Celebrity Death Thread

[Newbomb Turk]

NBT, what a cop out, your not responding to this after your assertions about an agenda:

http://www.detroitlionsforum.com/for...&postcount=343

sorry, for me the topic changed..... but if you need to know, not everyone on the right liked Falwell, either....and I stand by what I said about headline writers having an agenda.....

[SeattleLionsFan]

Alright, It's Drudge and Fox that wanted to see him dead then. That's not surprising though. They seem like big enough shitbag's to want to see someone dead.

CNN and MSNBC however have a lot of class. I'm glad that you recognize that.

[Newbomb Turk]

yeah, CNN did use the word 'loathed' first.........

[SeattleLionsFan]

Loathed by liberals.

I don't remember Gonz complaining about the use of the word loathe...

[Newbomb Turk]

yeah, no agenda there........ get the liberal view out to keep the scorecard clear........

[SeattleLionsFan]

It's more a reflection of crappy liberals than a reflection on him.

[gjdodger]

LOS ANGELES - Charles Nelson Reilly, the Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the "Tonight Show" and various game shows, has died. He was 76.
Reilly died Friday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, his partner, Patrick Hughes, told the New York Times.
Reilly began his career in New York City, taking acting classes at a studio with Steve McQueen, Geraldine Page and Hal Holbrook. In 1962, he appeared on Broadway as Bud Frump in the original Broadway production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." The role won Reilly a Tony Award.
He was nominated for a Tony again for playing Cornelius in "Hello, Dolly!" In 1997 he received another nomination for directing Julie Harris and Charles Durning in a revival of "The Gin Game."
After moving to Hollywood in 1960s he appeared as the nervous Claymore Gregg on TV's "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and as a featured guest on "The Dean Martin Show."
He gained fame by becoming what he described as a "game show fixture" in the 1970s and 80s. He was a regular on programs like "Match Game" and "Hollywood Squares," often wearing giant glasses and colorful suits with ascots.
His larger-than-life persona and affinity for double-entendres also landed him on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson more than 95 times.
Reilly ruefully admitted his wild game show appearances adversely affected his acting career. "You can't do anything else once you do game shows," he told The Advocate, the national gay magazine, in 2001. "You have no career."
His final work was an autobiographical one-man show, "Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly," about his family life growing up in the Bronx. The title grew out of the fact that when he would act out as a child, his mother would often admonish him to "save it for the stage."
The stage show was made into the 2006 feature film called "The Life of Reilly."
Reilly's openly gay television persona was ahead of its time, and sometimes stood in his way. He recalled a network executive telling him "they don't let queers on television."
Hughes, his only immediate survivor, said Reilly had been ill for more than a year.
No memorial plans had been announced.

[Drew]

I got a kick out of CNR. I remember him first as the scared dude on TGAMM some 40 years ago.

[Chuck Cunningham]

After moving to Hollywood in 1960s he appeared as the nervous Claymore Gregg on TV's "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"

Very underrated TV show, tough to find!

[Dan V]

Chuck was my fav on Match Game. Funny dude

[Newbomb Turk]

He was Gay ???? He seemed like such a ladies man..............

god speed Charles........

[Daytona John]

He was Gay ???? He seemed like such a ladies man..............

god speed Charles........

A "Ladies Man"? Are you kidding-that guy was butt ugly-but funnier than hell. RIP

[DanO]

Yes I think he was kidding DJ.

GO LIONS "07" !!!!!!!

[Panoptes]

CNR's best gig was as Hoo Doo on Sid & Marty Krofts kids TV show (and adult acid test) called Lidsville.

[Chuck Cunningham]

Gonz, that is funny I was going to bring up whether anyone actually remembers that program. "Hows that for a topper". It was basically a different version of Puffnstuff.