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Title: The Official R.I.P. Archive
Post by: DSJ™ on January 19, 2003, 04:06 AM: Actor Richard Crenna dead at 76. :(

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/01/18/crenna.obit/index.html

(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/Richard%20Crenna.jpg)

He will be missed. :'(
Title: Re:Richard Crenna RIP
Post by: Angry Ewok on January 19, 2003, 11:51 AM: :'(
Title: So Long Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo
Post by: DSJ™ on February 27, 2003, 09:31 AM: Television's "Mister Rogers," the cultural icon and kindly neighbor to generations of American children, died Thursday at the age of 74.

(http://www.users.voicenet.com/~nancymc/fredrogers.gif)

I grew up watching his show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"

He will be missed. :(

Please won't you be my neighbor?
Title: Re:So Long Mr. Rogers.
Post by: Reconsgt on February 27, 2003, 09:43 AM: I also grew up watching the show. I have cought bits and pieces of reruns through out the years and they always took me back for a moment to my childhood.

RIP
Title: Re: So Long Mr. Rogers.
Post by: JediMAC on February 27, 2003, 12:19 PM: Very sad indeed. I know Mr. Rogers has been the butt of more than a few jokes over the years, but this was really a wonderful man who spent his life trying to help children. I was certainly one of the many who would watch Mr. Rogers every day on TV when I was a little kid (along with Sesame Street, of course).

R.I.P. Mr. Rogers, I hope to be your neighbor again some day... :)
Title: Robert Stack dead at 84
Post by: Mikey D on May 15, 2003, 11:19 AM: I just heard on the radio that Robert Stack, longtime host of Unsolved Mysteries and the voice of Ultra Magnus in Transformers:The Movie has passed away at the age of 84.

He will be missed

RIP, Mr. Stack
Title: Re: Robert Stack dead at 84
Post by: DSJ™ on May 15, 2003, 11:25 AM: Its true. Tough-guy actor Robert Stack dead at 84
(http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/15/obit.stack.ap/index.html)

(http://www.bbhq.com/pix/untouch.gif)

RIP Mr. Eliot Ness. :-[ :'(
Title: Re: Robert Stack dead at 84
Post by: Mikey D on May 15, 2003, 11:28 AM: Thanks for the link, Dale. I looked for an "official" confirmation but couldn't find one.
Title: Re: Robert Stack dead at 84
Post by: MisterPL on May 15, 2003, 01:41 PM: Loved him in 1941 and really enjoyed him in Airplane! (http://funwavs.com/wavfile.php?quote=5584&sound=134) as well.

Rest in peace, Mr. Stack.
Title: Re: Robert Stack dead at 84
Post by: JediMAC on May 15, 2003, 01:48 PM: I was just reading this story on CNN earlier this morning. Sad indeed. Always a bit surprising/strange when one of the celebrity "tough guys" actually passes away, just because he's...well, tough. :-\

My condolences to his friends and family... :(
Title: Re: Robert Stack dead at 84
Post by: Scott on May 15, 2003, 02:53 PM: RIP Mister Stack, send us some messages from the other side so we can bring back the old show
Title: Re: Robert Stack dead at 84
Post by: dustrho on May 15, 2003, 11:57 PM: It's sad to see such an awesome person go like that. I used to love his show, Unsolved Mysteries. There wasn't anything in the world that would tear my brother and I away from the TV when that show was on.

He will be missed. MTFBWY!
Title: Re: Robert Stack dead at 84
Post by: Darth Kenobi on May 16, 2003, 12:00 AM: RIP, Mr.Stack.
Title: Bob Hope: Thanks For The Memories
Post by: DSJ™ on July 28, 2003, 09:48 AM: Comedian & entertainment legend Bob Hope passed away at age 100.

Bob Hope dead at 100 (http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/28/obit.hope/index.html)

(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/Bob%20Hope.jpg)

Thanks For The Memories Bob!

:'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Bob Hope: Thanks For The Memories
Post by: jadesfire on July 28, 2003, 10:24 AM: Man, he was the best. My Dad was a huge fan of his (as is my Mom). If he was on TV, there was no way we'd be able to convince my Dad to change the channel.

Hats off to one of the best entertainers of all time.
Title: Re: Bob Hope: Thanks For The Memories
Post by: Scott on July 28, 2003, 11:12 AM: Lat week I was in Cincinnati and ate at The Montgomery Inn home of the Rib King who was good friends with Bob while he was alive. There are a ton of pictures of the two of them together in the resturaunt and I was thinking of what an American Icon he was.

However, he means absolutely nothing to my generation, just that he was old and he always went to entertain the troops...

RIP Bob, thanks indeed for the memories
Title: Re: Bob Hope: Thanks For The Memories
Post by: dustrho on July 28, 2003, 11:52 AM: First thing I noticed when hopping online this morning was that Bob Hope had died. He just turned 100 too. Maybe he just wanted to hit that big number before dying. Who knows. ::) Well, he is going to be greatly missed. :'(
Title: Re: Bob Hope: Thanks For The Memories
Post by: Darth Broem on July 28, 2003, 12:51 PM: Yeah I am 29 and remember the tv specials as a kid growing up. He seemed to mean much more to my parents and grandparents. I can certainly see why. He seemed to be a great mann as well as an entertainer. I doubt we'll ever see anything quite like him again.
Title: Re: Bob Hope: Thanks For The Memories
Post by: JediMAC on July 28, 2003, 06:30 PM: Thanks for the memories indeed, Bob. What a great entertainer and to an extent humanitarian. Strange to see that both he and George Burns just barely seemed to hang on long enough until they hit that magic century mark, before finally letting go...

It's all good though. He's just up in heaven now entertaining God, the angels, and all of our previously fallen troops! I'm sure they've all been anxiously awaiting his arrival for quite some time now. 8)

Rest in peace, Bob. You will be missed...
Title: Re: Bob Hope: Thanks For The Memories
Post by: Diddly on July 28, 2003, 08:19 PM: I never heard any of his jokes, but I've been told that he was very funny.

RIP :'(
Title: Re: Bob Hope: Thanks For The Memories
Post by: Darby on July 28, 2003, 08:41 PM: One of the greats. Thanks, Bob.
Title: Re: Bob Hope: Thanks For The Memories
Post by: roguestormtrooper on July 28, 2003, 10:30 PM: RIP Mr. Hope. :'(
Title: Re: Bob Hope: Thanks For The Memories
Post by: Darth Kenobi on July 30, 2003, 11:11 PM: Yeah thanks for the memories Bob, you will be missed by alot of people. Hearing about his death on the radio was sad exspecially the station that had a helocopter flying over his house after he was dead for eight hours. ???
Title: Charles Bronson Dies at 81
Post by: dustrho on September 1, 2003, 12:26 AM: (http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030901/s/1062385078.2550161480.jpg)

By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES - Charles Bronson, the Pennsylvania coal miner who drifted into films as a villain and became a hard-faced action star, notably in the popular "Death Wish" vengeance movies, has died. He was 81.

Bronson died Saturday of pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife at his bedside, publicist Lori Jonas said. He had been in the hospital for weeks, Jonas said.

During the height of his career, Bronson was hugely popular in Europe; the French knew him as "le sacre monstre" (the sacred monster), the Italians as "Il Brutto" (the ugly man). In 1971, he was presented a Golden Globe as "the most popular actor in the world."

Like Clint Eastwood, whose spaghetti westerns won him stardom, Bronson had to make European films to prove his worth as a star. He left a featured-role career in Hollywood to play leads in films made in France, Italy and Spain. His blunt manner, powerful build and air of danger made him the most popular actor in those countries.

At age 50, he returned to Hollywood a star.

In a 1971 interview, he theorized on why the journey had taken him so long:

"Maybe I'm too masculine. Casting directors cast in their own, or an idealized image. Maybe I don't look like anybody's ideal."

His early life gave no indication of his later fame. He was born Charles Buchinsky on Nov. 3, 1921 — not 1922, as studio biographies claimed — in Ehrenfeld, Pa. He was the 11th of 15 children of a coal miner and his wife, both Lithuanian immigrants.

Young Charles learned the art of survival in the tough district of Scooptown, "where you had nothing to lose because you lost it already." The Buchinskys lived crowded in a shack, the children wearing hand-me-downs from older siblings. At the age of 6, Charles was embarrassed to attend school in his sister's dress.

Charles' father died when he was 10, and at 16 Charles followed his brothers into the mines. He was paid $1 per ton of coal and volunteered for perilous jobs because the pay was better. Like other toughs in Scooptown, he raised some hell and landed in jail for assault and robbery.

He might have stayed in the mines for the rest of his life except for World War II.

Drafted in 1943, he served with the Air Force in the Pacific, reportedly as a tail gunner on a B29. Having seen the outside world, he vowed not to return to the squalor of Scooptown.

He was attracted to acting not, he claimed, because of any artistic urge; he was impressed by the money movie stars could earn. He joined the Philadelphia Play and Players Troupe, painting scenery and acting in a few minor roles.

At the Pasadena Playhouse school, Bronson improved his diction, supporting himself by selling Christmas cards and toys on street corners. Studio scouts saw him at the Playhouse and he was cast as a sailor in the 1951 service comedy "You're in the Navy Now" starring Gary Cooper (news).

As Charles Buchinsky or Buchinski, he played supporting roles in "Red Skies of Montana," "The Marrying Kind," "Pat and Mike" (in which he fell victim to Katharine Hepburn's judo), "The House of Wax," "Jubal" and other films. In 1954 he changed his last name, fearing reaction in the McCarthy era to Russian-sounding names.

Bronson's first starring role came in 1958 with "Machine-Gun Kelly," an exploitation film made in eight days. He also appeared in two brief TV series, "Man with a Camera" (1958) and "The Travels of Jamie McPheeters" (1963).

His status grew with impressive performances in "The Magnificent Seven," "The Great Escape," "The Battle of the Bulge," "The Sandpiper" and "The Dirty Dozen." But real stardom eluded him, his rough-hewn face and brusque manner not fitting the Hollywood tradition for leading men.

Alain Delon, like many French, had admired "Machine-Gun Kelly," and he invited Bronson to co-star with him in a British-French film, "Adieu, L'Ami" ("Farewell, Friend"). It made Bronson a European favorite.

Among his films abroad was a hit spaghetti western, "Once Upon a Time in the West." Finally Hollywood took notice.

