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

[TheEdge27 2]

never heard of her, but was on yahoo

http://www.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTfbqNEN9LFEAA...e-67/40199%3Fnc

[dsjunior1388 81]

never heard of her, but was on yahoo

http://www.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTfbqNEN9LFEAA...e-67/40199%3Fnc

No idea who she was, but I scanned the obit, and it said she died after a "seven year journey with breast cancer." We're calling cancer a journey now? I guess you don't battle or fight cancer anymore, you take a road trip with it and hope it gets lost on the way back.

[Gummer12 134]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al...it_N.htm?csp=34

[dsjunior1388 81]

Ernie Harwell passed away at 92. Growing up in Metro Detroit, he gave the summer a voice.

[Drewhunz 3]

RIP Ernie. Paul Harvey of baseball.

[number21 3]

I'll never forget all the summer afternoons fishing with my dad and grandpa on lake erie with Ernie's voice drifting out of a little transistor radio.

RIP Ernie.

[Gummer12 134]

He's LOOOOOOONNNNGGGGG Gone...:( I'll miss his calls. An absolute Gem to the sport and for the city of Detroit.

[Hordie Gowe 17]

Classy move by the Tigers and the Harwell family to have a public viewing today at Comerica Park, but some fans may have taken it a bit too far by taking pictures of and posing for pictures with his casket.

[chippa13 1844]

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/30/lo...rovine-20100430

None of the kids will know her most famous movie but it was a comedy classic.

[ndlancer95 0]

Lena Horne

[Drewhunz 3]

Dom Deluise

[skyscrape 5]

Dom Deluise

A year ago. He died May 4, 2009

[17D1998 1]

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio

[Drewhunz 3]

\m/

[Fury of One 6]

Holy Diver

[Krev 86]

Wow, RIP.

[RadioGaGa 162]

\m/

[crazylegs_9 0]

What a bummer, Holy Diver is my ringtone, kind of wierd for your freind to call you, have that be your ringtone, and heart the news.

[lampliter87 8]

Guess I'm late to the party. RIP indeed.

News article:http://new.music.yahoo.com/ronnie-james-dio/news/--62001717

For those of you who don't know:

[GuitarAwesome 1]

Inventor of the horns. R.I.P. Dio.

[chippa13 1844]

And yet devil horns is so far away from the meaning of that hand symbol.

[Drewhunz 3]

Thanks for explaining to those that don't know <_<

The Maloik is a sign that either blocks the evil eye, or gives the evil eye to someone else, it is used in the Mediterranean region. it is also misnamed the devil's horn because it is used in Heavy Metal culture, but it actually is the opposite of what most people think it is: it is not a satanic sign, it is actualy a "lucky charm".

[RadioGaGa 162]

Thanks for explaining to those that don't know <_<

The Maloik is a sign that either blocks the evil eye, or gives the evil eye to someone else, it is used in the Mediterranean region. it is also misnamed the devil's horn because it is used in Heavy Metal culture, but it actually is the opposite of what most people think it is: it is not a satanic sign, it is actualy a "lucky charm".

+1 (with embedded linky goodness)

[Trooper 8]

That sucks. Dio still put younger performers to shame. His voice was as strong as ever when I saw him only a couple years ago. \m/

A great read about that BTW:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/metal-cou...hand-sign,1832/

Metal Council Convenes To Discuss 'Metal Hand Sign' Abuse

VATNAJÖKULL GLACIER, ICELAND—In an emergency session Tuesday, members of the Supreme Metal Council strongly condemned the increasing use of the metal hand sign in lay society, claiming that its meaning has become perverted by overuse.

Elders of the Supreme Metal Council examine amateur-video evidence of what they are calling "a worrisome trend."

"The metal sign, or 'sign of the goat,' has all but lost its impact as a token of respectful recognition for something truly 'rocking' or 'metal,'" SMC president Terence "Geezer" Butler said. According to Butler, members are upset that their sacred gesture is being used to acknowledge and celebrate "favorable but clearly non-metal events."

"We have all heard the reports of people using it to greet their in-laws, or after starting their lawn mowers with a single pull," Butler said. "But recently it was brought to our attention that someone used the gesture in a Texas convenience store after snagging the last box of carrot cakes. This simply won't do."

Formed in 1972 and comprising 12 of the most revered leaders of the metal community, the council meets annually in its majestic hall atop Vatnajökull, Iceland's largest glacier, to discuss metal affairs. The SMC convened for a special session after Nikki Sixx, Overlord Of Glam Metal Affairs, was sent hard photographic evidence of metal-sign abuse across the nation. Sixx's fellow high priests said they were "shocked," calling it "one of the most serious affronts to metal's integrity since the rise of rap-metal in the late 1990s."

"I remember a time not long ago when the Devil Horns were reserved for only the most righteous of person, deed, or riff," Grand Elder Lemmy Kilmister said. "To see someone throwing the horns to his mate at the launderette because the clothes dryer came to a full stop just as he finished reading his copy of Circus... It breaks my heart."

Nodding in silent agreement were council members Adalwolfa, a curvaceous Frank Frazetta-drawn Teutonic she-warrior magically brought to life by the council, and the spirit of slain Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott.

Compounding the problem, Sixx said, is the fact that many people who use the sign are not recognized members of the Metal Roster, the list of true metal acolytes engraved in medieval calligraphy on gleaming pages of steel.

"This man here, who invokes the sign merely to indicate his joy that his microwave popcorn is done: He is not metal," Sixx said. "We have it on good authority that he prefers the music of Tim McGraw and that the magic word of 'Zoso' has never passed his lips."

The council discussed several harsh punishments to deter further metal-sign abuse. Paulo Pinto, bassist for the Brazilian thrash-metal band Sepultura and Overlord Of International Metal Affairs, suggested that the hand of a suspected signer should be immediately cut off. A contingency of death rockers from Gothenburg, Sweden recommended that any sign abuser, or anyone who is not sufficiently metal, should be forced to eat his severed hand while having his eyeballs burned with a superheated metal crucifix, and then be slowly skinned alive.

More charitable members, such as former Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine, suggested that "a helpful list of guidelines could educate others, allowing them to distinguish between metal and non-metal occurrences."

"A lot of people who incorrectly make the sign have traces of metal in their hearts and minds, they just need the proper direction," Mustaine said. "Remember that many are outcasts and losers. To punish them further is to destroy the future of metal."

Until the council decides what course of action to adopt, Butler said he believes that a simple rule of thumb will help reduce the incidence of metal-sign abuse.

"If your head is neither banging nor thrashing, you should not be throwing the sign," Butler said. "It's that simple."

Yet, in a later interview in his private, skull-bedecked chambers, Butler expressed the concern that the problem has grown too widespread for even the mighty SMC to solve. He said he worries that metal standards have been on the decline for so long that few have any clear idea as to what is metal and what is not. The SMC has experienced deep ideological rifts in the past that have affected its ability to make strong decisions, most notably during the lengthy trial and eventual sentencing of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, who was indicted in 2004 on charges of cutting his hair, pussing out on Napster, and contributing to the original motion-picture soundtrack of Mission: Impossible 2.

"To this day, there are many on the council who deeply resent the presence of [Poison guitarist] C.C. DeVille,'" Butler said. "In fact, so do I. Despite our differences, the council still remains the sole arbitrator of all things metal. We must get through to those who wantonly abuse the sign of the goat. They must be informed that watering down the sign's meaning will result in serious consequences."

Should the abuse continue, Butler said the council "will defer the matter to Satan."

[Drewhunz 3]

Jose Lima. Dibs on comforting his wife.