Celebrity Obituaries and Passings

[TheSecondComing]

X Atencio, a Disney Imagineer perhaps best known for writing the lyrics to Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) during 46 years at Disney, has died at age 98.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/x-atenc ... 202555083/

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Frank Vincent, an actor best known for playing gangsters in The Sopranos, Grand Theft Auto III and various Scorsese movies, has died at age 78. He had suffered a heart attack, but complications from the surgery took him.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/obituaries-p ... 202557356/

Edith Windsor, the woman whose legal case led to the landmark gay marriage decision in the US, has died at age 88.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/us/e ... -doma.html

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Otto Wanz, a champion professional wrestler who slammed Andre the Giant before Hogan did, and a bodybuilder that Schwarzenegger cites as an inspiration, has died at age 74.

http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestlin ... old-242836


Harry Dean Stanton, an actor we probably recognize best as Brett in Alien, has died at age 91.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41288546

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It's been reported by several wrestling personalities and now TMZ that the legendary Bobby "The Brain" Heenan has passed away at age 73. He had been suffering throat cancer ever since revealing the diagnosis way back in 2002.

http://www.tmz.com/2017/09/17/bobby-the ... ead-at-72/

[UltramanGoji]

It's been reported by several wrestling personalities and now TMZ that the legendary Bobby "The Brain" Heenan has passed away at age 73. He had been suffering throat cancer ever since revealing the diagnosis way back in 2002.

http://www.tmz.com/2017/09/17/bobby-the ... ead-at-72/

Fuck, this one hurts.

At least he's reuniting with Gorilla and the others now...

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Dammit, and here's another one...

Renowned horror artist Basil Gogos has passed away.

https://twitter.com/basil_gogos/status/ ... 7699875840

Most G-Fans probably know him for his famous painting of Godzilla fighting Mechagodzilla that graced the cover of Famous Monsters of Filmland #135.

RIP to one of the best in the business...

[TheSecondComing]

Jake LaMotta, the real-life boxer played by Robert de Niro in Raging Bull, has died at age 95. He had a career fight record of 83-19, and had been fighting pneumonia recently.

http://www.tmz.com/2017/09/20/jake-lamo ... bull-dies/

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Bernie Casey, an NFL star turned actor maybe best known for playing Felix Leiter in the James Bond adventure Never Say Never Again, has died after a short illness at age 78.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/berni ... 202564999/

[Tyrant_Lizard_King]

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Bernie Casey, an NFL star turned actor maybe best known for playing Felix Leiter in the James Bond adventure Never Say Never Again, has died after a short illness at age 78.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/berni ... 202564999/

Tri Lam 4 Life!

[Showa Gyaos]

Hugh Hefner, Playboy extraordinaire, has passed away at the age of 91.

http://www.eonline.com/news/799103/hugh ... c-magazine

[Tyrant_Lizard_King]

That one really sucks! Always thought Hugh was a pretty cool dude.

[goji89]

Damn......He was indirectly a huge part of my childhood.

R.I.P old man.

[TheSecondComing]

Hugh Hefner, Playboy extraordinaire, has passed away at the age of 91.

http://www.eonline.com/news/799103/hugh ... c-magazine

Well, he's in a worse place now.

RIP you wonderful artist.

[The One and Only]

Hugh Hefner, Playboy extraordinaire, has passed away at the age of 91.

http://www.eonline.com/news/799103/hugh ... c-magazine

Well, he's in a worse place now.

RIP you wonderful artist.

A worse place ?!? As I've heard ,and read, Ole' Hef bought a plot right next to Marilyn Monroe to be buried at. So I could think of worse.

[TheSecondComing]

Hugh Hefner, Playboy extraordinaire, has passed away at the age of 91.

http://www.eonline.com/news/799103/hugh ... c-magazine

Well, he's in a worse place now.

RIP you wonderful artist.

A worse place ?!? As I've heard ,and read, Ole' Hef bought a plot right next to Marilyn Monroe to be buried at. So I could think of worse.

That's was a play on a joke I heard years ago. "I hope when Hef dies, nobody is stupid enough to say 'well, he's in a better place now.'"

[The One and Only]

Monty Hall, the host and co-creator of the game show, LET'S MAKE A DEAL !, died today at the age of 96.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/30/obit ... -deal.html

[NSZ]

RIP Tom Petty.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... 66-w506651

[Hellblaze]

RIP Tom Petty.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... 66-w506651

I can't believe he's gone. So much music I liked when he made music along with the Heartbreakers. Such a horrible day today. First the shooting in Las Vegas, and now we lost another music legend. Too much grieving in one day today it's horrible.

[TheSecondComing]

RIP Tom Petty.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... 66-w506651

I can't believe he's gone. So much music I liked when he made music along with the Heartbreakers. Such a horrible day today. First the shooting in Las Vegas, and now we lost another music legend. Too much grieving in one day today it's horrible.

I've been out all day and maybe this is no longer the case, but while the situation doesn't sound good, Mr. Petty may still be hanging in there, as it seems CBS jumped the gun just a bit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/busi ... rrest.html

[NSZ]

RIP Tom Petty.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... 66-w506651

I can't believe he's gone. So much music I liked when he made music along with the Heartbreakers. Such a horrible day today. First the shooting in Las Vegas, and now we lost another music legend. Too much grieving in one day today it's horrible.

I've been out all day and maybe this is no longer the case, but while the situation doesn't sound good, Mr. Petty may still be hanging in there, as it seems CBS jumped the gun just a bit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/busi ... rrest.html

Well that's a relief. Whomever it was that told CBS that the life support had been pulled needs a flogging.

[TheSecondComing]

I can't believe he's gone. So much music I liked when he made music along with the Heartbreakers. Such a horrible day today. First the shooting in Las Vegas, and now we lost another music legend. Too much grieving in one day today it's horrible.

I've been out all day and maybe this is no longer the case, but while the situation doesn't sound good, Mr. Petty may still be hanging in there, as it seems CBS jumped the gun just a bit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/busi ... rrest.html

Well that's a relief. Whomever it was that told CBS that the life support had been pulled needs a flogging.

Yeah from what I can tell CBS covered the press conference how they did, then the LAPD later tweeted denying they said he was dead. Still just gotta wait and see.

[MandaSaurus]

There were reports that Petty was 'brain-dead'. If that's true, he's not gonna be on life-support for long...

( and the Grim Reaper chuckles... )

[TheSecondComing]

NPR reports his manager has confirmed Tom Petty died at 11:40 PM Eastern time. Damn. If there's anything uplifting here, the Heartbreakers' 40th anniversary tour ended a week ago.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... =555157788

[NSZ]

NPR reports his manager has confirmed Tom Petty died at 11:40 PM Eastern time. Damn. If there's anything uplifting here, the Heartbreakers' 40th anniversary tour ended a week ago.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... =555157788

Welp, this week can officially go fuck itself.

[MandaSaurus]

NPR reports his manager has confirmed Tom Petty died at 11:40 PM Eastern time. Damn. If there's anything uplifting here, the Heartbreakers' 40th anniversary tour ended a week ago.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... =555157788

Yep, brain-dead. At least they didn't keep him on life-support for long. That would've been wrong...