2008 - The Dead Thread

[Paco_Guerrera]

Heres the thread where we list beings of any significance, major or minor, that died in the year of our lord two thousand aught eight

For those who are about to die, we salute you!

[Paco_Guerrera]

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Hexschool says:

Bobby Fischer is dead.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_on_re_eu/obit_fischer

[Paco_Guerrera]

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Hex says:

Heath Ledger. Dead. 28.

NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence, and police said drugs may have been a factor. He was 28.

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NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let him know the masseuse had arrived found him dead at 3:26 p.m.

The Australian-born actor was nominated for an Oscar for "Brokeback Mountain," where he met his wife, actress Michelle Williams, in 2005. Ledger and Williams had lived in Brooklyn and had a daughter, Matilda, until they split up last year.

Ledger was to appear as the Joker this year in "The Dark Night," a sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins." He's had starring roles in "A Knight's Tale" and "The Patriot," and played the suicidal son of Billy Bob Thornton in "Monster's Ball."

Ledger grew up in Perth, and began doing amateur theater at age 10. At 16, he moved to Sydney to pursue an acting career, quickly landing TV movie roles and guest spots on Australian television.

After several independent films and a starring role in the short-lived Fox TV series "Roar," Ledger moved to Los Angeles and costarred in "10 Things I Hate About You," a teen comedy reworking of "The Taming of the Shrew."

Offers for other teen flicks came his way, but Ledger turned them down, preferring to remain idle than sign on for projects he didn't like.

"It wasn't a hard decision for me," Ledger told the associated Press in 2001. "It was hard for everyone else around me to understand. Agents were like, `You're crazy,' my parents were like, `Come on, you have to eat.'"

His latest role was in "I'm Not There," in which he played one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan — as did Cate Blanchett, whose performance in that film earned an Oscar nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress.

[pantera]

We're gonna need a bigger coffin Roy Scheider dead at 75, the shark finally won

[Paco_Guerrera]

Aw man...

[Hex]

"Coffin goes in the ground, you go in the ground. Worms's in the ground. Our worms."

Or something like that...

[Hex]

Must be a slow celebrity death year. Only two notables in the first two months.
March starts this thread off early.
Jeff Healey, blind guitarist died, at 41. Only knew like one or two of his songs. Yahoo says he is "inspirational." I don't know. Bob prolly knows him well. He's offbeat. Not Jeff Healey. Bob. Actually, Jeff Healey has no beat (rimshot).
Hey, the guy was in Road House. I guess that alone could make him a celebrity.

[Paco_Guerrera]

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, dead at 69.

Best quote from article: "Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. "

Full article: tinyurl.com/32gltg

[fullermj]

He was on Futurama once

(he's in the back, between Steven Hawking and Nichelle Nichols)

[pantera]

Ola Brunkert dummer fro ABBA dead at 62, one down three to go

[brethyr]

pantera said:

Ola Brunkert dummer fro ABBA dead at 62, one down three to go

He wasn't one of the four who were famous. Their first names began with the letters A, B, B, A.

[pantera]

I know it was just wishfull thinking

[pantera]

The space odyssey ends Arthur C Clarke dead at 90

[pantera]

Time to pry the gun out...Charton Heston dead at 84

[Hex]

pantera said:

Time to pry the gun out...Charton Heston dead at 84

I wish it would have been due to buckshot rather than Alzhimer's. I really hated him.