Among his starring films: "The Valachi Papers," "Chato's Land," "The Mechanic," "Valdez," "The Stone Killer," "Mr. Majestyk," "Breakout," "Hard Times," "Breakout Pass," "White Buffalo," "Telefon," "Love and Bullets," "Death Hunt," "Assassination," "Messenger of Death."

The titles indicate the nature of the films: lots of action, shooting, dead bodies. They were made on medium-size budgets, but Bronson was earning $1 million a picture before it was fashionable.

His most controversial film came in 1974 with "Death Wish." As an affluent, liberal architect, Bronson's life is shattered when young thugs kill his wife and rape his daughter. He vows to rid the city of such vermin, and his executions brought cheers from crime-weary audiences.

The character's vigilantism brought widespread criticism, but "Death Wish" became one of the big moneymakers of the year. The controversy accelerated when Bernard Goetz shot youths he thought were threatening him in a New York subway.

Bronson made three more "Death Wish" films, and in 1987 he defended them:

"I think they provide satisfaction for people who are victimized by crime and look in vain for authorities to protect them. But I don't think people try to imitate that kind of thing."

Bronson could be as taciturn in interviews as he appeared on the screen. He remained aloof from the Hollywood scene, once observing, "I have lots of friends and yet I don't have any."

His first marriage was to Harriet Tendler, whom he met when both were fledgling actors in Philadelphia. They had two children before divorcing.

In 1966, Bronson fell in love with the lovely blonde British actress Jill Ireland, who happened to be married to British actor David McCallum (news). Bronson reportedly told McCallum bluntly: "I'm going to marry your wife."

The McCallums divorced in 1967, and Bronson and Ireland married the following year. She costarred in several of his films.

The Bronsons lived in a grand Bel Air mansion with seven children: two by his previous marriage, three by hers and two of their own. They also spent time in a colonial farmhouse on 260 acres in West Windsor, Vt.

Ireland lost a breast to cancer in 1984. She became a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society (news - web sites) and wrote a best-selling book, "Life Wish." She followed with "Life Lines," in which she told of her struggle to rescue her 27-year-old son, Jason McCallum Bronson, from drug addiction. He died of an overdose in 1989, and she died of cancer a year later.

Bronson is survived by his wife, Kim, six children and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be private.
Title: Re: Charles Bronson Dies at 81
Post by: dustrho on September 1, 2003, 12:27 AM: I grew up watching him in all those action-packed movies, and my favorite that he was in was "The Dirty Dozen." It's one of my favorite all-time war movies.

(http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030901/lthumb.1062385570.obit_bronson_ny127.jpg)
Title: Re: Charles Bronson Dies at 81
Post by: DSJ™ on September 1, 2003, 12:38 AM: So sad. He was a great actor. RIP Mr. Bronson. :'(

Films:
1960
The Magnificent Seven

1963
The Great Escape

1966
This Property is Condemned

1967
The Dirty Dozen

1969
Once Upon a Time in the West

1972
The Mechanic

1974
Death Wish

1981
Death Hunt

1983
Ten to Midnight

1987
The President's Assassin

(http://www.rp-online.de/news/kultur/2002-1103/fotos/bronson_ap.jpg)
Title: Re: Charles Bronson Dies at 81
Post by: Ben on September 1, 2003, 01:34 PM: Man, this guy was harsh in those movies.

RIP Mr. Bronson.
Title: Re: Charles Bronson Dies at 81
Post by: Reconsgt on September 1, 2003, 02:26 PM: Man his movies are some of my favorites. Sad to hear of his passing I knew he was in the hospital but I didn't read that it was life threating.

RIP
Title: Re: Charles Bronson Dies at 81
Post by: roguestormtrooper on September 3, 2003, 01:20 PM: RIP Mr. Bronson. :'(

I didn't realize he was that old...
Title: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: JediMAC on September 12, 2003, 06:39 AM: God almighty this has been a tough year on celebrities and entertainers! Add two more to the 2003 RIP list, as we've just lost country music legend Johnny Cash (at 71), and comedy/acting star John Ritter (unexpectedly, at only 54)... :'(

Can't say I followed Johnny Cash's career or music too closely, not being much of a country music fan myself, but I know that he is one of the greatest legends in the music industry and loved by many, many people. He was recently honored at this years VMA's (on MTV) just several weeks ago, but unfortunately had to cancel his personal appearance at that awards show at the very last minute due to health problems. Very, very sad indeed.

Losing John Ritter, a.k.a. Jack Tripper from Three's Company, hit a lot closer to home for me though, as that was one of my all-time favorite shows, and one that I watched religiously growing up. He was SO damned funny! And to lose him so unexpectedly, at such a relatively young age, is very saddening and shocking. This is what CNN mentioned happened in regards to his passing:

Quote
(CNN) -- Actor and comedian John Ritter has died unexpectedly after he was rushed to the hospital for a "dissection of the aorta,"...

He's also been starring in the recent ABC series "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter." Truly heartbreaking...

RIP Johnny and John. Thank you for the many wonderful years of music and laughs you provided us all with. You will both be missed dearly...
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: Darth Kenobi on September 12, 2003, 08:30 AM: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter.
I heard it on the radio when it woke me up this morning. Mr. Ritter death was a lot closer to me as will since I seen him in alot of movies and tv programs.
:'(
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: Angry Ewok on September 12, 2003, 09:24 AM: Even though I knew Cash probably wouldnt make it out this year... hearing he's gone is still really (searching for the word) mind blowing, I guess.
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: Force Guy on September 12, 2003, 10:32 AM: NOOOOOO!!!!!! RIP Jack Tripper. :'(
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: DSJ™ on September 12, 2003, 11:19 AM: Aww man! :( Very sad indeed.

I grew up with Johnny Cash. I remember the days when he was on Hee Haw.

John Ritter's passing is most surprising. I just loved Three's Company.

To Johnny & John, Thanks for the music & comedy. You both will be missed! :'(

(http://adwoff.com/ubb/graemlins/tombstone.gif)
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: Reconsgt on September 12, 2003, 01:20 PM: RIP indeed,

Johnny was getting ill ,but John Ritters death was a total surprise, A torn aorta, strange how that deformity was missed but if there was no trouble why look I guess.

Both will be missed.
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: Darby on September 12, 2003, 02:44 PM: RIP both. A sad loss of two great talents. :(
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: Scott on September 12, 2003, 03:37 PM: The Ring of Fire, The Ring of Fire...hope you aren't there Johnny and may you rest in peace.

And tragic news on Jack, one of the most memorable characters in TV History...

RIP Both and thoughts and prayers to their families
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: dustrho on September 12, 2003, 11:28 PM: Very, very sad news indeed. John Ritter has always been one of my favorite male comedians of all time. "Three's Company" is definitely one of my favorite shows too. Gonna miss him.

R.I.P.
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: Diddly on September 13, 2003, 01:46 AM: A radio station today had a good quote for Johnny Cash - "It's a sad day in Tennessee, but a good day in Heaven, because the man has switched from a black suit to a white suit".

John Ritter, man. Unexpected. He was in some pretty good shows...

RIP :'(
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: Valtar on September 13, 2003, 11:41 AM: (http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies/otn/ez/pi_cry.gif)

R.I.P. John Ritter and Johnny Cash. John Ritter was one of my Fav's he will be missed.

(http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies/otn/ez/pi_cry.gif)
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: Morgbug on September 13, 2003, 10:38 PM: Very, very tragic news. Was fortunate enough to hear it in the morning on Friday before going golfing. Golfed with two other guys; two of us were wearing all black.

Cash: classy, talented and genuine. One of the true pioneers and greats of country music. (CC will not be happy)

Ritter: funny, funny man. Many great memories of his shows and a tragedy at that age.

:'(
Title: Re: RIP Johnny Cash and John Ritter...
Post by: Brian on September 17, 2003, 12:47 PM: I have to agree, thoughts and prayers to both of their families/friends. I was especially shocked by the John Ritter news, he was always one of my favorites as well, and seemed like a terrific guy from what I have seen/heard. I watched the tribute special they had for him last night on ABC, truly a loss of a great man. God bless their families.
Title: RIP Robert Palmer!
Post by: DSJ™ on September 26, 2003, 08:32 AM: Singer Robert Palmer dies at 54 (http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/26/britain.palmer/index.html)

Another star so young. (http://adwoff.com/ubb/graemlins/tombstone.gif) Robert. :'(
Thanks for the songs!

I just loved Addicted to Love & Simply Irresistible.
Title: Re: RIP Robert Palmer!
Post by: Mikey D on September 26, 2003, 08:38 AM: While not a big fan, you have to admit "Addicted to Love" is, well, an addicting tune.

RIP
Title: Re: RIP Robert Palmer!
Post by: Scott on September 26, 2003, 10:45 AM: Also not a huge Fan but sad to see some die so young...RIP Robert Palmer, thanks for making a boyhood dream come true and making the Simply Irresistable and Addicted to Love videos :-*

(http://www.annafriel.net/pix/Palmer_R_Addicted.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Robert Palmer!
Post by: dustrho on September 26, 2003, 10:57 AM: Quote from: Mikey D on September 26, 2003, 08:38 AM
While not a big fan, you have to admit "Addicted to Love" is, well, an addicting tune.

I wasn't a big fan of him, but he was a good artist I suppose. RIP.
Title: Re: RIP Robert Palmer!
Post by: Darth Broem on September 26, 2003, 12:39 PM: Yeah, that's too bad. I liked the Addicted to Love song.
Title: Re: RIP Robert Palmer!
Post by: Jimmy on September 26, 2003, 12:54 PM: Sad... yet another falls at such a young age.

I actually dug a lot of his stuff even his Power Station days...

RIP Robert
Title: Re: RIP Robert Palmer!
Post by: JediMAC on September 26, 2003, 02:30 PM: Man, this has been a tough year on the celebs! :'(

Very sorry and surprised to hear of Mr. Palmer's passing this morning. Died of a heart attack in Paris, BTW...

He gave us some true classics, especially in respect to the video genre. I agree with Jimmy, that there were some great songs there, dating all the way back to his Power Station days: Some Like it Hot & Get it On (Bang a Gong), plus Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) from his earlier solo days...

Very sad indeed. Rest in peace, Robert Palmer.

