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RIP, famous person

Seems to me that we don't know whether to give dead celebs their own thread, put them in the "bummed you out the most" thread (even if it didn't), or pop them in the death pool thread (even if no-one picked them). So here's the answer, and I'm kicking it off with Susannah York

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12200725

RIP Ms York.

Also RIP Nat Lofthouse.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...rs/9363142.stm

Trish Keenan

Died young, at the age of 42 from complications of pneumonia.

My favorite Christmas Carol is the George C. Scott version. In it York plays Mrs. Cratchit. That's the only thing I know her from.

Probably very few will get this, but this one's for Bri:

RIP Dr Creep. :(

http://www.drcreep.com/index.cfm

We grew up with Dr Creep, from Clubhouse 22 to Shock Theatre, there isn't anyone in my age group, and younger and older, who didn't know and love the Creepster.

I had a special brush with greatness: I was at my best friend's house in Jr Hi, and her dad was also a fairly famous local entertainer. I was over there once and answered their phone "L___ Residence" and the man asked for my friend's dad and he said he was Barry Hobart. I told my friend, and she said "THAT'S Dr Creep!" I was all like "Dr Creep! Dr Creep! I love you Dr Creep!" Her dad wasn't home so I took a message, feeling pretty darn cool that I had spoken to Dr Creep on the phone.

I've also seen him more recently, at benefits and such.

I'm sure a lot of cities have their Clubhouse 22s and Shock Theaters and Docs of Creep, but for those of us in this neck of Ohio, Dr Creep was the one and only.

Yes, I have fond memories of Dr. Creep and Shock Theater! Ah, takes me back...

He was a good guy and I'll miss him and his hearse. :ghost:

:)

My friends and I would stay up late on sleepovers to watch Shock Theater. If it weren't for Shock Theater I never would have seen The Mole People.

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Originally Posted by Brianna (Post 706365)

He was a good guy and I'll miss him and his hearse. :ghost:

I'm glad you missed his hearse.;)

Jack LaLanne made it to 96. He was a real pioneer.

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Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 707706)

Jack LaLanne made it to 96. He was a real pioneer.

I met him once in CA. Nice but more than a little fruit loops.

I didn't know who he was But I do now

didn't realize him dade

Lalanne quote: "My wife and I have sex almost every night of the week. Almost on Monday, almost on Tuesday, almost on Wednesday..."

Goodnight funnyman Charlie Callas

Semi-famous: My high school teacher
http://www.echonyc.com/~jkarpf/3i.html

Slow down Pussycat

'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' actress dies at 72

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tura Satana, who gained cult status for her role in the 1965 Russ Meyer movie "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" has died of heart failure at age 72.
The Los Angeles Times reports Satana's death was confirmed by her manager, Siouxzan Perry, who said Satana died Friday at a hospital in Reno, Nev.

In "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" Satana played Varla, the leader of a trio of thrill-seeking go-go dancers who kills a man with her bare hands. The women then set out to rob a wealthy older man who lives on a desert ranch with his two sons.

Meyer has said the movie was an "absolute loser" when released but was rediscovered by the 1990s. It has since been shown at film festivals and art house cinemas.

Satana's other credits include the 1963 film "Irma La Douce" and the television shows "Burke's Law" and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."

Ok Who Ol Benny laden on the Death pool ??

No-one as far as I can see.

Should he RIP, though?

bury him in pork left overs with a 1,000 hustler magazines. although the chics in there prolly aren't virgins! :p:

Just wanted to say I was sorry to hear about Henry Cooper passing.
He gave great interviews and is of my Dad's generation.

Carry on with the Osama bashing...

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Originally Posted by Sundae (Post 729695)

Just wanted to say I was sorry to hear about Henry Cooper passing.
He gave great interviews and is of my Dad's generation.

Carry on with the Osama bashing...

true dat and right oh right oh.

think i'll take a victory lap today at work with our american flag on the go kart.

