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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #680 on: June 24, 2021, 01:27:55 am »
Bummer, I wanted him to last long enough to see Bitcoin hit $500k

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #681 on: June 24, 2021, 04:52:51 am »
John McAfee, Tech entrepreneur and creator of McFee Antivirus software, 75.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/john-mcafee-found-dead-spanish-court-extradition-us


I want to aspire to be just like him.  8)

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #682 on: June 28, 2021, 05:13:46 am »
I woke up to this one:   

https://kotaku.com/the-brilliant-snes-emulator-creator-known-as-near-has-d-1847182851

It seems near killed himself.  Man, that's beyond awful.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #683 on: June 29, 2021, 05:14:20 am »
Yes, the developer known as BYUU or NEAR was cyberbullied to death by sickos who think it's fun to cause as many suicides as possible. On to the next victim.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #684 on: June 29, 2021, 07:50:34 pm »
This reminds me of the time we moved our coders from Agile to PMBOK just before Christmas.  It had a similar effect on them.  >:D[

Yes, the developer known as BYUU or NEAR was cyberbullied to death by sickos who think it's fun to cause as many suicides as possible. On to the next victim.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #685 on: June 30, 2021, 08:55:29 pm »
Donald Rumsfeld, former US Defense Secretary dead at age 88.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #686 on: July 10, 2021, 03:16:25 am »
Robert Downey Sr.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/movies/robert-downey-sr-dead.html

Not a good year for Bob Jr.

First his long time assistant and now his dad.  :(

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #687 on: July 16, 2021, 11:03:09 pm »
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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #689 on: July 28, 2021, 05:28:52 pm »
Dusty Hill from ZZ-Top @72

https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-dead-dies/

This one hurts.  Glad I got to see them the last time they were in Des Moines.  They still had it.  RIP.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #690 on: July 28, 2021, 06:15:47 pm »
Pour one out folks... dude was a legend.
Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXdqh7TtuMuqasECfTItzXA

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #691 on: July 29, 2021, 06:49:15 am »
Ron Popeil, infomercial pioneer and TV pitchman, 86.

https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/ron-popeil-dead-dies-infomercial/



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RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #692 on: July 29, 2021, 09:00:30 pm »
Dusty Hill from ZZ-Top @72

https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-dead-dies/

This one hurts.  Glad I got to see them the last time they were in Des Moines.  They still had it.  RIP.
Bummed I never got to see them.


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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #693 on: July 29, 2021, 11:41:25 pm »
I saw them.  Very slick and well rehearsed.  Thankfully there is a ton of high quality footage of them.  Very few Texas musicians from that era still going, I’m glad I got to see Roky Erickson and Billy Joe Shaver.  I’m not sure Willie’s done a concert since I saw him at the rodeo.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #694 on: July 30, 2021, 06:37:00 pm »
It is amazing how much sound they could get out of just three musicians. 

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #695 on: August 02, 2021, 08:54:20 pm »
I saw ZZ Top 18 or 19 times over the years. Definitely a tight group, impressed he could get such a killer tone with those light guitar strings and a peso!

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #696 on: August 08, 2021, 06:53:34 am »
Trevor Moore, co-founder of the sketch comedy group The Whitest Kids U Know died Friday evening at 41 from an accident. 




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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #697 on: August 09, 2021, 03:15:19 am »
Markie Post from the Fall Guy and Night Court died of cancer at 70.

All our actors from my past are disappearing...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markie_Post

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #698 on: August 20, 2021, 04:04:54 am »
Sonny Chiba

Loved him in Kill Bill and Street Fighter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Chiba
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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #699 on: August 24, 2021, 01:03:53 pm »
Wife said one of the Rolling Stones had died,  I just knew it wasn't going to be Keith Richards,  Nope was Charlie Watts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58316842

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #700 on: August 25, 2021, 08:27:04 pm »
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Don Everly of the Everly Brothers. Sad, I love their vocal harmonies.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #702 on: September 05, 2021, 11:15:44 am »
---steaming pile of meadow muffin---... he was my favorite grump.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #703 on: September 06, 2021, 05:43:50 pm »
Michael K. Williams, tv & movie star, 54.

Man, Omar was awesome in The Wire.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/the-wire-actor-michael-k-williams-found-dead-in-brooklyn-sources/3258166/


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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #704 on: September 14, 2021, 02:58:33 pm »
Norm Macdonald has passed away at 61 after a nine year private battle with cancer. One of the most naturally gifted comedians...gone.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/norm-macdonald-dies-influential-comedian-and-former-snl-weekend-update-anchor-was-61/ar-AAOrnmK


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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #706 on: September 25, 2021, 04:50:30 am »
Michael K. Williams, tv & movie star, 54.

Man, Omar was awesome in The Wire.

Found to have overdosed on a combination of illegal substances.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #708 on: October 18, 2021, 08:24:44 pm »
Hiroshi "Mr Dotman" Ono, former graphic designer and pixel artist at Namco, 64.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/legendary-namco-pixel-artist-hiroshi-mr-dotman-ono-has-died/

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #709 on: December 12, 2021, 08:40:58 pm »
Anne Rice passed yesterday, age 80.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59627125

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #710 on: December 26, 2021, 04:24:43 am »
2 deaths today...

Ray Illingworth, former English cricket captain, dead at 89

and

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, dead at age 90.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #711 on: December 26, 2021, 05:14:54 am »
Forgot to post this one from a couple weeks ago.

Masayuki Uemura, creator of NES and SNES game consoles, 78.

https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/masayuki-uemura-nes-snes-creator-has-died-at-78/

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« Reply #713 on: December 28, 2021, 10:40:45 pm »
Three cheers to the commentator that actually shut the ---fudgesicle--- up when officials were talking.


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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #714 on: December 31, 2021, 02:40:23 pm »
This one hurts to post.... :(

Betty White, tv star, comedian, national treasure, 99.

https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/31/betty-white-dead-dies-golden-girls/

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #715 on: December 31, 2021, 03:41:32 pm »
she gonna turn 100 in January, I just read that 2 weeks ago.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #716 on: January 01, 2022, 12:45:00 am »
She saw that Lego was from ages 4-99 and couldn't live anymore.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #718 on: January 21, 2022, 06:53:57 am »
Rest in Peace Meat Loaf. (Marvin Lee Aday)

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