2009 Celebrity Deaths Thread

[Olo401]

Mary Travers

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dies - MUSIC- msnbc.com

Awww man that's a downer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t4g_1VoGw4

[CalaisDL]

Henry Gibson dead at age 73. I doubt many people will recegonize the name, but he was the voice of Wilbur in the 1973 Charlotte's Web movie. He was also had a recurring role as a judge on Boston Legal and played a ferengi in Deep Space Nine. Good night, sweet prince. 'Laugh-In' actor Henry Gibson dies at 73 - Yahoo! News

[Abandon]

That's that fucking song from Forrest Gump. Naked bitches with guitars ftw.

[Trichocyst]

That's that fucking song from Forrest Gump. Naked bitches with guitars ftw.

It's a Bob Dylan song. Stop posting and get back in the mines.

[Gwynplaine]

Irving Kristol, Neoconservative intellectual champion, died today. So long sucker.
washingtonpost.com

The world's a slightly better place with Kennedy and Kristol gone.

[Rhinox]

He should bury his son with him hurhurhur

Spoiler: show

Obviously I'm not serious. But its funny how the conservatards felt the need to troll when Ted Kennedy died.

[Qalbert]

Body Found with Clothes Resembling Shin-chan Creator's (Update 3) - Anime News Network

[6souls]

http://www.djvibe.com/content/wp-con...rocraida02.jpg
rock the dub: RIP Roc Raida
Turntablism Innovator & Deejay Icon Roc Raida Dies | Hip Hop News > HipHopDX.com

a statement from Roc Raida's family, confirming the tragic loss.

"Anthony Williams p/k to the world as The Legendary Grandmaster Roc Raida has passed away unexpectedly today September 19 2009. He is survived by his wife, three lovely daughters, mother and friends. Raida was recently in an mixed martial arts accident, something that he has been practicing for several years. Although he had under gone two surgeries with great success, was released to an inpatient physical therapy facility and was in great spirits the past few days. This morning he started to have complications and passed. The family asks for privacy at this time."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCNjtk2fO6E

[Olo401]

William Safire Dead: Dies Aged 79 ; NY Times Columnist, former Nixon Speechwriter

This leaves George Will as the only remaining member of the 1970's "respectable" conservative triumvirate. The third member was William F. Buckley, who died last year.

[tornfleshofsoul]

Henry Gibson dead at age 73. I doubt many people will recegonize the name, but he was the voice of Wilbur in the 1973 Charlotte's Web movie. He was also had a recurring role as a judge on Boston Legal and played a ferengi in Deep Space Nine. Good night, sweet prince. 'Laugh-In' actor Henry Gibson dies at 73 - Yahoo! News

He was also in Wedding crashers. He played the Father (Priest).

[Olo401]

Oh yeah, Safire also died of pancreatic cancer. What the hell man so many people die from that shit!

[ZarakiKujata]

Oh yeah, Safire also died of pancreatic cancer. What the hell man so many people die from that shit!

its a very serious ailment.

[Elvis]

RIP guy from 'the burbs'

[Zalius]

its a very serious ailment.

its cancer you asshole

[kuronosan]

He was also in Blues Brothers.

[ZarakiKujata]

its cancer you asshole

I wasn't being sarcastic/trying to be funny. So many people die from pancreatic cancer because it is a very serious ailment with a high fatality rate, much more than say melanoma, which is also a cancer...

[kuronosan]

I believe pancreatic cancer is prominent in people who drink alot, but don't quote me on that. Believe it or not, melanoma (skin cancer) is far more prominent than that, and prostate/breast cancer is far more prominent than melanoma.

[ZarakiKujata]

Melanoma is the most common and also the least lethal form of cancer. Not sure who pancreatic is most prominent in but it has an obscenely high death rate and is up there with kidney, and brain cancers in terms of shit I would never want my enemies to have.

[Boyiee]

This list of common cancer types includes cancers that are diagnosed with the greatest frequency in the United States. Cancer incidence statistics from the American Cancer Society1 and other resources were used to create the list. To qualify as a common cancer, the estimated annual incidence for 2009 had to be 35,000 cases or more.

The most common type of cancer on the list is nonmelanoma skin cancer, with more than 1,000,000 new cases expected in the United States in 2009. Nonmelanoma skin cancers represent about half of all cancers diagnosed in this country.

The cancer on the list with the lowest incidence is thyroid cancer. The estimated number of new cases of thyroid cancer for 2009 is 37,200.

Because colon and rectal cancers are often referred to as "colorectal cancers," these two cancer types are combined for the list. For 2009, the estimated number of new cases of colon cancer and rectal cancer are 106,100 and 40,870, respectively, adding to a total of 146,970 new cases of colorectal cancer.

Kidney cancers can be divided into two major groups, renal parenchyma cancers and renal pelvis cancers. Approximately 85 percent of kidney cancers develop in the renal parenchyma,2 and nearly all of these cancers are renal cell cancers. The estimated number of new cases of renal cell cancer for 2009 is 49,096.

Leukemia as a cancer type includes acute lymphoblastic (or lymphoid) leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myelogenous (or myeloid) leukemia, and other forms of leukemia. It is estimated that more than 44,790 new cases of leukemia will be diagnosed in the United States in 2009, with chronic lymphocytic leukemia being the most common type (approximately 15,490 new cases).

The following table gives the estimated numbers of new cases and deaths for each common cancer type:

http://imagebeast.net/images/hhnk6ww70emr7o51aoah.jpg

I think Pancreatic has the lowest 5yr survival rate though. Lung and Pancreatic suck.

[zoobernut]

Melanoma is the most common and also the least lethal form of cancer. Not sure who pancreatic is most prominent in but it has an obscenely high death rate and is up there with kidney, and brain cancers in terms of shit I would never want my enemies to have.

You are thinking of carcinoma or non-melanoma skin cancers. Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer and extremely dangerous. If you catch it before it metastasizes then the survival rate is slightly higher but if it goes deep enough and gets into one of your lymph nodes it is one of the most dangerous cancers in general because it spreads quicker.

My uncle died of melanoma and it happened very quickly.