BTW, I'm still not entirely over John Ritter's passing. That's still got me wigged out that Jack Tripper is no more... :'(
Title: Re: RIP Robert Palmer!
Post by: Darby on September 26, 2003, 05:18 PM: RIP. :(
Title: Re: RIP Robert Palmer!
Post by: dustrho on September 28, 2003, 09:00 PM: Quote from: JediMAC on September 26, 2003, 02:30 PM
BTW, I'm still not entirely over John Ritter's passing. That's still got me wigged out that Jack Tripper is no more... :'(

Ever since he died I can't stop thinking about how short life really is, and how he is going to be so greatly missed. He was one of my favorite male comedians, and "Three's Company" is one of my favorite shows.
Title: RIP Fred "ReRun" Berry
Post by: Scott on October 22, 2003, 09:32 PM: :'(
Title: Re: RIP Fred "ReRun" Berry
Post by: Angry Ewok on October 22, 2003, 09:41 PM: Like I said in Scumtown, I met Rerun once, and he was pretty cool (and obviously drugged up).
Title: Re: RIP Fred "ReRun" Berry
Post by: dustrho on October 22, 2003, 11:35 PM: That's indeed sad news. I used to watch "What's Happening" all the time when I was a young pup. RIP.
Title: Re: RIP Fred "ReRun" Berry
Post by: JediMAC on October 23, 2003, 04:27 AM: (http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/22/rerun.obit/story.berry2.jpg)

Very sad indeed. Like Jack Tripper, Rerun was another one of the funny guys on the tube that I just loved as a kid, and watched religiously. He was 52, and supposedly died of natural causes, though he recently suffered a stroke which was likely part of the problem...

He was also married 6 times! :o

Wha's Happenin' Roggg?! (doin' the Rerun jig...) Just a bad, bad year to be a celeb. Still more than 2 months to go too! :-\
Title: Re: So Long Mr. Rogers.
Post by: Scott on January 23, 2004, 02:36 PM: (http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/obit.kangaroo/story.capt.kangaroo.ap.jpg)

Children's TV Stars seem to be dropping like John Denver in an experimental Airplane

RIP Cap'n I used to watch your show, it was a good one
Title: Re: So Long Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo
Post by: Jesse James on January 23, 2004, 03:30 PM: If any of you guys are ever in Pittsburgh, make sure you let me know you're around and I'll show you the city and we'll take a drive through Mister Rogers' Neighborhood...

Literally.

I know where the church he attended is, and all that stuff... He lived in Squirrel Hill, which really is in the heart of Pittsburgh. A nice community, and I'm sure he made it all the more great when he was alive.

Can't say I watched Cap'n Kangaroo... Bit out of my age range (Sorry Scott), but I know my brother Sean watched it often.
Title: Re: So Long Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo
Post by: Scott on January 23, 2004, 04:10 PM: No prob...I must have been around the last agegroup though to see the Captain, he went off the mainstream air probably right before I started school (1981?) I was just reading that the show was on until the 90's must not have been on everywhere though and not at regular hours.

Sesame Street and Mister Rogers were a bigger part of boyhood for me, Captain Kangaroo was right there though too
Title: Re: So Long Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo
Post by: Jesse James on January 23, 2004, 05:07 PM: Yeah, MisterRogers was practically required TV watching for you here, and Sesame St. was lucky to be on right afterwards. :)

Loved both as a kid, and still think Mister Rogers was the best TV for me at that age... G.I. Joe slowly replaced him as I got older. *sigh*
Title: Re: So Long Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo
Post by: DSJ™ on January 24, 2004, 01:54 AM: (http://adwoff.com/ubb/graemlins/tombstone.gif) Bob Keeshan. :'(

I grew up watching Captain Kangaroo as with Mister Rogers. Both great shows.
Title: Re: So Long Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo
Post by: JediMAC on January 24, 2004, 02:43 PM: Very sad indeed, to lose another of my childhood TV stars. I was definitely in the generation of Captain Kangaroo watchers, even if Sesame Street, Electric Company, and Mr. Rogers got more airtime in our house.

RIP Captain Kangaroo, and thanks for the memories... :'(
Title: Re: So Long Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo
Post by: TopJedi on January 24, 2004, 07:32 PM: Sad news indeed.....this really illustrates how old we all are becoming :-[

RIP Capt.
Title: Re: So Long Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo
Post by: Diddly on January 24, 2004, 10:49 PM: RIP :'(
Title: Re: So Long Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo
Post by: dustrho on January 24, 2004, 11:06 PM: It was very sad reading about the death of Captain Kangaroo. RIP. :'(
Title: RIP Marge Schott
Post by: Scott on March 2, 2004, 03:19 PM: (http://www.colosscollect.com/mags/si/si960520.jpg)

She's dead
Title: Re: RIP Marge Schott
Post by: MisterPL on March 2, 2004, 04:42 PM: Was it wrong for me to giggle when I heard the news?
Title: Re: RIP Marge Schott
Post by: Mister Skeezler on March 2, 2004, 04:54 PM: Quote from: MisterPL on March 2, 2004, 04:42 PM
Was it wrong for me to giggle when I heard the news?

...Or breathe a sigh of relief...
Title: Re: RIP Marge Schott
Post by: Jim on March 2, 2004, 05:01 PM: Sweet dreams you racist douche.
Title: Re: RIP Marge Schott
Post by: Scott on March 2, 2004, 05:03 PM: Shes probably happy that she'll continue to wear red
Title: Re: RIP Marge Schott
Post by: dustrho on March 2, 2004, 05:56 PM: No big loss.
Title: Re: RIP Marge Schott
Post by: CorranHorn on March 2, 2004, 06:28 PM: DAMN!! I forgot to add her to my deadpool list this year! Oh well.....
Title: Re: RIP Marge Schott
Post by: Ben on March 3, 2004, 01:19 AM: Hitler has a friend in Hell.
Title: Tony Randall is Dead
Post by: Scott on May 18, 2004, 10:50 AM: Some of you may remember him from his great work on the Odd Couple but I personally will remember Tony Randall for his skit he did with Tom Hanks on Saturday Night Live in the early 90's called Mr. Short Term Memory

"Hey, It's Tony Randall!"

RIP

(http://www.hollywoodiscalling.com/celebrity_photos/fberry.jpg)
Title: Re: Tony Randall is Dead
Post by: Scott on May 18, 2004, 11:49 AM: PS Tony, Say Hi to Dave Coulier :'(
Title: Re: Tony Randall is Dead
Post by: DSJ™ on May 18, 2004, 12:04 PM: Tony Randall was fantastic in The Odd Couple as Felix Unger.

The Odd Couple Theme (http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/odd.wav)

Though a few may not remember or even have seen his performance in the fantasy movie "7 Faces of Dr. Lao". A very good flick IMO. 8)

(http://www.dvdreview.com/fullreviews/Images/7FacesOfDrLao/7FacesODLao1.jpg)

He also did the voice for the Brain Gremlin in "Gremlins 2, The New Batch".

(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/Brain%20Gremlin.jpg)

(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif) (http://www.cheesebuerger.de/smilies/traurig/43.gif)
Title: Re: Tony Randall is Dead
Post by: C on May 18, 2004, 05:30 PM: (http://home.comcast.net/~carpeteria/roddy.jpg)

Rod Roddy and Tony Randall are the REAL odd couple. That's a recipe for some high-class hi-jinx right there.
Title: Re: Tony Randall is Dead
Post by: Rob on May 18, 2004, 05:47 PM: I'll always remember Tony Randall for his ability to procreate at the age of 77.
Title: Re: Tony Randall is Dead
Post by: Scott on May 18, 2004, 05:48 PM: Oh yeah, that too, way to leave your kids fatherless Tony!!!

Say Hello to Rod, Come on Down!!!
Title: Richard Biggs-Dr Franklin Babylon 5 Passes Away
Post by: DSJ™ on May 25, 2004, 10:35 AM: Richard Biggs passes away. :'(

From B5TV.com (http://www.b5tv.com/greatmaker/news/288/)

B5's Doctor Franklin dies suddenly, aged 43.
Posted By: AntonyF on 2004-05-23

It's our very sad duty to report on the death of Stephen Biggs, who played Doctor Franklin in Babylon 5. He was 43.

It's an odd twist of fate, as it's only two months ago that Richard's on-screen father in B5, Paul Winfield , passed away. (http://www.b5tv.com/greatmaker/news/284/)

J. Michael Straczynski broke the news of Richard's death in a post to the moderated B5 newsgroup:

"I was awakened today with several phone calls from cast members and Doug [Netter] to pass along the terrible news that this morning, Richard Biggs passed away.

"We're still gathering information, so take none of this as firm word, but what seems to have happened, happened quickly. He woke up, got up out of bed...and went down. The paramedics who showed up suggested it was either an aneurysm or a massive stroke.

"His family members have been informed, and all of the the cast have, as far as we can determine, also been informed.

"This is a terrible loss for all of us. Richard was a consummate professional but more than that he was an honorable, stand-up guy. If he gave you his word on something, you never had to wonder about it afterward. He was always helpful and supportive of all the cast, even those who only came in for one episode, always with a ready smile and determined to do whatever it took to make the scene work. He was, quite simply, a terrific guy, and everyone here is just devastated at the news.

"More word as this develops. We may try to have some kind of fund raiser to help give whatever assistance may be helpful for his kids.

"We all miss him terribly."

Biggs brought Franklin to our screens from the first regular episode of B5 "Midnight on the Firing Line", to the very last episode "Sleeping in Light". He appeared in two out of the three TNT-produced TV movies, "In the Beginning" and "Thirdspace", and reprising his character of Franklin was the only major B5 actor to appear in short-lived spin-off Crusade.

Away from B5 his TV appearances included Days of Our Lives, Tremors, J.A.G., NYPD Blue and Touched by an Angel.

Richard Biggs Site (http://www.richardbiggs.com/index.htm) The site is getting alot of hits right now.

'Babylon 5' actor dies (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/25/obit.biggs/index.html)

(http://www.b5tv.com/images/franklin.jpg)
March 18, 1960 - May 22, 2004. (http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif)

This is one of my best Science Fiction TV shows.

You will be missed Richard. :'(
Title: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Scott on June 5, 2004, 04:53 PM: Sounds like Reagan is not doing so well, I was just thinking the other day that he must be getting close to the Great Oval Office in the sky

Its curious Nancy has protected him from the public so much for the last 15 years, I wonder what he looks like these days?

God Speed Mr President God Speed
Title: Re: ARIP President Reagan
Post by: JediKnight87 on June 5, 2004, 04:59 PM: Who knows what he looks like? Haha. He has his own website and I laugh at it! ;D
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: JediMAC on June 5, 2004, 05:03 PM: Quote from: I Love Kobe Bryant! on June 5, 2004, 04:53 PM
Sounds like Reagan is not doing so well...

