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Holman wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 9:47 pm
Skinypupy wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 9:35 pm Kirstie Alley passes from cancer at 71
My goodness. I would have assumed she was in her early 60s. Fuck Cancer.

I never agreed with her 21st century political stances, but I remember her Cheers and Star Trek work very fondly.
Same here. Her life became a struggle, she was hot then not. I also didn't think she was that old.
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I knew a few years ago how old she was. It was a surprise to me even then. Didn't hear of her being sick. Shame. I also hated her political views but thats life. Also loved her for Star Trek first then Cheers. She was damn beautiful as Saavik and I had a crush on her and those eyes. RIP
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She was a lot more attractive during Star Trek days. I'm afraid I didn't care for her private life and views.
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Well as long as we are sharing our opinions: I never liked her that much at all.
She made a horrible starfleet officer, IMO.
And her Cheers role was (also IMO) mostly obnoxious and/or just tiresome.
And then later, although my opinion was already formed, her personal views sealed the deal.

But I wish her loved ones peace in the days ahead.
Too young.
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Tell us how you really feel though :)
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Aviation pioneer, Air Force veteran Joe Kittinger dead at 94

Aviation pioneer and retired Air Force hero Joe Kittinger has died at the age of 94.

Kittinger, who was born in Tampa in 1928 and raised in Orlando, set a record for the longest skydive in 1960 when he jumped from a hot-air balloon at a height greater than 19 miles as a U.S. Air Force captain involved in Project Excelsior. He ended up on the cover of Life magazine.

His participation in Project ManHigh and Project Excelsior tested the ability of a pilot to survive an ejection from high-flying aircraft, key to the United States’ first manned spaceflight efforts. In all, he made five high-altitude jumps.

He also was the first man to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a helium balloon.
I do believe it was a helium balloon, not a hot-air one. He spent much of his life in Orlando and very popular here.
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RIP. A brave adventurer. It was just a few years ago I found out about that high parachute thing. Amazing.
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He was a master of dialogue and wrote excellent scripts for Doctor Who (including the wonderful "Robots of Death"), Blake's 7 and Star Cops. A huge loss.
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Angelo Badalamenti, composer for David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dead at 85 in N.J

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Twitch dead by suicide at 40. I'm guessing a lot of people won't know who he is, but years back we used to watch So You Think You Can Dance as well there wasn't anything else on in the summer. He was a standout and a super interesting person. Apparently he was on the Ellen show which I've never watched.

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Well thats out of the blue for reals. Ive only seen him on the Ellen show and in clips but he seemed so bright and fun loving and happy. No idea about his personal life and story as I see now. Sad that he felt something was so wrong or bad that he couldn't deal with it in the here and now. He was a bright spot on her show. RIP
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Seemed like he had a pretty successful career, but ya you don't know what is happening off screen.
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RIP Terry Hall - lead singer (one of them) for The Specials
Terry Hall, the lead singer of the Specials and a former member of Fun Boy Three and the Colourfield, has died aged 63, his bandmates in the Specials have confirmed.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing, following a brief illness, of Terry, our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced,” the band tweeted.
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Pyperkub wrote: Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:57 pm RIP Terry Hall - lead singer (one of them) for The Specials
Terry Hall, the lead singer of the Specials and a former member of Fun Boy Three and the Colourfield, has died aged 63, his bandmates in the Specials have confirmed.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing, following a brief illness, of Terry, our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced,” the band tweeted.
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A Message to you Rudy (good advice for all the 21st Century Rude Boys)
Damn, that one hurts. :(



Edit : An interesting bit of trivia that I did not know.

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The Specials were always one of my favorites, I listened to them long after they were the latest thing. One of my favorites:
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Always like hearing Rudy. I'm a little surprised the dude who wrote and performed it was white (not that I thought about that before today), and I probably would've liked a lot more of his music if I'd known about it.
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Was a fan too. Brings me back to my college days (80s; my roommate in the dorm used to play their first album regularly), although I never saw them live.

