Celebrity death toll update

Mo · Last edited by Mo on Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:08 pm; edited 3 times in total

Okay, I've realized that there are far too many separate threads in here with celebrity deaths, so we'll consolidate.

Peter Jennings
Date: August 7, 2005
Age: 67
Cause: Lung cancer.
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Nachdiddlyacho · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject:

I'm sure that I'm the only on on this board who cares, but Carlo Maria Giulini also died recently.
Date: June 14, 2005
Age: 91
Cause: He was 91.
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Mo · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:29 pm Post subject:

Barbara Bel Geddes
Why you may know her: She was Miss Ellie on Dallas
Date: August 8, 2005
Age: 82
Cause: Lung cancer.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Mo · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:49 pm Post subject:

Robert Moog
Why you may know him: He invented the synthesizer.
Date: August 21, 2005
Age: 71
Cause: Inoperable brain tumor.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Mo · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:58 pm Post subject:

Bob Denver
Why you may know him: Gilligan on Gilligan's Island.
Date: September 2, 2005.
Age: 70
Cause: Complications from treatment he was receiving for cancer.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Mo · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject:

Apparently I'm out of the loop.

William H. Rehnquist
Why you may know him: Supreme Court Chief Justice for 33 years.
Date: September 3, 2005
Age: 80
Cause: Thyroid cancer.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Mo · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject:

Robert Wise
Why you may know him: He directed many movies, including West Side Story and The Sound of Music.
Date: September 14, 2005
Age: 91
Cause: Heart failure.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Mo · Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject:

Don Adams
Why you may know him: Maxwell Smart of Get Smart.
Date: September 25, 2005
Age: 82
Cause: Lung infection.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Nachdiddlyacho · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:06 am Post subject:

That sucks. Get Smart is one of my all time favorite shows, and anyone who is a Mel Brooks fan needs to check it out! Don Adams was perfect in that role.
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Big Mo · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:34 am Post subject:

Shawntinice Polk
Why you may know her: Star player for Arizona basketball team
Date: September 26, 2005.
Age: 22.
Cause: Nobody knows -- she mysteriously collapsed.

Mo · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:44 am Post subject:

Dammit, you totally beat me to that one. I just saw that on SportsCenter. Checked ESPN's website and it had this to say about the death:

Big Mo · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:30 am Post subject:

Nipsey Russell
Why you may know him: Guest on every game show in existence, Tin Man in The Wiz
Date: October 2, 2005.
Age: 80.
Cause: Cancer.
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- Hardy Spry

Big Mo · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:47 am Post subject:

Jason Collier
Why you may know him: Backup center for the Atlanta Hawks.
Date: October 15, 2005.
Age: 28.
Cause: Suspected heart attack -- cause will not be released until after Wednesday's funeral at the family's request.

Edit by Nacho: "His autopsy indicated that he died because of a "sudden heart rhythm disturbance caused by an abnormally enlarged heart"." -from Wikipedia, linking to an article on SI.com which has been removed or changed.

Mo · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject:

Rosa Parks
Why you may know her: Too much to type here, but if you don't know who she is you should be shot.
Date: October 24, 2005.
Age: 92.
Cause: Natural causes.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Nachdiddlyacho · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:16 am Post subject:

Any update on what happened to Jason Callier?
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Big Mo · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:43 am Post subject:

No, it looks like they're still sitting on the autopsy results but presuming heart attack. One thing I read says it has implications for drugs, when you consider how many basketball players have had heart problems recently.
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- Hardy Spry

Nachdiddlyacho · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:46 am Post subject:

Plus really tall people tend to have more heart problems then average people.
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Nachdiddlyacho · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:

Moustapha Akkad
Why you may know him: Hollywood producer of most of the Halloween movies.
Date: November 11, 2005
Age: 75
Cause: Wounds sustained from the bombing of a hotel in Jordan. His daughted was also killed.
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Mo · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:33 pm Post subject:

Eddie Guerrero
Why you may know him: Professional wrestler in the WWE.
Date: November 13, 2005
Age: 38
Cause: Still unknown, he was found in his hotel room dead, with no signs of suicide or foul play.

Edit by Nacho: "An autopsy revealed that Guerrero died as a result of acute heart failure, caused by undiagnosed arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and enlargement of the heart as a result of prior anabolic steroid abuse." -also from Wiki.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Big Mo · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject:

Pat Morita
Why you may know him: Arnold from Happy Days, countless small movie roles. Oh, and this little thing called The Karate Kid.
Date: November 24, 2005
Age: 73.
Cause: "Natural causes."
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"If you have a boy, you only have to worry about one penis. If you have a girl, you have to worry about all of them."
- Hardy Spry

Big Mo · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject:

George Best
Why you may know him: With Manchester United, he was the world's first soccer superstar.
Date: November 25, 2005
Age: 59.
Cause: Multiple organ failure (complications from alcoholism).
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"If you have a boy, you only have to worry about one penis. If you have a girl, you have to worry about all of them."
- Hardy Spry

Mo · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:29 pm Post subject:

Stan Berenstain
Why you may know him: Co-creator of The Berenstain Bears
Date: November 26, 2005
Age: 82
Cause: Not reported.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Mo · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject:

Wendie Jo Sperber
Why you may know her: Played Linda McFly in Back To The Future and Back To The Future III
Date: November 29, 2005
Age: Debatable? According to IMDb she was 47. Her publicist first said she was 46, then changed the story to report her as 43.
Cause: Breast cancer.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Mo · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:21 am Post subject:

Richard Pryor
Why you may know him: Uh, duh.
Date: December 10, 2005
Age: 65
Cause: Heart attack.
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"The only thing that really makes us more advanced than animals is the human brain. We're not stronger than elephants, we're not faster than cheetahs. But our tanks are stronger, and our trains are faster." - Igor Dubinskiy

Big Mo · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:59 am Post subject:

Boo.
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"If you have a boy, you only have to worry about one penis. If you have a girl, you have to worry about all of them."
- Hardy Spry