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[Zen]

Glen Campbell

[xxx1993]

Sonny Landham, the guy from Predator.

[BIL]

UK television personality Bruce Forsyth has died at 89. Good run, and he always seemed like a fine chap. Loved his Have I Got News For You appearance opposite Ross Noble. I'll give you an eye exam!

Please Brucey don't turn out to be a secret perv like seemingly every beloved UK TV codger. I don't think you were, honestly, but after Rolf Harris I'm just hedgin' me bets, like. 3;

[MintyTheCat]

UK television personality Bruce Forsyth has died at 89. Good run, and he always seemed like a fine chap. Loved his Have I Got News For You appearance opposite Ross Noble. I'll give you an eye exam!

Please Brucey don't turn out to be a secret perv like seemingly every beloved UK TV codger. I don't think you were, honestly, but after Rolf Harris I'm just hedgin' me bets, like. 3;

He certainly had his hands full with Miss World(s). Not a bad innings at all.

[Immryr]

pretty much the last of his kind. a true entertainer.

[BulletMagnet]

Comedian Dick Gregory, age 84.

[dan76]

Jerry Lewis dead at 91. Good innings. What it say? Watched The King of Comedy recently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40994864

[soprano1]

Jerry Lewis dead at 91. Good innings. What it say? Watched The King of Comedy recently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40994864

Damn...

[Skykid]

Jerry Lewis dead at 91. Good innings. What it say? Watched The King of Comedy recently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40994864

Used to watch all his movies when I was a little kid, afternoon TV matinees and whatnot. Great actor.

[dan76]

Tobe Hooper is dead. He made it to 74 which isn't that old these days. I guess he will be remembered for Texas Chain Saw Massacre but he made a load if interesting films. I really like Salems Lot and Funhouse.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 14936.html

[BIL]

Always a reassuring name to see on a horror flick. Chainsaw is almost certainly his masterpiece and a classic movie besides, but his filmography is full of gruesome, practical effects-laden fun. Including perhaps the ultimate horror boobsploitation, Life Force.

NWS obviously

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Having re-read Salem's Lot fairly recently, I actually prefer Hooper's TV adaptation. Not sure how involved he was in remodeling Barlow from a stock Lugosi-esque into yowling, James Mason-heralded death n' disease incarnate. But I dig it.

[Skykid]

Tobe was an interesting director, with a pretty diverse canon behind him. And at one point, Cannon behind him, which made for quite the departure of sensibilities. Bless Lifeforce for its goodness, hail Massacre for its greatness, and high-five its sequel for bratpackness.

Nothing for Poltergeist though because someone else directed it while he was trippin on acid.

[xxx1993]

Six Million Dollar Man actor Richard Anderson has died.

[Specineff]

And he still had most of his hair at age 91? Damn. Godspeed, Mr. Goldman.

[xxx1993]

Seiyuu Nobuyuki Furuta passed away at age 59 due to ruptured aneurysm in his bronchial arteries.

[Skykid]

Seiyuu Nobuyuki Furuta passed away at age 59 due to ruptured aneurysm in his bronchial arteries.

Who?

[xxx1993]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... 59/.120724

[lilmanjs]

Harry Dean Stanton dead at 91. Quite sad!

[Skykid]

Harry Dean Stanton dead at 91. Quite sad!

Good actor, good innings.

[BIL]

Ah, was delighted to see him reprise his role on Twin Peaks recently. A treasure to the end.

[EmperorIng]

No more Carl in Twin Peaks =( I was thinking to myself it was amazing that he was able to come back and (frankly) do so much in Twin Peaks at his age. He recently completed a movie with Lynch's son too. I had almost thought he was going to live another 10 years or something.

He was a great character actor.

[dan76]

Harry Dean... that's a bad one. He was great in Twin Peaks. Well, he was great in everything. He's in Alien for fucks sake! I'm going to watch Straight Time in his memory.

[xxx1993]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/201 ... 55/.121416

Toshihiko Nakajima passes away at 55.

[tomwhite2004]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... 56-w501508

Grant Hart, drummer of Husker Du passed away on Thursday. Some very accomplished solo material too, an underappreciated gem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huv2hCsoNZA

[Skykid]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/201 ... 55/.121416

Toshihiko Nakajima passes away at 55.

Who?

[xxx1993]

Look at the link.

[BIL]

Shoulda just reposted the link without comment, the nonchalant symmetry with your prior exchange might've brought minor lols to a very trying thread. 3;

[Specineff]

Stanislav Petrov, soviet officer who prevented a retaliatory nuclear strike by the USSR after correctly calling a false alarm on a detected missile launch coming from the USA (right in the middle of the Cold War), and thus avoiding a possible WWIII, has been reported today to have died in May 19 of this year.

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/man-who- ... 1818501062

(Didn't find anything related to his death after searching this thread, hence my post)

[xxx1993]

So just the link?

[GaijinPunch]

Stanislav Petrov, soviet officer who prevented a retaliatory nuclear strike by the USSR after correctly calling a false alarm on a detected missile launch coming from the USA (right in the middle of the Cold War), and thus avoiding a possible WWIII, has been reported today to have died in May 19 of this year.

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/man-who- ... 1818501062

(Didn't find anything related to his death after searching this thread, hence my post)

That was interesting - cheers for sharing.