Author Topic: Those we lost in 2009 (Read 32870 times)

I found out this morning via Neil Gaiman on Twitter, who directed us to this amazing tribute from his great-nephew: http://madwriter.livejournal.com/665805.html

He will be missed greatly.

Ocicat · **Reply #11 on:** February 26, 2009, 07:27:56 PM

Indeed, he wrote some great stuff. I loved the Riverworld series. I also adored his "Venus on the Half Shell", written in pastiche of Kurt Vonnegut's style, and originally published under the byline of the fictional Killgore Trout. The novel reads like a precursor to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and is really funny.

Anyway, Fare Thee Well. 91 years isn't a bad run on this planet. And may you wake up in a pleasant location without any grail-slavery.

Planish · **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2009, 08:21:19 AM

Bummer.

Somewhere else along the river-valley now.

Zathras · **Reply #13 on:** March 29, 2009, 02:17:56 PM

Dan Seals

Russell Nash · **Reply #14 on:** March 29, 2009, 02:27:46 PM

I think Natasha Richardson deserves mention because of her work in The Handmaid's Tale. I turned this one on with no idea what I was going to see and found myself in the middle of a dystopian near-future tale. It was a bit of a surprise.

lowky · **Reply #15 on:** March 31, 2009, 10:17:02 AM

I guess this goes here but if not moderators my apologies and feel free to put it where it belongs...
That said
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b106789_Angel_Star_Andy_Hallett_Dies_of_Heart_Failure.html

33 and dieing of heart disease is really sad. He was the best part of Angel IMHO

Mod: Moved to this thread

Zathras · **Reply #16 on:** April 10, 2009, 08:39:35 PM

Quote from: Heradel on April 10, 2009, 07:53:38 PM

Quote from: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/10/us/AP-Obit-Dave-Arneson.html?hp
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Dave Arneson, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game and a pioneer of role-playing entertainment, died after a two-year battle with cancer, his family said Thursday. He was 61.
Arneson's daughter, Malia Weinhagen of Maplewood, said her father died peacefully Tuesday in hospice care in St. Paul.

Arneson and Gary Gygax developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice became a hit, particularly among teenage boys. It eventually was turned into video games, books and movies. Gygax died in March 2008.

''The biggest thing about my dad's world is he wanted people to have fun in life,'' Weinhagen said. ''I think we get distracted by the everyday things you have to do in life and we forget to enjoy life and have fun.

''But my dad never did,'' she said. ''He just wanted people to have fun.''

Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. The quintessential geek pastime, it spawned copycat games and later inspired a whole genre of computer games that's still growing in popularity. [...]

He kinda gets short shrift next to Gygax, who, let's face it, has the name for D&D, but both of them left an indelible mark on many of our childhoods.

stePH · **Reply #17 on:** April 11, 2009, 02:40:43 AM

Donald E. Westlake passed in January and I never noticed!?

stePH · **Reply #18 on:** April 15, 2009, 09:23:16 PM

January 27, 2009: Charlene "CKTC" Sun, founder and original webmaster of the C.J. Cherryh fansite Shejidan.

(hautdesert knows who I'm talking about.)

lowky · **Reply #19 on:** April 19, 2009, 11:21:43 PM

JG Ballard

some of his books have been made into movies including Empire of the Sun and Crash

*fixed missing = sign

Zathras · **Reply #20 on:** May 06, 2009, 01:23:28 PM

"Playboy" Buddy Rose

lowky · **Reply #21 on:** May 06, 2009, 03:26:13 PM

Dom Delouise

Zathras · **Reply #22 on:** May 06, 2009, 03:33:15 PM

Link for Dom Deluise

lowky · **Reply #23 on:** May 06, 2009, 04:10:08 PM

Quote from: Zorag on May 06, 2009, 03:33:15 PM

Link for Dom Deluise

thanks internet slowness made me lazy

Talia · **Reply #24 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:42:37 PM

RIP David Eddings!

I just found this out. Very sad.

http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=31896

Zathras · **Reply #25 on:** June 04, 2009, 06:54:16 PM

David Carradine

lowky · **Reply #26 on:** June 05, 2009, 04:16:22 AM

Koko Taylor, Queen of the Blues, also just died:

Russell Nash · **Reply #27 on:** June 05, 2009, 06:14:34 AM

Quote from: Talia on June 04, 2009, 05:42:37 PM

RIP David Eddings!

