Celeb (and Celeb SO's) Obit Thread

[Benny Profane]

Figured we'd lump these together especially when the celeb doesn't warrant his/her own thread.

RIP to Bobby Fischer, a chess great and an, er, quirky human being.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/18/fischer.obit/index.html

[shaun]

I have much respect for Fischer as a chess great, but as a human being he held some fairly shitty views.

[monolith94]

He was only 64. But he looked like he was well into his eighties. Poor fellow, I really think there was something deeply unbalanced about him mentally.

[megladon8]

Holy crap...Heath Ledger died today.

[shaun]

Roy Scheider died today. That sucks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/movies/11scheider.html

[megladon8]

Damn :(

Complications from a staph infection? That's awful.

RIP.

[Watashi]

Fuck.

[chrisnu]

That's very sad. What a horrible way to go.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Shirley McClaine

is not dead.

yet.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Bo Diddley has passed away. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/02/diddley.obit/)

:sad:

R.I.P.

[Benny Profane]

Tim Russert dead at age 58 from an apparent heart attack.

[Sven]

Whoa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Russert

[Spinal]

Holy crap!

[Kurosawa Fan]

Whoa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Russert

Wow. Because this was wikipedia, I thought someone was playing a prank for Friday the 13th. But it's on all the news sites.

R.I.P.

[Wryan]

I really don't like it when people my parent's age die. Even though people die all the time, it gives me a vicious twinge.

[Spinal]

Cyd Charisse. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_en_mo/obit_charisse)

[MadMan]

GEORGE CARLIN!!!

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry: :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

Oh shit.:sad:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKN2339172520080623

:cry:

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits

:sad:

“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating...and you finish off as an orgasm.”

One of my favorite Carlin quotes:


The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

R.I.P. Mr. Conductor

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/18/dc/df77eb6709a0098d09231110._AA28 0_.L.jpg

This sucks.


Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits

:sad:

Are you still not allowed to say "piss" on TV?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI5EY5kqiBU&feature=related

RIP George, thanks for all you gave us.

I'm really bummed he's gone (especially since he was only 71, which isn't that old anymore) but I'll still have found memories of watching him do stand up. I wish I had seen him perform live though, as that would have been awesome. He's still my all time favorite stand up comedian, even though he would on many an occasion bash my religion and everything it stood for. RIP man.

Decent article about Carlin:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-23-carlin-obit_N.htm?csp=34

http://kenstein64.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/george-carlin.jpg

"The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music."

Ouch.............but so good.

[Spinal]

I fail as a moderator. :sad:

*commits seppuku*

[MadMan]

This:


I'm really bummed he's gone (especially since he was only 71, which isn't that old anymore) but I'll still have found memories of watching him do stand up. I wish I had seen him perform live though, as that would have been awesome. He's still my all time favorite stand up comedian, even though he would on many an occasion bash my religion and everything it stood for. RIP man.

Decent article about Carlin:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/...t_N.htm?csp=34


And the pic of him that was a cover for one of his stand up albums are the only parts of that post that are mine.

However Spinal you deserve rep for a post that's utterly hilarious. It also freaked me out since for a moment there I thought I had written everything there and then I had forgotten about it. Made me wonder if I was going crazy or something. Damn mods, tinkering with my posts, taking threads away....*waves cane angerily* I'm taking this to the UN! And, um....I'm gonna tell Raiders! Yeah!

[Spinal]

I was actually trying to take the posts out of here and put them into the thread you created so that they would all be together.

It did not go as planned.

[MadMan]

I was actually trying to take the posts out of here and put them into the thread you created so that they would all be together.

It did not go as planned.Ah, I see. The experiement clearly died withering and screaming on the table, and blood is all over the place. The janitor isn't going to be pleased.

[Sycophant]

Sad to see Carlin go. I never really followed his work, but I always felt that I should have, and loved whatever I came across.

[Spinal]

Seinfeld on Carlin. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24seinfeld.htm?_r=1&oref=slogin)

Really good stuff.

[megladon8]

I like Carlin's early work, but he got too angry later on.

[megladon8]

Comic book artist Michael Turner died (http://io9.com/5020488/rip-michael-turner).

He was 37.

:cry:

[Acapelli]

Don S. Davis aka Major Harland Briggs died

R.I.P.

[Milky Joe]

aww.

this is appropriate: in memoriam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfaqQPIIXBE&feature=related)

[Spinal]

Jesse Helms is dead. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_re_us/obit_helms)

I cannot say anything nice, so I will not say anything at all.

[D_Davis]

Don S. Davis aka Major Harland Briggs died

R.I.P.

My favorite character in Twin Peaks.

[DSNT]

I cannot say anything nice, so I will not say anything at all.
I just wish it had taken place on another holiday. National coming out day would have worked for me.

[Sven]

Very sad news indeed:

Thomas Disch is gone. (http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2008/07/07/2)

[D_Davis]

Very sad news indeed:

Thomas Disch is gone. (http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2008/07/07/2)

Yeah - just posted in the SF thread.

Suicide...sucks.

[Benny Profane]

N.C. state employee retires rather than lower flag in honor of Jessie Helms (http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/politicians/helms/story/1135443.html)

[Spinal]

N.C. state employee retires rather than lower flag in honor of Jessie Helms (http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/politicians/helms/story/1135443.html)

Awesome.

[Benny Profane]

Estelle Getty has passed away.

Thank you for being a friend.

[origami_mustache]

Estelle Getty has passed away.

Thank you for being a friend.

:sad:

[D_Davis]

Bernie Mac

:(

http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/1099622,xmac080908.article

Man, I liked that dude.

[Sycophant]

That's terrible. Too young.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I just saw that on TV and came here to post it. 50 years old and died of pneumonia? That's just terrible.

[origami_mustache]

so sad :cry:

[Hugh_Grant]

Very sad indeed. Last Sunday, his death was misreported by various news outlets (including CNN). When I didn't hear anything this week, I thought that he might have been recuperating. Sadly not the case.

[megladon8]

That's awful.

All my thoughts go to his family and friends. Such a young age, and he felt younger than that - I had no idea he was 50. I would have said late 30s.

Rest in peace, bud.

[Ivan Drago]

:cry:

R.I.P. Bernie.

