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Well that's a shame.. Always loved his movies. R.I.P Paul!
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HR Paperstacks wrote:Paul Walker, 40, star of the Fast and Furious movies
This one might be a hoax

The first couple of times I saw this on Facebook by "real" media they were followed quickly with the announcement that it was not real. Guess it was.
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The irony of his death is reaaalllllly cruel.
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Apparently TMZ is taking some heat for falsely reporting Paul Walker's deadly accident 2 days before the actual car wreck took place. How weird is that?
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S33 wrote:Apparently TMZ is taking some heat for falsely reporting Paul Walker's deadly accident 2 days before the actual car wreck took place. How weird is that?
Didn't a similar report happen with a wrestler(?) within the last couple of years?
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I came home last night and my wife said "Paul Walker Died"...  and like most celebrities, I said "Who's Paul Walker?"
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bbinks wrote:
S33 wrote:Apparently TMZ is taking some heat for falsely reporting Paul Walker's deadly accident 2 days before the actual car wreck took place. How weird is that?
Didn't a similar report happen with a wrestler(?) within the last couple of years?
No idea. I'll try google
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S33 wrote:
bbinks wrote:
S33 wrote:Apparently TMZ is taking some heat for falsely reporting Paul Walker's deadly accident 2 days before the actual car wreck took place. How weird is that?
Didn't a similar report happen with a wrestler(?) within the last couple of years?
No idea. I'll try google
It's kind of like that show Early Edition from the 90's where the guy gets tomorrow's newspaper and tried to stop the disaster or whatever from happening.
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Jim Fagin, Omaha TV and Radio Personality.
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Brad wrote:Jim Fagin, Omaha TV and Radio Personality.
Back when WOWT was the better of the 3 stations.   He was why I watched them regularly.
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bbinks wrote:
Brad wrote:Jim Fagin, Omaha TV and Radio Personality.
Back when WOWT was the better of the 3 stations.   He was why I watched them regularly.
Yes, Jim and I crossed paths a number of times. I had heard he was in poor health but did not know it was this serious. :(

Really nice person and will be missed. :(
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Brad wrote:Jim Fagin, Omaha TV and Radio Personality.
Back when WOWT was the better of the 3 stations.   He was why I watched them regularly.
Yes, Jim and I crossed paths a number of times. I had heard he was in poor health but did not know it was this serious. :(

Really nice person and will be missed. :(
Watched him regularly, never met him.  Seemed like a good man.
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Nelson Mandela.
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http://dailycurrant.com/2013/12/06/kany ... n-mandela/

Kanye on his place in the world after the death of Mandela.
"I am the next Nelson Mandela," West responded. "I'm only 36 years old, and when I look at everything I've accomplished, it's the only comparison that makes any sense. By the time I'm 95, I'm going to be a bigger hero than he ever was.

"Nelson Mandela did a lot of good work, don't get me wrong. But I think I'm on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
Nelson Mandela is surely spinning in his grave.
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RNcyanide wrote:http://dailycurrant.com/2013/12/06/kany ... n-mandela/

Kanye on his place in the world after the death of Mandela.
"I am the next Nelson Mandela," West responded. "I'm only 36 years old, and when I look at everything I've accomplished, it's the only comparison that makes any sense. By the time I'm 95, I'm going to be a bigger hero than he ever was.

"Nelson Mandela did a lot of good work, don't get me wrong. But I think I'm on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
Nelson Mandela is surely spinning in his grave.
I am fairly certain that's a satirical article.
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It may be satirical, but don't underestimate Kanye West, as he's definitely enough of a moron to not only say that, but also to believe it. Kanye West and the Kardashians = Everything that is wrong with our culture, in a nutshell.
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S33 wrote:It may be satirical, but don't underestimate Kanye West, as he's definitely enough of a moron to not only say that, but also to believe it. Kanye West and the Kardashians = Everything that is wrong with our culture, in a nutshell.
I'm pretty sure he was serious about that. He thinks way too highly of himself.
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Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince.
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Brad wrote:Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince.
James Avery is the actor's name.
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Also, Tuesday Johnny Orr, Former ISU Basketball Coach, passed away.
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Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers. From Shenandoah, IA.

Side note, the Everly Brothers were part of the first show I ever saw at the the Qwest, now CenturyLink Center. They opened for Simon and Garfunkel! Great Show!!!
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RIP Pete Seeger.

Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94

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My wife said "add this to your list..."

Phillip Seymour Hoffman dead at 46.
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Brad wrote:My wife said "add this to your list..."

Phillip Seymour Hoffman dead at 46.

Early reports suspect drug OD
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Shirley Temple (Black) :(
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Donald E. Everett Sr - Inventor of the Runza!
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RIP Sid Caesar (91)
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RIP '"The Waltons" Patriarch Ralph Waite.
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Wow crazy last few days!
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Actor/Writer Harold Ramis who played Egon Spengler in Ghost Busters. Wrote the Caddyshack and Animal house among other things.
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Dr. Frank Jobe (88) inventor of Tommy John surgery, saved many careers.
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Omaha native and Las Vegas casino legend Jackie Gaughan died early this morning, sources confirm. He was 93.
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Omababe wrote:Omaha native and Las Vegas casino legend Jackie Gaughan died early this morning, sources confirm. He was 93.

Wow. Thought he died a long time ago. In the 1960's, if you could prove you were from Omaha, you could stay at the El Cortez Hotel free------no kidding.
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ricko wrote:If you could prove you were from Omaha, you could stay at the El Cortez Hotel free------no kidding.
I have heard that too. I think my Grandparents use to stay there.
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David Brenner

Age 78

Remember seeing him on Manny times with Johnny
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The most hated creep in America passes on!

So-called "reverend" Fred Phelps.
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Omababe wrote:The most hated creep in America passes on!

So-called "reverend" Fred Phelps.
May be you should have started a new thread... "Burn in heck [Insert name here] :)"
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Brad wrote:
Omababe wrote:The most hated creep in America passes on!

So-called "reverend" Fred Phelps.
May be you should have started a new thread... "Burn in heck [Insert name here] :)"
If you are a Christian and a student of the gospel, you will pity this guy.

We believe that Jesus is the son of God and speaks the word of God. We believe that he had the keys to heaven. That all things loosed by him are loosed in heaven and all thing locked by him are locked in heaven.

He was teaching his disciples and some children kept trying to sit and listen in. The disciples kept shooing them away and he stopped them. He said that even placing a pebble in their way was an unforgivable act. Better that he never have been born.

This guy ruined a lot of people's relationship with God. Now he gets to find out what it means to commit an unforgivable sin.
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