Let the death begin.
Some world leader or something. (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/04/dubai.death.ap/index.html)
That's a shame. Loved him in Happy Days.
he was on my list.
Charles O. Porter (http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/01/03/a1.cporter.0103.p1.php?section=cityregion), former U.S. Representative from Oregon and liberal gadfly.
another obit (http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1136332517295361.xml&coll=7)
Looking likely our first GhoulPool death will be: ARIEL SHARON.
He's just dying so that you'll all get your hopes up. Look at my list for god's sake. None of you have a chance.
Sharon is # 5 on my list.
First death gets money. That was kinda my point. And I have seen your list.
Why do I expect TO to have a "napalm accident" sometime in the near future......
Quote from: rjs246 on January 04, 2006, 04:48:07 PM
He's just dying so that you'll all get your hopes up. Look at my list for god's sake. None of you have a chance.
Yeah, I saw your list. I'll score more points than you, and we can have a stupid bet about it if you like. Loser.
Speaking of which, did anyone notice that one guy had William Rehnquist on his list?!
Good lord :-D
Quote from: Diomedes on January 04, 2006, 04:57:17 PM
Yeah, I saw your list. I'll score more points than you, and we can have a stupid bet about it if you like. Loser.
No chance you score more than me. Dakota Fanning is hanging on by a thread.
damn it, i'm looking at my list now, which i forgot to send in, and sharon is my #1. no lie.
Well, RJS, your list isn't as ridiculous as Yeti's last year (all Cowboys).
Quote from: MadMarchHare on January 04, 2006, 04:57:17 PM
Speaking of which, did anyone notice that one guy had William Rehnquist on his list?!
My list:
#1: Vincent Price
#2: Bob Hope
#3: Dwight D. Eisenhower
What do I win?
Quote from: MadMarchHare on January 04, 2006, 04:57:17 PM
Speaking of which, did anyone notice that one guy had William Rehnquist on his list?!
That's Ernie. I think he plays this pool every year, too. Ha!
How many people submitted a list with someone who was born not in this century, not in the last century, but in the one before that!?!
Quote from: MadMarchHare on January 04, 2006, 05:04:06 PM
Well, RJS, your list isn't as ridiculous as Yeti's last year (all Cowboys).
I saw that. pretty funny. I only included a couple of ridiculous celebs. Verne Troyer is a darkhorse. You know how those midgets struggle to stay alive. And I'm fairly certain that TO is done for. Iggy Pop has been in a state of animated death for years. My list rules.
i forgot to send in my list too, and what sucks is my #1 was 1 of 13 West Virginian miners dying, but then i crossed it out and changed it to 12 of 13.
Former USC Baseball Coach Rod Dedeaux Dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060106/ap_on_sp_co_ne/bbc_obit_dedeaux;_ylt=AgvhHoT9HGFNpO9kAerq3YRI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl)
Ariel Sharon dead (http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/06/front2453741.9118055557.html).
Well, so they say. None of the major news portals are reporting this. It would be fitting if he was dead, not dead, dead, not dead in the same manner as Arafat, wouldn't it?
edit: this link (http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/7461.htm) has this headline:
QuoteCONFIRMED: PM ARIEL SHARON IS (AT LEAST CLINICALLY) DEAD
Reliable sources indicate to Israel Insider that PM Ariel Sharon died at 11 am. Israeli media channels still report his condition is "very grave." Director of Hadassah Hospital Shlomo Mor-Yosef officially denies "rumors" of death and says Sharon's condition is "serious but stable."
Channel 10 reports those closest to Sharon as saying he has suffered "brain damage." A likely explanation to reconcile the two reports is that Sharon has suffered brain death -- the lack of cerebral activity -- but that his heart continues beating, while he remains anesthetized and respirated.
Ariel Sharon = Terry Schiavo?
Quote from: FFatPatt on January 06, 2006, 10:18:46 AM
Ariel Sharon = Terry Schiavo?
now that could get ugly...real ugly
From cnn.com
Quote
BREAKING NEWS
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's brain scan shows "significant improvement" after surgery; he remains in critical, but stable condition, hospital official says.
Just pull the plug already.
Theres gonna be a huge party in palestine....
fargin terrorists
There' gonna be a party in my apartment too. Farg israel.
Lou Rawls is dead.
I can't imagine caring less about Israel. But I'll root for death.
Well, damn, now that's gonna create some controversy for the Ghoulpool, ain't it?
Low Rawls first death of the year.
He's on a lot of lists. But sadly, not mine.
Dammit. No Lou Rawls on my list. fargers.
He's on 3 lists, to be exact. Ernie--the dummy who listed Rehnquist--has him listed #1. So does Brent.
Dio wears a tourban
I used to hump an Israeli girl named Sharon.
mussa wears long curls, a silly hat, some string, and an unwashed black suit.
Take that you dirty Israel lover!
lmfao :-D :-D
Quote from: phattymatty on January 06, 2006, 11:12:46 AM
I used to hump an Israeli girl named Sharon.
You used to hump her. LOL.
Quote from: Diomedes on January 06, 2006, 10:55:43 AM
Lou Rawls is dead.
Compensated endorser Lou Rawls? If you're between 50-85, you are approved for insurance from Colonial Penn. Your premiums will never increase and your benefit will never decrease... due to age.
Her roommate's name was Ariel. It was the most Jewish household this side of the Atlantic.
Barry Cowsill (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/06/obit.cowsill.ap/index.html) (of The Cowsills)
I guess technically this is a 2005 death, but since it wasn't official until 2006, I'll put it here.
As an aside, The Partridge Family sucked serious nut.
Quote from: rjs246 on January 06, 2006, 12:52:26 PM
Her roommate's name was Ariel.
Ha, I never would have remembered that.
Quote from: Diomedes on January 06, 2006, 11:03:50 AM
He's on 3 lists, to be exact. Ernie--the dummy who listed Rehnquist--has him listed #1. So does Brent.
Just as kind of an update... Brent has been doing the GP for me while I was away, and the list he sent out was the unreviewed list. Just as we allowed last year, Ernie was allowed to replace the ex-Judge when the mistake was noticed.
Nothing to see here, folks.... just move along....
:-D
My Lai Hero Hugh Thompson Jr. Dies at 62 (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2628&ncid=2628&e=16&u=/ap/20060106/ap_on_re_us/obit_thompson_2)
Quote from: Diomedes on January 06, 2006, 10:13:33 AM
Ariel Sharon dead (http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/06/front2453741.9118055557.html).
Well, so they say. None of the major news portals are reporting this. It would be fitting if he was dead, not dead, dead, not dead in the same manner as Arafat, wouldn't it?
edit: this link (http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/7461.htm) has this headline:
QuoteCONFIRMED: PM ARIEL SHARON IS (AT LEAST CLINICALLY) DEAD
Reliable sources indicate to Israel Insider that PM Ariel Sharon died at 11 am. Israeli media channels still report his condition is "very grave." Director of Hadassah Hospital Shlomo Mor-Yosef officially denies "rumors" of death and says Sharon's condition is "serious but stable."
Channel 10 reports those closest to Sharon as saying he has suffered "brain damage." A likely explanation to reconcile the two reports is that Sharon has suffered brain death -- the lack of cerebral activity -- but that his heart continues beating, while he remains anesthetized and respirated.
(http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/python/Scripts/HolyGrail/jpgs/02-oldmn.jpg)
I'm not dead yet! (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060108/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_sharon)
Former Rams receiver and broadcaster Jack Snow dead at age 62 (http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=1489510)
And in an uncanny display of Grim Reaperism, Ernie now has both his #1 and #2 picks dead in Ghoulpool (http://www.ghoulpool.us). Gerald Ford -- watch out. He has you as #3.
This 'Ernie' character had Jack farging Snow as his #2? Who the hell has ever even heard of him? Stupid midwestern hicks.
Estelle Getty is going to croak next.
Estelle Getty is going to croak next
again?
Again, this is the same guy who had William Rehnquist on his list, as well as Lloyd Bridges, who died in 1998.
Even a blind pig finds a truffle once in a while. :paranoid
Sidney Frank, creator of Jagermeister and Grey Goose, dead at 86 (http://www.forbes.com/home/business/2006/01/11/frank-obit-grey-goose-cz_mm_0111frankobit.html)
Well, I know what I'm doing tonight... throwing some back in the memory of Sidney.
That was big news for me at work today. He was a giant in our industry. A giant prick, from what I hear, but I never met him (of course).
Former Red Wing Marc Potvin, age 38 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060113/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hko_obit_potvin)
I hate the Red Wings, but this is pretty messed up.
Oscar Winner Shelley Winters Dies at 85 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060114/ap_on_en_mo/obit_winters)
She was Dan's mom on Roseanne.
Kuwait's emir, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, has died at the age of 77. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060115/ts_nm/kuwait_emir_dc)
Not overly famous, but:
Former Yankee reliever Paul Lindblad, 64, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. (http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/baseball/13623332.htm?source=rss&channel=philly_baseball)
Quote from: phattymatty on January 14, 2006, 04:03:52 PM
She was Dan's mom on Roseanne.
She was actually Roseanne's grandmother.
:paranoid
What is it with dead Rams lately? (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2295067)
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/16/ford.hospitalized/index.htm
Wilson Pickett
Quote from: Diomedes on January 19, 2006, 05:29:11 PM
Wilson Pickett
Dead at 64 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060119/ap_en_mu/obit_wilson_pickett)
Ah, good old Reston, Va.
Tom Nugent...inventor of the "I" Formation. (http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-obit-nugent&prov=ap&type=lgns)
You got my hopes up..thought that said Ted Nugent. I look forward to hearing news of that fool's demise.
rip the pratville pimp
his best....
http://havas42.com/beats/Ninety-Nine%20and%20One%20Half%20(Won't%20Do).MP3
Some actor whho once did something or something. (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/obit.franciosa.ap/index.html)
Tony was cool, and "The Name of the Game" was the shizz in its time.
Christopher Penn (Sean Penn's brother) Dead @ 43 (http://et.tv.yahoo.com/newslink/13718/index.html)
Too much blow and too much fat = dead as a fargin doornail at 43 years of age.
:-\
Didn't see that one coming. I wonder if anyone was clairvoyant enough to pick that one.
Ernest Borgnine turned 89 today. Might wanna keep an eye on him.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on January 24, 2006, 10:38:11 PM
Christopher Penn (Sean Penn's brother) Dead @ 43 (http://et.tv.yahoo.com/newslink/13718/index.html)
Too much blow and too much fat = dead as a fargin doornail at 43 years of age.
:-\
"he's just gonna decide, out of the farging bluuuuuuue, to rip us off?"
Legendary tap artist Fayard Nicholas (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/25/obit.fayardnicholas.ap/index.html)
thats really sad, he's the reason i started tap dancing in the first place
Quote from: phattymatty on January 26, 2006, 09:45:30 AM
thats really sad, he's the reason i started tap dancing in the first place
Chicks dig tappers.
he's the reason i started tap dancing in the first place
carmine ragusa is the reason i took it up...best tapper of all-time
Laverne and Shirly is a totally white comedy. Why you watching it?
Update on a 2005 death (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2307003)
Ex-Steeler Terry Long did not have meningitis. He committed suicide by drinking antifreeze...
Sweet tooth?
That de-icing stuff looks so lemony... :drool
QuoteHe was indicted in March on charges he fraudulently obtained loans for a chicken processing plant which prosecutors allege he burned for the insurance money.
Long was awaiting trial when he died.
Playwright Wendy Wasserstein Dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_en_ot/obit_wasserstein;_ylt=AgZQRy4Nfm0Nww0BSGetwq1I2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl)
Coretta Scott King dead at 78 (http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/13754964.htm)
Some ballet dancer (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/01/obit.shearer.ap/index.html)
Grandpa Munster Al Lewis dead at 95 (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-obit-lewis,0,3736002.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines)
He has to be on someone's ghoulpool list.
Surprisingly, only 3 out of the 16 lists had him. Including me :yay
I mean, RIP... :paranoid
I thought he was already dead.
Quote from: DemonchildrenOnTurf on February 04, 2006, 02:56:52 PM
Grandpa Munster Al Lewis dead at 95 (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-obit-lewis,0,3736002.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines)
Great, now I have the Munsters theme song stuck in my head.
I thought Al died a while back.
He's only 83, why he's not on my list.
re: cnn.
CNN is full of shtein, the man was 95.
Betty Friedan is dead too. The 2006 corpses are piling up.
Quote from: QB Eagles on February 04, 2006, 08:50:38 PM
CNN is full of shtein, the man was 95.
Betty Friedan is dead too. The 2006 corpses are piling up.
Here's a link. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060205/ap_on_re_us/obit_friedan;_ylt=ApawFGxm9E1ek1tnn41pZKpI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
QuoteFull name: Albert Meister
Noted For: actor; "Car 54, Where Are You?" (Officer Leo Schnauser, 1961-63), "The Munsters" (Grandpa, 1964-66). He claimed to have been born in 1910 when auditioning for "The Munsters" because he was younger than the actress who was playing his daughter.
CNN is full of shtein. A lot. But not this time.
www.wa-wd.com
Points rule from Ghoulpool (http://www.ghoulpool.us/2006/data/points.htm):
Quote
2. Age Points: Under 20 = 75 points 20 - 50 = 50 points 51 - 80 = 20 points 81+ = 5 points
Luckily, no matter who's right, same points awarded. Good thing -- we don't need a Ghoulpool controversy a'brewin....