Side note: Why are celebs dying so early this year? There was Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac, and I could've sworn there was one more...it's really sad.

[Ezee E]

:cry:

R.I.P. Bernie.

Side note: Why are celebs dying so early this year? There was Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac, and I could've sworn there was one more...it's really sad.
as opposed to the usual onslaught of celebs perishing in December?

[Benny Profane]

:cry:

R.I.P. Bernie.

Side note: Why are celebs dying so early this year? There was Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac, and I could've sworn there was one more...it's really sad.

The curse of Bad Santa.

Watch out, Billy Bob.

[Morris Schæffer]

I read today that the great Paul Newman has left the hospital because he wishes to die at home alongside his wife. Apparently, it's a matter of weeks.

:sad:

[Morris Schæffer]

Does it ever stop?

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/10/soul-legend-isaac-hayes-dies/

[Ivan Drago]

Does it ever stop?

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/10/soul-legend-isaac-hayes-dies/

Damn. R.I.P. Chef.

[Sycophant]

Isaac Hayes, too. Very sad.

[origami_mustache]

LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band died...not a fan of the band, but still sad.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/19/davematthews.band.death/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

[number8]

RIP Sho'Nuff.

http://www.fast-rewind.com/dragon/sho1.jpg

[Saya]

Dr. Dre's 20 year old son found dead (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080826/us_nm/dre_dc)

[Watashi]

"Movie Trailer Voiceover Guy" Don LaFontaine is dead at 68. (http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/09/64990/index.html)

[Morris Schæffer]

"Movie Trailer Voiceover Guy" Don LaFontaine is dead at 68. (http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/09/64990/index.html)

Noo!

He was awesome! Did he do The Rock and Con Air?

"It was supposed to be a routine transfer."

"Secrets have a way of coming back to haunt you."

[Morris Schæffer]

A lesser known actor:


Jerry Reed Is Dead
Burt Reynolds' Smokey sidekick was 71
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On a day when the film industry lost one of its finest voices, comes more sad news. Jerry Reed, the country western singer turned actor, has died aged 71.

Although primarily a singer/songwriter, Reed was perhaps best known to movie audiences for his appearances alongside Burt Reynolds in the Smokey And The Bandit movies. Reed played Cledus Snow, aka The Snowman, and proved so popular that he assumed the mantle of The Bandit when Reynolds declined to return for Smokey And The Bandit Part 3.

Born Jerry Reed Hubbard in 1937, Reed had his first real success with the self-penned song, Guitar Man, which Elvis Presley famously re-recorded (with Reed on guitar), but it wasn’t until the 1970s that he became a recording artiste of some note.

A close friend of Burt Reynolds, Reed appeared in W.W. And The Dixie Dancekings in 1974 and then Gator in 1976. A couple of Reynolds-free films followed, before Smokey And The Bandit came calling in 1977, with the sequel in 1980. As a sign of gratitude, Reynolds gave him a black Trans-am – just like the one from the movies.

After that, and after his lead turn in Part 3, Reed’s movie career – which you always felt was more of a hobby for him - faded away, although he did play the bad guy in Adam Sandler’s The Waterboy in 1998.

He died early on Monday of complications arising from emphysema.
Chris Hewitt

[Boner M]

RIP David Foster Wallace (http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-me-wallace14-2008sep14,0,6215648.story)


David Foster Wallace, the novelist, essayist and humorist best known for his 1996 tome "Infinite Jest," was found dead last night at his home in Claremont, according to the Claremont Police Department. He was 46.

Jackie Morales, a records clerk at the Claremont Police Department, said Wallace's wife called police at 9:30 p.m. Friday saying she had returned home to find her husband had hanged himself.

Wallace won a cult following for his dark humor and ironic wit, which was on display in such books as "Girl with Curious Hair" and "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men." In 1997, he received a MacArthur "genius" grant.

Born in Ithaca, New York, Wallace was teaching writing at Pomona College.

[NickGlass]

David Foster Wallace dead at 46; suicide (http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-me-wallace14-2008sep14,0,6215648.story)

I was just about to post this. Certainly shocking--and disheartening--news.

[Derek]

RIP David Foster Wallace (http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-me-wallace14-2008sep14,0,6215648.story)

Crazy. He was one talented dude and one of the funniest writers I've come across. Loved A Supposedly Fun Thing I'd Never Do Again and, to a lesser degree, Broom of the System. I actually just bought Infinite Jest two weeks ago. :(

[Milky Joe]

oh my fucking god.

...

That's pretty close to being the worst possible news I could have ever gotten. My favorite author by far. I read him every day.

[Watashi]

He hanged himself? People still do that?

Anyway, I picked up Infinite Jest while working at Borders and read a few pages. Way too verbose for me. It was like reading a different language.

[Boner M]

Anyway, I picked up Infinite Jest while working at Borders and read a few pages. Way too verbose for me. It was like reading a different language.
Always the best way to digest a novel.

[Milky Joe]

Apologies for the length, but he was not a man of few words.

"All right, now we're coming to what I promised and led you through the whole dull synopsis of what led up to this in hopes of. Meaning what it's like to die, what happens. Right? This is what everyone wants to know. And you do, trust me. Whether you decide to go through with it or not, whether I somehow talk you out of it the way you think I'm going to try to do or not. It's not what anyone thinks, for one thing. The truth is you already know what it's like. You already know the difference between the size and speed of everything that flashes through you and the tiny inadequate bit of it all you can ever let anyone know. As though inside you is this enormous room full of what seems like everything in the whole universe at one time or another and yet the only parts that get out have to somehow squeeze out through one of those tiny keyholes you see under the knob in older doors. As if we are all trying to see each other through these tiny keyholes.

But it does have a knob, the door can open. But not in the way you think. But what if you could? Think for a second--what if all the infinitely dense and shifting worlds of stuff inside you every moment of your life turned out now to be somehow fully open and expressible afterward, after what you think of as you has died, because what if afterward now each moment itself is an infinite sea or span of passage of time in which to express it or convey it, and you don't even need any organized English, you can as they say open the door and be in anyone else's room in all your own multiform forms and ideas and facets? Because listen--we don't have much time, here's where Lily Cache slopes slightly down and the banks start getting steep, and you can just make out the outlines of the unlit sign for the farmstand that's never open anymore, the last sign before the bridge--so listen: What exactly do you think you are? The millions and trillions of thoughts, memories, juxtapositions--even crazy ones like this, you're thinking--that flash through your head and disappear? Some sum or remainder of these? Your history? Do you know how long it's been since I told you I was a fraud?"

