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2017's "cursed thread" - robkelk - 01-02-2017 Bob Schroeck Wrote:New cursed thread to start with the next celebrity death. RIP Bill Marshall, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t ... -1.3918204 Died of a heart attack on New Year's Day. -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - hazard - 01-02-2017 Well, that was fast. - robkelk - 01-02-2017 And it isn't slowing down. RIP Stuart Hamilton, first music director of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/s ... -1.3918362 RIP Derek Parfit, emeritus fellow of All Souls College at Oxford University, Global Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at New York University, philosopher, and author http://dailynous.com/2017/01/02/derek-parfit-1942-2017/ -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - Bob Schroeck - 01-02-2017 Why do I get the feeling that Someone is trying to gather up a whole bunch of people before Trump sets off a nuclear war? -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. - DHBirr - 01-02-2017 Quote:Bob Schroeck wrote:Unfortunately, what that suggestion promptly brought to my mind was Tom Godwin's SF Horror short "The Harvest." Quote:"Let's eat the small ones first; they're delicious and there's plenty for all." ----- No, it ISN'T what it is! ----- Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING. - Pyeknu - 01-03-2017 Quote:Bob Schroeck wrote:Scary thought, Bob. Scary thought. - ordnance11 - 01-04-2017 Has anybody looked underneath Trump's hairdo to see if there is a 3 digit number with a sum total of 18 tattoed on him? __________________ Into terror!, Into valour! Charge ahead! No! Never turn Yes, it's into the fire we fly And the devil will burn! - Scarlett Pimpernell - Pyeknu - 01-04-2017 Quote:ordnance11 wrote:Brrr... - LulzKiller - 01-04-2017 Charles Manson has been moved to hospital, seems like he has a chance. - robkelk - 01-05-2017 Spotted on the SJGames forums: Was 2016 especially dangerous for celebrities? An empirical analysis. (TL;DR: Yes.) Assuming this thread isn't just for human celebrities: Orca 'Granny' missing and presumed dead If you've been whale-watching near Vancouver in the last century and you brought along a camera, you probably have a photo of Granny. -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 A better way of looking at 2016 and following... - Bob Schroeck - 01-07-2017 -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. - LulzKiller - 01-11-2017 Victor Lownes who used to work for Playboy dead at 88: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38586226 - robkelk - 01-12-2017 RIP Tony Rosato, one of only three people to star on both SNL and SCTV. -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - robkelk - 01-13-2017 RIP William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - robkelk - 01-14-2017 RIP Tommy Allsup, rockabilly guitarist and loser of the coin toss The Day the Music Died. -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - Pyeknu - 01-16-2017 Jimmy Snuka has passed on: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/con ... 73-n707151 - robkelk - 01-17-2017 RIP Gene Cernan, last man to walk on the Moon -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 - Pyeknu - 01-17-2017 Dick Gautier has finally deactivated... http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/d ... 64369?_r=0 - Bob Schroeck - 01-17-2017 Weird. I don't remember him as Hymie, despite being a big Get Smart fan as a kid. But I do remember him as Robin Hood in When Things Were Rotten. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. - Pyeknu - 01-20-2017 Sad news for NCIS fans: http://www.yahoo.com/tv/miguel-ferrer- ... 27976.html - Bob Schroeck - 01-20-2017 ...Well, damn. I hope he completed whatever part he might have had in the upcoming Twin Peaks miniseries... -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. - Ebony - 01-20-2017 Quote:Bob Schroeck wrote:I will never get a chance to have him sign the comic he did with Bill Mumy. Ebony the Black Dragon http://ebony14.livejournal.com "Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you." - Pyeknu - 01-21-2017 Just learned that Miguel Ferrer was the operations officer aboard USS Excelsior in Star Trek III: http://www.startrek.com/article/remembe ... -1955-2017 - Pyeknu - 01-25-2017 Gordon Kaye of 'Allo, 'Allo! has passed on: http:////www.bbc.com/news/av/embed - Bob Schroeck - 01-25-2017 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mar ... 90e52179bd]Mary Tyler Moore. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. |