The official dead celebrity thread

[Legion1979]

If Robbie Knevel dies tomorrow on an overpass because his car is run off the ramp by another driver, would we all be making fun of him?

I'm sure a few people here would, yes.

[wataru]

If Robbie Knevel dies tomorrow on an overpass because his car is run off the ramp by another driver, would we all be making fun of him?

I'm sure a few people here would, yes.

For 4 pages? There comes a point when humor turns to disgust. Like all the rape jokes.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

If Robbie Knevel dies tomorrow on an overpass because his car is run off the ramp by another driver, would we all be making fun of him?

I'm sure a few people here would, yes.

Really? I went to work there were Ryan Dunn jokes being made by managers, cashiers, and various other workers.

Everyone makes fun of everything until someone starts pouting.

[KaneLocke]

If Robbie Knevel dies tomorrow on an overpass because his car is run off the ramp by another driver, would we all be making fun of him?

I'm sure a few people here would, yes.

For 4 pages? There comes a point when humor turns to disgust. Like all the rape jokes.

Are you missing the part where people are actually showing their sympathies for him?

Yeah, okay, we make "Dunn" jokes. But almost no one who has made the jokes hasn't said the death was tragic.

I'm gonna agree with SG for a change here. When I die, ya'll make all the jokes in the world about me. I don't want my death defining my life.

[Malchik]

There's a difference in doing things for the enjoyment of others and losing your life in a tragic way. You don't see the Jackass guys laughing do you?

Getting drunk, speeding at a 110 mph and killing himself, yeah, real fucking tragic. He was lucky he didn't hit anyone else, or the media would have made a monster out of him.

The man has performed degraded, life threatening stunts on himself on camera, and he has hosted a show where he helps victims of practical jokes get even, and I can't get away with a Dunn pun. Get off your high horse.

[Legion1979]

Getting drunk, speeding at a 110 mph and killing himself, yeah, real fucking tragic. He was lucky he didn't hit anyone else, or the media would have made a monster out of him.

The man has performed degraded, life threatening stunts on himself on camera, and he has hosted a show where he helps victims of practical jokes get even, and I can't get away with a Dunn pun. Get off your high horse.

OMG thank you.

I've always hated those Jackass shows and even though I never wished ill of any of the idiots who starred in them, is this really a surprise?

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

I think you guys are just a bunch of bitches.

"OH EM GEE, he made fun of a dead person! Bad, bad, bad!"

"DUBYA TEE EFF, he's saying I shouldn't say something."

Christ, agree to disagree on your moralities and leave it be.

[KaneLocke]

Getting drunk, speeding at a 110 mph and killing himself, yeah, real fucking tragic. He was lucky he didn't hit anyone else, or the media would have made a monster out of him.

The man has performed degraded, life threatening stunts on himself on camera, and he has hosted a show where he helps victims of practical jokes get even, and I can't get away with a Dunn pun. Get off your high horse.

OMG thank you.

I've always hated those Jackass shows and even though I never wished ill of any of the idiots who starred in them, is this really a surprise?

No, but it's like it's already been said, any time a life is cut short, whether it be violence, circumstance, or stupidity, it's tragic.

He made a stupid mistake that ANYONE could've made. And yes, it is by pure luck he didn't kill anyone else. But at the end of the day, he was a 30-something d-list celeb. He was BOUND to drink-and-drive, it ain't like he was the first person to do it. One stupid decision shouldn't define a person's life.

[GojiFan]

It's kind of surreal that one of these guys actually died in a tragic, but completely normal, way. After all the crap Dunn and the rest of the Jackass crew did to themselves and he went out in a car crash. Not a role model at all, but gonna miss the guy.

[Chris55]

There's a difference in doing things for the enjoyment of others and losing your life in a tragic way. You don't see the Jackass guys laughing do you?

Getting drunk, speeding at a 110 mph and killing himself, yeah, real fucking tragic. He was lucky he didn't hit anyone else, or the media would have made a monster out of him.

The man has performed degraded, life threatening stunts on himself on camera, and he has hosted a show where he helps victims of practical jokes get even, and I can't get away with a Dunn pun. Get off your high horse.

"High horse"?

What he did was a form of entertainment where he and the audience was in on the joke. Being killed because he was drunk and stupid and no one stopped him from getting into his car and taking off (you do know drinking impairs judgement right?) and crashing into a tree and getting killed isn't really something to laugh at I don't think.

[3000]

There's a difference in doing things for the enjoyment of others and losing your life in a tragic way. You don't see the Jackass guys laughing do you?

Getting drunk, speeding at a 110 mph and killing himself, yeah, real fucking tragic. He was lucky he didn't hit anyone else, or the media would have made a monster out of him.

The man has performed degraded, life threatening stunts on himself on camera, and he has hosted a show where he helps victims of practical jokes get even, and I can't get away with a Dunn pun. Get off your high horse.

So, let me get this straight.. since he performed degrading, life threatening stunts on himself on camera, we can't take the time to take him seriously as a human being?

He was a stuntman. That was his calling. Don't shit on that.

Jokes are fine and dandy, but running the jokes into the ground are just getting tasteless.
Anyone can make the mistake of getting in a car impaired, and not being fit to drive. You lack good perception and intuition.

[DaikaijuSokogeki!]

For those of you who think that this death was tragic, just think of it like this. At least he died the way doing what he loved. Being a jackass.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

Insufferable.

I'm gonna close this.

[Drewzilla]

According to a posting on the Facebook page of Tim Butcher, MOTÖRHEAD leader Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister's longtime bass tech and "right-hand man," former MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston died earlier today (Saturday, July 9). He was 61 years old.

Before joining MOTÖRHEAD in 1984, Burston had been a corporal in the Army, serving in Germany and Ireland with the 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, and had played in the bands BASTARD and WARFARE. Joining another relatively unknown guitarist, Phil Campbell, they played together at a MOTÖRHEAD audition, and both were taken on.

Burston acquired the nickname Würzel while in the Army, being compared to the character Worzel Gummidge due to his scarecrow-style hair and bumpkin-like manner. Lemmy reportedly demanded that Würzel add an umlaut to the "U" in his name, for "heavy metal effect."

Würzel can be heard on the following MOTÖRHEAD albums:

* No Remorse (1984)
* Orgasmatron (1986)
* Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
* Nö Sleep at All (1988)
* The Birthday Party (1990)
* 1916 (1991)
* March ör Die (1992)
* Bastards (1993)
* Sacrifice (1995)

Würzel left MOTÖRHEAD in 1995.

For the past couple of years, Burston has played with a new band called LEADER OF DOWN, which last month headlined the main stage at the U.K. fundraising music festival "Never Mind The Bullocks" in aid of Midlands Air Ambulance.

Würzel joined MOTÖRHEAD on stage on November 28, 2009 at the Hammersmith Apollo to perform the band's classic song "Ace Of Spades". Video footage of his appearance can be seen below.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=160515

Motorhead have made some of the greatest Metal classics of all time, and this man helped contribute to them. Thanks for the classic.

[Gojisan866]

I heard about this on Eddie Trunk's Twitter. I didn't want to believe it. The past year or so hasn't been good to the metal world. Last year we lost Dio, and now, Würzel... D:

[3000]

Damn. Sorry to hear it. RIP.

Reminds me though, i need some motorhead in my ipod.

[Drewzilla]

http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/196527/

Damn, I want to watch Police Academy now...

[gpulse90]

Man, this sucks. He was one the funniest
RIP Bubba.

[Crocodile]

Hightower died?

I'm sad now.

[Gojira21]

Damn, did not know this!

R.I.P Bubba Smith