Celebrity Death Thread 2012

[Rulke]

Bob Anderson? awwww He was a legend in swordplay/fighting choreography too

[psychodwarf]

Please let it be Casey Anthony. Someone will find that bitch.

[Cail]

ATLANTA (AP) — Turner Sports says longtime broadcaster Jim Huber has died. He was 67.

The cable network says Huber died Monday in Atlanta. A cause of death was not immediately released.

A statement from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., said Huber was an Emmy Award-winning essayist who joined Turner Sports full-time in 2000 and was an announcer for professional golf matches and NBA games.

He previously served as an anchor and reporter for CNN/Sports Illustrated and hosted CNN's Pro Golf Weekly and Sporting Life with Jim Huber.

David Levy, a Turner president of sales, distribution and sports, said in the statement that Huber served 27 years with the company.

Levy said: "The Turner Broadcasting family suffered a great loss and we are saddened by the passing of our colleague and friend."

also

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — William Polk Carey, an entrepreneur who founded a New York-based investment management firm bearing his name and donated millions of dollars to help found business schools at universities in Maryland and Arizona, has died at 81, his firm said Monday.

The board of that firm, W.P. Carey & Co., issued a statement that the Baltimore native and corporate finance pioneer died Monday at a West Palm Beach, Florida, hospital, surrounded by family and friends.

Carey gave $30 million in April to the University of Maryland law school, reports noted. He also made a $50 million bequest in 2006 to Johns Hopkins University to found the Carey School of Business at that Maryland university. And in 2003, the business leader and philanthropist also gave $50 million to Arizona State University in 2003 to found its W.P. Carey School of Business.

At the time of his death, Carey was chairman of W.P. Carey & Co., which manages a global investment portfolio totaling about $11.8 billion, according to the company statement. It added that associates mourned the death of "the cultural leader of our company."

Carey was a leader in the field of corporate finance for nearly 60 years, the statement said, providing capital to hundreds of companies through the firm he founded.

Carey went on in 1988 to establish the W.P. Carey Foundation to support educational causes and donated generously in later years.

The Baltimore Sun reported that the $30 million given to the University of Maryland's school of law was the largest gift in that school's history. It also said other Baltimore schools, among other educational causes, were recipients of his generosity, including the Baltimore School for the Arts.

"Bill was not only an insightful businessman, but a wonderful brother and a good citizen," his brother, Francis Carey, said in a statement published by that paper. "He always felt grateful that he was raised in a family committed to public service, and he worked passionately to uphold that tradition."

Arizona State University also issued a statement mourning the death of Carey, saying one of the nation's most prominent real estate investors and the major donor behind its school of business was a "visionary" who helped propel its business school to prominence.

[Rhinox]

You're trying to hard Cali. Your definition of celebrity needs some fine tuning.

[Cail]

yea, not exactly a celebrity, but dude donated so much freakin money to so many schools that im sure posters on here are a part of

[FNH]

Gene Bartow, successor to John Wooden and pioneer of UAB basketball program died at age 81.

[Tweek]

I'm sure Morgan Freeman has probably pre-recorded his own autobiography and eugugoly and all that.

genius.


or maybe david attenborough if not james earl jones

[Bregor]

Mike Leach and/or Rex Ryan gonna have an aneurism on the sidelines this fall. Book it.

[kuronosan]

I guess that fencer guy didn't make the cut?

[Pyro]

Good effort

[Null]

Been stabbed fencing, never cut though.

[kuronosan]

Been stabbed fencing, never cut though.

Were you bullying someone? If so, maybe you deserved it.

[Minions]

Were you bullying someone? If so, maybe you deserved it.

Zing

I'll take a long shot and say the Shamwow guy will die

Spoiler: show

with some nuts in his mouth

[Correction]

Tony Blankley

I listened to LRC every week and I didn't even know he was sick

[Bregor]

Tony Blankley

I listened to LRC every week and I didn't even know he was sick

Just saw this, enjoyed him on McLaughlin Group when I watched.

[Cail]

Sarah Burke

SALT LAKE CITY -- Canadian freeskier Sarah Burke died Thursday, nine days after crashing at the bottom of the superpipe during a training run in Utah.

Burke, who lived near Whistler in British Columbia, was 29. She was injured Jan. 11 while training at a personal sponsor event at the Park City Mountain resort.

Tests revealed Burke sustained "irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest," according to a statement released by Burke's publicist.