[origami_mustache]

http://media.tumblr.com/xq0gxRbjUe36rzd6GwKSp9Euo1_500 .jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UaW6zYQDQE)

"...famed Japanese pop singer and director Nagi Noda recently passed away due to complications during surgery for injuries she sustained in a traffic accident last year. She was only 35. Known for her quirky music videos, bizarre short films (involving weird poodle people and other anthropomorphic creatures), and the amazing album covers she designed, Noda will be sorely missed by the international art community, which can only wonder what more amazing weirdness she would have come up with in the years to come."

[shaun]

Yeah, sorry for her death and all but that picture creeps me out. A lot.

[NickGlass]

Yeah, sorry for her death and all but that picture creeps me out. A lot.

Are those tumors?

[Derek]

Yeah, sorry for her death and all but that picture creeps me out. A lot.

Psh, try watching the actual video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdX_OBUeHb4). One of the most quietly terrifying things I've ever seen. RIP Ms. Noda.

[number8]

Paul Newman. RIP. :cry:

[Spinal]

Levi Stubbs has died. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3219387/Levi-Stubbs.html) With all due respect to The Four Tops, for me, he will always be the voice of Audrey II.

[Saya]

'Dolemite' Comedian Rudy Ray Moore Dies at 71 (http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081020/dolemite-comedian-rudy-ray-moore-dies.htm)

Comedian Rudy Ray Moore, better known as "Dolemite", reportedly died on Sunday at the age of 71 from diabetes complications, according to media reports.

The death of Moore was first reported by EURweb and the site claims to have been informed of the news by comedienne Luenell, a friend of the Moore family.

Moore, whose actual name was Rudolph Frank Moore, is perhaps best known as "Dolemite," the uniquely articulate pimp from the 1975 film Dolemite, and its sequel, "The Human Tornado."

Rudy Ray Moore was also known as the "king of the party records" and released several comedy records during the 1960s and 1970s. His style is considered to be even more rude and explicit than contemporaries like Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor.

In 2008 Rudy Ray Moore reprised the character Petey Wheatstraw for the song "I live for the Funk" which featured Blowfly and Daniel Jordan.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7T2ZTflx64U

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz5T93lJ6jQ

[Kurosawa Fan]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

:cry:

[origami_mustache]

Alton Ellis died a few days ago too :(

http://media.tumblr.com/PrbyDnKQQf7qnbffKsgKsG8qo1_500 .jpg

I'm Still In Love With You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3JqGtjuLJk)

[number8]

Michael Crichton. He was 66.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Wow. That was a very private illness. R.I.P.

[bac0n]

It saddens me that Studs Terkel has passed. He was such a great interview. Such a bright, vibrant man, even, nay, especially in old age. I can only hope to age that well.

[Benny Profane]

Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, dead at 62. RIP.

[Morris Schæffer]

Swayze is apparently in really bad shape now and has weeks to live.:sad:

[megladon8]

Swayze is apparently in really bad shape now and has weeks to live.:sad:


Didn't they say this about him like, 8 or 10 months ago?

I mean, I'm not trying to detract from his suffering...but he's had "weeks to live" for quite a long time now.

And last I heard he was in for a full recovery.

[Morris Schæffer]

Didn't they say this about him like, 8 or 10 months ago?

I mean, I'm not trying to detract from his suffering...but he's had "weeks to live" for quite a long time now.

And last I heard he was in for a full recovery.

Word is that the cancer has spread to the liver now. But I admittedly only have this from one source, our Belgian newspaper.

[Kurosawa Fan]

There are several media outlets in Australia also reporting this. They say the cancer has spread to his liver, and he's accepting that he can't fight it anymore. Here's hoping they're wrong.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Swayze Says He's Winning Battle with Cancer; Says Tabloids Have Been Reckless (http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org-swayze-says-hes-winning-fight-against-cancer-ap)

Good news.

[shaun]

He should rip out their larynges.

[Raiders]

Swayze Says He's Winning Battle with Cancer; Says Tabloids Have Been Reckless (http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org-swayze-says-hes-winning-fight-against-cancer-ap)

Good news.

It would be shocking to me if he beats this. I think only something like 5% of people with pancreatic cancer survive.

Good to hear he's not on his death bed.

[Kurosawa Fan]

It would be shocking to me if he beats this. I think only something like 5% of people with pancreatic cancer survive.

Good to hear he's not on his death bed.

I thought so too, but his health and appearance improved dramatically in the late summer/early fall. He looked awful in the Spring when it was first announced he was receiving treatment.

[The Mike]

Forrest J. Ackerman dead at 92. :cry:

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1864854,00.html

[Spinal]

Bettie Page (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_ce/obit_bettie_page)

[Derek]

Bettie Page (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_ce/obit_bettie_page)

Yesterday, a friend mentioned her and we were both surprised she was still alive. Creepy.

RIP Ms. Page.

[megladon8]

RIP to one of the sexiest women ever.

[number8]

*cries*

[Spun Lepton]

Bettie Page (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_ce/obit_bettie_page)

I heard about this last night. Sucks.

[Morris Schæffer]

German TV heavyweight Horst Tappert has passed away. He played detective Stephan Derrick since 1967, a show which was shown in about 104 countries!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3ie6d650d7ac8a2a4914524d06e48 da5f7

[Watashi]

Widow and Voice of the Star Trek computer, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry has died. (http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/18/majel-barrett-roddenberry-has-died/)

[Morris Schæffer]

I just yesterday told my brother that she is voicing the computer in the new Trek movie. :sad:

[Spinal]

Eartha Kitt (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081225/ap_en_ot/obit_eartha_kitt)

[Spinal]

And Harold Pinter. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081225/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_obit_pinter) :sad:

Unquestionably one of the greatest 20th century playwrights.

[Mara]

And Harold Pinter. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081225/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_obit_pinter) :sad:

Unquestionably one of the greatest 20th century playwrights.

He was a legend. I'm very sad about this.

[number8]

Two I'm very sad about.

[soitgoes...]

