Celebrity Deaths 2009 Edition

[AeRo]

Blues singer Koko Taylor dies at 80 years old

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8082365.stm

 

[Ian]

Rightyo, I've updated the scoreboard!

East Coast(er) General - 12
Mushroom - 8
mrclam - 6
AeRo - 5
Ollie - 4
Neal - 4
Ian - 3
Emmett - 2
Rush - 2
gavin - 2
Ben - 1
robbeal - 1

I guess it's easy for Jerry as he works in the news industry! Can anybody overtake him?

Don't forget that there's a mystery prize for the person with the most points at the end of the year, keep those famous people deaths comin'!

 

[Mushroom]

David Carradine, actor, 72, suicide. Stared in kill Bill
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8083479.stm

 

[Ben]

^

A. You're late.

B. It wasn't suicide.

 

[ECG]

Beat me to it Ben, but it was suicide. He hung himself.

I'm holding off on posting here unless it goes over 24 hours without being mentioned. Since I work for a news agency it's slightly unfair. So way to go Aero, you just made it in time to get the cred. :wink:

 

[Ben]

Wasn't he engaging in... how to put this... extreme masturbation? Something to do with tying yourself up to think you'll die to have a bit of "fun"? Or is that something you know you can only do once, as it were?

Obviously, I'm not versed in sexual acts like that... but, that's what I read...

 

[ECG]

The Bangkok police reports made no mention of this. They were asked directly about it & said that they found no evidence to suggest anything but suicide.
Bangkok is well know for being able to solicit any sexual perversion you might have, so I doubt he would have had the need for self gratification.

 

[Ben]

^He'd tied some rope around "little David", which apparently is something you do in this fetish (there was a word for it, but, I don't remember it)

As I say, I don't entirely know, but, you could file that AS suicide, but, it's not intentional. So it would be accidental suicide... which is a paradox...

 

[Mushroom]

^

A. You're late.

Meh, just wasn't looking properly!

 

[Emmett]

Seems like The Sun are suggesting it was an accident involving a sex act too with this tastful headline, 'Bill from Kill Bill killed by thrill'.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...dine-found-hanged-in-Thai-hotel-wardrobe.html

It sounds a bit similar to how Michael Hutchence died too.

 

[kimahri]

Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8083479.stm

 

[marc]

Shih Kien died.

Veteran actor Shih Kien, who played Bruce Lee's archrival in the movie Enter the Dragon, has died aged 96.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8085659.stm

 

[Ollie]

Fantasy author Eddings dies at 77
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen ... 085289.stm

 

[Lewis]

Actress Farrah Fawcett, most know for starring in Charlie's Angels has died aged 62.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8118426.stm

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

Ed McMahon died, the guy from the Tonight Show, on Tuesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_ ... it_mcmahon

 

[Ian]

My-oh-my, they're droppin' like flies!

UPDATED SCORE BOARD
East Coast(er) General - 12
Mushroom - 8
mrclam - 6
AeRo - 5
Ollie - 5
Neal - 4
Ian - 3
Emmett - 2
Rush - 2
gavin - 2
Ben - 1
robbeal - 1
Lewis - 1
Taylor - 1
southend_marc - 1

We're only half way through the year and we've got cold December to come, so I'm expecting a surge towards the end of the year. Plenty to play for!

 

[marc]

Farrah Fawcet died.

She was a bit hit on US tv in such shows as Charlies Angels.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8118426.stm

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

^ Look three posts up...

 

[Ian]

Christ, you know you've failed when Taylor points it out.

 

[marc]

Oh poo lol I missed that as you can tell