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 04, 2006, 09:50:44 PM
Quote from: QB Eagles on February 04, 2006, 08:50:38 PM
CNN is full of shtein, the man was 95.
Betty Friedan is dead too. The 2006 corpses are piling up.
Here's a link. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060205/ap_on_re_us/obit_friedan;_ylt=ApawFGxm9E1ek1tnn41pZKpI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Today was also Betty's 85th birthday.....
Quote from: MadMarchHare on February 04, 2006, 10:42:47 PM
QuoteFull name: Albert Meister
Noted For: actor; "Car 54, Where Are You?" (Officer Leo Schnauser, 1961-63), "The Munsters" (Grandpa, 1964-66). He claimed to have been born in 1910 when auditioning for "The Munsters" because he was younger than the actress who was playing his daughter.
CNN is full of shtein. A lot. But not this time.
www.wa-wd.com
So there's controversy over how old Grandpa Munster was?
From reading the obituaries, that sounds just the way old Al Lewis would like it.
RIP, you old coot.
Lewis' son says he was 82. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060205/ap_on_en_tv/obit_lewis;_ylt=AutyhOFwBzdNYaZaqiEayJBI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Not that it matters, but here's a quote:
QuoteThe actor was widely reported to have been born in 1910, but his son Ted Lewis said Saturday that his father was born in 1923.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 05, 2006, 08:22:59 AM
Lewis' son says he was 82. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060205/ap_on_en_tv/obit_lewis;_ylt=AutyhOFwBzdNYaZaqiEayJBI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Not that it matters, but here's a quote:
QuoteThe actor was widely reported to have been born in 1910, but his son Ted Lewis said Saturday that his father was born in 1923.
How the hell would his son know? He wasn't there.
It matters to me because my death pool awards points as 100 minus the age. I'm the only guy who had him, so if he was younger I'm all for it.
Wikipedia says, "At the time of his death, many sources including Lewis' son gave his year of birth as 1923. Lewis' own admission, school leaving records, and various other details of his life strongly indicate he was born in 1910. His son, however, has argued he was born in 1923, making him eighty-two years old at the time of his death."
Some R&B Singer (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/06/music.mcfadden.reut/index.html)
Quote from: MadMarchHare on February 06, 2006, 10:17:52 AM
Some R&B Singer (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/06/music.mcfadden.reut/index.html)
Excerpt:
Quote'Ain't No Stoppin' Us' singer dead
Gene McFadden, half of McFadden & Whitehead, was 56
I remember they did a version of that song in 1980 for the Phillies when they went to the World Series.
TV news legend Reuven Frank (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/06/obit.frank.ap/index.html)
Quote from: MadMarchHare on February 06, 2006, 05:47:31 PM
TV news legend Reuven Frank (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/06/obit.frank.ap/index.html)
you just gave PG a heart attack
Can we add her to the Good Riddance thread?
I'm kidding, relax
Curious George collaborator murdered (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/02/08/obit.shalleck.ap/index.html)
Some Arab horse breeder (http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=2324800&name=FPT-2324800-020915&srvc=sz)
Betty Boop, Popeye and Casper animator (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/index.html)
This'un got me some points. ;D
Neighbor from "The Jeffersons".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060210/ap_on_en_tv/obit_cover
"Owen Lars" from A New Hope (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Brown)
Uncle Owen?!?
Yup. Sounds like he died a little more peacefully this time.
Peter Benchley (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/02/12/benchley.obit.ap/index.html)
Quote from: MadMarchHare on February 10, 2006, 12:24:40 PM
Betty Boop, Popeye and Casper animator (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/index.html)
This'un got me some points. ;D
Sicko.... :deion
(http://images.crateandbarrel.com/is/image/CrateandBarrel/MiniPot?$sm$)
Meet
(http://images.crateandbarrel.com/is/image/CrateandBarrel/SamoaTeapot?$md$)
Quote from: MadMarchHare on February 13, 2006, 08:32:44 AM
(http://images.crateandbarrel.com/is/image/CrateandBarrel/MiniPot?$sm$)
Meet
(http://images.crateandbarrel.com/is/image/CrateandBarrel/SamoaTeapot?$md$)
Is that second one the cousin of (http://content.clearchannel.com/Photos/food/kool_aid.jpg)?
Ohhhhh, yeaaaaah!
Peter Benchley, the author of "Jaws". I used to drive this guy around when I was driving limos during college.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060213/ap_en_ot/obit_benchley;_ylt=ApGhq3Rf2aS.N.8l.ilBs46s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-
Repost.
coleman collins father died
Who the farg is Coleman Collins, and who gives a shtein if his father died? Is his father famous?
lol
in college basketball circles he is...and why didnt jay dee make the thread
cuz this ain't an obit listing for every tom dick and harry who dies. you gotta be somebody for us to give a shtein. not somebody's dad. and def not nobody's dad. dig?
i didnt realize it was specific to who certain individuals on the board care about...i thought if it made the papers it counted...
A lot of dead people make the papers. But I'm not in charge, so go ahead and list whoever you want. I'll just make fun of all the stupid ones.
It's really our Ghoulpool tracker. So if they weren't famous enough to make that list, they don't deserve mention here.
gayest thread rules ever. i'm going to find anonymous dead people and post them now.
Quote from: Sun_Mo on February 14, 2006, 12:03:45 PM
gayest thread rules ever. i'm going to find anonymous dead people and post them now.
Start with yourself.
i'm neither anonymous nor dead, duh.
Day ain't over.
(http://www.movieactors.com/characters/freezes1/SLICKERS1Palance1.jpeg)
lots of homeless people because of the snow
One-armed man from The Fugitive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Katsulas)
Also played G'Kar on Babylon 5.
Happy? Sheesh.
Where's your "="?
Quote from: MadMarchHare on February 15, 2006, 07:53:29 AM
One-armed man from The Fugitive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Katsulas)
"You missed your stop" is right up there with "Get off my plane" in top Harrison Ford lines evAr.
My favorite: I don't know, I'm making it up as I go along.
"Nice shootin' kid. Don't get cocky."
But my favorite Ford scene of all time is in Indiana Jones, blowing away the swordsman. That still makes me laugh.
Quote from: MadMarchHare on February 15, 2006, 11:32:21 AM
But my favorite Ford scene of all time is in Indiana Jones, blowing away the swordsman. That still makes me laugh.
That was ad-libbed by Ford.
so was the end of Empire Strikes Back when he said, "I know" to Leia after she said she loved him
And now he's starring in shtein-fests like Firewall and boning anorexic bitches. Getting old must really farging suck.
I blame the earring.
(http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2005/07/26/PABranimirKvartuc_ford1.jpg)
Did you see the hoop he was wearing during that shteinass SB intro? Good lord.
so harrison ford died? awesome.
Quote from: rjs246 on February 15, 2006, 10:35:20 AM
"Nice shootin' kid. Don't get cocky."
Showing your true level of geekdom by quoting Star Wars.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 15, 2006, 12:58:20 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on February 15, 2006, 10:35:20 AM
"Nice shootin' kid. Don't get cocky."
Showing your true level of geekdom by quoting Star Wars.
who you callin scruffy lookin!?
Quote from: phattymatty on February 15, 2006, 12:31:33 PM
so harrison ford died? awesome.
You'd think so, wouldn't you? People, start a farging Harrison Ford thread if you want to swoon over his personal life.
QuoteShowing your true level of geekdom by quoting Star Wars.
I have never claimed that I wasn't a geek. Look at my avatar for christ's sake.
Quote from: rjs246 on February 15, 2006, 01:19:14 PM
QuoteShowing your true level of geekdom by quoting Star Wars.
I have never claimed that I wasn't a geek. Look at my avatar for christ's sake.
I wasn't saying you aren't a geek. I was just pointing out that you belong in a much higher echelon of geeks than some people may realize. You are an uber geek.
Fine.
Seymore Butts, aka Adam Glasser, porn producer, died in car accident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Glasser)
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Gentlemen, an american hero has fallen.
wow that sucks. why couldnt al sharpton die instead.
Hell, I've been saying that for years.
I'm going to walk around with my penis at half staff today.
He's probably directly responsible for this, too.
http://www.concretefield.com/forum/index.php?topic=17858.0
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 16, 2006, 08:18:11 AM
I'm going to walk around with my penis at half staff today.
Yeah, but that's your only option.
Ernie Stautner, HOF lineman from Steelers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Stautner)
Quote from: MadMarchHare on February 16, 2006, 08:01:45 AM
Seymore Butts, aka Adam Glasser, porn producer, died in car accident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Glasser)
QuoteUnsubstaniated rumours about Mr Glasser being killed in a car accident should not be taken as fact- if in doubt, always check other news sources.
Hooray?
Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right Please let Ed be right vv
Quote from: rjs246 on February 16, 2006, 03:41:53 PM...vv
Sloppy work,
Jerk. You can do better than this.
I felt the 'vv' was an integral part of the post. I guess not everyone can be blessed with my vision.
since when was the wikipedia a credible source for anything.
Eh. So far it had been pretty spot on with the dead. I probably should've looked for corroboration, but I didn't give a shtein.
the old dude who owned smarty jones
Latin Jazz Drummer Ray Barretto Dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_barretto;_ylt=AtD3vt4bmAaN4w5FVtwiV8hK2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-)
'Godfather' Actor Richard Bright Killed by Bus in NYC (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060219/ap_on_en_mo/obit_bright;_ylt=Auih8Zz8ekJhQZ403EmLsoRI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Curt Gowdy (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2337202)
Curt's probably up there kicking Vin Scully's ass.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on February 20, 2006, 01:52:32 PM
Curt's probably up there kicking Vin Scully's ass.
Sus, Vin Scully's still alive. Still calling Dodger games.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 20, 2006, 03:02:04 PM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on February 20, 2006, 01:52:32 PM
Curt's probably up there kicking Vin Scully's ass.
Sus, Vin Scully's still alive. Still calling Dodger games.
Never heard of fire and brimstone, Geo?
Quote from: rjs246 on February 20, 2006, 03:05:18 PM
Never heard of fire and brimestone, Geo?
i've never heard of brimestone.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 20, 2006, 03:02:04 PM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on February 20, 2006, 01:52:32 PM
Curt's probably up there kicking Vin Scully's ass.
Sus, Vin Scully's still alive. Still calling Dodger games.
Doh! Right you are. I was probably thinking of Curt's ABC colleague Chris Schenkel.
On a serious note, I was still fairly young when Gowdy was still broadcasting on a regular basis. I probably didn't appreciate him then, as I didn't care who was announcing the games, but he was one of the best at what he did.
Maybe those a bit older than me can remember more about Gowdy.
Curt Gowdy & Joe Garagiola were about the best you could get as far as a broadcast team.
No yapping, just incisive baseball commentary. Gowdy, in particular, was excellent. He would let the play happen instead of freaking out or trying to come up with snazzy ways of conveying the obvious.
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 14, 2006, 09:39:23 AM...and why didnt jay dee make the thread
I have since learned more about this man. I'm sorry I didn't know of him when he was alive. I knew some of his work, but didn't realize it was him. And most of the stuff he did that he's most respected for, I've never heard of. I'll probably look a little deeper into his catalog, now I that I know who the hell he is.
The dude that killed Buddy Holly (http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2006/02/22/local/doc43fc05a92461d140168216.txt)
Don Knotts dies at 81.
Quote from: EagleFeva on February 25, 2006, 05:34:57 PM
Don Knotts dies at 81.
QuoteActor Don Knotts Dies at 81
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 81.
Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, said Paul Ward, a spokesman for the cable network TV Land, which airs "The Andy Griffith Show," and another Knotts hit, "Three's Company."
Don Knotts was one seriously funny mofo. Mr Furley is the best dressed tv character of all time.
Somebody's getting points tonight.
Although not me dammit >:(
Darren McGavin (http://tv.yahoo.com/news/ap/20060225/114093852000.html)
Most know him as the dad from "A Christmas Story" or "Billy Madison"
farg that. He was Kolchak, and always will be.
NADA FEENGA!
Viva Don Knotts!
The dad from A Christmas Story. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060227/en_celeb_eo/18434)
Hey, that's an excellent way to be redundant and butcher a post at the same time. Kudos!
Yeah, I kind of rule.
"Duel" actor Dennis Weaver (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/27/obit.weaver.ap/index.html)
Some big, fat ex-Falcon lineman (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2349171)
Quote from: BigEd76 on February 26, 2006, 12:10:10 AM
Darren McGavin (http://tv.yahoo.com/news/ap/20060225/114093852000.html)
Most know him as the dad from "A Christmas Story" or "Billy Madison"
He also played a bookie (Gus Sands) in the Natural.
Actor Jack Wild Dies at 53 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060302/ap_en_mo/obit_wild;_ylt=Aqe1tkHsmVMO_UFQeMe0s9sLHL8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA4dDg2MG9mBHNlYwMxNjk3)
Quote from: MadMarchHare on March 01, 2006, 10:08:52 AM
Some big, fat ex-Falcon lineman (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2349171)
That was the guy who was holding Darwin Walker when Vick scored that TD and got KILLED by Dawk in the 2002 playoffs.
