Sayonara, Mr. Fuji:
http://www.wwe.com/article/mr-fuji-passes-away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mvBLBJetik
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Gene Wilder, 83, complications from Alzheimer's.
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Sad. Such an icon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mileron
Great comic actor and underrated in other roles such as this one:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mileron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSQNl4V_R88
Shit! This guy was one of my favorites to watch. He and Pryor had such great chemistry together as well, Silver Streak and Stir Crazy are classics, although Young Frankenstein is my favorite of his.
Very sad. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Mileron
Many brilliant performances. I wonder how many kids only recognize him by one of the most popular "create your own" meme's going around, heh.
Don't the Mel Brooks classics still get replayed on TV a lot? Or do they?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerkahia
I have rarely seen them as much as I used to. They used to be a staple of weekend afternoons on basic cable.
Blazing saddles seems to be on fairly often, but other than that, you don't see much of those old Mel Brooks movies.
Silver Streak has been on cable the past couple of weeks.
Gene Wilder was a true genius, he will be missed :(
Loved Wilder's insane rants, put upon hysterical humour, and humanity
Guy was pure class :)
Here's a glass raised for Edward Albee, a genius of American (and world) theater:
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituar...nap-story.html
If you've never seen Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, you should. But if you're single when you do see it, you may never want to marry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk8QkYgz8QM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nInE5TITzE8
I wasn't sure which thread should get this one: W.P. Kinsella, author of the book that was turned into Field of Dreams, of a doctor-assisted death, at 81:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...eath-1.3766840
I went to a conference when I was young where he read to the crowd. It's sad that a car accident ended his productive years prematurely.
‘Sound of Music’ actress Charmian Carr dies at 73
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LOS ANGELES — Charmian Carr, the actress best known for sweetly portraying the eldest von Trapp daughter in Rogers & Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 73.
Carr died Saturday of complications from a rare form of dementia in Los Angeles, Carr’s spokesman, Harlan Boll, said.
At age 21, the actress portrayed Liesl von Trapp in the 1965 film version of the musical “The Sound of Music.” She famously performed the song “Sixteen Going on Seventeen.”
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I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ackar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy9_lfjQopU
I read 'Shoeless Joe' and loved it. I love baseball history, and this book had plenty of that plus. Also, the movie did follow it fairly well, but obviously there was more nuance in the book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
Marlins star Jose Fernandez, killed in boating accident :(
http://www.local10.com/sports/report...-boat-accident
US golf legend Arnold Palmer dies at 87 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37469392
I'm slightly surprised that some popular news sites aren't playing Arnold Palmer more significantly. He was the first real household name in golf, the first figure in any sport to reach stratospheric levels for endorsements. And any bartender worth anything can make his drink:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...e59_story.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by The Washington Post
My favorite beverage. That is an amazing something to have a namesake recognized while still alive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuLKSvoK8KAQuote:
Originally Posted by Ackar
For a dude who publically acknowledges his clinical depression, that was very impressive.
I lost my mother last spring, just about a month before Mother's day. I can relate to that video. My parents were married 56 years. My father acts normal, but he's pretty broken inside.
Preacher Co-Creator Steve Dillon Dead at 54
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Fan-favorite artist Steve Dillon—best known for co-creating Preacher and defining runs on The Punisher and Hellblazer—has passed away.
Reports of Dillon’s death began hitting Twitter this morning, with confirmation coming from Dillon’s brother Glynis. Details as to the cause of death are yet unknown.
Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England in 1962, Dillon’s early career began in the British comics industry, with stints in the legendary 2000 A.D. comics magazine. Writer Garth Ennis and Dillon were one of modern comics’ most beloved tandems, having first made a big splash in American comics with their work on John Constantine in Hellblazer for DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint and later co-creating Preacher in 1995. Ennis and Dillon went on to deliver what many say is the best-ever take on The Punisher in the mid-2000s. Dillon’s most recent work has been on an ongoing Punisher series with writer Becky Cloonan. io9 mourns the loss of this amazing talent.
Suck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ackar
Hellblazer and Preacher are amongst my top ten favorite comic lines. I bought every episode of each show as soon as they were made available.
I even own the TPB's for "Books of Magic" where Constantine shows up with Tim Hunter.
This is a great loss to the creative world.
