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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Jan 22, 2021 10:56:49 GMT -5
RIP Mira Furlan of Babylon 5 fame. Notification from J. Michael Straczynski's FB page:
She was also very memorable on LOST. A real shame. |
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Post by ABz B👹anaz on Jan 23, 2021 12:10:44 GMT -5
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Jan 23, 2021 14:05:38 GMT -5
My condolences to his wife. And his ex-wife. And his other ex-wife. And his other other ex-wife. And his other other other . . . |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Jan 26, 2021 12:12:39 GMT -5
Bruce Kirby, character actor and Colombo recurring actor (as several different characters, most often Sergeant George Kramer). He was also the father of the late Bruno Kirby.
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Post by Trurl on Jan 27, 2021 17:13:15 GMT -5
*sniff*
*whispers* Frau Blücher
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Post by Ben Grimm on Jan 27, 2021 19:25:57 GMT -5
*sniff* *whispers* Frau Blücher  |
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Post by Prole Hole on Jan 28, 2021 8:05:56 GMT -5
I can never, ever express just how much I love the Mary Tyler Moore show and Leachman was such a pivotal part of that. Very sad indeed.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Jan 30, 2021 18:15:12 GMT -5
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Post by Lt. Broccoli on Jan 30, 2021 20:59:09 GMT -5
I guess these people aren't really regular-person famous but they're famous to me - four medieval historians have died this month: Ronnie Ellenblum, Giles Constable, Jean Richard, and Michael Clanchy.
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Post by Trurl on Jan 30, 2021 23:26:49 GMT -5
I guess these people aren't really regular-person famous but they're famous to me - four medieval historians have died this month: Ronnie Ellenblum, Giles Constable, Jean Richard, and Michael Clanchy. Is this the plot of a Dan Brown novel? |
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Post by Nudeviking on Feb 1, 2021 17:24:53 GMT -5
Dustin Diamond of Saved by the Bell and an ill conceived sex tape fame dead at 44 of cancer.
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Post by ABz B👹anaz on Feb 2, 2021 10:07:19 GMT -5
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Feb 2, 2021 12:33:55 GMT -5
We should do a memorial viewing of "Wild in the Streets" and in his honor sometime. It's one of the seminal "Hippie Horror\Establishment Nightmare" exploitation movies of the late 60's. Cheesy AF, and unintentionally a hoot as well. "It's only Tiger's Milk". |
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Feb 2, 2021 15:47:15 GMT -5
Dustin Diamond of Saved by the Bell and an ill conceived sex tape fame dead at 44 of cancer. My dad saw him perform at a comedy club a few times and said he was legitimately funny, but I always really doubted that. |
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Post by Nudeviking on Feb 2, 2021 17:14:58 GMT -5
Dustin Diamond of Saved by the Bell and an ill conceived sex tape fame dead at 44 of cancer. My dad saw him perform at a comedy club a few times and said he was legitimately funny, but I always really doubted that. He was supposed to have done some sort of standup/spoken word thing at my university that I was going to go to (I think it was free for students or super cheap) but he cancelled at the last minute so I can neither confirm nor deny that he was legitimately funny during his early 2000s standup set. |
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Post by Some Kind of Munster on Feb 2, 2021 17:32:20 GMT -5
RIP Michael "Double K" Turner of underground hip hop duo People Under the Stairs:
(Hadn't really thought about these guys in years and now I'm kinda bummed to see that they were still releasing albums as recently as 2019 and I haven't been paying attention)
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Post by Jimmy James on Feb 4, 2021 18:42:07 GMT -5
Not new, but someone was talking on Twitter about Lux Interior passing away twelve years ago today. Always a good excuse to listen to the Cramps, but I can't seem to find the AV Club obituary, where one poster responded with "Who?" and was mocked so mercilessly they never returned, at least under the username "Bellona".
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Post by pantsgoblin on Feb 4, 2021 18:47:17 GMT -5
Not new, but someone was talking on Twitter about Lux Interior passing away twelve years ago today. Always a good excuse to listen to the Cramps, but I can't seem to find the AV Club obituary, where one poster responded with "Who?" and was mocked so mercilessly they never returned, at least under the username "Bellona". Here you go: news.avclub.com/lux-interior-of-the-cramps-r-i-p-1798215683 |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Feb 5, 2021 13:34:42 GMT -5
Absolute legend, Christopher Plummer, at 91.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Feb 5, 2021 14:37:38 GMT -5
Absolute legend, Christopher Plummer, at 91. Oh no! I mean, I knew he was getting way up there in age, but he was always one of my "older men" crushes. |
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Feb 7, 2021 21:36:23 GMT -5
George Schultz. Secretary of state for seven years, worked hard among (and sometimes against) the hardliners to end the cold war, and did it all with a tiger tattooed on his ass.
I, for one, think that more of our political leaders should have tattoos on their asses. At the very least, it indicates the possibility of a sense of humor.
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Feb 9, 2021 18:36:43 GMT -5
Mary Wilson, a Supreme; 76, unknown causes.
Besides being a Supreme, she was also an advocate for musicians' rights and an overall fashion icon, publishing a book in 2019 (her fourth overall) on the Supremes and their gowns.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Feb 10, 2021 19:22:17 GMT -5
Larry Flynt, of the extremely complicated legacy
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Feb 10, 2021 22:23:47 GMT -5
Larry Flynt, of the extremely complicated legacy "If the first amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it will protect all of you, because I'm the worst" -Larry Flynt
Complicated legacy indeed.
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Post by Dellarigg on Feb 11, 2021 5:54:13 GMT -5
Larry Flynt, of the extremely complicated legacy "If the first amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it will protect all of you, because I'm the worst" -Larry Flynt
Complicated legacy indeed.
In David Foster Wallace's essay on the porn industry, Big Red Son, the first amendment defence comes up a lot, leading him to wonder what the founding fathers would've made of a film like Anal Virgins III. |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Feb 11, 2021 8:08:04 GMT -5
"If the first amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it will protect all of you, because I'm the worst" -Larry Flynt
Complicated legacy indeed.
In David Foster Wallace's essay on the porn industry, Big Red Son, the first amendment defence comes up a lot, leading him to wonder what the founding fathers would've made of a film like Anal Virgins III. Ben Franklin probably would have been cool with it. |
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Post by Hachiman on Feb 11, 2021 8:18:17 GMT -5
In David Foster Wallace's essay on the porn industry, Big Red Son, the first amendment defence comes up a lot, leading him to wonder what the founding fathers would've made of a film like Anal Virgins III. Ben Franklin probably would have been cool with it. Ben Franklin would have written a series of letters to young men about the virtues of the different films in the series along with recommendations on the best practices for viewing and storing the media. |
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Feb 11, 2021 8:30:12 GMT -5
Larry Flynt, of the extremely complicated legacy "If the first amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it will protect all of you, because I'm the worst" -Larry Flynt
Complicated legacy indeed.
The weirdest thing to come out of that was after he and Jerry Falwell agreed to do a joint speaking tour/debate series on the limitations of First Amendment protections. Having dinner together before their appearances, they actually became good friends and remained in contact until Falwell died. |
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Feb 11, 2021 10:41:16 GMT -5
Ben Franklin probably would have been cool with it. Ben Franklin would have written a series of letters to young men about the virtues of the different films in the series along with recommendations on the best practices for viewing and storing the media. Based on an earlier entry in Poor Richard's Almanack titled " A stiffy in time, saves sixty-and-nine" |
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Feb 11, 2021 19:58:14 GMT -5
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