Jackson 5 drummer stabbed to death (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0603030265mar03,1,558703.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true)
Kirby Puckett (http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_065104727.html) :(
Quote from: BigEd76 on March 06, 2006, 08:16:25 PM
Kirby Puckett (http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_065104727.html) :(
Dang. I've met Puckett a few times (Twins train down here), and he was always very friendly to the fans, especially the kids. My nephews were young then, and I would take them to spring training practices to watch and get a few autographs. Puckett would always talk with them a few minutes.
Way too young to go.
Quote from: BigEd76 on March 06, 2006, 08:16:25 PM
Kirby Puckett (http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_065104727.html) :(
farg, that sucks. R.I.P Kriby.
Such a shame. He didn't see it coming.
Quote from: MDS on March 06, 2006, 08:35:33 PM
Such a shame. He didn't see it coming.
:cfhead :cfhead :cfhead :cfhead :evil
Quote from: MDS on March 06, 2006, 08:35:33 PM
Such a shame. He didn't see it coming.
Could be a blessing in disguise.
Quote from: MDS on March 06, 2006, 08:35:33 PM
Such a shame. He didn't see it coming.
:-D
I didn't think you had it in you. Good job.
Should have been Bruschi.
Theres no such thing as crossing a line in comedy
Quote from: MDS on March 06, 2006, 08:35:33 PM
Such a shame. He didn't see it coming.
The blind squirrel found his nut!
Quote from: MDS on March 06, 2006, 08:35:33 PM
Such a shame. He didn't see it coming.
:-D That's farged up...
The Iceman (Gravano Hitman) (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2ODkyNTU3JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg==).
He probably heard it from a "friend" on another board and is taking credit... but still funny anyway.
Dana Reeve...Christopher Reeve's wife...died of lung cancer.
Good.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on March 07, 2006, 08:25:54 AM
Dana Reeve...Christopher Reeve's wife...died of lung cancer.
Freaky. I had no idea, but I almost made a joke about Chris Reeve eating fetuses on the abortion thread just a few minutes ago. What are the odds?
The odds of you 'almost' making a funny joke? Pretty damn good.
Quote from: rjs246 on March 07, 2006, 08:30:59 AM
The odds of you 'almost' making a funny joke? Pretty damn good.
It wasn't going to be funny, which is why I posted actual information about fetal murder laws instead.
Damn, I almost put her in my GhoulPool. But her form of cancer has pretty good response rates. DAMN MY INFERNAL EDUCATION!
Dana Reeve.
I had her on my list... :yay
QuoteIt wasn't going to be funny, which is why I posted actual information about fetal murder laws instead.
I beg to differ. It's pretty damn hard to make a joke about Christopher Reeve eating a fetus anything but hilarious.
Even if it was already done on 'South Park'?
I stopped watching that show after season 2. I rule.
one of my banned emb handles was 'christopher reeves seat cushion'
u people are sick
whats the opposite of christopher reeve?
(http://daily.greencine.com/archives/christopher-walken-5-31.jpg)
:-D
African music legend Ali Farka
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4782176.stm
Quote from: mcnabbmvp on March 07, 2006, 12:09:17 PM
African music legend Ali Farka
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4782176.stm
Now that farging sucks.
Filmmaker Gordon Parks Dies at 93 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_en_mo/obit_parks;_ylt=As60s7I9kPnBsObf.RlQaxxI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
QuoteGordon Parks, who captured the struggles and triumphs of black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major black director with "The Learning Tree" and the hit "Shaft," died Tuesday, his family said. He was 93.
best black director of all time was the dude who directed them pam grier movies. she was awsome. kicked ass, gratutitous nudity...yep. not sure what else you need.
Pioneer of cardiac valve replacement dies during cardiac valve replacement (http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/radionz/200603082046/3d0e8b14)
If you want something done right, best do it yourself.
Slobodan Milosevic (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/11/milosovic/index.html) found dead in his cell at the Hague.
:yay
Quote from: Diomedes on March 11, 2006, 09:19:11 AM
Slobodan Milosevic (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/11/milosovic/index.html) found dead in his cell at the Hague.
:yay
This could go in that "good riddance" thread.
Quote from: FFatPatt on March 11, 2006, 09:48:27 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on March 11, 2006, 09:19:11 AM
Slobodan Milosevic (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/11/milosovic/index.html) found dead in his cell at the Hague.
:yay
This could go in that "good riddance" thread.
I was thinking the same thing.
I thought about it, but I see the "Good Riddance" thread more as a place to celebrate the fiery death of that icehole in the SUV who was weaving in an out of traffic at 100mph. Not so much for political or famous deaths. So I put it here.
Besides, who wants to have to look at two threads to tune in to the march of death?
Quote from: Diomedes on March 11, 2006, 09:56:26 AM
Besides, who wants to have to look at two threads to tune in to the march of death?
Aren't you the one that created the 2nd thread?
Sure. As I said, it was not created to track the deaths of notable people, but to celebrate the demise of average iceholes, criminals, and general dirtbags. I thought maybe we could keep it apolitical and just cheer when a rapist-priest gets raped to death, for example.
I admit that it was a dumb idea.
That would explain why I've been the only one posting there.
NHL HOF Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2363974)
after day 1 of free agency >:(.....the Eagles 2006 season.
Maureen Stapleton dies at 80 (http://deathbeeper.com/2272021.html)
Ex-Game Show Host Peter Tomarken, Wife Die in Plane Crash (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060314/ap_en_tv/small_plane_crash;_ylt=AogUPyMHXK0bmcHKp2le86dK2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-)
3...2...1... begin your "Press Your Luck" jokes now!
the whammies did it.
(http://gscentral.net/petertee.jpg)
Strange...I just went to the "Price is Right" show in A.C. (hey, it was comped), and the most recent host of Whammy/Press Your Luck, Todd Newton, was the emcee of that show. I was wondering - for about 15 seconds - whatever became of Peter Tomarken.
No whammy..no whammy...no whammmmmmyyyyy..STOP!
One more for you, Pete:
(http://www.xanfan.com/pressyourluck/WHAMMY3.JPG)
Sucks that he was volunteering to transport sick/needy people when it happened.
I guess it just goes to show you that charity starts at home.
Obviously bullshtein, but too good to pass up (no corroborating evidence on wikipedia):
QuoteRicky Gervais, 44, British actor and comedian, accident at paper recycling facility in Khartoum.
Fashion Designer Oleg Cassini Dies at 92 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060318/ap_on_re_us/obit_cassini;_ylt=AoBp5tBaPIbYrvYtcPyQkB1I2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
The Dallas Cowboys locker room.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on March 18, 2006, 07:27:12 AM
Fashion Designer Oleg Cassini Dies at 92 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060318/ap_on_re_us/obit_cassini;_ylt=AoBp5tBaPIbYrvYtcPyQkB1I2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Someone in the GhoulPool gets points for that one.....
Longtime ABC News Anchor Bill Beutel Dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060319/ap_on_en_tv/obit_beutel;_ylt=Au2Lx057ow5XQ5aHhZkjEsNI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Professor X of X-Clan Dies
By Houston Williams
Professor X of X-Clan has died in a New York-area hospital after a bout with meningitis, sources close to the situation told AllHipHop.com.
As a member of X-Clan, Professor X gained notoriety for his catch phrases "Vainglorious" and dissed fools by calling them "sissies."
Additionally, Professor X, whose real name was Lumumba Carson, was the son of the late Civil Rights pioneer Sonny Carson, who produced The Education of Sonny Carson.
He also founded the grassroots organization BlackWatch.
Meningitis is a byproduct of bacterial or viral infections that overcome the body's natural immune system.
The aggressive entities can be transmitted from other people through sneezing, coughing, kissing, infected blood, or contaminated water or food.
In August 2004, Professor X, auctioned off his time on eBay for a night on the town in New York City.
X-Clan released a pair of critically acclaimed albums, To the East, Blackwards (1990) and Xodus (1992), but soon after the Brooklyn-based collective disbanded.
In December 2005, X-Clan announced a comeback, but it was unclear if Professor X was party to the reunion.
Funeral arrangements haven't been announced.
MD moves to Botswana, gets eaten by crocodile (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/21/croc.attack.ap/index.html)
Quote from: MadMarchHare on March 21, 2006, 10:42:52 PM
MD moves to Botswana, gets eaten by crocodile (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/21/croc.attack.ap/index.html)
We don't have a crocodile rule, but if someone on your list dies this way, it's 50 BONUS POINTS!
Dude's name was Dick Root. He was destined to die horribly.
did someone important die? all the flags were half mast this morning.
'Hee Haw' Co-Host Buck Owens, 76, Dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060325/ap_on_en_mu/obit_owens)
One of David Letterman's IRL drivers, Paul Dana (http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=1&id=2384873)
Casper Weinberger, age 88 (http://cbs5.com/topstories/topstories_story_087113517.html)
Produced a new leader in GhoulPool (http://www.ghoulpool.us) standings.
QuotePoll
Where will Russell end up in the final rankings?
Dead last
2nd to last
Miraculously, first
Who the hell is Russell?
Dakota Fanning. Even when I lose, I win.
Army women's basketball coach:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/news/story?id=2400335
Jesus farg, who cares? How pathetic that we've stooped to noticing when nobodies die. The reaper is getting lazy of late.
Geez, 28...that sucks.
Yeah, Dio. Who the hell IS Casper Weinberger anyway?
He was a conservative idealogue, sucked Reagan's nuts. That ranks him in the "worthy of notice" death thread. The women's basketball coach at Army, who NO ONE has ever heard of...she's freeloading here.
Dude, sarcasm. I'm a stupid post-grad, but not that stupid.....sheesh.
Sarcasm and Republicans do not mix in Dio's brain. The venom takes over and masks the sarcasm immediately.
My bad. To be fair, it's often hard to detect. Except from people like FF, who speak only in sarcasm.
Quote from: FFatPatt on April 07, 2006, 12:23:39 PM
Sarcasm and Republicans do not mix in Dio's brain. The venom takes over and masks the sarcasm immediately.
*sigh*
Quote from: Diomedes on April 07, 2006, 12:23:48 PM
My bad. To be fair, it's often hard to detect. Except from people like FF, who speak only in sarcasm.
No prob. I thought I'd been around long enough for it to be known I almost never have anything serious to say. I'll go back to smileys (sorry, rjs).
Quote from: Diomedes on April 07, 2006, 12:25:42 PM
Quote from: FFatPatt on April 07, 2006, 12:23:39 PM
Sarcasm and Republicans do not mix in Dio's brain. The venom takes over and masks the sarcasm immediately.
*sigh*
Note that I didn't necessarily fault you for it.
the Phillies season...and it only took 3 games. :-[
DETROIT (AP) - Proof, a member of rap group D12 and a close friend of Eminem, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile Road, a publicist said.
The death of Proof - whose real name is Deshaun Holton - was confirmed by Dennis Dennehy, the publicist for D12's label, Interscope Records.
reminds me of the Sopranos episode the other week
:(
Quote from: DemonchildrenOnTurf on April 11, 2006, 11:31:09 AM
DETROIT (AP) - Proof, a member of rap group D12 and a close friend of Eminem, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile Road, a publicist said.
The death of Proof - whose real name is Deshaun Holton - was confirmed by Dennis Dennehy, the publicist for D12's label, Interscope Records.
now he finally has street cred
I bet he didn't get shot in the ass, either.
Rappers really shouldn't count in dead pools.
I mean, it's like picking the Yankees to make the playoffs already.
Pot, meet Kettle.
That's a howl, MadMarchHare!
I love it. LOOOVE IT!
You are a fan after my own heart.
Erin Go Rah!
Quote from: DemonchildrenOnTurf on April 11, 2006, 11:31:09 AM
DETROIT (AP) - Proof, a member of rap group D12 and a close friend of Eminem, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile Road, a publicist said.
The death of Proof - whose real name is Deshaun Holton - was confirmed by Dennis Dennehy, the publicist for D12's label, Interscope Records.
According to the cops (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/12/rapper.killed.ap/index.html), Proof fired first, critically wounding a man with a gunshot to the head. Then Proof was shot--they don't know by whom, but don't seem to think it was the man Proof wounded--and he later died at some kind of clinic.
In other words (if the official account is accurate), good riddance.
These chicks don't even know the name of my band!
The two main D12 singles are the worst tracks on those albums...
June Pointer of the Pointer Sisters
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/12/obit.junepointer.ap/index.html
She was just burnin' doin' the neutron dance.
'Jean Brodie' Author Muriel Spark Dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060415/ap_on_re_eu/obit_spark;_ylt=AkEHlAMRMCvBm1.1jY8GK85I2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Test Pilot Scott Crossfield Killed in Crash (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060421/ap_on_re_us/obit_crossfield;_ylt=AlBKceZf26jFBt2OPCssH_9I2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
He was 83 years old, iirc from the article I read. Not a bad way to end it, compared to the way most octogenarians expire.
Daniel McKenna (of the band Toby Beau) of an apparent suicide. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060427/ap_on_re_us/deaths;_ylt=Apvwf56RTwaeW65Dq6ODfPxI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
John Kenneth Galbraith (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/30/galbraith.obit.reut/index.html)
My first ghoulpool points this year.
