Sad news

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

 

Paul Reubens: né Rubenfeld 

August 27, 1952 – July 30, 2023 

According to the New York Post, Today's secret word of the day is " Sad " 

 

[Darth Fluffy 302]

He was a few years older than I thought he was. In quite a few movies as a character actor.

[mlooney 3,417]

His death scene in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" movie was one of the great classics of cinema. 

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Bob Barker passed away,      -      If you come the closest to guessing his age, without going over, you are a winner.

 

[mlooney 3,417]

5 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Bob Barker passed away,      -      If you come the closest to guessing his age, without going over, you are a winner.

 

99 years, I know that's because every one was making "closest to 100 with out going over" jokes.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

8 hours ago, mlooney said:

99 years, I know that's because every one was making "closest to 100 with out going over" jokes.

He seems like kind of a cool guy (well, not any more, obviously), although maybe overboard with the animal rights. If they don't want to be eaten, then why are they made of meat?

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

Jimmy Buffet's flip-flop has blown out for the last time. He's now enjoying a cheeseburger in paradise. He was 76.

https://trib.al/zeAD17r

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

 

If you go to a tourist restaurant in Florida with live music, Buffet's "Margaritaville" is one of the 3 songs you will hear almost every time.

The other 2 being Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" & Holmes' "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)".

Those of us who survived the early 80s know you can not escape the pina colada song.

 

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Funeral will be held at 5:00, somewhere. Afterward there will be a buffet style reception.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Diane Feinstein has passed away.

[The Old Hack 2,448]

1 hour ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Diane Feinstein has passed away.

She served long and well. I remember how impressed I was with her during the Kavanaugh hearing.

[mlooney 3,417]

Michael Gambon passed away as well.  I know him mainly from the Harry Potter movies and of course "Top Gear"
 

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His love of cars led to his appearance on the BBC series Top Gear. He raced the Suzuki Liana so aggressively that it went around the last corner of his lap on two wheels. The final corner of the Top Gear test track has been named "Gambon Corner" or simply "Gambon" in his honour. He appeared on the programme again on 4 June 2006 and set a time in the Chevrolet Lacetti of 1:50.3, a significant improvement on his previous time of 1:55. He clipped his namesake corner the second time, and when asked why by Jeremy Clarkson, replied, "I don't know, I just don't like it."^[

I haven't watched Top Gear since Clarkson, May and Hammond stop being the presenters, so I don't know if they still call that corner "Gambon" or not.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/actress-suzanne-somers-dead-76.amp

[Darth Fluffy 302]

(Suzanne Somers) Bummer. Kind of a shock because she was off the radar for a while. Just missed 77, too.

Joyce DeWitt is the last one standing from Three's Company.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

Henry Kissinger has passed on. He was 100.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-diplomat-nobel-obituary-031478

[Darth Fluffy 302]

That is not exactly totally 'sad news'. Henry Kissinger was kind of a monster. Attribute to him much unenlightened manipulative foreign policy that did no one any good, harmed many innocents, and ultimately blew up in our face. The Khmer Rouge were a fallout of his destabilization of Cambodia, leading to a decade of terror under Pol Pot for the bulk of the population.

Also, to quote an old song, "I wonder who's Kissinger now?"

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

Norman Lear is dead. He was 101.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/norman-lear-dead-dies-tv-legend-all-in-the-family-1235823995/

[ijuin 572]

Those were the daaaays~

[mlooney 3,417]

He certainly ruled the sitcoms of the 70's.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

 

Back in the day of 3 networks, thoughtfully & tastefully discussing controversial subjects with humor took courage.

 

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Sad indeed.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Andre Braugher - I did not know of him, but I've seen some of the things he's acted in. Seems sad, he died fairly young, leaving a wife and three kids.

 

[ChronosCat 155]

I just heard that Akira Toriyama died last Friday, at the age of 68. For those who don't know, he was a manga writer/artist who created several popular series -- most notably Dragonball (which I was a big fan of back in the early 00s). He was also character designer for a number of video games including the Dragon Quest (AKA Dragon Warrior) series, and my favorite game, Chrono Trigger.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

On 3/7/2024 at 11:20 PM, ChronosCat said:

I just heard that Akira Toriyama died last Friday, at the age of 68. For those who don't know, he was a manga writer/artist who created several popular series -- most notably Dragonball (which I was a big fan of back in the early 00s). He was also character designer for a number of video games including the Dragon Quest (AKA Dragon Warrior) series, and my favorite game, Chrono Trigger.

I saw that. He died young.

[mlooney 3,417]

RIP Louis Gossett Jr. 27th May 1936 - 28th Mar 2024.