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 Post subject: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread...
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Here we will pay tribute to those in the celebrity world, major or minor, that have in some way affected our lives as a whole...

Jean Simmons, 80. Screen legend. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b163670_singing-dancing-acting_triple_threat.html

Jean Simmons, the British born beauty who won an Emmy for The Thorn Birds and was nominated for two Oscars (The Happy Ending & Hamlet) has died of lung cancer at her Santa Monica home at the age of 80.

Rest well.


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Pernell Roberts - 81

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5isJmPO9ELspCsOu3pMpW3UOxLuFQ


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 Post subject: Charles Mathias
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Sen. Charles Mathias (R-Md.), aged 87
U.S. House 1961-69
U.S. Senate 1969-87

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/us/politics/26mathias.html

Not many Republicans like him in nat'l politics left these days.


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Zelda Rubinstein the psychic from the Poltergeist movies died today at age 76.


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Zelda Rubinstein the psychic from the Poltergeist movies died today at age 76.


She's was also in "Picket Fences" as the sheriff's secretary and/or dispatcher.

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Howard Zinn, Historian, Author of A People's History of the United States, dead at age 87.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/us/28zinn.html

Started with an initial publication of 5000 and no press, but eventually surpassed the 1M mark in 2003. Of course, these numbers are dwarfed by what conservative authors put out today, but then they have a much larger marketing budget, and an arm of the press core & talk radio that actively promotes their own little version of the world. Howard Zinn had to depend on himself and his fellow leftists in the academy to promote A People's History, their little own version of the world.

When I began my post-secondary education back in those heady days of Blind Melon & Ace of Base, a little spat between Howard Zinn and some other historian fellow named Sidney Hook ended up as the 1st chapter in the outrageously expensive $14.95 textbook for the Intro to PoliSci class that I took at my third-rate college. It was delightful:

http://www.ditext.com/hook/zinn-hook.html

That was pretty tough stuff before the dawn of the internet.

But what passed for invective then is pretty cute & tame by our contemporary standards.


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 Post subject: Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread...
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J.D. Salinger:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_ ... t_salinger

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 Post subject: Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread...
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hmmm.

wonk wrote:
Howard Zinn, Historian, Author of A People's History of the United States, dead at age 87.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/us/28zinn.html


ANON wrote:


If the rule of three is in effect then I think that Gore Vidal is a Dead Duck.


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wonk wrote:
hmmm.

wonk wrote:
Howard Zinn, Historian, Author of A People's History of the United States, dead at age 87.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/us/28zinn.html


ANON wrote:


If the rule of three is in effect then I think that Gore Vidal is a Dead Duck.


Hahahaha.

Ever, by chance, catch the 30 Rock where Tracy Jordan tries to avoid the Rule of Three? :D


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Hahahaha.

Ever, by chance, catch the 30 Rock where Tracy Jordan tries to avoid the Rule of Three? :D


That was a great cameo by Betty White.

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Dante wrote:
Hahahaha.

Ever, by chance, catch the 30 Rock where Tracy Jordan tries to avoid the Rule of Three? :D


You know, I almost added that Gore Vidal better watch out for Tracy Jordan's car, but I thought that might be over the line.

That show really has its moments. I love how the plot is totally beside the point. The show is really a sequence of well-written and excellently delivered one-liners like the following:

Tracy Jordan, advising Young Kenneth wrote:
Ken, this is New York, the big easy! You got to live a little! Boundaries are made to be tested! That’s why the wife and I stopped using a safe word!!


I think I peed a little.

btw it's pretty tough to capture TJ's delivery in plain text.

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John P. Murtha, aged 77.
Born New Martinsville, W.Va.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_murtha

U.S. Representative (1974-2010) (D-Pa.)

Joined the Marines during the Korean War.

Volunteered for Vietnam and Served 1966-67.

Earmark Champion, King of Pork. Subject of multiple ethics investigations during his congressional career.

Identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Abscam sting of 1980.

Ran for Congress as a hawk on military affairs. Supported action to remove Saddam, but broke with the President in Nov. 2005 and was thereafter a strident opponent of U.S. involvement in Iraq.


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"Deadliest Catch's" Phil Harris, Captain of the Cornelia Marie, dead at 53...
http://www.corneliamarie.com/

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gWu2Q1VfGem6SQE1C0GqIlmFa4owD9DP5EOG0


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Charlie Wilson (D-Tex.), aged 76.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_wilson

Made famous by the 2007 film Charlie Wilson's War

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472062/

Hope he's basking in that big hot tub in the sky.


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wonk wrote:
John P. Murtha, aged 77.
Born New Martinsville, W.Va.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_murtha


On my way to Pittsburgh on Saturday nights, I drive past a mom & pop diner about 40 miles outside the city that's...let's just say very anti-Dem. It's had a sign displayed for many, many months that reads "SHUT UP, MURTHA!"

I'm curious to see if they showed even a tad of respect this week by taking it down or if they kept it posted (or changed it to something even worse).


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 Post subject: Doug Feiger, 57
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Doug Feiger, lead singer for 'The Knack' dead of cancer at 57.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212284389.shtml


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 Post subject: Willie Davis
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Former CF for the Dodgers:

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 Post subject: Re: Corey Haim
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Corey Haim, 38

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14650789


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Merlin Olsen at age 69.


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Merlin Olsen at age 69.


Did he go and join Michael Landon at the Little House on the Prairie? The radio station here has been playing that song all day.

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Merlin Olsen at age 69.


He also was a former LA Ram.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_Olsen

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Peter Graves - 83

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-peter-graves15-2010mar15,0,836018.story


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He took a comedic turn on "Airplane!" (like Leslie Neilson)

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Fess Parker - 85

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2010/03/fess-parker-tv-frontiersman-di.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTSNqX76m0



And also...

Alex Chilton - 59


http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-alex-chilton19-2010mar19,0,4077139.story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9mCp8SifM


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the song that introduces him to the young folk:

(too bad i can't find the video)

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

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