Celebrity RIP Thread

[Ray]

Daniel Gerson, screenwriter of Big Hero 6, dies at 49 of terminal brain cancer.

http://comicbook.com/2016/02/08/big-her ... ies-at-49/

[Nuclear Lunchbox]

Not a celebrity per se, but a rather important individual: Antonin Scalia dead at age 79.

[soul.assassin]

Not a celebrity per se, but a rather important individual: Antonin Scalia dead at age 79.

In any case, his death means an opportunity for some interested parties.

[Ray]

A Game of Thrones in the GOP.

Cue the music
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZUpUCvA_Tc

[Trajan]

Not a celebrity per se, but a rather important individual: Antonin Scalia dead at age 79.

I'm rather disgusted by all the people I see who are using his death as an excuse to A) make a political statement or B) dance on his grave. I don't agree with the man's politics at all, but it's pretty appalling to see people reacting to his death like its some sort of godsend. It just makes me lose even more faith in politics than I already had.

[Bagheera]

I'm rather disgusted by all the people I see who are using his death as an excuse to A) make a political statement or B) dance on his grave. I don't agree with the man's politics at all, but it's pretty appalling to see people reacting to his death like its some sort of godsend. It just makes me lose even more faith in politics than I already had.

You do realize just how big a deal this is though, right? I mean, this isn't just "somebody died." It's "one of the most important people in the free world died, and this could result a seismic shift in the whole of the U.S. judiciary, which will have profound effects on U.S. Constitutional law for generations to come." Getting excited about that might be tacky, but there's no getting around the fact that this is a very big deal, and for some it really is a godsend.

[Trajan]

I'm not disagreeing that it is a monumental event that alters the scope of the current election cycle, I'm talking about people taking perverse pleasure in the fact that Scalia died whilst joking that they want to desecrate his grave or toasting his death at dinner. That sort of reaction to someone's death just for having different political views than one's self just sort of epitomizes how hostile and strident our politics are becoming and why people like me stuck in the middle just want to crawl under a rock sometimes.

[Bagheera]

I'm not disagreeing that it is a monumental event that alters the scope of the current election cycle, I'm talking about people taking perverse pleasure in the fact that Scalia died whilst joking that they want to desecrate his grave or toasting his death at dinner. That sort of reaction to someone's death just for having different political views than one's self just sort of epitomizes how hostile and strident our politics are becoming and why people like me stuck in the middle just want to crawl under a rock sometimes.

I agree that reacting like that is awfully tacky, yes.

[::KL7::]

A few days late, but I just heard about this today.
Former UFC Champion, Kevin Randleman dead at age 44.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/K ... 78171.html

[Monk Ed]

Kevin Randleman -- performer of the Randleplex on Fedor Emelianenko?! (Clicking the link, I see... Yep. They even included the video of it. Fedor won that bout, by the way.)

[Ray]

Harper Lee author of "To Kill a Mockingbird", Dead at age 89.

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/0 ... t_breaking

[Mr. Tines]

Having just finished reading through last week's copy of The Economist, I've caught up with the fact that they've caught up with the fact that Marvin Minsky died 4 weeks ago.

[cyharding]

And we can add Umberto Eco to the list too.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35620368

[Bagheera]

Not even two months done and 2016 has already been a brutal year. What the hell, man???

[soul.assassin]

Damn. Gotta start stacking up B52 singles tomorrow. Back in the day set the party music with Love Shack and Roam. Rest in Peace.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2 ... way/.98874

[Ray]

Tony Burton, best known for Co-Starring alongside Stallone in Rocky. Dies at age 78.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35639248

[Tankred]

Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown, died 5 days ago, he was 97. Perhaps the most prolific test pilot in history. First pilot to take off and land on an aircraft carrier in a jet aircraft and who held the world record for carrier take offs and landings as well, few men live such lives.

The amount of aircraft this man piloted is quite large.

[thewayneiac]

George Kennedy has died at age 91.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/george-kennedy-oscar-winner-for-cool-hand-luke-dies-at-91-report/ar-BBqaBRc?li=BBnbfcL

[Sachi]

The creator of R2-D2 just died. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/movie-n ... yson-dead/

[soul.assassin]

The creator of R2-D2 just died. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/movie-n ... yson-dead/

I raise a pint to the man.