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Richard Gordon, one of only 24 people to visit the moon (he never set foot on it).
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John Hillerman, aka Higgins from Magnum P.I.

Trivia: He was actually from Texas. One of the most convincing Americans-as-British performers I can remember.
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Johnny Carwash wrote:John Hillerman, aka Higgins from Magnum P.I.

Trivia: He was actually from Texas. One of the most convincing Americans-as-British performers I can remember.

Also, Howard Johnson in Blazing Saddles. RIP.

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Valery Rozov, World Record BASE Jumper. Wing suit accident.
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World record BASE jumpers seem to die young a lot. Strange coincidence.
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Johnny Carwash wrote:Fight doctor Ferdie Pacheco



Strangest title ever?

And sadly Malcolm Young of AC/DC
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The core of AC/DC's music was blues-based rhythm guitar riffs. And that was Malcolm Young. RIP.
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Wow! Can you imagine the drugs in the dressing rooms of Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor?

I remember Della Reese - when I was a kid, she was a game show and talk show fixture.
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Pruitt wrote:Wow! Can you imagine the drugs in the dressing rooms of Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor?

I remember Della Reese - when I was a kid, she was a game show and talk show fixture.

Yeah, that's pretty much how I remember her, too - variety shows, game shows and talk shows.
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Might be too soon...

But when I was young, Jim Nabors was one of those stars that was on everything. Current series, reruns, variety shows... (remember, this is back in the days of 8 channels)

And man, he was just the worst. Even worse than Ken Berry.
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He and Rock Hudson were the first two people I associated as gay.
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Christine Keeler

Central figure in a long ago English scandal.

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On a happier note - thanks to Jamaican legends The Skatalites, her name will live forever. Or at least wherever ska music is played.

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Old Time French Rocker Johnny Hallyday

How big was this guy in France? 1,000,000 out for his funeral procession, and eulogized by the PM.
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Pruitt wrote:Old Time French Rocker Johnny Hallyday

How big was this guy in France? 1,000,000 out for his funeral procession, and eulogized by the PM.


He was huge. The French Elvis. "Le Rocker Nationale"

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Pat DiNizio

NJ guy (from a couple of towns over), NJ band. I have no idea whether then use of underrated would be warranted here, but The Smithereens have a lot of great songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNZbP3ZVem4
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Great live band, too. RIP.

This is one of the first songs that my daughter learned the bass line to. Great bass line.

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I feel like The Smithereens are one of those bands who basically only play variations on one song, but it's a really good song.
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Barry Sherman - One Of Canada's Richest Men

He and his wife were found murdered in their home.

Really bizarre - going to be a huge story up here.
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His company uses (or used to use?) our software.
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Presumably the company still exists.
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A_B wrote:Presumably the company still exists.


Yeah. Risking stepping on a joke if that's what that was, I just can't remember if they're still with us. I think they are.
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His company is Apotex. Massive makers of generic drugs.

Murder-suicide is what the police are apparently investigating (not based on police statements - just what the press is saying).
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Movie idea: You’re told on your wedding day by a wizard/witch/whatever that at some point you and your wife will die in a murder-suicide. Don’t know when, don’t know how, don’t know who does who. You know, she doesn’t. You slowly go insane.
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brian wrote:Movie idea: You’re told on your wedding day by a wizard/witch/whatever that at some point you and your wife will die in a murder-suicide. Don’t know when, don’t know how, don’t know who does who. You know, she doesn’t. You slowly go insane.


Interesting...

Would have to be told in a flashback. And the person that the main character is marrying would have to have something - power, wealth - to make the curse something that they could live with. (Maybe)

And the final twist - the person's partner GOT THE SAME PROPHESY ON THE WEDDING DAY!!
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brian wrote:Movie idea: You’re told on your wedding day by a wizard/witch/whatever that at some point you and your wife will die in a murder-suicide. Don’t know when, don’t know how, don’t know who does who. You know, she doesn’t. You slowly go insane.


Interesting...

Would have to be told in a flashback. And the person that the main character is marrying would have to have something - power, wealth - to make the curse something that they could live with. (Maybe)

And the final twist - the person's partner GOT THE SAME PROPHESY ON THE WEDDING DAY!!


