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Post by philip_hughes » Mon, 10. Apr 17, 17:03

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Post by Terre » Tue, 18. Apr 17, 09:40

Robert Taylor has died aged 85.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/1 ... ob_taylor/
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Post by Morkonan » Tue, 18. Apr 17, 20:34

Terre wrote:Robert Taylor has died aged 85.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/1 ... ob_taylor/
A terrible loss, to be sure. Much of what is now a commonly shared human culture is due to men like him.

I suppose that, for better or worse, "teh internetz" is the "Temple" to those like him.

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Post by pjknibbs » Thu, 11. May 17, 19:41

Geoffrey Bayldon, who people in the UK of a certain age may remember as Catweazle from the eponymous TV series, has died:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39885577
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Post by pjknibbs » Tue, 16. May 17, 13:10

Powers Boothe has died:

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/ ... smsnnews11
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Post by Morkonan » Tue, 16. May 17, 19:10

pjknibbs wrote:Powers Boothe has died:..
I never witnessed him giving anything less than 100%. He will surely be missed.
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Post by berth » Tue, 16. May 17, 22:37

Yeah, he brought class to everything he was in. RIP.
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Post by muppetts » Wed, 17. May 17, 06:36

I remember watching him as a kid, pretty sure he was Marlowe, the detective but he was one of those actors who turned up all over, had an amazing voice.
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Post by X2-Illuminatus » Thu, 18. May 17, 10:35

Chris Cornell: Audioslave and Soundgarden singer dies aged 52

Apparently he still played a show with Soundgarden yesterday evening in Detroit.
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Post by muppetts » Thu, 18. May 17, 11:48

Was just about to post, I was well into Jesus Christ Pose, and Rusty Cage, I was pretentious to label Black Hole Sun too poppy :)

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Post by Chips » Thu, 18. May 17, 19:15

:( One of my favourites... it sucks. Sucks big time.
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Post by muppetts » Fri, 19. May 17, 09:26

Damn hung himself in his hotel room, fame, money, success, so many think it is the magic pill but often miss....Happy!
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Post by pjknibbs » Fri, 19. May 17, 12:59

Did he actually intend to hang himself, though, or was it one of those auto-erotic asphyxiation things?
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Post by Morkonan » Fri, 19. May 17, 15:03

pjknibbs wrote:Did he actually intend to hang himself, though, or was it one of those auto-erotic asphyxiation things?
That's the first thing that I thought about... Sad, I know. I just don't "get" that sort of thing. If someone is into self-pleasuring that much... they need supervision. Take up a hobby, like alcoholism or something... A bit of home gardening with live grenades? Under-carriage coating for moving vehicles? Eating my ex-wife's pork roast? (A very unique gastrointestinal experience guaranteed to help you lose weight, height and a few toenails. ;) )

My condolences for his family and loved ones and his fans. I liked some of their music, too.

I can understand certain suicides. Depression is a killer, for sure. But, I guess we need to know more, likely more than we'd normally be entitled to, to make sense of this one. Artists are often passionate, highly intelligent, slightly... aberrant people, sometimes under great pressure. Maybe that's it, maybe there's more.

A loss, all around.
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Post by OmegaKnight » Tue, 23. May 17, 00:09

Nicky Hayden
Former MotoGP champion has died, aged 35, after being hit by a car while riding a bicycle on the Rimini coast, Italy.
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Post by muppetts » Tue, 23. May 17, 06:37

pjknibbs wrote:Did he actually intend to hang himself, though, or was it one of those auto-erotic asphyxiation things?
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/chri ... 202437510/

Seems to have been suicide.
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Post by korio » Tue, 23. May 17, 09:26

Zack Snyder 20 years old daughter killed herself on march.

The notice is known now because he is retiring from the Justice Leage movie to stay more time with his family.

RIP.
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Post by muppetts » Tue, 23. May 17, 09:44

korio wrote:Zack Snyder 20 years old daughter killed herself on march.

The notice is known now because he is retiring from the Justice Leage movie to stay more time with his family.

RIP.
https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainme ... ters-death

Bit more info, I suppose you never know the cause and I am just making a comment/guess but I wonder when you have parents that busy if they have the time they need to put into a kids life.
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Post by InFlamesForEver » Tue, 23. May 17, 15:51

Sir Roger Moore, James Bond actor, dies aged 89

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40018422
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Post by Morkonan » Tue, 23. May 17, 17:24

InFlamesForEver wrote:Sir Roger Moore, James Bond actor, dies aged 89

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40018422
Another childhood hero fades into the distance... :(

Godspeed, James...
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