RIP Famous People Thread

[Edward64]

The Man from UNCLE was before my time but remember watching some reruns and knew Illya as that Russian spy guy (also think he had some karate chop moves?).

But I didn't know he was also in NCIS. Not a big fan of the series but would have thought I'd read about it somewhere.

RIP.

Sorry I didn't appreciate you in NCIS.

David McCallum, star of hit TV series 'The Man From... | Daily Mail Online

David McCallum dead at 90: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and NCIS actor passes away from natural causes surrounded by family in New York

Actor played Illya Kuryakin on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. from 1964-1968

He played Donald 'Ducky' Mallard on 457 episodes of NCIS from 2003-2023

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Edward64

The Man from UNCLE was before my time but remember watching some reruns and knew Illya as that Russian spy guy (also think he had some karate chop moves?).

But I didn't know he was also in NCIS. Not a big fan of the series but would have thought I'd read about it somewhere.

He was quite good on NCIS, had a featured episode or two even. But there was a great scene in one of them where someone says "I wonder what Ducky (his character) looked like when he was younger" ... and Mark Harmon replies "A lot like Ilya Kuriakin actually"

[Edward64]

That’s a nice homage!

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Ray Stevenson, famous for playing Titus Pullo in "Rome" among other works, has died at 58. Rome was such an underrated show, and his performance was stellar. Among one of my favorite TV characters of all time.

Also, I am starting to see way too many people dying in their 50's.

I didn't connect the dots until I just read about it. He was Ahsoka's Baylan Skoll. RIP

[CrimsonFox]

Actor Michael Gambon dies at 82

Dumbledore dies again



I still love that the actor had a corner of a racetrack named after him in Top Gear after taking it on 2 wheels and almost rolling the car.

[Ghost Econ]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

He was quite good on NCIS, had a featured episode or two even. But there was a great scene in one of them where someone says "I wonder what Ducky (his character) looked like when he was younger" ... and Mark Harmon replies "A lot like Ilya Kuriakin actually"

He was even better collaborating with Dr. Dre.

David McCallum - The Edge - YouTube

[Ksyrup]

Diane Feinstein has passed.

[Edward64]

RIP.

At a certain point in my life, I started to understand about "work to live and not live to work".

She seems to be the "live to work". Dying on the job after 67 is NOT how I want to go.

[Kodos]

Yeah. This last stretch must have been pretty miserable for her. R.I.P.

[albionmoonlight]

R.I.P.

I'm going to do everything in my power to retire at the normal age.

[Ksyrup]

+1000

Particularly watching my parents age and now going through this ordeal with my dad's accident, I'm only 22-23 years behind my parents. I plan to enjoy life because by mid-70s, even if I'm in good health, I can see it in my parents - they have limited stamina and ability, and then prone to accidents that can severely impact what's left of life. If I can work and still take 2-3 nice trips a year without too much stress, I may push off retirement. But only if there's a good work/life balance. Otherwise I'll find a way to retire.

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Edward64

She seems to be the "live to work". Dying on the job after 67 is NOT how I want to go.

We don't know the extent to which it wasn't even her choice. Her assistants/handlers/staffers seemed to be part of keeping her up there after she pretty clearly started suffering from dementia.

With friends like those . . .

[Edward64]

Yeah, that occurred to me.

I read that her former judge daughter was helping her (power of attorney) etc. No idea if that was a good relationship but assuming it was, you'd figure she would be looking out for mother's best interest.

But deep down, there's truth to what you said.

[Galaril]

Well shit this one as a 2004 Red Sox fan hurts. Tim Wakefield dies of brain cancer. Great of the line of old school knuckle ballers. . I guess his wife is fighting pancreatic cancer at the same time.

[GrantDawg]

Just heartbreaking. By all accounts a great guy.

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[Galaril]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Just heartbreaking. By all accounts a great guy.

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Yeah I met him once at this fund raiser he was doing with Mike Timlin and Gabe Kepler and was a real regular nice guy.

[albionmoonlight]

Russ Francis (SF and NE TE in the 80s) died in a small plane crash.

He was the 49ers TE in the original Tecmo Bowl. And he had a sweet mustache.

RIP.

[molson]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Russ Francis (SF and NE TE in the 80s) died in a small plane crash.

He was the 49ers TE in the original Tecmo Bowl. And he had a sweet mustache.

RIP.

Also made it to the final four of the Wrestlemania 2 battle royal.

[Ksyrup]

I didn't think it was possible for Schilling to look even worse leaking private info about Wakefield and his wife, but now knowing Schilling likely knew his death was imminent and was trying to "scoop" the media essentially is just plain gross.

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I didn't think it was possible for Schilling to look even worse leaking private info about Wakefield and his wife, but now knowing Schilling likely knew his death was imminent and was trying to "scoop" the media essentially is just plain gross.

Schilling is the worst human being of the "didn't actually kill or sexually assault anyone that we know of" famous athletes.

He's at the bottom of the tier above O.J.

