The Official Darth Big Boy, Bearer of Bad Celebrity News RIP Thread

[iFett]

I used to hear Leaving On A Jet Plane over the radio quite a bit.

Never heard the song on the radio - but that stupid bit in Armageddon sticks in my mind for some reason.

[DSJ™]

Captain Lou Albano dies at 76

[Greedo The Green Menace]

Ahh Captain Lou, I never knew him a s a wrestler but I used to watch him all the time on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show when I was little. You will be missed.

[Phrubruh]

Now that's sad. I will miss his beard with the rubber band look.

It looks like his figure is going up in value on ebay.

[DSJ™]

TV funny man Soupy Sales dies at 83

[Darth Kenobi]

 Founder Of San Diego Comic-Con Dies At 76

[DSJ™]

Comic magician Carl Ballantine dies at 92



  RIP Carl, say hello to Dai Vernon (The Professor). 

[DSJ™]

Dan O'Bannon - Screenwriter behind Dark Star, Alien, Total Recall, passes away... In Space, Nobody Can Hear You Cry...

Dan O'Bannon dies at 63; screenwriter of 'Alien'

Visual Effects: Star Wars (1977) (computer animation and graphic displays: miniature and optical effects unit)

Best known as Sgt. Pinback from John Carpenter's Dark Star. 



Dark Star (1974) - Trailer

A cult classic from my youth, the fick is on youtube in 19 pts.

DarkStar-pt.1 (1-19)

Dark Star: Benson Arizona

Dark Star: Pinback vs. the alien

In the beginning, there was darkness. And the darkness was without form, and void. And in addition to the darkness there was also me. And I moved upon the face of the darkness. And I saw that I was alone. Let there be light.

 

[Jayson]

RIP Brittany Murphy

[efranks]

Yeah, that's a shocker.  I wonder if she had a bad ticker or if she ODed on something.

   E...

[name]

cardiac arrest at 32...eating disorder maybe?

[JohnH]

cardiac arrest at 32...eating disorder maybe?

That's what I figure but didn't want to jump to conclusions.  However, I have seen some pics of her in which she looks sickly skinny.

[Keonobi]

Isn't that pretty much what killed Carol Carpenter?  Yeah, even in the red-carpet type of video, they were running in the background on the morning shows, where she should look at her best, she just looked sickly skinny.

[Nicklab]

Do you mean Karen Carpenter?

[BillCable]

Isn't that pretty much what killed Carol Carpenter?  Yeah, even in the red-carpet type of video, they were running in the background on the morning shows, where she should look at her best, she just looked sickly skinny.

I'd guess drugs over any eating disorder.  It's not out-of-the-ordinary for actresses to look overly-thin on the red carpet... they need to maintain that weight to look good on film.