The Passings Thread

CIvil Rights activist Roger Wikins has died at the age of 85.

Three storm chasers killed in West Texas car crash

I just happened to be watching 2 of the storm chasers live stream on Twitch right before that accident happened, too.

The Philadelphia Flyers have said that one of their old players, Ilkka Sinisalo has died at the age of 58 in his native Finland.

We've lost Mr Potato Head...

Don Rickles, Legendary Insult Comic, Dies at 90

Paul O'Neil, the founder of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, also died at the age of 61.

BarrytheOnyx wrote:

We've lost Mr Potato Head...

Don Rickles, Legendary Insult Comic, Dies at 90

Did he record the dialogue for Toy Story 4 already, or will we get film without him?

Mistral wrote:

BarrytheOnyx wrote:

We've lost Mr Potato Head...

Don Rickles, Legendary Insult Comic, Dies at 90

Did he record the dialogue for Toy Story 4 already, or will we get film without him?

Unfortunately, I don't know myself, and there don't appear to be any official film news outlets that support whether he recorded his lines or not. There was something about Tom Hanks doing a bit of voice recording in 2015, but little else since then. I was under the impression that they had the script written and lines recorded in advance, but put it on hold to promote Incredibles 2. For now, we should wait for an official statement from Disney.

BarrytheOnyx wrote:

Mistral wrote:

BarrytheOnyx wrote:

We've lost Mr Potato Head...

Don Rickles, Legendary Insult Comic, Dies at 90

Did he record the dialogue for Toy Story 4 already, or will we get film without him?

Unfortunately, I don't know myself, and there don't appear to be any official film news outlets that support whether he recorded his lines or not. There was something about Tom Hanks doing a bit of voice recording in 2015, but little else since then. I was under the impression that they had the script written and lines recorded in advance, but put it on hold to promote Incredibles 2. For now, we should wait for an official statement from Disney.

Yes probably better to wait than speculate, shouldn't take too long.

It would be amazing if that film could live up to the expectations. Again. They seem to have rare magic touch with that one

Anyway RIP for Don. I see he was in on episode of Addams Family, have to watch that again as I hadn't noticed

Wow that's incredibly sad. Obviously I don't know anything, but I doubt they have recorded something. . 

Slinky was replaced. But it's always a really sensitive and rough pill to swallow when they do that (for myself anyway).

Anyway I'm glad he lived a long and very eventful life. And he entertained a lot of people. Many don't make it to 90.

John Warren Geils Jr. AKA J Geils, the guitarist and leader of the J. Geils Band, has died at his Groton, Massachusetts home at the age of 71.

Charlie Murphy dead at 57

Charlie Murphy, Eddie's older brother, and a very successful and popular stand-up comedian in his own right has died ... TMZ has learned.
According to Charlie's manager, he died from leukemia Wednesday morning in a NYC hospital. He'd been going undergoing chemotherapy. Family members tell us they're absolutely shocked because they thought he was getting better. 

Rip. Gonna be honest I didn't even know Eddie had a famous brother. 

Cuba Gooding Sr. the father of Cuba Gooding Jr. and lead singer for the 1970s soul group The Main Ingredient, which was known for the song 'Everybody Plays The Fool' has died at the age of 72.

Happy Days star Erin Moran, AKA Joanie Cunningham, has died at the age of just 56.

Jonathan Demme, director of 'Silence of the lambs' dead at 73. 


http://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/jonathan-demme-dead-73-silence-of-the-lambs-1201809289/

Michael Mantenuto, one of the stars from the Disney movie 'Miracle' who played Jack O'Callahan, has committed suicide at the age of 35.

Rhedosaurus wrote:

Michael Mantenuto, one of the stars from the Disney movie 'Miracle' who played Jack O'Callahan, has committed suicide at the age of 35.

Terribly tragic. 

Troyal1 wrote:

Rhedosaurus wrote:

Michael Mantenuto, one of the stars from the Disney movie 'Miracle' who played Jack O'Callahan, has committed suicide at the age of 35.

Terribly tragic. 

Miracle is a film I have wanted to see for a while now, but never got around to it. I may not know Michael Mantenuto from a lot of other films, but this was really shocking. Bloody suicide. Poor guy.

Pepe The Frog hs died. R.I.P. Pepe.

Rob & Big Star Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin Dead at 45

Voice actor John Cygan (Solidus Snake) has passed away.

He was just 63.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-cygan-dead-commish-actor-was-63-1003999

Chris Cornell, the frontman for Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 52.

Rhedosaurus wrote:

Chris Cornell, the frontman for Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 52.

As a Bond fan, his song for Casino Royale was absolutely top notch, with great singing and lyrics that fit the tone of the film... his passing will certainly be missed.

He was great in Audioslave too

Roger Ailes has died at age 77.

Update: Chris Cornell death was due to suicide via hanging.

His wife, now widow, said that he never had any past suicidal thoughts before. This really is sad.

Bond actor Sir Roger Moore has died aged 89.

Not counting David Niven and Barry Nelson, it's pretty remarkable that this is the first time Bond portrayer has died,  55 years after the launch of the film franchise. Meanwhile like half of the main cast of Babylon 5 has died only 20 years later.

Cortez Kennedy, Seattle Seahawks linebacker and Hall Of Famer has died at the age of 48.

Theta Rex wrote:

Bond actor Sir Roger Moore has died aged 89.

This was a tough one to take. Admittedly, there have been deaths that affected me more, but this is Roger Moore, one of the more overlooked Bond actors. Even when he didn't have the best scripts, he gave consistent quality performances throughout, even if he wasn't to everyone's taste. Even Connery and Brosnan phoned it in in certain points in their career, but not Roger. You will be missed, sir.

Clerks actress Lisa Spoonauer has died at just 44 years old.

Far too young.