Toast 16,129 Posted July 5, 2019 48 minutes ago, Snakeman said: Unless I am very much mistaken I am the forum user who recommended John McCririck to the death list last year after I detected he was on his last legs. I'm afraid that you are indeed very much mistaken if you think that you were the first to mention him. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,025 Posted July 7, 2019 Popular Poker Tourney pick Sutopo Purwo Nugroho is reportedly dead: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=id&u=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-4614015/sutopo-purwo-nugroho-meninggal-dunia&prev=search Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,436 Posted July 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Popular Poker Tourney pick Sutopo Purwo Nugroho is reportedly dead: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=id&u=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-4614015/sutopo-purwo-nugroho-meninggal-dunia&prev=search Oh shit, if a QO comes quickly I'll go 2nd in the DDP!!!! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted July 7, 2019 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Popular Poker Tourney pick Sutopo Purwo Nugroho is reportedly dead: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=id&u=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-4614015/sutopo-purwo-nugroho-meninggal-dunia&prev=search QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-7220945/Face-Indonesia-disaster-relief-efforts-dies-49.html 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted July 7, 2019 Shame to see him go. It’s a job that not very many people have the courage to actually do, and the fact that he had the ability to continue reporting on these dangerous natural disasters even while he had his stage 4 cancer diagnosis definitely gave him a lot of respectability. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BCAlum2000 42 Posted July 7, 2019 Disney teen idol Cameron Boyce dead at just 20 years ago. Star of several Disney franchises including Jessie and The Descendants. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/disney-channel-star-cameron-boyce-dies-20/story?id=64174031 I'm shocked at the relatively lack of mainstream media coverage of his death. You would think that given his very young age, and that he is quite popular with teenagers and kids, that they would be more news covering his death. Instead, it barely made a blip on the radar. Not even TMZ covered his death. And TMZ has given media coverage to deaths of relatively obscure people who just happened to have their 15 minutes of fame on garbage reality TV shows. Hell, TMZ has given friggin' media coverage to RELATIVES of reality TV personalities, yet ignores the sudden death of Cameron Boyce? One possibility why Cameron Boyce's death is not making national news is that he didn't die of a drug overdose or suicide. He simply died of "natural causes" due to a seizure and apparently has had medical issues lately but the family wouldn't elaborate. So there is nothing scandalous about the way he died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted July 7, 2019 44 minutes ago, BCAlum2000 said: Disney teen idol Cameron Boyce dead at just 20 years ago. Star of several Disney franchises including Jessie and The Descendants. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/disney-channel-star-cameron-boyce-dies-20/story?id=64174031 I'm shocked at the relatively lack of mainstream media coverage of his death. You would think that given his very young age, and that he is quite popular with teenagers and kids, that they would be more news covering his death. Instead, it barely made a blip on the radar. Not even TMZ covered his death. And TMZ has given media coverage to deaths of relatively obscure people who just happened to have their 15 minutes of fame on garbage reality TV shows. Hell, TMZ has given friggin' media coverage to RELATIVES of reality TV personalities, yet ignores the sudden death of Cameron Boyce? One possibility why Cameron Boyce's death is not making national news is that he didn't die of a drug overdose or suicide. He simply died of "natural causes" due to a seizure and apparently has had medical issues lately but the family wouldn't elaborate. So there is nothing scandalous about the way he died. I'd hardly call 96 results on a Google news search a "blip on the radar". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BCAlum2000 42 Posted July 7, 2019 14 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said: I'd hardly call 96 results on a Google news search a "blip on the radar". I see your point, but it's not front page news. Jeffrey Epstein's arrest seems to be getting a lot more attention that Cameron Boyce's death. I would think that the sudden tragic death of a popular Disney teen idol would garner more headline news, but again, Epstein's arrest seems to be the focus of most mainstream media. I would acknowledge that if Boyce died of either a suicide or drug overdose or was murdered, than his death would be rippling across the media. His death was due to natural causes (epileptic seizures) so there was no scandal surrounding his death. That's why it was not the lead news. I would think for example that TMZ (considered the gold standard of celebrity gossip and news) would be all over covering his death, but nothing from them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Key 747 Posted July 7, 2019 Jeffrey Epstein, with ties to the President of the United States, getting arrested for sex trafficking would understandably bigger news in mainstream media than a 20 year old B-list Disney star dying of natural causes. I don't get you saying that it's not big news though, mainstream media IS picking up his death, but it's even bigger on social media by young people posting, sharing and commenting about it. I was still watching Disney channel when Cameron was on Jessie and am very sad to hear of his unexpected death. