The Off Topic 2010 Celebrity Dead Pool

[Guynemer]

On his deathbed? That would be unusual with prostate cancer, having only been diagnosed a few months ago. Possible, certainly, but unusual.

[Wezil]

There are a pile of news reports out on Hopper in the last few days saying similar things.

Maybe the cancer was advanced before detected? I know nothing of these things.

edit - A more complete Hopper health article

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 – Reports are claiming that Dennis Hopper is losing his fight against cancer.
In October it was announced that the actor was battling with prostate cancer and was admitted to the hospital with severe flu type symptoms.

Immediately Hopper underwent treatment for his illness at the University of Southern California, but it is said that the disease has spread to his bones. His health has been worsening each day. Presently Hopper is in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and has been there since Christmas.

According to Britain’s News, doctors are admitting that the battle for the 73 year old may be over soon with the disease spreading like it is. The publication states the doctors have discussed with Hopper that the illness is incurable and that these may be his final days.

The acting legend has been struggling with the beast of diseases since 2002.

The actor is a legendary star that has performed in films like Apocalypse Now, Speed and Hoosiers, and Blue Velvet. He just finished the shooting for the TV Series Crash.

He is married to his fifth wife, Victoria Duffy, 42 and they both have a 6 year old daughter together.

http://www.overthelimit.info/entertainment/2010/01/12/dennis-hopper-dying-from-prostate-cancer/

[Guynemer]

Ahhh. Yes, that is different. He waited entirely too long to seek medical care, if it had already spread to his bones.

[Wezil]

drunkasaskunk is lined up for some unique pick points:

Doug Fieger, frontman for the Knack, is reportedly dying. According to the Detroit News, the man behind 1979's classic 'My Sharona' and its parent album 'Get the Knack' has lung and brain cancer.

Still, Fieger, 57, has a pretty positive outlook on his mortality, considering the three craniotomies and whole-brain radiation he has endured. "Everybody is in the same spot," the Southern California-based rocker told the paper. "I just know there is something that will potentially end my time here."

Fieger, who had a piece of his lung removed in 2004 and has been diagnosed with 22 brain tumors, says he's weak but pain-free. For now, Doug -- who topped the singles charts for six weeks with 'Sharona' and ultimately sold 6 million copies of the band's debut album -- is confident he will get enough strength to play his many guitars.

He's said he is prepared to die "if that's the case" but he noted that his grandmother lived for 21 years after she was diagnosed with cancer. He's also ready to stay, and he dismisses the notion of a worst-case scenario. "I'm not sure it's the worst," he said of dying. "When we get there, we might kick ourselves and say, 'Why didn't I show up sooner?'"

http://www.spinner.ca/2010/01/12/knack-frontman-doug-fieger-fighting-lung-and-brain-cancer/

[embalmer42]

Oh, for the love of

[-Jrabbit]

Damn, forgot about Fieger and ignored Hopper because prostate cancer tends to be very treatable.

[-Jrabbit]

I believe he was ruled ineligible, but at least he's gone now...

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Mon, January 25, 2010 -- 9:24 AM ET
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'Chemical Ali,' Hussein's Cousin and Aide, Is Executed

Ali Hassan al-Majid, who was known throughout Iraq as
Chemical Ali for his role in the 1988 campaign that killed as
many as 180,000 Kurds, was executed on Monday.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na

[SlowwHand]

[Winston]

No more genocide trials and death sentences for you!

[SlowwHand]

Pernell Roberts, who became a small-screen staple as Adam Cartwright in Bonanza and later as the title character in the M*A*S*H spinoff Trapper John, M.D., has died. He was 81. His wife, Eleanor Criswell, told the Los Angeles Times that Roberts passed away Sunday at the couple's home in Malibu after losing a battle with cancer. Funeral services were set for today. Born May 18, 1928, in Georgia, Roberts served in the Marines before getting the acting bug. He won a Drama Desk Award in 1955 for an off-Broadway version of Macbeth and then had a few TV appearances before landing his career-making role of the eldest Cartwright boy on NBC's Bonanza, one of TV's all-time most »

RIP

[MOBIUS]

Wow, nuked twice and still survived to 93.

Clearly radiation isn't all it's cracked up to be...

Is Ariel Sharon dead yet? I hope not. And that he's aware.

[SlowwHand]

[OzzyKP]

Howard Zinn died.

[Wezil]

Not without a link he didn't.

[Winston]

How about J.D. Salinger then?