Quote from: Diomedes on April 30, 2006, 09:36:31 AM
John Kenneth Galbraith (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/30/galbraith.obit.reut/index.html)
My first ghoulpool points this year.
I feel like our little
Dio is growing up soooooo fast....
Tiger Woods' father, Earl Woods. (http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2431912)
Quote from: EagleFeva on May 03, 2006, 03:21:24 PM
Tiger Woods' father, Earl Woods. (http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2431912)
It's debateable whether or not this should go in the "good riddance" section.
I'm sort of kidding.
Television Host Louis Rukeyser Dies, Age 73 (http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0506/324401.html)
And a new leader on Ghoulpool (http://www.ghoulpool.us)
Former Harlem Globetrotter 'Bunny' Levitt dies at 96
http://www.sportsline.com/nba/story/9415984
Lillian Gertrud Asplund (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060507/ap_on_re_us/obit_titanic_survivor)
Last American to survive the sinking of the Titanic.
Floyd Patterson
http://www.tsn.ca/boxing/news_story/?ID=165563&hubname=
Desmond Dekker (http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=ed72c41e-6fd0-42be-9fe3-6b65f06318a7&k=35467) :'(
Craig "Ironhead" Heyward (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2460799) :(
(http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/1998/08/21/ironhead_vermeil/t1_heyward_all.jpg)
Former Dallas Cowboys running back coach Brodsky dies in Fla. (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-brodsky&prov=ap&type=lgns)
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 28, 2006, 08:22:29 AM
Former Dallas Cowboys running back coach Brodsky dies in Fla. (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-brodsky&prov=ap&type=lgns)
WTF? :-D
In other news...
Some random guy died in Daytona yesterday.
RIP, random dude. :'(
See you in hell, random dude.
I'm going to miss random dude. :'(
Random dude was a fleshpop.
Quote from: General_Failure on May 28, 2006, 01:52:38 PM
Random dude was a fleshpop.
Then he needs to go in the "good riddance" thread.
'Breakfast Club' principal Gleason dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060529/ap_on_en_mo/obit_gleason;_ylt=AqaSxxcDtSwBRO7foKSBekZI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Well, that's a bummer.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 28, 2006, 09:48:07 PM
'Breakfast Club' principal Gleason dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060529/ap_on_en_mo/obit_gleason;_ylt=AqaSxxcDtSwBRO7foKSBekZI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
And yet another piece of my childhood is gone. :'(
"I think we're gonna need some more FBI guys."
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 28, 2006, 09:48:07 PM
'Breakfast Club' principal Gleason dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060529/ap_on_en_mo/obit_gleason;_ylt=AqaSxxcDtSwBRO7foKSBekZI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Guess he messed with the bull one time too many.
Quote from: Diomedes on April 12, 2006, 01:54:36 PM
Quote from: DemonchildrenOnTurf on April 11, 2006, 11:31:09 AM
DETROIT (AP) - Proof, a member of rap group D12 and a close friend of Eminem, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile Road, a publicist said.
The death of Proof - whose real name is Deshaun Holton - was confirmed by Dennis Dennehy, the publicist for D12's label, Interscope Records.
According to the cops (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/12/rapper.killed.ap/index.html), Proof fired first, critically wounding a man with a gunshot to the head. Then Proof was shot--they don't know by whom, but don't seem to think it was the man Proof wounded--and he later died at some kind of clinic.
In other words (if the official account is accurate), good riddance.
Good call,
Dio (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060530/NEWS99/60530007)
Quote
May 30, 2006
By BEN SCHMITT
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
The man who shot and killed Detroit rapper Proof acted in self defense and will not face murder charges, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Tuesday.
Mario Etheridge, 28, shot Proof, whose real name is Deshaun Holton, after Proof allegedly shot and killed Etheridge's cousin, Keith Bender Jr., a U.S. Army veteran.
"The evidence clearly shows that Mario Etheridge acted in lawful self-defense of another when he shot Deshaun Holton," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Tuesday.
The C.C.C. club on 8 Mile was the place where Proof, 32, a close friend of Eminem and a member of the rap group D12, was shot three times in the head and chest after a fight about 4:30 a.m. April 11 -- more than two hours after the club was required by law to close.
Before his death, Proof, shot the 35-year-old Bender, police said. Bender died a week later.
Etheridge, who prosecutors said shot Proof, was charged last month with gun felonies, but not with the killing. Police said Etheridge, a bouncer at the bar, shot Proof after the rapper shot Bender in a fight over a pool game.
Quote from: MadMarchHare on May 29, 2006, 07:00:40 AM
"I think we're gonna need some more FBI guys."
The fact that this gem went unnoticed for over a day should force you all to seriously reconsider your lives.
Shut up already.
That's two in a row. You're like Great White, rehashing old songs for a bored audience. If we're lucky, we'll burn in a fire before you get a chance to grace us with another tired Jerk line like "Burn."
Oh look who's getting their blood up. How adorable. I was merely pointing out the obvious. If such a tangental and hilarious reference to Die Hard can go unnoticed for over a day on this board you have to come to the conclusion that none of you have a sense of humor.
I know that you love to throw yourself in the way of all attacks on CF, but that old song and dance is just as tired as my pleas for you all to hang yourselves. So pick your poison. I don't plan on letting your boring asses off the hook that easily.
That was a Die Hard reference, huh?
Movies suck.
You guys are great at proving my points.
Steve Mizerak (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2006-05-30-mizerak-obit_x.htm)
My wit is so underappreciated here.
Quote from: rjs246 on May 30, 2006, 07:34:10 PM
You guys are great at proving my points.
since when is Dio "you guys"?
Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnik (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/06/03/welnick.obit.ap/index.html).
QuoteWelnick had replaced Brent Mydland, who died of a drug overdose in 1990. Mydland had followed Keith Godchaux, who died in a car crash shortly after leaving the band. And Godchaux had replaced the band's original keyboard player, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who died at age 27 in 1973.
Dangerous job, Grateful Dead keyboardist.
Special effects pioneer Arthur Widmer dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060604/ap_on_en_mo/obit_widmer;_ylt=AhTGSkksX1Nw6fercQp30KlI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Candidates for the 2006 Darwin Award (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/04/balloon.deaths.ap/index.html)
Eric Gregg (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2472025)
I know QB Eagles covered this in the other thread, but I figured this belonged here, too.
QuoteSinger-songwriter Billy Preston has died, The Associated Press reports.
Link to Billy Preston Obit
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/06/obit.preston.ap/index.html
i've always hated the term "singer-songwriter"
in my head "singer-songwriter" = fag in college that tried to impress girls by singing powerballads on acustic guitar in their dorm room.
damn rip billy preston
a true blue bull brother
his song 'uptight' was sampled in deelites groove is in the heart
marley marl also jacked 'simple song' for ll's farmers blvd
pour one out for bp tonight
QuoteSinger-songwriter Billy Preston has died, The Associated Press reports.
Another piece of my childhood gone...
Billy had quite a career.
Most deaths cheer me up, but the ones like this bum me out.
Moe Drabowsky dies at age 70 (http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/5687076?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=0)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/12/AR2006061201594.html
appreciation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/12/AR2006061201734.html
Sculptor crushed by statue (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3967629.html)
Sir Peter Smithers, the man who inspired the James Bond books and who has died at the age of 92, was not only a spy but a politician, a barrister, a diplomat who headed the Council of Europe. (http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d59c413e-fbd6-11da-b1a1-0000779e2340.html)
I just can't be intimidated or awed by a guy named Smithers.
robert donner at 75
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-donner14jun14,1,562591.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
(http://www.star-collector.net/autographs/robertdonner1.jpg)
RIP, Exidor.
Hollywood director Vincent Sherman dies at 99 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060620/ap_en_ce/obit_sherman_2)
Former Steelers WR Theo Bell dead at 52 from kidney disease (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2496162&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines)
Kool & The Gang guitarist dies.
http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=226000>1=7702
Celebration?
Aaron Spelling died.
Quote from: EagleFeva on June 23, 2006, 10:45:55 PM
Aaron Spelling died.
farg! I was going to add him to the list so that I would get at least a couple of points in the death pool. Stupid shtein, couldn't hold out for a week.
PS - When is Dakota Fanning going to start riding the H-train? Seriously.
Quote from: rjs246 on June 23, 2006, 11:50:05 PM
Quote from: EagleFeva on June 23, 2006, 10:45:55 PM
Aaron Spelling died.
farg! I was going to add him to the list so that I would get at least a couple of points in the death pool. Stupid shtein, couldn't hold out for a week.
PS - When is Dakota Fanning going to start riding the H-train? Seriously.
He was on my short-list too, although I wasn't going to add him this quarter.
Quote from: BigEd76 on April 12, 2006, 07:23:57 PM
The two main D12 singles are the worst tracks on those albums...
I don't htink Purple Pills was a bad song, at least no the worst on the album...
BTW, I didn't know you listened to rap, Funk Master Ed.
Aaron Spelling croaked. Producer of 90210 and others. Somewhere Tori Spelling is crying and I like it :yay
Quote from: mussa on June 24, 2006, 09:01:46 AM
Somewhere Tori Spelling is crying and I like it :yay
Does the crying sound anything like "Boo hoo I just inherited tens or hundreds of millions of dollars"?
I wonder if the gap between her breasteses is mourning the loss of their creator.
Patsy Ramsey, the co-murderer mother of slain mini beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey. Ovarian Cancer. Age 49. (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2114451)
Good thing Tori doesn't really need to work. She'll have trouble getting acting gigs now that her daddy isn't giving them to her....
True. She's ugly as shtein too so she can't even go the Playboy route.
(http://worldofwonder.net/image1/tori-spelling.jpg)
Meh, I'd still hit it.
Quote from: MadMarchHare on June 25, 2006, 12:00:26 AM
Meh, I'd still hit it.
Well, you're a slut. So you opinion really means jack shtein.
True. I'd probably hit a tree stump if not for the splinters.
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 24, 2006, 05:37:53 PM
Good thing Tori doesn't really need to work. She'll have trouble getting acting gigs now that her daddy isn't giving them to her....
That's not quite fair of you.
She was awesome on "Saved By The Bell," Ed.
and I'm sure he got her that gig too. I'm guessing "Screech's love interest" wasn't in high demand...
Eddie from Frasier (http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1208083,00.html)
"Well, he sounded great with me playing behind him - and he knowed it." - Johhny Jenkins, guitarist, age 67 (http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Jun29/0,4670,ObitJenkins,00.html)
Northwestern football HC Randy Walker (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2505033)
(Edited to link to the actual story, not to another one your posts that has the right link in it. - Sus)
(I think editing someone's post is a gross overstep of power, which is why I love to do it early and often for my own amusement. Thanks for the edit, BTW. I figured posting it the other way would show that I fully understood I was posting the same thing in two different threads. -FF)
I'm afraid of death. Not looking forward to that.
Eh, when it's over, you got nothing left to worry about.
The best way to deal with it is to enjoy life while you've got it.
Quote from: FFatPatt on June 30, 2006, 08:15:49 AM
Northwestern football HC Randy Walker (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2505033)
(Edited to link to the actual story, not to another one your posts that has the right link in it. - Sus)
Wow that is shocking news, the Big Ten just lost a helluva football coach. My sympathies go out the the Northwestern community and his family.
Cuban musician Israel Kantor (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060703/ap_on_re_us/deaths)
June Allyson, 'perfect wife,' dies at 88 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060710/ap_en_mo/obit_june_allyson)
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 10, 2006, 11:09:21 PM
'perfect wife,' (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060710/ap_en_mo/obit_june_allyson)
Well, sure..... now that she's dead!
:paranoid
Syd Barrett, founder of Pink Floyd (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/ap_on_en_mu/obit_barrett;_ylt=AjSzjJa3Vg2N_TNbx2pajjpI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 11, 2006, 10:12:13 AM
Syd Barrett, founder of Pink Floyd (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/ap_on_en_mu/obit_barrett;_ylt=AjSzjJa3Vg2N_TNbx2pajjpI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
Shine on, you crazy diamond :'(
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 11, 2006, 10:12:13 AM
Syd Barrett, founder of Pink Floyd (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/ap_on_en_mu/obit_barrett;_ylt=AjSzjJa3Vg2N_TNbx2pajjpI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)
this sucks
rest in peace you crazy basterd :'(
Rumors, once again, are floating around the Internet ghoulpool sites that Fidel Castro has died.
There is nothing on any credible news site -- not even a whisper. Probably false, but we can hope it's true.
Theater and TV Actor Barnard Hughes, age 90 (http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/07/11/ap2872379.html)
(http://www.genarians.com/images/hughes1-sized.jpg)
Man, that guy was in a lot of shtein.
Another Banker With Links To Enron Bites The Dust (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060712/ap_on_re_eu/britain_banker_death)
:deion
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on July 12, 2006, 04:31:59 PM
Another Banker With Links To Enron Bites The Dust (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060712/ap_on_re_eu/britain_banker_death)
:deion
The Royal Bank of Scotland- isn't that the parent company of Citizens' Bank?
Someone HAD to have Red Buttons in ghoulpool.
Update: Nope, no one did. Wow.