This guy, age 57, heart attack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU
<3 pete burns
Leonard Cohen
http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/m...ies-82-n682326
Everybody Knows
Loved how Robert Vaughn was in a show for the BBC not so long ago :)
con man capers type of thing, was pretty good
again, an old school actor who had an interesting face and a gorgeous voice, just make very very few like that any more (Idris Elba comes to mind)
What actors would be examples of uninteresting faces?Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade-T-E
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...0c9f53713c.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
That's a really interesting face. Not necessarily an attractive one to many people, but interesting. Who is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Merkus
Looks like Ron Howard's brother, ClintQuote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Shameful. You lose nerd points for not recognizing him as the Star Trek kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Yep, pretty sure that is Clint Howard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mileron
In today's news Leon Russell dies at 74. Very talented musician and songwriter, with an interesting voice. My favorite song of his is still Tight Rope.
Cause of death is out for Leonard Cohen: he fell during the night, then died in his sleep:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38009307
Sounds stroke-ish
No tranya for him!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerkahia
Whoa! Bummer, FloHen was a cool chick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ackar
¿Cuba libre finalmente?
Bad guy in many ways, but also replaced a bad guy. And in contrast to how they felt about the previous guy, a plurality of Cubans apparently didn't think Castro was bad enough to throw out.
They just appreciated his love of cheese HTTPS://youtu.be/DF-yBAkLFfwQuote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
One more notch on Obama's belt: Castro didn't outlast him.
I'm waiting for The Donald to begin tweeting that he's responsible for Castro's death.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
Damn grim reaper must work for Fox and killed off book for real.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
That seriously sucks.
Why do we keep losing people that are truly nice to everyone?
I vote for 2017 to be "the year the asshats die off en masse".
I was thinking 2013 wasn't too bad for deaths because we lost a handful of actual nazi war criminals (including hitler's bodyguard) and the cast-iron bitchlady herself, but then I discovered we also lost James Gandolfini, Lou Reed, Nelson Mandela, Peter O'Toole, and Tom Clancy that year.
It seems like every year we lose more people that I like than people I don't.
Weaksauce.
This does seem to be a particularly bad year.
But in my experience, assholes seem to always live past their expiration date :(
Yeah, that's really annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khieran
Next thing you know, we lose Mandy Patinkin or John Doman or some other quality character actor.
I've always said I wanted to live as long as I could to see how far technology can go, but it's really disheartening losing so many great influences from my youth.
HOW DARE YOU TRY TO SUGGEST NAMES TO THE GRIM REAPER MERRICK?!?!?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Merrick ap'Milandra
Seeing the ass end of Maggie Thatcher was a very cheerful thing !
As Frankie Boyle said, instead of wasting millions on state funeral for this bitch, they could have bought everyone in Scotland a spade, and we'd have all dug down and handed the bitch to her master in person :p
How does this relate to anything in this thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade-T-E
I mentioned 2013 deaths. She was among the ones that DIDN'T make me sad and I mentioned her specifically.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Patinkin is safe - he's already a Grim Reaper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nadiar
"Cast-iron bitchlady" didn't register.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merrick ap'Milandra
Creator Of McDonald's Big Mac Dies At 98
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An obituary put out by his family notes that Delligatti was a true innovator in the fast-food industry, instrumental in introducing breakfast at McDonald's, making the hotcakes and sausage meals for hungry millworkers on their way home from overnight shifts in the steel mills.
Delligatti co-founded Pittsburgh's Ronald McDonald House and supported many other charities in Western Pennsylvania. He also served in the Army in World War II.
"Jim was a legendary franchisee within McDonald's system who made a lasting impression on our brand," reads a statement from McDonald's corporate headquarters. "He is an exemplary individual who embraced the community and championed many causes and organizations that benefitted children. We will remember Jim as an insightful franchisee, a knowledgeable businessman, and an honorable gentleman."
Inventing the Big Mac pretty much makes him one of the 10 or 20 most influential figures in American cuisine over the past 50 years, right? Although the fact that he lived to be 98 suggests that he didn't consume his own invention very often.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ackar
This was my EXACT first thought. :grinyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
And yes on the cuisine thing, but that's probably not going to win him any post-death prizes. Not comme il faut.
His English was very good, he learned it from a book: Andrew Sachs, Manuel on Fawlty Towers, age 86.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/entert...ath/index.html
"Qué? "Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
And here's another fella who had a pretty big impact on the American palette:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ackar
Creator of General Tso's chicken dies at 97
A little birdie tells me that my next pick should be space pioneer and ex-senator John Glenn.
