Celebrity death that bummed you out the most... - Page 68

monster · 11-29-2011, 02:56 PM

nah it was just to get them (i.e. huge long obits to people no-one had) out of the deathpool. This one doesn't bother me

Sundae · 11-29-2011, 03:05 PM

It was a useful thread.
Do you remember what it was called?!

Russell's death didn't bum me out (oo-er matron) but he had enough influence on those who influenced me, for me to want to mark his passing.

If I get tired looking for threads I can be a bit "Oh fuckit", but generally I'll try to put posts in the most sensible place possible.

monster · 11-29-2011, 03:37 PM

RIP celebrity? I dunno, never really took off

Sundae · 11-29-2011, 03:52 PM

It will now.
I presume you are familiar with the word spree...?

monster · 11-29-2011, 09:45 PM

of course....

....did big sarge send you a gun?

Gravdigr · 11-30-2011, 04:50 PM

RIP Patrice Oneal.

Griff · 12-01-2011, 06:52 PM

Not enough funny in the world, bummer.

Pete Zicato · 12-08-2011, 09:33 AM

Harry Morgan of Dragnet and MASH fame died yesterday.

Sheldonrs · 12-08-2011, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Harry Morgan of Dragnet and MASH fame died yesterday.

I liked his movies and TV shows but I lost all respect for him after he was arrested for beating his wife.

infinite monkey · 12-08-2011, 09:38 AM

RIP Colonel Potter

Pete Zicato · 12-08-2011, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

I liked his movies and TV shows but I lost all respect for him after he was arrested for beating his wife.

I hadn't heard that. A good reminder that actors are not their roles.

infinite monkey · 12-08-2011, 09:50 AM

I found reports of that, but not a lot of other information. He was 82 at the time. I'm not finding much, but this comment on a news board.

I hate domestic violence, and I rail against it all the time, as you should know. But I also don't care for peasants with pitchforks, who hear news blurbs and label the world and everyone in it as the evil devil.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertai...-on-mash-dies/

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Posted by: XXXXXXXX | December 8, 2011, 12:24 am 12:24 am

Comment to the people who bring up Harry Morgan’s domestic violence case: he was 82 at the time. I don’t know if he had any problems with dementia or Alzheimer’s or issues with depression, all of which are possibilities in a man his age. He was married for 45 years to his first wife, who passed away in 1985; he remained married to his second wife at the time of his death. To me this certainly argues that whatever the situation was at the time of the event, it was resolved in a way that kept him and his wife together. It is worth noting that the charges were dropped when he completed a counseling program, and there were no other occasions involving violence in the relationship.

Having cared for an elderly parent, and observed the elderly parents of my friends and relatives, I have to say that it isn’t that unusual for changes in personality to take place in someone as old as Harry Morgan was. Excluding outright dementia and Alzheimer’s, there are a lot of elderly people who develop depression and experience anger and frustration at the onset of aging-related problems: memory issues, physical disabilities, sometimes pain from physical problems like arthritis. This can really be a problem, especially where the person who is experiencing the problems wants to deny that they exist or are affecting him/her.

I think that it’s very unfair to brand Harry Morgan as a “wife-beater” on the basis of a single incident that happened when he was 82 years old, especially without knowing any details of the situation. And especially when he and his wife remained married 15 years later.

glatt · 12-08-2011, 10:06 AM

It's very unusual for the comments section of a news story to contain such a thoughtful comment.

Sheldonrs · 12-08-2011, 10:25 AM

In all the stories I read and also what i remember from when it happened and got reported, he and his wife had gotten into an arguement at a party and when they got home, he hit her several times and caused several cuts, bruises and bumps.

If he had alzheimers, it was never reported. But having had a father who was abusive, my tolerance for abusers for any reason is slim to none.

Pete Zicato · 12-08-2011, 10:27 AM

@iMonkey

Thanks.

11-29-2011, 02:56 PM	#1006
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	nah it was just to get them (i.e. huge long obits to people no-one had) out of the deathpool. This one doesn't bother me __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-29-2011, 03:05 PM	#1007
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	It was a useful thread. Do you remember what it was called?! Russell's death didn't bum me out (oo-er matron) but he had enough influence on those who influenced me, for me to want to mark his passing. If I get tired looking for threads I can be a bit "Oh fuckit", but generally I'll try to put posts in the most sensible place possible. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-29-2011, 03:37 PM	#1008
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	RIP celebrity? I dunno, never really took off __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-29-2011, 03:52 PM	#1009
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	It will now. I presume you are familiar with the word spree...? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-29-2011, 09:45 PM	#1010
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	of course.... ....did big sarge send you a gun? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-30-2011, 04:50 PM	#1011
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	RIP Patrice Oneal. __________________ 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.

12-01-2011, 06:52 PM	#1012
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Not enough funny in the world, bummer. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-08-2011, 09:33 AM	#1013
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Harry Morgan of Dragnet and MASH fame died yesterday. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

12-08-2011, 09:38 AM	#1015
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	RIP Colonel Potter

12-08-2011, 10:06 AM	#1018
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's very unusual for the comments section of a news story to contain such a thoughtful comment.

12-08-2011, 10:25 AM	#1019
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	In all the stories I read and also what i remember from when it happened and got reported, he and his wife had gotten into an arguement at a party and when they got home, he hit her several times and caused several cuts, bruises and bumps. If he had alzheimers, it was never reported. But having had a father who was abusive, my tolerance for abusers for any reason is slim to none. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

12-08-2011, 10:27 AM	#1020
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	@iMonkey Thanks. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

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