Just died a few minutes ago. Very sad...

RIP Mr. President.
Title: Re: ARIP President Reagan
Post by: Angry Ewok on June 5, 2004, 05:24 PM: :'(
Title: Re: ARIP President Reagan
Post by: Ben on June 5, 2004, 05:38 PM: RIP.

:'(
Title: Re: ARIP President Reagan
Post by: DSJ™ on June 5, 2004, 05:49 PM: (http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif) :'(
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: SilverZ on June 5, 2004, 06:29 PM: :( Indeed very sad. Greatest President within my lifetime.

In some regards, as he's suffered from Alzheimer's since early in the 90's, he's been gone for a long time. May he RIP.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: dustrho on June 5, 2004, 07:46 PM: Quote from: Tydirium on June 5, 2004, 06:29 PM
:( Indeed very sad. Greatest President within my lifetime.

I couldn't have said it any better than that. He was indeed a GREAT president, and he will be dearly missed.

R.I.P. :'(
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: jokabofe on June 5, 2004, 07:59 PM: one thing i don't understand. yes, he was president. yes, he dies. yes, it's sad. but come on - the guy was 93 years old and had been ill for quite some time. every station on tv has "broken away" from it's regular programming to have some kind of special report on his death. sorry but it's just not that big of a deal to me. it's not like he was 40 years old and got hit by a bus or something.

am i an insensitive ass?
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: jadesfire on June 5, 2004, 09:39 PM: He was a former President of the United States....what more would someone have to say?

Rest in Peace, Mr. President. :'(
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Diddly on June 6, 2004, 12:43 AM: Rest in Peace, Mr. Reagan. :'(
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: SilverZ on June 6, 2004, 01:01 AM: Quote from: jokabofe on June 5, 2004, 07:59 PM
one thing i don't understand. yes, he was president. yes, he dies. yes, it's sad. but come on - the guy was 93 years old and had been ill for quite some time. every station on tv has "broken away" from it's regular programming to have some kind of special report on his death. sorry but it's just not that big of a deal to me. it's not like he was 40 years old and got hit by a bus or something.

am i an insensitive ass?

Yeah, you bastard. ;)

Me, not being an entirely sympathetic person or especially emotional when death is involved, really can only offer this observation – sometimes loses are greater than the individual person themselves.

Reagan, in my opinion, played one of the most critical roles in the 20th century in shaping our current lives - from economy, world political outlook, and attitude towards national identity - regardless of how you feel about the results. When someone with that much impact on the world leaves it, it can often be wondered if the inspiration for those impacts has left as well.

It’s sort of a passing of an age as well as a person.

People come, people go, and they most certainly all die. Some get hit by buses, some kill themselves, some get killed by others, some grow old and fade away. Few make us better people before it happens, and that’s what I think applies to President Reagan.

:)
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Darth Kenobi on June 6, 2004, 11:45 AM: RIP President Reagan.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Scott on June 7, 2004, 09:22 AM: Reagan's Presidency was full of shining moments: Space Program, Job Recovery and Economic Growth, planting the seeds for the end of the Cold War, and some pretty big failures: Iran-Contra, start of the early 90's recession, Deficit Spending, Arms Build Ups...I think the diefication of his legacy is a little bit overstated. He wasn't necessarily the brightest guy and some of his policies and initiatives were way out there (Star Wars...the idea of which he received when making a movie in the 50's)

I give him mucho credit for pulling the US out of the 70's post-Nixon, Post-Energy Crisis, Post-Vietnam and making us all feel it is good to be an American and we should all be proud of our country. He was one of the best communicators of all time, his convictions and beliefs were rock solid and his love for Nancy is something that should be an inspiration for all people in love.

He was one of the best Presidents of the last 50 years, for sure top 10, not so sure about top 5.

Alzheimer's truly is one of the worst diseases on the planet, not so much for the people afflicted but on the loved ones of the person who has the disease. Glad to see all of their suffering is finally over

How many former Presidents are still alive?

Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
George Bush
Bill Clinton
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: DSJ™ on June 7, 2004, 10:48 AM: Quote from: I Love Kobe Bryant! on June 7, 2004, 09:22 AM
How many former Presidents are still alive?

Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
George Bush
Bill Clinton

Just them.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Scott on June 7, 2004, 11:02 AM: Gerald Ford will be 91 in July
Jimmy Carter will be 80 in October
George Bush will be 80 on Saturday
Bill Clinton will be 58 in August

BTW, 5 is the record for most living ex-Presidents at the same time
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Brian on June 7, 2004, 11:14 AM: Quote
Indeed very sad. Greatest President within my lifetime.

A little late to post here, but I agree with this statement as well. I'm glad that he at least lived a full life (93), but it is still sad to see him go. I remember being little, growing up with him as President, and actually "trusting" in him as a kid, thinking he was pretty great. I don't know if kids today can have the same confidence in their president(s) as we were able to in the 80s. Rest in peace :'(
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Scott on June 8, 2004, 01:45 PM: (http://i.cnn.net/money/2004/06/08/news/economy/reagan_hamilton/reagan_10_x_large.jpg)

Reagan on the $10 Bill (http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/08/news/economy/reagan_hamilton/index.htm?cnn=yes)?
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Dressel Rebel on June 8, 2004, 06:39 PM: Quote from: I Love Kobe Bryant! on June 8, 2004, 01:45 PM
(http://i.cnn.net/money/2004/06/08/news/economy/reagan_hamilton/reagan_10_x_large.jpg)

Reagan on the $10 Bill (http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/08/news/economy/reagan_hamilton/index.htm?cnn=yes)?

Breathtaking.

I'd prefer Orrimaarko, but this has got my vote too.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: JediMAC on June 9, 2004, 04:32 PM: Cool with me. Hamilton was never all that exciting in the first place... Of course, when I mentioned the idea to my wife, she retorted that Hamilton is the one who set up the whole United States Treasury in the first place, and therefore deserves to stay on there.

History teachers... ::)

Speaking of which, it's been pretty crazy around here this past week, with all the motorcade processions and viewings right nearby. Took me forever to get to work this morning, when they were transporting Reagan to Air Force One. One of the schools my wife teaches at (Moorpark JC), has been closed this week, to allow everyone to park at their campus and then take shuttles up to Reagan's Library for the viewing.

Sad seeing his wife Nancy hug his coffin too... :'(

The 80's will forever be my all-time favorite decade, and I'm sure I owe at least partial thanks to "The Gipper" for that... RIP. You served your country well, Mr. President.

Anyone back East going to see him lying in repose in D.C.?
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: MisterPL on June 9, 2004, 07:04 PM: I can't wait for the REST IN PEACE part, myself. Sorry, I'm just sick of the media coverage. Stations should just replace their network logos with "Reagan still dead!" if they really need to constantly remind us all the man's deceased.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: jokabofe on June 9, 2004, 09:30 PM: finally, someone who's on my side.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Nicklab on June 9, 2004, 10:00 PM: It's certainly been a bit much. Especially so since Reagan has been pretty much out of sight for over 10 years. Writing valentines to him as much as the mainstream media is has been a bit overdone.

As for placing him on currency....no thanks. I can't justify taking Hamilton, Jefferson or Roosevelt off of a piece of currency to make room for Reagan. Especially since Reagan wasn't exactly our best fiscal president. We had a big recession under him, then rampant inflation, staggering deficits, and a major stock market crash. Too much bad economics bad karma going on there to even THINK of putting him on our money.

I will certainly offer the following: he seemed to be a very genuine person who believed what he said. Also, I hope his illness can bring a greater deal of awareness to the plight of those suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Every case of a person who suffers from Alzheimer's and loses their mental faculties is a tragedy unto itself.
Title: RIP Ray Charles
Post by: Jeff on June 10, 2004, 04:01 PM: Grammy-Winning Crooner Ray Charles Dies (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=501&e=4&u=/ap/20040610/ap_on_en_mu/obit_charles)

:(

Jeff
Title: Re: RIP Ray Charles
Post by: Scott on June 10, 2004, 04:51 PM: Say hello to heaven, Ray :'(
Title: Re: RIP Ray Charles
Post by: Nicklab on June 10, 2004, 05:12 PM: We've lost a national treasure today in Ray Charles. I'll never think of "Georgia On My Mind" the same way again. :(
Title: Re: RIP Ray Charles
Post by: Rob on June 10, 2004, 05:25 PM: Poor guy never saw it coming.

RIP Ray.
Title: Re: RIP Ray Charles
Post by: Scott on June 10, 2004, 05:28 PM: Yeowch...at least he can now see the full glory of the afterlife

And to me his signature song was his rendition of "America the Beautiful"
Title: Re: RIP Ray Charles
Post by: SilverZ on June 10, 2004, 05:33 PM: RIP.

Are we going to experience the Rule of Three? :-\
Title: Re: RIP Ray Charles
Post by: Scott on June 10, 2004, 05:36 PM: Perhaps...my guess on that one is Bob Barker who will join Rod Roddy "Come on Down!"

(http://www.alittlemoretotheright.com/images2/bob-barker.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Ray Charles
Post by: Angry Ewok on June 10, 2004, 05:44 PM: Quote from: Kneel Before Zod on June 10, 2004, 05:25 PM
Poor guy never saw it coming.

RIP Ray.

>:(
Title: Re: RIP Ray Charles
Post by: JediMAC on June 10, 2004, 06:06 PM: Very sad indeed. Ray was one of the greatest musician/singers of all time, and an American icon. May he rest in peace, and continue to bless whoever he's around now, with his beautiful voice. He will certainly be missed...
Title: Re: RIP Ray Charles
Post by: Rob on June 10, 2004, 06:19 PM: Quote from: Angry Ewok on June 10, 2004, 05:44 PM
Quote from: Kneel Before Zod on June 10, 2004, 05:25 PM
Poor guy never saw it coming.

RIP Ray.

>:(

Oh come on - Ray would have laughed.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Great guy, great musician. A damn shame at any age.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Dressel Rebel on June 10, 2004, 11:49 PM: Quote from: Nicklab on June 9, 2004, 10:00 PM
It's certainly been a bit much. Especially so since Reagan has been pretty much out of sight for over 10 years. Writing valentines to him as much as the mainstream media is has been a bit overdone.

As for placing him on currency....no thanks. I can't justify taking Hamilton, Jefferson or Roosevelt off of a piece of currency to make room for Reagan. Especially since Reagan wasn't exactly our best fiscal president. We had a big recession under him, then rampant inflation, staggering deficits, and a major stock market crash. Too much bad economics bad karma going on there to even THINK of putting him on our money.

