Re: tOfficial 2020 Celebrity/Notable Deaths Thread

[kingstonlake]

The greatest adventure
Is what lies ahead
Today and tomorrow
Are yet to be said
The chances the changes
Are all yours to make
The mold of your life
Is in your hands to break

I watched that show hundreds of times and can probably recite most of it.

It's easy to grin
When your ship comes in
And you've got the stock market beat.
But the man worthwhile,
Is the man who can smile,
When his shorts are too tight in the seat.

Thanks judge.

[The Pantry]

The Wild Wild West was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Baa Baa Black Sheep, later on.

Robert Conrad

[kingstonlake]

The Wild Wild West was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Baa Baa Black Sheep, later on.

Robert Conrad

Shit I figured him for dead 20 years ago.

[The Pantry]

The Wild Wild West was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Baa Baa Black Sheep, later on.

Robert Conrad

Shit I figured him for dead 20 years ago.

Me too.

[DWags]

Wow, he was only 85. I know "only", but man, I thought he was long gone. Loved that show.

Who stared in Manix?

[Floyd Robertson]

Wow, he was only 85. I know "only", but man, I thought he was long gone. Loved that show.

Who stared in Manix?

Mike Connors was Mannix.

[kingstonlake]

So it was Father Time that knocked the ever ready off his shoulder?

[Floyd Robertson]

So it was Father Time that knocked the ever ready off his shoulder?

lol I'd completely forgotten about that commercial.

[kingstonlake]

So it was Father Time that knocked the ever ready off his shoulder?

lol I'd completely forgotten about that commercial.

[tGreenWay]

Wow, he was only 85. I know "only", but man, I thought he was long gone. Loved that show.

Who stared in Manix?

Mike Connors was Mannix.

I used to get all the actor names and their proper shows mixed up. Robert Conrad was WWW; William Conrad was Cannon; Bob Crane was Hogan; Mike Connors, Mannix.
It was all very confusing for a not too smart fat boy with a butch haircut from Williamston.

[Robert J Sakimano]

Pop Smoke died.

never heard of Pop Smoke, but you can't smoke and expect to live very long.

RIP, Pop Smoke.

[tGreenWay]

Pop Smoke died.

never heard of Pop Smoke, but you can't smoke and expect to live very long.

RIP, Pop Smoke.

Smoked.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-19/up-and-coming-rapper-pop-smoke-killed-in-hollywood-hills-home-by-masked-gunmen-police-say?_amp=true

[DWags]

I don't think they're "celebrities" unless like 3 or 4 of us have heard of them.
We need a ruling.

nonetheless RIP

[AvgMSUJoe]

I don't think they're "celebrities" unless like 3 or 4 of us have heard of them.
We need a ruling.

nonetheless RIP

Tru dat... We can probably watch "the dead show" on the local news and claim 2-3 of them are celebs too.

[Robert J Sakimano]

Pop Smoke died.

never heard of Pop Smoke, but you can't smoke and expect to live very long.

RIP, Pop Smoke.

Smoked.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-19/up-and-coming-rapper-pop-smoke-killed-in-hollywood-hills-home-by-masked-gunmen-police-say?_amp=true

straight up, yo.

[steveschneider]

Larry Tessler passed away. He invented the cut and paste feature. As a Swill tribute to him I've cut and pasted an article about his life here.

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Larry Tesler, the inventor of cut, copy and paste, has passed away at the age of 74. Tesler was a former Xerox researcher, who also went on to work in some of the other big tech companies, including Apple, Yahoo, Amazon.com to name a few.

Tesler was born in 1945, and studied at Stanford University in the 1960’s. He was also a research assistant at Stanford later on working in the field of “artificial intelligence, cognitive modeling, natural language representation and symbolic programming languages,” according to his LinkedIn page.

He is credited as the inventor of ‘modeless editing and cut, copy and paste’ while he was part of the research staff at Xerox. He also helped to invent the ability to type or paste, find & replace text into a form that can be edited before and after searching among other notable contributions.

Other contributions at Xerox included prototyping a page layout system similar to the later Pagemaker and hardware design of the first luggable computer called the Notetaker, according to Tesler’s official website.

Xerox’s official account also put out a tweet remembering Tesler. The tweet notes, “The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more was former Xerox researcher Larry Tesler. Your workday is easier thanks to his revolutionary ideas. Larry passed away Monday, so please join us in celebrating him.”

[MiamiSpartan]

RIP to Katherine Johnson, the remarkable NASA mathematician. Finally got her due recognition among the masses with the film Hidden Figures a few years ago.

https://www.nasa.gov/langley/katherine-johnson?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASA&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=82950859

[Floyd Robertson]

World's oldest living man held title for 13 straight days.

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[Robert J Sakimano]

World's oldest living man held title for 13 straight days.

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Chitetsu Watanabe - the oldest men alive.. then Chitetsu went on to be the oldest man dead.

[tGreenWay]

World's oldest living man held title for 13 straight days.

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Chitetsu Watanabe - the oldest men alive.. then Chitetsu went on to be the oldest man dead.

Yep, the guy had to know his time was due soon. Once you hold that title, you realize it won’t be for long.

[DWags]

Chitetsu Watanabe - the oldest men alive.. then Chitetsu went on to be the oldest man dead.

Yep, the guy had to know his time was due soon. Once you hold that title, you realize it won’t be for long.

.

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I’m old. Dude was nearly twice my age. Wow.

