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DrumNFeather
01-11-2016, 06:22 AM
David Bowie, 69. Passes away from Cancer.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/entertainment/david-bowie-death/index.html

chrisrenrut
01-11-2016, 08:17 AM
David Bowie, 69. Passes away from Cancer.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/entertainment/david-bowie-death/index.html

https://twitter.com/rameswaram/status/685481836517130240

DrumNFeather
01-13-2016, 11:18 AM
Former NFL Running Back Lawrence Phillips, 40, found dead in Prison. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2016/01/13/lawrence-phillips-death-prison/78742058/

U-Ute
01-13-2016, 03:40 PM
Former NFL Running Back Lawrence Phillips, 40, found dead in Prison. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2016/01/13/lawrence-phillips-death-prison/78742058/

What a sad story he is.

DrumNFeather
01-14-2016, 06:44 AM
Actor Alan Rickman, 69 dies from cancer.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/14/463022272/actor-alan-rickman-has-died-portrayed-snape-in-harry-potter-films

LA Ute
01-14-2016, 09:42 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=82&v=NJk-yQadw_U

U-Ute
01-14-2016, 10:02 AM
Yippee-ki-yay....:cheers:

U-Ute
01-14-2016, 10:14 AM
Similar to the T-Rex caving in the sun roof in Jurassic Park, the look on Alan Rickman's face during Hans Gruber's death fall is actually real.

From http://sploid.gizmodo.com/alan-rickman-fell-for-real-in-die-hard-plus-six-other-f-1666327722


Little known fact about Alan Rickman in Die Hard: For his character’s death scene he agreed to fall onto an airbag 25 feet (7.62 meters) below on the count of three. Except the director and the stunt people thought they would get a better reaction if they dropped him on the count of “one.” They were right. His face is priceless.

DrumNFeather
01-19-2016, 07:43 AM
Glenn Frey, 67

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/18/entertainment/glenn-frey-obit-feat/

DrumNFeather
01-26-2016, 01:08 PM
Abe Vigoda, 94: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/abe-vigoda-sunken-eyed-character-actor-dead-94-36528884?nwltr=abcn_tco

I'll be honest, if you had asked me, I would've said he had already passed.

LA Ute
01-26-2016, 01:14 PM
Abe Vigoda, 94: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/abe-vigoda-sunken-eyed-character-actor-dead-94-36528884?nwltr=abcn_tco

I'll be honest, if you had asked me, I would've said he had already passed.

He did, out in that field in the "Godfather," when they left the gun and took the cannolis.

concerned
01-26-2016, 01:36 PM
He did, out in that field in the "Godfather," when they left the gun and took the cannolis.


Your knowledge of the Godfather is shameful. tessio was taken away at the end, because he sided with Barzini against Michael after Marlon Brando died. He tried to get off the hook for old times sake, but Robert Duvall couldnt do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d30Y0n1nDH4

The guy shot with the statue of liberty in the background when Clemenza said take the gun, leave the cannolis was the guy who set up Marlon Brando to get shot, and called in sick the day it happened. Sonny called him a putz.

LA Ute
01-26-2016, 01:45 PM
Your knowledge of the Godfather is shameful. tessio was taken away at the end, because he sided with Barzini against Michael after Marlon Brando died. He tried to get off the hook for old times sake, but Robert Duvall couldnt do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d30Y0n1nDH4

The guy shot with the statue of liberty in the background when Clemenza said take the gun, leave the cannolis was the guy who fingered Sonny in the toll booth and called in sick the day it happened. Sonny called him a putz.

I'm so ashamed.

concerned
01-26-2016, 01:46 PM
I'm so ashamed.
actually I got it wrong too. He set up Marlon brando to get shot, not Sonny. You cant be a true American if you dont know the Godfather by heart.

DrumNFeather
03-07-2016, 06:39 AM
Nancy Reagan, 94, passed away yesterday.

NorthwestUteFan
03-08-2016, 06:39 PM
I want get over how much Nancy Reagan looked like David Bowie in the video Sancho posted above.

DrumNFeather
03-22-2016, 09:18 AM
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, 46 (Cancer).

U-Ute
03-22-2016, 10:05 AM
Not particularly famous, but an interesting side note in history.

Bob Ebeling, 89.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/challenger-engineer-bob-ebeling-dies_us_56f09f3be4b09bf44a9e41f2

Interesting that he lived his life out in Brigham City. It sounds like he was able to come to terms with the disaster in the end.

NorthwestUteFan
03-22-2016, 10:09 AM
Bob Ebeling was an inspiration.

Sullyute
03-22-2016, 10:46 AM
Not particularly famous, but an interesting side note in history.

Bob Ebeling, 89.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/challenger-engineer-bob-ebeling-dies_us_56f09f3be4b09bf44a9e41f2

Interesting that he lived his life out in Brigham City. It sounds like he was able to come to terms with the disaster in the end.

