The "people you may have heard about but probably didn't" death thread.

[Fire0nIce228 1]

Avenged Sevenfold drummer dies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34617808/ns/entertainment-music/

[LivHockey84 0]

This sux, he was one of my top 3 drummers of all time.

[chippa13 1844]

Top 3 all time, that might be a bit of a stretch.

[sitzlejd 0]

Top 3 all time, that might be a bit of a stretch.

I'm with you on that one. Still sad though; I wonder if drugs/alcohol played a role.

[chippa13 1844]

From the link, it sounds like the guy definitely abused his body. He isn't the first rocker to go out this way and, sadly, he won't be the last.

[english15x 3]

This sux, he was one of my top 3 drummers of all time.

hugeeee stretch

[LivHockey84 0]

i did say MY top 3.

1.neil peart

2.Scott Phillips

3. Jimmy Sullivan

Edited December 29, 2009 by LivHockey84

[Moose 1]

Thanks for the point of clarification... I was about to ask some questions :)

[Too Old 1]

Got to add my 2nd cousin to that list; Stephen Perkins. ;)

[LivHockey84 0]

Thanks for the point of clarification... I was about to ask some questions :)

NP

[K9 Unit 1]

Avenged Sevenfold drummer dies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34617808/ns/entertainment-music/

damn, he was one of the better drummers but i'm surprised if he abused his body bad

[Gidney14 0]

not sure if any one has said his name yet but....

RIP Jeremy Lusk.

[Chadd 916]

Wasn't that more than ten months ago? That was long before this topic was created.

[Gidney14 0]

maybe.......yea....

i've only been apart of the forums for like 2 weeks...

[mack 44]

I should probably Google what the new definition of "celebrity" is.

[RadioGaGa 162]

I should probably Google what the new definition of "celebrity" is.

For our Death Pool...we defined it as a "...death that is newsworthy and the person is easily recognizeable to the majority of the people involved".

We also determnined that you could not be in any way responsible for the person's death for it to qualify in the Pool *L*

To answer your question....in this day and age...too many people are celebrated (hence the name celebrity) for doing not a whole hell of a lot. So, I think the lines have been blurred WAY too much.

[Drewhunz 3]

RIP Teddy Pendergrass

[roscoe6 1]

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=4833908

[Drewhunz 3]

J.D. Salinger has passed

Zelda Rubenstein has walked into the light.

[wildebeest 0]

Howard Zinn. Two of my favorites in one day.

[kosydar 0]

Howard Zinn. Two of my favorites in one day.

Ah, the author everyone spouts off to sound intelligent thanks to Good Will Hunting.

[mack 44]

Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger

CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn't do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. "He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers," said hot-shot English professor David Clarke, who is just like the rest of them, and even works at one of those crumby schools that rich people send their kids to so they don't have to look at them for four years. "There will never be another voice like his." Which is exactly the lousy kind of goddamn thing that people say, because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and it's just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody anything.

[wildebeest 0]

Howard Zinn. Two of my favorites in one day.

Ah, the author everyone spouts off to sound intelligent thanks to Good Will Hunting.

Yeah, but he's also the author every history major reads to get another side of American history.

Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger

CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn't do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. "He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers," said hot-shot English professor David Clarke, who is just like the rest of them, and even works at one of those crumby schools that rich people send their kids to so they don't have to look at them for four years. "There will never be another voice like his." Which is exactly the lousy kind of goddamn thing that people say, because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and it's just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody anything.

I see what they did there...

[dsjunior1388 81]

I read "Catcher in the rye" in high school, and while it was an enjoyable read, it wasn't "powerful" or "masterful" or whatever crap about understanding the long misunderstood teenager. Really, Holden Caulfield was the first of a budding genre that emerged in the '60s that we know today as the douchebag. I think Glen Quagmire said it best in his rant at Brian Griffin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2oop-ELupU

[RadioGaGa 162]

Andrew Koenig ("Boner" from Growing Pains) commited suicide in Vancouver. He had been missing since Valentines wknd.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nation...article1481696/