[Swaggs]

I saw someone questioning whether Schilling may have faked the bloody sock for attention. Probably ridiculous, but he’s been such trash these last ten years that I suppose these types of things are now just as much of his legacy.

[molson]

That was definitely talked about even back then.

Back then we thought he was kind of charming, and we liked how he talked directly to the fans through his blog when that was a new thing one could do, so, it didn't really bother anybody that he was probably trying to create a little more drama and theatrics.

I mean, maybe I'm missing something, but, how does an ankle tendon injury even cause blood? It wasn't a laceration. There weren't stiches. I always figured he was playing mind games, creating narratives. That was his thing. When he just mostly kept that to creating baseball lore, it came across differently than his whole schtick he does now.

[cuervo72]

Never understood that either.

[Ksyrup]

Dick Butkus died. I want to thank him for giving us the distraction we need for tonight's game.

Seriously, though, RIP.

[albionmoonlight]

The man was so good at football, his name was Dick Butkus, and we didn't even find it funny.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by molson

I mean, maybe I'm missing something, but, how does an ankle tendon injury even cause blood? It wasn't a laceration. There weren't stiches. I always figured he was playing mind games, creating narratives. That was his thing. When he just mostly kept that to creating baseball lore, it came across differently than his whole schtick he does now.

That one is easy to explain, I don't think you missed it so much as probably forgot the details.

Short version: he had a surgical procedure the day before the game

A day before Game 6, the Red Sox's medical team came up with a radical procedure in which team doctor Bill Morgan would suture Schilling's loose ankle tendon back into the skin. To be sure, Morgan first tried the somewhat barbaric procedure on a cadaver.

Nobody outside of the Red Sox's clubhouse knew about the impromptu procedure, so it was easy to think the worst when there was visible blood on Schilling's sock that surfaced early in Game 6. In actuality, it was just a byproduct of the stitches pressing against the tendon.

Schilling's bloody sock the bridge to history | MLB.com

[Edward64]

12th year anniversary of Steve Jobs' death. RIP

Thanks for the rise of the smartphones.

[CrimsonFox]

On October 1, Dorothy Hoffner broke a skydiving record for being the oldest person to skydive....at 104 years old.


She just died over night.

Dorothy Hoffner, 104, dies days after potential record breaking skydive | AP News

[Thomkal]

Comic book artist/writer Keith Giffen has died after suffering a stroke.

[cartman]

famous porn actor Herschel Savage passed away at the age of 70.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by cartman

famous porn actor Herschel Savage passed away at the age of 70.

RIP.

Assuming he wasn't an asshat, I'd presume he lived a life worth living.

[CrimsonFox]

R.I.P. original Lost In Space star Mark Goddard

Lost In Space copilot Mark Goddard

[rjolley]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

R.I.P. original Lost In Space star Mark Goddard

Lost In Space copilot Mark Goddard

Crazy. I just started rewatching the original Lost in Space on Amazon Prime. Loved the show as a kid and my kids have enjoyed it.

RIP

[CrimsonFox]

HOrror icon Piper Laurie has passed

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gal...fe-in-pictures

[CrimsonFox]

Suzanne Somers Dead: Three’s a Company, She’s the Sheriff Star Was 76 – The Hollywood Reporter

And Suzanne Somers

[NobodyHere]

MSN

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Suzanne Somers Dead: Three’s a Company, She’s the Sheriff Star Was 76 – The Hollywood Reporter

And Suzanne Somers

RIP Suzanne

[NobodyHere]

RIP Paulie

MSN

[cuervo72]

I had no idea he was only 36 when the original came out.

[GrantDawg]

Richard Roundtree who was best known as the star of "Shaft", died at 81.

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[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Richard Roundtree who was best known as the star of "Shaft", died at 81.

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Shut yo mouth

[Edward64]

Just watched the new Shaft. I’m glad he had a nice role in that. My wife didn’t know who Shaft was and did not recognize the theme song.

[thealmighty]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Shut yo mouth

Just talkin' 'bout dyin'.

[CrimsonFox]

Richard Moll Dead: ‘Night Court’ Star Was 80 – The Hollywood Reporter

Richard Moll, Bull from Night Court gone at 80

[GrantDawg]

Fuck. Matthew Perry dead at 54. This made me audibility sob.

[Ksyrup]

Drowned in his jacuzzi. Had to be drugs or alcohol and he passed out or something like that. Damn.

[Ksyrup]

I had no idea he was Keith Morrison's stepson.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Fuck. Matthew Perry dead at 54. This made me audibility sob.

Yeah I'm a bit stunned over it.

[GrantDawg]

When my daughter was tiny, one of the most exciting days of the week was when "Friends" came on. When the theme song started she would look at me in excitement, grab my hand, and we would dance. This is like a part of her childhood dying.
She just texted me that she can't stop crying. She said "I learned all my sarcasm from you and Chandler Bing."

[Ksyrup]

Yeah I haven't heard anything from my older daughter but she became a superfan about 8ish years ago.