Yeah, this sounds better than like 95 percent of all horror movies to me already.

I thought about the divorce thing though -- that's part of the curse. Even if you try to divorce each other it's still gonna happen at some point*. But I like the idea of your wife (if it's told from the man's point of view) having some kind of wealth and/or power. Though it works better if you're actually in love with her and not just marrying her for that. But that might also explain why they'd have some evil shaman type character as an enemy as well.

I think as opposed to most horror movies you could do some interesting dramatic things as well. Explore the meaning of free will. Figure out how much you're willing or not willing to believe a prophecy you believe to be true. The hardest part might be coming up with a way that you would believe the person doing the cursing without just dismissing them as crazy. Though even that would be a strategy the cursed person might take for awhile.

Like the final twist as well. Could even do a final, final twist and have it be that there was mystical shaman/wizard and it was all just a self-fulfilling prophecy.

* - Hell in real life, murder/suicides probably happen 75-80 percent of time to divorced or separated couples anyway. That all could be sauce for the goose -- trying to keep the marriage together in an attempt to prevent the inevitable.
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Maybe there's a way for Pruitt to work that into his next Paw Patrol script, and Brian can get a partial credit!
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Bruce Willis is dead the entire time.
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sancarlos wrote:Maybe there's a way for Pruitt to work that into his next Paw Patrol script, and Brian can get a partial credit!


I'll pitch the idea...

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Since I'm here with my parents, this is a big deal for them...

Thomas Monson, President of the Mormon Church, Dies at 90

I'm sure they'll have some younger, more enlightened person ready to take up the mantle of leadership...

The 93-year-old Russell M. Nelson, a cardiothoracic-surgeon-turned-Mormon-apostle, is poised to become the 17th president of the nearly 16 million-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


Ok...maybe not...
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DaveInSeattle wrote:Since I'm here with my parents, this is a big deal for them...

Thomas Monson, President of the Mormon Church, Dies at 90

I'm sure they'll have some younger, more enlightened person ready to take up the mantle of leadership...

The 93-year-old Russell M. Nelson, a cardiothoracic-surgeon-turned-Mormon-apostle, is poised to become the 17th president of the nearly 16 million-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


Ok...maybe not...


Well the Quorum of 12 is not made up of anyone who has not been AARP Eligible for at least 12 years. Seems like a pretty straight forward leadership transition process. Less drama than waiting on white smoke as leadership negotiates voting blocks.
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Aharon Appelfeld

Great writer - Holocaust survivor, so you can guess the themes.

"To The Land Of Cattails," "Badenheim 1939" and "The Iron Tracks" are all really good books.
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Deadspin wrote:Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski has been found dead in his apartment in Pullman, Wash. Police are investigating the 21-year-old’s death as a suicide.

Hilinski did not show up to football practice today, so police were called to check on him this afternoon, according to the Pullman PD statement. He was found dead with an apparent gunshot wound to the head and a rifle next to his body, along with what has been identified as a suicide note.

Hilinski, a redshirt sophomore, appeared in eight games this season and was expected to be the team’s starter next year.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:34 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote:Since I'm here with my parents, this is a big deal for them...

Thomas Monson, President of the Mormon Church, Dies at 90

I'm sure they'll have some younger, more enlightened person ready to take up the mantle of leadership...
The 93-year-old Russell M. Nelson, a cardiothoracic-surgeon-turned-Mormon-apostle, is poised to become the 17th president of the nearly 16 million-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Ok...maybe not...
Well the Quorum of 12 is not made up of anyone who has not been AARP Eligible for at least 12 years. Seems like a pretty straight forward leadership transition process. Less drama than waiting on white smoke as leadership negotiates voting blocks.
So it was Nelson, right? They went even older?

At least he has a couple of younger counselors - one guy is 84 and the other is 85.
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"What a life. What a legend. Jason King is dead. Long live Jason King!"

King remained his best-known character, a globe-trotting playboy with an astonishing array of outfits. And it wasn't just his sartorial extravagance that inspired Mike Myers to create Austin Powers: King even uttered the phrase "groovy, baby" in one episode.

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