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Reply #1085 on: December 12, 2021, 05:24:14 AM

Anne Rice passed away yesterday.  I read Interview with a Vampire, and the rest of the vampire novels back in the day, and they were ok, but I couldn't get in to any of her other books.  Still a bummer, though.

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Reply #1086 on: December 12, 2021, 11:04:08 AM

Interview was her best work, and she deserves plenty of praise for that, as well as her impact on modern vampire tropes (both good and bad).

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Reply #1087 on: December 16, 2021, 03:43:01 PM

https://nypost.com/2021/12/15/transformers-creator-poker-champ-henry-orenstein-dead-at-98/

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Henry Orenstein, Transformers creator and poker champion, dead at 98

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Reply #1088 on: December 17, 2021, 06:50:33 PM

Interview was a good book. Some of the other vampire books.

What other books are worth mentioning? I mean, Exit to Eden is not even great porn and it's a way way way worse movie. The Beauty books are decent porn but...

I dunno what else she wrote?
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Reply #1089 on: December 18, 2021, 10:20:59 AM

The first book in the Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy wasn't bad (The Witching Hour). It went off the rails with Lasher but the first was still decent. Her porn stuff just wasn't my cup of tea.

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Reply #1090 on: December 23, 2021, 04:33:43 PM

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/actress-sally-ann-howes-dead-at-91/ar-AAS2Sm4?cvid=9bc57a4f05f946e79577db71c467d3ca&ocid=winp1taskbar

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Actress Sally Ann Howes has died at the age of 91.

The British actress passed away on Sunday, according to an obituary published in The Times newspaper on Wednesday. No further details about her death have been disclosed.

With a career that spanned from film to stage to television, Howes was notable for her performance as Truly Scrumptious in 1968's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

In 1963, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Fiona in Brigadoon, though the show only ran for two weeks. She then starred opposite Robert Alda and Steve Lawrence in What Makes Sammy Run?, which ran for 500 performances.

Howes made her Broadway debut in 1958 when played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, replacing Julie Andrews. She told Playbill in 2007 that the experience of performing in the show was "wonderful" and she "enjoyed it immensely".

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Reply #1091 on: December 26, 2021, 04:35:24 AM

Desmond Tutu died aged 90.

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Reply #1092 on: December 26, 2021, 10:55:12 AM

The rare public figure famous for being a good person who was actually a good person.
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Reply #1093 on: December 31, 2021, 03:06:28 PM

Aw, man, Betty White. People jinxed her by talking about her 100th birthday so much.
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Reply #1094 on: December 31, 2021, 08:16:29 PM

And yet Madden gets his own thread.
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Reply #1095 on: December 31, 2021, 08:47:37 PM

Nobody is stopping you from making a separate thread for Betty White.
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Reply #1096 on: January 01, 2022, 02:08:04 AM

Aw, man, Betty White. People jinxed her by talking about her 100th birthday so much.


It's a mark of how much of a presence she was that I was truly shocked she died at 99. I kind of thought she'd go on forever somehow.

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Reply #1097 on: January 07, 2022, 11:38:54 AM

Sidney Poitier died aged 94.



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Reply #1098 on: January 07, 2022, 12:02:24 PM

There was never a moment in Sidney's life where he didn't look composed like a motherfucker.

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Reply #1099 on: January 07, 2022, 01:02:20 PM


I feel embarrassed not knowing he was still alive. I don't think I've heard anything about him for literally decades.

I remember watching "Let's Do it Again" and one of the other "trilogy" movies all the time as a kid. I wonder if they still hold up.
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Reply #1100 on: January 09, 2022, 05:45:36 PM

Bob Saget shuffles off this mortal coil.
I couldn't stand him on Full House, or AFHV, and his comedy wasn't anything special, but I did appreciate the shock and horror of people that thought he was family friendly, and brought their kids to his shows.

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Reply #1101 on: January 09, 2022, 07:24:16 PM

He had some funny bits away from the family friendly stuff, which was made funnier by being such a family friendly icon.

All I can say about his death is "The Aristocrats."

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Reply #1102 on: January 21, 2022, 12:41:27 AM

Meatloaf.

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The death has been announced of the singer Meat Loaf at the age of 74.

The Bat Out of Hell star passed away on Thursday night with his family by his side.

A family statement reads:

"Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side. Daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends have been with him throughout the last 24 hours.