I heard his january NPR interview and was in tears. I actually just used his story for a lesson on foregiveness that i taught last week in church. He seemed like a great individual.

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Diehard Ute
03-23-2016, 08:16 AM
Pfife Dawg, a member of legendary rap group A Tribe Called Quest dead at 45

http://youtu.be/lkZjEpb9n5w


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DrumNFeather
03-23-2016, 08:29 AM
Not gone yet, but NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager told by doctors he has 3-6 months.

U-Ute
03-23-2016, 08:50 AM
Not gone yet, but NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager told by doctors he has 3-6 months.

His fashion passed a long time ago though.

DrumNFeather
03-24-2016, 02:26 PM
Gary Shandling, 66.

LA Ute
03-25-2016, 02:19 PM
Ken Howard, 71.

http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/03/how_ken_howards_1970s_series_t.html




Ken Howard, the president of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, died Wednesday at 71 (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/24/arts/television/ken-howard-71-actor-and-sag-aftra-union-president-dies.html?_r=0).

Howard, widely beloved in Hollywood, was a busy, versatile, actor. He won a Tony Award in 1970 for "Child's Play." He was Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway musical "1776" and reprised the role for the movie version.

He played treacly corporate exec Hank Hooper on "30 Rock."

But the 6'6" actor will be remembered most of all as Ken Reeves in "The White Shadow," the CBS TV series that ran from 1978 to 1981. This is a good thing: the series was groundbreaking and funny and dramatic, and it showcased Howard at his best....

U-Ute
04-06-2016, 03:12 PM
This is both "In Memoriam" and "Bravo UofU!" worthy.

Robert Johnson 87. CS professor at the U, inventor of the check routing numbers.

http://www.sltrib.com/news/3747348-155/u-professor-helped-shape-computer-science

DrumNFeather
04-21-2016, 11:01 AM
Prince, 57.

Applejack
04-21-2016, 11:23 AM
Prince, 57.

Ah!!!! No!!!!! It's still just a rumor (TMZ confirms, but cmon, they've been wrong before). It can't be the end of His Royal Badness. :cry:

LA Ute
04-21-2016, 11:40 AM
Alas. It's true.

https://www.google.com/amp/abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/person-dead-princes-paisley-park-estate/story%3fid=38573810?client=safari#


"It's men in shorts." -- Rick Majerus

NorthwestUteFan
04-21-2016, 12:30 PM
So sad. An incredibly innovative and immensely talented musician. And one of the greatest guitar players of all time, despite not really being known as a guitar player first.

And apparently was a hell of a basketball player as well. (this is supposedly a true story, though humorously embellished by Dave Chappelle).

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Dwight Schr-Ute
04-21-2016, 01:00 PM
Wolf Blitzen fondly remembers the Prince classic Purple Haze.

http://gawker.com/wolf-blitzer-fondly-remembers-the-prince-classic-purpl-1772313930

In a long list of musician palmarés, my wife hung out with Prince in a small DC club when she lived there circa 2002. He even bought her a drink.


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Two Utes
04-21-2016, 01:59 PM
Wolf Blitzen fondly remembers the Prince classic Purple Haze.

http://gawker.com/wolf-blitzer-fondly-remembers-the-prince-classic-purpl-1772313930

In a long list of musician palmarés, my wife hung out with Prince in a small DC club when she lived there circa 2002. He even bought her a drink.


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Lots of old rock stars dying this year. Damn.

U-Ute
04-22-2016, 09:39 AM
Lots of old rock stars dying this year. Damn.

2016 brought to you by: George RR Martin

Diehard Ute
04-22-2016, 09:48 AM
Former WWE Wrestler, the "9th wonder of the world" Chyna also died yesterday


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U-Ute
04-22-2016, 09:59 AM
Former WWE Wrestler, the "9th wonder of the world" Chyna also died yesterday

Comment I heard yesterday:
The irony of Prince and Chyna passing on the same day? They are most masculine and feminine performers I've ever known.

DrumNFeather
06-07-2016, 05:31 AM
Kimbo Slice, 42.

DrumNFeather
08-10-2016, 09:39 AM
Long time ESPN journalist and host John Saunders passed away at 61. I record and watch the sports reporters every week. Big loss for the sports journalism community.

U-Ute
08-10-2016, 09:49 AM
Long time ESPN journalist and host John Saunders passed away at 61. I record and watch the sports reporters every week. Big loss for the sports journalism community.


Wow. I hadn't heard this. I didn't know he was ill.

A big loss indeed. :(

DrumNFeather
08-10-2016, 09:59 AM
Wow. I hadn't heard this. I didn't know he was ill.

A big loss indeed. :(

I'm not even sure he was. I wonder if it was a Denny Green heart attack situation. I think he hosted this past week...or the week before.

