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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #400 on: April 01, 2019, 05:51:50 pm »
Nuff Said

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #403 on: May 03, 2019, 12:38:38 pm »
Chewbacca

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #405 on: June 01, 2019, 09:12:35 pm »
Roky Erickson

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/pioneering-psychedelic-rocker-roky-erickson-dies-71-63422760

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #406 on: June 02, 2019, 06:22:31 pm »
Roky Erickson

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/pioneering-psychedelic-rocker-roky-erickson-dies-71-63422760

I saw the last 13th Floor Elevators concert. Don't do psychedelic drugs, kids.

Do many here know of this person, that band? I didn't.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #407 on: June 07, 2019, 08:41:20 am »
I know this is the right place but it might be the wrong time if anyone was a fan of Dr. John.  He passed away of a heart attack.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #409 on: June 07, 2019, 12:36:37 pm »
Thanks for linking that! I didn't know who Dr. John was. Really nice performance in the video. Even though I enjoy listening to Jazz/Blues, my knowledge of the players is so minimal.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #410 on: June 27, 2019, 09:11:18 am »

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #411 on: June 27, 2019, 01:48:18 pm »
Damn, when did he get that old?

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #414 on: July 12, 2019, 07:22:51 pm »
Yes, Maax has been laid to rest.


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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #416 on: July 24, 2019, 03:47:30 pm »
Terribly sad.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #417 on: July 28, 2019, 10:44:29 pm »
Russi Taylor, age 75. Voice of Martin Prince and Sherri/Terri on The Simpsons.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #418 on: July 31, 2019, 03:36:12 am »
I know this might be pushing the definition of celebrity, but thought this deserved to be here.

Grant Thompson, also known as The King of Random on youtobe, died earlier this week in a paragliding accident. 38 years old, he leaves behind a wife and 4 children.

This guy's channel was one of the first ones I ever hit the "Subscribe" button on.

https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/30/king-of-random-youtube-star-grant-thompson-dead-dies-paragliding-accident/

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #420 on: August 19, 2019, 08:28:07 am »
Peter Fonda passed on Friday the 16th.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #421 on: August 19, 2019, 11:31:45 am »
Peter Fonda passed on Friday the 16th.


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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #422 on: September 03, 2019, 10:48:55 pm »
the fastest woman on 4 wheels, Jessi Combs passed on August 27th while trying to beat her own land speed record of 483.2mph that she set back in october.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/us/jessi-combs-race-car-driver-death-trnd/index.html

you may remember her as host of Overhaulin' and as a temporary host on Mythbusters whilst Kari was away on maternity leave.
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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #423 on: September 07, 2019, 01:49:29 am »
the fastest woman on 4 wheels, Jessi Combs passed on August 28th while trying to beat her own land speed record of 483.2mph that she set back in october.


"On August 27, 2019 at approximately 4:00PM the Harney County 911 Center received a call reporting that a jet car attempting to break a land speed record on the Alvord Desert had crashed leading to one fatality," the sheriff's office said.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #424 on: September 09, 2019, 05:02:25 pm »
my misake. fat fingers  ;D fippxed it  :cheers:

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #425 on: September 09, 2019, 11:04:23 pm »
I was highlighting 27 is the end.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #426 on: September 12, 2019, 09:38:45 am »
Daniel Johnston has passed away at age 58.




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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #427 on: September 12, 2019, 10:07:21 am »
I always liked that mural.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #428 on: September 16, 2019, 08:02:46 am »
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/15/us/ric-ocasek-the-cars-lead-singer-death/index.html

Boo.  Lead singer of the Cars died.  Not one of my favorite bands but still a staple of the '80s.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #429 on: September 16, 2019, 02:36:54 pm »
He seemed content, though.

"It's kind of weird because it's like a lifetime," Ocasek told the magazine, looking back at the history of The Cars. "It is a lifetime. I had three families during that time. They are like lives that go by and millions of people and things and artists and writers and business people and fans. ... It's a lot of stuff. It's been a pretty eventful life, I can say."

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #430 on: September 23, 2019, 08:53:32 am »
R.I.P Captain spaulding. Sid Haig, 80. Rob zombies movie trilogy is cursed. Each movie killed off an actor in real life.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #431 on: September 23, 2019, 09:25:47 am »
I just rewatched Jackie Brown for the umpteenth time this weekend and hate to hear about Sid passing. Rest in Peace, man...


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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #432 on: October 07, 2019, 08:23:24 am »
RIP Rip.

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/07/767788731/rip-taylor-comedian-know-for-his-camp-and-confetti-dies-at-84

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Rip Taylor, the comedian who became a fixture of 1970s game shows with his outrageous antics, flamboyant style and signature confetti-throwing, has died at age 84.

His publicist, Harlan Boll, confirmed Taylor died Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Taylor's spanned more than 40 years and encompassed Broadway, Las Vegas, film and television.

Born Charles Taylor in Washington, D.C., he got his start as a stand-up comic playing clubs in the Catskills after he'd served in the Army during the Korean War.

In a 1992 interview with United Press International, Taylor acknowledged that much of his early material consisted of jokes stolen from USO tours he'd seen.

His first national television appearance came in 1963 on The Ed Sullivan Show, where he became known as the "crying comedian" for a routine in which he cried on stage as he begged the audience to laugh at his jokes.

"I sat on a stool telling jokes, and nobody was laughing," he told UPI in 1992. "In desperation, I pretended to cry as I begged them to laugh. That killed 'em."

Taylor went on to make some 2,000 guest appearances on such shows as The Hollywood Squares, Match Game, The Gong Show and Super Password.
He was also a frequent guest on The Merv Griffin Show, The Tonight Show and Late Night With David Letterman. He also made a cameo on The Monkees.

In the 1970s, Taylor hosted The $1.98 Beauty Show. Created by The Gong Show's Chuck Barris, it was a spoof of traditional beauty pageants, where contestants won such prizes as a bouquet of rotten vegetables, or the top prize of $1.98.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #433 on: October 07, 2019, 08:46:12 am »
Ginger Baker is gone. 

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #435 on: October 07, 2019, 10:39:04 am »
Ginger Baker is gone.

This one hurts.

If you are a Ginger Baker fan I recommend the documentary Beware of Mr Baker.  Its a good watch.

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« Reply #436 on: October 07, 2019, 10:42:11 am »
I will have to check it out. Thanks.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #437 on: October 08, 2019, 08:13:57 am »
I will have to check it out. Thanks.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #438 on: October 08, 2019, 08:31:50 am »
That is impossible. There is no way you could resist making some kind of comment.

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Re: RIP - The Dead Celebrity Thread
« Reply #439 on: October 08, 2019, 08:49:19 am »
That is impossible. There is no way you could resist making some kind of comment.