ObakeFilter 908 Posted March 14, 2017 http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/spongebob-squarepants-creator-stephen-hillenburg-reveals-als-diagnosis-1202007865/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted May 14, 2017 http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/spongebob-squarepants-creator-stephen-hillenburg-reveals-als-diagnosis-1202007865/ Stephen Hillenburg creator of the global smash hit Spongebob Squarepants has been diagnosed with ALS. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted May 14, 2017 I don't think he needs his own thread quite yet. He is someone I can see on the list in a few years, but I don't think he needs one right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,334 Posted May 14, 2017 23 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: I don't think he needs his own thread quite yet. He is someone I can see on the list in a few years, but I don't think he needs one right now. He does ALS is unpredictable .if he makes 2018 and he would be a good pick not great but decent enough.Incredibly notable and obitable.one to trace closely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,334 Posted May 14, 2017 I agree he probably shouldn`t be on the main list next year...unless news comes in that he is going downhill fast.Hence why a thread is a good idea. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted May 14, 2017 Thanks for posting OP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted May 14, 2017 He strikes me as more of a DDP name, eventually, than one of the Deathlist 50. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,334 Posted May 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, msc said: He strikes me as more of a DDP name, eventually, than one of the Deathlist 50. He created Spongebob Squarepants he is easily famous enough for the Death list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted May 14, 2017 Just now, Shaun of the Dead said: He created Spongebob Squarepants he is easily famous for the Death list. It's nothing to do with him being famous or not, but if he's the type of person the Cmme would go for. Besides, as an example, Garfield the cat is world famous, who many folk can name his creator? Jim Davis, incidentally, but the point stands. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,334 Posted May 14, 2017 Same could be said for Sam Simon.Most people wouldnt know he was but his creation made him extremely notable. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted May 14, 2017 Simon was more known by cultural osmosis, his name has appeared right at the start of every Simpsons episode ever - plus Taxi way back in the day (which the Cmme tend to be of the age to have enjoyed). I'd never heard of Hillenburg prior to ALS. Your mileage may vary. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted May 14, 2017 Actually, his name did show up at the beginning of the shows credits as well, iirc during when I did actually watch the show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted May 14, 2017 Msc you are obviously coming from a place of bias. Sponge Bob is one of the most popular kids shows ever. This argument is over Stephen Hillenburg the creator of spongebob is defiantly obitable. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted May 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, The Mad Hatter said: Msc you are obviously coming from a place of bias. Sponge Bob is one of the most popular kids shows ever. This argument is over Stephen Hillenburg the creator of spongebob is defiantly obitable. He's not arguing over his obitability, we all know he will obit quite easily. He's arguing that he's not the sort of name you would see on the deathlist front page. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted May 14, 2017 Definitely famous enough for the list. He's more on the lower spectrum of DL fame, though, like Gord Downie. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted May 14, 2017 He's famous enough. Do you remember Brother Theodore? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted May 14, 2017 Weird thing is Brother Theodore is famous, just not in the UK at all and nothing he was on made it over to this country. Although the DL has always been Amerophilic.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,986 Posted May 14, 2017 I've known his name for many years, but SpongeBob was pretty much my bread and butter growing up so there might be some bias there... I feel like his DL chances rely entirely on if any of the committee members had a child big on SpongeBob and thus they became familiar with him as a parent. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 908 Posted May 14, 2017 Old news really, but I agree that ALS can be unpredictable. A famous Israeli sportscaster has died from it a few months after revealing he has it (and a year and a half after diagnosis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Einstein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilyForrester 81 Posted May 14, 2017 Quote A source close to Hillenburg said he received the diagnosis recently and is in the early stages of the disease. ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a rare terminal illness that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. If he only got the diagnosis recently he should survive the rest of this year at least. He could be a good pick for 2018 though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 908 Posted May 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, LilyForrester said: If he only got the diagnosis recently he should survive the rest of this year at least. He could be a good pick for 2018 though. I think the average is 5 years from early initial diagnosis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilyForrester 81 Posted May 14, 2017 9 minutes ago, ObakeFilter said: I think the average is 5 years from early initial diagnosis. True, but ALS is unpredictable, as you showed the Israeli sportscaster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted May 14, 2017 1 minute ago, LilyForrester said: True, but ALS is unpredictable, as you showed the Israeli sportscaster. On the other hand, there's also people who can last a long time with ALS, albeit Mr Stephen Hawking Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted May 14, 2017 Didn't that one producer from God's Not Dead only survive like a month with ALS back in 2015? And my DDP savior cancerless cancer mum Sara Hankins lived just a year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 908 Posted May 15, 2017 12 hours ago, RadGuy said: Didn't that one producer from God's Not Dead only survive like a month with ALS back in 2015? And my DDP savior cancerless cancer mum Sara Hankins lived just a year. http://variety.com/2015/film/news/russell-wolfe-dead-dies-gods-not-dead-1201508419/ According to this he was diagnosed during the film’s release (which is in March 2014) and passed away in May 2015. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