Hooters chairman Robert Brooks found dead (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060717/ap_on_bi_ge/obit_brooks_4)
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 17, 2006, 12:37:24 AM
Hooters chairman Robert Brooks found dead (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060717/ap_on_bi_ge/obit_brooks_4)
Unknown cause of death? The #1 suspect has to be Hooters "food".
mickey spillane
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060718/ap_en_ot/obit_spillane_25
Quote from: mcnabbmvp on July 18, 2006, 11:56:20 PM
mickey spillane
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060718/ap_en_ot/obit_spillane_25
"She walked toward me, her hips waving a happy hello."
PHILADELPHIA — Harry Olivieri, co-inventor of the Philly cheesesteak and co-founder of the Pat's King of Steaks cheesesteak emporium, has died. He was 90.
Despite a heart condition, Olivieri had showed up at the store almost every day until about three years ago. He had been living with his daughter in Brigantine, N.J., and died of heart failure Thursday at Atlantic City Medical Center in Pomona, N.J.
Harry and his older brother, Pat Olivieri, were running a corner hot dog stand near South Philadelphia's Italian Market in 1933 when they made the first version of the sandwich that put the city on the street food map.
Tired of hot dogs, Pat suggested that Harry go to a store and buy some beef. Harry brought it back, sliced it up and grilled it with some onions.
The brothers piled the meat on rolls and were about to dig in when a cab driver arrived for lunch, smelled the meat and onions and demanded one of the sandwiches.
Harry sold the cabbie his in a transaction they counted as the birth of Pat's King of Steaks, named after Pat because he was the oldest.
Cheese Wiz was added to the steak and onions starting in the 1960s, and provolone, American cheese and pizza sauce later became options in the concoction along with various condiments and side dishes.
Pat Olivieri died in 1970. Harry's son, Frank, now runs the restaurant.
Harry Olivieri is survived by his wife of 70 years, the former Anna J. DeLuca; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A funeral mass is scheduled Monday at Stella Maris Church in Philadelphia, with burial at Holy Cross Cemetery in suburban Yeadon.
Emmy-winning actor Jack Warden dead at 85 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060722/ap_on_en_tv/obit_warden)
His best role:
(http://www.susbirder.com/images/warden1.jpg)
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 22, 2006, 08:45:40 AM
Emmy-winning actor Jack Warden dead at 85 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060722/ap_on_en_tv/obit_warden)
I thought his best role was as "Pops" in "Dirty Work". that is incredibly accurate
the Wizard from Conan the Barbarian, among other things. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako_%28actor%29)
Ah, Mako. Dude was in just about everything that called for a classic Asian stereotype character.
I haven't seen a death link, though...at least not yet.
a bit goofy, but I don't want to register to the LA Times; he's dead. (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=11741)
F. Eugene Dixon (http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/basketball/15184225.htm)
Rufus Harley, jazz bagpiper (http://blogs.philly.com/blinq/2006/08/rufus_harley_ja.html)
Arthur Lee from the band Love, dead at 61 (http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2006/aug06/20060804_arthurlee.html)
Dammit. He was #1 on my waiver wire list. I was going to add him on October 1st.
Japan's richest man, Yasuo Takei (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_on_re_us/deaths)
Legendary Talk Show Host Mike Douglas Dies
Mike Douglas, who drew on his affable personality and singing talent during 21 years as host of a syndicated television talk show, died Friday on his 81st birthday.
I haven't recognized a name without someone saying what they did, or posting a picture of them, since Mickey Spillane.
You never heard of Mike Douglas?
Now that I know who he was, sure. When I read "Hank Douglas is dead," it meant nothing to me.
His death would have gotten more hype if is name was something like Jorge Bassinet
F Eugene Dixon used to own the 76ers.
I just found the idea of a jazz bagpiper hilarious.
Actor Bruno Kirby (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/15/kirby.obit.ap/index.html)
"I've never had me quoted back to me before."
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on August 15, 2006, 10:35:38 PM
Actor Bruno Kirby (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/15/kirby.obit.ap/index.html)
I guess most people think of the Billy Crystal movies he was in, but I always remembered him as the squirrelly little LT in Good Morning, Vietnam. He nailed that part, IMO.
Wow - someone I've heard of! Amazing!
he's young Clemenza, nothing more, nothing less
Fran & Ernest cartoonist Bob Thaves (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/08/10/obit.thaves.ap/index.html)
Not really famous, but linked to what is I guess an event that should be a trivia pursuit question.
Bill Stribling Sr., who caught Landry's pro TD pass, dies at 78 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-stribling&prov=ap&type=lgns)
Quote
Majure Blanks "Bill" Stribling Sr., a former NFL receiver who caught Tom Landry's only professional touchdown pass, has died at 78.
Stribling died at his home on Monday, according to the Rollins Funeral Home in Rogers, Ark. The cause of death was not released.
He played six seasons in the NFL, three for the New York Giants (1951-53) and three for the Philadelphia Eagles (1954-57). He caught 114 passes for 1,573 yards and 14 touchdowns in his NFL career. He also played with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League in 1960.
Stribling caught a 70-yard TD pass from Landry, the Hall of Fame coach with the Dallas Cowboys, in the Giants' 63-7 loss at Pittsburgh on Nov. 30, 1952, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Ma-ma-ma my lymphoma (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/24/obit.gary.ap/index.html)
EDIT: better link
and you work on Cancer drugs MMH :-D
Only MDs need to be compassionate. ;)
This has been a zesty year for the reaper. Bunch of no name deaths. Like I give a farg about who the drummer was for a one hit wonder. And he's one of the more famous lately. Mickey fargin' Spillane is the biggest name in months.
It's time for Sharon to finally cross the threshold into hell. Come on, death! Entertain me!!
C'mon Dio, Stroessner finally kicked the bucket. Hell got one dictator this year, don't get greedy.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/24/pluto.ap/index.html
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 24, 2006, 10:07:59 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/24/pluto.ap/index.html
I can just imagine the full-tilt brawl amongst astronomers arguing over whether Pluto is or is not a planet.
Slide rules & pocket protectors flying, coke-bottle glasses being shattered, hurt feelings everywhere... awesome!
:-D
Maynard Ferguson (http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2006/24/c8259.html)
This sucks. That dude could wail. He played so hard he actually tore the tendon in his lip, forcing him to relearn how to play out of the side of his mouth.
This bums me out.
Hey - another person I've heard of! w0ot!
Maynard had some serious chops. Much respect.
Old puffy. Good score, reaper.
Yeah, that sucks. I used to jam to some Maynard back in the day....
Quote from: Father Demon on August 24, 2006, 04:48:54 PM
Yeah, that sucks. I used to jam to some Maynard back in the day....
(http://www.ad-libs.com/assets/images/auto_generated_images/a_Band_Geek.jpg)
Nobel prize winner Naguib Mahfouz dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060830/ap_on_en_ot/obit_mahfouz)
Gene Simmons dead at age 69 (http://deathbeeper.com/6979821.html)
No, not THAT Gene Simmons....
Glenn Ford (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/30/glenn.ford.dead.ap/index.html) completes the lame triple today.
Seems like months since someone died who would be known to anyone born after 1975.
Whatdya mean? Glenn Ford was a great actor. The Blackboard Jungle is fantastic, and he made a gazillion westerns. I'm sure TCM will be running a retrospective of him soon. Check it out.
By "lame" I mean that his celebrity in 2006 was lame, not his acting. It's about time for another A-lister to croak.
Bruno Kirby will haunt your dreams.
Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin??? (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20349890-1702,00.html)
Another link (http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20349890-5005961,00.html)
Breaking news on CNN.com
uh oh :-\
ABC News Australia (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1732439.htm)
Stung through the chest by a stringray. It wasn't even a crocodile...
He didn't exactly live a safe life. Bound to happen sooner or later.....
The barb went right through his heart. Sad news for people who enjoyed his shows, especially children.
Being stung right through the heart is quite a rare occurence. People figured that farging with animals would be his doom sooner or later but that's one end I wouldn't have predicted.
apparently his wife and kid dont know yet. thats really sad.
Wow, damn. First shocking "before their time" death in a while...
They said on CNN those barbs are about 8 inches long. Yikes.
They also said that there are no reports of stingray attacks without agitating them. Maybe shouldn't farged with that one.
Quote from: MadMarchHare on September 04, 2006, 08:36:14 AM
They said on CNN those barbs are about 8 inches long. Yikes.
They also said that there are no reports of stingray attacks without agitating them. Maybe shouldn't farged with that one.
From what they said on Today, Irwin was swimming over it, and the Ray must have felt threatened and defended itself.
I agree with most points here. It's a shame, and it's not unexpected (other than the animal that did him in). There is not much room for error in his line of work, and a mistake can too often be lethal.
Am I right in thinking that Irwin's father died while working with animals?
Edit: I just checked the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin), and there is no mention of the father dying that way.
before his time?!!? are you freakin kidding me, this guys time was coming everytime he decided to jump the fence. This idiot risked everything for our entertainment, not science or the good of the world. Not much worse than the grizzley man. lesson learned...don't farg with animals...they will eat you or stab you in the heart. i feel really bad for his kids, his wife let it go on so i have no sympathy for her. crikey!
Quote from: mussa on September 04, 2006, 09:40:29 AMThis idiot risked everything for our entertainment, not science or the good of the world.
You don't think his shows provided a public good by educating people
mussa?
yes he's educational, but hes one in a million shows that do just as good to educate us, but the guy jumped on gators and others dangerous animals to keep our attention. not only that but probably gave other idiots a reason to try it themselves.
Quote from: mussa on September 04, 2006, 09:40:29 AM
before his time?!!? are you freakin kidding me, this guys time was coming everytime he decided to jump the fence. This idiot risked everything for our entertainment, not science or the good of the world. Not much worse than the grizzley man. lesson learned...don't farg with animals...they will eat you or stab you in the heart. i feel really bad for his kids, his wife let it go on so i have no sympathy for her. crikey!
Off camera, Irwin was a true preservationalist and brilliant zoologist. You're basing your opinion only because his on-screen persona was cariacature-like and goofy, which is unfair.
That said, he did risk his life many times unnecessarily. Oh well.
when did i state anything about his on-screen persona? he's an idiot for entering a dangerous animals domain. has nothing to do with his personality.
Can we all just agree that being stabbed through the heart by an 8-inch stingray barb is a pretty farging badass way to die?
An Aussie you've never heard of died, too. (http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/acclaimed-storm-boy-author-colin-thiele-dies/2006/09/04/1157222070845.html)
Quote from: Diomedes on September 04, 2006, 09:44:46 AM
Quote from: mussa on September 04, 2006, 09:40:29 AMThis idiot risked everything for our entertainment, not science or the good of the world.
You don't think his shows provided a public good by educating people mussa?
Wow, Dio with a little compassion.
Quote from: mussa on September 04, 2006, 09:56:23 AM
yes he's educational, but hes one in a million shows that do just as good to educate us, but the guy jumped on gators and others dangerous animals to keep our attention. not only that but probably gave other idiots a reason to try it themselves.
All the more reason to be saddened by his death. Simpletons who would have watched his show and then tried catching a cobra are going to live long enough to breed now. I hope you're happy.
Quote from: rjs246 on September 04, 2006, 12:53:17 PM
Can we all just agree that being stabbed through the heart by an 8-inch stingray barb is a pretty farging badass way to die?
Yup.
Quote from: rjs246 on September 04, 2006, 12:53:17 PM
Can we all just agree that being stabbed through the heart by an 8-inch stingray barb is a pretty farging badass way to die?
Of course.
weak. im sure he's really pissed off right now that he went out by stingray. i mean death by gator is so much cooler and fitting for him.
(http://www.mote.org/clientuploads/sharks/Pictures/stingray_barb_web.jpg)
Quote from: mussa on September 04, 2006, 11:56:00 PM
weak. im sure he's really pissed off right now that he went out by stingray. i mean death by gator is so much cooler and fitting for him.
And I'd a thunk that being terminated by a crocodile would be most fitting for him. You know, with him being the crocodile hunter and all.
Quote from: mussa on September 04, 2006, 11:56:00 PM
weak. im sure he's really pissed off right now that he went out by stingray. i mean death by gator is so much cooler and fitting for him.
Well, I have to give him full credit, seeing that he apparently pulled the ray's barb out of his heart -
on camera - and then pretty much died on the spot. That has to make up for it being gatorless.
Yeah, that pretty much defines "manly death" right there.
Agreed.
Where's the footage. On YouTube yet? Should be.
:-D
i'd love to hear his dialogue during that...
Im pretty sure it involves the word "Crikey"
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 05, 2006, 10:53:24 AM
Agreed.
Where's the footage. On YouTube yet? Should be.
I have no doubt it will be...eventually. It seems The Authorities have confiscated the footage as evidence. I'm sure it'll be released before too long, though.
I'll watch it.
I won't.
Neither will I.
I'll watch it three times for you guys.
Sands Casino (http://www.nbc10.com/news/9791794/detail.html)
i most definitely will watch it. but i will feel bad while doing it.
I'm already dead inside, so why not.
Better make it four, Murp. Don't think I could do it.
Quote from: MURP on September 05, 2006, 04:54:23 PM
I'll watch it three times for you guys.
I will watch it when available.
hey it would prob help strengthen my thoughts about stingrays if i saw it so, educate me
Quote from: MDS on September 05, 2006, 05:44:31 PM
I'm already dead inside, so why not.
Ha! That got a wicked laugh.
