Celebrity Death Thread

[SeattleLionsFan]

8 cops, or half a dwt...

[dwt1]

no way was I going near that roidedout som-of-a-bitch

[-Deborah-]

If your crazy co-worker called to tell you he killed his wife, and you thought it was accurate enough to change his wikipedia entry, wouldn't you call the cops?

Um...the reports I heard did not say he called them and said they were dead. He called and said he wouldn't make his gig because his family was gravely ill from food poisoning. The fact that some intern there took that and said his wife was dead doesn't necessarily add up to something fishy. For someone who challenges others on jumping to conclusions all the times, you sure are jumping on this one.

[gjdodger]

I think what they said was the IP was registered to WWE. Couldn't it have been Benoit from his own home? By the way, Richard Afflis went on a similar rampage in Alex Karras' bar; one of the cops broke a wrist. Don't know if they had 'roids back then; the Bruiser was just kind of a berserker.

[gjdodger]

Ah. More.

Wikipedia user admits Benoit posting
By JASON BRONIS, Associated Press Writer 10 minutes ago


ATLANTA - Investigators had not yet discovered the bodies of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son when someone altered Benoit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death, authorities said.
An anonymous user with the same IP address as the person who made the edits confessed early Friday on an online discussion page attached to the Web site, saying the changes were based on rumors and speculation, not hard evidence.
The authenticity of the posting could not immediately be confirmed.
"I just can't believe what I wrote was actually the case, I've remained stunned and saddened over it," the user wrote.
According to Wikinews, an online news source connected to Wikipedia, the Internet protocol address of the individual is identical to that of the user who edited Benoit's profile early Monday morning. An IP address is a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the Internet.
Benoit's page on Wikipedia, a reference site that allows users to add and edit information, was updated at 12:01 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours before authorities say the bodies were found. The reason he missed a match Saturday night was "stemming from the death of his wife Nancy," it said.
Wikipedia confirmed the authenticity of the time stamp and said entry was made by someone using an IP address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling Entertainment is based. The anonymous user acknowledged being from Stamford, but claimed no connection to WWE.
Wikipedia referred all further questions to authorities investigating the deaths. Messages left for Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard were not immediately returned Friday.
Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies, before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said. No motive was offered for the killings.
Also Thursday, federal drug agents said they had raided the west Georgia office of a doctor who prescribed testosterone to Benoit.
The raid at Dr. Phil Astin's office in Carrollton began Wednesday night and concluded early Thursday, said agent Chuvalo Truesdell, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration. No arrests were made.
Hours before the raid, Astin told The Associated Press he had treated Benoit for low testosterone levels, which he said likely originated from previous steroid use.
Among other things, investigators were looking for Benoit's medical records to see whether he had been prescribed steroids and, if so, whether that prescription was appropriate, according to a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because records in the case remain sealed.
Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit, a longtime friend, in the past but would not say what, if any, medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office on June 22.
WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said that to his knowledge, no one at the WWE knew Nancy Benoit was dead before her body was found Monday afternoon. Text messages released by officials show that messages from Chris Benoit's cell phone were being sent to co-workers a few hours after the Wikipedia posting.
WWE employees are given WWE e-mail addresses, McDevitt said, though he did not know whether Chris Benoit had one.
"I have no idea who posted this," McDevitt said. "It's at least possible Chris may have sent some other text message to someone that we're unaware of. We don't know if he did. The phone is in the possession of authorities."
On Thursday afternoon, the Wikipedia page about Benoit carried a note stating that editing by unregistered or newly registered users was disabled until July 8 because of vandalism.

[YT]

This is fairly close to me, but with all the chaos going on with our upcoming move, I didn't even realize he, his wife and his son were dead until I read it here.

I also didn't realize that Rick Rude, Curt Henning, Davey Boy Smith or Brian Pillman had all died also.

Very, very sad!

[-Deborah-]

An anonymous user with the same IP address as the person who made the edits confessed early Friday on an online discussion page attached to the Web site, saying the changes were based on rumors and speculation, not hard evidence.

That's what I was figuring...

[SeattleLionsFan]

1st I've not concluded anything other than something doesn't add up. and it doesn't add up.

2d what was his rumor and speculation based on if not hard evidence?

3d It's a huge leap from "Kathy has food poisoning" to "Kathy is dead."

4th, it appears that it might have been a joke in very bad taste by someone at the WWE that knew of the problem. However, the WWE is denying that it was from anyone at the WWE.

5th, if it wasn't someone at WWE, how on earth did they know that Benoit's wife was sick, or did he just pull it out of his butt?

[dwt1]

1st I've not concluded anything other than something doesn't add up. and it doesn't add up.

2d what was his rumor and speculation based on if not hard evidence?

3d It's a huge leap from "Kathy has food poisoning" to "Kathy is dead."

4th, it appears that it might have been a joke in very bad taste by someone at the WWE that knew of the problem. However, the WWE is denying that it was from anyone at the WWE.

5th, if it wasn't someone at WWE, how on earth did they know that Benoit's wife was sick, or did he just pull it out of his butt?

Jdoggie works for WWE???

[LightninBoy]

Jdoggie works for WWE???

Nope, can't be jdoggie. The guy at WWE actually got it right.

[gjdodger]

Longtime ABC movie critic Joel Siegel has died at the age of 63, according to the network.
Siegel loved movies. Blockbusters, comedies, action, romance -- for more than 25 years, Siegel, an award-winning movie critic, gave ABC viewers his take on the best and worst of Hollywood.
He brought his passion about the silver screen to his movie reviews. It seemed to come naturally to Siegel.
In the '70s he became an entertainment critic, and in the '80s he joined the "Good Morning America" family as the entertainment editor.
Siegel fought a long, brave, and public battle with cancer. He reported on his illness.
"Another reason that I want people to know what I'm going through this is that you walk out any building in New York and there are five people smoking. And it drives me nuts. Why? My cancer is from a different source -- the treatment, the prognosis all exactly the same. And I've become a crusader," Siegel once said.
He testified before Congress on behalf of others with the disease.
In 1991, Siegel and actor Gene Wilder founded Gilda's Club -- a nonprofit organization that offers emotional and social support for cancer patients, their families and friends.
For his own son, Siegel authored a book in 2003, "Lessons to Dylan," reflections on life in case he didn't win his own fight with the disease.

[Daytona John]

Wonder when Paris Hilton is going to die? What a waste of humanity & time. Se's a real skank!

[Guise Marino]

Wonder when Paris Hilton is going to die? What a waste of humanity & time. Se's a real skank!

Please remember she was born only for breeding purposes. You don't have to be smart to do that.

[gjdodger]

I was just reading the background story about the Benoits on ESPN.com. Everybody's talking about how mysterious and inexplicable all of this is. I wonder if it all revolved around infidelity. He was her third husband, and in both cases, she just found someone else more interesting and told hubbies #1 and #2, see ya. That would be a lot more understandable than Benoit wigging out over the care of his child; nobody's proved any of these rumors about the boy being mentally or physically handicapped.

[DanO]

Why would he kill his son because his wife was a slut?

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