I just found this out. Very sad.

http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=31896

The Belgariad was my first Fantasy book and series. I'm currently reading Belgarath the Sorcerer. He had been retired for a while, but this is sad news.

eytanz · **Reply #28 on:** June 05, 2009, 02:15:36 PM

Quote from: Russell Nash on June 05, 2009, 06:14:34 AM

Quote from: Talia on June 04, 2009, 05:42:37 PM
RIP David Eddings!

I just found this out. Very sad.

http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=31896

The Belgariad was my first Fantasy book and series. I'm currently reading Belgarath the Sorcerer. He had been retired for a while, but this is sad news.

He hasn't been retired that long - his latest book came out in 2006. While the last few books he wrote were crap - "The Dreamers" series was among the worst fantasy I've ever read, on almost every level - his early books were great. He will, indeed, be missed.

Raving_Lunatic · **Reply #29 on:** June 06, 2009, 03:48:47 PM

clement freud, one of my favourite humourists and grandson of sigmund

Russell Nash · **Reply #30 on:** June 20, 2009, 04:24:30 PM

A sad time for fans of Surf Rock.

Bob Bogle of the Ventures.

Russell Nash · **Reply #31 on:** June 20, 2009, 04:28:44 PM

John J. Houghtaling, Inventor of "Magic Fingers".

lowky · **Reply #32 on:** June 24, 2009, 12:22:44 AM

Ed McMahon comedian and Johnny Carson's sidekick on the tonight show

Russell Nash · **Reply #33 on:** June 24, 2009, 06:05:35 AM

Ed McMahon is part of a lot of my memories from when I was a kid. I remember trying to stay up late enough to hear him introduce Johnny. Now they're both gone.

Morning Edition
All Things Considered

Russell Nash · **Reply #34 on:** June 24, 2009, 07:39:29 AM

Kodachrome

I will only make one argument for this wonderful film. My father was sent to Antarctica in 1956-57 as part of Operation Deep Freeze 2. He took quite a few shots using Kodachrome. For the last half century these slides have sat in a drawer. Absolutely no care was given except that they were kept in an old slide box. They look as good today as they did then. These slides have been forgotten about many times, sometimes for longer than a decade, but when they were re-found, they were always just as good as before.

The Guardian Obit

Slide show of Kodachrome images
And another

Taken with Kodachrome:

Taken in 1949:

Zathras · **Reply #35 on:** June 25, 2009, 05:18:30 PM

Farrah Fawcett

I haven't read the article yet

Talia · **Reply #36 on:** June 25, 2009, 05:29:24 PM

Oh damn, I hadn't heard. Sad.

Bdoomed · **Reply #37 on:** June 25, 2009, 09:50:13 PM

Michael MOTHERFUCKING JACKSON!
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-reportedly-hospitalized-after-suffering-cardiac-arrest/
just heard on the news that he died!!! duno if there is internet news on it yet... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: apparently the news i was watchin failed and hes not dead, but he is in critical condition and might die... i duno anymore! :O

edit 2: kay so he was in a coma... now hes dead. crazy!

Zathras · **Reply #38 on:** June 25, 2009, 11:03:20 PM

Wow! Here's an obit for Michael Jackson. Saw Bdoomed's post but figured I'd add this link.

This is very weird for me. This is a guy that was a pop star when I was little.

lowky · **Reply #39 on:** June 25, 2009, 11:13:56 PM

Quote from: Zorag on June 25, 2009, 11:03:20 PM

Wow! Here's an obit for Michael Jackson. Saw Bdoomed's post but figured I'd add this link.

This is very weird for me. This is a guy that was a pop star when I was little.

While sad, little boys all over the world are breathing a sigh of relief

stePH · **Reply #40 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:35:28 AM

Quote from: lowky on June 25, 2009, 11:13:56 PM

While sad, little boys all over the world are breathing a sigh of relief

I thought he was acquitted of all charges.

Bdoomed · **Reply #41 on:** June 26, 2009, 05:52:43 AM

so *cough* was OJ *cough* *cough*

Russell Nash · **Reply #42 on:** June 26, 2009, 06:12:51 AM

NPR Music obit

Just goes to show you that plastic surgery shortens your lifespan.

lowky · **Reply #43 on:** June 29, 2009, 01:33:54 AM

Planish · **Reply #44 on:** June 29, 2009, 06:22:24 AM

Quote from: Russell Nash on June 24, 2009, 07:39:29 AM

Kodachrome

Ooh, bummer. It was my second-favourite film, back in my "real" photography days. Mostly Ektachrome for speed, but Kodachrome for lush colour.

stePH · **Reply #45 on:** June 29, 2009, 10:43:10 PM

Quote from: Planish on June 29, 2009, 06:22:24 AM

Ooh, bummer. It was my second-favourite film, back in my "real" photography days. Mostly Ektachrome for speed, but Kodachrome for lush colour.

