The 2012 Off Topic Celebrity Dead Pool

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201211:35 AM ET







Harry Carey Jr., character actor in classic Hollywood Westerns, dies

by Kyle Anderson

Tags: Harry Carey Jr., John Ford, John Wayne, Legacy, movies, Obit, Movies
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Harry Carey Jr., a character actor who made a name for himself as part of director John Ford’s classics The Searchers and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, passed away on Thursday of natural causes at a hospice center in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 91 years old.

Born in 1921 to silent film stars Harry Carey Sr. (who spent the bulk of his career in Westerns as well) and Olive Carey, Harry Jr.’s career spanned five decades. Though he rarely took top billing in any of his pictures, his military background (he served in the Navy during World War II) and his horse-riding ability made him an ideal sidekick to friend and frequent co-star John Wayne. The pair appeared in over 10 films together, often with Ford at the helm.

Carey also appeared in films with his parents: One with his father (1948′s Red River) and two with his mother (1956′s The Searchers and 1961′s Two Rode Together).

Younger audiences will likely recognize Carey from his roles as Mr. Anderson in Gremlins, one of the saloon regulars in Back to the Future Part III, and as Marshal Fred White in Tombstone. Overall, Carey appeared in over 100 films and 100 TV episodes (including stops on Gunsmoke and Little House on the Prarie).

[Hauldren Collider]

RIP

[Uncle Sparky]

Oh, Schwarzkopf... I know a gay actor that is aka Stormin' Norman...
RIP anyway.

[SlowwHand]

RIP

[self biased]

Stormin' Norman, DEAD.

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[Uncle Sparky]

Gerry Anderson died today-

LONDON — Gerry Anderson, puppetry pioneer and British creator of the sci-fi hit “Thunderbirds” TV show, has died. He was 83.

Anderson’s son Jamie said his father died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday at a nursing home near Oxfordshire, England, after being diagnosed with mixed dementia two years ago.

His condition had worsened dramatically over the past six months, his son said.

Read more: http://entertainment.time.com/2012/1...#ixzz2GE9Aztca

[Tuberski]

Charles Durning, actor and WW-II vet died yesterday as well.

http://news.yahoo.com/character-actor-world-war-two-hero-charles-durning-142210660.html

[Wezil]

Jack Klugman was 90 and a unique pick for MRT144 (9)

= (171 - 9) + (100 - 90) + 25
= 197 points.

[SlowwHand]

Dec 24, 6:27 PM EST
Jack Klugman dies in Los Angeles

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
AP Entertainment Writer


LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jack Klugman, the prolific, craggy-faced character actor and regular guy who was loved by millions as the messy one in TV's "The Odd Couple" and the crime-fighting coroner in "Quincy, M.E.," died Monday, a son said. He was 90.

Klugman, who lost his voice to throat cancer in the 1980s and trained himself to speak again, died with his wife at his side.

[Wezil]

Washington (CNN) -- Daniel Inouye, the Medal of Honor-winning World War II veteran who represented Hawaii in the Senate for five decades, has died at age 88, his office announced Monday.

Inouye had been hospitalized for "respiratory complications" after starting treatment to regulate his oxygen intake last week, his spokesman, Peter Boylan, told CNN earlier Monday.

He won his ninth consecutive term in 2010 and was the second longest-serving senator in the chamber's history, trailing only Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia. He has been a senator for all but three of the Hawaii's 53 years as a state and had served as its first House member before that.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/17/politics/obit-inouye/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

[Wezil]

Daniel Inouye was 88 and a unique pick for Hauldren Collider (15)

= (171 - 15) + (100 - 88) + 25
= 193 points

Link to follow...

[Wezil]

I hope to have the 2013 signup thread posted in the next couple days so start working on those new teams.

[Wezil]

Lee MacPhail was 95 and a unique pick for Guynemer (11)

= (171 - 11) + (100 - 95) + 25
= 190 points

[Wezil]

Dom Mintoff was 96 and a unique pick for Robert Plomp (9)

= (171 - 9) + (100 - 96) + 25
= 191 points

[Krill]

One for Guy: Lee MacPhail supposedly died last month.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/sports/baseball/lee-macphail-baseball-executive-who-ruled-in-pine-tar-game-dies-at-95.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

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