*****Official Celebrity Death Watch Thread 2025*****
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It just seems so Kwong
I regret that I'm just now seeing this thread...
RIP to Hot Lips
Oh, Frank!
I met her once at a gem and mineral show in Houston. She was nice.
Small world. I sat next to her in first class on an AA flight from Ft. Lauderdale to DFW in December 1999. She had just left a gem and mineral show in South Florida. I think she had a jewelry line.Quote:
I met her once at a gem and mineral show in Houston. She was nice.
Funny story. I'd upgraded with stickers (back when that was the thing) to first class (back when AAdvantage Gold was the only thing in American's frequent flyer program). Everyone in first class was seated except the seat next to me. Right before gate departure she boards. As soon as I saw her, I knew she was the actress on MASH, but I was thinking Sally Kellerman, who was Hot Lips in the movie MASH. I'm in the aisle seat, and she asks me to move to the window seat. I politely tell her, "I'm sorry, but I fly 50,000 miles a year and I prefer the aisle." She then says I'll need to get up so she can take her seat. I do, and she proceeds to throw her boarding pass down on my seat so she can put her carry-on in the overhead. I look down at the boarding pass and realize it was Loretta Switt. We sit down and a very nice Loretta Switt looks at me and says, "so what brought you to South Florida?" I tell her the truth, that I was saying good bye to my older sister who was dying of terminal liver cancer (she passed January 30, 2000). Tears well up in her eyes and she shared how sorry she was.
For the next three hours, we chatted almost the entire way. She shared how that final episode of MASH was so hard...everyone crying when it wrapped. Dinner service comes, and they're serving a Veggie Pita or a filet. She orders the Pita, and after I order the filet... she looks at me and says, "you're a carnivore?" I said, "Yes ma'am, but it's worse than that, I have a degree in Meat Science and Muscle Biology." She then says, "I never eat anything that's had a mother."
Probably the closest I'll ever come to a celebrity.
To your point maroon...she was a very nice lady. May she rest in peace.
She had a small jewelry line. She was big into exotic animal rescue and her booth was several really nice jewelry pieces and eleventy billion photos of her with tigers and lions and zebras and such.
But she was nice.
But she was nice.
Hot Lips has left the chat
Room Temperature Lips has entered the chat
Room Temperature Lips has entered the chat
That leaves Alan Alda, Jamie Farr, and Mike Farrell as survivors from the MASH cast, did I miss anyone?
I think I picked Alda to die last year, but he didn't oblige.
I think I picked Alda to die last year, but he didn't oblige.
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Jamie Farr has to be up there age-wise. He was an extra on the Dick Van Dyke Show 60+ years ago.
EDIT - He is 90.
EDIT II - Gary Burghoff is still alive. He is 82.
EDIT - He is 90.
EDIT II - Gary Burghoff is still alive. He is 82.
Can't believe I forgot Radar!dabo man said:
EDIT II - Gary Burghoff is still alive. He is 82.
Burghoff was the only cast member who was in the original film, as well.
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I think he is from Tyler. My childhood friend's mom went to grade school with him.
Who, Burghoff? Wikipedia says he was born in Connecticut and moved to Wisconsin.Emotional Support Cobra said:
I think he is from Tyler. My childhood friend's mom went to grade school with him.
He sure don't sound like he's from Tyler.
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Everyone knows he's from Ottumwa, Iowa.
Double Talkin' Jive...
Valerie Mahaffey
Played the nutty CPA with the chopsticks in her hair on Seinfeld.
Played Adam's hypochondriac wife on Northern Exposure.
Died from cancer at 71.
**** cancer.
https://abc13.com/post/emmy-winning-actress-valerie-mahaffey-known-roles-northern-exposure-desperate-housewives-dies-71/16609965/
Played the nutty CPA with the chopsticks in her hair on Seinfeld.
Played Adam's hypochondriac wife on Northern Exposure.
Died from cancer at 71.
**** cancer.
https://abc13.com/post/emmy-winning-actress-valerie-mahaffey-known-roles-northern-exposure-desperate-housewives-dies-71/16609965/
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YokelRidesAgain said:Who, Burghoff? Wikipedia says he was born in Connecticut and moved to Wisconsin.Emotional Support Cobra said:
I think he is from Tyler. My childhood friend's mom went to grade school with him.
He sure don't sound like he's from Tyler.
Guess I was fed lies as a child!!!
Alf Clausen, composer for The Simpsons, dead at 84. Maybe not a celebrity per se, but definitely had a place in the lives of many a Simpsons fan. He scored roughly 600 episodes.
Yet isn't in the credits unless I'm mistaken
Jonathan Joss, voice of John Redcorn on King of the Hill was shot to death in San Antonio.
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Actor Jonathan Joss -- best known for his work in the animated series "King of the Hill" -- has died after being shot by a neighbor in Texas, TMZ has learned.
According to the San Antonio Police Dept. and eyewitnesses ... Joss got into a heated argument with his neighbor at a house on the city's south side Sunday night -- leading to a bloody confrontation.
Dammt
Didn't the show just get rebooted or was slated to be rebooted?