Wouldn't Ectochrome be what you use to take pictures of ghosts?

Planish · **Reply #46 on:** June 30, 2009, 06:39:04 AM

Quote from: stePH on June 29, 2009, 10:43:10 PM

Wouldn't Ectochrome be what you use to take pictures of ghosts?

<bassoon>Wah-wah-wah-waaaaaahhhhh</bassoon>

Portrait in Flesh · **Reply #47 on:** June 30, 2009, 01:20:46 PM

Quote from: Planish on June 30, 2009, 06:39:04 AM

Quote from: stePH on June 29, 2009, 10:43:10 PM
Wouldn't Ectochrome be what you use to take pictures of ghosts?

<bassoon>Wah-wah-wah-waaaaaahhhhh</bassoon>

Booooooooooo!

lowky · **Reply #48 on:** July 02, 2009, 12:22:07 AM

Karl Mulden
Mollie Sugden

Russell Nash · **Reply #49 on:** July 02, 2009, 07:10:57 AM

Quote from: lowky on July 02, 2009, 12:22:07 AM

Karl Mulden
Mollie Sugden

He was 97. Looking at him throughout his career I never would have thought he'd live that long. I'm going to have to take Patton down off my movie shelf and watch it this weekend.

For those of you who knew Mollie Sugden Wendy Richard died back in February.

Zathras · **Reply #50 on:** July 05, 2009, 01:25:04 AM

Steve McNair

Darwinist · **Reply #51 on:** July 06, 2009, 01:48:07 AM

Quote from: Zorag on July 05, 2009, 01:25:04 AM

Steve McNair

Yikes. Sounds like he was stepping out on Mrs. McNair with a 20 y/o Dave & Busters waitress, who was also shot. Sad deal. Sounds like a jealous ex-boyfriend trying to get revenge.

Planish · **Reply #52 on:** July 18, 2009, 01:25:17 AM

Walter Cronkite

I'll always associate him with coverage of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo shots. I was a pre-teen and The Future was happening.

In 2006: NASA Honors Veteran Journalist Walter Cronkite

Youtube, CBS (simulated) lunar landing coverage: CBS News - Apollo 11 Moon Landing, July 1969 - part 1!!
Youtube: CBS tribute Walter Cronkite And The Lunar Landing (CBS News)

Talia · **Reply #53 on:** July 20, 2009, 12:27:04 AM

Frank McCourt.

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1911633,00.html

Raving_Lunatic · **Reply #54 on:** August 05, 2009, 09:39:41 PM

Harry Patch and Henry Allingham, 111 and 113 respectively, the remaning british veterans of the first world war, the trenches- Harry Patch fought at Passchendaele. Both recently died, within a few weeks of each other.

The words of Harry Patch in a 2001 interview:

"I am the only one that got through
the others died where ever they fell
...
give your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselves

i've seen devils coming up from the ground
i've seen hell upon this earth
the next will be chemical but they will never learn"

Rest in Peace, and in the hope that one day humans will coexist in complete peace, and this meaningless slaughter will never happen again.

Talia · **Reply #55 on:** August 06, 2009, 09:45:51 PM

D*MMIT

John Hughes

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/06/obit.john.hughes/index.html

Russell Nash · **Reply #56 on:** August 07, 2009, 04:45:53 PM

double damnit!!
NPR

Zathras · **Reply #57 on:** August 14, 2009, 06:06:58 AM

Les Paul

No link right now, I'm exhausted.

Mod: NYT

Anarquistador · **Reply #58 on:** August 27, 2009, 03:46:33 AM

Ted Kennedy

Say what you will about his personal life, but the man was a presence in national politics. His influence will be missed.

Talia · **Reply #59 on:** August 28, 2009, 08:50:24 PM

Reading Rainbow.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112312561

I grew up on this show. It infuriates me to no end that the Bush Administration's vile 'No Child Left Behind' helped influence it's demise.

Absolutely reprehensible. I'm so pissed.

lowky · **Reply #60 on:** September 15, 2009, 02:08:26 AM

Patrick Swayze is now dirty dancing with the devil.

Russell Nash · **Reply #61 on:** September 15, 2009, 05:28:53 AM

Lowky,

That's pretty harsh. With most celebs I respect the work and hold my nose at the personal life. With Swayze I respect the personal life and hold my nose at most of his work. Admittedly I don't follow celeb culture much, so maybe I missed some big scandal, but he seems like he was actually one of the good ones.