I thought the next astronaut to go would be Buzz Aldrin after that Antarctic evacuation thing. John Glenn's heart problems are back? :(
Peter Vaughan, the guy who played Maester Aemon Targaryen on Game of Thrones, age 93:
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38225796
And now his watch has ended :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
If it happens, #BlamePpatty.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
http://m.timesunion.com/news/science...s-10780995.php
A coelurosaur, 99 million years ago, cause unknown:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health...rnd/index.html
I figured after all the bad ones in 2016, we could use a cool one.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...inkId=32118857Quote:
Originally Posted by Merkus
Confirmed
#BlamePpatty
But really, it wasn't looking good when he was emergency evacuated from Antarctica.
Buzz Aldrin was the one evacuated.
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Thanks, what I read earlier said they were both down there at the same time (although Glenn wasn't trying to reach the South Pole).Quote:
Originally Posted by Merkus
Make it two out of three.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khieran
My next pick in the pool: Kirk Douglas, who turned 100 today:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...ing-going.html
Alan Thicke has passed away from a heart attack at 69.
Craig Sager, NBA sideline reporter succumbs to cancer at 65. Sad loss for the NBA, he was fun, and had a crazy wardrobe.
http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/...121121263.html
Peace out Zsa Zsa. I just checked your mortality status last week. Who should I tap next?
Zsa Zsa Gabor at 99.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/18/entert...ies/index.html
I'd say Kirk Douglas, but now that he has hit 100 he might live forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinthalas Tigris
Eh, I say that he outlives his wife, then drops within the next year. She's 97! That's crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonlainy
You know your sex life at 100 is great when your guests complain about the sandpaper sounds all night long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawlin
Minerva from the 60's Batman!Quote:
Originally Posted by Balthis
"I certainly feel like a new man".
Ahhh, the Adam West years.
I saw more of Eva in Green Acres than I did of Zsa Zsa in much of anything, but the latter was the one everyone was talking about, even into the 80's when I was a kid.
I once skimmed his autobiography, seemed like every third story in it was about a sexual conquest, starting all the way back with some teacher of his from high school or something like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schezar
Asheron's Call pulls the plug on january 31st. Part of Time warner's property wipe.
It's not going to kill Everquest. :(
I thought AC died years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinthalas Tigris
I see Daybreak is taking over LoTRO and DDO. Good luck with that -- Daybreak is establishing itself as the home for stagnant-but-still-viable MMO properties.
I did too. It's actually still around?Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
I'd try to verify, but I have no idea what my old login was and apparently they've stopped taking new account sign-ups ahead of next month's sunset.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khieran
I know of a couple people who said they were still playing, so yes.
Daybreak's just the publisher. They do DCUO as well, and do a good job there.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
The real story in this one is that Turbine was going to SHUT DOWN LotR:O and DDO under WB's orders.
So the developers and staff formed their own company (Standing Stone Games), raised capital, and BOUGHT the games from Turbine, otherwise they'd be on the heap with AC.
Sure, the population on all LotR:O servers combined is just under 100,000, which is not a ton, (The old community manager posted a TON of numbers the day he walked on the job) but it's certainly not "This Game Is Dead" numbers, either.
Since the server merger went through, the server I'm on (Landroval) is CONSTANTLY bustling with activity. I even had a day off recently and mid-day, middle of the week, world chat was still scrolling by almost too fast to read.
I sort of miss that game - maybe I'll poke my head back in sometime over the holiday weekends.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merrick ap'Milandra
Another one for predictions?
https://www.google.com/amp/www.daily...roid-sprint-us
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Wow, he is not looking good :(
http://6abc.com/entertainment/carrie...plane/1670744/
Still kicking but the risk is there with any heart attack
2016, the year that just keeps on taking.
She's reported to be in critical condition:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...223-story.html
I've had friends, some far older than her, survive MULTIPLE heart attacks that put them in critical condition and they ended up being fine for years afterwards.
Medical science is thankfully getting pretty good at this.
I think the important factor is getting the proper treatment in a timely fashion. Hopefully, the medics on board were able to provide that treatment before the plane was able to land and she got to the hospital.
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-report-959091
says shes out of the ER, I guess that EMT on the plane did a pretty darn good job then considering its the initial moments that id imagine are critical.
One report claims she's on a ventilator.
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