Celebrity Deaths

[Rubin Farr]

Great White singer Jack Russell dead at 63

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jack-russell-former-great-white-000250029.html

[ignatius]

Greg Kihn rip. dead at 75. complications from alzheimer's

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/kihn-of-rock-and-roll-greg-kihn-of-80s-jeopardy-song-fame-dies-at-75/ar-AA1oSofo

the radio played the ever living shit out of this and so did MTV. 

even got the weird AL treatment. high honor

https://youtu.be/BvUZijEuNDQ?si=6ZR427HCQNUclbYl&t=1

his other big hit... was also pretty catchy

haven't listened to either of these tuns in forever. it's interesting to hear them now and just how like straight ahead radio rock they are. kinda built for MTV and the radio... 

Edited August 17 by ignatius

[d-a-m-o]

Alain Delon, dead at 88

https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/18/french-screen-star-alain-delon-dies-aged-88

[Nil]

Bon débarras.

[d-a-m-o]

3 hours ago, Nil said:

Bon débarras.

not the biggest fan of the man to say the least...

[Nebraska]

On 8/18/2024 at 12:31 AM, d-a-m-o said:

Alain Delon, dead at 88

https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/18/french-screen-star-alain-delon-dies-aged-88

he was my dad's favorite actor after purple noon, but i remember he had recently come out as supporting certain "extreme far right causes" and had some equally questionable opinions

[xox]

 deff my all time fav french actor 

[Rubin Farr]

Former teen idol and actor Jimmy Darren dead at age 88

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/james-darren-teen-idol-actor-234414325.html

[Nebraska]

r.i.p. rich homie (quan)

[Nebraska]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/james-earl-jones-dead-darth-vader-1235996060/

r.i.p. king jaffe joffer

[Rubin Farr]

13 minutes ago, Nebraska said:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/james-earl-jones-dead-darth-vader-1235996060/

r.i.p. king jaffe joffer

 

[J3FF3R00]

[auxien]

RIP king

[Rubin Farr]

He also planned ahead:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2024/09/09/james-earl-jones-signed-over-rights-for-ai-to-recreate-darth-vaders-voice/#

[Mattthegoone]

When we were teenagers one of our mates couldn't remember James Earl Jones' name and described him as the black guy from all the films (not insulting him, pure respect for his legend) it took us a few guesses to get to JEJ

RIP to the black guy that used to be in all the films

Sam Jackson and Densel Washington gonna have to duke it out to take up the mantle

[ignatius]

he was an EGOT winner. immortalized to generations with his voice work but a total legend regardless. 

[decibal cooper]

I totally forgot he had a small role in Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove. He was one of the co pilots flying with Slim Pickens in the bomber.

[Rubin Farr]

Cat Glover, rapper / dancer / choreographer for Prince dies at age 62

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/arts/cat-glover-dead-prince.html

[Rubin Farr]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/maggie-smith-iconic-harry-potter-133001864.html

[Scaramouche]

38 minutes ago, Rubin Farr said:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/maggie-smith-iconic-harry-potter-133001864.html

Great actress, she's been in so many good films.

She did a great turn as Charlotte Bartlett in A Room With A View, one of my most watched films. 

R.I.P.

 

 

[ignatius]

crazy when an actor has such a long career how many things they do.. she started in the 1955.  a good long run. RIP. 

[ignatius]

one of the good ones.. as a kid i remember watching him  in the cult classic "Convoy" movie.. but he's been around forever and wrote some country music that's actually good and "americana" type vibe. he also called out the assholes in country music whenever he felt like it. 

Kris Kristofferson yelling at Toby Keith for being a republican pos is one of my favorite country music stories. “You know what Waylon Jennings said about guys like him? ---They’re doin’ to country music what pantyhose did to finger-fuckin’.”

https://people.com/kris-kristofferson-dead-at-88-7496435

[ignatius]

https://www.thewrap.com/john-taggart-dies-beverly-hills-cop/

John Ashton, who played John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” movies, died Thursday at his home in Fort Collins, Colorado, a representative for the actor shared with TheWrap. Ashton was 76 years old.

[Rubin Farr]

6 hours ago, ignatius said:

https://www.thewrap.com/john-taggart-dies-beverly-hills-cop/

John Ashton, who played John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” movies, died Thursday at his home in Fort Collins, Colorado, a representative for the actor shared with TheWrap. Ashton was 76 years old.

Damn, I just watched Beverly Hills Cop 4 today, and he did look super old. RIP

[ignatius]

sheesh.. Pete Rose, MLB legend w/a complicated legacy dead at 83

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/sport/pete-rose-death-mlb-spt/index.html

once watched him pick his nose and wipe on his jersey. that's typical for ball players especially back in the day and is of course not why his legacy is complicated.  he bet on games which got him on everyone's shitlist for a long time. but he was legit one of the greats.