Apolyton Celebrity Dead Pool 2009

[germanos]

Secrets hope as Hitler aide dies

Fritz Darges, who has died aged 96, was a member of Hitler's inner circle for four years of the war.

Was there so much fear in the 'führerbunker' or had they still not lost their sense of humor?

He also told the German newspaper how he was dismissed by Hitler over a bizarre incident involving a fly.

The fly had been buzzing around the room during a strategy conference in July 1944, irritating the Nazi leader.

Hitler ordered Mr Darges to get rid of it, but the SS adjutant suggested that as it was an "airborne pest" the job should go to Luftwaffe adjutant, Nicolaus von Below.

Well, certainly Adolf had

He said Hitler then flew into a rage and dismissed him, saying: "You're for the eastern front."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8333632.stm

[Lord Avalon]

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

Well, it's not pancreatic, so I'd think he'd make it through this year.

[embalmer42]

Even if no one had him, I can't believe there are no other Bond fans who did not make note of this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/21/joseph-wiseman-dies-dr-no_n_328281.html?show_comment_id=33187912

Joseph Wiseman Dies: 'Dr No' Dead At 91

NEW YORK — Joseph Wiseman, an actor who played the sinister scientist and title character of Dr. No in the first James Bond feature film, has died. He was 91.

Wiseman, who had been in declining health, died Monday at his home in Manhattan, his daughter, Martha Graham Wiseman, told The New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

A screen and stage actor, Wiseman's film credits include "Detective Story" (1951) and "The Unforgiven" (1960). He also had guest roles on television shows "Law & Order," "The Streets of San Francisco," "The Twilight Zone" and "The Untouchables," according to The New York Times.

He is likely best known, however, for his villainous role in "Dr. No," the first in a long string of James Bond movies. The 1962 film introduced Sean Connery as James Bond and also starred Ursula Andress.

Wiseman was born in Montreal on May 15, 1918. He moved to the United States with his family when he was a boy.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Wiseman started acting when he was a teenager, getting his start in summer stock.

In 1938, he was given a small part in his first Broadway play, Robert E. Sherwood's "Abe Lincoln in Illinois."

Wiseman's other Broadway credits include "Joan of Lorraine" (1946), "Antony and Cleopatra" (1947), "Detective Story" (1949); and most recently in the stage adaptation of Abby Mann's film "Judgment at Nuremberg" (2001).

"Stage acting was what he wanted to be remembered for," Wiseman's daughter told the Los Angeles newspaper.


Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_328281.html

RIP

91 Years old - not a bad life by the sounds of it.

[SlowwHand]

It may have just been a long life.

RIP

[Wezil]

Even if no one had him, I can't believe there are no other Bond fans who did not make note of this:

Joseph Wiseman Dies: 'Dr No' Dead At 91

A player at Derby actually picked him.

[Wezil]

BOSTON - Robert H. Rines, a lawyer, composer, inventor and physicist whose discoveries led to sharper resolution in radar, sonar and ultrasound imaging and who claimed to have seen the Loch Ness Monster, has died. He was 87.

Rines died of heart failure at his home in Boston on Sunday, surrounded by his family, his wife, Joanne Hayes-Rines, told The Associated Press on Monday.

Rines invented prototype radar and sonar technology that was later also incorporated in ultrasound imaging of internal organs. He donated the radar patent to the U.S. government and gave the imaging patent to the rest of the world to use for free, Hayes-Rines said.

Rines held more than 80 patents. The radar technology patent - developed while he was a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's radiation laboratory and honed while serving as a U.S. Signal Corps' officer during WWII - formed the underlying technology used to guide Patriot missiles during the 1991 Gulf War and produce early warning missile-detection systems and other sophisticated military hardware.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/11/03/11612396-ap.html

[Winston]

[Wezil]

Slowwhand widens his lead.

Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies, has died. He was 100.

The French intellectual was regarded as having reshaped the field of anthropology, introducing the concept of structuralism – concepts about common patterns of behaviour and thought, especially myths, in a wide range of human societies. Defined as the search for the underlying patterns of thought in all forms of human activity, structuralism compared the formal relationships among elements in any given system.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/french-anthropologist-levi-strauss-dead-at-100/article1349714/

[SlowwHand]

Well, Hell.

RIP

[-Jrabbit]

Plus, he invented blue jeans.

[SlowwHand]

Yes, he did. I feel kind of guilty, sitting here in Wranglers.

[-Jrabbit]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_jeans

[Grandpa Troll]

Ken Ober-MTV game show "Remote Control" Host dead @ 52

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Ken Ober, whose MTV game show "Remote Control" was among the network's first forays into non-music programming, has died at age 52, his agent said Monday.

Ober hosted five seasons of "Remote Control," a pop-culture quiz show that featured contestants strapped into easy chairs to answer questions from categories such as "Dead or Canadian?" The show first aired in 1987 and helped launch the careers of comedians Adam Sandler, Denis Leary and Colin Quinn, who was the program's announcer.

Ober later moved behind the camera as a producer of the Comedy Central program "Mind of Mencia" and the CBS comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine."

Ober's agent, Mark Measures, said Ober was found dead at his home in Los Angeles. No cause of death was immediately known.

[SlowwHand]

Wezil wants it made known that he's still a contender, and cites this demise.

Serbian Orthodox patriarch dies

The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle, has died in Belgrade, the Church has announced.

The patriarch, 95, became leader of the Church in 1990. He was admitted to the city's military hospital two years ago.

Though he reportedly suffered from heart and lung conditions, the Church did not specify the cause of death.

[SlowwHand]

And what about this?

I may be wrong but I don't think you got points for Levi-Straus yet.

I should be one death behind yet.

Weez

I'm owed points?