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2017's "cursed thread" - robkelk - 01-02-2017

Bob Schroeck Wrote:New cursed thread to start with the next celebrity death.

RIP Bill Marshall, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t ... -1.3918204

Died of a heart attack on New Year's Day.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

- hazard - 01-02-2017

Well, that was fast.

- robkelk - 01-02-2017

And it isn't slowing down.

RIP Stuart Hamilton, first music director of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/s ... -1.3918362

RIP Derek Parfit, emeritus fellow of All Souls College at Oxford University, Global Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at New York University, philosopher, and author
http://dailynous.com/2017/01/02/derek-parfit-1942-2017/
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

- Bob Schroeck - 01-02-2017

Why do I get the feeling that Someone is trying to gather up a whole bunch of people before Trump sets off a nuclear war?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

- DHBirr - 01-02-2017

Quote:Bob Schroeck wrote:
Why do I get the feeling that Someone is trying to gather up a whole bunch of people before Trump sets off a nuclear war?

Unfortunately, what that suggestion promptly brought to my mind was Tom Godwin's SF Horror short "The Harvest."

Quote:"Let's eat the small ones first; they're delicious and there's plenty for all."

Spoiler

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No, it ISN'T what it is!
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

- Pyeknu - 01-03-2017

Quote:Bob Schroeck wrote:
Why do I get the feeling that Someone is trying to gather up a whole bunch of people before Trump sets off a nuclear war?

Scary thought, Bob. Scary thought.

- ordnance11 - 01-04-2017

Has anybody looked underneath Trump's hairdo to see if there is a 3 digit number with a sum total of 18 tattoed on him?
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

- Pyeknu - 01-04-2017

Quote:ordnance11 wrote:
Has anybody looked underneath Trump's hairdo to see if there is a 3 digit number with a sum total of 18 tattoed on him?

Brrr...

- LulzKiller - 01-04-2017

Charles Manson has been moved to hospital, seems like he has a chance.

- robkelk - 01-05-2017

Spotted on the SJGames forums: Was 2016 especially dangerous for celebrities? An empirical analysis. (TL;DR: Yes.)

Assuming this thread isn't just for human celebrities: Orca 'Granny' missing and presumed dead If you've been whale-watching near Vancouver in the last century and you brought along a camera, you probably have a photo of Granny.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

A better way of looking at 2016 and following... - Bob Schroeck - 01-07-2017

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-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

- LulzKiller - 01-11-2017

Victor Lownes who used to work for Playboy dead at 88:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38586226

- robkelk - 01-12-2017

RIP Tony Rosato, one of only three people to star on both SNL and SCTV.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

- robkelk - 01-13-2017

RIP William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

- robkelk - 01-14-2017

RIP Tommy Allsup, rockabilly guitarist and loser of the coin toss The Day the Music Died.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

- Pyeknu - 01-16-2017

Jimmy Snuka has passed on:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/con ... 73-n707151

- robkelk - 01-17-2017

RIP Gene Cernan, last man to walk on the Moon
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

- Pyeknu - 01-17-2017

Dick Gautier has finally deactivated...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/d ... 64369?_r=0

- Bob Schroeck - 01-17-2017

Weird. I don't remember him as Hymie, despite being a big Get Smart fan as a kid. But I do remember him as Robin Hood in When Things Were Rotten.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

- Pyeknu - 01-20-2017

Sad news for NCIS fans:

http://www.yahoo.com/tv/miguel-ferrer- ... 27976.html

- Bob Schroeck - 01-20-2017

...Well, damn. I hope he completed whatever part he might have had in the upcoming Twin Peaks miniseries...
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

- Ebony - 01-20-2017

Quote:Bob Schroeck wrote:
...Well, damn. I hope he completed whatever part he might have had in the upcoming Twin Peaks miniseries...

I will never get a chance to have him sign the comic he did with Bill Mumy.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

- Pyeknu - 01-21-2017

Just learned that Miguel Ferrer was the operations officer aboard USS Excelsior in Star Trek III:
http://www.startrek.com/article/remembe ... -1955-2017

- Pyeknu - 01-25-2017

Gordon Kaye of 'Allo, 'Allo! has passed on:

http:////www.bbc.com/news/av/embed

- Bob Schroeck - 01-25-2017

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mar ... 90e52179bd]Mary Tyler Moore.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.