Bah! At least Nicklab's a Yankee fan.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Jesse James on June 11, 2004, 12:29 AM: Quote from: MisterPL on June 9, 2004, 07:04 PM
I can't wait for the REST IN PEACE part, myself. Sorry, I'm just sick of the media coverage. Stations should just replace their network logos with "Reagan still dead!" if they really need to constantly remind us all the man's deceased.

Amen...

Let it end... I'm trying to watch the news, and it's this stuff...

Anyone dying is tragic, even if you don't agree with the political views of the individual who died. There's no need for this.

And personally, call me crazy, but I find going to see him "tacky". In my little world you don't go to funerals/viewings unless you can say you knew the person. Public figure and all aside, it still strikes me as a bit much.

It's sad, but lay off and let life go on like he would have wanted, and like the world does naturally when anyone else passes.

And let me have my TV back because I'd actually like to see a weather report for the weekend instead of a black hearse and some motorcycle cops moving at 2 mph down a highway.

No disrespect of course, as he seems like he was a very polite man in his "normal" life, and that speaks miles about him as a person no matter what way you view him politically.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Scott on June 11, 2004, 02:44 PM: Looks like the pomp is almost done...

I think the week has been a little overblown but I was talking to my mom about it last night and she said the attention and "hype" was 1000x times more during the week Kennedy died and was buried. Its sort of a Catch...Catch-22 that you want to honor the guy but you also don't need to go all out...and yet if your rival media outlet does it, you're almost forced into doing the same thing

My opinions on his Presidency changed a great deal after I read his official biography Dutch. Morris (who also wrote 2 excellent books on T Roosevelt) came to the conclusions that he was a man of almost supernatural conviction who generally was one of the most likeable men he had ever met. But there also was not much depth to him, he was not an intellectual, he had some really goofy ideas. But he pulled our country out of some pretty devisive times, steered the way to the end of the Cold War and was generally a great compromiser and much more liberal in a lot of ways that Conservatives like to paint him as. As I said earlier, his communication ability, sense of humor and congeniality went a long way to making him very likeable. And I think that appeal is what touched a lot of people. And that's why we're hearing and seeing so much about him.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: hansolo_506 on June 11, 2004, 05:56 PM: As far as all the Repubs who have jumped the bandwagon regarding tribute to Reagan (who I have a great deal of respect for, I just don't respect the ideas I have heard).

Renaming the Pentagon for Reagan - CRAP IDEA
Reagan's face on Mt. Rushmore - CRAP IDEA. I used to live in the shadow of Rushmore. There isn't any viable rock left on the mountain and the idea just sucks.
Reagan on money - CRAP IDEA - sorta. I don't think he needs to be on a bill, but consider the following...

anyone here remember the Franklin half dollar??
Probably not, I am one of the older members of the SW society in here. The Franklin turned into the Eisenhower half dollar. Eisenhower turned into the Kennedy. So, here we have a coin that has already shown itself as the most changable in the past 40 years. I say a Reagan half dollar is the most viable option regards money.

Besides, California hasn't submitted their quarter design yet....why don't they go for it as well???
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: JediMAC on June 11, 2004, 06:14 PM: Quote from: hansolo_506 on June 11, 2004, 05:56 PM
Besides, California hasn't submitted their quarter design yet....why don't they go for it as well???

I think we actually have...

(http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/coin/images/muir_yosemite_final_quarter.jpg)

Quote
On March 29, 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his selection of the Muir Quarter to represent the Golden State in the U.S. Mint's 50 State Quarters ® Program. Garrett Burke's newly minted design will be issued in January 2005, featuring the image of famed writer-naturalist and Sierra Club founder John Muir posed against Yosemite's Half Dome, with a California condor in flight overhead...

The half dollar's not a bad idea though...
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: SilverZ on June 11, 2004, 06:25 PM: Quote

(http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/coin/images/muir_yosemite_final_quarter.jpg)

Not to sidetrack the conversation, but that Condor looks like it's going straight for Muir's throat. Not the greatest design I've ever seen.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Scott on June 11, 2004, 10:08 PM: Cool that they chose Half Dome though, one of the greatest things I have ever laid eyes on...I would have thought Redwoods would have been featured too...although are those Redwoods on the side :P
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Mainland05 on June 13, 2004, 12:35 AM: Rest In Peace, :'( :'(

Anyone think we will see President Reagan on any bill?

What presidents do you think we will see on bills in the future?
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: JediMAC on June 14, 2004, 04:12 AM: We might have to start a R.I.P. thread for former president Bush too, if he keeps this (http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/13/bush.parachute/index.html) crazy stuff up:

(http://www.foxnews.com/images/128196/0_21_061304_bush1.jpg) (http://www.foxnews.com/images/128196/0_22_061304_bush2.jpg) (http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/US/06/13/bush.parachute/story.2.bush.jump.jpg)

Skydiving on his 80th birthday... :o Not bad!
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Jesse James on June 14, 2004, 05:45 AM: I didn't agree with this man's politics again, but Pappy Bush skydiving at 80's not too shabby. Good for him.

Bush's plane was shot down in WW2, and they have footage of him being rescued in the Pacific. He's no stranger to harrowing dives from the sky (controlled or otherwise).

There was some rumble (wishful thinking perhaps) they would make a 1:18 scale plane of his with a figure of him as a young man. Even as a Democrat I'd pick that set up!
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Darth Kenobi on June 14, 2004, 02:34 PM: Just wanted to point out a stuipid comment that a reporter on a local news program said about Bush skydriving.

"As you may know Bush had to bail out of his Jet in World War 2." ::)

If I remember right his plane was a Dive Bomber or Toperdo Plane and he was shot down in a 1943 Battle which makes him having a jet historical since that would mean the Americans first used a jet bomber rather then the Germans.
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Pistol Pete on June 14, 2004, 03:23 PM: RIP Ronnie, It really is Bedtime for Bonzo now :'(
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: MisterPL on June 14, 2004, 04:31 PM: I have two questions:

1) Is Reagan in the ground yet? I'd really like to see what else is going on in the world, but I unplugged my TV last week after getting sick of seeing his death covered as "news." It's not like foul play was suspected. (Or was it? I'm out of the loop.)

2) How many Democrats does it take to push a Republican ex-President out of an airplane?

(http://www.foxnews.com/images/128196/0_21_061304_bush1.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP President Reagan
Post by: Jesse James on June 14, 2004, 05:18 PM: 0, they do it willingly themselves from guilt?

J/k J/k J/K don't fight, don't fight! No Blasters! No Blasters!

Darth Kenobi,

I believe it was a Torpedoe plane if I'm not mistaken, but I may not be correct. It's been a while I guess.

The Jet remark was funny though... :) Nice to see someone knows nothing of history.
Title: Marlon Brando
Post by: Pistol Pete on July 2, 2004, 11:42 AM: Just heard on the Radio the big guy died...Rest In Peace. I was reading the other day he's been living in a 1 room bungalow thanks to being $20,000,000 in debt and had hid his Oscars.
Title: Re: Marlon Brando
Post by: Scott on July 2, 2004, 11:47 AM: Brando Dead At 80 (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/02/obit.brando/index.html)

On The Waterfront is one hell of a movie and then there is his little role in The Godfather. Also dug his performance in A Streetcar Name Desire "Stellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Rest in Peace Marlon, you've earned it
Title: Re: Marlon Brando
Post by: Pistol Pete on July 2, 2004, 11:59 AM: Don't forget his stunning perfomance of Jor El in Superman

Streetcar, Waterfront, Godfather, Apocolypse Now and The Freshman, wow

RIP Marlon
Title: Re: Marlon Brando
Post by: Scott on July 2, 2004, 12:02 PM: Quote from: Pistol Pete on July 2, 2004, 11:59 AM
Don't forget his stunning perfomance of Jor El in Superman

Oh yeah ::)

It's not like he's been acting in anything for a while now. I still get weirded out thinking about The Island of Doctor Moreau.

(http://itsb.ucsf.edu/~vcr/moreau.jpeg)

He was in some of the greatest movies of all time back in the day so that can't be denied
Title: Re: Marlon Brando
Post by: DSJ™ on July 2, 2004, 12:13 PM: A great actor, great movies.

(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif) :'(

(http://www.thesmokesite.com/celebs/Marlon%20Brando.gif) (http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/images/030505.jpg) (http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/aug/07apo.jpg)
Title: Re: Marlon Brando
Post by: Diddly on July 2, 2004, 01:52 PM: Damn, possible heart failure cause by obesity? Yikes.

RIP :(
Title: Award-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith Dies
Post by: DSJ™ on July 22, 2004, 08:44 AM: Oscar-winning composer Goldsmith dies (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/07/22/obit.goldsmith.ap/index.html)

(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif) :'(

Goldsmith film and TV credits:

Film:

"Looney Tunes: Back in Action" 2003

"The Sum Of All Fears" 2002

"Star Trek: Nemesis" 2002

"The Last Castle" 2001

"The Mummy" 1999

"Mulan" 1998

"Star Trek: Insurrection" 1998

"The Edge" 1997

"LA Confidential" 1997

"Star Trek: First Contact" 1996

"IQ" 1994

"Rudy" 1993

"Six Degrees Of Separation" 1993

"The Vanishing" 1993

"Dennis The Menace" 1993

"Basic Instinct" 1992

"Total Recall" 1990

"Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" 1989

"Rambo III" 1988

"Legend" 1986

"Hoosiers" 1986

"Rambo: First Blood Part II" 1985

"Gremlins" 1984

"Twilight Zone: The Movie" 1983

"Psycho II" 1983

"Poltergeist" 1982

"The Final Conflict: Omen III" 1981

"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" 1979

"Alien" 1979

"The Great Train Robbery" 1979

"The Boys From Brazil" 1978

"The Omen" 1976

"Chinatown" 1974

"Papillon" 1973

"Escape From The Planet Of Apes" 1971

"Patton" 1970

"Planet Of The Apes" 1968

"Stagecoach" 1966

"Seven Days In May" 1964

Television:

"Gunsmoke" (episodes) 1955-65

"Perry Mason" (episodes) 1957-65

"Legend Of Jesse James" (theme) 1958-68

"Wagon Train" 1958-68 (episodes)

