The RIP Famous Person Thread

[CNF55]

RIP Whitney.

What a gorgeous woman she was in her youth and what a horrible example of what drugs will do to you.

[Rural Surin]

RIP Whitney.

What a gorgeous woman she was in her youth and what a horrible example of what drugs will do to you.

What a waste of life. 48
The definitive a life of drugs wearing you down.

[Kurgen]

Houston, we have a problem.

[harrybarracuda]

Forget any real news on Sky today, it's Houston and Suarez.

[Tom Sawyer]

yeah enough already.

[harrybarracuda]

ACTRESS BETHUNE DIES IN HIT-AND-RUN HORROR








Monday February 13,2012

American actress ZINA BETHUNE has died at the age of 66 following a hit-and-run horror in Los Angeles.


The screen and stage star, who appeared in Martin Scorsese's first feature film Who's That Knocking At My Door, died in the early hours of Monday morning (13Feb12) after she was struck by two vehicles while trying to help an injured animal.
Bethune had pulled her car over in Forest Lawn Drive and was crossing the road to help the stricken creature when the first vehicle struck her, catapulting her body onto the opposite carriageway.
The actress was then struck by a second car, which dragged her body 600 feet (182 metres). Cops believe the driver of the second vehicle failed to stop after the accident.
Bethune was a talented dancer who performed for the New York City Ballet before moving into acting. She enjoyed roles in various U.S TV dramas including The Guiding Light, The Nurses, Police Story, Planet of the Apes, Route 66, and CHiPs.

[harrybarracuda]

Irish actor David Kelly, a star of stage and screen for 50 years, has died in hospital at the age of 82 following a short illness, friends said Monday.
Kelly reckoned a scene-stealing appearance as the workshy builder O'Reilly in the legendary 1970s British comedy series "Fawlty Towers" gained him more international acclaim than all his years in acting.
The snappy dresser played Grandpa Joe Bucket opposite Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's 2005 version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
He also appeared as a vicar in the 1969 cult British film "The Italian Job", while his stage credits included everything from William Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett.
Kelly also gave a memorable performance in the 1998 movie "Waking Ned", where he rode a motorbike naked.
Actor friend Niall Toibin, who lived with him in London for six months, told RTE state radio: "He was a hilarious man. He had an outlook on life that was slightly skewed and made you laugh all the time."
Dublin-born Kelly was married to actress Laurie Morton and had a son and a daughter.

[Tom Sawyer]

David Kelly on Fawlty Towers

David Kelly in Fawlty Towers - YouTube

[palexxxx]

Wasn't he the one-armed kitchen hand in Robins Nest?

[can123]

Wasn't he the one-armed kitchen hand in Robins Nest?

Yes, he believed in perfection in acting and had his arm surgically removed so as to play the part in a way which displayed empathy for the handicapped. Later, at his own expense, he paid for a transplant which enabled him to portray the part of a man who had two arms. Now, his present condition precludes him from acting any roles.

[daveboy]

Northern Irish comedian Frank Carson best known for the catch phrases "It's a cracker" and "It's the way I tell 'em", has died aged 85.

[LooseBowels]

^ Wheeltapper and Shunters social club

[Fukwit]

Frank's a legend

[Mr Lick]

FRANK CARSON CLIP- PRODUCED BY PAUL M GREEN - YouTube







R.I.P Frank, a good few laughs along the way, thanks

[kmart]

R.I.P Frank, a good few laughs along the way, thanks

My thoughts as well. I was in stitches before he'd even started speaking, watching him perform.

Someone told me they shared an aisle on a 'plane with him way back when, and the guy was just as genuinely funny in real life as he was in front of a mic. RIP.

[bobo746]

Michael Davis, bassist for MC5, dies at 68

Michael Davis, a bass player and founding member of '60s Detroit garage-rock legends MC5, has died of liver failure, according to his wife.
Davis, who was 68, died Friday (2/19) in Enloe Medical Center in Chico, CA, where he had been hospitalized for the last month for liver disease, his wife, Angela Davis, told the Associated Press.
According to the Detroit Free Press, Davis had been diagnosed in 2005 with Hepatitis C. He had chronicled his ultimately unsuccessful fight against the illness in his blog, where he attributed the disease to years of excessive drug and alcohol use.

