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WillKill4Food 12-15-2011 11:41 PM
Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011
Not much to say, really.

Dr. Gonzo 12-18-2011 10:22 PM
Kim Jong Il
 

Goonie 12-18-2011 10:54 PM


Not so ronery. He's got Gaddafi, Osama, and Saddam with him.:gun:

Le Saboteur 12-18-2011 11:25 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Goonie
Not so ronery...

And yet nobody feels like mentioning Vaclav Havel? Lame, good sirs, lame.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaclav Havel
The crisis of authority is one of the causes for all the atrocities that we are seeing in the world today. The post-Communist world presented a chance for new moral leaders, because at that time of transition in these countries there were no professional or career politicians. This gave intellectuals an opportunity to enter into politics, and, by entering, to introduce a new spirit into the political process. But gradually people were suppressed-the mill ground them down-and much of that opportunity was lost. There are certain leaders that one can respect, and I do certainly respect, leaders like the Dalai Lama. I appreciate the fact that, although very often they have no hope, not even a glimpse of success on the horizon, they are still ready to sacrifice their lives, to sacrifice their freedom. They are ready to assume responsibility for the world, or at least for the part of the world they live in. I have always respected these people and appreciated what they do. Courage in the public sphere means that one is to go against majority opinion (at the same time risking losing one’s position) in the name of the truth. And I have always strongly admired historic personalities who have been capable of doing exactly this.

Becoming a dissident is not something that happens overnight. You do not simply decide to become one. It is a long chain of steps and acts. And very often during this process, you do not really reflect upon what is happening. You just know that you want to avoid any debt that would put a stain on your life. You don’t want to become involved with the dirt that is around you and one day, all of a sudden you wake up and realize that you are a dissident, that you are a human rights activist. With me the story was rather similar. It was only much later, while I was in prison, that I started reflecting on the process and why I had done what I had done. There must be some, call it “transcendental,” source of energy that helps you overcome all these sacrifices. Now some people may disagree with this idea of a transcendental source, but I feel it. While I was in prison, I often thought about why a man decides to remain decent, a man of integrity, even in situations when he or she is on his own, when nobody knows your actions and thoughts-except you yourself. Even in these situations, a man can feel bad, can have a bad conscience, can feel remorse. Why is this? How is it possible? And my answer to this is that there must be another eye looking on-that it’s not just the people surrounding you that make the difference. I have no evidence of the existence of such an eye, but am drawing on the archetypal certainty of such an existence.





Stoo 12-20-2011 06:29 PM
Carol (Abramowitz) EPSTEIN
 
EPSTEIN, Carol (nee Abramowitz)
On Friday, December 17, 2011, surrounded by her loving family. Beloved wife of Jakob Epstein for sixty-five years. Devoted mother and mother-in-law of Bluma and Simon Rossdeutscher, Pauline and Jack Klein. Dear sister of Esther Szuchman, Renia Potezman, the late Joseph Abramowitz. Cherished Bubby of Lorne and Livnat Ziskinder, Arieh and Tamar (Feldman) Rossdeutscher, Eric and Estee (Fagen) Rossdeutscher; Dr. Jonathan Klein and fiancée Stephanie, Aaron Klein and fiancée Maria. Loving Great Bubby of Nitzan, Nadav and Roni Ziskinder. Predeceased by her parents and siblings who perished in the Holocaust. She will be fondly remembered by her nieces, nephews, family and friends. Special thanks to Drs. Issie Weissglas, David Zukor and Lawrence Rosenberg, and the nurses and staff of the eighth floor at the Montreal Jewish General Hospital for their care and compassion. Funeral service took place from Paperman & Sons on Sunday, December 19. Shiva at 5885 Cavendish Blvd., C.S.L. Contributions in her memory may be made to the "Carol Epstein Memorial Fund" c/o Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel, (514) 555-5555.

Rocket Surgeon 12-21-2011 12:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Le Saboteur
And yet nobody feels like mentioning Vaclav Havel? Lame, good sirs, lame.

I was leaving him for you...what took you so long?!