"General Electric Theatre" (episodes) 1958-68

"Playhouse 90" (episodes) 1958-68

"Twilight Zone" (episodes) 1959-65

"Dr. Kildare" (theme) 1962-66

"Kraft Mystery Theatre" 1962

"Bob Hope's Chrysler Theatre" 1963

"Man From U.N.C.L.E" (theme) 1964-69

"Girl From U.N.C.L.E" (theme) 1967-68

"Jericho" (theme) 1966-67

"Room 222" (theme) 1969-74

"The Waltons" (theme) 1972-74

"Police Story" (episodes) 1973-77

"Barnaby Jones" (theme) 1973-80

"Police Woman" (theme) 1974-78

"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (theme) 1974-78

"Help" (theme) 1990

"Hollister" (theme) 1991

"Star Trek: Voyager" (theme) 1995

Academy Award (17 nominations):

"The Omen" 1976

Emmy Awards:

"The Red Pony" 1973

"QB VII, Parts 1 & 2" 1975

"Babe" 1976

"Masada: Episode 2" 1981

"Star Trek: Voyager" 1995
Title: Re: Award-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith Dies
Post by: Dark_Kanos on July 22, 2004, 09:12 AM: RIP Man I liked ya and I know I am only sixteen but he was great
Title: RIP Jerry Goldsmith
Post by: Ben on July 22, 2004, 08:29 PM: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040722/music_nm/music_goldsmith_dc_5 (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040722/music_nm/music_goldsmith_dc_5)

RIP Jerry. :'(
Title: Re: RIP Jerry Goldsmith
Post by: Matt on July 22, 2004, 09:07 PM: He died twice?!?! (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?board=28;action=display;threadid=4818)

Oh, the humanity!
Title: Re: RIP Jerry Goldsmith
Post by: Ben on July 22, 2004, 09:38 PM: Oh, dammit. I missed that thread. :-X ::)

OK, lock and delete this one. :-X
Title: Re: RIP Jerry Goldsmith
Post by: DSJ™ on July 22, 2004, 09:47 PM: Quote from: HMI on July 22, 2004, 09:38 PM
Oh, dammit. I missed that thread. :-X ::)

OK, lock and delete this one. :-X

As you wish! :-*
Title: RIP Girl Who Lived Behind My House
Post by: Scott on August 2, 2004, 12:35 AM: I was out at the BBQ last night cooking some chicken and steak for my family when I started hearing sirens coming from all over the place. There are townhomes located right behind our house and there's always kids out there running around, now, sadly, there is one less of them. I saw the ambulance leave and I had though someone either had a heart attack or was shot, this is much worse than that

RIP Jennifer Haffely.

Maplewood girl dies after playground accident
August 2, 2004 GIRL0802
A 4-year-old girl who was injured after becoming entangled in a playground rope ladder near her Maplewood home died Sunday.

Jennifer Haffely stopped breathing after her neck got caught in the rope ladder at about 5 p.m. Saturday.

She died about 4 p.m. Sunday after being taken off life support at Children's Hospital in St. Paul, according to hospital spokesman James Lockwood.

Her family declined to comment.

A memorial service has been scheduled for 9 p.m. today at the playground on Mesabi Avenue. A memorial fund in her name has been established at Lake Area Banks, 1535A Beam Av., Maplewood, 55109.
Title: Re: RIP Girl Who Lived Behind My House
Post by: Diddly on August 2, 2004, 01:00 AM: Yikes. Always sad whenever a young kid dies.

RIP. :'(
Title: Re: RIP Girl Who Lived Behind My House
Post by: Morgbug on August 2, 2004, 01:35 AM: Same age as my daughter. Very, very scary to say the least. Condolences to the clan. :'(
Title: Re: RIP Girl Who Lived Behind My House
Post by: DSJ™ on August 2, 2004, 01:37 AM: Very sad. :'( (http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif)
Title: Re: RIP Girl Who Lived Behind My House
Post by: Rob on August 2, 2004, 01:54 AM: No good at all.

Watch your kids when they're on the playground - at least until they're old enough to handle themselves if something like that were to happen.
Title: Re: RIP Girl Who Lived Behind My House
Post by: Scott on August 2, 2004, 09:29 AM: Yeah its not too cool at all, I can't see the playground from my house so I couldn't see what was happening, there were at least 5 Police Cars and an ambulance that came though. I'm always careful with JediMAX when we're on the playground but you can't be with them 24/7, pretty scary :-\
Title: Re: RIP Girl Who Lived Behind My House
Post by: Ben on August 2, 2004, 10:01 AM: :(

It's always sad to hear about young kids dying. :'(
Title: Re: RIP Girl Who Lived Behind My House
Post by: Famine on August 2, 2004, 01:01 PM: :(

Kevin
Title: Re: RIP Girl Who Lived Behind My House
Post by: Pistol Pete on August 2, 2004, 03:19 PM: Thats some sad news OCB, tragic to see kids die, especially in an accident
Title: R.I.P. Super Freak (Rick James)...
Post by: JediMAC on August 6, 2004, 03:29 PM: Looks like singer Rick James was just found dead in his home by his caretaker. RIP Mr. Super Freak.

Gotta wonder... :-\
Title: Re: R.I.P. Super Freak (Rick James)...
Post by: jjks on August 6, 2004, 03:37 PM: First thing I thought of was Dave Chappelle

"Cocaine, it's a hell of a drug"
Title: Re: R.I.P. Super Freak (Rick James)...
Post by: Matt on August 6, 2004, 03:48 PM: How do you have a Rick James thread without the immortal phrase "I'm Rick James, bitch!"?

:'(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Super Freak (Rick James)...
Post by: Rob on August 6, 2004, 04:03 PM: Quote from: Virex on August 6, 2004, 03:48 PM
How do you have a Rick James thread without the immortal phrase "I'm Rick James, bitch!"?

:'(

This is how:

You're not Dave Chappelle and You're Not Funny (http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=chappelle)
Title: Re: R.I.P. Super Freak (Rick James)...
Post by: Matt on August 6, 2004, 04:07 PM: Quote from: Kneel Before Zod on August 6, 2004, 04:03 PM
This is how:

You're not Dave Chappelle and You're Not Funny (http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=chappelle)

The only thing make my life complete
Is when I turn your face into a toilet seat

I'm gonna piss on you
Title: Re: R.I.P. Super Freak (Rick James)...
Post by: Rob on August 6, 2004, 04:13 PM: WWRJD?
Title: Re: R.I.P. Super Freak (Rick James)...
Post by: Diddly on August 6, 2004, 05:26 PM: AIM says he was shot by someone. Hmm.

RIP Rick James. :(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Super Freak (Rick James)...
Post by: Jesse James on August 6, 2004, 08:24 PM: Duh, didn't even see Matt's post, so I removed mine.

Anyway, I don't jump into these too often but just this past year Rick James was on Chapelle Show looking good, getting back in the limelight some, and bam... Weird.

As he said... "Cocaine's a hell of a drug..."

I still ain't gonna stop laughing at that Chapelle Show though. Still the funniest one ever.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Super Freak (Rick James)...
Post by: jokabofe on August 6, 2004, 08:52 PM: did anyone happen to catch the b.e.t. awards recently? rick james was doing a duet with someone (teena marie i think) and was walking offstage, when he stopped and went to the microphone, and said something like "this is for the young lady i met backstage. never mind who you thought i was, i'm rick james, bitch!"

funniest thing ever.

r.i.p.

rick james is dead, bitch!!
Title: Re: R.I.P. Super Freak (Rick James)...
Post by: Angry Ewok on August 6, 2004, 09:47 PM: :'(

RIP Super Freak.

:'(
Title: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Diddly on October 5, 2004, 08:31 PM: I just heard on another forum that CNN.com reported that Rodney Dangerfield died today at age 82. That's sad, I wasn't really a fan of his, but I did think he was funny.

RIP. :'(
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: jadesfire on October 5, 2004, 08:36 PM: I loved him in Caddyshack:
"Last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it"....classic.

RIP Rodney :'(
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: JediMAC on October 5, 2004, 08:36 PM: Wow. Very sad. Extremely obnoxious, but often very funny, fella. RIP Mr. Dangerfield. Thanks for the laughs. :'(
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Scott on October 5, 2004, 09:17 PM: (http://www.wtv-zone.com/jetts/pics/caddyshack1.jpg)

"Whoa! Did somebody step on a duck?"

The second or third best comedy of all time, thanks for the laughs Rodney, hopefully you'll get some respect

(http://simpsons.metropoliglobal.com/famosos/4F05RodneyDangerfield.jpg)
I Get No Regard...No regard I tells ya :'(
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: DSJ™ on October 5, 2004, 09:23 PM: He was great in Caddyshack. Goodbye Rodney, Thanks for the one-liners.

(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif) :'(
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Morgbug on October 5, 2004, 09:38 PM: RIP, a classic, classless character.

BTW Scott, I have to ask, what was #1?
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Scott on October 5, 2004, 09:48 PM: Gotta go with Spinal Tap (Vacation, The Jerk, Ghostbusters and Planes, Trains and Automobiles are right in there too)
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Morgbug on October 5, 2004, 09:53 PM: Quote from: OCB on October 5, 2004, 09:48 PM
Gotta go with Spinal Tap

No dude, that was a documentary. Really. :-\
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Scott on October 5, 2004, 10:02 PM: Oh :o

Gotta give a nod to Back to School too

(http://www.fast-rewind.com/backtoschool1.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Famine on October 5, 2004, 10:52 PM: (http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif)Rest In Peace.(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif)

Maybe he'll finnaly get the respect he deserves. :'(

Kevin
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Angry Ewok on October 6, 2004, 12:57 AM: :'(
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: SilverZ on October 6, 2004, 03:47 AM: The rule of three strikes again:

#1 (http://images.ibsys.com/2000/0623/25632.jpg)

#2 (http://www.fast-rewind.com/backtoschool1.jpg)

#3 (http://www.jedidefender.com/jangosjargon/ghostavatar.jpg)

RIP all of them. :(
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Snively Bandar on October 6, 2004, 04:13 AM: Bummer. Very sad to lose another great comedian. I always get a kick out of reruns I catch of Caddyshack and Back to School. RIP, and may you finally find all the respect you deserve now!
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Mikey D on October 6, 2004, 07:57 AM: RIP Rodney.

"Hey everybody, we're going to get laid"

"Great teacher. He really cares. About what, I have no idea"

"Hey don't knock Vanessa. She gives great headache"

And one of my alltime favs - "Bring a pitcher off beer every seven minutes until someone passes out. Then bring one every ten"
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: SPIDERLEGS on October 7, 2004, 12:45 AM: One of my all-time faves. His performance in Natural Born Killers will forever be as creepy as it has always been underrated. Even when he was cast in awful movies, he was still funny. And he smoked weed every day and lived to be 82 years old.