From PG's link:
Quote
Trump announced the Atlantic City Steel Pier will be closed forever by October, to be replaced by a mall and condos.
I used to love the old Steel Pier as a kid. To this pale imitation I say good riddance.
i wonder how many people actually knew the "croc hunters" full name before he died and it got shot all over the news and interwebs. i also wonder how many people sat through a whole show of his.
Quote from: L-ong-B-each-I-ggle on September 05, 2006, 11:58:31 PM
i wonder how many people actually knew the "croc hunters" full name before he died and it got shot all over the news and interwebs. i also wonder how many people sat through a whole show of his.
I did and I did.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 06, 2006, 05:58:19 PM
Quote from: L-ong-B-each-I-ggle on September 05, 2006, 11:58:31 PM
i wonder how many people actually knew the "croc hunters" full name before he died and it got shot all over the news and interwebs. i also wonder how many people sat through a whole show of his.
I did and I did.
Ditto and ditto.
I used to watch a lot of his shows with my boys. But that doesn't ruin the anger I have for not having him on my goddamned ghoulpool list.
In hindsight, it's hard to believe he wasn't on every list. What the hell were we thinking? Is there a more obvious candidate than a guy who plays with deadly animals for a living?
Yes. Dakota Fanning, obviously.
Hey. That bitch is living on borrowed time, my friend.
You better hope so. How many points do you currently have in ghoulpool? Negative zero?
I actually have negative 20 as some of the people on my list have miraculously gotten healthier and younger and less addicted to speedballs since I added them to my list.
Steve Irwan's body at rest in the "casket" stipulated in his will.
(http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060907/i/r2461040198.jpg?x=300&y=217&sig=.MXPmIQeo.B1hV8o920DsQ--)
link (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=2&u=/060906/ids_photos_wl/r2461040198.jpg)
Boooooooo!
I wonder how long it would take to die after being swallowed whole by a python.
MDS, get on it.
Well, since they kill their prey before ingesting it, I'd say it takes negative time.
shut up.
You first sweetie.
ok
Anna Nicole Smith's son (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/09/11/smith.bahamas.reut/index.html), the one that wanted no part of her crappy reality show
This guy in my neighborhood died the other day too.
Quote from: Diomedes on September 11, 2006, 10:28:32 AM
This guy in my neighborhood died the other day too.
Was he found freezing in your driveway?
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 11, 2006, 02:40:23 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on September 11, 2006, 10:28:32 AM
This guy in my neighborhood died the other day too.
Was he found freezing in your driveway?
:-D... wait.... :boom
QuoteNewsmakers | Anna Nicole Smith finds her son dead
By Gene D'Alessandro
Inquirer Staff Writer
The 20-year-old son of Anna Nicole Smith has died in the Bahamas, where the former Playboy playmate and reality TV diva had given birth to a girl just days earlier.
Authorities have not determined what caused the death of Daniel Wayne Smith, 20, said a spokeswoman for Trimspa, the diet products company that Anna Nicole Smith has endorsed.
According to police, the younger Smith had stayed overnight in his mother's Nassau hospital room. Smith tried to awaken him about 9 a.m. Sunday, and called for help when he did not respond. Doctors were unable to revive him.
Sources cited by the Nassau Guardian newspaper suggested that the cause of death was a "massive heart attack," but neither doctors nor the local coroner had confirmed that, according to the Guardian. The newspaper reported that Daniel Smith arrived in Nassau on Saturday, after his mother had given birth.
Police officials earlier said there were no signs of physical injury to Smith nor of violence in the hospital room where he died, and there were "no reports of drugs, legal or illegal, on [Smith's] person at this time."
The star's Web site, www.annanicole.com, announced both the birth of her 6-pound, 9-ounce daughter on Thursday and the death of her son, and showed a photo of Smith and her son floating on a raft. "Anna Nicole is absolutely devastated by the loss of her son. He was her pride and joy and an amazing human being."
Smith has not revealed who the father of the baby is.
:paranoid
Quote from: BigEd76 on September 12, 2006, 07:24:39 PM
:paranoid
Phreak, Ed is trying to say he broke that hard-hitting news first. Apologize NOW.
"Massive heart attack" at age 20.
Adult life filled with coke, speed, and other nicities, in addition to swallowing handfuls of Trimspa pills to keep the ell-bee's off him.
That's my guess.
A hint about why he had the massive heart attack:
QuoteSmith has not revealed who the father of the baby is.
:puke
Quote from: FFatPatt on September 12, 2006, 08:07:41 PM
Quote from: BigEd76 on September 12, 2006, 07:24:39 PM
:paranoid
Phreak, Ed is trying to say he broke that hard-hitting news first. Apologize NOW.
Whoops! Sorry, Ed. I offer hookers and beer as compensation.
sounds ok to me :yay
BTW, they've ruled out a heart attack. They think he overdosed on antidepressants...
Former Texas governor Ann Richards (http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/14/richards.obit/index.html)
Quote from: BigEd76 on September 12, 2006, 11:37:39 PM
sounds ok to me :yay
BTW, they've ruled out a heart attack. They think he overdosed on antidepressants...
And he's not depressed anymore. Now that's some effective medicine.
The bartender from Murphy Brown
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=234172>1=7703
he's the first "i thought he died a few years ago" guy in a long while
QuoteCousteau: Irwin's Tactics 'Misleading'
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(AP) Marine explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau gestures during an interview in Berlin in this Wednesday,...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marine explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau said Tuesday that while he mourns the recent death of "The Crocodile Hunter," Steve Irwin, he disagrees with Irwin's hands-on approach to nature television.
While promoting his new two-part TV special, "Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures - America's Underwater Treasures," Cousteau called Irwin's death "very, very unfortunate."
He had "a lot of respect" for Irwin, who he didn't know personally, and his "environmental message," Cousteau said.
But, he added, Irwin would "interfere with nature, jump on animals, grab them, hold them, and have this very, very spectacular, dramatic way of presenting things. Of course, it goes very well on television. It sells, it appeals to a lot people, but I think it's very misleading. You don't touch nature, you just look at it. And that's why I'm still alive. I've been diving over 61 years - a lot many more years that he's been alive - and I don't mess with nature."
Irwin died Sept. 4 when a stingray's barb pieced his chest while he was filming an underwater sequence at the Great Barrier Reef. Irwin was 44.
so the idiot didn't deserve it right?
Who doesn't deserve to die?
jessica alba
Quote from: mussa on September 19, 2006, 09:06:08 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marine explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau said Tuesday that while he mourns the recent death of "The Crocodile Hunter," Steve Irwin, he disagrees with Irwin's hands-on approach to nature television.
At least Irwin made his own fame and fortune instead of just living off his dad's reputation his whole life. And he wasn't French, either.
Quote from: QB Eagles on September 19, 2006, 10:08:29 PM
Quote from: mussa on September 19, 2006, 09:06:08 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marine explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau said Tuesday that while he mourns the recent death of "The Crocodile Hunter," Steve Irwin, he disagrees with Irwin's hands-on approach to nature television.
At least Irwin made his own fame and fortune instead of just living off his dad's reputation his whole life. And he wasn't French, either.
Teh French are teh pu55ies.
Syd Thrift, former baseball executive, dies at 77 (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-obit-thrift&prov=ap&type=lgns)
Vic Sears, tackle on Eagles' 1948-49 NFL title teams, dies at 88 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Ahyyafmh1pxo0zzf46om.H2S2bYF?slug=ap-obit-sears&prov=ap&type=lgns)
:(
the guy that shouted "TEQUILA" on that 50s song (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14959083/)
prolly from watching the ryder cup
http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2603645
I thought he died years ago. Then again, I thought the same about my Aunt Pearl and she's still tickin. Grant it, I haven't seen her in 3 years. But whatever.
Quote from: MDS on September 26, 2006, 04:26:05 PM
I thought he died years ago. Then again, I thought the same about my Aunt Pearl and she's still tickin. Grant it, I haven't seen her in 3 years. But whatever.
::) temple
When this guy was a kid, blacks weren't allowed on the course. When this guy was an adult, blacks weren't allowed on the course.
He's part of a zesty world of privelage and oppresion. Suck a fleshpop, Byron. You're devotion to a land wasting, elitist pastime merits you an express trip straight to hell.
It's a farging message board. Like I give two shteins about grammar.
You're a fool. Like you could get it right if you tried.
Why is there a filter?
Does anbody here really find shtein offensive?
Yeah, a lot of people at Liberty U. and Bob Jones. They read this board all day long.
The filter was put in and will remain in place until MDS turns 18.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 26, 2006, 08:47:51 PM
The filter was put in and will remain in place until MDS turns 18.
Which will be in approximately 17½ years. Ba-da-dum.
Five more years of this shtein? Jesus farg!!
internet grammar is for teh gheys
I'll bet.
Terrell Owens
dammit!!
Quote from: Father Demon on September 27, 2006, 10:22:20 AM
Terrell Owens
dammit!!
Am I going to hell for laughing my ass off at that?
Whomever has TO should get double points if this happens...
pg defending TO being on the team last september to wanting him to literally die this september is high comedy
She's better than all of us. Shut up.
Yes, I really, REALLY need to go over this again.
Awesome, another thread infected by TO. :yay
Quote from: QB Eagles on September 27, 2006, 09:58:58 PM
Awesome, another thread infected by TO. :yay
What!!?!?!?!!?!?!?! What happened to TO?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Quote from: Phanatic on September 27, 2006, 10:57:23 AM
Whomever has TO should get double points if this happens...
That would be me.
You'll get nothing and like it.
ESPN Mobile (http://www.deadspin.com/sports/espn/espn-mobile-finally-shuffles-off-this-mortal-coil-203852.php)
Serves them right. Awful business plan. Tried to shove it down our throats with "ESPN Mobile updates". Bah.
I hope they move to Sprint.
The 2006 Phillies.
The organ player at the Vet (http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061003/SPORTS01/61003012)
Aw that's sad. He played at CBP too. I remember 2 years ago he was out there by one of the entrances playing away. He was such a cute old man.
Buck O'Neil, Negro Leagues Pioneer, Is Dead at 94 (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/sports/baseball/07oneil.html)
I just picked him up in the Ghoulpool (http://www.ghoulpool.us) last week during the waiver wire period. Quick score! :yay
Quote from: Father Demon on October 07, 2006, 11:57:39 AM
Buck O'Neil, Negro Leagues Pioneer, Is Dead at 94 (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/sports/baseball/07oneil.html)
:(
He played in a minor league game earlier this year and got a walk
Funny thing is... that's about when his health started failing.
Cory Lidle
http://www.spirithalloween.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/products.detail/productID/1270d291-1d4f-48ed-9421-19f388f0b203/categoryID/b5fa7f36-76e5-49f6-962d-f858fb9ca6de/
My internet skills suck
Can't find a link yet, but supposedly another ex-Phillie died....Johnny Callison
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 05, 2006, 10:53:24 AM
Agreed.
Where's the footage. On YouTube yet? Should be.
real pics? (http://www.steakandcheese.com/content/homepage/steve-irwin-death-pictures.asp)
Look real to me. :o
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 13, 2006, 09:58:07 AM
Can't find a link yet, but supposedly another ex-Phillie died....Johnny Callison
Sad. Met him at a card show when I was 13, nice guy.
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 13, 2006, 11:13:31 AM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 05, 2006, 10:53:24 AM
Agreed.
Where's the footage. On YouTube yet? Should be.
real pics? (http://www.steakandcheese.com/content/homepage/steve-irwin-death-pictures.asp)
Why was he wearing his normal uniform underwater?
Darn work filter thinks the site is erotica and secks
Quote from: MDS on October 13, 2006, 11:46:27 AM
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 13, 2006, 11:13:31 AM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 05, 2006, 10:53:24 AM
Agreed.
Where's the footage. On YouTube yet? Should be.
real pics? (http://www.steakandcheese.com/content/homepage/steve-irwin-death-pictures.asp)
Why was he wearing his normal uniform underwater?
Because he was crazy?
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 13, 2006, 11:50:10 AM
Darn work filter thinks the site is erotica and secks
To be fair to your work, if you go to their homepage, there
is some guy shooting a load in a girl's face.
There's not really any evidence that the Irwin pictures are either real or fake. I'm sure more evidence will surface one way or the other soon.
Oh well personell here i come :'(
He wore that outfit everywhere. Rivers....deserts....jungles....Tonight Show....
He was like the Australian Richard Simmons without the jumping jacks....
That looks fake as hell.
Ernie Steele, former Eagle, dead at 89 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-steele&prov=ap&type=lgns)
... or 88.
Eh, at that age, who cares anymore?
Another former Eagle, Don Burroughs, dead at age 75 (http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/15816162.htm)
Jane Wyatt, mother on "father's knows best" she was 96
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/22/janewyatt.obit/index.html
(I'll be the first one to make the stupid joke.)
The Eagles' season.
My pre draft Madden offseason moves. The farging game froze.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 22, 2006, 10:41:19 PM
(I'll be the first one to make the stupid joke.)
The Eagles' season.
As soon as I saw a new post in this thread I knew someone would say this. The fact that it was you is some what shocking. And disappointing.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 22, 2006, 10:41:19 PM
(I'll be the first one to make the stupid joke.)
The Eagles' season.
I thought about it after the game... but didn't think it was worth the time. Thanks for proving me right.