Not really a celeb, but the son of celebs. Jett Travolta. (http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/02/obit.jett.travolta/index.html)

[Ivan Drago]

Pat Hingle - Burton's Commissioner Gordon, died at 84. (http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/05/obit.hingle/index.html?section=cnn_latest)

[EvilShoe]

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/10/02/prisoner460.jpg
His "The Prisoner" is one of my favorite shows.
He was 80.

[Yxklyx]

Ouch! and now Ricardo Montalban has died. Who will be the third?

[Morris Schæffer]

Ricardo Montalban has died, aged 88

http://www.mania.com/montalban-passes-away-88_article_112327.html

As has Patrick "The Prisoner" McGoohan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_en_ce/obit_mcgoohan

[Morris Schæffer]

I don't think I will ever stop quoting Edward The Longshanks. Apparently, McGoohan was at one point really close to being chosen as James Bond.

[bac0n]

Ricardo Montalban has died, aged 88

http://www.mania.com/montalban-passes-away-88_article_112327.html

Dammit! One less thing to make me feel like a man (http://www.match-cut.org/showpost.php?p=41730&postcount=132). :sad:

I freakin' LOVED Ricardo. Such a class act. Peerless in that regard.

And you all know he was dressed to the nines when he died.

[number8]

Ever seen jack Kirby's The Prisoner comic?

http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/tv/4637-showing-some-love-for-qthe-prisonerq.html

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Missed this one, but director Claude Berri (The Two of Us, Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring) died Jan. 9th.

[Mara]

Andrew Wyeth died. Link. (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/16/andrew.wyeth.obit/index.html?eref=rss_topstories )

I'm not an art expert or anything, but we had a couple large glossy books of his prints that I used to pore over as a child.

[NickGlass]

Andrew Wyeth died. Link. (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/16/andrew.wyeth.obit/index.html?eref=rss_topstories )

I'm not an art expert or anything, but we had a couple large glossy books of his prints that I used to pore over as a child.

"Christina's World" is gorgeous, surely, but his whole breadth of work captured that sublime feeling of distress through distance and rustic imagery.

Perhaps it's why I enjoy this piece so much, as well, as his counterpoint:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/04/18/arts/wyeth.artspan.jpg

[Mara]

A few pictures, for those who care: (NSFW, contains nudes)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/christinas_world_wyeth.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/2cm39.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/AndrewWyeth3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/wyeth2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/Wyeth-Weatherside.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/2cm47.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/andrew_wyeth_helga.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/2323029308_5ededda6aa_o.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/2728754988_b18f6031da.jpg

[Spinal]

I saw an exhibition of the Helga pictures back in the 80s. I'm thinking it was in Washington DC.

[jesse]

Kathleen Byron passed away on the 18th. She is probably best known as psycho Sister Ruth in Black Narcissus.

She also appeared in films like A Matter of Life and Death and later in Elephant Man and Saving Private Ryan.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/501844257_f875f3a007.jpg?v=0

She was, by most accounts, 88.

RIP.

[origami_mustache]

R.I.P. Charles Wesley Cooper III (1/2 of Telefon Tel Aviv) (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=42233895&blogID=466720767)

[shaun]

John Updike, dead at 76. (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSy7IaB3AtpUUQ89OcmhP0AR mzIwD95VL4FO0)

[Mara]

John Updike, dead at 76. (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSy7IaB3AtpUUQ89OcmhP0AR mzIwD95VL4FO0)

Holy crap.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised-- he's just a man who I guess I thought would live forever.

[Benny Profane]

John Updike, dead at 76. (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSy7IaB3AtpUUQ89OcmhP0AR mzIwD95VL4FO0)

This one really stings. I thought he was older, to be honest.

[shaun]

This one really stings. I thought he was older, to be honest.Pretty amazing that he wrote Rabbit, Run at 28.

I haven't read it in years. I should probably give it another go.

[EvilShoe]

John Updike, dead at 76. (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSy7IaB3AtpUUQ89OcmhP0AR mzIwD95VL4FO0)
I was surprised he was still alive when I looked it up when reading Rabbit, Run. I too thought he was older.
R.I.P.

[Kurosawa Fan]

John Updike, dead at 76. (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSy7IaB3AtpUUQ89OcmhP0AR mzIwD95VL4FO0)

I was surprised that he was still alive when EW mentioned his book The Widows of Eastwick last year. Funny, this makes me want to finish the Rabbit series. I will admit that the book has stuck with me since I finished. It isn't easily forgettable.

R.I.P.

[Hugh_Grant]

This one really stings. I thought he was older, to be honest.
Benny, you were the first person I thought of when I read this sad news.

I really need to read some of his novels, but I'll always have a soft spot for "A&P," which has always been one of my students' favorite short stories to read and discuss.

[Mara]

I really need to read some of his novels, but I'll always have a soft spot for "A&P," which has always been one of my students' favorite short stories to read and discuss.

Good call. Exactly what a short story should be.

[Yxklyx]

Ann Savage (Detour, My Winnipeg) died last Christmas.

[Dead & Messed Up]

James Whitmore died of lung cancer.

Some of his most widely-seen roles include an Emmy-winning turn on The Practice, the simian president in Planet of the Apes, and Brooks Hatlen in The Shawshank Redemption.

I know nothing about the man, but Hatlen was a heartbreaking performance.

[The Mike]

James Whitmore died of lung cancer.

Some of his most widely-seen roles include an Emmy-winning turn on The Practice, the simian president in Planet of the Apes, and Brooks Hatlen in The Shawshank Redemption.

I know nothing about the man, but Hatlen was a heartbreaking performance.

:cry:

I'll never watch Them! the same.

[D_Davis]

Paul Harvey

http://www.abcrn.com/harvey/

Sad. Such a cool guy.

[bac0n]

Paul Harvey

http://www.abcrn.com/harvey/

Sad. Such a cool guy.

Damn. I was just thinking about him the other day.

[D_Davis]

Damn. I was just thinking about him the other day.

Yeah - he had such a great voice, and he was a fantastic story teller.

I often wonder about the art of oral story telling; is it dying? Garrison Keillor is keeping it alive, but are there many others?

[bac0n]

Yeah - he had such a great voice, and he was a fantastic story teller.