Quote
I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.

A girl phoned me the other day and said "Come on over, there's nobody home." I went over. Nobody was home.

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.

My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it.

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.

When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. [/quote
Title: Re: RIP Rodney Dangerfield
Post by: Xander on October 7, 2004, 07:04 AM: Oh man, I love those one liners. Heheh. I can quote Caddyshack all day long too. Rodney Dangerfield AND Ted Knight - what a classic combo.

"Hey, you wanna make 14 dollars, the hard way?"

And don't forget Rodney's other, hipper contributions:

(http://flakmag.com/web/images/rodney200.jpg)
Title: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: DSJ™ on October 11, 2004, 01:43 AM: I just saw a report on CCN TV & its on CCN web site.

The actor Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52 after falling into a coma, according to his publicist.

(http://www.patfullerton.com/superman/pix/christopherreeve/christreevesup6.jpg)

(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif) Christopher Reeve, Thank You for being Superman. :'(
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: DSJ™ on October 11, 2004, 02:03 AM: 'Superman' star Christopher Reeve dead at 52 (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/11/obit.reeve.ap/)

When I saw Superman back in the theater in 1978, when he caught Lois lane & the helicopter, I will always remember this line:

"I know you're holding me but who's holding you?"

From that moment, I knew he really could fly.
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: Brian on October 11, 2004, 08:42 AM: We were very sad to hear this news this morning. It kind of caught us off guard as well. I was always hoping to see him walk again some day, and really felt that we would. One of my childhood heroes, and I believe he was a hero in real life as well.
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: Scott on October 11, 2004, 09:02 AM: I can remember soon after we moved to our new house when I was around 4 my Aunt called my Mom and asked her if I would go see Superman with her. It was one of the last naps I can remember my mom making me take and I can still remember standing in line outside the theater with my Aunt and the awe I had in the movie. He was Superman for our generation...

How ironic is it that he didn't die soon after his accident and he was able to live the last 9 years fighting for Stem Cell and Paralysis research? How much money did he raise to fight that battle? Thanks for the memories Christopher, you will be missed :'(
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: Mister Skeezler on October 11, 2004, 10:38 AM: Damn...that's a shame. RIP.
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: Famine on October 11, 2004, 11:28 AM: Christopher Reeve was a childhood idol of mine since I laid eyes on the first Superman movie. After the tradgic horse back riding accident in 1995, Christopher Reeve became a real inspiration to everyone, by eventually gaining 70% of feeling in his body, and staying physicaly fit with the help of his wife, doctors, and electrodes to stimulate his muscles. In 1997 Chris Reeve won several awards for his film about paralysis. Christopher Reeve worked so hard, and stayed true to his values. He truely was Superman.

Rest in peace, Superman. You will be missed. :'(

Kevin
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: Diddly on October 11, 2004, 11:57 AM: Sad...... can't really think of much else to say.

RIP :'(
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: Rob on October 11, 2004, 12:20 PM: Kneel Before Reeve.
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: C on October 11, 2004, 05:49 PM: at least now people will stop talking about "how ironic it is that superman is crippled etc. etc."

yeah. it was ironic.
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: Playgirl on October 11, 2004, 08:11 PM: R.I.P. Superman
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: Darby on October 11, 2004, 08:40 PM: He was a big inspiration to me. It's a big shock, because I thought he was going to walk again. I'm sure he is now.
Title: Re: Christopher Reeve has died at the age of 52!
Post by: Ben on October 11, 2004, 10:18 PM: Wow. Sad to hear it.

However, this ******* still can't get rid of his hard-on for hating Mr. Reeve:

Look kids, a jackass! (http://www.maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=creeve)
Title: RIP Sergei Zholtok
Post by: Jeff on November 3, 2004, 11:38 PM: Center collapses after excusing himself from game
Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville Predators center Sergei Zholtok died Wednesday of an apparent heart ailment. He was 31.

The Predators announced that Zholtok died in Latvia, where he was playing for Riga 2000 during the NHL lockout.

"We are all saddened and shocked to hear of Sergei's sudden passing," Predators general manager David Poile said in a statement. "He was a hardworking player who was well-liked by his teammates and coaches. We extend our deepest sympathies to the Zholtok family."

TSN.ca reported Wednesday night that Zholtok excused himself from a game and collapsed and died on the way to the locker room.

Zholtok left a game in January 2003 because of dizziness and fatigue and was taken to the hospital for tests, causing concern for Wild coach Jacques Lemaire.

"I don't think he's OK," he said at the time.

Zholtok was also a late scratch two nights later against Buffalo when he skated during warmups but didn't feel well enough to play.

The forward then sat out early last season when the problems returned. Zholtok again left in the second period because of fainting spells. He returned to the hospital and was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and flulike symptoms.

After missing seven games, Zholtok was cleared by a doctor to return to the lineup.

"It's a very sad thing," former Wild teammate Filip Kuba told The Associated Press. "He was a very close friend of mine. He was a very good person. ... It's hard right now to talk about it."

Zholtok appeared in 588 NHL games from 1992 to 2004 with Boston, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Minnesota and Nashville. He joined the Predators on March 5 in a trade with Minnesota.

In 70 games last season with the Wild and Predators, Zholtok had 14 goals and 17 assists. For his career, Zholtok had 111 goals and 147 assists.

"Sergei was a great competitor and a valuable member of our organization for almost three years and will be greatly missed by his teammates and his fans in the hockey world," Wild general manager Doug Risebrough said.

Nashville declined to make a qualifying offer to Zholtok after the end of the season, which ended in a playoff loss to Detroit.

In recent years, Zholtok hooked up with fellow countryman and former Carolina Hurricanes goalie Arturs Irbe to organize an online auction of hockey memorabilia to benefit abused children in Latvia. They collected pucks, sticks and equipment autographed by more than 115 NHL players from 18 teams, including the Wild's Marian Gaborik, for sale to the highest bidder.

"Sergei was the consummate team player," Senators president Roy Mlakar said. "He will be remembered in Ottawa for his sincere involvement in our community. Moreover, he was a class human being and family man, who will be remembered as such by the Senators family."

Zholtok is survived by his wife Anna, and two sons.

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

:'(

He was one of my favorite players when he was with the Wild... Guess I'll have to break out the Zholtok jersey to wear to work tomorrow in memorial. :(

Jeff
Title: Re: RIP Sergei Zholtok
Post by: jjks on November 3, 2004, 11:46 PM: Damn...certainly not something I expected to see when I logged into the forums tonight. While he wasn't here in Nashville very long, I woud have liked to see what he could do with us for an entire season. I hadn't ever heard about the pre-existing conditions...too young to die :-[
Title: Re: RIP Sergei Zholtok
Post by: Vote for Chewbacca the Wookiee on November 4, 2004, 01:12 AM: Jesus, absolutely no good NHL news this fall.
Title: Re: RIP Sergei Zholtok
Post by: Famine on November 4, 2004, 01:09 PM: :'(

Kevin
Title: Re: RIP Sergei Zholtok
Post by: General Grievous on November 5, 2004, 12:45 AM: rip :'(
Title: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: Scott on November 13, 2004, 09:43 PM: I saw this on Bloody-Disgusting.com

The inspiration of my forum name has died...RIP Ol' Dirty Bastard, he was 35, he was old and dirty and sort of a bastard

ODB is Dead (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041114/ap_on_en_mu/obit_odb)
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: DSJ™ on November 13, 2004, 10:16 PM: Quote from: OCB on November 13, 2004, 09:43 PM
ODB is Dead[/rul]
(http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041114/ap_on_en_mu/obit_odb)

Fixed linky for ya! :-*

(http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/traurig/a055.gif)
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: Deanpaul on November 13, 2004, 11:24 PM: Quote from: OCB on November 13, 2004, 09:43 PM
I saw this on Bloody-Disgusting.com

The inspiration of my forum name has died...RIP Ol' Dirty Bastard, he was 35, he was old and dirty and sort of a bastard

Quote
author=Bloody-Disgusting.com (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041114/ap_on_en_mu/obit_odb)

When MTV News followed him around at the height of his popularity, he took the camera crew and several of his kids (he was said to have more than a dozen, by numerous mothers) to the welfare office — in a limousine — to get an allotment of food stamps.

And he received them.

I love that part... I can see why he was an inspiration. :-*
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: Holographic Elvis on November 13, 2004, 11:53 PM: That guy was truly one of a kind. Shimy Shimy Yaw Shimy Yaw Shimy Yay.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: Angry Ewok on November 14, 2004, 12:12 AM: What party can you go to, and ODB aint there... Don't you ************* act like you don't care.

:'(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: General Grievous on November 14, 2004, 01:04 AM: So so sad. RIP :'(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: jokabofe on November 14, 2004, 01:53 AM: You know, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if this is just some kind of publicity stunt for his newest album. It's just the kind of thing he would do.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: Rob on November 14, 2004, 02:32 AM: Just saw the news over at the scum...

Updating the O.D.B.B.B.O.B.C.N.A.Thread now.

R.I.P.O.D.B.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: Jesse James on November 14, 2004, 03:59 AM: Wutang Clan Ain't Nuttin' To **** With....
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: DoctorPadawan on November 14, 2004, 09:19 AM: My personal favorite ODB moment (aside from the food stamp trip, which was hysterical, made moreso by the fact that it was true) was when he was on some MTV call-in show with a couple of other people he'd done a song with. I think this was when he "officially" changed his name to "Big Baby Jesus" by the way.

So, a woman called in and asked the others what they were giving back to the African American community now that they were all successful. She asked ODB/BBJ what he was doing for the African American community, and ODB just kind of looked surprised, pointed to his chest, and calmly said:

"Nothin!" ;D

Everyone on the set cracked up laughing, as did I sitting at home. He will truly be missed. :'(

"The Old Dirty Bastard has changed his name to the Old Dirty Chinese Restaurant. Konichiwa, bitches."
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: Vator on November 14, 2004, 10:06 AM: Konichiwa is Japanese!

RIP ODB
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: Famine on November 14, 2004, 04:04 PM: Oh no ******' way. >:(

Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nothin' To **** With!

RIP Ol' Dirty. You will be missed.