WilliamBoyd8 12-28-2011 08:07 AM
Cheetah, chimp from Tarzan films, dies

Condolences poured in to a Florida primate sanctuary Wednesday after the death of Cheetah, a chimpanzee who starred in the Tarzan movies during the 1930s.

"I grew up watching Tarzan and Cheetah from a boy," a man identifying himself as Thomas from England wrote on the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary's website. "God bless you Cheetah. Now you and Tarzan are together again."

The chimpanzee died Saturday after suffering kidney failure the week before, the sanctuary foundation said on the site. He was roughly 80 years old, Debbie Cobb, the sanctuary's outreach director, told CNN affiliate WFLA.

Cobb recalled Cheetah as an outgoing chimp who loved finger painting and watching football and who was soothed by Christian music, the station said.

Cheetah appeared in the Tarzan moves from 1932 through 1934, Cobb told WFLA. According to the website Tarzanmovieguide.com, "Tarzan the Ape Man" was released in 1932 and "Tarzan and his Mate" in 1934.

Both movies starred Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan. Weissmuller -- the first speaking Tarzan, according to the Internet Movie Database website -- died in 1984.

...

"Cheetah will remain forever remembered in history," wrote one man from Malta.

"This little man was almost human," an anonymous poster wrote. "Some of the antics he got up to used to make me laugh when I was in my teens many years ago. Thanks Cheetah for all the good times you had and made us all laugh. You will be a star that will be always remembered. I am in my 60s now and grew up with you."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/28/showbi...tah/index.html

:(

Montana Smith 12-28-2011 12:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by WilliamBoyd8
Cheetah, chimp from Tarzan films, dies

Condolences poured in to a Florida primate sanctuary Wednesday after the death of Cheetah, a chimpanzee who starred in the Tarzan movies during the 1930s.

"I grew up watching Tarzan and Cheetah from a boy," a man identifying himself as Thomas from England wrote on the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary's website. "God bless you Cheetah. Now you and Tarzan are together again."

The chimpanzee died Saturday after suffering kidney failure the week before, the sanctuary foundation said on the site. He was roughly 80 years old, Debbie Cobb, the sanctuary's outreach director, told CNN affiliate WFLA.

Cobb recalled Cheetah as an outgoing chimp who loved finger painting and watching football and who was soothed by Christian music, the station said.

Cheetah appeared in the Tarzan moves from 1932 through 1934, Cobb told WFLA. According to the website Tarzanmovieguide.com, "Tarzan the Ape Man" was released in 1932 and "Tarzan and his Mate" in 1934.

Both movies starred Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan. Weissmuller -- the first speaking Tarzan, according to the Internet Movie Database website -- died in 1984.

...

"Cheetah will remain forever remembered in history," wrote one man from Malta.

"This little man was almost human," an anonymous poster wrote. "Some of the antics he got up to used to make me laugh when I was in my teens many years ago. Thanks Cheetah for all the good times you had and made us all laugh. You will be a star that will be always remembered. I am in my 60s now and grew up with you."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/28/showbi...tah/index.html

:(

I call bullsh!t on the claim that Cheetah lived that long!

WilliamBoyd8 12-29-2011 08:05 AM
Apparently others have suspicions about Cheetah the chimp:

A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at 80.

But other accounts call that claim into question.

Debbie Cobb, outreach director at the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, said Wednesday that her grandparents acquired Cheetah around 1960 from "Tarzan" star Johnny Weissmuller and that the chimp appeared in Tarzan films between 1932 and 1934. During that period, Weissmuller made "Tarzan the Ape Man" and "Tarzan and His Mate."

But Cobb offered no documentation, saying it was destroyed in a 1995 fire.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...-dies-15243744

Will the real Cheetah please stand up!

:)

Montana Smith 12-29-2011 01:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by WilliamBoyd8
Will the real Cheetah please stand up!

:)

I'm betting that's going to be impossible as well. (Unless they had him stuffed). :)

Rocket Surgeon 01-10-2012 07:51 AM
Israel Baker
 
And yet nobody feels like mentioning Israel Baker? Lame, vacuous posers, lame.


