The Dead Celebrity Thread

[LisaNY]

I didn't realize her agent had negotiated that for her, Richard! Didn't she have at least three during The Fortensky Years?

[Tati]

She sang everywhere. All over the world artists remember her. For her music and her politics involvement. She even sang with Pavarotti.

[Hans Gruber's EYE CONDITION!]

Farewell... Johnny Fontane!!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091014/...bit_al_martino

"You can act like a (dead!) man! Whatsa matter with you!" lol lol lmbo

[Rene (Mr.Eko)]

Just revisited The Godfather trilogy a while back during the summer. He had the girls screaming for him in the first one, and Connie swooning over him when he sang at the party in the 3rd one.

[LisaNY]

Farewell to Capt. Lou Albano, as well.

[Jake]

*mournfully does the Mario*

[Justin Clark]

A glooming peace this day with it brings. Rubber bands, for sorrow, will not stretch.

[Chris Miller]

I should watch his cameo in Tenacious D in his honor.

[Jake]

Originally Posted by Chris Miller

I should watch his cameo in Tenacious D in his honor.

God, that was great. That line popped into my head the other day and it took me a few minutes to remember who it was, sadly. RIP, Cap.

[Diva]

How could you forget that Goonies are good enough?

[Hammerhead]

Originally Posted by LisaNY

Farewell to Capt. Lou Albano, as well.

The last paragraph in that obit should be the start of a whole new article.

[Martianman]

Dr. No is no more, Mr. Bond.

[Jeb]

To say nothing of Manny Weisbord.

[Barkatthemoon]

Collin Wilcox has died of brain cancer at the age of 74. She played Mayella Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird. She also had a ton of TV roles, but I guess I never recognized her. She was also in Jaws 2.

[LisaNY]

She was the doctor on the beach who was examining the whale that the shark had killed - she had on some big funky sunhat and glasses. I had to look her up, but when they said who she was in Jaws 2, I remembered her.

[The Perfect Weapon]

RIP Soupy Sales

[LisaNY]

Aww, I loved Soupy Sales when I was a kid - used to watch the re-runs all the time. I saw him on the street in NYC in the early 90s - he strolled by looking straight ahead like he definitely didn't want to be recognized.

[LisaNY]

Double post.

[Jake]

Not exactly a celebrity, but RIP to Chuck Biscuits, drummer for Danzig, Social D, Circle Jerks, DOA, and Black Flag. Finally kicked the bucket due to his prolonged battle with throat cancer.

[Parker]

That's a bummer, drummer.

[Jake]

Chuck Biscuits, if you're not dead I'm going to find you and kill you.

[Ratty]

"Chuck Biscuits." Is that a name or a euphemism for vomiting?

[EdHocken]

Originally Posted by Ratty

"Chuck Biscuits." Is that a name or a euphemism for vomiting?

I do believe it is. Cuz I ain't no goddamn son of a bitch.

[Jake]

Originally Posted by EdHocken

I do believe it is. Cuz I ain't no goddamn son of a bitch.

[Barkatthemoon]

Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer. So, this is just a place card.

I'll edit "prostate cancer" to "died" at a later date.

[LisaNY]

Originally Posted by Barkatthemoon

Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer. So, this is just a place card.

I'll edit "prostate cancer" to "died" at a later date.

While it's a terrible thing, this is a very slow-growing form of cancer. Prostate cancer hits many men in old age - it's unfortunately become a very common thing to hit men as they near Hopper's age, which is 73.

The good news is that it's so slow growing, that odds are he won't die from this. My dad is 82, and was diagnosed with stage II prostate cancer about a year and a half ago. His doctor said, "You're gonna die of something else before the prostate cancer kills you" because it's not something that spreads rapidly. In fact, in many elderly men, the safest course of action is to not treat it at all, because they usually die of natural causes before the prostate cancer ever spreads enough to become an issue. And since chemo and radiation is so taxing on the body, if they treat an early stage of prostate cancer radically, it can actually speed up their demise from the treatment. I should add - it's generally much more dangerous in younger men. Elderly men don't live long enough for the cancer to really spread before they die of something else.

Now, that much being said, I Googled one of the articles and it said that Dennis Hopper has entered a treatment program in Southern Cal - so it's possible he has a more advanced stage of the cancer, in which case - bad. But if not, his chances are still very, very good - my Dad's doctors are taking a "wait and see, if it grows, then we take action" approach. I know it sounds very weird to not jump on a cancer treatment as soon as you're diagnosed, but that's just the nature of prostate cancer in elderly men.

[Judas Booth]

Best wishes to your Dad, Lisa.

[LisaNY]

Originally Posted by Judas Booth

Best wishes to your Dad, Lisa.

