Celebrity Death Thread

[Dr. Emmett.L.Brown]

It's terribly sad and seems like the most brilliant, creative people seem to suffer frequently from depression and addiction.

One of his movies that made the biggest impact on me personally was "What Dreams May Come." How that movie depicted suicide made a big impression on me. It's ironic or strange that he reportedly committed suicide, given that movie.

I ended up watching a few of his HBO specials last night....something about watching What dreams may come didn't feel right at the time...still a fantastic movie and will watch it again soon.

[guitarjack87]

I thought this quote from watchman really applied:

I heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed, life is harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in threatening world. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. The great clown Pagliacci is in town. Go see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears."But doctor" He says, "I am Pagliacci." Good joke. Everybody laughs. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.

I don't usually get upset over celebrity deaths, but Hook was the first movie I ever saw in theaters, and it has been one of my favorites ever since I was a child. I still keep a copy of it in my movie collection to this day, as others have come and gone.

[Tony G]

Investigators believe Williams, 63, used a belt to hang himself from a bedroom door sometime between late Sunday and when his personal assistant found him just before noon Monday, according to Marin County Assistant Deputy Chief Coroner Lt. Keith Boyd.
Boyd would not confirm or deny whether Williams left behind a letter, saying that investigators would discuss "the note or a note" later.
The coroner's investigation "revealed he had been seeking treatment for depression," Boyd told reporters.
"He has been battling severe depression of late," Williams' media representative, Mara Buxbaum, told CNN on Monday. "This is a tragic and sudden loss."
The autopsy completed Tuesday morning showed "no indication of a struggle or physical altercation," which was consistent with the death being a suicide, Boyd said.
The personal assistant found Williams "clothed in a seated position, unresponsive, and with a belt secured around his neck with the other end of the belt wedged between the closed closet door and door frame," he said.

[DanO]

"If you have children (that you love-hah), you have to see Robin Williams in "RV."
--------------------------------Completely forgot about that one. Very good movie. Choked me up a few times.

"One of his movies that made the biggest impact on me personally was "What Dreams May Come."
------------------------------------I haven't seen that one. I was at the library earlier and checked out the movies, Dead Poet's society, Hook, and Seize the Day. Almost checked out that one. Given the content of the movie I'm glad I didn't.

I have a friend with an interesting take on the suicide. We all know how quick witted he was and how unique his comedy and mind/thoughts were; My friend thinks his mind was constantly in this quick processing of information state and he couldn't make it stop. Interesting thought.

[DanO]

"I ended up watching a few of his HBO specials last night....something about watching What dreams may come didn't feel right at the time...still a fantastic movie and will watch it again soon."
-----------------------------------That's why I'm glad I didn't check that one out. I will also watch it soon.

[Deuce]

"If you have children (that you love-hah), you have to see Robin Williams in "RV."
--------------------------------Completely forgot about that one. Very good movie. Choked me up a few times.

"One of his movies that made the biggest impact on me personally was "What Dreams May Come."
------------------------------------I haven't seen that one. I was at the library earlier and checked out the movies, Dead Poet's society, Hook, and Seize the Day. Almost checked out that one. Given the content of the movie I'm glad I didn't.

I have a friend with an interesting take on the suicide. We all know how quick witted he was and how unique his comedy and mind/thoughts were; My friend thinks his mind was constantly in this quick processing of information state and he couldn't make it stop. Interesting thought.

Robin had stated that cocaine slowed him down, which is the most obvious sign of hyperactivity. Them drugs supposed to speed your ass up.

[DanO]

WoW!!!

[Dr. Emmett.L.Brown]

[I]That's why I'm glad I didn't check that one out. I will also watch it soon.

I don't know what kind of setup you have DanO but make sure you watch it on a nice TV & Blu ray...The visual effects are stunning

[DanO]

Thanks Dr. I have a nice TV but not blu ray.

[-Deborah-]

Actress Lauren Bacall dead at 89: Bogart Estate

Getty Images: Silver Screen Collection
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in 'The Big Sleep' from 1946.
32 min ago By Bill Trott of Reuters

(Reuters) - Lauren Bacall, the sultry actress with the heavy-lidded eyes and husky voice who captured Humphrey Bogart's heart both on and off the movie screen, died on Tuesday at the age of 89.

"With deep sorrow, yet with great gratitude for her amazing life, we confirm the passing of Lauren Bacall," the estate of the Bogart family said on a verified Twitter account.

Bacall was married to Bogart from 1945 until his death in 1957. They had two children.

Photos: Lauren Bacall, a life in pictures

The public knew her as Lauren, the screen name hung on her by director Howard Hawks, while friends used her given name, Betty. Bogart simply called her "Baby" in a love story that ended prematurely with his cancer death in 1957.

She was born Betty Joan Perske on Sept. 16, 1924, in New York City, the only child of immigrant parents. After her parents' divorce, she adopted a variation of her mother's maiden name, Bacal.

Bacall had set out to be a Broadway star. She played small roles on stage and modeled for Harper's Bazaar magazine, which published a photograph of her that was spotted by Hawks' wife.