Israel Baker, renowned violinist, dies at 92

Quote:
LOS ANGELES _ As concertmaster for the orchestra that recorded the soundtrack for the movie "Psycho," classical violinist Israel Baker helped create a piece of pop culture that is regarded as one of Hollywood's most terrifying. He led the piercing attack of the violins that accompanies the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film's chilling shower scene.

He "was a renowned violinist and concertmaster in the Hollywood studio system" and was heard on dozens of movie scores, said Jon Burlingame, a film and music historian.

Yet Baker was also "one of the great violinists of the 20th century," classical music expert Jim Svejda said during a tribute on Los Angeles radio station KUSC-FM last week.

Baker died Dec. 25 at his Los Angeles home several days after having a stroke, said his daughter Hilary. He was 92.

The musician had "one of the most brilliantly facile techniques of any violinist of his time," Svejda said before playing a "benchmark recording" from Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat, conducted by the composer and featuring Baker.

He was "one of the most-sought-after violinists in the country," Keith Clark, then conductor of the Orange County Pacific Symphony, told the Los Angeles Times in 1981 when Baker was its concertmaster.

As his career largely unfolded in California, Baker earned a reputation as a chamber musician, orchestral leader and soloist. He had particular success with Arnold Schoenberg's Concerto and Phantasy and Alban Berg's Chamber Concerto, combining "stylistic acumen" with "Viennese Romantic tradition," according to the Grove online music reference.

Baker also served as second violinist to legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz in a series of chamber concerts launched in Los Angeles in 1961 by Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky.

Born Feb. 11, 1919, in Chicago, Baker was the youngest of four children of immigrants from Russia. At 6, he debuted professionally in Chicago, his daughter said.

During World War II, he served in the Army Air Forces as a roving violinist who played requests from hospitalized veterans in the United States.

With his first wife, Caroline, who died at 54 in 1974, he had three children. Besides his daughter Hilary, Baker is survived by his second wife, Imelda; daughters Merrill and Abby; and five grandchildren.

Hilary recalled sitting in Jack Benny's home as her father gave the entertainer a violin lesson. Baker's contributions to film scores spanned several decades and included "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" (1973) and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984).

Onstage, he was known for a studied nonchalance that belied his seriousness as a musician. During a cello solo in Beethoven's Triple Concerto, the violinist once leaned over to concert pianist Julien Musafia and shared stock market tips

Rocket Surgeon 01-19-2012 04:07 AM
Horrible dresser...
 
Anthony David "Tony" Blankley (January 21, 1948 – January 7, 2012) was an English-American political analyst who gained fame as the press secretary for Newt Gingrich, the first Republican Speaker of the House in forty years, and as a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group. He later became an Executive Vice President with Edelman public relations in Washington, D.C. He was a Visiting Senior Fellow in National-Security Communications at the Heritage Foundation, a weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated public radio program Left, Right & Center, the author of The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? and American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century, and a regular guest on various news programs.

He was a regular commentator for radio shows including The Diane Rehm Show, Left, Right & Center and The Steve Gill Show with a segment titled Fill In the Blanks. Earlier in his career, he was an editorial page editor for The Washington Times, a contributing editor and monthly columnist for George Magazine, and a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group.

Blankley's political opinions were generally considered to fall within traditional conservatism, although he was labeled as a neo-conservative by some critics. He denied this label, claiming that his views are more comparable to a classic conservative, such as former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. His political career spanned several decades, and his most prominent position was a seven-year stint as House Speaker Newt Gingrich's press secretary.

Prior to his career on Capitol Hill, Blankley served President Reagan as a policy analyst and speechwriter, and was a staff writer for Congresswoman Bobbi Fiedler. Before coming to Washington, D.C., he spent 10 years as a prosecutor with the California Attorney General's office.

He was briefly a child actor, appearing, most notably, as Rod Steiger's son in The Harder They Fall (1955). The movie was, as Blankley liked to joke, both his and his co-star Humphrey Bogart's last movie. He graduated from UCLA and Loyola Law School (Los Angeles), earning a J.D. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1972.

Blankley continued to write for The Washington Times. He lectured at many universities and institutes. On November 19, 2009, he presented his lecture A Year out from the 2010 Congressional Elections – National Politics, Policy and their Communication at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics of Saint Anselm College.

