Another Famous Person Died Thread

“LOL..thrifty was wrong...Sarge was right....I love it.

Um Thrifty my question is...why did they call a s- load of people BEFORE they called the police?”

“Don't get him started again XL.”

“i haven't made any kind of definitive statement that could even be proven wrong...sooo, where was i wrong?
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“I'll probably get flamed for this. It's kinda sick to see people "standing" over his body arguing over who's right or wrong about how the poor guy died and who's an @sshole for asuming what. There, I said it.”

“I agree Currahee. It wasn't my intention to argue about that. Hopefully that was clear in my responses to thrifty.”

“AW XLacker, did I hit a nerve?

A guy with a BIG GUT who wore Depends with a "manly" name like Marion figures to be your hero.”

“They called the Olsen twins body guard because he is a licensed EMT and very close to their location.”

“i agree too currahee...in fact that was my point...the man is dead...let's respect him and not jump to conclusions about why...let the authorities handle that”

“like most of your weasely posts you said it in just a way that you could back out of it if called on it - thriftyhiker

LOL - yes, I found that out recently as well.”

“Tango...I am just guessing here...but don't they have EMT's and a 911 system in New York? I am an EMT but by LAW I would have to call 911 for Police if I was called about a dead or suspected death. Its kinda like a requirement of our license here.”

“'Jaws' Star Roy Scheider Dies at 75
By JILL ZEMAN, AP
Posted: 2008-02-11 02:01:29
Filed Under: Star Obituaries, Movie News
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Feb. 11) - Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," died Sunday. He was 75.

Scheider died at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. There is conflicting information on the actor's cause of death.


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A 'Wonderful Guy'1 of 8 Roy Scheider, best known for playing a thankless police chief in the monster shark movie 'Jaws,' died on Sunday in Little Rock, Ark. at age 75. A hospital spokesperson said the actor had been treated for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood cells, in recent years.

Another official at the hospital, spokeswoman Leslie Taylor, said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years. Scheider's widow, Brenda Seimer, told the New York Times that the actor died of complications from a staph infection.

He was nominated for a best-supporting actor Oscar in 1971's "The French Connection" in which he played the police partner of Oscar winner Gene Hackman and for best-actor for 1979's "All That Jazz," the autobiographical Bob Fosse film.

However, he was best known for his role in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film, "Jaws," the enduring classic about a killer shark terrorizing beachgoers and well as millions of moviegoers.

Widely hailed as the film that launched the era of the Hollywood blockbuster, it was also the first movie to earn $100 million at the box office. Scheider starred with Richard Dreyfuss, who played an oceanographer.”

“That's what I have - multiple myeloma.”

“Dang...an actual ACTOR died.....”

“yea, what are the chances”

“oh man - I was just watching some Jaws clips yesterday on MythBusters.”

“He was one of my favorites.

Looks like we're gonna need a bigger thread.”

“That's some bad hat, Harry.”

“He deserves a (fuego) thread all his own.

I can't wait to hear how he gets demonized by the left, but it probably won't happen here.”

“He was a giant. His eloquence while arguing a point is what I will always remember.

Lily Tomlin, as Ernestine the phone operator, did a sketch where she was talking to Buckley one day.

"Look William Fehbuckley, ..."”

“The guy had a huge vocabulary, that's for damn sure.”

“Cool quote by him, obviously we've never met. -

"I am, I fully grant, a phenomenon, but not because of any speed in composition, I asked myself the other day, `Who else, on so many issues, has been so right so much of the time?' I couldn't think of anyone." - William F. Buckley in The New York Times Book Review, 1986.”

“obviously we've never met - Sarge

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“I have been sitting in my chair at a 15� lean to the right today in honor of Buckley. He was a true giant. Whenever I would see Buckley or Friedman speak it garnered my full attention.”

“But do you have a stopwatch on your clipboard?”

“PITTSBURGH -- Myron Cope, the screechy-voiced announcer whose colorful catch phrases and twirling Terrible Towel became symbols of the Pittsburgh Steelers during an unrivaled 35 seasons in the broadcast booth, has died. He was 79...

Cope had been treated for respiratory problems and heart failure in recent months, Gordon said.
Kirwan: Cope will be missed
Ask anyone in Pittsburgh who Myron Cope was and the answer would be the voice of the city. He believed in the Steeler way and wanted to see great fundamentals from the players every week. He challenged the Steelers coaches and he did it with a great sense of humor, writes Pat Kirwan. Full story ...

Cope's tenure from 1970-2004 as the color analyst on the Steelers' radio network is the longest in NFL history for a broadcaster with a single team and led to his induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2005.

Cope is best known for pioneering the Terrible Towel, the yellow cloth twirled by fans as a good luck charm at Steelers games since the mid-70s. The towel is arguably the best-known fan symbol of any major pro sports team, has raised millions of dollars for charity and is displayed at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Within two years of his hiring, Pittsburgh would begin a string of home sellouts that continues to this day, a stretch that includes five Super Bowl titles.
Myron Cope (1929-2008)

A sampling of what friends, fans and Pittsburgh Steelers had to say about Myron Cope, who died Wednesday at age 79:

"My dad would listen to his talk show and I would think, 'Why would you listen to that?' Then I found myself listening to that. I (did) my show with him and he (made) me feel young."
- Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher

"I could remember driving to work listening to him and almost driving off the road (when) he'd make some outrageous comment. But, you know, he had a great sense of humor, he was able to analyze sports in a very interesting way, a unique way I think, absolutely unique to himself. He's a legend. The guy was just wonderful."
- Former Steelers linebacker Andy Russell

