RIP, famous person - Page 19

glatt · 12-05-2013, 05:42 PM

Yeah. He was a good guy. Sorry to see him go.

Gravdigr · 12-08-2013, 02:47 PM

Nelson Mandela was a great man. How else can you describe someone who was jailed for almost thirty years, for essentially no good reason, did what he did from prison, got out, and forgave his keepers, and became one of the most influential people on the planet.

I didn't do anywhere near 30 yrs, and I still haven't forgave the snitch pussy motherfucker that snitched on me...and I never will.

richlevy · 12-08-2013, 03:04 PM

Amy Winehouse singing 'Free Nelso Mandela'. Ironically they died about two years apart. She died at 27. He died at 95.

DanaC · 12-15-2013, 12:42 PM

Ahhh. This news makes me feel really sad. The great Peter O'Toole has died.

They broke the mould when they made him.

Gravdigr · 12-15-2013, 04:08 PM

Last time I saw him was a (then new) VHS copy of "Caligula".

monster · 12-15-2013, 06:36 PM

This made me smile from the BBC article

Broadcaster Michael Parkinson told Sky News it was hard to be too sad about the news of his passing, and smiled as he said: "Peter didn't leave much of life unlived, did he?"

too right, Michael. I'd like to be remembered that way. Must work on that.

Clodfobble · 12-15-2013, 09:35 PM

I was interested to learn that he apparently survived stomach cancer back in the 70s. That's one of the more fatal ones, and treatment wasn't as fantastic back then either.

Sundae · 12-16-2013, 03:53 AM

I bought Russell T Davies' Casanova twice (both DVDs lent out, neither returned) as well as watching it on transmission. The combination of talents involved was too fine not to spread the word. Davies, Peter O'Toole, Tennant (pre-Who) Penry-Jones, Lucas et al.

I liked the fact that Peter O'Toole was referred to by his full name, as if it was one word.
Peterotoole.

Even in comments from friends and colleagues on the radio today; Peterotoole.
Leslie Phillips said he was a wonderful actor, highly professional, a great ranconteur, but an intensely private man. Perhaps that's why people felt the need to gift him his whole name.

DanaC · 12-16-2013, 04:20 AM

Yeah, that is kind of odd. And sweet.

He was wonderful in Casanova. He was wonderful in everything.

Nobody could play dissolute and derelict charm quite like Peter O'Toole.

Gravdigr · 12-16-2013, 04:01 PM

Aw, shit, man. Billy Jack died.

Tom Laughlin was 82.

Billy Jack (paraphrasing):

Quote:

I'm going to kick you in the right side of your face with my right foot. And there's not a damn thing you can do about it.

orthodoc · 12-16-2013, 05:37 PM

I love that quote.

footfootfoot · 12-17-2013, 09:55 AM

Peter O'Toole

monster · 12-18-2013, 07:45 AM

Ronnie Biggs

Rocking those deathpool points this month....

Sundae · 12-21-2013, 03:12 PM

David Coleman.
Damn.
It's not even a cold Winter and it takes them anyway.

Quote:

'The big Cuban opened his legs and showed his class'
David Coleman
Montreal Olympics, 1976

The man who gave his name to a commentary cock-up (the Colemanball) could sometimes be so bad he was good. Like here, for instance. As Cuban Alberto Juantorena - nicknamed 'El Caballo' (the horse) for his muscular appearance and nine-foot stride - powered to 400m and 800m gold medals in Montreal, Coleman began his fine foot-in-mouth tradition with this observation.

Actually this one might belong in the bummed out thread. For me.
Because I read Private Eye for years (and Colemanballs was their column) and because my bro and I laughed until we cried together over his howlers in print, by chance live or in compilations.

But he had a good and successful life, so it's not for me to be bummed.
And I think he'd laugh at that.

Gravdigr · 12-23-2013, 03:03 PM

Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the AK-47, and AK-74, is dead at 94.

Quote:

"I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists ... I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work — for example a lawn mower."

~Mikhail Kalashnikov

12-08-2013, 02:47 PM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Nelson Mandela was a great man. How else can you describe someone who was jailed for almost thirty years, for essentially no good reason, did what he did from prison, got out, and forgave his keepers, and became one of the most influential people on the planet. I didn't do anywhere near 30 yrs, and I still haven't forgave the snitch pussy motherfucker that snitched on me...and I never will. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-08-2013, 03:04 PM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Amy Winehouse singing 'Free Nelso Mandela'. Ironically they died about two years apart. She died at 27. He died at 95. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-15-2013, 04:08 PM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Last time I saw him was a (then new) VHS copy of "Caligula". __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-15-2013, 06:36 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	This made me smile from the BBC article Broadcaster Michael Parkinson told Sky News it was hard to be too sad about the news of his passing, and smiled as he said: "Peter didn't leave much of life unlived, did he?" too right, Michael. I'd like to be remembered that way. Must work on that. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-15-2013, 09:35 PM	#7
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12-05-2013, 05:42 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah. He was a good guy. Sorry to see him go.

12-16-2013, 03:53 AM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I bought Russell T Davies' Casanova twice (both DVDs lent out, neither returned) as well as watching it on transmission. The combination of talents involved was too fine not to spread the word. Davies, Peter O'Toole, Tennant (pre-Who) Penry-Jones, Lucas et al. I liked the fact that Peter O'Toole was referred to by his full name, as if it was one word. Peterotoole. Even in comments from friends and colleagues on the radio today; Peterotoole. Leslie Phillips said he was a wonderful actor, highly professional, a great ranconteur, but an intensely private man. Perhaps that's why people felt the need to gift him his whole name. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-16-2013, 05:37 PM	#11
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	I love that quote. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

12-17-2013, 09:55 AM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Peter O'Toole __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-18-2013, 07:45 AM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Ronnie Biggs Rocking those deathpool points this month.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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