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Deaths of Famous People (2019)
« Topic Start: January 02, 2019, 02:07:53 PM »
Not just Mean Gene, but Funkhouser / Super Dave Osborne actor Bob Einstein has died, also at age 76.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bob-einstein-dead-curb-your-enthusiasm-actor-dies-at-76-1172195


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« Reply #1: January 02, 2019, 06:50:21 PM »
bad day to be 76.  Daryl Dragon, the Captain of Captain and Tennille, also passed today.

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« Reply #2: January 03, 2019, 09:42:31 PM »
Herb Kelleher, founder of Southwest Airlines.

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Re: Deaths of Famous People (2019)
« Reply #6: January 12, 2019, 05:20:17 PM »
Sad.  Just 49.

Outliving your kids has got to be a nightmare.

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« Reply #7: January 12, 2019, 06:56:58 PM »
Outliving your kids has got to be a nightmare.

Can’t imagine anything worse :(

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« Reply #8: January 12, 2019, 07:20:38 PM »


Vern Bloom, 80, who played Dean Wormer's wife, Marion, in Animal House (1978). Tim Matheson paid tribute to her:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/01/10/verna-bloom-animal-house-died/2542468002/

She was also in High Plains Drifter (1973) opposite Clint Eastwood.

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Re: Deaths of Famous People (2019)
« Reply #9: January 13, 2019, 06:11:49 AM »
Has anyone heard what sort of neurological disease the son had ?

https://wtop.com/motorsports/2019/01/j-d-gibbs-son-of-former-redskins-coach-dies/

He wasn't famous per se but his dad was.

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Re: Deaths of Famous People (2019)
« Reply #10: January 15, 2019, 09:35:42 AM »
Carol Channing, age 97. Still performing on stage regularly well into her 80’s.

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« Reply #11: January 15, 2019, 12:51:33 PM »
Carol Channing, age 97. Still performing on stage regularly well into her 80’s.

Not sure why but I was never a fan.    I think it may be because she was a regular on the Ed Sullivan show.    My Grandmother used to make us watch Ed Sullivan when we visited her house.    All the older adults (Grandfather and sons) were in the dining room playing penny ante poker in a smoke cloud sippin' beer and Four Roses.

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« Reply #12: January 15, 2019, 12:58:25 PM »
Not sure why but I was never a fan.    I think it may be because she was a regular on the Ed Sullivan show.    My Grandmother used to make us watch Ed Sullivan when we visited her house.    All the older adults (Grandfather and sons) were in the dining room playing penny ante poker in a smoke cloud sippin' beer and Four Roses.

You could write hard boiled fiction.

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« Reply #13: January 15, 2019, 01:01:37 PM »
You could write hard boiled fiction.

What's that?

Google sez:    It meant the tough (cynical) attitude towards emotions triggered by violence.    :shock:     Day-um

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« Reply #14: January 15, 2019, 01:15:21 PM »
 The smoking and drinking description just brought the genre to mind. Find a George Pelecanos novel. The Big Blowdown or Right as Rain.  Pelecanos went on to write for The Wire and Treme.


What's that?

Google sez:    It meant the tough (cynical) attitude towards emotions triggered by violence.    :shock:     Day-um

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« Reply #15: January 15, 2019, 01:18:55 PM »
The smoking and drinking description just brought the genre to mind. Find a George Pelecanos novel. The Big Blowdown or Right as Rain.  Pelecanos went on to write for The Wire and Treme.



:phew:    I was gonna quit postin'.   

EDIT:    Googled the author.    Might have to pick up one of his books.   Two questions:  1)  Are they set in DC neighborhoods?    2)  If so, can you recommend one?

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« Reply #17: January 17, 2019, 09:25:17 AM »
Yes, they're set in DC. It's been so long since I've read them that I'd have a hard time recommending one. I'd start with the first of any series. Hang on. Let me look at my kindle history.

:phew:    I was gonna quit postin'.   

EDIT:    Googled the author.    Might have to pick up one of his books.   Two questions:  1)  Are they set in DC neighborhoods?    2)  If so, can you recommend one?

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« Reply #18: January 17, 2019, 09:32:39 AM »
Try Right as Rain.
Yes, they're set in DC. It's been so long since I've read them that I'd have a hard time recommending one. I'd start with the first of any series. Hang on. Let me look at my kindle history.

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« Reply #22: January 21, 2019, 03:04:06 PM »
I salute you sir.  :clap:

Ever read the story of Ross Perot's rescue of his employees in Iran?

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« Reply #23: January 21, 2019, 03:11:40 PM »
Ever read the story of Ross Perot's rescue of his employees in Iran?

No. He kinda fell out of favor with me.

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« Reply #24: January 21, 2019, 03:33:29 PM »
No. He kinda fell out of favor with me.

worth a read.  Not only did he organize the rescue, he participated in it.