I often wonder about the art of oral story telling; is it dying? Garrison Keillor is keeping it alive, but are there many others?

This American Life springs immediately to mind.

[Watashi]

Wrestler Andrew 'Test' Martin is dead. (http://www.cbssports.com/mma/story/11501189)

[The Mike]

Wrestler Andrew 'Test' Martin is dead. (http://www.cbssports.com/mma/story/11501189)
Well, the guy dated Stacy Kiebler and Kelly Kelly. I'd call that a good life.

[number8]

Shit.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Wrestler Andrew 'Test' Martin is dead. (http://www.cbssports.com/mma/story/11501189)

Cripe. What the hell is going on with the wrestling community?

[number8]

Cripe. What the hell is going on with the wrestling community?

Watch The Wrestler.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Watch The Wrestler.

I'm just amazed. I don't remember this happening nearly as much in the late eighties and early nineties, and it's not like steroids weren't around then too. He was only 33, so I doubt it was a heart attack (though it's possible). Usually when someone is found dead in their apartment at that age, it's suicide.

[Ivan Drago]

Cripe. What the hell is going on with the wrestling community?

Yup - Crash Holly, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Curt Hennig, and now Test have died in this decade. It's depressing really.

Hell Chyna even attempted suicide late last year.

[[ETM]]

Ron Silver died: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSWhL4WDx3aYSYRHjNrmgV4g 3LBwD96URU680

[bac0n]

Yup - Crash Holly, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Curt Hennig, and now Test have died in this decade. It's depressing really.

Hell Chyna even attempted suicide late last year.

And Davey Boy Smith, Rick Rude, the list goes on... and the ones who survive don't wind up too good either. Why, Davey' Boy's old (and much better) partner, The Dynamite Kid, is confined to a wheelchair, in constant pain, and had to have a leg amputated.

Makes ya wonder... who ever would want to be a professional rassler? They make ya give way too much. Test was only 32 when he died.

[The Mike]

Aw man, Ron Silver was the man. He was always in my dream cast for any dream movie I thought would be cool as a sleazoid. But in a good way.

[Kurosawa Fan]

;145562']Ron Silver died: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSWhL4WDx3aYSYRHjNrmgV4g 3LBwD96URU680

Sad news. I wasn't aware he was sick. R.I.P.

[Morris Schæffer]

Not sure what his best movie is, but I remember him from Blue Steel, Timecop etc...

RIP

[[ETM]]

Who can forget Heat Vision and Jack... Ron Silver playing himself as a badass villain was pure genius. R.I.P.

[Raiders]

My best memory of Silver is his performance in Twohy's The Arrival. Of course he was the "bad guy," so to speak anyway.

[Mara]

My main memory of him is in West Wing, where he did a fine job.

I think the man had one of the most beautiful speaking voices I've ever heard.

[number8]

And Davey Boy Smith, Rick Rude, the list goes on... and the ones who survive don't wind up too good either. Why, Davey' Boy's old (and much better) partner, The Dynamite Kid, is confined to a wheelchair, in constant pain, and had to have a leg amputated.

Makes ya wonder... who ever would want to be a professional rassler? They make ya give way too much. Test was only 32 when he died.

Well, you also ask, who wants to be a cop? Terrible pay, ridiculous hours, high risk, and you have the public treat you like shit. But at least they have a pension plan and health benefits. You don't get that in wrestling. In both cases, I think it's just a drive you get--or it's following up the family business.

[number8]

Continuing from the News thread.

Natasha Richardson, RIP.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Continuing from the News thread.

Natasha Richardson, RIP.

So sad. R.I.P.

[Sycophant]

Truly tragic.

[megladon8]

That's so awful.

RIP Ms. Richardson, and my condolences to Liam Neeson and their children.

[Ivan Drago]

:cry: R.I.P.

[number8]

Well... I now have a real excuse to argue with my wife that a ski resort is a retarded way to vacation.

[megladon8]

Jade Goody died.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Jade Goody died.

After looking her up, I still have no idea who that is.

[Winston*]

After looking her up, I still have no idea who that is.

I don't know who she is either but I've been seeing her on the front of womans' magazines, when I walk into convenience stores, for the last few months getting progressively worse from cancer and apparently doing interviews all the way through it and have been finding it kind of disturbing.

[megladon8]

She was some reality TV star in Britain.

She was pretty much known for being a pig. A big slut who always showed her tits and was always "sleeping with" people on shows like "Big Brother".

Then she got cancer and everyone felt sorry for her.

I can't stand people like this - famous for being famous - but still, it's sad that she died so young.

[Scar]

She was some reality TV star in Britain.

She was pretty much known for being a pig. A big slut who always showed her tits and was always "sleeping with" people on shows like "Big Brother".

Then she got cancer and everyone felt sorry for her.

I can't stand people like this - famous for being famous - but still, it's sad that she died so young.

After checking a few sites for her biography, I think your assessment of her character is a bit extreme.

[megladon8]

After checking a few sites for her biography, I think your assessment of her character is a bit extreme.


Why?

She was the one who got in trouble for racist comments on the show, and just doing an image search for her turns up pictures of her naked on "Big Brother".

Excerpts from her career page on Wikipedia...


In January 2007, she was a housemate in Celebrity Big Brother.[7] During the show she was accused of racist bullying against Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.[8] Following her eviction from the show, she admitted her actions had been wrong and she subsequently made many public apologies.


When she appeared on Big Brother 3 Goody became a target of ridicule in the British tabloid press[14] for displaying a severe lack of general knowledge for a British native. Goody thought that the English city of Cambridge was in London.[15] On being told that Cambridge is in East Anglia, she assumed that to be abroad, and referred to it as "East Angular".[16] She also was criticised by the tabloid press during her time in the Big Brother house for an evening during which she cavorted drunk and naked [17] and also was criticised for "backstabbing".[18] She avoided eviction long enough to outlast the media's apparent resentment and become popular. She also provided what was believed to be the first instance of sexual contact in Big Brother UK history, with a drunken grope with fellow housemate PJ, though it is unclear what sexual acts, if any, took place


Goody signed up for the 2006 London Marathon.[21] She did not finish the course, collapsing after 34 km (21 miles) of the 42.195 km (26.2 miles) and was taken to the Royal London Hospital to recover overnight.[22] Before the race, Goody described her preparations to TV chef, Gordon Ramsay. "I've been eating curry, Chinese and drinking." Afterwards, she explained:

"I don't really understand miles. I didn't actually know how far it was going to be. I'll be honest, I didn't take it seriously which is really bad of me because there's people out there who actually want to do the marathon. I didn't realise how much commitment the marathon was. I had four training sessions, that's all I did. At most I could run half an hour on a treadmill.

