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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 1:07 pm
http://www.popeater.com/2009/12/20/brittany-murphy-dead/ ?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl1|link4|http%3A%2F %2Fwww.popeater.com%2F2009%2F12%2F20%2 Fbrittany-murphy-dead%2F Interesting Letterman appearance, I guess..
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 1:16 pm
I saw her and her husband at an airport not too long ago. Neither of them looked very good. Very sad.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 7:59 pm
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.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 10:36 pm
Just wondering, what are "blind vices"? It's a term I haven't heard before. Thanks.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, December 21, 2009 - 12:13 am
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.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, December 21, 2009 - 7:01 am
What a sad shame in any case. She was a beautiful and talented actress.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 21, 2009 - 1:29 pm
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.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 9:41 am
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.
Kim Peek
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 11:35 am
That's sad. I do remember the film, and I believe I saw him in an interview or documentary.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 11:46 am
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
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 9:22 pm
Arnold Stang, nerdy character actor, died of pneumonia on Sunday at age 91.

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 7:37 am
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
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 9:51 am
I used to confuse him with Wally Cox. I think we have lost Wally Cox too.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 12:45 pm
Wally Cox died young in 1973 at age 49. He would be 86 now.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 3:46 pm
Wow 1973 for Wally Cox! Thanks OG
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 7:13 am
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
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 2:25 pm
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
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 4:20 pm
Gumby creator Art Clokey dead at 88. Article
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Gumby
Member
08-14-2004
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 6:45 pm
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.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 3:07 pm
awwww I loved Gumby as a child.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 6:08 pm
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.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 7:42 pm
Miep Gies, protector of Anne Frank, died at 100. Link
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 7:45 pm
She was a wonderful woman. I'm happy she got to live a long life.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 6:06 am
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
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 11:22 am
Sad but grateful for wonderful, selfless, heroic people like her. I hope her life was a happy one.
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