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General Celebrity deaths

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"Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."

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    Exposure to Piers Morgan is what did him in

    Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

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    We seem to have increasingly few celebrated scientific minds out there, when there used to be so many. I don't know if that's because there are simply less of them (I would hope this is not the case), or because their time and services are more and more monopolized by governments and corporations. Hawking was rather unique for his incredible story of perseverance, too. RIP.

     

    There are fewer celebrated scientific minds out there because most science was long ago largely hijacked by political and corporate agendas. Objectivity does not reign supreme anywhere in modern academia, including in the various fields of science. It hasn't for decades, and it's influence continues to wane.

     

    Hawking wasn't near as much a scientist as he was the high priest of the Big Bang religion.

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    Duude, you're suuuch a pessimist aren't you? Chiiiiiiillllllllll

     

    (yes, I'm yanking your leg by pretending)

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    Wayne Huizenga passed away. He's someone I've always had a great deal of admiration for. For a few reasons. He is 100% responsible for my two favorite sports teams existing today: The Miami Marlins and the Florida Panthers. But also because he is the quintessential American success story. College dropout, Army vet, worked had to save money and start a business by buying a garbage truck. 30 years later that one garbage truck grew into Republic Waste, one of the biggest waste disposal companies in the world.

     

    He got a lot of negative press in SFL. Not always undeserved. But he did a lot of good with his generosity and philanthropy. Among many other things he built the Humane Society of Broward County a beautiful facility in southern Broward County. Two of the best friends I'll ever know, Gator Bait & Scooby came from there. And for that I'll always be grateful.

     

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wayne-huizenga-blockbuster-miami-dolphins-owner-dies-80-n859586

    "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before"

    Thomas Sowell

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    R.I.P. Isao Takahata

     

    Looks to be from lung cancer :(

     

    What an amazingly accomplished man, RIP

    ​RIP. :(

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    Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved - indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/obituaries/chuck-mccann-zany-comic-in-early-childrens-tv-dies-at-83.html

     

    Chuck McCann RIP.

     

    He was a perennial face (and voice - he did voices on a lot of cartoons, including DuckTales, Powerpuff Girls, 1990s Fantastic Four) on television, first locally in New York and then nationwide.  Also was in a lot of tv commercials as well (particularly Right Guard in the 70s).  His main staring film, The Projectionist is considered to be a great showcase for his talents (and the first feature film appearance of Rodney Dangerfield as McCann's character's overbearing boss).

     

    He was also a lifelong fan of Laurel and Hardy.  Besides being a big correspondent with Stan Laurel before Stan passed away, he helped found Sons of the Desert fan organization for the pair and portrayed Hardy in skits (and did routines based on both with puppets as well).

    I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man

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    RIP.  Tim O'Connor was one of those actors who if you watch 60s - 80s US tv shows was an ever present face as a guest star, as well as his regular roles on Buck Rogers and TV's Peyton Place.

     

    Shows like Columbo, Streets of San Francisco, Alfred Hitch**** Hour, Twilight Zone, Police Woman, Wonder Woman, T. J. Hooker, Murder She Wrote, The Defenders, Father Dowling, The Fugitive, Mannix, Barnaby Jones, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, Ellery Queen, Six Million Dollar Man, Cannon, Banacek, M*A*S*H*, Rockford Files and Star Trek: The Next Generation.  He was in a few of movies (including Sssssss, Black Jack and one of the Naked Gun sequels) and a few TV Movies (including Winter Kill, a murder mystery with Andy Griffith set at a ski resort) as well.

    I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man

    I just found out, ****.

    I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"*

     

    *If you can't tell, it's you. ;)

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    Vittorio Taviani, who directed films such as Padre Padrone (for which he won the Palme d'Or) and Caesar Must Die (for which he won the Golden Bear at Berlin), also died today.

    My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg

    Currently playing: Roadwarden

    That's sad, he was pretty young. :(

    RIP Mr. Anderson.  He was great in Night Court, and in the miniseries adaption of IT.

    I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man

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    Not too many politicians in this thread though, but anyways, former first lady Barbara Bush just passed away.

    RIP.

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    Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved - indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.

    RIP R. Lee Ermey aka The Gunny! 

    RIP Verne Troyer.

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    Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved - indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.

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