Roy Horn, of the groundbreaking Las Vegas entertainment team Siegfried & Roy, has died.
He was 75.
A spokesman for the duo confirmed Horn this afternoon at Mountain View Hospital because of complications related to COVID-19.
CAROLE. EFFIN. BASKIN.
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 3:41 pm
by Suitably Ironic Moniker
Double rainbow aficionado Paul Vasquez has passed over the "single" rainbow bridge. Seriously though, 57 is way too young, especially for a seemingly good guy like this.
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 3:43 pm
by Jeff V
Suitably Ironic Moniker wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:41 pm
Double rainbow aficionado Paul Vasquez has passed over the "single" rainbow bridge. Seriously though, 57 is way too young, especially for a seemingly good guy like this.
The dude looked pretty massive in the picture I saw. I didn't see a cause of death listed.
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 4:05 pm
by Unagi
Ralph-Wiggum wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 9:01 am
Poor Jerry Stiller can’t get his own thread. Hopefully he’s found serenity now.
I see what you did there.
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Suitably Ironic Moniker wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 3:41 pm
Double rainbow aficionado Paul Vasquez has passed over the "single" rainbow bridge. Seriously though, 57 is way too young, especially for a seemingly good guy like this.
The dude looked pretty massive in the picture I saw. I didn't see a cause of death listed.
Signs point to diabetes: "he said nerve damage in his legs made it increasingly difficult for him to walk. "
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 5:52 pm
by Daehawk
From that video he seemed like a very nice and kind guy. He didn't look that big to me. Dont have to be huge for diabetes to take your legs and your life. Our neighbor many years ago was a skinny old guy and it took his legs then his life. I love how he says "I wasn't on drugs THAT day" LOL! He sure seemed like it. Guess he was just having a wonderful moment. Call me names but I think it worse and sadder when someone like him dies than so prick asshole croaks. Not all life is equal. Now Im a bit sadder than i was before even.
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Ken Osmond, actor best known as Eddie Haskell on 'Leave It To Beaver,' dies at 76. I was just watching stuff on LITB the other week and he was interviewed in it.
Osmond also had a career outside of the entertainment business. A victim of typecasting, Osmond worked as a Los Angeles police officer from 1970 until 1988 when he retired from the force.Osmond is survived by Sandra, his wife, and Eric and Christian, his two sons.
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 7:23 pm
by Jaymann
So Phyllis George didn't make the cut?
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Ken Osmond, actor best known as Eddie Haskell on 'Leave It To Beaver,' dies at 76. I was just watching stuff on LITB the other week and he was interviewed in it.
Osmond also had a career outside of the entertainment business. A victim of typecasting, Osmond worked as a Los Angeles police officer from 1970 until 1988 when he retired from the force.Osmond is survived by Sandra, his wife, and Eric and Christian, his two sons.
God dammit.
Reno has a huge classic car show every year. It takes over the entire city for a whole week. In '99 Ken Osmond was a guest host for the Peppermmill's celebration, and I was asked to work with him (IE - help him out and keep him safe from idiots.) I spent the entire day hanging out with him and chatting. He was a great guy. RIP, Ken.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 12:10 am
by ImLawBoy
Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 7:23 pm
So Phyllis George didn't make the cut?
I don't think we instituted any rule against you posting about it.
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Wife of the late astronaut John Glenn has passed away at age 100 from COVID-19.
Annie Glenn, a lifelong advocate for those with speech impediments and wife of the late astronaut John Glenn, died of complications from Covid-19. She was 100.
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 11:10 am
by Skinypupy
Jerry Sloan, longtime Utah Jazz coach and all-around badass, has passed at 78.
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 7:12 pm
by Defiant
The last man alive to attempt to assassinate Hitler has passed away
Tributes have been paid to Holocaust survivor Henry Wermuth who has died aged 97.
The German-born Shoah educator and writer was a prisoner in numerous camps, including Auschwitz, Krakow-Plaszow and Mauthhausen.
In 1995, he was awarded the Johanna Kirchner Medal by the City of Frankfurt for his attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1942. After hearing rumours that Hitler was due to pass on a train, he piled stones and thick lengths of wood on the track in a bid to derail it and kill the dictator.
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:05 am
by DOS=HIGH
American held captive by the Nazi's for seven years and manages to escape during the bombing of Berlin. Hides out in Berlin and is rescued by the British at the end of the war. Damn Limeys turn him over to the Soviets and they hold him captive from 1946 to his death this week at the age of 84. God speed to the great swamp in the sky Saturn!
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He will always be Admiral Paris to me from ST Voyager. Tom's dad.
Veteran character actor Richard Herd has died at the age of 87 due to complications from cancer.
