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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
http://www.popeater.com/2009/12/20/brittany-murphy-dead/
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Interesting Letterman appearance, I guess..

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 1:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
I saw her and her husband at an airport not too long ago. Neither of them looked very good. Very sad.

Holly
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07-22-2001

Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
She's been mentioned on several blind vices in recent months as heading for disaster. Apparently the drug use of both her and husband was registering way high on the danger scale. It's a real shame--she seemed like a sweetheart.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 10:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Just wondering, what are "blind vices"? It's a term I haven't heard before. Thanks.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 12:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
There are websites that post gossip on more salacious stories about celebrities (drugs, sleeping around etc.) without revealing the celebrities' names. In a lot of them they give hints that make it possible to work out, or you find out later from other stories that do come to light who the celebrities are. There have been extreme stories about Brittany's drug use for a few years now.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 7:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
What a sad shame in any case. She was a beautiful and talented actress.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I didn't know much about Brittany but some odd things that I've now read..

I gather she was actually fired from a movie due to obnoxious behavior on set by her husband.. as in he was inebriated and she defended him.

Her father, who hadn't been in her life for a few years but said nice things about her was involved in mob activities.

Her mother said, after the death, that she was a diabetic. Now if her diabetes was hard to control or not being managed, that could have contributed to some of the reported strange behavior and maybe to the talked about extremely thin condition of her body.

Really a shame.

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
Kim Peek (11 November 1951 – 19 December 2009)

He was the inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman, in the movie Rain Man. He was not autistic and likely had FG syndrome.
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Kim Peek

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
:-( That's sad. I do remember the film, and I believe I saw him in an interview or documentary.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Here is a Youtube interview with Kim Peek, and there are lots of things bout him on the page to look at.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6dbOI0HHFg

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Arnold Stang, nerdy character actor, died of pneumonia on Sunday at age 91.

Stang2

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I am glad to see Arnold lived a long life. What a wonderful character actor he was! He was just the sort that filled a very precise spot in movies. He could very well play Sheldon on Big Bang Theory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Stang

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I used to confuse him with Wally Cox. I think we have lost Wally Cox too.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Wally Cox died young in 1973 at age 49. He would be 86 now.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 3:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Wow 1973 for Wally Cox! Thanks OG

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 7:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Johnson & Johnson heiress and daughter of the owner of the New York Jets, Casey Johnson, has died at the age of 30. She had been spinning out of control for some time with issues apparently related to drug abuse, and may have been dead for several days when found.

Casey Johnson

link is to NY Times

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Here is an article on Casey Johnson from Vanity Fair 3 years ago - it was what first drew my attention to her, although I was very familiar with the Johnson vs. Johnson divorce war:

Casey Johnson and Family

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 4:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Gumby creator Art Clokey dead at 88.

Article

Gumby
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08-14-2004

Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gumby a private message Print Post    
That makes me very sad Who. I (obviously) love Gumby and even named my two beagles Gumby and Pokey. I have a huge collection of Gumby figures. They bring back such wonderful childhood memories for me. Thanks for sharing this, I hadn't heard about it.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, January 11, 2010 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
awwww I loved Gumby as a child.

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Monday, January 11, 2010 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
I still have my Gumby and Pokey from the 60s. I never knew he created him after his father's profile.

And I loved Eddie Murphy's Gumby, dammit.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, January 11, 2010 - 7:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Miep Gies, protector of Anne Frank, died at 100. Link

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, January 11, 2010 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
She was a wonderful woman. I'm happy she got to live a long life.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 6:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I'm sad to hear Miep died. She was truly a hero, although she didn't want anyone to think of her that way.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hMx8Agi47g9fpl8ki-4_Z5UDpFUA

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
:-( Sad but grateful for wonderful, selfless, heroic people like her. I hope her life was a happy one.