"His amazing career spanned 6 decades that saw him sell over 100 Million albums worldwide and star in over 65 movies, including "Fight Club", "Focus", "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Wayne's World."

"Bat Out of Hell" remains one of the top 10 selling albums of all time.

"We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man.

"We thank you for your understanding of our need for privacy at this time.

https://www.beat102103.com/entertainment/us-singer-meat-loaf-has-died-990926

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Reply #1103 on: January 21, 2022, 12:53:50 PM

Won't be too surprised if it turns out to be covid--he was part of that right-wing B-list celebrity world.
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Reply #1104 on: January 21, 2022, 01:19:08 PM

Louie Anderson got beat by cancer as well today...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/entertainment/louie-anderson-dead/index.html

tough month so far

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Reply #1105 on: January 30, 2022, 05:18:11 PM

FFS... https://apnews.com/article/howard-hesseman-dead-f4857117fd8278e879ed758be6bb0b66

Dr. Johnny Fever of WKRP in Cincinnati fame. Loved that show when I was a kid... mainly because it was in Ohio and thought that was cool. 

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Reply #1106 on: February 02, 2022, 06:16:49 AM

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Reply #1107 on: February 23, 2022, 10:33:01 AM

Shock-comedy magician of the 90s, The Amazing Johnathan, died in his sleep at 63



14 years of health problems and a terminal diagnosis 5 years ago.

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Reply #1108 on: February 23, 2022, 10:41:49 AM

Dude looks so familiar but I can't remember where or when I saw his act.  I looked him up and none of his comedy specials sound familiar to me.

He apparently got his start as a street performer on Fisherman's Wharf, maybe I saw him there when I was a kid.   shocked

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Reply #1109 on: February 23, 2022, 01:16:51 PM

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/arts/music/mark-lanegan-dead.html

Mark Lanegan, lead singer for the Screaming Trees, died earlier this week. I liked the band, but only was turned onto them in the grunge era.

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Reply #1110 on: February 25, 2022, 10:51:33 AM


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Reply #1111 on: March 13, 2022, 02:44:07 PM

https://deadline.com/2022/03/william-hurt-dies-oscar-winning-actor-was-71-1234977307/

William Hurt, a week shy of his 72nd birthday. He announced he had terminal Prostate Cancer that had spread to his bones in 2018.

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Reply #1112 on: March 26, 2022, 07:35:49 AM

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-drummer-dies-50-rcna21670

Taylor Harrison, Foo Fighters drummer dies at 50 while in Columbia for part of their tour. They haven't said how he died. Since he's a musician my first thought was OD but hell it could simply have been a heart attack.

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Reply #1113 on: March 26, 2022, 10:58:45 AM

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-drummer-dies-50-rcna21670

Taylor Harrison, Foo Fighters drummer dies at 50 while in Columbia for part of their tour. They haven't said how he died. Since he's a musician my first thought was OD but hell it could simply have been a heart attack.

He's been clean a while. Doing a world tour through shitty countries can make a heart attack that much worse.

My first guess is always drugs with every celebrity though.

Whether it's through relapse or bad decisions catching up.
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Reply #1114 on: March 29, 2022, 12:31:20 PM

Nobody gonna announce Chris Rock's death?

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Reply #1115 on: March 29, 2022, 12:40:45 PM

You misspelled Will Smith.
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Reply #1116 on: April 03, 2022, 07:25:35 AM

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1510461167994642432

Variety@Variety
Estelle Harris, ‘Seinfeld’ Scene-Stealer and ‘Toy Story’ Series’ Mrs. Potato Head, Dies at 93

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Reply #1117 on: April 12, 2022, 12:54:50 PM

Gilbert Gottfried is dead, unless his Twitter feed is pranking the world.
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Reply #1118 on: April 12, 2022, 01:59:34 PM

Seems pretty real sadly... fuck I enjoyed his comedy more than I should've. He was one of the big voices when Sagat died too so he was fresh in my head.


https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/12/entertainment/gilbert-gottfried-death/index.html


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Reply #1119 on: May 19, 2022, 03:17:09 PM

Vangelis at 79.

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/vangelis-dead-chariots-of-fire-blade-runner-1235272061/

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Vangelis, the electronic-music pioneer who won an Oscar for “Chariots of Fire” and composed such other landmark film scores as “Blade Runner,” died Tuesday, the Athens News Agency reported. He was 79. Greek media reports say he died in a French hospital while being treated for COVID-19.
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