A Message to You Rudy was a pretty faithful cover of a sixties pre-reggae era hit (for Dandy Livingston). So not written by the Specials (although their cover is awesome).



Bonus trivia! A totally different version (compared to The Go-Gos) of Our Lips Are Sealed was also released in the 80s by Fun Boy Three (fronted by Terry Hall, who co-wrote the song). In the UK, it was a much bigger hit than The Go-Gos version.

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You in the right thread?
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Isgrimnur wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 4:58 pm You in the right thread?
Yep just posting a video to go with the others.
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Pardon my confusion.
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RIP Pele...82 years young. He's what got me started playing soccer as a kid, and why I'm a soccer coach now. One of the original greats. Even did a good job acting in Victory, the Stallone movie.
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Hyena wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 3:20 pm RIP Pele...82 years young. He's what got me started playing soccer as a kid, and why I'm a soccer coach now. One of the original greats. Even did a good job acting in Victory, the Stallone movie.
Just saw this. All time great, for sure. Huge influence on all of us who started playing as kids in the 70s/80s
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I just knew the name from NES games or something. RIP
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It's weird to think of someone so young and playing professionally when I was kid being 82. I never thought of him as my father's age.
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Fuckin' Pele doesn't even get his own thread.
OK, I'll stop now.
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McNutt wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:05 pm Fuckin' Pele doesn't even get his own thread.
OK, I'll stop now.
I was going to start one, but wasn't sure of the protocol.
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No megathreads, so start a new thread for each new topic….until someone complains there’s too many threads with similar stuff, then start a megathread.
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Daehawk wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 3:53 pm I just knew the name from NES games or something. RIP
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Hyena wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:10 pm I was going to start one, but wasn't sure of the protocol.
There are no protocols with mass threads (which I generally dislike anyway), for them or against them. For this particular thread, it has been stated since early on: If someone feels like someone needs a separate thread, they're right. And if they post in here, they're right.
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It's almost as if people are the problem.
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McNutt wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:05 pm Fuckin' Pele doesn't even get his own thread.
I'm fine with this.
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Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters, the trailblazing television news broadcaster and longtime ABC News anchor and correspondent who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93.

Walters joined ABC News in 1976, becoming the first female anchor on an evening news program. Three years later, she became a co-host of "20/20," and in 1997, she launched "The View."

In a career that spanned five decades, Walters won 12 Emmy awards, 11 of those while at ABC News.
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Part of ABC News' Headquarters in New York was renamed "The Barbara Walters Building" in May 2014. During the ceremony, Walters accepted the honor, saying, "People ask me very often, 'what is your legacy?' and it's not the interviews with presidents, or heads of state, nor celebrities. If I have a legacy, and I've said this before and I mean it so sincerely, I hope that I played a small role in paving the way for so many of you fabulous women."
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Wow, I honestly thought Baba Wawa had passed away a few years ago. RIP to a woman who held her own against the old boy network of journalists.

As for Pele, he was one of the greats. I can’t remember the number of times I landed on my ass trying for a bicycle kick when I was younger.
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Barbara was always older than I thought she was. Sad she is finally away from this Earth. But each of us in time will pass on. RIP to her and thoughts and comfort to her friends and family. 93 is a great run with a sound mind. Still never long enough I suppose. 200...300. When the end comes its still too soon.
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She was a trailblazer for women and one of the great interviewers. Wife told me Walters announced that she had Alzheimer's a few years ago, so maybe death was a welcome release.
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Wow.

Yeah, I was influenced by Saturday Night Live too much as a kid, so I constantly think of her as Barbara Whawha


I met Pele once. He came to our soccer camp and showed off.
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hepcat wrote: Fri Dec 30, 2022 11:06 pm Baba Wawa
Omg too funny. I had not read this yet.
Lol.

Glad I’m not the only one.
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Its what I thought of too but I was too civil to mention it :)
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Everyone thought of that, because we're all old.

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