The DA Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 1 hour ago, BillyAnchor said: No longer a Fox on the run Sweet! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Barbara Young dies old at 92 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) Week 17 update Three deaths this week. First, singer Harry Belafonte: Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96 | Music | The Guardian Quote Harry Belafonte, the singer, actor and civil rights activist who broke down racial barriers, has died aged 96. As well as performing global hits such as Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), winning a Tony award for acting and appearing in numerous feature films, Belafonte spent his life fighting for a variety of causes. He bankrolled numerous 1960s initiatives to bring civil rights to Black Americans; campaigned against poverty, apartheid and Aids in Africa; and supported leftwing political figures such as Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez. Belafonte was born in 1927 in working-class Harlem, New York, and spent eight years of his childhood in his impoverished parents’ native Jamaica. He returned to New York for high school but struggled with dyslexia and dropped out in his early teens. He took odd jobs working in markets and the city’s garment district, and then signed up to the US navy aged 17 in March 1944, working as a munitions loader at a base in New Jersey. After the war ended, he worked as a janitor’s assistant, but aspired to become an actor after watching plays at New York’s American Negro Theatre (along with fellow aspiring actor Sidney Poitier). He took acting classes – where his classmates included Marlon Brando and Walter Matthau – paid for by singing folk, pop and jazz numbers at New York club gigs, where he was backed by groups whose members included Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. Are you singing the song yet? Belafonte died at 96, so he's worth 29 Base Points for @BillyAnchor, @German Jag, @Moomintroll and @superbigal. ================= Isn't it funny how you could have two deaths in one week where the people left indelible marks on western culture, but for very, very, very different reasons? Jerry Springer: Jerry Springer obituary | US television | The Guardian Quote For the better part of three decades, The Jerry Springer Show took the talkshow format into increasingly outlandish areas. Springer, who has died aged 79 of pancreatic cancer, presided over what amounted to a three-ring circus, as guests revealed a steady stream of betrayal in relationships they seemed to model on tawdry pulp novels and porn films. This led to a cycle of what the writer David Sedaris described as “championship wrestling in street clothes … Curse, fight, disentangle. Curse, fight, disentangle … repeated with tedious precision”. Meanwhile, the studio audience would be pumping fists in the air, chanting “Jer-ee! Jer-ee!” while, just outside the fray, stood Springer, at once bemused by the antics and aghast at the way his guests treated each other. Not just the ringmaster, Springer also tried to play the empathetic therapist, like Oprah Winfrey, but in a bar brawl. “The truth is, in most cases, we get treated the way we permit ourselves to be treated,” he told us, and each show ended with Jerry advising us to “take care of yourselves, and each other”. The formula worked. The Springer show ran from 1991 until 2018, nearly 5,000 episodes, and, at its peak in the late 1990s, passed Oprah as the most-watched daytime talkshow. It wasn’t the first of its kind: Geraldo Rivera had evolved from news to trash, while Jenny Jones specialised in revealing guests’ sexual secrets. But Springer’s appeal to chaos influenced countless imitators, and, more crucially, the rise of so-called reality television, in which contestants chosen for their exhibitionism tried to outdo each other in humiliations and conflicts created and scripted by the producers. I posted as much earlier, but I have a hard time thinking positively of someone who fronted five thousand episodes of this nonsense. That obituary ends with a quote from him: “Television does not and must not create values; it’s merely a picture of all that’s out there – the good, the bad and the ugly.” I realise I may sound like a hypocrite when I say that the audience and participants don't necessarily always remember that, but I think this is a very naive way of understanding how media has shaped society. Springer died at 79 so he's worth 46 Base Points for @Ray Patterson, with a Solo Shot giving him 96 in total. ================= I forgot anyone picked him but this week we also have dancing man Len Goodman: Len Goodman: Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars judge dies at 78 - BBC News Quote Former Strictly Come Dancing head judge Len Goodman has died at the age of 78. He died on Saturday at a hospice in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, surrounded by his family. He had had bone cancer. A former dancer himself, he featured on Strictly from its launch in 2004 until 2016 and proved popular with viewers for his wry humour and avuncular critiques. His enthusiastic delivery when awarding a score of seven points effectively turned the number into his catchphrase, along with "it's a 10 from Len" for those even more deserving contestants on the popular celebrity dancing show. The cultural impact of Strictly Come Dancing is something that has passed me by, but he seems like he was alright. Goodman died at 78 so he's worth 47 Base Points, with a Solo Shot giving @weemac 97 points in total. As a result, the standings look like this: 1. JustOneCornetto 309 2. The Naitch 208 3. Arbroathlegend36-0 198 4. buddiepaul 194 5. LoonsYouthTeam 187 6. psv_killie 185 7. peasy23 165 8. The DA 153 9. Desp, Ned Nederlander 151 11. Karpaty Lviv 145 12. Sweaty Morph 140 13. get_the_subbies_on 138 14. Arabdownunder, Bully Wee Villa, cdhafc1874, D.V.T., Frosty, HK Hibee, Mark Connolly, microdave, qos_75, throbber, weirdcal 134 25. Donathan 121 26. tamthebam 111 27. Arch Stanton, Ludo*1, mozam76 101 30. Aim Here, weemac 97 32. Ray Patterson 96 33. Miguel Sanchez 87 34. ParsJake 86 35. George Cowley, Billy Jean King, Indale Winton, sparky88 84 39. ICTJohnboy 69 40. paulathame 68 41. atfccfc, chomp my root, DG.Roma, Fuctifano, gkneil, HI HAT, lichtgilphead, Lofarl, lolls, Michael W, pub car king, The_Craig, thistledo 67 54. Oystercatcher 65 55. sleazy 55 56. Savage Henry 54 57. HTG 34 58. Marlo Stanfield, Melanius Mullarkay, Suspect Device 32 61. amnarab, choirbairn, Derry Alli, expatowner, stanton 31 65. BillyAnchor, German Jag, Moomintroll, superbigal 29 69. