RIP Thread

[sarna]

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

Yeah, Rey Jr. started wrestling at some absurdly young age. I think he was first working shows in Mexico when he was 14 or 15. He probably has the earliest debut of any major wrestler still working, either him or Meiko Satomura.

 

[Aunt Carol]

When they fuck up completely apolitical things like this, I won't trust them for much of anything else.

The term for not noticing this this is Gell-Mann Amnesia: people being aware of a journalist butchering a subject they know a lot about, but going on to trust the journalist to be accurate about a subject they aren't familiar with. Frequently seen with firearms.

 

[Introvertigo]

https://www.variety.com/2024/film/news/art-evans-dead-a-soldiers-story-die-hard-2-1236257536/

Actor Art Evans, known for staring in the movies Die Hard 2 and A Soldier's Story died at the age of 82.

 

[KingNothing]

https://www.variety.com/2024/film/news/art-evans-dead-a-soldiers-story-die-hard-2-1236257536/

Actor Art Evans, known for staring in the movies Die Hard 2 and A Soldier's Story died at the age of 82.

also in Cammell's White of the Eye

 

[Introvertigo]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14220337/Crocodile-Dundee-star-dead.html

The Crocodile from the movie Crocodile Dundee, died at the age of 90.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14220337/Crocodile-Dundee-star-dead.html

The Crocodile from the movie Crocodile Dundee, died at the age of 90.

RIP Croc! I didn't know they can get that old.

 

[glass_houses]

RIP Croc! I didn't know they can get that old.

There's a Nile croc who reached 120 years in captivity. Crocodilians are amazing animals.

 

[Preferred Penne]

Yeah, Rey Jr. started wrestling at some absurdly young age. I think he was first working shows in Mexico when he was 14 or 15. He probably has the earliest debut of any major wrestler still working, either him or Meiko Satomura.

Dory Funk Jr. had a match this year, if that counts.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14220337/Crocodile-Dundee-star-dead.html

The Crocodile from the movie Crocodile Dundee, died at the age of 90.

Did Steve Irwin ever meet him? Regardless, he's sure looking forward to wrestling him now.

 

[False Emprah]

RIP Croc! I didn't know they can get that old.

Crocs (and gators) really don't really age in the normal sense.

 

[tehpope]

 

[XL xQgg?QcQCaTYDMjqoDnYpG]

Saw a tweet in German just now and need to share it
Lighthearted.

Today, 36 years ago, Hans Gruber - our fellow countryman, entrepreneur, and talented tap dancer - died due to police violence at Nakatomi Plaza, Los Angeles. The suspected officer, John McClane, was never held accountable.
Forever in our hearts

 

[Iron Hamster]

Henderson is the major league career stolen base leader with a record that likely never will be broken

Dude had the biggest thighs I have ever seen on a baseball player.

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

Dude had the biggest thighs I have ever seen on a baseball player.

I recall that was the most prominent thing in Eric Thames' scouting report when he was a prospect with the Jays, before he flamed out, then went to Korea and eventually had some success with the Brewers.

IIRC some prospect gurus (Keith Law?) also blamed massive thighs for Brett Wallace's failure.

Wallace came to the Jays in a side deal after the Roy Halladay trade. Scouts during his brief time with the Jays said that Wallace's thighs were so massive that he couldn't rotate properly to cover the whole zone naturally.

 

[Introvertigo]

FYI, this guy is the person behind the The World's Worst Records blog and radio show on WFMU.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

https://www.vulture.com/article/og-maco-rapper-dead.html

A song that was both a meme and defined a decade in the process. Prayers and condolences to his family.

 

[sasazuka]

https://www.variety.com/2024/film/news/art-evans-dead-a-soldiers-story-die-hard-2-1236257536/

Actor Art Evans, known for staring in the movies Die Hard 2 and A Soldier's Story died at the age of 82.

Art Evans also played the Plymouth Fury assembly line worker who was the first person killed by "Christine" for getting cigar ash on her seat.

Spoiler: Christine (1983) Assembly Line scene

 

[Random Internet Person]

If you watch basketball, you may know this guy from March Madness.

 

[Ainchiemi]

If you watch basketball, you may know this guy from March Madness.

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Or part of the Gumbel2gumbel duo in Family guy. Sad it was cancelled back then.

 

[Roger Dennis]

Olivia Hussey, who starred in Romeo and Juliet and Black Christmas (the first slasher film ever made), has died at the age of 73. https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/olivia-hussey-death-romeo-juliet-20003610.php