The Off Topic 2010 Celebrity Dead Pool

[Wezil]

No kind words for Paul the Octopus? You heartless bastards.

James MacArthur, the boyish actor who became a household name in the 1970s as Danny "Danno" Williams on TV's Hawaii Five-0, died Thursday, PEOPLE has confirmed.

He was 72 and his family was at his side at the time of his death, according to his agent, Richard Lewis. The actor died in Florida, from natural causes.

[SlowwHand]

I feel more badly about Danno's passing.

RIP

[Wezil]

Who wants to explain it to Ozzy?

[SlowwHand]

Detective Steve McGarrett's (Jack Lord) subordinate in a crime fighting series based in Hawaii.

Steve McGarrett - Danny "Danno" Williams

[Ming]

Book em Danno - RIP

[Wezil]

No more sweets for Ginny.

(CNN) -- Denise Borino-Quinn, who played the wife of a mob boss in the award-winning HBO series "The Sopranos," has died of cancer at 46.

Borino-Quinn died Wednesday at Morristown (New Jersey) Memorial Hospital, according to Farmer Funeral Home. A funeral Mass was held Saturday.

"The Sopranos," which ran from 1999 to 2007, told the story of mobster Tony Soprano and a colorful cast of bumbling criminals.

Borino-Quinn, who said in an interview that she got the part in a 2000 open casting call, played Ginny Sacramoni, married to Johnny Sacramoni. An HBO character bio described Ginny as "Rubenesque."

According to IMDB.com, the internet movie database, Borino-Quinn was a legal secretary and part-time manicurist in Roseland, New Jersey, when she got "The Sopranos" role. She was selected from 14,000 actresses.

The actress married her late husband, Luke Quinn, in 2005. She has two younger brothers, Vincent Borino and Chris Borino.

[germanos]

Sad news: I got one

One of the most famous and respected Dutch writers died this morning.

I trust there's still plenty to discover in Heaven Harry!

Themes in his work

A frequent theme in his work is the Second World War. His father had worked for the Germans during the war and went to prison for three years afterwards. As the war spanned most of Mulisch's formative phase, it had a defining influence on his life and work. In 1963, he wrote a non-fiction work about the Eichmann case: Case 40/61. Major works set against the backdrop of the Second World War are De Aanslag, Het stenen bruidsbed, and Siegfried.

Additionally, Mulisch often incorporates ancient legends or myths in his writings, drawing on Greek mythology (e.g. in De Elementen), Jewish mysticism (in De ontdekking van de Hemel and De Procedure), well-known urban legends and politics (Mulisch is politically left-wing, notably defending Fidel Castro since the Cuban revolution). Mulisch is widely read and (according to his critics) often flaunts his philosophical and even scientific knowledge.

In 1984 he delivered the Huizinga Lecture in Leiden, The Netherlands, under the title: Het Ene (The unifying principle).

Mulisch gained international recognition with the movie De Aanslag (The Assault), (1986) which was based on his eponymous book. It received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best foreign movie and has been translated in more than twenty languages.

His novel De ontdekking van de Hemel (1992) was filmed in 2001 as The Discovery of Heaven by Jeroen Krabbé, starring Stephen Fry.

Amongst many awards he has received for individual works and his total body of work, the most important is the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren (Prize of Dutch Literature, an official lifetime achievement award) in 1995.

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

[germanos]

Sad news: I got one

Well, I guess the guy deserves a DP

BBC link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11661975

[OzzyKP]

Who wants to explain it to Ozzy?

[SlowwHand]

Too young. R.I.P.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Maurice Lucas, the fierce power forward known as "The Enforcer" who helped lead the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA title, has died after a long fight with bladder cancer. He was 58.

Lucas, who in later years was an assistant coach with the Blazers, died Sunday at his home in Portland, the team said.

[Sarxis]

What's a dead-pool?

[SlowwHand]

We each submitted a list of people we thought would die this year.

[Al B. Sure!]

It sounds so ****ed up if you think about it.

[-Jrabbit]

Go away. We've already got a designated outside agitator.

[Al B. Sure!]

Hey I've been contributing! I was the first to post the recent deaths of Solomon Burke and Gregory Isaacs (Ozzy: Who?)