Herd has a long and varied film and TV career with his most notable roles including Watergate burglar James McCord in Alan J. Pakula’s “All the President’s Men,” inept New York Yankees exec Mr. Wilhelm in “Seinfeld,” Supreme Commander John in the original “V” mini-series and its sequel, Admiral Owen Paris (Tom Paris’ father) in “Star Trek: Voyager” and Secretary General Noyce in “seaQuest DSV”.
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“In The Heat of the Night” and “Unforgiven” actor Anthony James has died. James passed away from cancer on May 26th in Massachusetts. He was 77.
James was often cast in villainous roles in films such as ” Vanishing Point,” “High Plains Drifter,” “Burnt Offerings,” “Return from Witch Mountain,” “Blue Thunder,” “The Culpepper Cattle Co.” and “The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear”.
He was also in shows like “Hawaii Five-0,” “The A-Team,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “S.W.A.T.” and “Married… with Children”.
James ultimately retired from acting following his role as brothel owner Skinny Dubois in “Unforgiven” and began to focus more on writing and art. He published a memoir in 2014.
Gamasutra has learned that Arnold Hendrick, creator of MicroProse's 1992 RPG Darklands, has passed away at the age of 69.
The news comes by way of RPG Codex and a Facebook group for former MicroProse employees. Former MicroProse artist Matt Scibilia informed the group that Hendrick passed away on Monday May 25th, after an apparent battle with terminal cancer.
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:33 am
by Daehawk
The great football coach from Tennessee, Johnny Majors, has died.
Gamasutra has learned that Arnold Hendrick, creator of MicroProse's 1992 RPG Darklands, has passed away at the age of 69.
The news comes by way of RPG Codex and a Facebook group for former MicroProse employees. Former MicroProse artist Matt Scibilia informed the group that Hendrick passed away on Monday May 25th, after an apparent battle with terminal cancer.
Bummer, my wife and I are both really big Darklands fans.
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Everyone must know the band for songs like Fox on the Run, Love Is Like Oxygen, Little Willy, and Ballroom Blitz. Ill post a less known live song below that features Steve more. Of the original 4 members only Andy Scott the guitarist is left.
Steve Priest, founding bassist and singer for “Ballroom Blitz” glam rock band Sweet, died Thursday at the age of 72. Priest’s family confirmed his death on social media Thursday. No cause of death was revealed, but guitarist Andy Scott — the last surviving member of the band’s classic lineup — said “his health was failing” recently.
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O’Neil wrote “Batman,” “Detective Comics” and “Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight” in addition to serving as an editor for DC’s Batman-related comic books from 1986 until 2000. Along with editor Julius Schwartz and artist Neal Adams, O’Neil helped to bring Batman back to his original, more ominous persona after the 1960s “Batman” TV series had a campier take on the superhero.
DC Comics publisher Jim Lee remembered him on Twitter as his “favorite Green Lantern writer to date.”
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Katherine Williams-Dunning, 27, the daughter of Country Music legend Hank Williams, Jr., was driving a 2007 Chevy Tahoe southbound on U.S. Highway 79, towing a boat when it crossed the dividing median of the highway and began a rollover sequence.
THP said her husband, Tyler Dunning, was injured in the crash. Paramedics flew Dunning to a nearby hospital for treatment. His condition has not yet been released.
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Pink Floyd wrote:Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Remember how she said that
We would meet again
Some sunny day?
Vera, Vera
What has become of you
Does anybody else in here
Feel the way I do?
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 10:19 am
by McNutt
I had no idea she was still alive.
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Pink Floyd wrote:Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Remember how she said that
We would meet again
Some sunny day?
Vera, Vera
What has become of you
Does anybody else in here
Feel the way I do?
We were just talking about her not two month ago.
Re: R.I.P. The thread of death....celebrity or otherwise
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 11:16 am
by Daehawk
RIP. Those Kennedys that didn't get shot lived pretty long lives. Im sure my wife could tell me all about her as she was a huge Kennedy fan.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:30 am
by Holman
Oh, I just saw that about Ian Holm.
So many great roles!
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 1:10 pm
by TheMix
Damn it. You know these are coming, but it still really sucks.
RIP
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:50 pm
by Brian
Ian was in a lot of my favorite movies. Alien, LOTR, and 5th Element all rank up there in my top 10.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:40 pm
by Suitably Ironic Moniker
"I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies."
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:35 pm
by AWS260
David Perlman, former science reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle, has died at 101. Here's what I wrote when he retired -- three years ago.
AWS260 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:30 am
Science reporter David Perlman is retiring from the San Francisco Chronicle later this year. At age 98.
It's amazing to think about the discoveries and milestones he's covered in his career -- moon landings, the eradication of smallpox, the discovery of Lucy and other human ancestors, the HIV epidemic in San Francisco...
I've had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Perlman a couple of times (the last was maybe 15 years ago), and he's pretty much your ideal science journalist -- smart, dogged and curious.
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