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| Author: | THE ICEMAN [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
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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| Author: | THE ICEMAN [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
Pernell Roberts - 81 http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5isJmPO9ELspCsOu3pMpW3UOxLuFQ |
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| Author: | wonk [ Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Charles Mathias |
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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| Author: | megaln [ Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
Zelda Rubinstein the psychic from the Poltergeist movies died today at age 76. |
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| Author: | MitchWolf [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
megaln wrote: 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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| Author: | wonk [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Howard Zinn |
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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| Author: | ANON [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
J.D. Salinger: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_ ... t_salinger |
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| Author: | wonk [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
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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| Author: | Dante [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
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? 
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| Author: | ANON [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
Dante wrote: Hahahaha. Ever, by chance, catch the 30 Rock where Tracy Jordan tries to avoid the Rule of Three? That was a great cameo by Betty White. |
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| Author: | wonk [ Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
Dante wrote: Hahahaha. Ever, by chance, catch the 30 Rock where Tracy Jordan tries to avoid the Rule of Three? 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. -wonk (who has now appropriately adjusted his bad-taste parameters further in the wrong direction) |
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| Author: | wonk [ Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
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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| Author: | THE ICEMAN [ Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Phil Harris |
"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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| Author: | wonk [ Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
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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| Author: | poman [ Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
wonk wrote: 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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| Author: | THE ICEMAN [ Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Doug Feiger, 57 |
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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| Author: | liljol [ Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Willie Davis |
Former CF for the Dodgers: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010 ... -his-home/ |
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| Author: | THE ICEMAN [ Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Corey Haim |
Corey Haim, 38 http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14650789 |
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| Author: | Nomar [ Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
Merlin Olsen at age 69. |
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| Author: | teverett [ Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
Nomar wrote: 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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| Author: | MitchWolf [ Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
Nomar wrote: Merlin Olsen at age 69. He also was a former LA Ram. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_Olsen |
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| Author: | THE ICEMAN [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
Peter Graves - 83 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-peter-graves15-2010mar15,0,836018.story |
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| Author: | MitchWolf [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
THE ICEMAN wrote: Peter Graves - 83 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-peter-graves15-2010mar15,0,836018.story He took a comedic turn on "Airplane!" (like Leslie Neilson) |
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| Author: | THE ICEMAN [ Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
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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| Author: | MitchWolf [ Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Revised Celebrity R.I.P. Thread... |
THE ICEMAN wrote: 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 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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