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Sundae 08-07-2009 06:08 AM
Just heard this on the news.
Damn.
RIP and all that, John Hughes. Too young to die.

He gave my my first female crushes (Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald).
I still say "vodka" the same way Sheedy did in The Breakfast Club.

Queen of the Ryche 08-07-2009 12:55 PM
Bueller? Bueller?

Defining moments of my teenage life, Mr. Hughes. Thank you.

/lawn. off. now.

TheMercenary 08-08-2009 06:37 AM
Heard in the news:

Quote:
Infomercial king Billy Mays' wife lashed out on Friday after Florida authorities released autopsy results showing cocaine helped kill him.

The medical examiner said Mays last used cocaine a few days before his June 28 death but wasn't high when he died in his sleep at his Tampa condo.

However, an autopsy found "cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of heart disease," the official cause of death.
Looks like his wife isn't to happy about it.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009...used_coke.html

richlevy 08-08-2009 07:40 AM
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However, an autopsy found "cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of heart disease," the official cause of death.
What bullshit. If it was an overdose or if he was high at the time of death, that's one thing. But trace amounts? Who cares?

What are they going to say when they do mine? "Traces of cheeseburgers were found in his system. Cheeseburger use caused or contributed to the development of heart disease".

There may be 'teachable moments' in celebrity deaths. But invading privacy in order to stretch the facts is wrong.

TheMercenary 08-08-2009 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by richlevy (Post 586731)
What are they going to say when they do mine? "Traces of cheeseburgers were found in his system. Cheeseburger use caused or contributed to the development of heart disease".
Absolutely. :)

Quote:
There may be 'teachable moments' in celebrity deaths. But invading privacy in order to stretch the facts is wrong.
Now, now. He is basically a de facto public figure. You know the rules of our media. Anything goes if you live in the eye of the public, and even if you don't.

plthijinx 08-08-2009 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by richlevy (Post 586731)
What bullshit. ..... But invading privacy in order to stretch the facts is wrong.
in this day and age people (errr news media) crave on anything bad in a persons life. then again, don't even get me started on the ffffmessed up judicial system......

dar512 08-13-2009 03:53 PM
Les Paul has passed. He was 94.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-dies/?apage=2

Shawnee123 08-13-2009 08:10 PM
RIP Mr Paul. You were an innovator.

(I hope dead people have internet access.)

I just grabbed this line and I like it:

Quote:
Known as "the Thomas Edison of the music industry"
From here.

Elspode 08-14-2009 07:58 AM
Bruce has put up a Les Paul thread in Entertainment featuring some of the man's inimitable quotes. I dropped my reminisce there as Les Paul indeed deserves his own thread. :-)

Shawnee123 08-14-2009 08:09 AM
I liked that post, Els. What a neat man he was, indeed.

hackhelios 08-26-2009 07:27 PM
Ted Kennedy--some of the tributes I saw today saddened me deeply.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/26/kennedy-tribute/

Shawnee123 08-27-2009 07:44 AM
Senator Kennedy was an advocate for higher education.

Quote:
Mr. Kennedy, who represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate for more than four decades, had a hand in the creation of nearly every major federal student-aid program, from Pell Grants in 1972 to the Academic Competitiveness and Smart Grants for high-achieving, low-income students in 2006. In the 1990s, he was a chief architect of the federal direct-loan program, in which the government lends money directly to students through their colleges, and one of its staunchest supporters in the Senate.
http://chronicle.com/article/Sen-Edw...ongtime/48175/

classicman 08-27-2009 08:16 AM
Not that I'd do it, but he really deserved a thread of his own. I'm a lot surprised someone didn't do it yesterday.

Shawnee123 08-27-2009 08:26 AM
I expected a lot of criticism and hateful words, so I didn't bring it up.

classicman 08-27-2009 09:08 AM
He was a champion for what he thought was right - for that, I respected him.


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