OFFICIAL 2016 APOLYTON CELEBRITY DEAD POOL

[Wezil]

So pretty ordinary then?

You didn't address the "TV preacher/huckster" bit....

I wonder how many old ladies he charmed out of their life savings...?

[Jon Miller]

That's a pretty low bar Rah.

Anti-semetic, homophobic, evangelical TV preacher/huckster.

Sure sounds like a great guy.

Also integrated his evangelism when that was almost unheard of, and supported King (for a time, he did lose his backbone at a point and so was not as supportive as many other Christian leaders).

Later in life was almost universalist, so pretty liberal there.

“I used to believe that pagans in far-off countries were lost — were going to hell — if they did not have the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached to them. I no longer believe that. … I believe that there are other ways of recognizing the existence of God—through nature, for instance—and plenty of other opportunities, therefore, of saying ‘yes’ to God.” https://hewhohasearslethimhear.wordp...ame-of-christ/

As far as homophobic goes, pretty much everyone before 1990 was homophobic by todays standards. I haven't seen anything, despite the complaints by my LBGT brothers/sisters, that he in any way stood out.

JM

[pchang]

David Ogden Stiers, aka Major Winchester - dead at 75
Roger Bannister - dead at 88
David’e Astori, Italian footballer - dead at 31

[Wezil]

That's a pretty low bar Rah.

Anti-semetic, homophobic, evangelical TV preacher/huckster.

Sure sounds like a great guy.

[Wezil]

Quite frankly I'm not sure you are deserving.

[SlowwHand]

Nice left-handed compliment.

[Uncle Sparky]

Did you come back to post a Gord Downie obit? Nope. Wanker.

[rah]

For being a sleazy evangelist, I guess he was one of the least objectionable ones.

[Wezil]

I didn't like him.

Delete the post please.

j/k

[Wezil]

Apparently only celebs we like are mentioned now.

See my above comment on standards.

[Broken_Erika]

Seriously? No one mentioned it?
And i'm not one of those eleven so and

[SlowwHand]

He was a good man.

[Uncle Sparky]

I think I'm the only Canuk left here, and I'm one of the eleven Canadians who didn't/ doesn't really care for The Tragically Hip.

[The Mad Monk]

Billy Graham, age 99

[Wezil]

Wankers.

I would have thought Gord Downie would have at least got a mention.

Standards have fallen.