Re: The high profile person recently died thread

by Through The Dark Radio Mon May 07, 2012 9:18 am

George Lindsey, a.k.a. Goober Pyle, has passed away as well at the age of 83.

by oldschooldoom Wed May 09, 2012 4:09 pm

Famed hairstylist Vidal Sassoon dead at age 84

http://thelook.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/09/11621751-famed-hairstylist-vidal-sassoon-dead-at-age-84?lite

by oldschooldoom Fri May 11, 2012 3:46 pm

Obituary: Carroll Shelby -- 1923-2012
Legendary Auto Industry Pioneer Helped Define American High Performance

Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2012/1205_carroll_shelby_obituary/#ixzz1uau97IPE
And
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/05/auto-legend-carroll-shelby-father-of-cobra-dies/1#.T610EsWepRQ

by Driven Sat May 12, 2012 7:47 am

oldschooldoom wrote:Obituary: Carroll Shelby -- 1923-2012
Legendary Auto Industry Pioneer Helped Define American High Performance

Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2012/1205_carroll_shelby_obituary/#ixzz1uau97IPE
And
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/05/auto-legend-carroll-shelby-father-of-cobra-dies/1#.T610EsWepRQ

Always liked his mods.

by Through The Dark Radio Mon May 14, 2012 8:52 am

Bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn has passed away at age 70

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2012/05/14/donald_duck_dunn_bassist_for_booker_t_and_mgs_at_70/

by oldschooldoom Thu May 17, 2012 12:20 pm

Disco singer Donna Summer dead at 63 after battle with cancer

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/05/donna-summer-dies-after-cancer-battle-/1#.T7UrlcWepRR

by oldschooldoom Sun May 20, 2012 6:34 pm

More death to disco

Bee Gees co-founder Robin Gobb dies at 62

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/20/11782322-robin-gibb-of-the-bee-gees-dies-after-long-battle-with-cancer?lite

by Through The Dark Radio Mon May 21, 2012 9:50 am

Truly sad

by Guest Mon May 21, 2012 10:20 am

by Gandalf the White Mon May 21, 2012 11:26 am

As much as I hate to admit it, I always liked their stuff.

"I mean, Led Zepplin didn't write tunes everyone liked. They left that to the Bee Gees..."

by holyrokker Mon May 21, 2012 2:40 pm

ishmael81 wrote:As much as I hate to admit it, I always liked their stuff.

I'd hate to admit that too. Cool

by oldschooldoom Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:42 am

'Family Feud' star Richard Dawson dies at 79

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/03/12033690-family-feud-star-richard-dawson-dies-at-79?lite

Crying or Very sad

by FishingD Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:50 am

oldschooldoom wrote:'Family Feud' star Richard Dawson dies at 79

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/03/12033690-family-feud-star-richard-dawson-dies-at-79?lite

Love him in "Hogan's Heroes"

by oldschooldoom Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:32 pm

Ray Bradbury dies at 91; author lifted fantasy to literary heights

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ray-bradbury-20120607,0,5622415.story

by FishingD Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:32 pm

Bob Welch, a guitarist who played with Fleetwood Mac before launching a solo career, died of a self-inflicted gunshot

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/07/showbiz/bob-welch-dead/index.html

by oldschooldoom Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:23 pm

^ I saw Bob Welch perform in 1978 at The Cal Jam 2. Sad

Also a legendary early NASCAR racer died

Cotton Owens Dead At 88
Stock car racing pioneer Cotton Owens was recently elected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame…

http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-nascar-legend-cotton-owens-dead-at-88

by guilty/forgiven Sun Jun 17, 2012 12:31 pm

So Rodney King decided it was a good idea to do the same thing as Whitney Houston - get loaded and go near water.... brilliant.

His fiancee found him this morning at the bottom of their pool after drinking and smoking weed all night.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html

by oldschooldoom Sun Jun 17, 2012 2:07 pm

God rest Rodney's soul. That guy has put himself through SOOOO much.

by Innocent Bystander Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:58 pm

Yitzhak Shamir http://www.npr.org/2012/06/30/156045797/yitzhak-shamir-former-israeli-prime-minister-dies?ft=1&f=1001

by oldschooldoom Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:15 am

Double trouble today for famous octogenarians.

Andy Griffith--America’s sheriff Andy Griffith dead at 86

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/03/12543460-report-americas-sheriff-andy-griffith-dead-at-86?lite

and

Sergio Pininfarina, former Ferrari design chief, dies at age 85

http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/03/12541979-sergio-pininfarina-former-ferrari-design-chief-dies?lite

by Through The Dark Radio Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:54 pm

Thanks for the laughts, Mr. Griffith.

by Guest Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:00 pm

oldschooldoom wrote:Andy Griffith--America’s sheriff Andy Griffith dead at 86

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/03/12543460-report-americas-sheriff-andy-griffith-dead-at-86?lite

see you later, Mr. Griffith.

by Guest Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:02 pm

RIP, Andy Griffith.

by nerf_herder4444 Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:44 pm

Andy was the best. I loved going to my grandparents house and watching his show.

by Guest Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:21 am

R.I.P. Andy

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