Notable Deaths 2011

[WelcomeToOblivion]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -dies.html

Tura Satana, 60s film star.

 

[Lain]

The Superbowl Halftime Show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLV

lol.

 

[furie]

The Superbowl Halftime Show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLV

lol.

I don't get it?

The Black Eyed Peas know EXACTLY how to kick a beat to this generation and hold it...

 

[kimahri]

^

Lol.

 

[AJ]

The Wizard of Oz.

No link, it was MURDERED.

 

[Dave]

Was it the version without slippers, monkeys and Toto?

 

[Rush]

Some unfortunate relative to an oil tycoon, John Paul Getty III, notable for being kidnapped in the 1970s, has died aged 54. (Top of BBC Most read, must be something!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12399648

 

[Mushroom]

Former England Cricketer, Trevor Bailey, 87, house fire

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-12414599

 

[bazpa]

Corey Haim, former child star of The Lost Boys fame has died aged 38

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8560246.stm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000433/

 

[jokerman]

^Almost a year ago?

 

[bazpa]

Oops, I wondered why nobody else had mentioned it.

 

[Mushroom]

Jazz pianist Sir George Shearing dies aged 91

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12458355

 

[Mushroom]

Kenneth Mars, star of The Producers, dies aged 75

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12463998

 

[ECG]

Kenneth Mars wasn't just the Nazi lovin' playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers...

Hitler... there was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in ONE afternoon! TWO coats!

Baby! Baby!... Der Führer has never said "baby". I did not write, "baby". What is it wis zis, "baby"?

...but also one of my all-time favorite characters - Inspector Kemp in Young Frankenstein. <3

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXb_E6X6__0[/youtube]

 

[Nic]

I've taken the liberty of producing the "unofficial" scoreboard. These will, of course, need to be ratified by our esteemed umpire. If you've got any arguments of a "but I didn't get a point for xxxx" nature, then look back at the rules in the first post.

Nic 42
Mushroom 7
ECG 3
Smithy 3
Cmonster 2
Ian 2
Marc 2
Dave 1
David Morton 1
Furie 1
jokerman 1
Ollie 1
Thekingin64 1
tomahawKUSA 1
WelcomeToOblivion 1
LFTL 0.5
nadroJ 0.5

God bless pivot tables

 

[bazpa]

The Brigadier from Doctor Who, actor Nicholas Courtney has died aged 81

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/docto ... ed-81.html

 

[davidm]

Dean Richards

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9408254.stm

Saw him play a few times for the Wolves... he was a class defender.

Terrble shame; far far too young.

:-(

 

[Nic]

Edward Zigo, a Detective in the ‘Son of Sam’ Case, Dies at 84
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/nyregion/23zigo.html

Perry Moore Co-producer of 'Narnia' films
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/lifestyle ... ar-858301/

Lightfoot guitarist Terry Clements
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/s ... -obit.html

Ollie Matson, NFL Hall of Famer from S.F
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-02-20/s ... r-usf-team

Len Lesser, Uncle Leo on ‘Seinfeld’
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/arts/ ... esser.html

Bill Monroe, TV journalist and ‘Meet the Press’ Host
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/busin ... tml?src=mv

Comedienne Betty Garrett, '40s co-star of Frank Sinatra
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... l?hpid=top

Ex-Tulsa player Wilson Holloway
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... f3ba668973

'Irascible' actor TP McKenna
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ire ... 31643.html

Joanne Siegel, the Model for Lois Lane
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/arts/16siegel.html

Peggy Rea, TV Actress
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/arts/ ... ?src=twrhp

Actor Frank Whitten
http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/ou ... es-4025389

Dwayne McDuffie, comic book creator
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmo ... k-cre.html

 

[divvie_dave]

^This is why you went to Brighton Uni...

 

[RCF]

Duke Snider, Hall of Fame Outfielder for the Dodgers dead at age 84

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=6164805