Bacall was only 19 when Hawks cast her in her first movie, 1944's "To Have and Have Not," as an American girl who shows up at a seedy hotel in Martinique. She won a place in Hollywood history with her sexy query to Bogart, "You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together - and blow."

Bacall and Bogart were married the next year after he ended his turbulent third marriage to actress Mayo Methot. Bacall and Bogart went on to star together in "The Big Sleep" (1946), "Dark Passage" (1947) and "Key Largo" (1948).

She appeared in more than 30 other movies, including "Young Man With a Horn" (1950), "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953) and "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974).

Still, Bacall's movie career was rocky. In such films as "Confidential Agent" (1945) and "Bright Leaf" (1950), she essentially played the same role as in "To Have and Have Not."

A comic turn in "How to Marry a Millionaire" earned applause but few of her other films were memorable and she became the self-proclaimed "den mother" to her two children, Stephen, and Leslie, and a regular crowd of Bogart's drinking buddies.

Much of Bacall's allure came from what was known as "The Look," a sexy but soft glance. She explained it by saying: "I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of 'The Look.'"

After Bogart's death in 1957 at age 57, Bacall had a well-publicized affair with Frank Sinatra and a stormy eight-year marriage to actor Jason Robards that produced a son, Sam, who would become an actor.

Bacall worked occasionally in films in the 1960s and '70s, notably in "Harper" (1966) opposite Paul Newman, the all-star Agatha Christie hit "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) and "The Shootist" (1976), which was John Wayne's last film.

Her career revived in fits and starts through the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in her first Oscar nomination for her supporting role as Barbra Streisand's domineering mother in "The Mirror Has Two Faces." Bacall won the Golden Globe and several other honors for the role but the Oscar continued to elude her.

After her film career cooled, Bacall returned to the stage. She won best actress Tony Awards for "Applause" in 1970 and "Woman of the Year" in 1981. Over the years she had transformed her persona from a willowy temptress with a come-hither look to a shrewd and worldly woman.

Of her career and life, Bacall once said, "I traveled by roller coaster, a roller coaster on which the highs were as high as anyone could ever hope to go. And the lows! Oh, those lows were lower than anyone should ever have to go - 10 degrees below hell."

She published two volumes of memoirs, "Lauren Bacall by Myself" in 1979 and "By Myself and Then Some" in 1996.

In 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded her an honorary Oscar "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures."

(Reporting by Mary Milliken and Piya Sinha Roy; Writing by Bill Trott; Editing by Sandra Maler)

[Marko69]

RIP Lauren Bacall, although I feel bad because I actually thought she died years ago.


Didn't have much time yesterday so couldn't look at the Dr's "golf" RW youtube post.
I have just LMFAO!!! Never ever saw that before. His Scottish was brilliant. The first minute is just hilarious. It really is like that in places like Aberdeen, up North.

Was on an installation in Aberdeen many years ago and on the Friday we had two Aberdeen contractors in the house coring 5" holes through the granite for a boiler to be installed on the Monday. I will type a small section of a conversation between myself and the 2 guys.

1st guy: So, ye up, yon back doon ta bro efter this?
Me: (fucking stunned) Errrr, what was that mate?
1st guy: Efter this. ye up yon back doon yonder tae the bro?
Me: Errrrr, really sorry buddy, but....
1st guy: (clearly getting irritated) back tae yon bro man, efter this?
Me: (silence)
2nd guy: He's saying, are you off back down to Edinburgh after this?

Honest to God, that's a true story. And it happened in my own country.

[jaadam4]

It's terribly sad and seems like the most brilliant, creative people seem to suffer frequently from depression and addiction.

One of his movies that made the biggest impact on me personally was "What Dreams May Come." How that movie depicted suicide made a big impression on me. It's ironic or strange that he reportedly committed suicide, given that movie.

I'm going to have to watch that one again. The first time I watched it I thought it was a "funny adventure" type movie and boy was I surprised when I realized at how depressing it was.

[DanO]

"Didn't have much time yesterday so couldn't look at the Dr's "golf" RW youtube post.
I have just LMFAO!!! Never ever saw that before. His Scottish was brilliant. The first minute is just hilarious. It really is like that in places like Aberdeen, up North."
--------------------------------He was immensely talented. He could do all kinds of accents and voices.

"One of his movies that made the biggest impact on me personally was "What Dreams May Come." How that movie depicted suicide made a big impression on me. It's ironic or strange that he reportedly committed suicide, given that movie."
----------------------------------This movie is trending very highly right now.

[YT]

I have a friend with an interesting take on the suicide. We all know how quick witted he was and how unique his comedy and mind/thoughts were; My friend thinks his mind was constantly in this quick processing of information state and he couldn't make it stop. Interesting thought.

What your friend describes is a sign of ADHD, where your mind is constantly working & it never shuts down completely....even when alseep. Once Ben was diagnosed with it we started researching it and realized I was ADHD also.

Not sure if Robin was ADHD but his death is terribly sad.

After my Mom died in 93 I would get calls at all hours of the night from my Dad saying he had nothing left to live for & was going to commit suicide. He was also VERY drunk.

I finally went to counseling to help me deal with my grief & the pressure on me from my Dad. My shrink told me that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

[YT]

RIP Lauren Bacall.