2014 Off Topic Celebrity Dead Pool - Now under New Management

[-Jrabbit]

Query for anyone who has ever been in the lead in the run-up to the year end- is it normal to start researching occult rituals aimed at warding off death in others? The tension is unbelievable.

No, that is not normal. Calm confidence that the universe is out to screw you is the socially acceptable alternative.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Slowwhand has another hit. Luise Rayner has died.

Actress Luise Rainer, who became the first winner of consecutive Oscars in the 1930s, has died at the age of 104.

The German-born star was named best actress in 1936 and 1937 - a feat achieved by only five actors in Academy Awards history to date.

Her achievement made her a force in the golden age of Hollywood cinema, but was also a curse, making her last major film in 1943.

She settled in London and made occasional appearances on film and TV.

Rainer appeared in US small screen series The Loveboat in 1984, while her last substantial film role came in 1998, playing opposite Michael Gambon and Dominic West in The Gambler.

The actress appeared in a number of German films before being talent-spotted by Hollywood studio MGM and making her debut in 1935

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30631088

[-Jrabbit]

Latest hit ever!

[Robert]

Luise Rainer died.

http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/12/30/luise-rainer-dies-104-pneumonia-oscar-winner/

Don Keefer already died on September 7th

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/don-keefer-dead-twilight-zone-735614

Rainer #9, 104 years old
Keefer #18, 98 years old

Points = (171 - Rank) + (100 – age) + Bonus
171 - 9 - 4 = 158 points
171 - 18 + 2 + 25(unique) + 25 (can't cheat death award*) = 195 points

Just spreading the sad news.

[SlowwHand]

Just under the wire.

[Uncle Sparky]

Rugrats 'Chuckie' is dead.

So sad! Christine Cavanaugh, the famous voice actor, has passed away at the young age of 51.

Christine Cavanaugh died from unknown causes on Dec. 22, TMZ reported. Most known for her voice work as Chuckie from Rugrats, Babe the Pig in Babe, and Dexter in Dexter’s Laboratory, Christina was a voice actor throughout the ’90s and the early ’00s.

Christine Cavanaugh Dead

Christine had many roles throughout her lifetime. In addition to the above, she also voiced Marty Sherman in The Critic; Oblina in Ahhhhh Real Monsters; Bunny in The Powerpuff Girls; Wizzer and Dumpling in 101 Dalmations and Bunnie Rabbot in Sonic: The Hedgehog. She had guest star appearances in ER, Cheers and The X-Files.

Jeremy Lloyd, writer/ producer, is dead.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30591740

Jeremy Lloyd, co-creator of BBC comedies 'Allo 'Allo! and Are You Being Served?, has died aged 84.

Lloyd died in hospital after being admitted for pneumonia, his agent said.

He worked with fellow comedy writer David Croft on the popular comedy series set in a department store, which ran from 1972-85.

His agent Alexandra Cann said: "Jeremy was a great wit and always a mass of original ideas.

[Tuberski]

Edward Hermann- brain cancer at 71:

http://www.tmz.com/2014/12/31/edward-herrmann-dead-gilmore-girls/

"Gilmore Girls" is the best TMZ could do?

ACK!

[-Jrabbit]

Does the Rainer death give Sloww the title?

We need final standings, reg! Who is our next Grim Reaper?

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I can't even speculate. It's got to be close.

[Grandpa Troll]

Country music star Little Jimmy Dickens, a fixture at the Grand Ole Opry for decades, died Friday of cardiac arrest after having a stroke on Christmas, the website for the famed music venue reported.
Dickens, 94, died at a hospital in Nashville, according to media reports.
"It is with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to my hero and friend today. I loved you Jimmy," Brad Paisley wrote on Twitter.

Dickens joined the Opry, the showcase for country music, in 1948.
"The Grand Ole Opry did not have a better friend than Little Jimmy Dickens," Opry Vice President and General Manager Pete Fisher said in a statement. "He loved the audience and his Opry family, and all of us loved him back. He was a one-of-kind entertainer and a great soul whose spirit will live on for years to come."

Dickens -- known for his diminutive stature, colorful rhinestone-studded jackets and keen sense of humor -- had several novelty hits, beginning in 1949. "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose," "Out Behind the Barn," and "Take An Old Cold Tater (And Wait)" are among his fans' favorite tunes. Another is "I'm Little, But I'm Loud."

The 4-foot-11-inch artist was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. He is survived by his wife, Mona Dickens, and two daughters.
"I am deeply saddened. We have lost a precious treasure," tweeted Charlie Daniels.
The Opry's news release said plans were still being formed for a funeral, as well as a public viewing and service.
Dickens was born in Bolt, West Virginia, the oldest of 13 children. In 2007 he told West Virginia Public Broadcasting that while his dad was a coal miner and the family was poor, they were never hungry.
"Nothing easy about coal mining for a living but we all got by," he said. "There was more love in our family than the money."
He said his grandparents raised him. His mother and uncles played guitars and banjos but none of them played professionally, he said.
He got his start on a radio station in Beckley, according to a biography on the Hall of Fame website. He had a $12 guitar that he carried in a pillowcase and he got to sing a song or two each week.
Eventually he'd go out and sing with the stars of the station, he said. He was still in high school at the time.
He moved on to a station in Cincinnati, where he was doing a morning show when country star Roy Acuff came for a visit in the 1940s. Acuff invited Dickens to sing a song in his show, which the star liked enough to help get Dickens an invitation to sing at the Opry even before he had a record.
"I went down there and did that and it worked for me," Dickens said.
He said he wanted to be remembered for his honesty with his fans and coworkers and for his desire to always get better as a performer.

[SlowwHand]

I think I'm going to sneak in.

and rah is going to rival Mark Twain for Most Quoted.

[-Jrabbit]

C'mon, reg!

[Uncle Sparky]

Who won?

[SlowwHand]

.

[-Jrabbit]