[Scar]

Why?

She was the one who got in trouble for racist comments on the show, and just doing an image search for her turns up pictures of her naked on "Big Brother".

Excerpts from her career page on Wikipedia...

Ummm, you called her a big slut who always showed her tits and slept around. Where, exactly, is your evidence that she slept around, and always showed her tits outside of the publicized instance on Big Brother?

[megladon8]

Ummm, you called her a big slut who always showed her tits and slept around. Where, exactly, is your evidence that she slept around, and always showed her tits outside of the publicized instance on Big Brother?


It's just the persona she built up. Whether it was real or not I don't know, but that's how a lot of people know her.

CelloGirl here has told me about her "antics" lots.

But whatever, it's sad she died at such a young age, especially with her having a son (just the one, I think) and having been married not too long ago.

[Watashi]

Film Composer Maurice Jarre dies. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7971223.stm)

Notable scores:

Lawrence of Arabia
Doctor Zhivago
Witness

[Morris Schæffer]

One of the greats! RIP

[Sven]

Film Composer Maurice Jarre dies. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7971223.stm)

Notable scores:

Lawrence of Arabia
Doctor Zhivago
Witness

Of all people, Wats, I expected you to mention Beyond Thunderdome. For shame, for shame, for shame...

[[ETM]]

Of all people, Wats, I expected you to mention Beyond Thunderdome. For shame, for shame, for shame...

Trying to forget Turner's contribution, I guess...

He was one of the greats indeed. I haven't seen a desert scene ever since Lawrence of Arabia that hasn't at least subconsciously tried to rip off Jarre's music.

[shaun]

RIP Marilyn Chambers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090413/ap_en_mo/obit_chambers_1


Chambers, whose given name was Marilyn Briggs, was once a model for Ivory Snow. She was among the first porn superstars when the stag films of the 1940s through 1960s gave way to the more polished sex films of the 1970s.

An icon of the golden age of porn, when movies had plot, and not every release was 2 hours of a barely legal teen getting plowed.

Salute

[Benny Profane]

Harry Kalas and Marilyn Chambers. Two golden throats gone in the same day...

[megladon8]

Wow, that's weird, right before I read this I was conemplating putting on Cronenberg's Rabid.

RIP Ms. Chambers.

[The Mike]

I couldn't think of who Chambers was when I first read this, but had the distinct feeling I'd seen her naked. I was right. :pritch:

[Sycophant]

I'm still at work, but I'll be checking to see if this Marilyn Chambers was someone I've been familiar with once I get home.

She wasn't very old. :sad:

[Raiders]

Film Composer Maurice Jarre dies. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7971223.stm)

Notable scores:

Lawrence of Arabia
Doctor Zhivago
Witness

His score for Eyes Without a Face is so awesome. Sad news.

[chrisnu]

Harry Kalas and Marilyn Chambers. Two golden throats gone in the same day...
I really shouldn't be laughing, but I am. :|

[Ivan Drago]

His Lawrence of Arabia score is one of my all-time favorites. R.I.P.

[dreamdead]

Two heavy-hitters in the literary world went this past week: J. G. Ballard died today (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/19/jg-ballard-author-dies-aged-78) in England of cancer, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, pioneer of queer studies died on Wednesday (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/arts/15sedgwick.html?_r=1&ref=books).

[Kurosawa Fan]

Bea Arthur Passes Away at 86 (http://omg.yahoo.com/news/golden-girls-star-bea-arthur-dies-at-86/21766?nc)

[megladon8]

RIP Bea Arthur. So sad.

And it looks like Stephen Hawking may not be with us much longer.

[Benny Profane]

Lady Godiva was a freedom rider,
she didn't care of the whole world looked.
Joan of Arc, with the lord to guide her,
she was a sister who really cooked.
Isadora was a first bra burner
Aint' ya glad she showed up?
And when the country was falling apart
Betsy Ross got it all sewed up
And then there's Maude
And then there's Maude
And then there's Maude
And then there's Maude
And then there's Maude
And then there's Maude
And then there's that old compromisin, enterprisin' anything but traqulizin' Right on Maude!!!

[Spinal]

I hope it's not too soon to make this comment.

My favorite thing about Bea Arthur is that she would go to these Friar's Club celebrity roasts and inevitably someone would make a joke that would go something like ... "I wouldn't fuck her with Bea Arthur's dick." And then they would cut to a reaction shot of Bea Arthur giving that "Oh you naughty boys" look. I always thought that was really cool of her.

[D_Davis]

Two heavy-hitters in the literary world went this past week: J. G. Ballard died today (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/19/jg-ballard-author-dies-aged-78) in England of cancer

I expected this just about every day for the past year. Every time I'd visit ballardian.com, I expected to see his obit. He had been sick for so long.

The realm of speculative fiction will never be the same because of him, and he will never, ever be able to be replaced.

He was a one of a kind author who had very, very few, if any, peers.

Truly one of the the most important voices of the English language, and it is a shame how little he is read these days.

[NickGlass]

Oh dear, I adored Bea Arthur. I'm watching the Golden Girls right now. Thank you for being a friend.

Oh, and introducing Rock Hudson and Bea Arthur:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3VbSfQ3nAM

[Sycophant]

Bea Arthur Passes Away at 86 (http://omg.yahoo.com/news/golden-girls-star-bea-arthur-dies-at-86/21766?nc)

:sad:

[number8]

I hope it's not too soon to make this comment.

My favorite thing about Bea Arthur is that she would go to these Friar's Club celebrity roasts and inevitably someone would make a joke that would go something like ... "I wouldn't fuck her with Bea Arthur's dick." And then they would cut to a reaction shot of Bea Arthur giving that "Oh you naughty boys" look. I always thought that was really cool of her.

YES.

No, I loved that, too. I always wondered why she went to these roasts, but I loved her for it. And she can be really profane when she's roasting someone, too. This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHd3MrMbnzY) is particularly great.

