Celebrity Death Thread

[Coop]

so tedward has shuffled off this mortal coil....

no warm and fuzzy thoughts here....

btw for those trying to draw analogy between the late tedward and GWB...don't look now but troops are dying in Afghanistan under Obama...

[-Deborah-]

WTF is wrong with you people?

[Coop]

am I supposed to feel nostalgic about tedward?

[Topweasel]

WTF is wrong with you people?

Look there are some bad people in life, Ted was one of them. He got away with way to much because people still felt bad about his brothers. He may have changed his tune as he got older, but that doesn't excuse his actions when he was younger. Anyone trying to compare the life he brought to an end because of his nightclub life style to the collateral damage done in a period of war is despicable.

[-Deborah-]

am I supposed to feel nostalgic about tedward?

No you're (and everyone else) is supposed to put the political SHIT in the politics thread!

This happens every fucking time. One idiot has to make a political comment and then every other idiot has to respond.

Have some self-restraint or go to the politics thread.

[-Deborah-]

Look there are some bad people in life, Ted was one of them. He got away with way to much because people still felt bad about his brothers. He may have changed his tune as he got older, but that doesn't excuse his actions when he was younger. Anyone trying to compare the life's he brought to an end because of his nightclub life style to the collateral damage done in a period of war is despicable.

I don't even care what the nature of the opinion is...just that it's political and doesn't belong here.

[Newbomb Turk]

I will however, admit he had some hand in legislation that helped with funding college educations and in that regard, I have benefited greatly and am indebted for his work on that.

Mark, his helping 'fund' college is what has lead to 6%-10% increases in tuition per year....

everyone can afford to pay more for college because Uncle Ted is there with low cost money and 'grants' out of other people's pockets.

[LightninBoy]

I will however, admit he had some hand in legislation that helped with funding college educations and in that regard, I have benefited greatly and am indebted for his work on that.

"Indebted" being the key word, right? :-)

[-Deborah-]

Ok then back to being closed. Thanks, Tom.

[Malto Marko]

I think it is really outstanding that the Kennedy Family is taking turns to stay with him until he gets laid to rest.

I have already determined that when my Mom and Dad go, I will do the same.

[The Ken]

On the lighter side

Friends, colleagues gather at church for Kennedy's funeral

• <LI class=cnnhiliteheader>Story Highlights
• Top politicians, former presidents arrive for Mass for Sen. Edward Kennedy
• Yo-Yo Ma, Placido Domingo to perform at the church in Boston
• Kennedy will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery near brothers

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- A solemn funeral Mass to honor the life of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was being held Saturday morning at a Boston church packed with mourners.
His renowned family, fellow senators and former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, were attending the service at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Mission district.
President Obama is set to deliver the eulogy at the funeral.
The program will open with an undated quote from Kennedy: "For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make."
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican who is married to Kennedy's niece Maria Shriver, entered the church shortly before the funeral was scheduled to begin.
The actor Jack Nicholson was also present, as was civil rights leader Jesse Jackson.
Other mourners included Vice President Joe Biden and former Vice Presidents Al Gore and Dan Quayle, all veterans of the Senate, where Kennedy served for 47 years.
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was due to attend, while British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sent regrets.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, CIA chief Leon Panetta, and several Cabinet members also turned out to pay their respects.
Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, chatted with Sen. Chris Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, in the pews before the ceremony began.
Honorary pallbearers at the service include Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Democratic Sens. Dodd and John Kerry, of Massachusetts, and long-time Massachusetts congressman Ed Markey, also a Democrat.
Actual pallbearers will include Kennedy children, nieces and nephews, while Kennedy's son Ted and nephew Patrick are scheduled to deliver remembrances.
World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform two pieces during the service, being joined by the tenor Placido Domingo for one of them.
"America the Beautiful" is scheduled to be the recessional hymn, and Boston's archbishop, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, is to deliver the final commendation.
Kennedy will be buried Saturday evening at Arlington National Cemetery, outside Washington -- 95 feet south of the grave of his brother Sen. Robert Kennedy, which is in turn just steps away from brother John Kennedy's burial site.
Kennedy, the patriarch of America's leading Democratic family for more than 40 years, died at the age of 77 on Tuesday, 15 months after being diagnosed with brain cancer.

[Drew]

I think it is really outstanding that the Kennedy Family is taking turns to stay with him until he gets laid to rest.

I have already determined that when my Mom and Dad go, I will do the same.

Cool. Hopefully the Kennedy Family won't be busy.

[Panoptes]

Here...here

[SeattleLionsFan]

LOL Drew...

[NewOrleansLion]

A friend of mine pointed out the passing of a man named Norman Borlaug. I asked, "Who?" and he told me to Google him. If you've got a sec, Google Norman Borlaug. Being on your death bed in your nineties and knowing you've saved up to one million lives has to give some sort of comfort.