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxCIfczRUmrRrW79tUQ0vJ5KaHZpYENsTKmDqW4X3W4/edit?usp=sharing Edited April 30, 2023 by Miguel Sanchez 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 On the scoreboard before May, pretty sure that's a first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 53 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Week 17 update Two deaths this week. First, singer Harry Belafonte: Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96 | Music | The Guardian Are you singing the song yet? Belafonte died at 96, so he's worth 29 Base Points for @BillyAnchor, @German Jag, @Moomintroll and @superbigal. ================= Isn't it funny how you could have two deaths in one week where the people left indelible marks on western culture, but for very, very, very different reasons? Jerry Springer: Jerry Springer obituary | US television | The Guardian I posted as much earlier, but I have a hard time thinking positively of someone who fronted five thousand episodes of this nonsense. That obituary ends with a quote from him: “Television does not and must not create values; it’s merely a picture of all that’s out there – the good, the bad and the ugly.” I realise I may sound like a hypocrite when I say that the audience and participants don't necessarily always remember that, but I think this is a very naive way of understanding how media has shaped society. Springer died at 79 so he's worth 46 Base Points for @Ray Patterson, with a Solo Shot giving him 96 in total. As a result, the standings look like this: 1. JustOneCornetto 309 2. The Naitch 208 3. Arbroathlegend36-0 198 4. buddiepaul 194 5. LoonsYouthTeam 187 6. psv_killie 185 7. peasy23 165 8. The DA 153 9. Desp, Ned Nederlander 151 11. Karpaty Lviv 145 12. Sweaty Morph 140 13. get_the_subbies_on 138 14. Arabdownunder, Bully Wee Villa, cdhafc1874, D.V.T., Frosty, HK Hibee, Mark Connolly, microdave, qos_75, throbber, weirdcal 134 25. Donathan 121 26. tamthebam 111 27. Arch Stanton, Ludo*1, mozam76 101 30. Aim Here 97 31. Ray Patterson 96 32. Miguel Sanchez 87 33. ParsJake 86 34. George Cowley, Billy Jean King, Indale Winton, sparky88 84 38. ICTJohnboy 69 39. paulathame 68 40. atfccfc, chomp my root, DG.Roma, Fuctifano, gkneil, HI HAT, lichtgilphead, Lofarl, lolls, Michael W, pub car king, The_Craig, thistledo 67 53. Oystercatcher 65 54. sleazy 55 55. Savage Henry 54 56. HTG 34 57. Marlo Stanfield, Melanius Mullarkay, Suspect Device 32 60. amnarab, choirbairn, Derry Alli, expatowner, stanton 31 64. BillyAnchor, German Jag, Moomintroll, superbigal 29 68. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxCIfczRUmrRrW79tUQ0vJ5KaHZpYENsTKmDqW4X3W4/edit?usp=sharing So did Len Goodman get better then? I don't see any news stories suggesting his obituaries were premature. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share Posted April 30, 2023 We have reached the point in the year where my Wikipedia links have stopped being purple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 On 28/04/2023 at 13:11, Richey Edwards said: Emmett Till's accuser - who caused the poor kid to be tortured and murdered - has died. A despicable person who never took responsibility for what she did to that young boy. Carolyn Bryant Donham, and one of a smallish group of people I do not lament the passing of. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Scottish born Australian chef and MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zanfrillo runs out of gas at 46. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-01/jock-zonfrillo-judge-on-masterchef-australia-dies-aged-46/102288032 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Throw another body on the barbie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Normally when people die they just lie still, but Jock seems to hove done loads after his death. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 1 hour ago, scottsdad said: Normally when people die they just lie still, but Jock seems to hove done loads after his death. The circle is complete. Now he's the one being set on fire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Son down https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gordon-lightfoot-dead-1.6828991?fbclid=IwAR0ZS6vkIO6w_d45VmCqruVNkTrkVkS6CN7Lfqiur58BgMduAc1VtiPMmdM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 2 hours ago, BillyAnchor said: Son down https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gordon-lightfoot-dead-1.6828991?fbclid=IwAR0ZS6vkIO6w_d45VmCqruVNkTrkVkS6CN7Lfqiur58BgMduAc1VtiPMmdM Hit by a thunderbolt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 If you could read his mind... There would be nothing. Because he's dead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Not quite a celebrity but in the news nevertheless. A man has died days after getting injured when he became stuck inside an indoor caving experience at a Lake District climbing centre.Carl O'Keeffe, 49, from Lancaster, became trapped inside a narrow tunnel at Kong Adventure in Keswick on 22 April. Specialist cave rescuers were among emergency crews sent to free him. As he had only paid for the 2 hour experience an outstanding £120 charge remains unpaid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 21 minutes ago, superbigal said: Not quite a celebrity but in the news nevertheless. A man has died days after getting injured when he became stuck inside an indoor caving experience at a Lake District climbing centre.Carl O'Keeffe, 49, from Lancaster, became trapped inside a narrow tunnel at Kong Adventure in Keswick on 22 April. Specialist cave rescuers were among emergency crews sent to free him. As he had only paid for the 2 hour experience an outstanding £120 charge remains unpaid. Seems steep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Gordon Lightfoot will never see the Early Mornin' Rain again RIP, I'm actually quite sad about this one, I like his music 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Gordon Lightup 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Gordon Lights Oot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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