Westboro preacher dies.

If you're in the area go protest.

Good riddance to that one.

I hope people protest his funeral. I read somewhere that they were asking for a "peaceful funeral" and not to protest.

And piss on his grave, too.

I bet nobody had my cat, Tibby in this pool????

James Rebhorn. Great character actor who usually played unlikeable characters (like the headmaster in "Scent of a Woman") has died from a twenty year battle with skin cancer at age 65.

I was going to have Tibby first on my list for 2015. Sorry Yog.

Dead - Villanova Wildcats, another disappointing tournament.

He also played Carrie Mathisons dad in Homeland.. RIP

He also played the car expert in my cousin vinny

Also He played in My Fellow Americans. RIP

Former Dynasty star Kate O'Mara - who played Joan Collins' scheming sister - has died at the age of 74,

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26809417

I also remember her as The Rani on some vintage 1980's episodes of Doctor Who. Come to think of it, I remember her from Hammer Films' The Vampire Lovers...

Yeah, I know... I'm showing my age.


Signor V.

I remember his bit from old time radio shows back in the day.

Eddie Lawrence Died

OMG.. he was one of my absolute favorites. I borrowed his word, "bunky" to refer to my close friends.

Eddie, thanks for all the laughs and may you truly rest in peace.

A short sample of Eddie Lawrence's routine:

I don't know why but I don't know/remember who Eddie Lawrence is? Doesn't ring a bell. Must be way before my time.




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Arthur Smith, American musician and songwriter ("Guitar Boogie", "Dueling Banjos") has died aged 93

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/04...ml#.Uz6b93WSzeU

Saw online that John Pinette, the hilariously funny comedian, was found dead in his hotel room.

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2...es/201404060212

I'm not in the pool, but just wanted to throw in that Pinette is one of the greats. St Peter is laughing hard right now.

RIP.

Don't have any details but it's being reported that Mickey Rooney has passed away. He was 93. Wow, talk about a legend.

http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/06/mickey-rooney-dead/



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RIP

Actor Mickey Rooney, brash star of 1930s and '40s, dies at 93

Not to speak ill of the dead, but he has to have been the most overrated actor in history. He has not done anything since the 40's, yet he and his fllowers were always going on about what a great talent he was. IMHO he was a brash loudmouthed braggart.

Not true. He made a great performance in the early '60s. He was marvelous in "Requiem for a Heavyweight". I was never a big fan of his but give credit where it is due.

After his youthful career, Rooney won Golden Globes in 1964 and 1981 and an Emmy in 1981, and was nominated for four other Emmys, two Oscars, and a Tony. I saw Rooney and Ann Miller perform in Philadelphia in the era when they were on Broadway in "Sugar Babies," and they were awesome.

During Michael J. Fox's heyday I used to think that he was just about like Rooney, except that Rooney was also a musical performer. That still seems just about right.

Peaches Geldof: Writer and TV presenter dies aged 25

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-26931337

I was just reading that story. I do know Bob Geldof but can't say I know Peaches. Wow, how sad. Was she in bad health that anyone knows of? Drugs? I ask because she was so young. How awful! RIP



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And, don't forget the performance he gave in The Twilight Zone. 'The Last Night of a Jockey'

Sadly, now the main talent from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World are long gone. Only a few left who made cameos.

WWF legend The Ultimate Warrior died today aged 54

US boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter dies

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the US boxer whose wrongful conviction for murder caused an international outcry, has died aged 76.

http://www.bbc.com/news/27097854