[Acapelli]

YES.

No, I loved that, too. I always wondered why she went to these roasts, but I loved her for it. And she can be really profane when she's roasting someone, too. This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHd3MrMbnzY) is particularly great.
WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN LISA LAMPINELLI!!!

[number8]

WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN LISA LAMPINELLI!!!

Racist jokes extend life.

[shaun]

Danny Gans dies at 52.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5heX2O-nVgktgGmmRaabuApf7_llg

I never saw his show but he was a Vegas legend.

[chrisnu]

I always wondered why she went to these roasts, but I loved her for it. And she can be really profane when she's roasting someone, too. This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHd3MrMbnzY) is particularly great.
That one got taken down; This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpgEqtx-Ss) is still up. It's good.

[Spinal]

One of the most influential theatre figures of the 20th century has died. If you don't know about Brazilian director/educator/political activist Augusto Boal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Boal), I strongly encourage you to take a moment to do so.

[bac0n]

Various sources are reporting that Dom Deluise has died. :sad:

http://partamian.net/blog/captainchaos.jpg

Sleep well, Captain Chaos. Or is it Captain USA?

[megladon8]

To me he will forever be the aunt in Haunted Honeymoon.

RIP.

[The Mike]

This one really saddens me. Captain Chaos, FTW.

And anytime someone who worked with Mel Brooks dies, a part of me does to. :cry:

[Spinal]

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/070621/nimh_l.jpg

[Sven]

He was the best part of Blazing Saddles. Also, his work as Tiger in the Fievel films is invaluable.

[Morris Schæffer]

I think I remember him from The Cannonball Run 2.

[Benny Profane]

RIP Waymon Tisdale, a renaissance man. Damn shame.

[chrisnu]

Wow. He was only 44. I had no idea he was still battling cancer.

[Mara]

OH MY GOODNESS... David Carradine. (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/06/04/headlines/headlines_30104421.php)

Apparent suicide-- that's awful.

[bac0n]

Damn. Awful.

[Skitch]

This sucks!

[Thirdmango]

I just found out. :(

[Wryan]

Jesus God dammit. Not fucking cool, world. Not fucking cool.

[Morris Schæffer]

:-(

[lovejuice]

and in bangkok no less. :sad:

[Scar]

Holee-Shit

[Kurosawa Fan]

Wow. R.I.P.

[Ezee E]

Hung himself. Disappointing. RIP.

[Sycophant]

Pity.

[Raiders]

Is it wrong that I immediately became aware that it is likely somewhere, somebody is creating an article titled "Bill Killed" or "Bill Killed Bill?"

Anyhow, sad news indeed.

[EvilShoe]

R.I.P. :(

[number8]

This is awful. The last movie I saw him in was My Suicide (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492896/).

[number8]

Well, this is depressing. It's looking more likely that it's not a suicide.

It appears to be... autoerotic asphyxiation. Sigh.

[Mara]

It appears to be... autoerotic asphyxiation. Sigh.

I was worried about that. It's so undignified.

That said, to quote a poster from another board:


I would much rather he went out pleasuring himself in Bangkok while enjoying a successful career and frequent work than having harbored private torture that caused him to end it all.

[Sycophant]

That's a good point, Mara.

I just hope the news coverage for this doesn't get too retarded.

[Mara]

I just hope the news coverage for this doesn't get too retarded.

If that is what it is, the big news sites will just say "accidental strangulation." Only the trashy news sites will get all BOLD AND CAPS MASTURBATION AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[number8]

LALALALALALALA HE DIED FIGHTING 12 NINJAS IN AN HONORABLE BATTLE LALALALA.

[Scar]

LALALALALALALA HE DIED FIGHTING 12 NINJAS IN AN HONORABLE BATTLE LALALALA.

He was doing pretty damn good until Bolo showed up.

[lovejuice]

If that is what it is, the big news sites will just say "accidental strangulation." Only the trashy news sites will get all BOLD AND CAPS MASTURBATION AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
that's the headline for the "most respectable" newspaper in Thailand. :frustrated:

[Grouchy]

Read it this morning. Awful stuff.

I know there isn't anything wrong with, eh, autoerotic asphyxiation, but it's a crap way for a great actor to die because now, everytime he's mentioned, it will be most likely as the guy who encountered DEADLY KINKY SEX IN BANGKOK.

It's a fucking waste. I'm a huge fan of Kung Fu, watched the re-runs my entire childhood summers, and I've seen some pretty awesome Carradine roles on recent years: union leader "Big Bill" in Boxcar Bertha, Frankenstein in Death Race 2000, the lead in that weird Bergman Holocaust film, the wise-ass New York police in Q and, finally, Bill, leader of the DIVAS.

http://www.laughingsage.com/images/kwaichang5.jpg

[number8]

Huh. FOX just now aired a commercial for David Carradine's appearance on next week's episode of Mental.

[Ivan Drago]

:( Sadly I'll only remember him as Bill. R.I.P.

EDIT: Woah, I completely didn't recognize him in Crank 2.

[Duncan]

Honestly, of all the ways to go, I think I'd choose autoerotic asphyxiation over most of them. R.I.P. Hope he's getting off in Heaven or the next cycle of Samsara or whatever he happened to believe in.

[Saya]

Another Kung Fu actor passes away:


Bruce Lee co-star Shih Kien dies at age 96 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090605/ap_en_mo/as_hong_kong_obit_shih_kien)
By MIN LEE – 1 day ago

HONG KONG (AP) — Veteran Hong Kong actor Shih Kien, who played Bruce Lee's archrival in the 1973 movie "Enter the Dragon," has died at age 96.

"With his death, Hong Kong has lost an outstanding performing arts talent," said acting Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Gregory So in a statement.

Shih died Wednesday afternoon at a Hong Kong hospital with his children by his side, the Ming Pao Daily News reported Friday. The cause was kidney failure, the Apple Daily newspaper said.

Shih made his film debut in 1940 and went on to act in about 350 films, most notably playing villains in films about Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hong, according to Ming Pao.

He was best known to Western audiences for playing the evil martial arts expert Han in "Enter the Dragon." In the movie, Lee's character is hired by a foreign government to infiltrate Han's island and seeks to avenge his sister's death by Han's bodyguard.