Carry on with the Osama bashing...
EEEEhEEEM !!

Din Dong the sheet heads Dead,
the sheet heads dead ,
Shot him twice in the head ,
Ding Dong the fucken Sheet Heads Dead !!!

Sorry this has been runnung thru my head All day

Just to secure it in all my future searches:
dead; died; passed; RIP; Gary Speed; Ken Russell; The White Worm.

Thanks, Monster.

Tcha.
I'm an old fashioned Search kinda gal.

(probably why I needed help in the first place)

Davy Jones. OMG.
Sadness.

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Originally Posted by Sundae (Post 798496)

Davy Jones. OMG.
Sadness.

NO!

Yep. He's deader n' hell. Heart attack.

Probably a druggie who deserved to die. :eyebrow:

Aw, shit, man!

Momdigr loved her some Monkees...

So long, Davy.

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey (Post 798500)

Probably a druggie who deserved to die. :eyebrow:

Doubt it.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 798516)

Doubt it.

Yeah, SARCASM.

Who would get all judgmental about a Monkee? Not me. I liked him.

Funny how shitty people can be when one person dies and how all kind and caring they are when someone else dies, depending on public opinion.

Just my humble non-public opinion. :right:

I liked Davy Jones, but love Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork. To this day I go back and forth on who I love better. Never cared for Mickey Dolenz, though.

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Originally Posted by wolf (Post 798575)

I liked Davy Jones, but love Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork. To this day I go back and forth on who I love better. Never cared for Mickey Dolenz, though.

Funny, you think of Davy as the lead singer, but Mickey sang some of their biggest hits.

BTW, the writers of their show were definitely on acid.

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet (Post 798580)

Funny, you think of Davy as the lead singer, but Mickey sang some of their biggest hits.

Looked like it, anyway (mainly first season/first album stuff).

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BTW, the writers of their show were definitely on acid.

The show was merely wacky. The acid-soaked Monkees made the movie, Head.

"I'll have a glass of cold gravy with a hair in it, please."

Gotta be acid.

Or Jack Nicholson's influence.

Or both.

Berlin (CNN) -- Former Nazi death camp guard and onetime Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk
[Ivan the Terrible] has died in Germany, a police spokesman said Saturday.

He was found guilty in the U.S., in Israel, and in Germany,
but died in a German home awaiting appeal of his conviction.

So much for swift justice...

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter (Post 802006)

So much for swift justice...

He lived in torment with the possibility of death hanging over him.
Appropriate.

Steve Bridges

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from AP via Yahoo!TV

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Impressionist Steve Bridges, who used prosthetics and wigs to turn into presidents and laughs to make a living, was found dead at his home, his manager said Monday. He was 48.

Bridges returned from China on Feb. 23 and complained to friends of "super jet lag," manager Randy Nolen said.

Bridges' maid found the comic dead about 9:30 a.m. Saturday in his Los Angeles home, Nolen said.

It appeared that he died of natural causes, but an autopsy will be conducted, said Craig Harvey, chief of operations for the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Bridges' George W. Bush impression made him a regular on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and earned him an invitation to the White House in 2003.

In 2006, Bridges joined Bush in a comic routine at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., and at a Ford's Theatre benefit.

Nolen said Bush called Bridges' brother, Phillip, on Monday and offered condolences.

"Steve was not only a funny man, but a kind and decent human being. My heartfelt sympathies go out to his parents, his siblings, and his entire family," Bush told The Associated Press through spokesman Freddy Ford.

"We had a great 10-year run," Nolen said. "He went to the White House, the Oval Office, toured with Barbra Streisand and was a regular on the 'Tonight Show' for almost eight years."

Bridges became Barack Obama, Bill Clinton or Bush for his most popular shows.

The makeup and prosthetics used for Bush and Clinton were designed by Kevin Haney, who won an Academy Award for aging Dan Aykroyd in "Driving Miss Daisy." Obama was done by Kazu Tsuji, who designed Jim Carrey's Grinch in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

Mari Enyart was Bridges' makeup artist.