Rather insignificant, but what the hell...
Jaws theme tuba player (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/26/obit.johnson.ap/index.html)
Rather?
Dan?
Former major league pitcher Joe Niekro, Houston's career victory leader, died Friday from a brain aneurysm...He was 61 (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2641235)
Excessive steroid use is suspected as the cause.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 28, 2006, 11:36:23 AM
Excessive steroid use is suspected as the cause.
I heard that he always juiced up to make his knuckleball more effective.
Exactly. I hear that puppy used to get all the way up to 73 mph.
Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick (http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2641679)
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 28, 2006, 02:39:35 PM
Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick (http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2641679)
QuoteKINGSTON, Jamaica -- Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick was found dead in a church courtyard Saturday with chop wounds to his head in a suspected homicide.
SUSPECTED homicde???
It could have been zombies. He was in a church courtyard.
Ah Yes Trevor, who will forever be known for his dance of the happy feet after Tyson knocked him silly. or he will be known for being eaten by Zombies, you be the judge.
Red Aurbach. Good.
If zombies are killing boxers first, I must say that they have better foresight than I gave them credit for. I am not happy about this.
Quote from: MDS on October 28, 2006, 09:30:05 PM
Red Aurbach. Good.
Thus completing the sports triple. Dying at 89 from a heart attack sounds a lot better than the circumstances that hit the other two.
Too many cigars
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 29, 2006, 12:13:32 PM
Too many nigars
Exactly the motto the old dickhead lived by.
Interesting. A black dude drops the n bomb. You racist friend.
Quote from: MDS on October 29, 2006, 06:21:26 PM
Interesting. A black dude drops the n bomb. You racist friend.
Ever listen to rap music?
Never heard of it.
Joe Neikro (http://sports.myway.com/news/10282006/v1844.html)
Quote from: PhillyGirl on October 28, 2006, 09:50:11 AM
Former major league pitcher Joe Niekro, Houston's career victory leader, died Friday from a brain aneurysm...He was 61 (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2641235)
O. My. God. He repeated posting that Neikro died. This requires me to dorkily sarcastically quote my own, earlier, post saying that he died. Wow.
Shut up.
So, is he still dead?
No, he's dead again. Another zombie, I'm afraid. Double points for the ghoul pool.
Just out of curiosity, do you get negative points in the ghoul pool if someone is dead but is then resurrected? Or what if someone legally dies but it's only for like a minute or two?
P.W. Botha, 90, the unapologetic leader of apartheid-era South Africa who led his country into deepening political crisis and racial violence as head of state from 1978 to 1989, died Oct. 31 at his home in Wilderness, a southern coastal town. No cause of death was reported.
gasface: tony dick...bertina....hammer...pw botha.....dante ross....elroy cohen
no gasface: plugs one two and three....professor prince paul....dj subroc....kmd...the get yours posse
P.W. = Preferred Whities?
Pretend Wigga
pretty cool site....i like the outlived part
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/
Bryan Pata D-lineman at the U (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/11/07/pata.killed.ap/index.html). He got McDougle'd.
The moral of this story:
Don't wear #95 at the U.
Fruitcake Lady Marie Rudisill dead at 95.
'Cheaper by the Dozen' author Ernestine Carey dead at 98.
Both were scores in the Ghoul Pool (http://www.ghoulpool.us)
If you're feeling generous, click the ads while reading. [/shameless plug]
"60 Minutes" correspondent Ed Bradley kicked it.
Ed Bradley (Philly Native) reportedly dead at the age of 65
His earring was sexy. I'll miss it.
ed bradley
gainor ave wynnfield west philadelphia holla
rip
Link! (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/09/obit.bradley/index.html)
The coolest journalist that ever lived.
R.I.P.
Coolest journalist that ever lived was Hunter S. Thompson by a gazillion light years over all the rest.
Quote from: Diomedes on November 09, 2006, 11:06:35 PM
Coolest journalist that ever lived was Hunter S. Thompson by a gazillion light years over all the rest.
Truth. And suggesting otherwise is so laughable that there is no response to it.
I nominate Bill O'Reilly.
R & B Singer Gerald LeVert (http://www.cbs46.com/global/story.asp%205662929)
Son of O'Jays singer Eddie LeVert.
Latest: Jack Palance
Linkage (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/10/palance.death/index.html)
I've honestly thought that he's been dead for years. :-D
Yea, I could've sworne he had died.
I thought he had a steady gig doing pushups at the Oscars each year.
Belinda Emmett (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=161157)
Not really famous here, but worth 91 points. Nice tits, too (well, they were anyway).
link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman)
Milton Friedman is dead. TrollJoel is sad, I'm sure.
Quote from: Diomedes on November 16, 2006, 03:19:45 PM
link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman)
Milton Friedman is dead. TrollJoel is sad, I'm sure.
:'(
I would have put him in the "good riddance" thread, but I didn't want to offend your tender sensibilities. keep that in mind when Castro kicks, k?
Quote from: Diomedes on November 16, 2006, 03:19:45 PM
link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman)
Milton Friedman is dead. TrollJoel is sad, I'm sure.
And it allowed one of the three remaining scoreless wonders in Ghoul Pool (http://www.ghoulpool.us) to get some points.
Now only rjs and some other nitwit are left with the big goose egg.
Galbraith and Friedman went to hell in the same year, if I'm not mistaken. Ha, ha, ha!
Quote from: Father Demon on November 16, 2006, 03:36:12 PM
Now only rjs and some other nitwit are left with the big goose egg.
farging TO.
:-D You gotta pick with your head, not your heart.
I'm fairly certain rjs picked with his taint.
which is essentially his head so...
Neither of those 'insults' make any sense. D-.
Speaking of picking with your heart, taint, head, whatever.... it's time to start thinking about GhoulPool '07. Same rules as last time. $20 in, 25 names. There is a quarterly waiver wire pick, and payments go to the Top 3 plus whoever has the first scored death.
PM me or email drdeath@ghoulpool.us.
Rules found at Ghoul Pool (http://www.ghoulpool.us).
How eerie is this?
Just hours before the huge Michigan/OSU game... Bo Schembechler (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2665857) dies.
R.I.P. :'(
Now we've got to get it done. Go Blue!
geez
haha
these guys might feel a little bad now
http://deadschembechlers.com/
how the hell do these wikipedia freaks do this so fast?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Schembechler
Him and Woody Hayes can rot in hell together.
Joe Paterno will be there in no time.
Wrong. He will sit at the left hand of God. At least until Joe Gibbs dies. Ha.
Ha.
Quote from: MDS on November 17, 2006, 01:26:22 PM
Joe Paterno will be there in no time.
That might be the only good contribution you've ever made to CF.
Quote from: FFatPatt on November 17, 2006, 01:31:52 PMHe will sit at the left hand of God. At least until Joe Gibbs dies.
But he won't need to move if God sists at the left hand of Gibbs!
Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 17, 2006, 02:24:11 PM
Quote from: MDS on November 17, 2006, 01:26:22 PM
Joe Paterno will be there in no time.
That might be the only good contribution you've ever made to CF.
Most predictable post of the year. Zzz.
Quote from: BigEd76 on November 17, 2006, 02:29:29 PM
Quote from: FFatPatt on November 17, 2006, 01:31:52 PMHe will sit at the left hand of God. At least until Joe Gibbs dies.
But he won't need to move if God sits at the left hand of Gibbs!
Ha! Good point.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 17, 2006, 02:24:11 PM
Quote from: MDS on November 17, 2006, 01:26:22 PM
Joe Paterno will be there in no time.
That might be the only good contribution you've ever made to CF.
I could the times you've said that on one ballsack.
Quote from: MDS on November 17, 2006, 04:57:49 PM
I could the times you've said that on one ballsack.
What's that?
count should be in there somewhere
andre waters committed suicide
Tell me you're kidding. That's some farged up shtein and beyond that he was my favorite player when I was a kid.
T.O. and Dakota Fanning... still alive.
Quote from: FFatPatt on November 20, 2006, 12:54:36 PM
T.O. and Dakota Fanning... still alive.
...and screaming.
So is Chuck Bednarik that farging salty old bastich. But I'm really gunning for a late decline in health of doctor Kevorkian. 80 year old dudes with cancer in prison should farging die. NOW.
Director Robert Altman (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_en_mo/obit_altman)
Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 21, 2006, 11:48:11 AM
Director Robert Altman (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_en_mo/obit_altman)
He was dead to me as soon as I watched
A Prairie Home Companion.
Quote from: rjs246 on November 20, 2006, 12:56:16 PM
So is Chuck Bednarik that farging salty old bastich. But I'm really gunning for a late decline in health of doctor Kevorkian. 80 year old dudes with cancer in prison should farging die. NOW.
i thought kevorkian has been dead for a while.
never mind. for some reason i thought he already died in prison.
Man, those great pitchers on the great Orioles 1970s teams are dropping like flies.
Pat Dobson Dead At 64. (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-obit-dobson&prov=ap&type=lgns)
Renowned jazz singer Anita O'Day dies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_on_en_mu/obit_o_day)
"Don't Worry Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin.............................................'s dad (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15922550/)
Brian was my Cousins husbands brother. It really sucks when a guy makes it thru Iraq only to have a drunk who blew a .32 kill him.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-te.ho.accident28nov28,0,4423442.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
QuoteMarine's holiday visit to Md. home turns tragic
Iraq veteran, friend were killed in crash Thanksgiving night
By Melissa Harris
sun reporter
November 28, 2006
Brian Mathews called his mother from the plane Thanksgiving morning, gleefully reporting that Southwest Airlines had let him board first in San Diego and thanked the uniformed Marine over the intercom for his service.
It was another small bit of good fortune for the 21-year-old corporal, who was on his way to his Columbia home for Thanksgiving. He had finished eight months of duty in Iraq last year and was looking forward to leaving the military in June.
On Thanksgiving night, he had a second date with a woman he had been text-messaging from his post at Camp Pendleton, Calif. After a traditional dinner at his parents' house, he was picked up shortly after 10 p.m. by Jennifer Bower, 24.
Ten minutes later, a Nissan Sentra driven by a 25-year-old Laurel man with a blood alcohol level that police say was four times the legal limit slammed into Ms. Bower's stopped Toyota Corolla at a red light on Route 175 at Route 108.
Corporal Mathews, a 2003 Howard High School graduate, and Ms. Bower, who lived in Montgomery County, died at Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
"He felt on top of his world," his mother, Trudy Mathews, said, adding that her son had bought new outfits for the weekend. "He was real happy. Very, very happy. He was going to see his friends, and he had another friend's 21st birthday party on Friday."
A spokesman for Howard County police said Eduardo Raul Morales-Soriano, who was not injured, had been charged with two counts of manslaughter while intoxicated and two counts of homicide by motor vehicle. He was being held yesterday at the Howard County Detention Center in lieu of $830,000 bail.
A Breathalyzer recorded the man's blood alcohol level at 0.32 percent, Acting Police Chief William J. McMahon told members of the Howard County Council yesterday. The legal limit is 0.08 percent.
Corporal Mathews and Ms. Bower were to be in a wedding together in June and had been set up by the bride and groom. They had gone on their first date in May and had been corresponding.
Her father declined to comment for this article.
Corporal Mathews' great-grandfather died on a British submarine in World War I, his mother said. One grandfather lost his leg in World War II and the other, a Navy pilot, was killed in a crash at sea in 1958.
Trudy Mathews said her son's three-day trip home was to be a rare moment of peace for her.
The accident "came at a time when I was the least worried," she said. "We all felt that he was out of the woods. He had survived Iraq. He was getting out in June. It's unbelievable how a second can change your life. It's a lesson not to take anything for granted."
She tried to discourage Brian, her younger son, from serving in the military. But by age 3, he wanted nothing other than to play GI Joe and emulate his older brother and father.
His brother, Kyle Mathews, 36, was a Navy pilot and now flies for the Naval Reserve. His father, Bill Mathews, was a Marine in Vietnam and is a retired Navy captain. His older sister, Heather Hoppe, is a Naval Criminal Intelligence Service investigator.
Childhood friends Melissa Javier and Kelly Rivers said Corporal Mathews, their best friend, would dress up in fatigues or as a Secret Service agent every year for Halloween and when they were just playing in the snow.
He enlisted in the Marines on his 17th birthday, the earliest that he could, said his sister-in-law, Staci Mathews.
"He would make us watch Alien, Terminator and Rambo," said Ms. Rivers, 21, a student at the University of Maryland. "When we were playing in the snow, he'd disappear for a couple of hours and then ambush us in full camouflage with snowballs."
Corporal Mathews was so set on the Marines, fellow Howard High graduate Jenna May said, that he refused to join Army ROTC.
"He felt Army ROTC didn't live up to his standards, and I can say that because I was in ROTC at Howard," said Ms. May, who lives in Ormond Beach, Fla. "It all is just so shocking because he ... lived through a war under a constant threat of danger, just to come back and die in an accident. In what world does that make sense, when you face more danger coming back to your own country than a half-world away?"
When Trudy Mathews arrived at Shock Trauma, her son was unconscious and on life support. Doctors pronounced him dead Friday morning after an MRI showed no blood flowing to the brain, his sister-in-law said.
Trudy Mathews said she was most proud of the legacy her son has left someone else. She remembers taking her son to renew his driver's license last year and asking him about his decision to become an organ donor.
