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AnOminous said:
It wasn't even like Roman Polanski, to pick another Jewish director, because while Polanski's crimes were equally vile, Woody Allen's films almost depended on him being a likeable nebbish. That lens of enjoyment of his films is totally destroyed by what a vile person he actually is.

Polanski's films, by comparison, could really only have come from a truly sick and degenerate mind. Look at the whole plot of Chinatown. They're great films, but they come from a deeply sick place. It's not like your illusions were ever shattered about a guy like Polanski.
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I've seen a few of Polanski's films and while I generally agree with you, I think The Pianist was great. Although it's no excuse for his crimes, both real and alleged, you can't deny that Roman Polanski had a fucked up life. First, dealing with the Hoholocaust, and his mother passing away, and later having his pregnant wife's murder being the cultural zeitgeist that summed up the end of the 60's. I really don't think anyone could deal with all of that and not come out the other side of it at least somewhat fucked up.

And I can honestly say that I haven't ever seen a single Woody Allen movie, so there's that.
 
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Convicted pedophile, friend of sci-fi author, Patrick Tomlinson; Dominic Franchetti, died at the age of 58.

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KingNothing said:
per George Noory/CoasttoCoastAM, Sean David Morton has died. He used to be a guest in the Art Bell days.


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Came here to post this.

Sean David Morton was a prolific charlatan and grifter in the paranormal sphere. Throughout his long "career" he was often criticized for his chicanery and accused of various civil financial crimes, including but not limited to charging outrageous amounts of money for bogus "psychic" readings and predictions. He was eventually convicted of tax fraud in 2017 and sent to federal prison.

You can read more about his various exploits over on the UFO Watchdog whistleblowing blog.

According to his Facebook, it appears he was diagnosed with cancer some time in 2019 and was actively petitioning for early compassionate release due to his condition during the early stages of the covid pandemic in 2020, although he was unsuccessful until 2021.

Given his reputation, part of me assumed this was yet another grift, but lurking his Facebook shows a pretty rapid and visible decline before he ultimately kicked the bucket on December 18th.

He didn't have any kids or grandkids and his wife was an active participant in his scams (also convicted of tax fraud, which is kinda based, fuck the IRS). His obituary states that his body was "donated for research," which means some military contractor is gonna blow his corpse up with an ARC cannon or something.

Good on him for dicking over the IRS, but no sympathy for dildos who scam old ladies and delusional schizophrenics. Rip in piss, bozo.


American punk / alternative metal musician Casey Chaos, best known for his project Amen and for various collaborations with projects such as Ministry and Christian Death, has passed away grom undisclosed causes at the age of 59 as per a statement released today.
 
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Super-Chevy454 said:
Former Oakland Athletics star, Rickey Henderson dies at 65.
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Henderson, who grew up in Oakland, was a first baseman for the A's in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Additionally, Henderson won two World Series championships during his career—one in 1989 with Oakland and another in 1993 with Toronto. He spent most of his career playing left field and earned the Gold Glove Award in 1981.
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Fucking journoscum. Can't even bother to proofread or do simple fact checks for a legend's obituary.

FTR, Rickey played 2421 games in Left Field. And ZERO innings at 1B.

In September, Henderson and fellow legend Dave Stewart threw out the first pitch when the A's played their last game at the Oakland Coliseum.
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“I can’t be sad,” he said to the San Francisco Chronicle at the time. “I have too much money, and I did too much here, all these great things here. I’m more happy than sad. Maybe later it will hit you when it’s all said and done. But, honestly, today I’m going to have fun.”
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Sounds like Rickey was content until the end.

Bittersweet that the iconic 80s Oakland teams he was part of left town (for Sacramento & eventually Vegas) and the stadium they named after him was shuttered the same year he passed.

Henderson is the major league career stolen base leader with a record that likely never will be broken (though the current commissioner Rob Manfred has made some egregious rule changes to try to encourage it).

Henderson was also known during his playing career for his "Rickeyisms", often referring to himself in interviews in the third person.

My other somewhat faulty memory of Henderson was that he was a baseball legend that just wouldn't retire.

He played his last major league game in 2004 at 44. He played two more years in independent ball until 46.

I thought he'd hung around in indy ball even longer tbh, but playing pro ball until 46 is still very impressive.
 
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Mordecai 3 Finger Brown said:

Only being a casual wrestling fan, my memories of Rey Mysterio come from his acrobatics in WCW v. NWO: World Tour from the N64 in 1997.
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Not the same guy. The one you're referencing is the son; it was his dad who died.

Mordecai 3 Finger Brown said:
Fucking journoscum. Can't even bother to proofread or do simple fact checks for a legend's obituary.
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It's shit like this that probably fuelled my journo hate from a young age. When they fuck up completely apolitical things like this, I won't trust them for much of anything else. It's laughable if you know even the slightest bit about baseball to imagine having him play first base (outside of some kind of freak emergency basis that would only occur for a few innings of a single game.) With his size and overall athletic attributes, employing him as a first baseman would be like looking at Manny Pacquiao and referencing him as the former heavyweight champion of the world.
 
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Local Fed said:
Not the same guy. The one you're referencing is the son; it was his dad who died.
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You are correct.

It was Rey Mysterio Sr who passed at 66.

Pretty nutty that the guy who I recall from 1997 was the younger relative.

Mysterio Jr is 50 today. Apparently Sr & Jr are also uncle and nephew, not father and son.
 
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