coloumbe
https://abc7.com/society/joe-coulomb...3jWZnQBLYv-Mi8
James Lipton (Inside the Actor's Studio), 93, bladder cancer.
Super sad.he lived a very wonderful life for those who got to appreciate him. I'm very thankful we had him for as long as we didQuote:
Originally Posted by Mileron
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Henri "the Pocket Rocket" Richard, 84, Alzheimer's:
https://www.tsn.ca/montreal-canadien...t-84-1.1453496
Played 20 seasons in the NHL, won 11 Stanley Cups - the record for a player.
Max Von Sydow
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...-was-90-992680
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A damn good actor, he will be missedQuote:
Originally Posted by Merkus
Chances are, everyone here has seen him in multiple things:Quote:
Originally Posted by Merkus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP1NVCDPvRk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwPa6Q6uCoI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOlGVPH19bk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxEBtY6ihEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK4GDziddRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iq5RKbp4qY
Or heard him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh42dKwY3QQ
Wow.
He was also King Osric in Conan the Barbarian, one of the cardinals in The Tudors, Blofeld in Never Say Never Again, Emperor Ming in the 1980 Flash Gordon movie, the guy was in TONS of stuff.
That's the 3rd item in that list of YouTube videos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merrick ap'Milandra
note in Skyrim for some reason they used someone else to do part of his voice at times, alas
the bit they use in the trailer (which IS Von Sydow) shows WHY he like so many others of that era were great
their voices were FANTASTICALLY rich and beautiful
Flash Gordon was a riot and he got to have fun playing an over the top character hehe
another fave is JUBERT, the hitman in THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSRtYpNRoN0&fbclid=IwAR3Cpa5BFwN6yE9JBd53V FOEiYxFeKG0ATJdpesT3 khO4uB29297vDdBIDE
I briefly wondered about that after I posted, but I haven't seen that film since the late 80's.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Thanks for confirming! :D
Brian Blessed, who played the leader of the Hawkmen, Vultan, still gets people coming up to him in Public and asking him so he loves giving out the famous line from "Flash Gordon":
GORDON'S ALIVE?!
awesome sauce! :p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFnmT82yGpk
that film RULES!
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...082302408.html
Kenny Rogers :( 81, natural causes
He picked a fine time to leave us.
I guess he knew when to fold 'em after allQuote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Boris Yaro, 81.
Old family friend of my mother's.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/b...WwCJJE84C2vEBU
Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
OMG, you pair, lol, much groans, well done!!!! :grinyes: :p <3Quote:
Originally Posted by Khieran
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...y-neal-dies-77
So far not a good year in general.
I imagine this thread will get quite a workout over the next few weeks :(Quote:
Originally Posted by FilanFyretracker
When I heard the news, my first reaction was the gambler finally broke even.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mileron
Joe Diffie 61, died of Corvid-19
Bill Withers, smooth-voiced soul singer dies. Lean On Me and Ain't No Sunshine are my two favorite songs he sang, but he had more that were really good as well.
https://www.insidehook.com/daily_bri...ampaign=nation
Lovely day is my favorite of his. Ain't no sunshine is my go to work song when working with yung'ins to sing out loud and half drive them nuts.
Geez, that's horrible. An no cause of death given.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ackar
I read in another article on his death that they're waiting on toxicology, so drug OD is suspected.
Tom Dempsey, the kicker with half a foot who could boom the ball, dies of Covid-19. Was a fan of his when I was a kid, straight on with half a foot, he was awesome.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/s...complications/
Honor Blackman, of James Bond and The Avengers
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebri...ad-94-21823184
Linda Tripp, who basically got Bill Clinton impeached, dies at 70:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture...d-obit-980718/
I confess that when I see "Linda Tripp" the first thing that comes to mind is John Goodman playing her on SNL.
Take a moment for the passing of someone who left a very deep mark on popular culture. If nothing else, Mort Drucker surely is one of the most widely disseminated satirists ever:
Mad magazine cartoonist Mort Drucker dies at 91
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/02/f2...be70ceaec4.jpg
What always stuck with me the most was the way his caricatures were always instantly recognizable as their subjects, even though he gave all of them the same set of pursed lips.
I loved Mad Magazine growing up. I bought every issue during my junior high and high school years. His drawings were a big part of the appealQuote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Was going to post this if no one had. I know most on this site will disagree, but Mad Magazine, for me, is the best comic books ever. Mort Drucker was a big reason for that, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Mad Magazine was an American icon.
I went ahead and bought a year long subscription for my kids, today. Only 5 bucks for the whole year, too!
Even over here we got "MAD" :)
One of entertainment's great voices is now announcing in a heavenly ring, I guess:
https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/...finkel-dies-69
He had a long run, from the 1970s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGpkD2_Dykw
And was still doing Wrestlemania announcements in the 2010s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JNasZDCUM8
https://youtu.be/yrHMwgezm38
Always been a big Brian Dennehy fan. Rest well, sir.
Potentially on deck: Kim Jong Un.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/20/polit...rea/index.html
Don't blue ball us like that. You know this is a publicity stunt. They're going to spin his surgery some bullshit that the virus is designed to destroy the weak and make the peril intuitive gods. You watch. He'll come walking around in white and strut 40 pounds less.
2 options:
1 - Tinthalas is right and he's BSing us so he can be the supreme leader that kicked the virus' ass
2 - He's so sick that he doesn't realize this news was released, because you know there's no way he'd allow that unless #1 was true
Several outlets reporting he is dead now. But some saying he's in a vegetative state. Apparently, he was having a stent put in and it went wrong. Man, I would hate to be the surgeon that botched that job...Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
The man who inspired the character of Nuke LaLoosh has gone by the wayside:
Steve Dalkowski, hard-throwing pitcher and one of baseball's greatest what-if stories, dies at 80
(If you haven't seen Bull Durham, you should)