LA Ute
08-10-2016, 10:40 AM
I'm not even sure he was. I wonder if it was a Denny Green heart attack situation. I think he hosted this past week...or the week before.

Hannah Storm announcing it on the air:

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17263421&ex_cid=espnfb

It was cancer, reportedly.

NorthwestUteFan
08-10-2016, 10:45 AM
Didn't he just retire last week? That is sad. He was one of the best.

2016 sucks.

DrumNFeather
08-10-2016, 10:46 AM
Hannah Storm announcing it on the air:

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17263421&ex_cid=espnfb

It was cancer, reportedly.

That's crazy.

U-Ute
08-29-2016, 02:00 PM
Gene Wilder.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/gene-wilder-dead-dies-willie-wonka-young-frankenstein-1201846745/

U-Ute
08-30-2016, 01:44 PM
Dee Dowis. :(

He was fun to watch.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17422244/dee-dowis-former-air-force-falcons-qb-dies-two-car-accident-age-48

Diehard Ute
09-25-2016, 07:30 PM
Arnold Palmer, dies at 87.




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Scratch
09-25-2016, 07:47 PM
Jose Fernandez, dies at 24. Incredibly tragic.

U-Ute
09-26-2016, 09:13 AM
Arnold Palmer, dies at 87.




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I have a great Arnold Palmer story. Disclaimer: I did not see this first hand as it was before my time at the company, but I heard it from Lanny Nielson our golf pro.

Back in the day, I worked at a small, privately held video game company named Access Software. Our primary product was a game named Links. It was a PC golfing game and we were able to negotiate a promotional contract with Arnold Palmer to be on the cover of the game and in the game. To be in the video game, we had to do video captures of his various swings (his signature drive, fairway shots, bunker chips, putting, etc.) as well as record lines of vocal reactions to various types of shots, good and bad.

During the vocal recording we wanted to get an extremely negative vocal reaction. To get Arnold in the proper mind set, our audio guy suggests a reaction Arnold would give should he miss a 3' putt to win the Masters. He gets his mind ready, and we start recording, at which point Arnold launches into a profanity laced tirade. Needless to say his PR guy utterly panics and jumps in yelling "You can't use that!" Of course our game was targeted to a wide demographic, so we agreed that it wasn't really what we were looking for. So we ask him to tone it down a bit, something less intense. Take 2, and we get a less intense tirade, still laced with a few well placed expletives.

It took a few takes, but we finally got something we could work with.

Talking with people who actually worked in shooting and recording Arnold, he was nothing but a complete joy to work with. He apparently had quite the sense of humor.

LuckyUte
09-27-2016, 05:26 PM
I have a great Arnold Palmer story. Disclaimer: I did not see this first hand as it was before my time at the company, but I heard it from Lanny Nielson our golf pro.

Back in the day, I worked at a small, privately held video game company named Access Software. Our primary product was a game named Links. It was a PC golfing game and we were able to negotiate a promotional contract with Arnold Palmer to be on the cover of the game and in the game. To be in the video game, we had to do video captures of his various swings (his signature drive, fairway shots, bunker chips, putting, etc.) as well as record lines of vocal reactions to various types of shots, good and bad.

During the vocal recording we wanted to get an extremely negative vocal reaction. To get Arnold in the proper mind set, our audio guy suggests a reaction Arnold would give should he miss a 3' putt to win the Masters. He gets his mind ready, and we start recording, at which point Arnold launches into a profanity laced tirade. Needless to say his PR guy utterly panics and jumps in yelling "You can't use that!" Of course our game was targeted to a wide demographic, so we agreed that it wasn't really what we were looking for. So we ask him to tone it down a bit, something less intense. Take 2, and we get a less intense tirade, still laced with a few well placed expletives.

It took a few takes, but we finally got something we could work with.

Talking with people who actually worked in shooting and recording Arnold, he was nothing but a complete joy to work with. He apparently had quite the sense of humor.

I absolutely loved that game, I still have all the courses as files on my computer just in case one day the game becomes available again. I loved the build a course feature and loved playing all the famous courses. That Links game was simply the best golf game ever, period. Of all time. Period.

U-Ute
09-28-2016, 07:43 AM
I absolutely loved that game, I still have all the courses as files on my computer just in case one day the game becomes available again. I loved the build a course feature and loved playing all the famous courses. That Links game was simply the best golf game ever, period. Of all time. Period.

I think Take-2 (parent company to Rockstar of GTA) owns the rights now. I don't know if they'll do anything with it. I hope they do one day.

Did you ever play any of the Tex Murphy games? There was a Kickstarter to reboot that recently. I think they got their funding. I'll have to look.

sancho
11-10-2016, 07:07 PM
RIP, Leonard Cohen.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZI6EdnvH-8

DrumNFeather
12-15-2016, 02:05 PM
Alan Thicke, 69, died of a heart attack earlier this week, and Craig Sager, 65 died today from Cancer.