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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #180 on: August 20, 2017, 02:15:13 PM »
Getting this topic back on course ....

Another comedy legend passes away today as Jerry Lewis dies at the age of 91.
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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #181 on: August 20, 2017, 03:14:13 PM »
Now this is what the other moderators mean by posting just to post. You know there's another thread about the topic which you posted on several days ago, so why are you adding on here? Large post counts don't mean jack unless there's quality with the posts.

I get that there is a tribute thread for him, but how can you not list Bruce on this too?
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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #182 on: August 20, 2017, 03:20:03 PM »
Because you don't need to post the same thing in multiple places. This is posting just to post. We've told you twice now not to do this...and you just did it again.

Consider this your final warning.
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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #183 on: August 20, 2017, 03:53:18 PM »
Because you don't need to post the same thing in multiple places. This is posting just to post. We've told you twice now not to do this...and you just did it again.

Consider this your final warning.

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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #184 on: August 20, 2017, 06:42:01 PM »
Getting this topic back on course ....

Another comedy legend passes away today as Jerry Lewis dies at the age of 91.

Whoa, Rest in Peace Jerry. From you movies to your Labor Day Telethons you will be greatly missed.
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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #185 on: August 20, 2017, 07:57:52 PM »
Whoa, Rest in Peace Jerry. From you movies to your Labor Day Telethons you will be greatly missed.

Don't forget the numerous TV appearances he's made over the years.
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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #186 on: August 21, 2017, 12:28:46 AM »
Another comedy legend passes away today as Jerry Lewis dies at the age of 91.

No doubt his comedic talent and his association with MDA through his telethon are definitely the ones we'll remember him by. RIP Jerry Lewis.  :cry:

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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #187 on: August 21, 2017, 01:26:52 PM »
I...wasn't giving 2016 a bad rap. I just simply noted, if vaguely, that there was a seemingly large number of celebrity deaths than usual and that it's a trend I hope doesn't continue into this year.

At least for me personally, 2016 was a phenomenal year.

I totally see where you're coming from, PayingTheRent. All the famous deaths we had last year were even crazier than Summer 2009. That unfortunate period has since been called the "Summer of Death." 2016 was the "Year of Death" in my opinion. We're halfway through 2017, and it's not as bad as last year.
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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #188 on: August 24, 2017, 03:23:08 PM »
Jay Thomas of Murphy Brown, Cheers, Mork and Mindy, Love & War, and various other shows. (1948-2017)

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« Reply #189 on: August 25, 2017, 12:50:58 AM »
Jay Thomas of Murphy Brown, Cheers, Mork and Mindy, Love & War, and various other shows. (1948-2017)

RIP Jay Thomas.  :cry:

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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #190 on: August 27, 2017, 10:47:36 AM »
CBS radio reports that movie director Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist) has died at age 74.
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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #191 on: September 01, 2017, 11:31:42 AM »
Coach Rollie Massimino, best known for leading Villanova to its first basketball championship in 1985, lost a long battle with cancer; he was 82: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/sports/ncaabasketball/villanova-coach-rollie-massimino-dead.html?mcubz=0

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« Reply #192 on: September 02, 2017, 09:52:48 AM »
Comedian Shelley Berman, age 92, after a bout with Alzheimer's.
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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #193 on: September 03, 2017, 05:50:33 PM »
Walter Becker, founding member of Steely Dan, has passed at age 67. :(

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/walter-becker-steely-dan-co-founder-dead-at-67-w500956

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Re: 2017 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #194 on: September 09, 2017, 01:09:17 PM »
Two stars of the country music world passed away yesterday.

Don Williams (age 78)
Troy Gentry of the duo Montgomery Gentry (age 50)