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Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 4:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Last year when I went to the Red Cross Ball honoring Bill Clinton, I met Peter Boyle. I was surprised how thin a gaunt he looked then. He was a brilliant actor/comedian.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Ahmet Ertegun, Founder of Atlantic Records BBC

Mr Ertegun helped make Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin stars and signed the Rolling Stones in the early 70s.

He suffered a head injury when he fell at a Rolling Stones concert at New York's Beacon Theatre in October, and died after slipping into a coma.

He will be buried in his native Turkey, and a memorial service will be held in New York in the New Year, an Atlantic Records spokesman said.

Mr Ertegun, a jazz fanatic who came to the United States at the age of 11 when his father was named Turkish ambassador, founded Atlantic Records with Herb Abramson in 1947.

They quickly turned it into one of the leading independent jazz and rhythm and blues labels signing such names as Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington. [...]

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 12:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Yogi Bear Creator Joe Barbera Dies at 95

"Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95."


Please don't tell me you've never heard of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons. If you do, you're gonna make me feel really old. I grew up on these cartoons!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 8:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
He was smarter than your average barBERA.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Dang... his 'toons were such a part of my childhood, that I really feel my age today. They (HB) made quality stuff not the junk you see today.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Agreed, MB. Those were the days of "real" cartoons.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Jooj, the only 'toon on tv that I really like is King of the Hill. The rest leave me cold. And don't get me started on South Park. I know its not for kids. But... well... Feh!

Maris
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03-28-2002

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 6:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
TWENTYNINE PALMS, California (AP) -- Actor Mike Evans, best known as Lionel Jefferson in the TV sitcoms "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 57

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Oh no!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 7:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I just read he died from throat cancer.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
He was my favorite character:

lionel

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 7:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Oh how very sad. That guy used to crack me up.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That's sad. I used to enjoy his character and how he interacted with Archie. Very funny how he handled him.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Oh how sad...I thought he was great

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 10:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Sad and way too young, too..

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
very sad, he was my fav Lionel, the eps with him were always my favs.........I think the Willis have passed away, so we just have George, Louise and Flo left, right?

Jhonise
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07-10-2003

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jhonise a private message Print Post    
"Weezy" passed away in 2004.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
aahh yes now I remember that

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I just read that he also co-created and wrote for Good Times. I never knew that.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 12:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
Me either Mocha, I had no idea he was a writer for that show. Very talented guy.

Retired
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07-11-2001

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    


Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, December 22, 2006 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
:-(

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, December 25, 2006 - 12:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
James Brown passed away this morning.

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Monday, December 25, 2006 - 5:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
How sad,especially on Christmas. A great talent who really desrved the name 'hardest working manin show business'.

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Monday, December 25, 2006 - 8:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Soul 'Godfather' James Brown dies
Story Highlights
• James Brown dies after being hospitalized with pneumonia
• Agent says it is unclear what 73-year-old singer died of
• Groundbreaking hits include "I Feel Good," "Sex Machine"
• Death ends revolutionary career at forefront of funk and disco