RIP [Insert Dead Celebrity here] :(

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:02 am

So sad!

I've seen him live several times over the years. Great loss.

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:17 am

I know he had some miles on him but I was a little surprised to hear he was 71. Definantly some cutting edge stuff and pushed the envelope for many years.

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:18 am

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Post by **Brad** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:24 am

nebugeater wrote:I know he had some miles on him but I was a little surprised to hear he was 71.

That's what I was thinking. I would have guessed mid 50's

R.I.P.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:55 am

Brad wrote:That's what I was thinking. I would have guessed mid 50's

I knew he was older than I am (I am mid 50s, but I don't admit it) and the first Carlin album I got was FM and AM, and that was like when I was a senior in HS, IIRC. I kind of assumed he was 30-ish back then. If he was born in 1937, that comes out about right.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:39 pm

For the College World Series:

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Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:28 pm

Post by **Admin** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:05 pm

With all the |expletive| |expletive| we have received over the blockage of Hancock and cocktails to our dismay we now allow cocksucker - now tits is something different. We love tits on eOmahaForums - the more the merrier.

I should delete myself now. Well maybe tomorrow.

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:56 pm

So is not blocking cocksucker an endorsement of such?

the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:07 am

And then people wonder why the site has to be policed.

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:41 am

the1wags wrote: And then people wonder why the site has to be policed.

PhpBB 3.0 allows each user to decide if they want word censors on or off. It's a setting in each users profile. Add that to the reasons why an upgrade should be considered one day....

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:01 pm

Admin wrote:With all the |expletive| |expletive| we have received over the blockage of Hancock and cocktails to our dismay we now allow cocksucker - now tits is something different. We love tits on eOmahaForums - the more the merrier.

I should delete myself now. Well maybe tomorrow.

I couldn't agree more.

I chuckled out loud, it's not something you expect to read everyday. It's almost the same feeling as if you heard a priest say sh*t

Post by **Brad** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:50 pm

No More Chef

Isac Hays 1942-2008
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26125699/

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No More Bernie Mac either:
http://xp-vista-update.net/?id=91873534231

Bernie Mac 1957-2008

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:59 pm

And to lose another one:

RIP Bernie Mac.

And also the voice of Chef:

Isaac Hayes

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:27 am

I've got $10 on Bill Cosby/Fat Albert this week.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:50 am

DTO Luv wrote:I've got $10 on Bill Cosby/Fat Albert this week.

Ms. Big E guessed Cosby, too. My vote is on BB King.

I hope it isn't Cosby because we have tickets to see him at the Orpheum in March.

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:20 am

BB King at least controls and checks his diabetes but Cosby is just throwing down pudding with abandon.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:54 am

DTO Luv wrote:BB King at least controls and checks his diabetes but Cosby is just throwing down pudding with abandon.

Oddly enough, Throwing Down Pudding w/ special guests Abandon is on the marquee at Sokol this weekend.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:14 am

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:50 am

"Now get out of here before I tap dance on your face."

Or something like that.

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:00 pm

Don LaFontaine 1940-2008

You may not recognize the name, but you surely will his voice. Don was famous for being the voiceover of about 5000 movie trailers. He died Monday from a collapsed lung.

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A funny Don LaFontaine impression by Pablo Francisco.

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:18 pm

Didn't he do a Geico commercial?

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:21 pm

Indeed...

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thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:28 pm

With his ability to sound just like him, looks like Pablo Francisco could have some more work coming up. Sad way to get it, though.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:00 pm

Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies at age 65

Wright died Monday after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain.

R.I.P. Wright.

By the way, which one of you is Pink?

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:24 pm

Man, we lost a incredible pianist with wright. :(

heyimjason · Post by **heyimjason** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:18 am

I saw Carlin's last performance in Omaha. He explained the delay and how heart failure works. Interesting stuff. Great loss for comedy.

Now.. as far as Bernie making his way into this thread.. I'm sorry that he died - that sucks.. but I hated his work.

As far as Isaac.. well.. guess Scientology didn't really do that much for him.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:52 am

heyimjason wrote:As far as Isaac.. well.. guess Scientology didn't really do that much for him.

Or he converted just in time to find paradise!

Post by **Brad** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:48 am

Steve Brown, 68, was a local radio pioneer

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2 ... d=10514759

SUSAN SZALEWSKI WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:KFAB radio talk show host Steve Brown died suddenly over the weekend, apparently as he was preparing for his Saturday afternoon show, the station's program director said.

Brown was an Omaha radio pioneer, program director Gary Sadlemyer said. Brown was national program director for station KOIL and its Star Stations affiliates across the country in the 1960s and '70s when the Top 40 format was popular. In the 1980s, he helped bring the talk show format to Omaha when he worked for the new KKAR station.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:27 am

So we've pretty much turned this thread into our own version of Remote Control's "Dead or Canadian"...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Control_(game_show) or those of you under 30

Bobcat · Post by **Bobcat** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:07 pm

I watched the pixar movie "Cars" over the weekend. Carlin was the voice of one of the character's. Mad Props. RIP.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:05 pm

One of America's most recognizable voices fell silent today... Paul Harvey passed away at 90

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Post by **Brad** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:31 am

Famed TV Personality Ed McMahon Dies At 86

www.ketv.com wrote:LOS ANGELES -- NBC News reported Tuesday that Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's longtime sidekick on the "Tonight Show," has died.

The network home of the "Tonight Show" received confimation of McMahon's death from his publicist, Howard Bragman.

McMahon was 86.

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:45 am

So, should we rename this thread "Celebrity Deaths"?

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:34 pm

StreetsOfOmaha wrote:So, should we rename this thread "Celebrity Deaths"?

I love the new thread title, but I'd vote for "Dead or Canadian?"

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:21 pm

'Charlie's Angel' Farrah Fawcett dies at 62

Man - was she 62?

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:45 pm

Michael Jackson rushed to hospital: report

TMZ is now reporting Michael Jackson has died.

Bosco55David · Post by **Bosco55David** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:34 pm

It's official, Michael Jackson is dead.

j4nu · Post by **j4nu** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:48 pm

As they say, it seems they come in 3s.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:35 pm

AEG LIVE, on May 21st, wrote:...Jackson was in good health and that the delay was due to the show growing in size and complexity.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/ ... 333777.ece

um...oops.