R.I.P. The thread of death....celebrity or otherwise

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:27 am

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:47 am
Suitably Ironic Moniker wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:30 pm Jesus, the battle happened on a Tuesday? Nobody should have to fight an inter dimensional battle for the fate of all life on the worst day of the week
how is Tuesday worse than Monday? is it because people just don't care too much when returning from the weekend, but two days in they decided they should crank on what they need to do before clocking out Thursday?

(and why are projects always due Friday night? shouldn't it be Thursday so if you have to stay late wrapping it up, you aren't eating into your weekend hours??)

Tuesday is like a mirage in the desert. It SEEMS like you're closer to salvation, but in reality you're almost as far away as Monday.

Hyena · Post by **Hyena** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:54 pm

Burt Young from Rocky movies is gone. R.I.P., Paulie...

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:30 pm

That's a shame. I thought he died a few years ago in a car wreck after shooting his godson Mustang Sally.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:31 pm

RIP to Burt. Rocky was all I knew him for I think. His character irritated me as he didn't learn from his mistakes and spending sprees.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:58 am

I really liked his acting. RIP

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:50 am

Not Lou!

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:25 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:31 pm RIP to Burt. Rocky was all I knew him for I think.

He also starred in another seventies classic…

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:00 pm

A year or two ago my friends and I embarked on a Rocky movie marathon and for some reason Paulie's line in Rocky Balboa: "I got a watch! I got two watches!" became a catchphrase. Ex: "Did you guys get an email about that party?" "I GOT AN EMAIL! I GOT TWO EMAILS!" We ran it into the ground and then proceeded to still keep saying it.

So of course when my buddy texted me the other day, "I got a coffin! I got two coffins!" I knew this sad day had come.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:15 am

I figured even death was afraid of Shaft, but Richard Rountdtree has left us at 81. RIP to one of the greats of the Blaxploitation genre,

Personally, I’ll always remember him as the asst. VP in one of my all time favorite movies, Brick.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:44 am

I never saw Shaft but know a lot of it and it's iconicness. But he was in a ton of other movies Ive watched over the years. RIP.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:21 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:44 am I never saw Shaft but know a lot of it and it's iconicness. But he was in a ton of other movies Ive watched over the years. RIP.

Did you ever think about his penis?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:23 pm

This always strikes me as an odd question every time you pose it.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:28 pm

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:35 pm

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:36 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:15 am I figured even death was afraid of Shaft...

With reason. I've been led to believe that Shaft is one bad mutha...

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:38 pm

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:42 pm

...But I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:44 pm

Unagi wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:21 pm Did you ever think about his penis?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:47 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:44 pm
Unagi wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:21 pm Did you ever think about his penis?

We know someone was dont we hep?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:48 pm

I'm more of an ankle man, myself.

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:18 pm

R.I.P. Richard Moll

The instantly recognizable actor played ‘Bull,’ the gentle giant of the ‘Night Court’ cast, from 1984-1992.

Richard Moll, the 6’8″ actor who towered over the cast of the original ‘Night Court’ for episode after hilarious episode, has died. He was 80 years old, and according to TMZ, a rep for the family confirmed he died at home on October 26 in Big Bear Lake, California. He famously played “Bull” Shannon, the super-tall bailiff with a shaved head, on the show from 1984-1992, and was known for his comedic refrain of “Ohhh kay.”

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:35 pm

Also Harvey Dent in the Batman animated serieses.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:43 pm

Ohh noo. He was such a nice guy it seemed. Loved him in everything he did. 80. Time is flying fast. Harry and Markie and Bull are all gone. Doesn't seem that long ago.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:00 pm

If memory serves, he was the first bad guy in the Highlander TV show.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:27 pm

Damn, he was one of my favorites growing up. I loved him in Night Court, and he starred in the first horror movie I ever ssw (House.)

RIP.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 12:38 am

McNutt wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:00 pm If memory serves, he was the first bad guy in the Highlander TV show.

Suitably Ironic Moniker · Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:58 pm

Matthew Perry of Friends. Apparently drowned in his jacuzzi. First responders were answering a call of possible cardiac arrest. No drugs on the scene. I won't lie, I love Friends and I've always rooted for Perry to kick his addictions and find happiness. I feel bad for the others, as I'm sure they're gutted right now.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:03 pm

Also the voice of Benny in Fallout: Vegas. Wow.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:40 pm

Wow. Yeah, that's way way way to young. damn. 56. 54

https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... dead-at-56

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:41 pm

Damn. I listened to him narrate his latest audiobook. I've always been a fan. At least he's at peace now.

Suitably Ironic Moniker · Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:57 pm

Unagi wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:40 pm Wow. Yeah, that's way way way to young. damn. 56.

https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... dead-at-56

Not that it ultimately matters, I suppose, but Perry was 54. He was born in 1969.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:59 pm

I've fixed my post, but yeah - I was just running with what their headline said.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:20 pm

Sad news. Me and my wife loved watching Friends. Always seemed a casual kinda guy. Had his troubles but faced them.

You wouldn't think someone would simply drown in their hot tub without other circumstances. Like slipping and hitting your head. Or like Whitney Houston being drugged and drowning or drunk. Someone well and just falling asleep would seem to wake up soon as their face hit the water.

RIP old buddy. Sorry to hear this. He was 3 months younger than me.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:38 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:20 pm You wouldn't think someone would simply drown in their hot tub without other circumstances. Like slipping and hitting your head. Or like Whitney Houston being drugged and drowning or drunk. Someone well and just falling asleep would seem to wake up soon as their face hit the water.

You know how people can have a heart attack and fall to the floor? Imagine that in a jacuzzi.

Obviously, we don't know any real details yet, but cardiac arrest free of intoxication could be the cause.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:15 am

Ya thats true could be the heart...54..past drug use.....just dont know. Hot tubs raise BP Ive heard.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:16 am

I wanted to be him in "Fools Rush In"

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Oct 29, 2023 2:06 am

My BIL's wife's sister died in a hot tub quite a few years ago, but it's a tossup whether it was an accident because drugs were involved. Stoned and relaxed is not the worst way to die.

IDk anything about the Friends guy's real life.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Nov 01, 2023 1:09 pm

Tyler Christopher, soap opera actor from 'General Hospital' and 'Days of Our Lives,' dead at 50

I post this one because my wife loved both those shows and I remember seeing him a lot on the tv. Cardiac event it says at his apartment.
Too young.

Tyler Christopher, a Daytime Emmy-winning soap opera actor known for his roles in "General Hospital" and "Days of Our Lives," has died. He was 50.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:44 pm

Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly at 87. He orbited the moon on Apollo 16 and flew the shuttle a couple of times, but he's best remembered at the guy who was bumped from commanding Apollo 13 three days before the flight because he was exposed to measles. "Commander Mattingly did not, in fact, develop German measles, and he played a significant part in the plan developed by the astronauts and mission control in Houston to get them home safely."

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:09 am

Kraken wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:44 pm he's best remembered at the guy who was bumped from commanding Apollo 13 three days before the flight because he was exposed to measles.

He would have been the command module pilot. The commander was Jim Lovell.