A four-time Winter X Games champion, Burke crashed on the same halfpipe where snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered a traumatic brain injury during a training accident Dec. 31, 2009.

Burke was the best-known athlete in her sport and will be remembered for the legacy she left for women in freeskiing.

As a result of her fall, Burke tore her vertebral artery, which led to severe bleeding on the brain, causing her to go into cardiac arrest on the scene, where CPR was performed, according to the statement by publicist Nicole Wool.

Burke's organs and tissues were donated per her wishes, according to Wool.

"The family expresses their heartfelt gratitude for the international outpouring of support they have received from all the people Sarah touched," the statement said.

"Our hearts go out to Sarah's husband Rory and her entire family," said Canadian Freestyle CEO Peter Judge. "It's difficult for us to imagine their pain and what they're going through. Sarah was certainly someone who lived life to the fullest and in doing so was a significant example to our community and far beyond. She will be greatly missed by all of us at the CFSA and the entire ski community."

A public celebration of Sarah's life will be held in the coming weeks.

also, for Connecticut people:

New Haven, Conn. (WTNH) - Long time Storm Team 8 Meteorologist Dr. Mel Goldstein passed away Wednesday. He was 66 years old.

Dr. Mel had been fighting Multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells in his bone marrow, for many years.

"We not only lost a great journalist today, but a great humanitarian and close friend, " VP and General Manager Mark Higgins said in an email to the WTNH News 8 staff.

Dr. Mel retired from News 8 in August of 2011 after years of dedicated service, and delivered his 'farewell forecast' in November. His love and enthusiasm for the weather and passing along his knowledge was apparent to anyone who met him.

"I mainly want to be remembered as I am-- honest, helpful to others, always around when needed. I can't think of a better tribute than that, and it is something for which I will always be grateful," said Goldstein about his retirement. "I have worked hard in an area that I truly love, and I will likely continue in some weather venue until I no longer have the energy to do so."

"Dr. Mel was more than a meteorologist - with his charming character, warm smile and friendly personality, he became an icon in Connecticut and was loved by many," Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said in a statement. "He dedicated his working life to ensuring that the residents of Connecticut were prepared for whatever tumultuous weather system may approach, and for that we are forever thankful."

"Dr. Mel was a dear friend and great public servant, who made every day brighter regardless of the weather," Sen. Richard Blumenthal said. "He faced both life and death with profound and powerful grace, caring, and courage. I will miss him as a friend and model of humanity and humor."

"I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Mel Goldstein, who for decades bestowed his warm personality and excellent meteorology into homes across Connecticut," Sen. Joseph Lieberman said. "His service and commitment to our state will not be forgotten, and he will certainly be missed."

Dr. Mel grew up in the quiet suburbs of Swampscott, Massachusetts in the 1940's. He developed a passion for weather early-on as a child, being fascinated by a trio of hurricanes and other devastating storms. That passion drove him to attain degrees from Penn State University and a Ph.D. in Meteorology from NYU (Dr. Mel was also awarded honorary doctorates from Albertus Magnus College and Mitchell College).

With his family by his side he set a course for a career that would bring him to incredible heights. His energy and passion took him to the halls of Western Connecticut State University. In 1970, Dr. Mel created a bachelor's degree program there and a state-of-the-art weather center.

Dr. Mel's media career began with a single radio station, and by 1976 his broadcasts were on dozens of radio stations nationwide. He then began doing television and in the 1980's, his forecasts were seen across the country on the Satellite News Channel, an all-news cable effort of ABC and Westinghouse.

He became the Chief Meteorologist at WTNH-TV in 1986.

In addition, Dr. Mel made the transition to author by writing "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Weather," a quick and easy guide that answers any question about weather, and " Dr. Mel's Connecticut Climate Book." The profits from this book are donated to cancer research.

In addition to authoring those two books, a scholarship fund for meteorology students has been established in his name at WestConn.

Dr. Mel also wrote a weekly column for the Hartford Courant in Northeast Magazine for 20 years.

He is survived by his wife Arlene and his daughters Laura and Melodie.

Dr. Mel's funeral will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Robert E. Shure funeral home on George Street in New Haven. He will be buried in the Temple Beth Tikvah section of Beaverbrook Cemetery, in Clinton.

[Akiyama]

Etta James died.

[darkepyon]

Etta James died.

Yup. Just saw someone mention it on Facebook.

And someone here predicted it a couple pages back.

[jmc]

Going with Etta James.

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[Byrd]

Is this you?

I still want to start a Celebrity Death Pool.