Davis played bass for the groundbreaking MC5, which rode a wave of counter-culture feeling among Detroit youths to make noise (both literal and figurative) on both the local and eventually national stage. Davis joined the band, which was still in its embryonic stages, in 1964 after dropping out of the arts program at Detroit's Wayne State University. He joined the band's other founding members, vocalist Rob Tyner and guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith.
The group rose to prominence early on for its high-energy live performances before releasing its seminal debut album, "Kick Out the Jams," in 1969, a phrase which quickly entered the common parlance of youth culture. The set was recorded live over the course of two October 1968 shows in Detroit's Grande Ballroom. The set was widely panned by contemporary critics, yet emerged years later as a beloved influence among New York punks of the mid-'70s, as well as a favorite of rock critics in subsequent eras.
The group also co-mingled with leftist politics in the '60s when manager John Sinclair (under the urging of Huey P. Newton) formed the White Panther Party, a militant left-wing organization of white people working to assist the Black Panthers. Sinclair readily attached the MC5 name to a litany of leftist causes, including the infamous protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
The band soldiered on through 1972, releasing two more albums, though neither had the impact of the group's notorious debut. Davis soon moved to Arizona, where he played in a succession of bands, including Blood Orange and Luminarios.
Davis reunited with surviving MC5 members Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson in 2003 for a one-off show in London that turned into a full-fledged comeback; the group, rebadged "DKT/MC5" to reflect its new core lineup (Tyner died in 1991; Smith died in 1994), continued on for several years, playing hundreds of gigs around the world.
Davis and the MC5 were inducted into the Detroit Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2006. He is survived by his wife, three sons, and a daughter from a previous marriage.

[Cujo]

Never heard of MC5. This is the FAMOUS persons thread.
Seems to be a lot of British comedians carking it lately, hope they're being replaced.

[chitown]

British

comedians

Can those those two words be appropriately used in any sentence?

[Cujo]

British

comedians

Can those those two words be appropriately used in any sentence?

Are you kidding? You obviously haven't been exposed to much british comedy.
it's actually funny in the clever, intelligent, witty sense.
Not the slapstck, trip over step on a rake fall down sense that Amercans consider humour.
Ever heard of spike milligan?
Read any books by Ben Elton?

[billy the kid]

my mum used to serve frank carson at
the steak house in belfast in the 60's
she asked him once
how would you like your steak mr. carson
oh not bothered, just make sure it's dead.

[Mr Lick]

Trumpet player Maurice Andre dies aged 78

Maurice Andre made more than 250 recordings during his career

World famous classical trumpeter Maurice Andre has died aged 78, it has been announced.

From the 1960s onwards the French musician was recognised as a virtuoso of Baroque music.

Born in 1933, Andre worked as a miner before his father - an amateur trumpeter himself - encouraged him to take up the instrument professionally.

Andre went on to make more than 250 recordings before he retired in 2004.

He recorded standard pieces featuring the trumpet, including many works by Scarlatti or Bach.

But he was also known for performing many transcriptions of works for oboe, flute, and even the human voice.

[can123]

my mum used to serve frank carson at
the steak house in belfast in the 60's

I'll have Frank Carson and chips, bread and butter and a cup of tea, please.

[Humbert]

Davis played bass for the groundbreaking MC5, which rode a wave of counter-culture feeling

I actually saw this band live in the summer of 68 at Milwaukee's Summerfest. I had not heard of them at the time. They were on the bill with Blind Faith Dave Mason and Delaney and Bonnie. They never attacted much attention outside of Detroit.

[Humbert]

Not the slapstck, trip over step on a rake fall down sense that Amercans consider humour.

You obviously haven't been exposed to to much American comedy.

[DrAndy]

yes, the US have "the office", slightly overacted for those with a slow disposition