Kevin
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: Scott on November 15, 2004, 02:11 PM: Since the ODB has died I have decided that the name OCB will die with it (for a while at least) From now on I'm just plain ol' Scott, no more, no less.

RIP ODB
RIP OCB
RIP Rod Roddy
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: Jeff on November 15, 2004, 02:17 PM: RIP OCB

RIP ODB

"Ghetto Superstar, that is what you are..."

:'(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: C on November 15, 2004, 07:35 PM: Quote from: Scott on November 15, 2004, 02:11 PM
Since the ODB has died I have decided that the name OCB will die with it (for a while at least) From now on I'm just plain ol' Scott, no more, no less.

RIP ODB
RIP OCB
RIP Rod Roddy

i'm sure the rod appreciates the nod.
those two would be quite the pair in the afterlife.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ol' Dirty Bastard
Post by: General Grievous on November 16, 2004, 01:18 AM: Rod doesn't belong in this thread. He belongs in RIP threads with people like Mother Theresa and Ronald Reagan.
Title: RIP Johnny
Post by: Scott on January 23, 2005, 10:38 PM: (http://www.tvrundown.com/zzhart02.jpg)

RIP Mr Carson...I can't count the number of times you made me laugh.
Title: Re: RIP Johnny
Post by: Morgbug on January 23, 2005, 11:01 PM: :'(

Quite so.
Title: Re: RIP Johnny
Post by: Diddly on January 23, 2005, 11:23 PM: I can't think of anything to say but thanks.

:'(
Title: Re: RIP Johnny
Post by: CorranHorn on January 24, 2005, 02:25 AM: i had just read an article on Carson the other day in the paper, there had been no mention of his illness. this was quite the surprise.
Title: Re: RIP Johnny
Post by: DSJ™ on January 24, 2005, 09:24 AM: Yes very sad. :'(

I was reading the other day on CNN that Johhny was Letterman's secret writer (http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/19/television.carson.reut/index.html).

Many people got there start on the Tonight Show, the man made me laugh. Never missed a show, my best was Carnac The Magnificent!

(http://tesla.liketelevision.com/liketelevision/images/lowrez/jckarnak211.jpg)
Carnac: Sis Boom Bah.
Envelope: What sound does an exploding sheep make? ;D

This is Johnny Carson's final 'Tonight Show' monologue (http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/carson.monolgue/index.html).

I heard on the radio on the way home from work this morning that Jay Leno will have a tribute to Johnny tonight. My VCR is set. :)

Thanks for the laughs Johnny, you are the King of Late Night talk! :'(
Title: Re: RIP Johnny
Post by: stormie on January 24, 2005, 03:22 PM: I have such fond memories of staying up late to watch the Tonight Show during the summers of the late 70s and early 80s. Being a kid at the time, I don't think I actually understood all of the humor, but his delivery was everything and pretty much always had me chuckling, if not laughing out loud. Since his retirement, I've probably seen the Tonight show only a handful of times; not because Leno is there, but because Johnny isn't.

One of my favorit Carnac-isms:

Kumquat

What do you say when calling your quat?
Title: RIP Arthur Miller
Post by: Deanpaul on February 11, 2005, 02:10 PM: Playwright Arthur Miller Dies at 89. (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050211/D886FP200.html)

I studied theater in Chicago and always connected with the work of Arthur Miller, especially "Death of a Salesman". RIP, Mr. Miller.

(http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//OBIT_ARTHUR_MILLER.sff_NYET282_20050211104837.jpg)

"A lot of my work goes to the center of where we belong - if there is any root to life - because nowadays the family is broken up, and people don't live in the same place for very long," Miller said in a 1988 interview.

"Dislocation, maybe, is part of our uneasiness. It implants the feeling that nothing is really permanent."

Playwright Edward Albee said Miller had paid him a compliment, saying "that my plays were 'necessary.' I will go one step further and say that Arthur's plays are 'essential.'"

Miller's career was marked by early success. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" in 1949, when he was just 33 years old.

His marriage to Marilyn Monroe in 1956 further catapulted the playwright to fame, though that was publicity he said he never pursued.

In a 1992 interview with a French newspaper, he called her "highly self-destructive" and said that during their marriage, "all my energy and attention were devoted to trying to help her solve her problems. Unfortunately, I didn't have much success."
Title: Re: RIP Arthur Miller
Post by: Darby on February 11, 2005, 09:23 PM: One of the greats. Truly one of the most important American writers of the 20th century. RIP.
Title: Re: RIP Arthur Miller
Post by: Xander on February 15, 2005, 01:33 PM: Death of a Salesman was really affecting when I read it in high school, as was the Crucible. There's a version of Death of a Salesman with Dustin Hoffman which is just devastating in the depiction of Willy Loman.

Interesting relationship with Marilyn too.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Miller%26Monroe.jpg)
Title: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Darth Kenobi on April 1, 2005, 01:32 PM: Unconfirmed reports on Fox news that the Pope has dead.
RIP Pope John Paul
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Jediknight760071 on April 1, 2005, 01:53 PM: I woke up this morning to the news.....So sad, but he's been frail for so long.

RIP JPII.
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: CHEWIE on April 1, 2005, 01:57 PM: This is very, very sad. God Bless and Rest In Peace.

:(
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Scott on April 1, 2005, 02:03 PM: There seem to be some conflicting reports about his well being. Either way its a sad day for the world in general, this man did a lot of good for the world, regardless of your religious beliefs.
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: DSJ™ on April 1, 2005, 02:05 PM: I just watch CNN and his condition is worsening. The Vatican has denied reports that the pope had died. Just a matter of time. :'(
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Famine on April 1, 2005, 02:15 PM: This is truly sad. Terrie, Mitch, and now John Paul II.

I am saddened by this. :(

Kevin
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Jediknight760071 on April 1, 2005, 02:16 PM: I also had a friend commit suicide just a few days ago...What's going on lately?
??? :'(
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Famine on April 1, 2005, 02:20 PM: Quote from: Jediknight760071 on April 1, 2005, 02:16 PM
I also had a friend commit suicide just a few days ago...What's going on lately?
??? :'(

The end is neigh.

Kevin
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: CHEWIE on April 1, 2005, 02:33 PM: My God, let's hope the end isn't near. It scares the heck out of me thinking about that... I have too much I want to live for - and not all is Star Wars related. ;)

My wife, parents, family, friends, pets, etc...

As for your friend Jediknight, I am so sorry. My best friend committed suicied on Oct. 6, 2001. He was also a huge Star Wars collector. We had been friends for 16 years. It's still hard, especially on nights like tonight, where he would have been right there with me huntig for toys. As a matter of fact, his mother is in town tonight, and my family is taking her out to dinner.

God Bless...

:P
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Famine on April 1, 2005, 02:41 PM: I'm watching the service on Fox news. It's nice that they are airing it with some respect, and not speaking too much over it. They were reading emails from Jewish people, and people of other faiths, expressing their feelings.

Kevin
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Lady Jaye on April 1, 2005, 03:15 PM: I just read on MSNBC that they have denied his death as of yet. But that it should be any moment, his liver is failing. I shall cry now and pray.
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Ryan on April 1, 2005, 04:07 PM: JK and Chewie I'm really sorry to hear about your friends. I do';t know how it s for anyone that close to die but within the last 3 kids that went to my HS have died, one in my graduating class comitted suicide, another had a brain anayrism in his sleep, and another died in a car crash on the way to a school event.

Too bad about the pope, I'm not catholic and I'm not really a church going kind of guy, but still it's too bad. It was bound to happen soon though. Every other pope has died, he wasn't going to live forever like many almost believed, I did sense that in several Catholics that I know. Well he's headed to a better place anyways.
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: CHEWIE on April 1, 2005, 04:23 PM: Thanks SLC...

Yeah, it is sad. But eventually everyone's time comes.

I am not Catholic either, and barely ever go to Church. But I do consider myself a good Christian with good moral values. Well, I hope that God thinks I am...

:P
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Rob on April 1, 2005, 04:55 PM: I'm not a catholic by any means but I had a chance to go to a Wednesday morning Mass three years ago in Rome - I'm glad that I did. As far as Pope's go - he was among the best.

I'm worried that they'll fill his shoes with someone far more conservative though...
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: CHEWIE on April 1, 2005, 05:13 PM: Conservative... I wouldn't mind that. But let's not get into politics. :)

:P
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Diddly on April 1, 2005, 05:32 PM: I can't really say anything except RIP. It will be a sad moment for people of every religion when he passes.

:'(
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Ryan on April 1, 2005, 06:24 PM: Quote from: Kneel Before Zod on April 1, 2005, 04:55 PM
I'm not a catholic by any means but I had a chance to go to a Wednesday morning Mass three years ago in Rome - I'm glad that I did. As far as Pope's go - he was among the best.

Have you seen another one speak at Mass? Or is that second hand knowledge? ;) :P
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Rob on April 1, 2005, 06:49 PM: Sorry - I don't follow the question.
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Ryan on April 1, 2005, 07:51 PM: I'm an idiot. I gotta start getting some more sleep. ::) I thought it'd be funny at the time. Obviously it isn't.

I'm going to go take a nap and shut up now. :-X

[Jedi mind trick]You didn't see anything. Move along [/Jedi mind trick]
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Famine on April 2, 2005, 03:03 PM: PIP John Paul the II.

My grandpa informed me he just died.

So says the Vatican. :(

Kevin
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: DSJ™ on April 2, 2005, 03:22 PM: (http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/rip.gif) John Paul II.

From CNN:
He passed away at 9:37 p.m. Saturday, a Vatican spokesman says. He was 84.

(http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/pope1/top.popejohnpaul.obit.jpg)

:'(
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Vator on April 2, 2005, 03:28 PM: May he rest in peace, even though we're not of the same faith, he was a great leader who reached across many lines. He will be missed.
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: DSJ™ on April 2, 2005, 03:30 PM: Quote from: Vator on April 2, 2005, 03:28 PM
May he rest in peace, even though we're not of the same faith, he was a great leader who reached across many lines. He will be missed.

Ditto.

Pope John Paul II dies at 84 (http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/pope.dies/index.html)
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: Lady Jaye on April 2, 2005, 08:28 PM: The world is sadder, but Heaven is richer. :(
Title: Re: RIP Pope John Paul 2
Post by: JediMAC on April 4, 2005, 08:26 PM: Very sad indeed. I'm not Catholic (actually Protestant), but he's obviously such an important and beloved man the world over, that it's a sad passing for all people, regardless of faith. May he rest in peace, and may the various Cardinals find a worthy successor to him...