Celebrity Death Thread 2010

[Ohemgee]

Looks like everything I've been doing recently is justified with Gary Coleman

[Sol-Blackguy]

Soul Singer Teddy Pendergrass Dies at 59

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A relative says soul singer Teddy Pendergrass has died in suburban Philadelphia at age 59.

The singer's son, Teddy Pendergrass II, says his father died Wednesday at Bryn Mawr Hospital.

Pendergrass' son says his father underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had "a difficult recovery."

The elder Pendergrass was injured in a car accident in 1982. He suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed from the waist down. He spent six months in a hospital but returned to recording the next year with the album "Love Language."

His son thanks all the fans of his father's music and says he will live on through his songs. He says the singer was loved by friends and family worldwide.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A relative says soul singer Teddy Pendergrass has died in suburban Philadelphia at age 59.

The singer's son, Teddy Pendergrass II, says his father died Wednesday at Bryn Mawr Hospital.

Pendergrass' son says his father underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had "a difficult recovery."

The elder Pendergrass was injured in a car accident in 1982. He suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed from the waist down. He spent six months in a hospital but returned to recording the next year with the album "Love Language.

Announced 10-15 minutes ago, so couldn't find a better article Fuck! I've been getting down to his music for years. This hits pretty hard since all the memories I have from his music. This one in particular:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHtV4INmNpw

[rezn0r]

Jay Reatard died, if you don't know who that is you missed out, and if you do then this is probably really shitty news. I got to see him open for the Pixies a few months ago and i'm grateful

[Cleverness]

Holy shit Teddy Pendergrass died? FFS. He was abit before my time but I found out about him after watching Eddie Murphy's Delirious, looked up some of his stuff on Youtube and instantly loved it.

[Chicomagiko]

;_;

[Sol-Blackguy]

Holy shit Teddy Pendergrass died? FFS. He was abit before my time but I found out about him after watching Eddie Murphy's Delirious, looked up some of his stuff on Youtube and instantly loved it.

I think I was conceived to that song.

[Trichocyst]

Jay Reatard died, if you don't know who that is you missed out, and if you do then this is probably really shitty news. I got to see him open for the Pixies a few months ago and i'm grateful

I was really sad when I heard. He was a talented bizarre dude and about a month ago I was talking to my girlfriend about seeing him live. He was playing across Philadelphia and got into ANOTHER fight. Sucks. :\

[Tomiko]

Just heard this one on the radio:

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituari...,3621820.story

Donald E. Goerke, the Campbell Soup Co. executive who hit the bull's-eye of prepared foods by overseeing the creation of the kid-friendly circular pasta called SpaghettiOs, has died. He was 83.

http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/...filiate.56.jpg

[Qalbert]

Uh oh. At least he lived an mmm mm mm mm good life.

[Melena]

Uh oh. At least he lived an mmm mm mm mm good life.

/golfclap

[Sol-Blackguy]

Did he take his recipe to his grave like Chef Boyardee did?

[kuronosan]

Can't believe some of my favorite R&B songs were sung by Pendergrass. Blah.

So the creator of Campbell's soup died? I hope they don't use too many preservatives.

[Selamis]

http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/15/fo...-dies-at-46%2F

Brian "Damage" Keats, who played drums in the Misfits during its final Glenn Danzig-helmed lineup, died Tuesday after battling liver cancer, according to a press release. Keats, who was 46, was also a veteran of punk bands Verbal Abuse and Genocide.

Damage was first asked by Danzig to join the Misfits in the autumn of 1983 and played with the band at a Halloween gig in Detroit . The show wound up being the final Misfits gig with the frontman.

But Keats, a Brooklyn native, was undaunted, remaining on the New York music scene throughout the 1980s, playing with a long run of outfits like Hellbent, the Kretins, the Hellhounds, the Skulls, Angels in Vain, Princess Pang, Raging Slab and the Diamondbacks.

Keats eventually settled in Los Angeles and collaborated with outfits like Sylvain Sylvain, Low Pop Suicide, the Fusztones and even former Bangles frontwoman Susanna Hoffs, among a long run of others. He is survived by his wife and one child.

Didn't know who he was but I know of The Misfits so I guess he's a semi celeb since they were famous/popular.

[Rhinox]

Apparently Dennis hopper is on his deathbed so we should be seeing him in this thread real soon.

[kuronosan]

You have a celebrity on his deathbed about to die within days and nothing about it in the news. What do you do? What do you do?

[Suburbanelite]

You have a celebrity on his deathbed about to die within days and nothing about it in the news. What do you do? What do you do?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_424589.html

Two seconds on google

[Cyn]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_424589.html

Two seconds on google

Hopper incapacitated by drugs? I dunno....

[Klaatu]

Should rename this to "Not much of a celebrity, but someone of note - death thread 2010"

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

I wonder how many of you sick fucks are camping Dennis Hoppers death just to be the first to post it

[Suburbanelite]

I wonder how many of you sick fucks are camping Dennis Hoppers death just to be the first to post it

The same thought just crossed my mind. Poor guy. I fucking loved Flashback.