The Dead People Server

[Wasteland]

I am getting tired of seeing famous people die, but realizing that it would be pointless to start a thread because they may not be as well known to everybody. I wanted to start this thread, so if any famous people die that don't really need their own thread, there will be a place for people to comment about them.

Here's the First: Wilson Pickett (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-01-19-pickett-obit_x.htm?csp=27)

Great soul singer. R.I.P.

[Semaj]

I am getting tired of seeing famous people die...

Same here. This along with Lou Rawls' passing already brings 2006 onto a shaky start. :(

[mr. broom]

I don't know if we, as a nation, can afford to lose any more famous people.

[kuumuus]

jack nicholson gets his own dead thread.. IN THE YEAR 2008

[Dead Nigga Storage]

people need to like...not die

[Wasteland]

DNS, if you are crowned Miss America, tell us, what do you think the American people need to do.

people need to like...not die

I think we have a winner!

[Wasteland]

Next to be on the Dead People Server: Anthony Franciosa (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-01-20-franciosa-obit_x.htm?csp=27)

[Wasteland]

Janette Carter (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060123/ap_en_mu/obit_carter)

[Gunstar]

Geez, what's with all the death?

[jim]

Good thread idea. I remember like a year ago and half of the off topic forum was filled with RIP's for every obscure quasi celeb. Like: RIP - The guy who played extra #8657 in Titanic :(

[kane]

sean penn.

wait, it probably deserves a thread.

[mr. broom]

It was Chris Penn, guy. And he got a thread in Media.

[Wasteland]

He was well known to this forum as Nice Guy Eddie, so I saw no need to put him here. Just as well, by the time I had time to get on here, a thread had been started. But this thread should stay as the place for obscure and cult figures.

Ex:
Robin Williams=Own thread
Treat Williams=Here
Gerald Ford (you know it will happen soon)=Own thread
Former GA Senator Max Cleland=Here

I think that should help clear it up.

By the way, new one:Arthur Bloom (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060128/ap_en_tv/obit_bloom)

[Wasteland]

Wendy Wasserstein (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-01-30-wasserstein-obit_x.htm?csp=27)

[Wasteland]

Moira Shearer (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-01-moira-shearer-obit_x.htm?csp=27)

[Wasteland]

Haven't had time to update, but here are two new ones:

Romano Mussolini (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4676934.stm)

Betty Friedan (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/04/friedan.obit.ap/index.html)

[lolpenis_taco]

Dude who wrote Curious George books found dead. Apparently murdered.

[skittlebrau]

Hmmm...says here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._A._Rey) he's been dead since 1977, and his partner and wife since 1996. Where did you hear this?

[DotheBartman]

Another guy worked with the wife for a while on more books, and the Disney Channel tv series that ran for a while. Here's the info:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/3644994.html

[skittlebrau]

Wow...that's terrible.

[DotheBartman]

I know....who the fuck kills children's book authors? Really sad.

[lolpenis_taco]

I heard it on the news, right before hearing that Bill Nye the Science Guy got married.

Busy news day.

[TransponderHut]

As I recall, the biggest celebrity death year of this decade was 2003.
It was like every single day in September 2003 someone famous died.

[24601]

::sigh:: No one I particularly adore has died... but it's a bad year for celebrity deaths.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

Dude who wrote Curious George books found dead. Apparently murdered.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/09/curious.killers.ap/index.html
killers just walked into the police station and confessed.

[skittlebrau]

Good to see their conscience got the best of them. What the fuck is wrong with these people?

[Wasteland]

Franklin Cover (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060210/ap_on_en_tv/obit_cover)

He was the annoying neighbor on "The Jeffersons".

[Wasteland]

Sorry, but I have been away from the computer for a few days, so I haven't had time to update.

Peter Benchley (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_en_ot/obit_benchley_1)
Phil Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Brown)
James "Jay Dee" Yancey (a.k.a. J Dilla) (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1524171/20060210/j_dilla.jhtml?headlines=true)
Dr. Norman E. Shumway (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1603869)

[Semaj]

Good to see their conscience got the best of them. What the fuck is wrong with these people?

My thoughts exactly.

[lolpenis_taco]

James "Jay Dee" Yancey (a.k.a. J Dilla) (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1524171/20060210/j_dilla.jhtml?headlines=true)


Yeah, I heard about that yesterday. That really sucks. Guy was one of my favorite musicians. :(

[Wasteland]

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzales (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-15-gonzalez-gonzalez-obit_x.htm?csp=27)
Andreas Katsulas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Katsulas)

[Wasteland]

New updates!

Laurel Hester (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--obit-hester0218feb18,0,3657584.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey)
Richard Bright (http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/62127.htm)
Ray Barretto (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/3666850.html)
Michael "Mike" Durham, aka Johnny Grunge (http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/02/16/1446528.html)
Harold Hunter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Hunter)
Bill Cowsill (http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4523001&nav=1VGm)
Robert E. Rich Sr. (http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=35436)

My god, I'm turning into NHC's grim reaper.

[Wasteland]

Curt Gowdy (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/obit_gowdy;_ylt=Asrzfy0TiX.WwU6Y7E3gjmis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3cm 82NXAwBHNlYwM3NTU-)
Lou Gish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gish)

At the end of either February or March, I will do a list of who had died so far this year, and do a list either every two to three months of who has died during the time between the last list and the date I post.

And on January 2, 2007, I will make a whole list of all who have died in 2006.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

Gowdy deserved his own thread in the sports forums, but nobody did it. Oh well, RIP

[Wasteland]

Updates!

Bruce Hart (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/23/arts/television/23hart.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)
Eli J. Segal (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/national/22segal.html)
Don Herbert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Herbert_%28firefighter%29)
Carroll Anderson (http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2006/02/22/local/doc43fc05a92461d140168216.txt)

[box elder]

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RIP Barney

[Dead Nigga Storage]

got his own thread, and rightfully so, in media discussion.

wasteland, stop killing people.

[SideshowTim]

gene pitney died today.

my mum will be very upset.

[Semaj]

Mr. Reliable (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060414193209990005&ncid=NWS00010000000001)