The Shmups Forum Dead Pool

[Acid King]

RIP Alexander Shulgin. If you've ever taken, and enjoyed, psychedelic drugs, especially MDMA, you owe this man a great debt.

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

RIP Rick Mayall. Saw this guy at Sheffield City Hall for one of the Bottom Live tours. Joking about his own quad-bike accident, he was in a coma for a while because of that. He was only 56.

[dan76]

RIP Rik. I used to see him around portobello quite a lot. Growing up watching The Young Ones... It's a sad damn day. Fuck the sunshine.

[Marc]

Absolutely gutted. Don't usually buy into the whole being upset because someone famous died thing, but this is as upset as I'll feel, I think. His comedy was my childhood and teens. Bye snotface.

[Jonst]

^ same.Grew up watching rik on tv,the young ones,comic strip,new statesman etc.No one played arrogant twatish characters as well as rik.gutted indeed.

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

And now Casey Kasem (Shaggy, Teletran-1, Mark from Battle of the Planets and of course America's Top 40)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/casey-kasem ... -1.2676253

[BitFaced]

And now Casey Kasem (Shaggy, Teletran-1, Mark from Battle of the Planets and of course America's Top 40)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/casey-kasem ... -1.2676253

Sucks

[BIL]

So nostalgia for Sunday top 40 and Scooby Doo right now. ;-; 82's a good run though, I hope my old man makes it that far.

[BIL]

RIP Eli Wallach. ;_;7

[Jon]

^^^Sad to read about this. One hell of a bad guy.

[Aguraki]

legend.
long and epic life 98 years so many good movies.

[Skykid]

RIP Eli Wallach. ;_;7

Great actor.

I hate this thread.

[PAPER/ARTILLERY]

I just heard legendary funk / soul brother Bobby Womack passed on. Real shame, across 110th street is one of my favourite songs.

[BIL]

The stuntman Terry Richards has died at 81. One half of the iconic "gun V sword" duel from Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Respect, sir. You helped create one of the great chunks of anti-nerd kryptonite that will shine eternally in forum nerdfights.

[BitFaced]

The stuntman Terry Richards has died at 81. One half of the iconic "gun V sword" duel from Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Respect, sir. You helped create one of the great chunks of anti-nerd kryptonite that will shine eternally in forum nerdfights.

Not the shot guy!

[NTSC-J]

Robin Williams passed away.

[BIL]

I should know to brace myself whenever this topic resurfaces.

[Specineff]

F**K!

[KAI]

FUCK!

[NRS]

I just saw the news. I keep hoping there'll be an update stating it's another bad internet hoax. Of course, I don't think that's the case...

Fuck today.

[Icarus]

RIP to a great entertainer. ;_____;

[CStarFlare]

I don't know if I've ever heard a sadder sentence than "Robin Williams killed himself."

[dave4shmups]

I just read the headline about Robin Williams. All I can say is that if you have ANY type of mental illness, get help immediately. (I'm not suggesting that Williams didn't try to.) I've had Panic Disorder for 21 years now, since I was 15. I didn't get treatment until I was 22, and lost a LOT of time and good years to this illness in the process.

[GaijinPunch]

That sucks.

[Skykid]

Truly tragic.

[broken harbour]

oi.

[Mortificator]

RIP.

[Moniker]

Fuck the world. The world is cruel, and clearly too cruel for even the best of us. Fuck. At least your suffering is at an end. RIP.

[Skykid]

Fuck the world. The world is cruel, and clearly too cruel for even the best of us. Fuck. At least your suffering is at an end. RIP.

William's suicide reminds me of a talk I was having with my students that money and success doesn't guarantee happiness, a concept they don't seem fully able to grasp.

[Moniker]

money and success doesn't guarantee happiness

This is the most obvious and facile sentiment I can think of in freaking history. He was far better than that. Fuck it, I'm emotional. No hard feelings, hopefully.