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted July 7, 2019 I wasn't a big fan of Cameron Boyce, but I did watch a fair amount of Jessie in middle school. Got me fucked up that somebody around my age died of natural causes... we all think we're invincible when we're this young. RIP to an actor who had a lot more potential. As for the media coverage complaints... it's in TMZ, it's in BBC, it's in BBC Mundo, it's in BBC Türkçe, it's in the Telegraph, it's in CNN... can't find New York Times or Guardian obits yet but those papers usually take their time. So it got decent coverage, and I think it's understandable that it's not front page breaking news - Cameron Boyce was pretty much only known by Generation Z like me, and how many Generation Z actually read newspapers and news sites? Not many. Anyway, I saw a half dozen Instagram and Snapchat tributes to him from people my age. Last time that happened iirc was for Stan Lee. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 7, 2019 I didn't bother to read about Boyce, but natural causes for a young 20-something, wow. didn't that Miss Teen Universe have a heart attack a couple months ago? 20 herself IIRC. It's the chemicals in the food, I tells ya. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,086 Posted July 7, 2019 13 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Shame to see him go. It’s a job that not very many people have the courage to actually do, and the fact that he had the ability to continue reporting on these dangerous natural disasters even while he had his stage 4 cancer diagnosis definitely gave him a lot of respectability. Finally get my first hit of the year, and it's the joker! “Although the doctors say that I don’t have so much time left, in my last days, I want to try to do good, to be useful. That’s so much better than having a long life but making people miserable!” Great philosophy to have! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RolandDeschain 91 Posted July 9, 2019 Just read that Ross Perot has died....CNBC reporting it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,582 Posted July 9, 2019 1 minute ago, RolandDeschain said: Just read that Ross Perot has died....CNBC reporting it A Q/O - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48927718?ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=news_central&ns_source=twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 9, 2019 James Henke, the first curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died on Monday morning (July 8) at age 65 after a long battle with dementia. Henke's death was confirmed to the Cleveland Plain Dealer by his eldest son; Henke was orignally diagnosed with dementia in 2013, a year after he left the Rock Hall after a 19-year stint at the museum in Cleveland as Chief Curator. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted July 10, 2019 Rip Torn, cult actor, dies aged 88 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/10/rip-torn-cult-actor-dies-aged-88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted July 10, 2019 #14, for me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,582 Posted July 10, 2019 https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-country-actor-michael-sleggs-17794152 Michael Sleggs dies. RIP - have used him on the poker contest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,921 Posted July 10, 2019 24 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-country-actor-michael-sleggs-17794152 Michael Sleggs dies. RIP - have used him on the poker contest. World is so unjust; Ershad, Balbir, Dilip Kumar , Daniel arap Moi, Mugabe, Mubarak, etc. continue to live despite their age and issues and someone has to die at 33. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,085 Posted July 10, 2019 Paul and Ringo may still live but the original is now dead. VW Beetle goes extinct as last one rolls off assembly line. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/vw-beetle-goes-extinct-as-last-one-rolls-off-assembly-line/ar-AAE5Ohn?ocid=spartanntp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted July 10, 2019 9 hours ago, Wee Jum said: Rip Torn, cult actor, dies aged 88 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/10/rip-torn-cult-actor-dies-aged-88 Could have sworn Torn died years ago. I think I've genuinely confused him with his 30 Rock character. So if you die in 30 Rock, you don't also die in real life? I'm learning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
openviews 334 Posted July 10, 2019 Violet from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Denise Nickerson taken off life support https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/10/willy-wonka-denise-nickerson-taken-off-life-support/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted July 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, openviews said: Violet from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Denise Nickerson taken off life support https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/10/willy-wonka-denise-nickerson-taken-off-life-support/ I don't like the look of it... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted July 11, 2019 16 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: I don't like the look of it... She's gone... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7235405/Willy-Wonka-Chocolate-Factory-star-Denise-Nickerson-62-passes-away-age-62.html?ico=pushly-notifcation-small 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 13, 2019 On 07/07/2019 at 10:50, Sir Creep said: I didn't bother to read about Boyce, but natural causes for a young 20-something, wow. didn't that Miss Teen Universe have a heart attack a couple months ago? 20 herself IIRC. It's the chemicals in the food, I tells ya. SC Epileptic seizure. As natural as death gets for a 20-year old SC Edit: DOH I see one of the earlier posts caught that. I thought it wasn’t known. Which makes all the subsequent posts odd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