"I asked him if he really wanted to do that, and he said, 'Sure, why wouldn't I? I don't need them, and it could save people.' That's exactly what has happened. His heart was matched right there at the hospital. And it's a good heart, a very good heart."
A viewing for Corporal Mathews will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow at Wilde Lake Interfaith Center in Columbia. A service will follow. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
melissa.harris@baltsun.com
My condolences to your cousin's husband. That's some fierce bullshtein. I hope they hang the drunk that did it.
No surprise the driver was from Laurel, though.
Corey Feldman... dead at 40.
Corey Haim must be crushed.
No shtein? Got a link?
Quote from: EagleFeva on November 28, 2006, 01:31:21 PM
Corey Feldman... dead at 40.
Really? He's only 35 according to IMDB. Link?
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on November 28, 2006, 09:39:41 AM
Brian was my Cousins husbands brother. It really sucks when a guy makes it thru Iraq only to have a drunk who blew a .32 kill him.
My condolences as well.
Quote from: EagleFeva on November 28, 2006, 01:31:21 PM
Corey Feldman... dead at 40.
Corey Haim must be crushed.
Get the farg out of here
workin' on it.
EDIT: I might have been had, here.
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Quote from: FFatPatt on November 28, 2006, 01:35:00 PM
Quote from: EagleFeva on November 28, 2006, 01:31:21 PM
Corey Feldman... dead at 40.
Really? He's only 35 according to IMDB. Link?
Not a death link...but Wikipedia says he's 35 as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Feldman
maybe feva can see into the future
Nope... he's still alive and kickin'. >:(
Least he could do is keel over to keep me from looking like a fool.
ralph macchio just died too.
Quote from: phattymatty on November 28, 2006, 03:17:12 PM
ralph macchio just died too.
He's 45 years old. Holy sh__.
Urkel just died, too.
Quote from: MDS on November 28, 2006, 03:38:52 PM
Urkel just died, too.
But he just posted like 4 or 5 posts ago!
Freddie is crying somewehre
Seabisquit -- sorry, bro. Condolences to the family.
Jerome Bettis' pops dead at 61
Heart attack while driving home from the gym (http://steelers.scout.com/2/595470.html)
Aww Jesus. Now we're gonna have to endure tributes...
Moral of the story? Don't go to the gym when you're old. Or any other time.
He should wear a suit on gameday to commemorate his Father
I never got why people exercise. Sure, it adds years to your life. But it adds them at THE END OF YOUR LIFE, when you least need them. Like, I want to be hobbling around when I'm 96 because I exercised when I was in my 30's.
Quote from: Father Demon on November 29, 2006, 12:44:40 AM
I never got why people exercise. Sure, it adds years to your life. But it adds them at THE END OF YOUR LIFE, when you least need them. Like, I want to be hobbling around when I'm 96 because I exercised when I was in my 30's.
Scientists are working on adding years to your twenties and pre-double digits. Teen years suck, as well as anything after 30.
Former Giants shortstop Jose Uribe (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2691022)
I have his rookie card, wonder if it will go up in value from 15 cents.
Augusto Pinochet died at age 91. Hopefully his ideological opposite Castro won't be far behind him. Death to all dictators.
Appropriate that Dio scored points on this bastich's death. See it all at Ghoulpool. (http://www.ghoulpool.us)
Too bad he wasn't tortured first. He was another great example of what happens when the U.S. government meddles in another country. Democratically elected Allende was overthrown by U.S. backed Pinochet, who then went on to have thousands tortured and murdered, all the while enjoying full support from the U.S., who knew what he was doing. They didn't care of course, because he was keeping the socialists out of power and opening up his country for American "investors" to rape the land and the laborers.
Quote from: Diomedes on December 11, 2006, 08:35:54 AM
Too bad he wasn't tortured first. He was another great example of what happens when the U.S. government meddles in another country. Democratically elected Allende was overthrown by U.S. backed Pinochet, who then went on to have thousands tortured and murdered, all the while enjoying full support from the U.S., who knew what he was doing. They didn't care of course, because he was keeping the socialists out of power and opening up his country for American "investors" to rape the land and the laborers.
And, you got points. So that's always good.
Sure, I got points. I still suck. Only two or three players suck harder than me, and they didn't even try to play the game.
You'll do better this year. At least you gotta do better than Dio's Mom.
We'll see.
Her name is Deipyle, you ignorant fargs.
Green lantern's creator, Philly's own at 91
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/ap_on_re_us/obit_nodell_2
Peter Boyle, age 71
very good actor
Damn. He was classic in "Young Frankenstein".
:(
"Holy crap"
just saw about boyle on cnbc, shocked and sad, i guess i didn't realize how old he was.
Wizard!
thats too bad, i liked him in everything he was in.
he's from philly too actually.
why are people 'shocked' and 'holy crapped' about this
maybe im wrong on his popularity level and he was was bigger than i thought but imo he was neither popular enough nor young enough for that kind of response
educate me
"Holy crap" was one of his catch phrases on Everybody Loves Raymond.
Frank Barone gets mad at Traffic Cop Timmy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRcAjMircNc)
consider me educated
Paul Arizin
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/16230826.htm
so whos gonna be the third philadelphian
that is three
who was the first
QuoteGreen lantern's creator, Philly's own at 91
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/ap_on_re_us/obit_nodell_2
weird, all three people that made this list today were philadelphians.
thats a sign. AI will be traded tonight.
Lamar Hunt (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2697040)
Shocker.
Peter Boyle and Marc Zumoff's mom(Sixers play by play man).
Quote from: King Cole on December 14, 2006, 01:21:13 AM
Marc Zumoff's mom(Sixers play by play man).
I'd die too if supporting my child meant I had to watch the Sixers play every night. As far as I'm concerned, she got off lucky by kicking the bucket so early in the season.
Quote from: BigEd76 on December 14, 2006, 01:04:28 AM
Lamar Hunt (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2697040)
goddamn rich Hunt...I kill rich Hunts
Quote from: SunMo on December 14, 2006, 12:08:51 PM
Quote from: BigEd76 on December 14, 2006, 01:04:28 AM
Lamar Hunt (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2697040)
goddamn rich Hunt...I kill rich Hunts
And that pisses me off. I had him on my list for GP 07. The rich bastich couldn't fight for 18 more days?
Founder of Atlantic Records (http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=245080>1=7702)
The guy that Booger played in "Ray".
He slipped and fell at a Rolling Stones concert, dropped into a coma soon afterward, and expired.
He was 83 years old, hanging out at a Rollling Stones concert.
Granted that makes him about the same age as the performers, but still: mad props!!
Denis Payton, from rock group The Dave Clark Five which toured the United States in the 1960s and spearheaded the "great British invasion" alongside the Beatles, has died after a long illness aged 63. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061218/music_nm/britain_band_payton_dc_1)
Cartoonist Joseph Barbera dead at 95 (http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah3161.shtml)
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Turkmenistan president Saparmurat Niyazov dead at 66. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061221/ap_on_re_eu/obit_niyazov)
(http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061221/capt.mosb10912210727.turkmenistan_obit_niyazov_mosb109.jpg?x=180&y=246&sig=ZcjrcZXOzUUkMX06V9.blQ--)
Awsome that guy was crazy. I saw a 60 minutes on him a few years back, he had his pictures everywhere in his country like saddam but since he gave oil to the world no one cared how he ruled.
Eugene Lazowski
link (http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/179190,CST-NWS-xlazowski20.article)
QuoteWhen the Nazis occupied Poland during World War II and started killing Jews and sending Poles into forced labor, young Dr. Eugene Lazowski soon figured out the one thing that would terrify the brutal occupiers: disease.
Playing upon this German fear, Dr. Lazowski and a colleague risked their lives to fake a typhus epidemic that led the Germans to quarantine a dozen Polish villages, thus saving lives of 8,000 people who might otherwise have wound up in prisons, slave labor or death camps.
<snip>
"I was not able to fight with a gun or a sword, but I found a way to scare the Germans," he later told the Sun-Times.
Cult of personality
Mr Niyazov became Communist Party chief of what was then a Soviet republic in 1985 and was elected first president of independent Turkmenistan in 1991.
In 1999, he was made president-for-life by the country's rubber-stamp parliament.
During his reign, Mr Niyazov established a cult of personality in which he was styled as Turkmenbashi, or Leader of all Turkmens.
He renamed months and days in the calendar after himself and his family, and ordered statues of himself to be erected throughout the desert nation.
Cities, an airport and a meteorite were given his name.
Mr Niyazov was intolerant of criticism and allowed no political opposition or free media in the nation of five million people.
His laws became increasingly personal. It was forbidden to listen to car radios or smoke in public, or for young men to wear beards.
An alleged assassination attempt in 2002 was used to crush his few remaining opponents.
All candidates in the December 2004 parliamentary elections, at which there were no foreign observers, were his
Mr. Jefferson (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/22/obit.evans.ap/index.html)
Quote from: MadMarchHare on December 22, 2006, 04:50:40 PM
Mr. Jefferson (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/22/obit.evans.ap/index.html)
It's a bit sadder to see that it was the guy who played Lionel rather than Sherman Hensley. At least Hensley's had a good long life. 57 is a might early.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/24/dj.shot.ap/index.html
QuoteNEW YORK (AP) -- A popular hip-hop disc jockey died Saturday after being shot at least 13 times earlier this month, police said.
Carl Blaze, born Carlos Rivera, was shot outside an apartment building near Manhattan's Inwood section on December 7, and his $20,000 diamond chain was stolen, police said. He was taken to Harlem Hospital Center, where he died Saturday.
Blaze, 30, was a DJ for hip-hop and R&B radio station Power 105.1 FM for about three years. He had gained a large fan base by spinning records at clubs and on the air on Friday and Saturday nights.
Power 105.1 FM was holding a tribute for Blaze on Saturday night. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time," said Josefa Paganuzzi, a Clear Channel spokeswoman.
Police said the investigation into the shooting was ongoing.
a. a black guy killed in NY by hail of gunfire? Cops shoot him?
b. somehow I don't think the classic rock DJs worry about getting gunned down for their bling
c. clear channel is satan
the Godfather of Soul...
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/16315334.htm
Great article for a great preformer. "The Hardest Working Man in Showbuisness" was a great act, as well as singing some killer music. Funk originated with James Brown. His onstage preformances were legendary. I loved it when his crew would come out, drap him with a cape and help him offstage. He looked on the verge of collaspe after one of his dances. Then, he'd jump back out onstage for the next song with the crowd going nuts! It was something to see.
He was just as popular today as he was back in the day. rest in peace :'(
James Brown is Dead" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr_6q9DcSiM)
Miss Hynie?? (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061226/ap_on_en_mu/james_brown_widow)
Frank Stanton, #18 on my GhoulPool list (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061225/ap_on_en_tv/obit_stanton)
Still time to sign up (deadline's tomorrow)!
See James Brown's corpse at the Apollo! (http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_360174932.html)
Breaking news on NBC: Gerald Ford just died...
Link. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061227/ap_on_re_us/obit_ford)
That sucks.. too late to help me in this year's ghoulpool, and too early to get points in next years...
Oh yeah.. peace be with you.
Edit: 14 out of 16 players had Ford on the lists (www.ghoulpool.us). 73% of the lists already submitted for 2007 had Ford on it. They all need to get a new name on there, including me.
So, think he tripped going through the Pearly Gates?
Seriously, though. go with God, Mr. President.
Is it me, or do big names die in the last few weeks of the year all the time?
Quote from: BigEd76 on December 26, 2006, 11:51:48 PM
Breaking news on NBC: Gerald Ford just died...
Woo hoo! I am off the schnied in the Ghoul Pool!
Quote from: Butchers Bill on December 27, 2006, 07:31:36 AM
Quote from: BigEd76 on December 26, 2006, 11:51:48 PM
Breaking news on NBC: Gerald Ford just died...
Woo hoo! I am off the schnied in the Ghoul Pool!
Ha. You and rjs both left your goose eggs behind on that one! :-D
Booooo! I was liking my score. Stupid Ford.
QuoteStupid Ford.
I say that to my Windstar at least once a week.
Ha! You own a Windstar.
Meanie :'(
Don't feel bad. At least your car didn't get stolen a la rjs.
Quote from: FFatPatt on December 28, 2006, 07:27:49 PM
Don't feel bad. At least your car didn't get stolen... and then get accused of stealing your own shtein a la rjs.
I still find that amazing, considering he's white.
Says you.
White people wear cardigan sweaters and watch golf on TV.
and work.
Quote from: FFatPatt on December 28, 2006, 08:19:36 PM
White people wear cardigan sweaters and watch golf on TV.
Sweater
vests, not cardigans, silly. ::)
QuoteDead in 2006
Saddam within 24 hours :evil
(http://www.chickenhead.com/muck/images/god-to-ford.jpg)
That's just wrong. >:(
(but funny) :-D
Saddam Hussein (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16389128/)
And worthless to any ghoulpoolers.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on December 29, 2006, 11:48:48 PM
And worthless to any ghoulpoolers.
As was Ford.. coincidence?
j/k
3 people had him for 2006 at www.ghoulpool.us, but it didn't affect the payouts.
Good thing, or I'd have to hate Iraq even more >:(