The All Purpose 'Celebrity Death' Thread

Alien artist H.R. Giger has died at 74.


 

Legendary poet and author Maya Angelou dies at 86.

Layla wrote:

Legendary poet and author Maya Angelou dies at 86.

No! She never told me why the caged bird sings!!!

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What the hell else is there to do in a cage but shit and eat?

I'm already sick of Twitter quoting her. Hippy airhead.

One day you may be a kinder person

Eeveegou wrote:

One day you may be a kinder person

That day will probably be AFTER the heat-death of the universe.

I will keep Mikey in my prayers

Ann B. Davis, who played Alice on The Brady Bunch, has died at 88.

RIP Rik Mayall, actor and writer, probably best known to the members of this board as Lord Flasheart in Blackadder, and Rick in The Young Ones.  Cause of death is currently unknown, but he had a nasty accident on a quad bike some years ago, which left him in a coma for several days. He was only 56...

Casey Kasem dead at 82.

Gawker reports Bobby Womack has died at the age of 70.

Yahoo! and the Hollywood Reporter say "Designing Women" star Meshach Taylor is dead at the age of 67.

James Garner, best known for his work on 'Maverick' and 'The Rockford Files' at 86.

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Probably too far back for a lot of the regulars here, but still an actor I enjoyed watching. He never took himself too seriously and that's what made it work.

Marilyn Burns, star of 1974's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has died at 65.

Robin Williams has passed away at the age of 63. Even Mikey has to admit that this is a big name celebrity.

Aggie wrote:

Robin Williams has passed away at the age of 63. Even Mikey has to admit that this is a big name celebrity.

  

This is just... Oh man, the world won't be the same anymore.

  

Aggie wrote:

Robin Williams has passed away at the age of 63. Even Mikey has to admit that this is a big name celebrity.

RIP, Robin. You will be missed.   

Legendary actress Lauren Bacall has died at age 89.

  As if we needed any more bad news this week.

John Walker Jr. dead at age 77

Soviet spy and all around dirtbag John Walker Jr. is dead. Have fun in Hell asshole.

Yeah, I doubt anybody on this side of the Urals is going to shed a lot of tears over his demise.

Joan Rivers has died at age 81.

Layla wrote:

Joan Rivers has died at age 81.

Oh well, she may be dead, but her face will live on forever.

Not in hearts in minds, but because it will literally never decay.

Richard Kiel, best know as the James Bond villain Jaws, has died at age 74.