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If a celebrity or otherwise noteworthy person passes on, post it here.

Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz committed suicide (or was assassinated) on the 11th at the age of 26.
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I hope whenever I kill myself someone thinks I was assassinated.
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mesh control wrote:I hope whenever I kill myself someone thinks I was assassinated.
Because of this statement, when you get assassinated it will get called a suicide :(

Also, the person in that article above is a prime example of somebody who will shoot a family member at 2 AM in the dark because they thought they heard a fed.
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mesh control wrote:I hope whenever I kill myself someone thinks I was assassinated.
Just write all over your body with marker the names of people you don't like. That way, regardless of you die, they will be suspected of having a hand in your demise. Trolling from beyond the grave. 8)
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So I guess putting a list of who you think will pass away this year is off limits?

I've been going through all of the Doctor Whos recently and it occurred to me that Tom Baker is one of the oldest out of the lot if not THE oldest. Somehow I have a bad feeling he's going next.
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NTSC-J wrote:Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz committed suicide
good article on his passing: http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/15/swar-j15.html
Makes the connection between his suicide and mounting legal pressures from usgov. You don't need overt conspiracy/assassination to ruin a person's life.
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BPzeBanshee wrote:So I guess putting a list of who you think will pass away this year is off limits?
People seemed pretty offended when I did it last year, but feel free. I got two of my ten guesses correct (Whitney Houston and Joe Paterno).

Pauline Phillips, known for her "Dear Abby" advice column, died at the age of 94.
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Feedback will set you free.
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is anyone actually playing the dead pool or is it just a dead celebs thread?
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Acid King wrote:Conrad Bain aka TV's Mr. Drummond
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/arts/ ... at-89.html
Damn. RIP mother fucker. I enjoyed watching you as a kid. Oddly enough, you outlived 2 of your 3 co-stars. Peace out.

EDIT: Whoops... drunk slip. "Watching you on the tube".
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89 was a good age though, seems to be a lot of bad luck followed that show for the stars :(
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jugemscloud wrote:is anyone actually playing the dead pool or is it just a dead celebs thread?
People seemed pretty offended when I did it last year, but feel free to list your bets.
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idchappy wrote:89 was a good age though, seems to be a lot of bad luck followed that show for the stars :(
Indeed. Todd Bridges turned his life around, but Gary Colemen's story was quite sad, and Dano Plato's even worse.
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idchappy wrote:89 was a good age though, seems to be a lot of bad luck followed that show for the stars :(
Indeed. Todd Bridges turned his life around, but Gary Colemen's story was quite sad, and Dano Plato's even worse.
Yeah, what a waste, I read her son took his own life at 25 as well :(
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Pretty sure she was living in a trailer park, too. :|
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its not too late to start a game. some basic rules? - ends dec 31st gmt 23.59.59, 10 people max selected per person - any list posts edited are disregarded, all persons chosen must be public figures, no personal aquantencies/family/friends etc, scoring is taken from 100 e.g. age at death is 60 scores you 40 points, allowed inclusion of persons with known serious medical conditions?, prize for the winner!? guessing cause of death scores double n/a for persons with known medical conditions/drug addictions unless unrelated

kicking up fuss about death on a forum dedicated to games that are purely about death and destruction :roll:
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Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City, passed away at the age of 88.
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Chris Kyle, the most prodigious sniper in US military history with 255 kills, was murdered while at a shooting range. He was 38.
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NTSC-J wrote: Chris Kyle, the most prodigious sniper in US military history with 255 kills, was murdered while at a shooting range. He was 38.
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The irony. The NRA will probably say he wasn't armed well enough.
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NTSC-J wrote: Chris Kyle, the most prodigious sniper in US military history with 255 kills, was murdered while at a shooting range. He was 38.
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The irony. The NRA will probably say he wasn't armed well enough.
Obviously, he wasn't. Steve Martin sucks, by the way.
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Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died this week, aged 96.
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Legendary Dutch kickboxer Ramon Dekkers died on Wednesday "after reportedly feeling light headed while training on his bike". He was 43.
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To play the Dead Pool game...I can't list 10, only 1 for now :arrow: Emeli Sandé age 25. Predicted age of demise -> 27 or 28.
The music industry's 27 Club of course.
~BUT there's a lesser known 28 Clown Club, currently populated by Heath Ledger and Brandon Lee.
Miss Sande recently released "Clown".

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Hugo Chavez passed away mere hours ago, at the age of 58.

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I'm sure Laura Bush is giving W quite the rim job tonight.
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trap15 wrote:Hugo Chavez passed away mere hours ago, at the age of 58.
Damn, that's a big shame for Venezuela.
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If you know wrestling on TV, you know this guy. William Moody passed away yesterday, he was 58.
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Charlie Brown Jr. (brazilian rock band) singer was found dead in his apartment this morning, possibly from overdose. He was 42.

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Manga translator and Studio Proteus founder Toren Smith is brown bread.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toren_Smith
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Pyongyang wrote:Manga translator and Studio Proteus founder Toren Smith is brown bread.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toren_Smith
Wow, what. That's a name in manga I'll never forget, used to occupy the translation credits of most of the stuff I grew up reading and every volume of Blade of the Immortal; the quality of which I largely put down to his express understanding of the language.

...And he's died before finishing the final volume (possibly.)

He's even in Gunbuster!

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Dunno what happened but he was a true legend in the manga and translation circles. I've read loads of his stuff over the years. Didn't he do the Dirty Pair manga too?

I guess our very own blackoak will have to fill those enormous shoes Toren Smith has left behind. Over to you blackoak... :D
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Ruldra wrote:Charlie Brown Jr. (brazilian rock band) singer was found dead in his apartment this morning, possibly from overdose. He was 42.

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That is sad. I liked Raimundos and this one back in the nineties.
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