alt obits guy 3,371 Posted December 28, 2018 Chris Burrous, the morning news anchor at KTLA-TV Los Angeles, has died. He was 43. Burrous' body was found in a hotel and there is speculation he died of a drug overdose. https://people.com/tv/chris-burrous-dead-ktla-anchor-possible-overdose/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted December 28, 2018 Drugs don't kill people, hotel rooms do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 29, 2018 15 hours ago, gcreptile said: Drugs don't kill people, hotel rooms do. Wasn't it Chris Cornell said that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted December 29, 2018 Folk who like failed pro-wrestlers from the early 00s might recall Test's T-shirt: He then proved this by topping himself in 2009... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dean1991 116 Posted January 4, 2019 Michael Barratt turned 91 yesterday. Best known as the presenter of Nationwide, Panorama and Songs of Praise. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted January 4, 2019 21 minutes ago, dean1991 said: Michael Barratt turned 91 yesterday. Best known as the presenter of Nationwide, Panorama and Songs of Praise. Fuck, he is still alive????!!!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted January 4, 2019 2 hours ago, dean1991 said: Michael Barratt turned 91 yesterday. Best known as the presenter of Nationwide, Panorama and Songs of Praise. Indeed he was one of my DDP picks this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted January 19, 2019 On 21/02/2018 at 23:29, Zsa Zsa's leg said: Wendy... Wendy... Wendy.... Well Wendy Williams is in the news AGAIN after collapsing on stage last October. 1. She nearly collapsed AGAIN. In the video she tumbled on an audience member and then is promptly cut off. 2. Mrs. Williams is also taking 3 weeks off work at her show to deal with hypothyroidism and Graves' disease. As for her recent tumble, some speculate this repeated occurrance of collapsing on stage could be due to her extreme diet, her struggle with her husband's affair, or perhaps she relapsed on coke which she was well publicized for doing in the 90's and 2000's. Wendy Williams to spend a significant time in hospital and takes extended leave, according to this: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/wendy-williams-to-take-health-related-break-from-tv-show-will-spend-significant-time-in-hospital Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 29, 2019 Steve Bell, the original news anchor on ABC's Good Morning America, has died. He was 83. https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/former-good-morning-america-anchor-steve-bell-has-died/392164 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 3, 2019 William Davis dead aged 85. Had presented The World at One. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-47110169/william-davis-recalls-time-at-bbc-s-the-world-at-one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 8, 2019 Arthur Murphy, the RTE 'Mailbag' presenter, has died. He was 90. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/rté-mailbag-presenter-arthur-murphy-dies-aged-90-1.3786963 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted February 8, 2019 Jimmy Nairn, 91, first voice heard on STV, One O'clock Gang, etc...: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47175313 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 23, 2019 On 28/12/2018 at 21:36, alt obits guy said: Chris Burrous, the morning news anchor at KTLA-TV Los Angeles, has died. He was 43. Burrous' body was found in a hotel and there is speculation he died of a drug overdose. https://people.com/tv/chris-burrous-dead-ktla-anchor-possible-overdose/ Yip , overdose. Of methamphetamine inserted into his downpipe during fun with a bloke off Grindr. * Also put in a mask that he dusted with poppers. His widow will be so proud of the autopsy report. https://montrealgazette.com/news/world/l-a-anchor-died-from-meth-toxicity-after-inserting-drug-into-anus-autopsy-report/wcm/7cede46c-a003-4728-8c91-741113ccc1fa 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 6, 2019 Fuck me. Magenta Devine, dead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47473388 *Unfortunately it is Sidney I took in the Hares. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted March 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, charon said: Fuck me. Magenta Devine, dead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47473388 *Unfortunately it is Sidney I took in the Hares. Just saw this. (Tenable is so addictive of an afternoon.) Honestly, you pick all the old folk, all the ill and cancer riddled oxygen thieves and Magenta dies. Reaper, get chronological or biological, not illogical. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted March 6, 2019 First time I've seen Sankha Guha's name anywhere for about 20 years. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 6, 2019 Well, having a look, and she's only the second of the 15 to go that appeared on Extreme Celebrity Detox 15 years ago, after Tony Wilson. The 13 left are all pretty much 'Presenters' and are: Dominik Diamond Jilly Goolden Catherine McQueen Jack Osbourne Brandon Block Carol Harrison Rebecca Loos Normski James Brown Lisa I'Anson Rowland Riveron Mina Anwar Jo Guest. Guessing Rowland most likely to go next. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted March 6, 2019 3 hours ago, charon said: Fuck me. Magenta Devine, dead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47473388 Sad news. She's yet another person I've worked with. Though she often drove us to despair by ringing in five minutes before we were due to close with 1500 words of copy, she was always nice, polite and interesting. (Making me feel really old, I was pretty much the only person out of the 'youngsters' who worked there who knew who she was and her background). Always felt she was probably more talented than what she achieved, but I guess addiction at the height of her fame put paid to that. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philheybrookbay 439 Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Vinegar Tits said: Sad news. She's yet another person I've worked with. Though she often drove us to despair by ringing in five minutes before we were due to close with 1500 words of copy, she was always nice, polite and interesting. (Making me feel really old, I was pretty much the only person out of the 'youngsters' who worked there who knew who she was and her background). Always felt she was probably more talented than what she achieved, but I guess addiction at the height of her fame put paid to that. RIP. Agree with that, she had that screen look of total cool to a teenage lad like myself at the time and Rough Guides ignited a love for travel in me which has endured. For that alone she deserves to be remembered fondly and a lot of my school friends have commented on social media that she did much the same to them. I think I’ve read today that she was hung out to dry with her addiction rather than today when rehab is thrown about almost as a badge of honour. Rest peacefully. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 16, 2019 Dennis Carlson, a long-time Montana Television Network anchor & reporter who'd been the KTVH anchor for the past several years, has died. He was 58. Carlson had battled pancreatic cancer since last spring. https://helenair.com/news/local/ktvh-anchor-dennis-carlson-of-helena-dies-friday-tv-station/article_6d6ab2af-e1ad-512c-8d1b-7fd4ad6e9bdb.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted March 27, 2019 On 18/01/2019 at 20:18, YoungWillz said: Wendy Williams to spend a significant time in hospital and takes extended leave, according to this: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/wendy-williams-to-take-health-related-break-from-tv-show-will-spend-significant-time-in-hospital Wendy Williams back in the hospital due to alcohol relapse... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted April 13, 2019 CNN's Inside Africa host Soni Methu dies after a collapse at 34: https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-soni-methu-dead-former-14304445?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar Considering that basically half of CNN Europe's programme is either Inside Africa or the commercials for it, it's quite a big death I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted April 13, 2019 Jeremy Clarkson is "leaking": https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1112953/Jeremy-Clarkson-The-Grand-Tour-health-abscess-Jonathan-Ross-Show-latest-news-update Also, he has a "skin disease as well". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted April 13, 2019 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Also, he has a "skin disease as well". It doesn't specify. I however suspect it's a scaramanga'esque 3rd (or subsequent) nipple growth thus verifying the much circulated rumour that Clarkson is in fact just a huge tit. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
runebomme 377 Posted April 13, 2019 I'd rather had not read that I don't feel like eating anything now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