Hong Kong's movie industry mourned Shih's death, with "Infernal Affairs" star Tony Leung Chiu-wai saying he was a big fan of the late actor.

"I grew up watching Uncle Kien's movies. He's an actor I admire and respect a lot. I'm very sad that he has passed away," Apple Daily quoted Leung as saying, referring to Shih by his nickname.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1G_wxxOCB8/R9m5TEKa6_I/AAAAAAAAALw/NtRDZAQpkI4/s320/IMG-Han.jpg

[number8]

Kidney failure? Man, that is not straight outta a comic book.

[number8]

Oh shit. Thai cops released a pic of Carradine hanging in the closet.

His arms are tied together above his head, and so are his legs. That... doesn't sound like autoerotic asphyxiation anymore.

[number8]

I FUCKING KNEW IT:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06072009/news/regionalnews/whacky_kung_fu_172948.htm

[Dukefrukem]

what the hell.

[Spun Lepton]

New York Post is about as reliable as the Weekly World News.

[Spun Lepton]

TMZ's auto-erotic-asphyxiation experts say that the way Carradine was found actually does suggest accidental death.

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/08/big-clue-in-carradines-tied-hands/

[Dead & Messed Up]

The whole thing strikes me as a crass way to drum up some "scandalous" headlines and stories. David Carradine died by hanging, likely in an effort to please himself. I don't need to hear more about it. I'd rather leave the whole thing with fond memories of the man and no memories of his balls.

[Spun Lepton]

The whole thing strikes me as a crass way to drum up some "scandalous" headlines and stories. David Carradine died by hanging, likely in an effort to please himself. I don't need to hear more about it. I'd rather leave the whole thing with fond memories of the man and no memories of his balls.

But, I heard his balls were quite wrinkly ... :|

[bac0n]

Professional Wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa has died. (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=4258830)

http://ca1n.c.yimg.jp/sports/sn2006121021535700050791m/sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/pict/200612/im00050791.jpg

He was 46 years old. 46 years old!

Misawa was the best wrestler you've never heard about. The guy was like, Hulk Hogan popular over in Japan, and for good reason. Many wrestling nerds refer to him as the best wrestler (from an ability standpoint) who has ever lived.

Man, I need to dig out some of my old rasslin' tapes. He's been in so many epic matches, it's unreal.

[Skitch]

I've said it since I first heard he died: NINJAS.

[Ezee E]

I've heard about Misawa, and even made him in WWE No Mercy, but what made him such a good wrestler?

Or what makes a great wrestler to anyone? The most entertaining matches are typically slimmer guys that can do a bit of acrobatic stuff on top of the power.

[Milky Joe]

I've heard about Misawa, and even made him in WWE No Mercy, but what made him such a good wrestler?

Or what makes a great wrestler to anyone? The most entertaining matches are typically slimmer guys that can do a bit of acrobatic stuff on top of the power.

Psychology, sir. Psychology.

[bac0n]

Misawa was pretty much the complete package. He had charisma, he had technical acumen, he had endurance, he was generous in that he was willing to put other guys over if that told a better story, he was willing to take nasty moves (which is what ultimately caused his death, I'm sorry to say) as well as dish them out.

But I guess his best attribute was, like Milky Joe said, his ring psychology - his ability to tell a story through wrestling - to make the crowd believe that he was in a battle for his life, to rally the crowds behind him when he was on the brink of defeat, and to blow the lid off the joint when he scored that final, hard-fought 1-2-3. He was peerless in that regard.

[Watashi]

R.I.P. Ed McMahon

[Mara]

Farrah Fawcett. Only 62, but suffered for a long time before she passed, so it's probably for the best.

[Dukefrukem]

She had colon cancer didn't she? She's been in and out of the hospital for a while now. Shame. :(

[Mara]

From what I heard, she was in a lot of pain for a very long time. She was diagnosed three years ago, and she's been in and out of the hospital for months.

[Kurosawa Fan]

R.I.P.

She was definitely in pretty rough shape. I'm sure this is a small relief for her and her family.

[lovejuice]

i hope against hope that this is a rumour. but perhaps the king of pop is now passing away.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.html

these news are about his being taken to the hospital. i get some "in" source that he can't make it. still. not much to go on at this point. hope i am worng and my friend's wrong.

[[ETM]]

TMZ.com has already declared him dead...

[Spun Lepton]

i hope against hope that this is a rumour. but perhaps the king of pop is now passing away.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.html

these news are about his being taken to the hospital. i get some "in" source that he can't make it. still. not much to go on at this point. hope i am worng and my friend's wrong.

Numerous children around the world are sighing in relief.

Awwwwww ... too soon?

[Benny Profane]

Per cnn reporter: "Michael Jackson has a following very similar to the Grateful Dead"

Yep. Very similar.

[Ivan Drago]

:cry: R.I.P. both Michael AND Farrah. :(

[soitgoes...]

Yep LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/) confirms.

[DavidSeven]

Michael. Genuinely loved his music. RIP.

Farrah. Never saw her work, but always thought she was smokin' even later on. RIP.

[D_Davis]

It's sad, but in a way with Jackson, it feels more like a TV character has died, and not a real person.

[Russ]

RIP.

Glad to see that the responses here, for the most part, are not filled with jokes and innuendo. The thread(s) on RT make me want to vomit. I mean, if you can't show respect, at least show a bit of class.

[Sycophant]

Numerous children around the world are sighing in relief.

Awwwwww ... too soon?

More annoyed by your preemptive reaction to nonexistant indignation than your mid-afternoon late night-style joke.

[Dead & Messed Up]

It's sad, but in a way with Jackson, it feels more like a TV character has died, and not a real person.

Oddly, when I first heard about the cardiac arrest, I kinda hoped that he would die. Not out of malice, but just because the whole dog and pony show was so exhausting to everybody, including him.

[Benny Profane]

Poor Farrah. Cold for less than 24 hrs and Michael has to upstage her.

Sanford picked a good week to reveal his affair.

[Mysterious Dude]

Who owns all the Beatles' songs now?

[DavidSeven]

BTW. F.U. Rule of Threes.

[shaun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehal1eUG1jk

'I'll Be There' acapella

[Dead & Messed Up]

BTW. F.U. Rule of Threes.

Why? It seems to apply here.