Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford




Somebody had him on their death pool list, didn't they?

I saw that in the news and was stunned that he was only 46. He looked older -I thought he was well into his 50s.

What surprises me is it wasn't the crack-smoking that killed him.

Garry Shandling, 66

fuck

ah man. I used to love Shandling.

Johan Cruyff just died.
He fixed soccer and nobody even knew it was broken.

I saw a show with Garry Shandling as a guest a couple years back. Dude was clearly on the way out even then.

I recently bought The Larry Sanders Show. Loved Shandling.

My favorite stand-up thing he did was about how people drive by fields of cows and say "moo" and Garry says the cow is like "Hey, there's a cow driving that car! How can he afford THAT?"

RIP

(sings) This is the theme to Garry's show, the opening theme to Garry's show...

"That Guy That Was In That Thing", aka, Larry Drake died this past St. Patrick's Day.

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Omg - what was he in? Was he the....yeah, wasn't he the learning-disabled assistant or something in LA Law?

Glad he got some closure before he died.

:lol:

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James Noble, he played Gov. Eugene Gatling on the Robert Guillaume series "Benson".

Also, actress Patty Duke.

It's dangerous for a celebrity to be 69 years old this year

Ronnie Corbett

Merkins won't recognize the name, because here is a comedy genius who never really crossed the pond.

This is his most famous sketch, as the shopkeeper in Four Candles.

Merle Haggard: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/entert...ry-music-dies/ Auto play video sorry.

I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole. Great lyric.

That is one crappy birthday present.

R.I.P. Hag.:sniff:

:blackr:

I think he had predicted he would die on his birthday.

He was not evil. Wrong assumption.

If you say so, man. You're the King of wrong assumptions, so whatever you say.

I had to read that three times before I realized it did not say "King Kong of assumptions..."

Good user title

His partner in this sketch is Ronnie Barker, they had a two man sketch show for years, "The Two Ronnies", but also successful solo careers.

I'm probably gonna regret this, but:

Whut?

ikr?

I think he's referring to the engineer who tried and failed to get the Challenger launch scrubbed and he knew it was going to blow up.

I had a whole lot of trouble getting my head around this, till I figured out it wasn't the same night. :smack:

Rest in Piece, Mr Nice!

http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...marks-obituary


My favourite part of his story is that, having been asked at one point by a friend of his who was in MI6 to help him gain contacts in the underworld, he then, when tried for drugs trafficking, claimed he'd been using that as a cover for spying ... and it worked.

Victoria Wood. I'm a bit gutted by this. Damn, she was only 62.

The name probably means little to non-Brits - but she was a bit of a national treasure over here.

Here's the thing that always springs to my mind when I hear the name Victoria Wood: The Ballad of Barry and Freda.

She updated the song a few times, over the years. My favourite was the original from the 80s, but damned if I can find a copy on da toob. Closest to the original I can get is the 90's version, which is pretty close.

:( fucking cancer. stupid bloody disease

Could be Prince's number is up, somebody died at his estate and he was sick apparently.

PRINCE? Nooooooo :mecry:

Female pro wrestler Chyna (aka Joanie Laurer) died yesterday.

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

And, yes, Prince is dead @ 57.

It looked like a question in response to Beest but we posted it at the same time. Actually heard about it on our local non-syndicated radio station and confirmed through ABC news.

Shocked, I am, by that one.

Prince?

Damn.

The corpse formerly know as Prince.

Good one.

Google has a purple rain doodle up already, did someone whip that up, or do they have them prepared like obituaries for the queen?

That's a 10 minute job for those guys.

Fucker wasn't even 69, OR British.

but he was 69 in Brit years

Dat 'splain it...

Putting things in perspective:

Lemmy Kilmister
Natalie Cole
David Bowie
Glen Frey
Merle Haggard
Prince
Maurice White (Earth, Wind, & Fire)

I'm sure I've forgotten someone.

You forgot Glenn Frey.

oops, never mind.

Stop that! Stoppitrightnow!

:bawling:Oh no! OMG!! this is the worst after all the talent we've lost. It's just devastating!! Kayne West was found alive.

Fucking Percy Sledge!

The kids and I just finished watching The Commitments..

"The Irish are the blacks of Europe, and Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland, and north Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it loud, 'I'm black and I'm proud.'"

Somehow, Lonnie Mack's passing got by me. He died on April 21. Absolutely awesome guitar player.

That guy who was in that thing died.

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William Schallert, who played the dad on "The Patty Duke Show" died Sunday.

Is it just me, or, is there a resemblance between Clark Gregg and William Schallert?

I remember him as the dad in Nancy Drew.

Definitely!