Corvinus85 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth singer, dead at 56. He had entered hospice care for liver failure. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlines? What Deadlines? Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Wow. There have been a lot of reports in these threads of gen x’ers passing away for health reasons. Am I the only one that thinks this is unusual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Deadlines? What Deadlines? said: Wow. There have been a lot of reports in these threads of gen x’ers passing away for health reasons. Am I the only one that thinks this is unusual? Harwell was diagnosed with a Wernecke encephalopathy. Usually you get this after years of alcohol abuse. Liver being one tough little mofo of an organ and among the last things that quit, he must have struggled with alcohol quite heavily. Apparently it started in the early 2000s, when his son died of leukemia at the age of 6 months. It's just sad. Anyway, rip All Star. Deadlines? What Deadlines?, JGP and Corvinus85 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) RIP David McCallum, the other Man from UNCLE (trivia interest: Ilya Kuryakin was apparently born in Kyiv, so was actually Ukrainian rather than the commonly-assumed Russian). He was also The Invisible Man, Steel in Sapphire & Steel, a POW in both Colditz and The Great Escape, and had the honour of being very, very good in one of the weakest episodes of Babylon 5. He was also in like a billion episodes of NCIS and its spinoffs (having originated on parent show JAG). He was also briefly a chart-troubling musical star in the mid-1960s, and was an unexpected provider of badass samples to Dr. Dre. Edited September 26, 2023 by Werthead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlines? What Deadlines? Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 The Great Escape. Classic. Looking at his filmography, he's also done some voice work for animation. He was the voice of Alfred Pennyworth in some pretty decent DC animated films. A Horse Named Stranger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Thanks was about to moan about people mentioning that awful NCIS show in which was in his later years, but nobody mentions the great escape. Trivia question, he was the last surviving cast member form The Great Escape right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tongue Stuck to Wall Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Thanks was about to moan about people mentioning that awful NCIS show in which was in his later years, but nobody mentions the great escape. Trivia question, he was the last surviving cast member form The Great Escape right? John Leyton, who played Willie the "Tunnel King" (based on Canadian Wally Floody who was the real tunnel master in the escape), is still alive and in his late 80s. All of the majors stars are gone, sadly. Edited September 27, 2023 by Tongue Stuck to Wall Deadlines? What Deadlines? and A Horse Named Stranger 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog-days Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) I mostly remember my parents complaining that he was miscast as Alan Breck Stewart (Kidnapped), but it's always sad when one of those actors dies who seems to have been around forever in everything. Edited September 27, 2023 by dog-days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) Bit of a niche death (in terms of fame). But RIP International Master Jeremy Silman Seemed to have been a nice guy by all accounts.. Bet most boarders are at least vaguely aware of parts of his work. Namely the consultant gig for tv and movies. He was the consultant who helped with the Chessgame in that Harry Potter movie. Edited September 28, 2023 by A Horse Named Stranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) RIP Dumbledore, Michael Gambon has died. By far most famous for Harry Potter (and being bad at driving round corners), but a sign of his talent is he holds the record for most Olivier award nominations with 13. Edited September 28, 2023 by BigFatCoward A Horse Named Stranger, Corvinus85, Prince of the North and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 5 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: RIP Dumbledore, Michael Gambon has died. By far most famous for Harry Potter (and being bad at driving round corners), but a sign of his talent is he holds the record for most Olivier award nominations with 13. Tremendous actor, sort of sad that being the second Dumbledore is what most people know him for today. He was great in so many roles, and obviously a real heavyweight of theatre (especially plays by Pinter). He was really memorable as one of the two main antagonists (the other was degenerate gambling addiction) in Michael Mann's Luck. JGP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGP Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, Ran said: Tremendous actor, sort of sad that being the second Dumbledore is what most people know him for today. He was great in so many roles, and obviously a real heavyweight of theatre (especially plays by Pinter). He was really memorable as one of the two main antagonists (the other was degenerate gambling addiction) in Michael Mann's Luck. RIP, Gambon. Was quite disappointed Luck got cancelled. Unfortunate there was no editing/other footage work-around for horse racing, to minimize animal injury and deaths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 A million points to Gryffindor *sniff* Deadlines? What Deadlines? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlines? What Deadlines? Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 He was brilliant as LBJ in Path to War. JGP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacuna Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman et al pulling a prank on Daniel Radcliffe on set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Nowhere else to put it. But they've made an arrest for the Tupac murder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Tim Wakefield. My pitcher of choice when MC and I would play MLB: The Show. Fuck cancer. https://www.espn.com/mlb/ Mr. X 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Dick Butkus died in his sleep over night, even Death was afraid to face him! By many accounts the most feared LB ever. He did some commercials and stuff so he does kind of belong here. Teng Ai Hui 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog-days Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 RIP Terence Davies. Didn't realise he was a Liverpool man till now. Tail end of the generation of actors, writers and artists who rose high from a working-class background. He wasn't young, but I hadn't expected him to go so soon. Saw Benediction (about Siegfried Sassoon) by him last year when it was in cinemas. Thought he might have one or two more films left in him. Sunset Song has been on my to-see list for a while. Will have to make time for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 On 10/5/2023 at 10:00 PM, dbunting said: Dick Butkus died in his sleep over night, even Death was afraid to face him! By many accounts the most feared LB ever. He did some commercials and stuff so he does kind of belong here. Well, since "Entertainment" on this site includes many threads about sports and athletics, he would belong here even if he had never done any acting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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