The Shmups Forum Dead Pool

[dan76]

Bernie Worrell, keyboardist and moog man of Parliament/Funkadelic has died aged 72. He was fucking great, saw him live a few years ago.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... 2-20160624

[Ed Oscuro]

Reports are that he put his jeep in neutral on an incline, got out, and was crushed when it rolled on him. Damn.

I know I'm late to this, but...maybe so, maybe not exactly. I read two things: As the news broke, it was blamed on a known software defect in vehicles under a recall - a recall which didn't roll out soon enough to prevent this and some other accidents (all the others are non-fatal, thankfully). Now there's a $5M lawsuit against the company which alleges known problems with the shifter.

It's very likely Mr. Yelchin tried to put the car in park, not neutral, but wasn't able to tell from the shifter. I'm not exactly sure how the software update figures into this.

Jeez, it's sad to think of the people who were at the Grauman's ST premiere just a few years ago who are no longer with us, and hope this is the last one for a while. But it makes me thankful to have lived just a few years more than Yelchin made it. But it is really a complete freak accident: Not just that he's a celebrity, but that he actually was killed by this.

Speaking of music legends, Ralph Stanley has died:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/24/entertain ... index.html

[soprano1]

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36648131
Carlo Pedersoli, aka Bud Spencer, died at 86 in Rome. He was my grandfather's favourite "beat the crap out of everyone" actor.

[BulletMagnet]

Two more I just saw: noted Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and director Michael Cimino.

[NTSC-J]

[EmperorIng]

I feel slimy posting about Miss Cleo without mentioning the passing of Elie Weisel up above.

Well, anyhow, Night was a formative reading experience for Ing as a young lad, reading it all the way back in 8th grade, and its mixture of fatalistic nihilism mixed with the struggle for survival and for humanity has long remained with me. I wonder how many people read Weisel's other works. I admit to only reading Dawn, which I had thought was a direct sequel (it... isn't?), and was struck by the great deal of moral ambiguity it displayed, especially considering the novel's Israeli Jewish perspective. He will be missed.

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I remember many a time catching Miss Cleo on TV commercials as a kid. While I always laughed at the silliness of this Jamaican lady promising to read my future over the phone, again and again, it's sad that she died so young!

[BIL]

God fucking damn. ;_; Time marches on.

I remember many a time catching Miss Cleo on TV commercials as a kid. While I always laughed at the silliness of this Jamaican lady promising to read my future over the phone, again and again, it's sad that she died so young!

Fuckin same, same, same. Her ads were always a laugh in our happy little household. Sigh. 2016 fi dead.

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BUMBO CLAAAT

Remember the good times kids. Or perhaps even... remember tomorrow

"Did you see the comedian who said he called up Dionne Warwick? Nigga says she picks up the phone, an' he's like, 'Yo, wassup?'. She's sayin, 'Who's this?', an' he says 'You're psychic, you should know'! Oh shit."

[Bloodreign]

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I remember many a time catching Miss Cleo on TV commercials as a kid. While I always laughed at the silliness of this Jamaican lady promising to read my future over the phone, again and again, it's sad that she died so young!

She was about as Jamaican as you and I. Her birthplace is listed as Los Angeles haha.

[BIL]

I'm a bit Jamaican on my mom's side and how we loved those ads. Ladamercy!

[GaijinPunch]

David Huddleston, aka The Big Lebowski, has gone up to that big bowling alley in the sky.

[BulletMagnet]

Kenny Baker, better known to many of us as R2-D2.

[TransatlanticFoe]

No fucking way. RIP little dude

[Skykid]

Kenny Baker, better known to many of us as R2-D2.

We've lost R2!

[GaijinPunch]

Think how many millions of people have seen him in films but has no idea who he is.

[BryanM]

Jon McLaughlin.

Used to watch his show of people yelling at each other back in the mid 2000's.

As you might have surmised, I am a fan of people yelling at each other. A downer, this is.

[Ed Oscuro]

It's been over a week, but Barry Jenner died on August 9th.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sta ... 75-n628156

[Bloodreign]

Mr Fuji, former wrestler and WWF manager, died yesterday at 82 years old.

[NTSC-J]

Another tragedy for Star Wars fans this month: Michael Leader, who played the Stormtrooper who hit his head on the door, has passed away.

[xxx1993]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/g ... nka-828477

Gene Wilder, best known for Willy Wonka and Mel Brooks movies, dies at 83. He lost, good day sir...

[soprano1]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/g ... nka-828477

Gene Wilder, best known for Willy Wonka and Mel Brooks movies, dies at 83. He lost, good day sir...

Oh man, loved him in Young Frankenstein.

[BIL]

2016 continues to suck ass on the beloved pop cultural icon front. 3:

[evil_ash_xero]

He was was so great in The Producers and Young Frankenstein.

[Specineff]

Goddammit, 2016...

Mexican pop icon Juan Gabriel has also passed away.

[Skykid]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/g ... nka-828477

Gene Wilder, best known for Willy Wonka and Mel Brooks movies, dies at 83. He lost, good day sir...

Oh man, loved him in Young Frankenstein.

Loved him in everything. Superb actor.

[trap15]

Watched Blazing Saddles last night in memoriam, so good. What a tragic loss.

[Xyga]

*sob*
http://youtu.be/4UDnTJcjPhY

[KennyMan666]

Alexis Arquette, transgender actress and activist, died on Sunday at 47 years of age from AIDS-related complications.

[GaijinPunch]

Alexis Arquette, transgender actress and activist, died on Sunday at 47 years of age from AIDS-related complications.

I thought the cause of death was not released.

[lilmanjs]

Arnold Palmer has died today. What a way to go 2016! Now nobody will see the legend golf or make his signature drink.

[trap15]

Arnold Palmer has died today. What a way to go 2016! Now nobody will see the legend golf or make his signature drink.

I thought he was already dead, tbh. That's a shame though.