Ryan the Temp said:
Didn't the show just get rebooted or was slated to be rebooted?
Yes. Supposed to start soon.
Airs on August 4th.maroon barchetta said:Ryan the Temp said:
Didn't the show just get rebooted or was slated to be rebooted?
Yes. Supposed to start soon.
WHOA.
Dude was just at the big King of the Hill cast event in Austin last week. He was not invited but showed up in the audience, grabbed a mic and started talking. He was clearly not well. So sad.
Video:
https://streamable.com/l53pgr
Dude was just at the big King of the Hill cast event in Austin last week. He was not invited but showed up in the audience, grabbed a mic and started talking. He was clearly not well. So sad.
Video:
https://streamable.com/l53pgr
He was great as Chief Ken Hotate in Parks and Rec. Dang that really sucks.
Joss' husband is claiming a hate crime.
https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.joss.3/
https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.joss.3/
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Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Husband of Jonathan Joss
My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.
Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.
When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.
While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.
Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.
Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.
He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.
I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.
To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.
My focus now is on protecting Jonathan's legacy and honoring the life we built together.
If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.
Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.
- Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Football great Jim Marshall.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45444339/vikings-great-jim-marshall-played-282-straight-games-dies
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45444339/vikings-great-jim-marshall-played-282-straight-games-dies
What I always found funny about the video of the Marshall running the wrong way was that Billy Kilmer was the guy that caught the pass and fumbled. I grew up when Kilmer was a gimpy quarterback with the redskins so I find it funny that he had played as a receiver. Also, today this play would be reviewed for 10 minutes to determine what the final outcome should be. Marshall threw the ball backwards when he got to the end zone. The ball may have gone out of bounds. But him throwing the ball backwards was actually throwing the ball forwards. Don't know what the rules were like at that time but it should have been ruled an illegal lateral and a safety. It apparently was ruled a safety at the time but today there would be a long ref huddle to discuss because this was a most unusual play.
Ryan the Temp said:
Joss' husband is claiming a hate crime.
https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.joss.3/Quote:
Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Husband of Jonathan Joss
My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.
Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.
When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.
While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.
Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.
Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.
He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.
I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.
To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.
My focus now is on protecting Jonathan's legacy and honoring the life we built together.
If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.
Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.
- Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Of course he is. Never mind all the mental health issues and kaos he caused in his neighborhood. Im sure he shot him based purely on his homosexuality
Well, once the ball crossed the plane, the play is dead, so it didn't matter which way he tossed it.safety guy said:
What I always found funny about the video of the Marshall running the wrong way was that Billy Kilmer was the guy that caught the pass and fumbled. I grew up when Kilmer was a gimpy quarterback with the redskins so I find it funny that he had played as a receiver. Also, today this play would be reviewed for 10 minutes to determine what the final outcome should be. Marshall threw the ball backwards when he got to the end zone. The ball may have gone out of bounds. But him throwing the ball backwards was actually throwing the ball forwards. Don't know what the rules were like at that time but it should have been ruled an illegal lateral and a safety. It apparently was ruled a safety at the time but today there would be a long ref huddle to discuss because this was a most unusual play.
BoxingAg84 said:Well, once the ball crossed the plane, the play is dead, so it didn't matter which way he tossed it.safety guy said:
What I always found funny about the video of the Marshall running the wrong way was that Billy Kilmer was the guy that caught the pass and fumbled. I grew up when Kilmer was a gimpy quarterback with the redskins so I find it funny that he had played as a receiver. Also, today this play would be reviewed for 10 minutes to determine what the final outcome should be. Marshall threw the ball backwards when he got to the end zone. The ball may have gone out of bounds. But him throwing the ball backwards was actually throwing the ball forwards. Don't know what the rules were like at that time but it should have been ruled an illegal lateral and a safety. It apparently was ruled a safety at the time but today there would be a long ref huddle to discuss because this was a most unusual play.
The play should not be ruled dead once he crossed the goal line. That was not his teams scoring end zone. It would be like a running back starting from his own 5 yd line retreating into the end zone to avoid a tackle or a qb dropping back to pass and retreating into the end zone.
safety guy said:BoxingAg84 said:Well, once the ball crossed the plane, the play is dead, so it didn't matter which way he tossed it.safety guy said:
What I always found funny about the video of the Marshall running the wrong way was that Billy Kilmer was the guy that caught the pass and fumbled. I grew up when Kilmer was a gimpy quarterback with the redskins so I find it funny that he had played as a receiver. Also, today this play would be reviewed for 10 minutes to determine what the final outcome should be. Marshall threw the ball backwards when he got to the end zone. The ball may have gone out of bounds. But him throwing the ball backwards was actually throwing the ball forwards. Don't know what the rules were like at that time but it should have been ruled an illegal lateral and a safety. It apparently was ruled a safety at the time but today there would be a long ref huddle to discuss because this was a most unusual play.
The play should not be ruled dead once he crossed the goal line. That was not his teams scoring end zone. It would be like a running back starting from his own 5 yd line retreating into the end zone to avoid a tackle or a qb dropping back to pass and retreating into the end zone.
You're right. Thanks for the correction!
#RIP Jim Marshall#Vikings #Skol
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