RIP Famous People Thread

[Kodos]

Sorry to hear about your friend. Sounds like a lot of great memories.

[Edward64]

Sorry to hear. It's great that you have such great memories

[Ksyrup]

Nick Bollettieri dies at 91. Famous tennis coach.

[flere-imsaho]

I'm so sorry, CF.

[Thomkal]

So sorry CF {{{}}}

[GrantDawg]

Kirstie Alley has died of cancer. She was 71. I had a big crush on her in her "Cheers" days, but then she went from Scientology to full blown MAGA. Still, RIP.

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[Edward64]

RIP. Lost track of her after Cheers

(I was more into Shelley Long)

[Ksyrup]

She had a good go at it...

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Nick Bollettieri dies at 91. Famous tennis coach.

Also founder of what is now the IMG Academy.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Kirstie Alley has died of cancer. She was 71. I had a big crush on her in her "Cheers" days, but then she went from Scientology to full blown MAGA. Still, RIP.

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Wow. No idea she was sick, apparently she kept it pretty quiet.

One of the horrible things about MAGA is the way I view the hard core supporters. While I am not happy about her dying I am also like, well, another vocal supporter gone, too bad...no great loss. It just makes me view them as irredeemable souls.

[Edward64]

Oh yeah, forgot about this

[cartman]

Boxing ref Mills Lane passed away at the age of 85

Mills Lane, boxing referee who officiated Tyson-Holyfield rematch, dies at age 85

[CrimsonFox]

Stuart Margolin Dead: ‘Rockford Files’ Actor Was 82 – The Hollywood Reporter

\Stuart Monglin diedc



best known as Angel from The Rockford Files

but I know him as STOSH in MASH in the episdoe THE NOSE JOB

as well as from the blake edwards movie "S.O.B."

[Ksyrup]

Damn, tWitch died. It was long enough ago that I remember watching him on So You Think You Can Dance and then he eventually joined Ellen's show. Appears to be suicide.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Damn, tWitch died. It was long enough ago that I remember watching him on So You Think You Can Dance and then he eventually joined Ellen's show. Appears to be suicide.

Seriously?

I'm seriously gutted by this. He always seemed to have such great energy. We watched him all the way from SYTYCD and up. So sad.

[Ksyrup]

TMZ has fairly specific reporting about his wife running into an LAPD station saying her husband left home on foot without stuff which was unusual, and then separately, LAPD/ambulance got called to a hotel where someone died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot.

There was no mention of cause of death which, from reading tons of these things, usually means drugs or suicide.

[Ksyrup]

Tom Browning died.

[Edward64]

RIP

Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris dies at 72

Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back whose heads-up thinking authored “The Immaculate Reception,” has died. He was 72.

Harris ran for 12,120 yards and won four Super Bowl rings with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s.

The Immaculate Reception ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1l5aTUK228

[Lathum]

aww...

My wife had a customer in Hawaii who was childhood best friends with Franco. She had the pleasure of having dinner with him a few times on various sales calls. She said he was a lovely man.

also fun fact, my last name is Harris, my sister was in grade school during the height of the Steelers runs. All the kids would call her Franco and she HATED it.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by Edward64

RIP


The Immaculate Reception ...

The Immaculate Reception - YouTube

I didn’t see this coming. He always seemed so healthy and well spoken. This one hurts.

[cuervo72]

Didn't they just air his "Football Life" last weekend for the anniversary??

[BYU 14]

Man, the timing too, they are retiring his number Saturday By all accounts he was an amazing man, R.I.P

As a kid whenever we played sandlot Football we would always pick who we were, my friend was always Franco Harris and I had to be Chuck Foreman so we could never be on the same team LOL.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

Man, the timing too, they are retiring his number Saturday By all accounts he was an amazing man, R.I.P

That does suck. But at least he passed away knowing they were going to retire his number.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Tom Browning died.

Good guy, good local guy. I admired his achievements, even at the expense of my favorite team.

[PilotMan]

Franco was the guy I wanted to be as a kid on the playground. My favorite player, and even though I was still too young to understand the why he left Pittsburgh, I still tried to cheer for him with Seattle. I thought he was a football god. RIP

[Ksyrup]

How do you wait until 2022 to retire Franco Harris number?

[Swaggs]

I don't even remember him playing, but he was always a presence in the media and around Pittsburgh. Always really positive and pleasant. The surprising thing is that he just seemed ageless. Never lost the dark beard, even into his 70's.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

How do you wait until 2022 to retire Franco Harris number?

They have retired numbers and then "officially retired numbers." The only ones officially retired, before Franco, are Mean Joe Greene and Ernie Stautner. There are 9 or 10 others that are out of use but not officially retired (Bradshaw, Bettis, Polamalu, Jack Lambert among others).