[Robert J Sakimano]

Yep, the guy had to know his time was due soon. Once you hold that title, you realize it won’t be for long.

.

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I’m old. Dude was nearly twice my age. Wow.

dude probably has kids in their 90's.

[Floyd Robertson]

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I’m old. Dude was nearly twice my age. Wow.

dude probably has kids in their 90's.

[Floyd Robertson]

I used to love his Dirk Pitt novels.

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[tGreenWay]

I used to love his Dirk Pitt novels.

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I wonder what treasures he lost in the ocean depths. RIP.

[DWags]

Blows me away. Heard the name immediately knew him, went to the google, never read one of his books or saw his movies. He was worth 120 million when he died, so they obviously were pretty damn popular

[DWags]

Trader Joe has made his last trade.

[Floyd Robertson]

A true titan of industry.

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[AvgMSUJoe]

So, billionaire titans of industry die at 84 too? Seems like there is a lesson in that. Like, after a certain point in your career... whats it all for? My grandpa died at 86, started every morning with a screwdriver, steak and eggs... fixed cars and bartered his way through life. Generally poor, but he had what he needed.

I'm being too introspective for tSwill today.

[Floyd Robertson]

So, billionaire titans of industry die at 84 too? Seems like there is a lesson in that. Like, after a certain point in your career... whats it all for? My grandpa died at 86, started every morning with a screwdriver, steak and eggs... fixed cars and bartered his way through life. Generally poor, but he had what he needed.

I'm being too introspective for tSwill today.

The lesson here is do whatever makes you happy. If striving to a be billionaire in this world makes you happy, then do that. If tinkering in your garage makes you happy, then do that. In the end, it's all happy trails anyway.

[MiamiSpartan]

RIP to the host of Inside the Actor's Studio, James Lipton.

[Rocinante]

RIP to the host of Inside the Actor's Studio, James Lipton.

I thought he was already dead. That’s generally what I think about old people though. I used to watch his show sometimes. It was occasionally good but usually excruciatingly self indulgent.

[Robert J Sakimano]

it's always sad when people you've never heard of dies.

[DWags]

So, billionaire titans of industry die at 84 too? Seems like there is a lesson in that. Like, after a certain point in your career... whats it all for? My grandpa died at 86, started every morning with a screwdriver, steak and eggs... fixed cars and bartered his way through life. Generally poor, but he had what he needed.

I'm being too introspective for tSwill today.

I’d have liked to have had a beer with your grandpa

[tGreenWay]

RIP to the host of Inside the Actor's Studio, James Lipton.

I thought he was already dead. That’s generally what I think about old people though. I used to watch his show sometimes. It was occasionally good but usually excruciatingly self indulgent.

Weird. That’s not usually something you see from actors and Hollywood types.

[AvgMSUJoe]

I’d have liked to have had a beer with your grandpa

Yeah you would have. He was a good guy. Would literally give you the shirt off your back. Owned a "garage" in Mt Clemens for while, but he kept doing work for free and couldn't pay rent.
Lived in St Clair Shores later in life, went out fishing with him in his boat. Ended up in a cove by the Ford estate (I guess?)... Dropped anchor and fiddled around, weren't catching shit of course. Then he said, yeah didn't think we would get anything, I only like anchoring here because sometimes you can see ladies flash their titties ....& Sure as shit, 15 min later, a boat like 20 -30 yards away, Some lady came out of the lower part topless. Gramps was like "Ahhhh... time to go."

[Floyd Robertson]

I’d have liked to have had a beer with your grandpa

Yeah you would have. He was a good guy. Would literally give you the shirt off your back. Owned a "garage" in Mt Clemens for while, but he kept doing work for free and couldn't pay rent.
Lived in St Clair Shores later in life, went out fishing with him in his boat. Ended up in a cove by the Ford estate (I guess?)... Dropped anchor and fiddled around, weren't catching shit of course. Then he said, yeah didn't think we would get anything, I only like anchoring here because sometimes you can see ladies flash their titties ....& Sure as shit, 15 min later, a boat like 20 -30 yards away, Some lady came out of the lower part topless. Gramps was like "Ahhhh... time to go."

[DWags]

I’d have liked to have had a beer with your grandpa

Yeah you would have. He was a good guy. Would literally give you the shirt off your back. Owned a "garage" in Mt Clemens for while, but he kept doing work for free and couldn't pay rent.
Lived in St Clair Shores later in life, went out fishing with him in his boat. Ended up in a cove by the Ford estate (I guess?)... Dropped anchor and fiddled around, weren't catching shit of course. Then he said, yeah didn't think we would get anything, I only like anchoring here because sometimes you can see ladies flash their titties ....& Sure as shit, 15 min later, a boat like 20 -30 yards away, Some lady came out of the lower part topless. Gramps was like "Ahhhh... time to go."

[tGreenWay]

I’d have liked to have had a beer with your grandpa

Yeah you would have. He was a good guy. Would literally give you the shirt off your back. Owned a "garage" in Mt Clemens for while, but he kept doing work for free and couldn't pay rent.
Lived in St Clair Shores later in life, went out fishing with him in his boat. Ended up in a cove by the Ford estate (I guess?)... Dropped anchor and fiddled around, weren't catching shit of course. Then he said, yeah didn't think we would get anything, I only like anchoring here because sometimes you can see ladies flash their titties ....& Sure as shit, 15 min later, a boat like 20 -30 yards away, Some lady came out of the lower part topless. Gramps was like "Ahhhh... time to go."

[Floyd Robertson]

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