Re: tOfficial 2022 Celebrity/Notable Deaths Thread

by **Floyd Robertson** Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:10 am

Frank Beckman 72 tOfficial 2022 Celebrity/Notable Deaths Thread - Page 3 3836498553

by **kingstonlake** Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:11 am

Frank Beckman has lost his signal.

by **Motown Spartan** Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:18 am

They stopped his life when they shouldn't have.

by **kingstonlake** Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:54 am

Motown Spartan wrote:They stopped his life when they shouldn't have.

I see what you did there.

by **DWags** Sun Feb 13, 2022 10:19 am

RIP. Hated him because he was a passionate announcer for UofM that carried the water constantly for that school. Wish we had people like that at MSU. We don't. Our announcers are horrible.

by **tGreenWay** Sun Feb 13, 2022 10:43 am

by **GRR Spartan** Sun Feb 13, 2022 12:39 pm

DWags wrote:RIP. Hated him because he was a passionate announcer for UofM that carried the water constantly for that school. Wish we had people like that at MSU. We don't. Our announcers are horrible.

I like Blaha calling football.

Disliked Beckman for years starting with the way he ran off Bob Reynolds when MSU was on WJR and was WJR Sports Director until Beckman replaced him. Got the skinny from Bob himself and later from Bob’s son Warren who was a fixture on TV8 in GR for 35 years.

I do think it’s sad Beckman spent so much time and so many weekends away from his family broadcasting then dies less than a year after retirement.

by **Jake from State Farm** Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:31 pm

RIP Ian MacDonald
Foreigner and King Crimson founder Ian MacDonald dies aged 75 after cancer battle

by AvgMSUJoe Sun Feb 13, 2022 4:34 pm

Am I the one to do it? I suppose I am...

Dude's as cold as ice.

by **Heat Miser** Sun Feb 13, 2022 4:48 pm

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Am I the one to do it? I suppose I am...

Dude's as cold as ice.

Feels like the first time for him.

by **The Pantry** Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:43 am

Producer, director Ivan Reitman.

by **tGreenWay** Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:51 pm

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Am I the one to do it? I suppose I am...

Dude's as cold as ice.

He sure as hell isn’t hot blooded anymore.

by **tGreenWay** Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:52 pm

The Pantry wrote:Producer, director Ivan Reitman.

He was a big talent. RIP.

by **MiamiSpartan** Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:57 pm

The Pantry wrote:Producer, director Ivan Reitman.

Venkman and the gang are going to have to bust him now.

by **Floyd Robertson** Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:01 pm

MiamiSpartan wrote:
The Pantry wrote:Producer, director Ivan Reitman.

Venkman and the gang are going to have to bust him now.

Good thing they have that 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance to transport Reitman to the morgue.

by **kingstonlake** Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:27 pm

Political satirist P.J. O’Rourke

by **The Pantry** Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:07 pm

Procol Harum Frontman Gary Brooker Dies of Cancer at 76: 'A Brightly Shining, Irreplaceable Light'

A Whiter Shade of Pale is classic. My personal favorite...

by **tGreenWay** Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:28 pm

Love Whiter Shade of Pale. Always have. RIP.

by AvgMSUJoe Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:39 pm

Mark Lanegan
Damn. Dude rocked.

by AvgMSUJoe Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:40 pm

Also on one of the best albums....(like ever)

by **Motown Spartan** Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:37 pm

Hot Lips Houlihan's lips no longer hot actually they're quite cold. RIP Sally Kellerman.

by gomersbro Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:56 am

Motown Spartan wrote:Hot Lips Houlihan's lips no longer hot actually they're quite cold. RIP Sally Kellerman.

Classic show whose themes are still unfortunately important today. Unbelievable she was 84.

by Rick Saunders Fri Feb 25, 2022 12:46 pm

gomersbro wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:Hot Lips Houlihan's lips no longer hot actually they're quite cold. RIP Sally Kellerman.

Classic show whose themes are still unfortunately important today. Unbelievable she was 84.

Goob, Goob, Goob.

That Hot Lips is still alive and also is 84.

But you are right about the show.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:22 pm

so there were two Hot Lips Houlihans?

(didn't watch the show).

by Rick Saunders Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:37 pm

Robert J Sakimano wrote:so there were two Hot Lips Houlihans?

(didn't watch the show).

Not only that... there was a Hawkeye that didn't whistle and a 4077 without a dentist. Also, they cut the Springsteen vocals out of the song. They cut the vocals when they shouldn't have!

by **Jake from State Farm** Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:53 pm

Robert J Sakimano wrote:so there were two Hot Lips Houlihans?

(didn't watch the show).

Sally Kellerman in the movie and Loretta Swit in the TV show.

by **tGreenWay** Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:41 pm

Jocularity!

by **The Pantry** Fri Feb 25, 2022 7:36 pm

tGreenWay wrote:Jocularity!

Absolutely stunned Bob never saw the TV show. Only person near our age has ever made that claim. Is Bob actually a millennial? He missed a lot of jocularity and seoulful episodes.

by **DWags** Sat Feb 26, 2022 12:00 am

Robert J Sakimano wrote:so there were two Hot Lips Houlihans?

(didn't watch the show).

I'm trying to recall. I watched the show, wasn't a regualr viewer, but I liked it. Was the right amount of underhanded political "fuck you" tuype stuff with pretty funny people. But I thik we're near the same generational t.v. watchers. I was a junior in college at MSU I think, maybe a sophomore or senior. I remember the campus coming to a stop for the last M.A.S.H. show ever. I mean nobody was walking around. But not to be outdone, I think the same damn thing happened with a general hospital episode when Luke and Laura got married. I watched the last half of the M.A.S.H episode. I missed the General Hospital episode.