[Swaggs]

Kind of wild - I was looking at Franco's reference page. He had 90 career fumbles, which seemed like a ton to me. But Walter Payton and Tony Dorsett were around the same number. I guess at some point in the late 80's/early 90's, someone figured out that running backs taking care of the ball was really important.

[GrantDawg]

Pele has died at the age of 82. He was the biggest sports star in the world along with Ali when I was a kid. Even though soccer was definitely not as popular in the US when I was a kid, his name still carried a a lot of weight.

[cartman]

RIP Pele. One of the greatest to ever grace the pitch

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/s...pele-dead.html

[whomario]

Pelé vinha do futuro, o MAIOR, MELHOR e não tem jeito.

Que vídeo foda. pic.twitter.com/C5oOI0TBIS

— memes futebolisticos. - vito (@Mfutebolisticos) November 20, 2021

Basically footage of him doing eerily similar moves to later generations (plus, for fun, scoring Free Kicks either footed)

[Edward64]

I know I'll never appreciate his greatness but I do know he was great. RIP

[GrantDawg]

Barbra Walter's has died at the age of 93. Seemed like she was just always on the television. The Barbra Walter's Specials were so iconic.

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[Edward64]

RIP. Also enjoyed the SNL skits with Barbara Wawa

Barbara Walters Spoofs Her Years of Excellence on 'SNL' - YouTube

[cuervo72]

We had just watched one of the world news's death retrospectives and my wife said something along the lines of "Oh, they're doing this with a day left? That guarantees that someone big is gonna die and be left out." (Last year: Betty White.) Well, there you go.

[bob]

Benedict XVI, the Pope Emeritus, has died in Vatican City at the age of 95 following a period of ill health.

Benedict, who was the first pontiff in almost 600 years to resign his position, rather than hold office for life, passed away on Saturday, according to a statement from the Vatican.

[Edward64]

RIP

Don't know what to think of him and why he stood aside. He said age but my cynical self thinks he felt guilty about some events (e.g. handling of sexual abuse by priest) and didn't think he was worthy.

FWIW. I've watched The Two Popes a couple times and enjoyed the dialog between the two. I like to think it's 80% accurate but probably more 95% embellishment.

The Two Popes (2019) - IMDb

[cuervo72]

Ok, a pope is also a pretty big one.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Barbra Walter's has died at the age of 93. Seemed like she was just always on the television. The Barbra Walter's Specials were so iconic.

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I have been watching some of the clips posted on Twitter of some of her interviews. The matter of fact way she would call people on their BS without even slightly raising her voice is jarring when compared to journalists today. It was going to be an interview. She would give the subject of the interview room for their talking points early but once that was done, the interviewee was going to answer her fair questions or be called out for doing so.

[Edward64]

RIP.

Anita Pointer, from the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters, has died aged 74, her publicist has announced.

Pointer Sisters were great ... the Disco era with Sister "We Are Family" Sledge and Donna Summer.

I'm So Excited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iwBM_YB1sE

Jump - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyTVyCp7xrw

Slow Hand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbk29JZdl5A

Fire - Pointer Sisters - Fire - YouTube

[QuikSand]

https://consequence.net/2022/12/jere...-drummer-dead/

Jeremiah Green, co-founder and drummer for Modest Mouse, lost to recently discovered cancer. Sad.

[flere-imsaho]

RIP Gianluca Vialli: Gianluca Vialli - Wikipedia

Such a fun footballer to watch in Italy and England. The time I lived in the UK coincided first with him playing in Serie A (so I watched him on Channel 4's Football Italia) and then he moved to Chelsea in 1996, eventually becoming player-manager (likely the most successful manager of the pre-Roman Abramovich era.

My favorite highlight was him and Chelsea playing in a blizzard against Tromso above the Arctic Circle as part of the Cup Winners' Cup: When Chelsea faced Tromso in an Arctic blizzard - The Set Pieces

[CrimsonFox]

RIP Presto

[GrantDawg]

Ah, man. Not Presto.

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[miami_fan]

I just learned that Eight Is Enough was based on the life of syndicated newspaper columnist Tom Braden. Then I read Tom Braden's Wiki and now I want a prequel of the show to be made.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Braden

[CrimsonFox]

"Adam Rich was a light and my young pal for the four seasons I was blessed to work with him on Eight Is Enough," she captioned an Instagram gallery of photos. She also called him, "so sweet, funny, fresh and natural. He brought a lot of joy to all of us on the show and to our audiences." --Betty Buckley

[CrimsonFox]

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

I just learned that Eight Is Enough was based on the life of syndicated newspaper columnist Tom Braden. Then I read Tom Braden's Wiki and now I want a prequel of the show to be made.

Tom Braden - Wikipedia

internetz is a slippery slope, my friend

[Ksyrup]

Just saw that Jeff Beck passed away from bacterial meningitis. RIP to a guitar legend.