"Like so many Steeler fans, I grew up listening to Myron Cope and his unforgettable voice and style. Myron symbolizes everything that is great about southwestern Pennsylvania, and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family. Today, the entire Steeler Nation mourns the loss of a great man and a great Pittsburgher."
- Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato

"There are personalities that fit certain cities across the country. Myron just happened to be the personality that was attached to Pittsburgh."
- Alby Oxenreiter, sportscaster at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh

"Coming here from Detroit ... I hear this guy on radio doing the Steelers colorcast and I say, 'What is going on?' I just couldn't believe that somebody with that kind of voice was that popular. And you know what? It was an acquired taste. The more you listened, the more you got it."
- Mark Barish, program director at WPXI-TV

"In 1996, Myron gave us the gift of the Terrible Towel. He actually gave us all the rights to the Terrible Towel and even his name and, with that trademark, he created a living legacy to his incredible life."
- Regis Champ, president and CEO of the Allegheny Valley School. Cope's son, Danny, attends the special needs school near Pittsburgh, which Cope supported for decades with charitable donations, including proceeds from the Terrible Towel.

Cope became so popular that the Steelers didn't try to replace his unique perspective and top-of-the-lungs vocal histrionics when he retired, instead downsizing from a three-man announcing team to a two-man booth.

"He doesn't play, he doesn't put on a pair of pads, but he's revered probably as much or more in Pittsburgh than Franco (Harris), all the guys," running back Jerome Bettis said. "Everybody probably remembers Myron more than the greatest players, and that's an incredible compliment."

Rest in Peace...DOUBLE YOI!!”

“But do you have a stopwatch on your clipboard?”
Tilt
2:21:06 PM
2/27/08

Cool, an obscure reference I got without having to read it twice!!”

“Great, but can you explain it to me?”

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“nevermind, I get it - didn't realize you were talking about Buckley at first. - was first thinking about "computer clipboards" ...
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“Buddy Miles




Flamboyant rock drummer with Jimi Hendrix in his Band of Gypsys

Buddy Miles, the American rock drummer who died on Tuesday aged 60, was a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 until Hendrix's death in 1970.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/29/db2902.xml”

“TORONTO - Blind rock and jazz musician Jeff Healey has died after a lifelong battle against cancer. He was 41.

Healey died Sunday evening in a Toronto hospital, said bandmate Colin Bray, who was in the room with Healey's family when the guitarist died.

The Grammy-nominated Healey rose to stardom as the leader of the Jeff Healey Band, a rock-oriented trio that gained international acclaim and platinum record sales with the 1988 album "See the Light." The album included the hit single "Angel Eyes."

Healey had battled cancer since age 1, when a rare form of retinal cancer known as Retinoblastoma claimed his eyesight.

Due to his blindness, Healey taught himself to play guitar by laying the instrument across his lap.

His unique playing style, combined with his blues-oriented vocals, earned him a reputation as a teenage musical prodigy. He shared stages with George Harrison, B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Bray said he and many others expected the guitarist to rally from this latest illness.

"I don't think any of us thought this was going to happen," Bray said. "We just thought he was going to bounce back as he always does."

Healey had undergone numerous operations in recent years to remove tumors from his lungs and leg.

Bray and fellow bandmate Gary Scriven remembered their frontman as a musician of rare abilities with a generous nature and wicked sense of humor.

Healey's true love was jazz, the genre that dominated his three most recent albums.

His love of jazz led him to host radio shows in Canada where he spun long-forgotten numbers from his personal collection of over 30,000 vinyl records.

His death came weeks before the release of his first rock album in eight years.

"Mess of Blues" is slated for a North American release on April 22.

He is survived by his wife, Christie, and two children.”

“Holy crap!!

I didn't know Healey was into jazz.

That's rough on his friends and family.........someone so young.”

“got to see him play some years ago down on the river bank in Memphis.”

“RA, at Memphis in May? I saw him there about 10 years ago (maybe before that...been a long time).......chili
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“have they buried James Brown yet?”

“I think they got another shipment of dry ice from Omaha Steaks.....”

“I was listening to Healey just a few days ago.”

“Healey rocks!

R.I.P.”

“Gary Gygax, hero of geeks everywhere, just passed away. Pity, he was a really nice guy.”

“I remember being introduced to D & D when I was around 8 or 9. Many years later I got into a group that played weekly in college, and haven't played since. I guess you could say real life got in the way.”

“I got to meet him a few times. Nice gentleman, with a penchant for tropical-print shirts.

I do occasionally miss the weekly gaming sessions. I don't miss the smell of cheap Chinese curry, or the smell of sweaty high schoolers playing "Magic" card games or other role playing games in the same venue.”

“Bummer! I hung out with Gary on the Legendary Adventures boards. He was a real nice guy and very approachable. I used to love it when he'd be drinking and he'd just start ranting about the thieves and wankers at TSR.”

“http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3579120.ece

co-authored the script/book for my favorite movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

R.I.P.”

“thus spake zarathustra”

“R.I.P.”

“Someone should create a separate post just for this guy!”

“http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,338969,00.html

This is sad. I remember when she made her flights. I was proud of her even not knowing her personally.”

“wow. that is really....wow.....fcked. depression is a b!tch. ive been really down in the dumps before, but i cant imagine being so depressed to take my own life...tragic”