Famous person is dead. R.I.P. [R]

Discussion in 'Movies, TV and Music' started by That Phat Hat, Mar 16, 2011.

  1. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
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    Chelsea FC
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    Don't know how much our US friends will know about her, (very little I'd imagine), but it's pretty big news over here as it's such a tragic story.

    Her mother, Paula Yates, left her father, Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats for Micheal Hutchence of Inxs. Hutchence killed himself a few years later. A few years after THAT, Paula Yates killed herself... and now her daughter has also killed herself.

    God knows how Bob Geldof must be feeling :(

    Some people might also remember him for this when he was requesting money for Live Aid which he co-organised. Celebs commonly ask for money politely during these things but Geldof... shall we say... went the other route...

     
  2. The Biscuitman

    The Biscuitman Member+

    Jul 4, 2007
    Club:
    Reading FC
    Yeah peaches Geldof all over the news today, real tragic stuff.

    Early rumours that she had been on a crazy liquid diet for some time (she had eating issues) which she was warned could lead to heart problems.
     
  3. YankBastard

    YankBastard Na Na Na Na NANANANAAA!

    Jun 18, 2005
    Estados Unidos
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  4. NHRef

    NHRef Member+

    Apr 7, 2004
    Southern NH
    I went to college with John, lived on the same floor in the dorm for 2 years. He was one VERY Funny guy. Awesome standup routine, but yes, the picture gives a good indication why being 50 and "natural causes" sometimes go together
     
  5. YankBastard

    YankBastard Na Na Na Na NANANANAAA!

    Jun 18, 2005
    Estados Unidos
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    Was he that big in college?
     
  6. NHRef

    NHRef Member+

    Apr 7, 2004
    Southern NH
    Pretty much, maybe not that big, but yes, he was very big.
     
  7. riverplate

    riverplate Member+

    Jan 1, 2003
    Corona, Queens
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    #957 riverplate, Apr 8, 2014
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    Nothing here about Mickey Rooney yet? He was far bigger than 99% of all these other stiffs posted here...

    Mickey Rooney, Master of Putting On a Show, Dies at 93 - N.Y. Times
    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/a...ting-on-a-show-dies-at-93.html?ref=obituaries
    Anyone interested in Mickey's musical legacy should seek out this wonderful boxed set of four CDs from films he made with Judy Garland. It features the restored soundtracks to Babes in Arms (1939), Strike Up the Band (1940), Babes on Broadway (1941), and Girl Crazy (1943). It was put out in 1995 by Rhino and Turner Classic Movies.

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    There was also an individual CD issue of the Girl Crazy soundtrack.

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  8. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    Perhaps not enough, but he got a couple of mentions on the last page.
     
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  9. riverplate

    riverplate Member+

    Jan 1, 2003
    Corona, Queens
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    My mistake. Thanks.
     
  10. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    As did John Pinette, incidentally ;)

    [quote="Dr. Wankler, post: 29905733, member: 14421"Comic John Pinette, famous for his role as the carjacking victim in the final episode of Seinfeld, dead at 50 in a Pittsburgh hotel.
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    http://www.post-gazette.com/local/c...dies-in-Pittsburgh-hotel/stories/201404060212
    Apparently, the guy lost quite a bit of weight and dealt with other addictions as well.[/quote]
     
  11. Val1

    Val1 Member+

    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
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    Arsenal FC
    Apparently this guy was (is?) at the forefront of people writing their own obits:

    http://www.mademan.com/every-man-ca...campaign=mademan-rss-outbrain&brkref=outbrain

     
  12. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Wow: I didn't realize until your bump that there were two guys from the final episode of Seinfeld who've passed on in recent weeks.
     
  13. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
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  14. crazypete13

    crazypete13 Moderator
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    May 7, 2007
    A walk from BMO
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    RIP Rubin
     
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  15. Moishe

    Moishe Moderator
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    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Mar 6, 2005
    Here there and everywhere.
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    I've always been a huge boxing fan and the story of Hurricane Carter was one that beyond the fog of all the bullshit he endured was what class act he was until the day he died. Definitely robbed of what could have been a tremendous career yet never showed outward bitterness towards his ordeal. Rest in Peace Hurricane.

     
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  16. Auriaprottu

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    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
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    I can see that you're supportive of his ordeal, but he had every right to be bitter. I see no inherent lack of class in making certain that everyone within earshot knew he'd been done wrong, if that's what he'd chosen to do, and no inherent boost in class in remaining silent about it or forgiving those who played a role in his wrongful conviction.

    The families of the 96 didn't stop, even when people with no heart probably grew tired of their "ranting". I'd personally assign much, much more class to their continued fight than I would to anyone who decided to forgive and forget... anything.
     
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  17. Moishe

    Moishe Moderator
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    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Mar 6, 2005
    Here there and everywhere.
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    I agree that he had every right to be bitter but to his credit he chose not to. Instead he used that energy to help others that had been wrongly convicted which to me says infinitely more about his character. Early on in life he was no angel yet he was able to show that people can change. In a side note, I had heard that in his last year or so that John Artis stayed by his side and cared for him. As you know, Artis was his "accomplice" that did a long stretch. Something about that touched me.
     
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  18. crazypete13

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    May 7, 2007
    A walk from BMO
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    He did fight for the release of the wrongly convicted after his own release.

    He saw his injustice as a small part of a societal wrong, and chose to work to right many similar injustices - and that's what makes him great in my books.

    Obituary from The Star that covers his later life.

     
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  19. Auriaprottu

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    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
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  20. cleansheetbsc

    cleansheetbsc Member+

    Mar 17, 2004
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    Whoa. I didn't see this printed anywhere.

    And thank you for having a poor day January 12, 1969.
     
  21. cleansheetbsc

    cleansheetbsc Member+

    Mar 17, 2004
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    Bob Hoskins - 71

    Loved this movie.
     
  22. HerthaBerwyn

    HerthaBerwyn Member+

    May 24, 2003
    Chicago
    Now who's going to star in the Phil Collins bio-pic?
     
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  23. Val1

    Val1 Member+

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    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
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    Damn! Hoskins was also my favorite Iago, starring opposite Anthony Hopkins in Othello.

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  24. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
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    He was terrific in Mona Lisa as well.

    For those of you who haven't seen that film...many, many, MANY similarities to The Crying Game.
     
  25. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

    Oct 18, 2004
    Capitol Hill
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    DC United
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    As I mentioned elsewhere this morning . . .I'm generally not a fan of the gangster movie genre. But there are exceptions, and The Long Good Friday is one, and Hoskins was one of the reasons. He was great.
     
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