Celebrity Death Thread

[nhwbrooklyn]

This is belated, as he died almost a month ago, but Andy Whitfield the guy who played Spartacus on the starz show of the same name died on sept. 11.

I'm a big fan of the show and had to feel bad for the guy and his family.....struggled as an actor for years and finally Makes it as the star of a well received TV show, and then was diagnosed with NH lymphoma right after the 1st season. He was 39.

Sad story there.

[Chuck Cunningham]

We missed this one, "The Marble Rye" lady, Frances Bay on Seinfeld died.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/seinfeld-actress-frances-bay-dies-236560

[FVD]

Mike Heimerdinger, former offensive coordinator for the Titans, Jets and Broncos died Friday night. RIP Dinger.

[bimmer84]

We missed this one, "The Marble Rye" lady, Frances Bay on Seinfeld died.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...ay-dies-236560

She started acting when she was 60. Wow. It is never too late for some careers is it? Good thing she didn't want to be a pole vaulter. Nice find Chuck.

[Tony G]

Ex-Cowboy, author Peter Gent dies

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Associated Press

BANGOR, Mich. -- Former NFL player Peter Gent, whose book about the seamier side of football was made into the movie, "North Dallas Forty," has died in his native Michigan. He was 69.
Gent had been ailing for months and died Friday from a pulmonary illness at his boyhood home in Bangor in western Michigan, where he had lived since 1990, his son, Carter Gent, said Saturday.
Gent was a star basketball player at Michigan State University in the 1960s. He didn't play college football but got an NFL tryout with the Dallas Cowboys in 1964 and played five seasons with the team.
His 1973 novel "North Dallas Forty" dealt with drugs, sex, greed and self-preservation in pro football. It was made into a movie six years later, starring Nick Nolte as an aging player and Mac Davis as a quarterback. Gent wrote a sequel, "North Dallas After Forty," as well as other books, including a memoir about coaching his son's baseball team, "The Last Magic Summer: A Season With My Son."
Gent was drafted by the NBA's Baltimore Bullets after averaging 21 points a game in his final season at Michigan State. Instead, he headed to Dallas to try his hand at football.
"He had heard you'd get $500 just for showing up," said Carter Gent, 35, of Kalamazoo. "The wide receivers coach liked him. He was long and lean and had good hands."
Carter Gent said his father seemed pleased with how the movie "North Dallas Forty" turned out but he usually didn't watch it years later.
"He was just a brilliant guy who had a lot of other interests. He read a lot and loved history," Carter Gent said. "Watching sports didn't do much for him."
Gent, who was divorced, also is survived by a daughter, Holly Gent Palmo of Austin, Texas; a brother, Jamie Gent; and four grandchildren.

[DanO]

Trifecta RIP.

GO LIONS "11" !

[crafty]

Apple's Steve Jobs has died.

[LionsFanInJapan]

Wow, RIP Steve Jobs.

[Tony G]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/us/obit-steve-jobs/index.html?iref=BN1&hpt=hp_t1

wow!

[Islair]

RIP Mr. Jobs

[SeattleLionsFan]

Holy cow. He did wait til the last minute to step down.

[-Oz-]

RIP Steve Jobs.

[Tony G]

thanks for the ipod

[Malto Marko]

Wish I could afford his toys. Kids managed to get their share of them though.

RIP, Steve. You truly were visionary.

[-Deborah-]

:( I have a love/hate relationship with Apple, but I can't deny the innovation they put forth. Sad news.