"From the neck up, everything but his teeth was covered in a prosthetic piece of some sort," Nolen said about the impersonations of presidents. "It was as extensive, as good and as complicated as anything you would see in a motion picture."

It took nearly four hours to apply the Obama makeup and nearly three hours to do Bush and Clinton. Close attention was paid to age marks and freckles on his hands because they were so visible, especially if a skit was being filmed.

Bridges had been scheduled to do three free shows on March 13, 14 and 15 for the Indian Wells Rotary Club to help raise money for students who wanted to go to college. Because of the time it took to get ready, he was going to be a different president each night.

Sometimes, Bridges would do shows without makeup that were titled "Steve As Steve" and showcased his 200 voices — from Bill O'Reilly to Rush Limbaugh to Tom Brokaw and all the presidents from Kennedy to Obama, Nolen said.

Born in Dallas, Bridges loved football and was a big Cowboys fan.

"He was courteous, kind, soft-spoken, reserved and respectful. He loved being on stage. He was a master at ad-libbing and improv comedy," Nolen said.

Bridges is survived by his parents, Thomas and Margaret Bridges, brothers Phillip and Jon, and sister Elizabeth Bridges.

A service will likely be held in the next few days near the family's Northern California home, with a memorial service to follow in Los Angeles.

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Jocky Wilson. Immortalised here.

Jocky Wilson was a professional darts player.
Dexy's Midnight Runners had a hit with Jackie Wilson Said.
In the background, one of the screens is showing a photo of Jocky Wilson. In pre-internet (almost pre-video times!) it was a legendary blooper. Sometimes a mistake or misunderstanding, sometimes a prank and sometimes two fingers up at a band who took themselves too seriously.

None of the above.
It was a joke on the part of the band.

RIP John "Jocky" Wilson, died aged 62.

So as not to muck up the Dead Pool, I'll post this here.

I was vaguely associating Barnabas Collins with a board game. So I googled it. Yes! I remember this game now!

And the site is awesome. I keep seeing games that I remember.

http://www.angelfire.com/az2/gamesgoneby/desi5.html

I had the Dark Shadows game. It also came with a set of vampire teeth. It wasn't a board game in the true sense of the word ... you used the spinner and it told you what skeleton parts to hang on your scaffold.

I loved Dark Shadows, and even to this day I think that Barnabas Collins was the coolest vampire ever.

As I said in the Death Pool thread, I really think what killed Jonathan Frid was seeing the trailer for the movie.

Even I was horrified.

Levon Helm has died. Drummer/vocalist for The Band.

I had that dark shadows game. I remember the teeth.

Adam "MCA" Yauch, of the Beastie Boys, died today at 47. Jesus, that's my age, and it wasn't even drug or alcohol related. Fuck cancer.

Thanks for the great memories, Beastie Adam. :(

In memoriam, my favorite Beastie song:

we must listen to the same radio feed....

Actually I saw it one of the TVs in the hallway here (the number call system on one side of the screen, this one had the news on the other side.)

The soundtrack to many college memories.

I love that song too.
I have great memories of driving around Wales for my 30th birthday singing along to that album. That and The Best of Dolly Parton :)

So manoeuvring into the tiny hotel carpark I would either be wailing along to Jolene or shouting "and the boys blamed me for bringing her home!"

I love that! I listen to Jolene from time to time too...and the contrast between Dolly (LOVE her) and the Beastie Boys is the awesome! :)

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey (Post 807542)

Which band?

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?t=26540&page=13
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There's a comedy routine in that. Firesign Theater, wasn't it?

No, it wasn't. Credibility Gap.

I hadn't heard of that before! So Lenny and Squiggy worked together before Laverne and Shirley...and then Lenny (sorry, Michael McKean) was with Shearer in Spinal Tap. All Credibility Gap folks. Coolness.