Because I'm old and memory slips, this next part is probably bull shit, but I think the last MASH episode was like Super Bowl type ratings on t.v. with over 70% of America watching.

by **Heat Miser** Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:18 am

DWags wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:so there were two Hot Lips Houlihans?

(didn't watch the show).

I'm trying to recall. I watched the show, wasn't a regualr viewer, but I liked it. Was the right amount of underhanded political "fuck you" tuype stuff with pretty funny people. But I thik we're near the same generational t.v. watchers. I was a junior in college at MSU I think, maybe a sophomore or senior. I remember the campus coming to a stop for the last M.A.S.H. show ever. I mean nobody was walking around. But not to be outdone, I think the same damn thing happened with a general hospital episode when Luke and Laura got married. I watched the last half of the M.A.S.H episode. I missed the General Hospital episode.

Because I'm old and memory slips, this next part is probably bull shit, but I think the last MASH episode was like Super Bowl type ratings on t.v. with over 70% of America watching.

People tend to forget how bad war is. Shows like MASH/Apocalypse Now/Platoon/etc. should be required viewing for young people.

by **Trapper Gus** Sat Feb 26, 2022 8:00 am

Heat Miser wrote:
DWags wrote:

I'm trying to recall. I watched the show, wasn't a regualr viewer, but I liked it. Was the right amount of underhanded political "fuck you" tuype stuff with pretty funny people. But I thik we're near the same generational t.v. watchers. I was a junior in college at MSU I think, maybe a sophomore or senior. I remember the campus coming to a stop for the last M.A.S.H. show ever. I mean nobody was walking around. But not to be outdone, I think the same damn thing happened with a general hospital episode when Luke and Laura got married. I watched the last half of the M.A.S.H episode. I missed the General Hospital episode.

Because I'm old and memory slips, this next part is probably bull shit, but I think the last MASH episode was like Super Bowl type ratings on t.v. with over 70% of America watching.

People tend to forget how bad war is. Shows like MASH/Apocalypse Now/Platoon/etc. should be required viewing for young people.

The D-Day landing sequence until the blockhouse is taken in Saving Private Ryan ...

by **duffy munn** Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:27 am

RIP to Spartan legend Eric O. Longtime PA at Jenison and the Brez has passed at 91

by **kingstonlake** Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:37 am

by **Floyd Robertson** Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:29 am

duffy munn wrote:RIP to Spartan legend Eric O. Longtime PA at Jenison and the Brez has passed at 91

Spartan Stadium, too.

The clock is correct and official.

by **DWags** Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:40 am

Damn, with each death you feel your own mortality a bit more. This one especially. RIP

by **duffy munn** Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:45 am

Floyd Robertson wrote:
duffy munn wrote:RIP to Spartan legend Eric O. Longtime PA at Jenison and the Brez has passed at 91

Spartan Stadium, too.

The clock is correct and official.

Heeeeeeee gets the bonus!!

by **Robert J Sakimano** Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:22 am

DWags wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:so there were two Hot Lips Houlihans?

(didn't watch the show).

I'm trying to recall. I watched the show, wasn't a regualr viewer, but I liked it. Was the right amount of underhanded political "fuck you" tuype stuff with pretty funny people. But I thik we're near the same generational t.v. watchers. I was a junior in college at MSU I think, maybe a sophomore or senior. I remember the campus coming to a stop for the last M.A.S.H. show ever. I mean nobody was walking around. But not to be outdone, I think the same damn thing happened with a general hospital episode when Luke and Laura got married. I watched the last half of the M.A.S.H episode. I missed the General Hospital episode.

Because I'm old and memory slips, this next part is probably bull shit, but I think the last MASH episode was like Super Bowl type ratings on t.v. with over 70% of America watching.

oh, I know it's one of the classic shows and that it's finale is one of the highest rated broadcast of all time. Not sure why I never watched it.. there are probably a lot of things I've never watched.

I do remember it for it's theme song. One of the classics.

by **tGreenWay** Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:47 am

The Pantry wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:Jocularity!
Absolutely stunned Bob never saw the TV show. Only person near our age has ever made that claim. Is Bob actually a millennial? He missed a lot of jocularity and seoulful episodes.

Bob is just very good at tuning out our religious leaders.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:27 am

tGreenWay wrote:
The Pantry wrote:
Absolutely stunned Bob never saw the TV show. Only person near our age has ever made that claim. Is Bob actually a millennial? He missed a lot of jocularity and seoulful episodes.

Bob is just very good at tuning out our religious leaders.

currently listening to a live version of "Rosalita".. I'd hardly call that "tuning out our religious leaders".

by **tGreenWay** Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:53 pm

duffy munn wrote:RIP to Spartan legend Eric O. Longtime PA at Jenison and the Brez has passed at 91

It was before my time, but back in the 50s/60s, Erik O was a huge radio personality in Lansing. (I don’t know the exact timeline.) He and WILS would hold city-wide dances at places like the old Civic Center and that joint was hopping. It’s hard to realize it now because 1) It’s terrestrial radio, and 2) Lansing is a small market. But it makes sense in context. This was pre-FM radio when there were only a few stations locally, and rock music was still in its infancy—still a novelty. Locals loved Erik O. His name is mentioned fairly often on the Historical Society of Greater Lansing Facebook page.
RIP to a local legend and condolences to his daughter Kristen and the rest his family.

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