Apolyton Celebrity Dead Pool 2009

[SlowwHand]

You said lupus was serious, and it is. What?

[OzzyKP]

Page 4!?

Not to blow my own horn, but I'm on page 13

Page 22 is definitely where its at.

[Wezil]

Geez people. I bumped it from page 4.

Can we get back to talking about dead celebs now?

[embalmer42]

Geez people. I bumped it from page 4.

Can we get back to talking about dead celebs now?

You're obssessed

(and not in a good way)

[Grandpa Troll]

Captain Lou Albano

Legendary wrestling figure Captain Lou Albano, perhaps best known for his association with pop singer Cyndi Lauper, died Wednesday, according to World Wrestling Entertainment.


Captain Lou Albano reached a new level of fame in the '80s with his association with Cyndi Lauper.

Albano, 76, was "one of the company's most popular and charismatic legends," the company said in a statement.

The cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

"Albano began his storied career with Vincent J. McMahon in the 1960s as one half of 'The Sicilians' tag team with his partner Tony Altimore," the WWE said. "He will be greatly missed by the WWE and his fans."

Albano, who was with the WWE from 1983 to 1996, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1996.

He started as a tag team wrestler in the 1950s but became a successful manager of champion wrestlers in the 1970s, according to a biography on the WWE Web site.

Albano was recognizable by his penchant for unbuttoned Hawaiian shirts and a trademark beard, which was usually bound by a rubber band.

His persona earned him the distinction of "one of the most hated men" in wrestling for 15 years, the WWE biography said.

Albano's image evolved in the 1980s, when he teamed with Lauper on several music videos, such as "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," and wrestling appearances.

As his celebrity status grew, Albano landed acting jobs, including a role on several episodes of the "Miami Vice" TV series, the biography said.

Albano became a cartoon in 1989, when he was the voice of Mario "Jumpman" Mario for 17 episodes of "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" according to the Internet Movie Database.

[Wezil]

Well done GT. That's what this thread needed.

I remember him from those godawful 80's videos.

[SlowwHand]

Geez people. I bumped it from page 4.

Can we get back to talking about dead celebs now?

We need fresh meat.

[-Jrabbit]

Why? If no one else dies, you win.

[SlowwHand]

That's an excellent point.

[-Jrabbit]

Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83
By DAVID N. GOODMAN, AP
2 hours ago

DETROIT — Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He was 83.

Sales died Thursday night at Calvary Hospice in the Bronx, New York, said his former manager and longtime friend, Dave Usher. Sales had many health problems and entered the hospice last week, Usher said.

At the peak of his fame in the 1950s and '60s, Sales was one of the best-known faces in the nation.

RIP

A couple had him last year IIRC; none this year.

[SlowwHand]

RIP

[Lord Avalon]

RIP

[SlowwHand]

As we head into the end of the year, there seems to be some jockeying for position.

Manager: Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer
The Associated Press, October 29, 2009

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment.

Manager Sam Maydew says the 73-year-old actor and artist is being treated through a "special program" at the University of Southern California.

Asked about Hopper's prognosis, Maydew said, "We're hoping for the best."

[Ming]

Maybe by the end of the year, somebody on my list will die...

[-Jrabbit]

Sorry, dude, you seem to have the "Protective" trait.