Donald J Sobol, Author of the Encyclopedia Brown book series

Donald J Sobol, Author of the Encyclopedia Brown book series

 

I loved those books as a kid.

I loved those books as a kid.

 

Me too. Bummer.

Another fan of Encyclopedia Brown here. I checked out every single one I could get my hands on at the Library after my dad made me read one.

SNL writer, Tom Davis. Of Franken & Davis fame. 59.

 

 

 

 

George Jefferson

Sally Ride.

George Jefferson

Yeah, he's movin' on up.

They played The Jeffersons theme song at the game today. It felt ill-timed.

Former college basketball player and Bobby Knight choking victim Neil Reed, at only 36.

Edited July 30, 201213 yr by PlaySumFnJurny

Gore Vidal, 86

Marvin Hamlisch, who has died aged 68, composed the scores for dozens of films, among them The Sting, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Way We Were and Sophie’s Choice, as well as Broadway shows including A Chorus Line; he won three Oscars, four Emmys, a Tony and even a Pulitzer Prize (for the score of A Chorus Line).

Marvin Hamlisch, who has died aged 68, composed the scores for dozens of films, among them The Sting, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Way We Were and Sophie’s Choice, as well as Broadway shows including A Chorus Line; he won three Oscars, four Emmys, a Tony and even a Pulitzer Prize (for the score of A Chorus Line).

he was an EGOT-er

 

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony.

 

Not too shabby.

Ron Pallilo AKA Arnold Horshack.

Helen Gurley Brown

Tony Scott, director of Top Gun and Crimson Tide, jumps to death off LA bridge

Tony Scott, director of Top Gun and Crimson Tide, jumps to death off LA bridge

 

Gonna watch TRUE ROMANCE sometime this week. Underrated movie.

Gonna watch TRUE ROMANCE sometime this week. Underrated movie.

Apparently Scott had inoperable brain cancer.

Apparently Scott had inoperable brain cancer.

 

Yeah. The rotten part is that he had two sons (twins, 12 years old).

 

True Romance- outstanding, probably top 5, but definitely top 10 for me if I had to come up with a list. The Walken/Hopper scene is among my favorites in a movie. Every time I hear the name Floyd- which as a Sox fan is often- I think of Brad Pitt smoked out of his mind talking to James Gandolfini.

 

If I were him, I'd be pissed off that all of the obits mention Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop II before True Romance. I'd see what I could do about coming back and haunting whoever was responsible for writing it like that. And their family too.

 

Oh,

Edited August 20, 201213 yr by Swingandalongonetoleft

Phyllis Diller... She gone.

They really do come in threes. Just today: Tony Scott; Phyllis Diller; Todd Akin's Senate chances.

They really do come in threes. Just today: Tony Scott; Phyllis Diller; Todd Akin's Senate chances.

 

Michael Jackson, Ed McMahon, and Farrah Fawcett all died within a couple days of each other in June 2009, but then as a special one-time TV offer, Billy Mays threw in the 4th one for free.

Phyllis Diller... She gone.

She was 95 lived a long life...........RIP

They really do come in threes. Just today: Tony Scott; Phyllis Diller; Todd Akin's Senate chances.

 

*BADUM TISH*