Blankley died in Washington, D.C. of stomach cancer on January 7, 2012 at Sibley Memorial Hospital, aged 63

Nice segment at 22:30



Quote:
TONY BLANKLEY: It's not a coincidence that the United States, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, all of the countries that were part of the British empire --

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Have you heard of George III?

MR. BLANKLEY: -- end up as great democracies. And I don't remember all the great democracies created by the former empires of Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain or Russia.

Pale Horse 01-20-2012 11:49 AM
At Last, Etta James

Rocket Surgeon 01-21-2012 10:16 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pale Horse
At Last, Etta James

Sad.

The song in particular was everything nostalgic and romantic about my parents youth.

Before six boys (...and friggin hippies) robbed them of it!



Beyonce WISHES

Goonie 02-04-2012 05:29 PM
RIP Jackie Treehorn:
Actor Ben Gazzara dies in NYC

Dr. Gonzo 02-11-2012 07:32 PM
Whitney Houston
 
http://music.yahoo.com/news/whitney-...005927033.html

Goonie 02-11-2012 09:19 PM
^Kids, don't do drugs.

featofstrength 02-11-2012 11:19 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Goonie
^Kids, don't do drugs.

Kids, don't do Bobby Brown.

Rocket Surgeon 02-12-2012 08:50 PM
Lets see if you can guess what Website ran this mindnumbing "Headline":

Quote:
RIP Singer Whitney Houston, who started in the 80s and had a voice that was glorious as any of the treasures #indianajones sought after.

Finn 02-13-2012 05:33 AM
^I'm stepping out of the company line here, but man that's cheesy.

JuniorJones 02-13-2012 04:25 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocket Surgeon
Lets see if you can guess what Website ran this mindnumbing "Headline":

Oh and dear! :(

Still, it beats "collector buys more stuff!!":D

Rocket Surgeon 02-14-2012 10:40 AM

The Drifter 02-23-2012 02:52 PM
R.I.P. to a good friend that I've known since childhood.
I will miss you B.J.

Indy's brother 02-23-2012 03:13 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Drifter
R.I.P. to a good friend that I've known since childhood.
I will miss you B.J.

Sorry to hear it, man.

Forbidden Eye 02-29-2012 03:20 PM
Davy Jones of The Monkees...
 
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment...s-66-1.3567282

Pale Horse 02-29-2012 03:53 PM
Talk about buying the last train to Clarksville....

Dr. Gonzo 02-29-2012 09:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pale Horse
Talk about buying the last train to Clarksville....
No, no, no, no...

Pale Horse 03-06-2012 10:15 AM
Bob, of Bob n' Dick Sherman passed away.

That's a bit sad. Together, they were instrumental in Disney Magic, that will never again be realized.

Pale Horse 03-06-2012 04:15 PM
And Ralph

I have his Jedi portfolio...pristine condition. Only geek item I have. Now, to sell it, or to have them all framed.

Stoo 03-06-2012 05:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pale Horse
Bob, of Bob n' Dick Sherman passed away.

That's a bit sad. Together, they were instrumental in Disney Magic, that will never again be realized.
The abundant amount of Sherman Brothers tunes for Disney are ingrained in my brain but...

...so are their songs for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Many memorable melodies in that film.:up: If anyone can listen to Dick Van Dyke sing the Sherman Brothers tune, "Hushabye Mountain", and not shed a tear, then they are not human! (Watch the movie and you'll see what I mean.) Here is just one example of their musical greatness:



Quote:
Originally Posted by Pale Horse
And Ralph

I have his Jedi portfolio...pristine condition. Only geek item I have. Now, to sell it, or to have them all framed.
Jeeze, Ralph McQuarrie, too?:( Although, this comes as no surprise. He was born in 1929, and I'm dealing with my dying dad who was born in the same year as McQuarrie.

The Drifter 03-06-2012 05:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoo
I'm dealing with my dying dad who was born in the same year as McQuarrie.

I'm sorry to hear that, Stoo.

Dr. Gonzo 03-26-2012 07:08 PM
Bert Sugar, a legend in the boxing community.