Thanks, Judas. But really, just to show how slow growing it is, we're more concerned about other things in his old age - for example, his heart, some breathing issues because he's gained so much weight, etc., and the general fact that he's 82 - than we are about the prostate cancer. We're not happy about it, of course, but it's low on the list of issues that he has. His doctor said that's not what he's gonna die from. And believe me, I'm calm about it now, but I freaked the fuck out when he was first diagnosed, but that was before I knew a lot of the facts. That's the thing about cancer - there are so many different kinds, you never know what you're dealing with. Does he have days, weeks, months, years? Or will it not wind up killing him at all?

He did say probably one of the funniest things he's ever said to me back when he was tested. They brought him in for a biopsy, and I called him after and said, "Well, did they say anything?" (even though he wasn't going to get the results for a couple of weeks). He says, "Naah, they just hurt my ass and sent me home."

[Mad Man Mundt]

The Chuck Biscuits death was a complete and total hoax. He is very much alive.

[Jake]

Haha, DAMN YOU BISCUITS!

[Erix]

Originally Posted by Barkatthemoon

Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer. So, this is just a place card.

Harry Belafonte had it. He's still very much alive. My granddad had it, entered treatment and went into remission. Lisa is very much correct that this is probably the "best" cancer a guy can get.

And I'm seconding Judas' best wishes for her dad.

It is a good idea, of course, to catch it early. (Which is why guys have to start getting cornholed by their doctors beginning at 40)

But, if you guys want to avoid it, here's a tip and you can look this up:

Have as much sex as possible or at least jack off once a day.

The regular release of semen helps prevent prostate cancer. Tell that to your significant others the next time they say they have a headache.

"You don't want me to die, do you? C'mon."

[Ken Savage]

Edward Woodward.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8362367.stm

[Martianman]

The Equalizer has been equalized. Edward Woodward, the great Community Watch program in the sky awaits you.

EDIT: Jinx!

[Richard Dickson]

Screw The Equalizer, he'll always be Breaker Morant to me.

"Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!"

[Ratty]

If he's cremated, I hope all his loved ones gather in a circle and sing around the crematorium.

[EdHocken]

The only place where he'll be up to his balls in crusty jugglers now is heaven.

[mr_adam]

As a tribute they will be burning his body on a Scottish Island. In a giant wooden statue.

Edgar Wright pays tribute.

[Disciple_72]

Originally Posted by Richard Dickson

"Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!"

The perfect sendoff quote for this guy.

Woodward was awesome. A true "unconventional" tough guy, in stuff like Callan (sort of the Dark James Bond), Who Dares Wins (that's the badass SAS motto title, but if you prefer you can call it by the crappy US title The Final Option... either way, imagine a no-nonsense British version of The Delta Force, only not completely shitty like the Norris movie and actually quite cool), and of course The Equalizer- who would have thought that a portly old gentleman who talked like Christopher Plummer but behaved like Charles Bronson would not only work, but actually be a hit? Woodward was perfect as Robert McCall, a Company Man looking for redemption- likeable, dignified, refined and articulate, but NOT to be fucked with. Got a problem? Odds against you? Call The Equalizer.

And when Woodward wasn't kicking ass as a vigilante, he was just being a terrific actor, e.g. The Wicker Man and Breaker Morant, which is probably his finest work.

"Some of the guards are sympathetic. I can have a horse standing by..."
"Where will I go?"
"Lorenzo Marques, Portuguese territory. Take a boat, see the world."
"I've seen it."

There are also many stories of him being the nicest guy ever. RIP.

[Disciple_72]

Just for the hell of it, those opening credits with Copeland music:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE

They really need to put out the other seasons on DVD.

[Phil]

Ken Ober died.

[Raspberry Leper]

I was at a party in West Hollywood in 199...5, I think, and met a hooker. She said that Ken Ober was into having chicks shit on him.

[Rene (Mr.Eko)]

The Equalizer was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Damn shame that he died.

[Phil]

Originally Posted by Raspberry Leper

I was at a party in West Hollywood in 199...5, I think, and met a hooker. She said that Ken Ober was into having chicks shit on him.

May he rest in peace.

[Raspberry Leper]

Yeah, I never was a great eulogizer.

[Phil]

You just needed an ending. Better than Domingo, at any rate.

[Ratty]

Originally Posted by Phil

Ken Ober died.

Excellent! Kari Wuhrer will need some consoling tonight!

[Martianman]

Originally Posted by Raspberry Leper

I was at a party in West Hollywood in 199...5, I think, and met a hooker. She said that Ken Ober was into having chicks shit on him.

Danny Thomas has a glass coffee table reserved for him in heaven.

Man, I would've killed to be on Remote Control back in the day. At the very least, it would have been worth it just to have Kari turn down my advances.

[JohnnyZ]

Ken Ober..Edward Woodward... things like this happen in threes. Who is next?

[Nick Nunziata]

Stephanie Meyer? Please?

[LisaNY]

Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata

Stephanie Meyer? Please?

It's too late, the books and movies are already out there!