NPR

Russell Nash · **Reply #62 on:** September 15, 2009, 05:31:24 AM

M*A*S*H' Creator Larry Gelbart Dies

This was the big show when I was growing up. I still remember everyone talking about the last episode the day after. The show had been coasting for at least four seasons, but the last episode has the highest Nielson rating of anything on TV ever.

lowky · **Reply #63 on:** September 15, 2009, 02:14:00 PM

Quote from: Russell Nash on September 15, 2009, 05:28:53 AM

Lowky,

That's pretty harsh. With most celebs I respect the work and hold my nose at the personal life. With Swayze I respect the personal life and hold my nose at most of his work. Admittedly I don't follow celeb culture much, so maybe I missed some big scandal, but he seems like he was actually one of the good ones.

NPR

Didn't mean it in a harsh way, sorry if it came across that way, more crass than critical of Swayze. The site, that I read that linked to the link i linked to, titled their post that way, I liked it more for the mash up of Dancing with the devil and Dirty Dancing. While not a huge Swayze fan, I have nothing against him either.

lowky · **Reply #64 on:** September 17, 2009, 01:45:51 PM

Puff the magic dragon's Puff is a little bit smaller

Mary Travers of Peter Paul and Mary died of Leukemia.

Jason M · **Reply #65 on:** September 17, 2009, 02:27:39 PM

"His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave,
So puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave."

Sgarre1 · **Reply #66 on:** September 17, 2009, 03:08:46 PM

brings to mind a notable exchange from KING OF THE HILL

Bill: (sings "Puff the Magic Dragon")

Hank: Bill! Don't you know what that song's about? (pause, then absolutely deadpan serious) It's about....a dragon.

Maybe funnier if you know the characters...

jrderego · **Reply #67 on:** September 17, 2009, 06:45:43 PM

Quote from: lowky on September 15, 2009, 02:08:26 AM

Patrick Swayze is now dirty dancing with the devil.

Henry Gibson passed on today.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090917/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_henry_gibson

lowky · **Reply #68 on:** September 17, 2009, 10:44:56 PM

Man people that I am saddened to hear are dead are starting to die. 2009 is starting to suck

Russell Nash · **Reply #69 on:** September 18, 2009, 07:10:47 AM

Quote from: lowky on September 17, 2009, 10:44:56 PM

Man people that I am saddened to hear are dead are starting to die. 2009 is starting to suck

The roll call from this year is really getting bad. Last year sucked too.

stePH · **Reply #70 on:** September 19, 2009, 02:07:53 AM

Quote from: Russell Nash on September 18, 2009, 07:10:47 AM

The roll call from this year is really getting bad. Last year sucked too.

Was there a 2008 thread? I don't remember seeing one.

Jason M · **Reply #71 on:** September 19, 2009, 04:56:56 AM

Yes, there was, but it got started really late in the year.

lowky · **Reply #72 on:** October 10, 2009, 03:02:42 AM

Barry Letts, one of the geniuses behind Dr. Who and was responsible for casting Tom Baker died

lowky · **Reply #73 on:** October 14, 2009, 11:16:05 PM

Captain Lou Albano and Al Martino (Godfather's Johnny Fontaine)

lowky · **Reply #74 on:** October 22, 2009, 02:57:01 AM

Vic Mizzy writer of Addams Family Theme

This one makes me a bit sad. I always loved the Addams Family.

Sgarre1 · **Reply #75 on:** October 22, 2009, 03:18:52 AM

I was just listening to Mizzy's theme music from the Don Knotts comedy THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN on Saturday!

Someone on my movie boards has a great quote from him regarding the ADDAMS theme - "two finger snaps and you live in Bel Air!"

lowky · **Reply #76 on:** October 22, 2009, 03:47:10 AM

He also did the theme for Green Acres, without which we never would have gotten the classic Elvis Hitler Song Green Haze. A mashup before they were popular.

lowky · **Reply #77 on:** October 23, 2009, 12:17:46 PM

http://www.celebritysmackblog.com/2009/10/23/soupy-sales-dead-at-83/soupy-sales-death/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soupy_Sales

I wish I could watch you-tube here, so many of the announcements of his death are just people showing clips of his show.

Damn it God enough with killing off my Childhood

. I get enough of that from 4Chan

.
I realize we are getting closer to the start of the baby boom, so there will obviously be more famous people dying but still this year really sucks for Celebrity deaths that I actually care/am saddened about.

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