Notorious for his fedora (much like Dr. Jones) and his cigars, everyday staples. A true class act.

DiscoLad 03-27-2012 08:37 PM
RIP, animator Edd Gould of eddsworld

WilliamBoyd8 04-07-2012 07:23 AM
RIP, Thomas Kinkade, artist, the "Painter of Light",
and one of the most popular artists in America.

Goonie 04-08-2012 08:26 PM
RIP "60 Minutes'" Mike Wallace:
'60 Minutes' pioneer Mike Wallace dead at 93

Pale Horse 04-09-2012 10:11 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by WilliamBoyd8
RIP, Thomas Kinkade, artist, the "Painter of Light",
and one of the most popular artists in America.

Didn't he pee on Winnie the Pooh at the Disneyland Hotel?

Indy's brother 04-09-2012 10:25 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pale Horse
Didn't he pee on Winnie the Pooh at the Disneyland Hotel?

Let's be honest, and I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say this, we've all done it at least once.

Pale Horse 04-18-2012 02:58 PM
Dick Clark's ball officially reached the bottom, today.

Goonie 04-18-2012 03:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pale Horse
Dick Clark's ball officially reached the bottom, today.

RIP Dick.

I actually met Dick back in 1994. during a family trip to Universal Studios, Suzanne Sommers had a talk show taping in one of the sound stages. My family and I decided to go see the taping. That day Dick Clarke was a guest host with Suzanne and Chubby Checker was a music guest. Had a chance to chat with Dick during one of the commercial breaks - cool guy. He was actually the first celebrity I ever had a chance to talk with. He'll be missed.

Goonie 04-19-2012 12:15 PM
Another one that passed on Saturday. Jonathan Frid, the original Barnabas Collins on the original Dark Shadows at age 87:
Mania.com: Dark Shadows Star Jonathan Frid Dies
The article says he's got a cameo in the upcoming Tim Burton movie, his final acting role.

Ska 05-04-2012 01:11 PM
MCA (of the Beastie Boys)
 
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/04...pper-mca-dies/

MCA (Adam Yauch), 47, rapper/singer of the Beastie Boys, dies after years of battling with cancer.

Pale Horse 05-04-2012 01:15 PM
^^ ouch ^^

Joe Brody 05-04-2012 07:43 PM
Guess you have to fight for your right to be a buddhist.

The Drifter 05-07-2012 07:36 PM
Rest in peace Goober Pyle. "Joody, Joody, Joody, Joody!"

Goonie 05-20-2012 07:19 PM
RIP Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees:
CTV: Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dies at 62 in London
:(

Joe Brody 05-21-2012 09:51 PM
Not a Pale Horse but a White Horse . . . .
 
Now let's all give a hearty Teva Five-Finger salute to one of the great non-conformists.

Micah True's death is truth that you can get too much of a good thing but I wouldn't mind cashing out the way he did (and frankly I'm glad that he cashed out before he totally sold out). Stanford Cross Country didn't have anything on this guy.

Anyone that's not familiar with the shoeless running craze that started a few years ago here in the states, you may want to check out this book . . . and I recommend that you do it before the film
(not sure if I trust Sarsgaard). And while True's character will be de-emphasized in the film, I would chose Andrew Wilson to play the White Horse.

Stoo 06-05-2012 03:10 PM
The Classiest Man in Game Show History - Dead at 79
 
Richard Dawson, who was the classiest (and most womanizing) male host & guest in American Game Show history, passed away 3 days ago at the age of 79.:(



In my opinion, Richard Dawson's most shining moments were on "Match Game"! 1975 & 1976!:up:

Pale Horse 06-05-2012 04:39 PM
I was waiting for this one. Womanizing, indeed.
 
He'll be with us always, though...only in a rerun!

Stoo 06-06-2012 07:52 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pale Horse
He'll be with us always, though...only in a rerun!
Yeah, "Hogan's Heroes"!:D



Pale, your picture isn't showing up for me but I followed the link and it's from, "The Running Man". I'd forgotten all about his part in that so thanks for reminding me.:)

Pale Horse 06-06-2012 10:20 AM
Indeed it was...but today, this is the "Burning" one to report..


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