Deathlist 2014

[Rocket-Ron]

One year death of a salesman, the next death of a hoffman - Phillip Seymour Hoffman dead at 46: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626804579358943360702878

 

Anyone have him?

One day Capote

The next day caput. 

[Bert]

Shocking news, didn't expect him to die this early!

This is what happens when you dabble in drugs.

[Rincewind]

Not a;ways look at Keith Richards. Still going at nearly (over?) 70

[Bert]

Not a;ways look at Keith Richards. Still going at nearly (over?) 70

Ok not always but a hell of a lot of the time.

[Jordan]

This is what happens when you dabble in drugs.

There's a difference between "dabbling" and being and addict and/or dying from an overdose. That said, I'm not sure there are many people that "dabble" with using, say, heroin intravenously.

[Mike Oxlong]

Gutted. Great actor.

[Bert]

There's a difference between "dabbling" and being and addict and/or dying from an overdose. That said, I'm not sure there are many people that "dabble" with using, say, heroin intravenously.

You know what I meant.

Heard that he snorted Herion? Sad that he's died but no sympathy from me if it's through drug abuse.

[Alf Bentley]

This is what happens when you dabble in drugs.

 

You know what I meant.

Heard that he snorted Herion? Sad that he's died but no sympathy from me if it's through drug abuse.

 

I'm sure that my life is enriched by your thoughtful, self-effacing comments, Bert!

 

I often appreciate your well-judged comments about football, but these are among the most unpleasant contributions that I've ever seen on FoxesTalk - and I'm not easily offended.

 

Maybe you've had a bad day or something. If not, please contact your GP about acquiring a humanity transplant.

[Bert]

I'm sure that my life is enriched by your thoughtful, self-effacing comments, Bert!

I often appreciate your well-judged comments about football, but these are among the most unpleasant contributions that I've ever seen on FoxesTalk - and I'm not easily offended.

Maybe you've had a bad day or something. If not, please contact your GP about acquiring a humanity transplant.

If it's offended you then I apologise. Still doesn't change my stance on things.

[Alf Bentley]

If it's offended you then I apologise. Still doesn't change my stance on things.

 

No problem, Bert - and I apologise for the prissy, sarcastic tone of my previous comment (influenced by alcohol, ironically).

 

If your stance is: "don't abuse drugs", well, I agree, but I don't think that it's quite that simple. People end up abusing drugs for a wide range of different, often complex reasons, relating to addiction, psychology, personal problems/weaknesses etc.

 

Even if people's deaths are self-inflicted, don't you think that saying you have "no sympathy" is a bit harsh to them and those they leave behind? I'm probably a bit sensitive about this as just 2 weeks ago I was meeting the 23-year-old son of my best mate, who drank himself to death a year ago....

 

Anyway, sorry to put a damper on things. Let's get back to the black humour about death, the enemy that will beat us all in the end, however we live our lives! 

[Bert]

No problem, Bert - and I apologise for the prissy, sarcastic tone of my previous comment (influenced by alcohol, ironically).

If your stance is: "don't abuse drugs", well, I agree, but I don't think that it's quite that simple. People end up abusing drugs for a wide range of different, often complex reasons, relating to addiction, psychology, personal problems/weaknesses etc.

Even if people's deaths are self-inflicted, don't you think that saying you have "no sympathy" is a bit harsh to them and those they leave behind? I'm probably a bit sensitive about this as just 2 weeks ago I was meeting the 23-year-old son of my best mate, who drank himself to death a year ago....

Anyway, sorry to put a damper on things. Let's get back to the black humour about death, the enemy that will beat us all in the end, however we live our lives!

Don't get me wrong. It's horrible for those that have been left behind especially children. Of course I have sympathy on that part, maybe for the way he has died I have no sympathy for. I'm not completely soulless. I have absolutely no idea what the bloke had been through in life but you only get one shot at life and deaths like these seem such a waste, especially if the reports of him being so talented are true.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

You know what I meant.

Heard that he snorted Herion? Sad that he's died but no sympathy from me if it's through drug abuse.

This

[Jimothy]

Shirley Temple has kicked the bucket aged 85.

[MikeyT]

Actor Ralph Waite has died aged 85. 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/arts/television/ralph-waite-patriarch-in-tv-series-the-waltons-dies-at-85.html?_r=0

[Webbo]

Actor Ralph Waite has died aged 85. 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/arts/television/ralph-waite-patriarch-in-tv-series-the-waltons-dies-at-85.html?_r=0

One day it's goodnight Jim Bob

Next day it's goodnight Ralph.

[isaidno]

^{Stephen Hawking}

^{Tom Finney}

^{Jack Brabham}

^{Bernie Ecclestone}

^{Roy Walker}

^{Under 40}

^{Sarah Harding}

Point for me . Tom Finney has died

[cambridgefox]

My mrs just said to me" I've never heard of him have you?" " who?" I said." That footballer TIM Finney"

[Rincewind]

read the other day Tony Benn is very ill. So he is on his way out.

[rico]

Devo guitarist Bob Casale age 61

[Guest MattP]

read the other day Tony Benn is very ill. So he is on his way out.

Great shame. Don't agree on his politics but a real man of principle.

[pSinatra]

Great shame. Don't agree on his politics but a real man of principle.

 

Will be sad to see him go.  I actually agree with a lot of what he stands for, but as you say a great man of principle.

 

I was driving inbetween jobs in the summer last year & heard an interview on Radio 2's Jeremy Vine.  Not so much about his politics but more about his life in general & his love for his wife.  A fantastic interview, but you could tell he wasn't well.  I was about bawling by the time I turned up at my next job.

[Zingari]

My mrs just said to me" I've never heard of him have you?" " who?" I said." That footballer TIM Finney"

When my Mrs told me he'd died  , i thought she was talking about Albert Finney . I started rabbiting on about how good the film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" was.

[Alf Bentley]

When my Mrs told me he'd died  , i thought she was talking about Albert Finney . I started rabbiting on about how good the film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" was.

 

 

If Tony Benn does leave us, you'll have to tell your Mrs how sorry you are to hear about the bloke in the bowler hat and how you used to enjoy it when he had his fancy dress adventures and then, as if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared. She'll probably have you referred for dementia testing, but it'll be worth it for the laugh.

 

I just went to Tony Benn's official web site to see if there was any news, but it is unavailable as "it is being completely redesigned to add new content during 2005". I assume that Tony must have found something more interesting to do with his time!

 

His value has lain more in being a moral philosopher, rhetorician and orator than politician, I'd say. He probably lacked the pragmatism and sense of compromise to be a good politician (though he was quite moderate as a minister through to the 70s, I think, despite his stand on the peership). A magnificent orator who was a master at getting his point across clearly, even if he might have been too inflexible to ever be PM....though I'm sure someone will quote Attlee and Thatcher back at me as "conviction politicians". I hope he recovers and has a few more words to say....

[MikeyT]

Harold Ramis

 

One day Ghostbusting...now a ghost himself!

 

http://wgntv.com/2014/02/24/chicago-actor-harold-ramis-dies-at-69/

[MikeyT]

Guitarist Paco De Lucia has died. 

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-spain-delucia-idUSBREA1P0E720140226