Gregory Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Just so we don't have to start a new topic for every death there is in the entertainment world. Link to post Share on other sites
Hybrid0920 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Nice job, you actually used my idea to do this thread. HOPEFULLY, this thread will NOT be used very much, because no more celebs I love better die. Link to post Share on other sites
Cogeno Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hope you hate Paul Newman, then. He'll be going soon (apparently, he has weeks to live). Link to post Share on other sites
Hybrid0920 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hope you hate Paul Newman, then. He'll be going soon (apparently, he has weeks to live). The only place I've heard of Paul Newman, is one the salad dressing package. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Â Â The only place I've heard of Paul Newman, is one the salad dressing package. Are you serious? He made some excellent films: "Color of Money", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "Cool Hand Luke", "The Sting", "The Verdict" and "Cat on a hot tin roof". Link to post Share on other sites
Hybrid0920 Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Are you serious? He made some excellent films: "Color of Money", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "Cool Hand Luke", "The Sting", "The Verdict" and "Cat on a hot tin roof". No, I haven't saw any of those movies. Sad isn't it, my GF thinks it's sad I haven't saw many movies before. Link to post Share on other sites
CN7066 Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Isaac Hayes, R&B/Soul singer and Voice of Chef from Southpark died of a stroke last Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory Posted August 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 NFLPA executive director, Gene Upshaw, passed away due to pancreatic cancer on Wednesday night. He was 63. Link to post Share on other sites
409 Thornton Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 BON SCOTT DIED FEBRURARY 19TH 1980 WORST DAY IN ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY IMO. Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory Posted August 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 LeRoi Moore, saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band, passed away on Tuesday after succumbing to injuries that he received after an ATV accident back in June. He was 46 years. Link to post Share on other sites
C2045 Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Jerry Reed, country singer and actor on Aug 31. He played the role of "The Snowman" in Smokey and the Bandit as well as singing the famous trucking song "East Bound and Down" in that movie. Link to post Share on other sites
general682002 Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Not much of celebrity, but does tons of movie trailer! I'll miss that guy! http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080902/...obit_lafontaine 'In a world where . . .' Don LaFontaine no longer does movie trailers Tue Sep 2, 5:19 PM By Raquel Maria Dillon, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Don LaFontaine, the man who popularized the catch phrase "In a world where. . ." and lent his voice to thousands of movie trailers, has died. He was 68. LaFontaine died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from complications in the treatment of an ongoing illness, said Vanessa Gilbert, his agent. LaFontaine made more than 5,000 trailers in his 33-year career while working for the top studios and television networks. In a rare on-screen appearance in 2006, he parodied himself on a series of national television commercials for a car insurance company where he played himself telling a customer, "In a world where both of our cars were totally under water. . ." In an interview last year, LaFontaine explained the strategy behind the phrase. "We have to very rapidly establish the world we are transporting them to," he said of his viewers. "That's very easily done by saying, 'In a world where . . . violence rules.' 'In a world where . . . men are slaves and women are the conquerors.' You very rapidly set the scene." LaFontaine insisted he never cared that no one knew his name or his face, though everyone knew his voice. LaFontaine went to work in the promo industry in the early 1960s. As an audio engineer, he produced radio spots for movies with producer Floyd Peterson. When an announcer didn't show up for a recording session in 1965, LaFontaine voiced his first narration, a promo for the film, "Gunfighters of Casa Grande." The client, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, liked his performance. LaFontaine remained active until recently, averaging seven to 10 voiceover sessions a day. He worked from a home studio his wife nicknamed "The Hole," where his fax machine delivered scripts. LaFontaine is survived by his wife, the singer and actress Nita Whitaker, and three daughters. His funeral arrangements were pending. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Demers Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Jerry Reed, country singer and actor on Aug 31. He played the role of "The Snowman" in Smokey and the Bandit as well as singing the famous trucking song "East Bound and Down" in that movie. I love that movie (I have it!). He was a great redneck hillbilly trucker in that movie and Eastbound and Down is a catchy song I admit. RIP Mr. Reed Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory Posted September 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Former Winnipeg general manager, and CFL Hall-of-Famer Earl Lunsford has passed away at the age of 74. Full story Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Pink Floyd's Richard Wright has died at the age of 65 from cancer. Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Former CFL quarterback and coaching legend Ron Lancaster has passed away at the age of 69 due to cancer. Songwriter Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including 'War' and 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' has passed away at the age of 67. He suffered from complications of diabetes and had recently emerged from a coma. Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory Posted September 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Former Minnesota Vikings linebacker Wally Hilgenberg has passed away from ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Link to post Share on other sites
6688 Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Paul Newman has just passed at the age of 83. He died of Cancer. No details to be found online at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory Posted September 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Former Ticats coach and executive Ralph Sazio has passed away at the age of 86. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Demers Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Paul Newman has just passed at the age of 83. He died of Cancer. No details to be found online at the moment. http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0574069/ Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Former pitcher and coach, Dal Canton, has passed away at the age of 66. Link to post Share on other sites
38 Highland Creek Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Richard Selzer (aka Mr. Blackwell) died at the age of 86 on Sunday 2008-10-19. He was the inventor of the famed Worst Dressed List for celebrities. Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Meant to post this on Monday. Cleveland Browns HOF guard Gene Hickerson died Monday morning at the age of 73. Link to post Share on other sites
Gregory Posted November 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Report: Platinum Blonde bassist found dead. Link to post Share on other sites
Cogeno Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Ok, Gregory, I gotta ask, do you shoot for the obituary pages or something? Link to post Share on other sites
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