Spade_Cooley 9,513 Posted September 29, 2018 He's in the dementia business now, Vince. Definitely thread-worthy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted September 29, 2018 Once a husband to Jane Fonda, that's how I knew him first from the German yellow press. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,295 Posted September 30, 2018 12 hours ago, gcreptile said: Once a husband to Jane Fonda... She talked him out of running for President in 1999. Seems he did not realize how unpoplular Jane Fonda was with the Vietnam War Veterans and their families, at that time anyway. She had lots of influence on him and most likely knew it would not end well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,021 Posted November 19, 2018 80 today! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 220 Posted January 5, 2021 Article on the last days of Robin Williams (fellow Lewy Body sufferer) mentions that Ted Turner is "in the late stages now". 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 480 Posted January 5, 2021 3 hours ago, adrian0719 said: Article on the last days of Robin Williams (fellow Lewy Body sufferer) mentions that Ted Turner is "in the late stages now". Interesting. I thought it was a little too early to think he could go in '21, as he was diagnosed in Sept. 2018 and the usual life expectancy is 5-7 years. But perhaps he already was suffering from it for a bit and it went undiagnosed at first. Must be the case if he's already in the late stages, as the article suggests. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684 Posted January 5, 2021 4 hours ago, adrian0719 said: Article on the last days of Robin Williams (fellow Lewy Body sufferer) mentions that Ted Turner is "in the late stages now". Williams used to annoy the living shit out of me and was virtually unwatchable, but LBD sounds horrible and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 23, 2022 Porter Bibb, biographer of Ted Turner, who "speaks for him" according to a sensationalist Daily Mail article, says that Ted Turner might just commit suicide like Robin Williams with his father's silver gun, that his father already used to kill himself: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10535343/Discovery-shareholder-John-Malone-speaks-Ted-Turner-says-CNN-stick-news.html Other bit of information: "His brain is starting to go. (...) If he loses his brain, I'm sure that he will follow Robin Williams." 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,513 Posted February 23, 2022 Americans be calling their kids "Porter Bibb". 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 23, 2022 25 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Americans be calling their kids "Porter Bibb". Of course, now that you made me focus on that person, I just realised that Porter Bibb is also 85 years old, the first publisher of the Rolling Stone Magazine, and he invited the band The Rolling Stones to the Altamont festival: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Bibb Seems just about notable enough for our purposes. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,889 Posted September 3, 2022 Who will go first? Him or Jane Fonda? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,889 Posted January 1 Doing well, apparently still able to talk and interact normally. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 2,391 Posted January 1 Him on his birthday (there's also a bit of footage here). He doesn't seem super alert and looks pretty stiff, but I wouldn't call him decrepit yet. Then again 5+ years of LBD is usually when shit starts hitting the fan so who knows. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
