Stars you can't believe are no longer with us

[Random_Spock]

Phillip Seymore Hoffman and Heath Ledger

Hoffman was a total surprise, considering apparently he had a role in Hunger Games that would carry forward to the final two movies and I didn't know he was ill. Also, while I thought Capote was boring, Hoffman was great in that movie.

As for Ledger, man was his star on the rise. Yeah you had Dark Knight (Which I still think Killed him more than the Drugs did), but one of the more quirky movies that I liked was A Knight's Tale, and he was a co-star for Brokeback Mountain. I wonder what he could have become had he still been alive and how many more awards he could have won. It's a missed opportunity that we couldn't continue to see him grow and develop as an actor, especially after his amazing performance as The Joker.

Same here. The both of them were really good actors.

Raymond Burr. Yea he was in his 70's, but he was a very good actor (and he was funny as hell ) and his presence is still missed .

Peter Boyle. Man was he talented (and really funny), still miss him .

Peter Falk. Ruled as Columbo and was one heck of an artist.

 

[J.T.B.]

... Warren Zevon ...

... John Ritter ...

Kind of odd, there is a 1993 episode of The Larry Sanders Show with guests Warren Zevon, John Ritter and Gene Siskel. Zevon and Ritter died four days apart in 2003.

 

[Random_Spock]

... Warren Zevon ...

... John Ritter ...

Kind of odd, there is a 1993 episode of The Larry Sanders Show with guests Warren Zevon, John Ritter and Gene Siskel. Zevon and Ritter died four days apart in 2003.

I forgot about Gene Siskel . Miss him too. Along with Roger Ebert.

Andy Hallett who played Lorne on Buffy and Angel . Man was talented and was really funny. Died way too young.

 

[Mistral]

Richard Biggs. The man was only a couple years older than me.

 

[AgentCoop]

Andy Hallett who played Lorne on Buffy and Angel . Man was talented and was really funny. Died way too young.

Agreed. Both our world and Pylea are poorer for the loss orf Andy.

 

[Tribble puncher]

I'm really bummed that SN1987A is no longer with us...I didn't know it and it had impact on my life whatsoever, but I am sad it is gone....

 

[Random_Spock]

Andy Hallett who played Lorne on Buffy and Angel . Man was talented and was really funny. Died way too young.

Agreed. Both our world and Pylea are poorer for the loss orf Andy.

Yep . Man was a triple threat.

 

[Guy Gardener]

I literally discovered that Glenn Quinn from Angel and Roseanne had died a couple days ago. I was like "What is that #### up to these days?" And then it's "Oh, he's sucking dirt? Fuck. When did... 2002? Wow, I have not been paying attention."

 

[Technobuilder]

I keep waiting for Andy Kaufman to jump out from behind a curtain and scream "GOTCHA SUCKER!"

^This.

 

[Gaith]

Was just thinking of Christopher Hitchens this morning. Man, I miss him.


... And I'm currently making my way through S3 of Glee. Every time Finn wonders aloud about his future which is pretty often, well...

Audrey Hepburn. I know she aged and eventually passed away-but in my head she's always Holly Golightly and forever young.

The Onion, on Elizabeth Taylor:

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[Shaka Zulu]

Brittany Murphy. It feels like we're just waiting for another one of her cute romantic comedies to come out any day now.

I miss her already.

 

[Technobuilder]

Brittany Murphy. It feels like we're just waiting for another one of her cute romantic comedies to come out any day now.

I miss her already.

Same here, plus I'll second mentions of:

-Phillip Seymour Hoffman
-Heath Ledger
-Andreas Katsulas
-Richard Biggs
-Glenn Quinn
-Andy Hallett

 

[Random_Spock]

I literally discovered that Glenn Quinn from Angel and Roseanne had died a couple days ago. I was like "What is that #### up to these days?" And then it's "Oh, he's sucking dirt? Fuck. When did... 2002? Wow, I have not been paying attention."

I remember him from Roseanne. Didn't he play a demon with kind of floppy ears on Angel? I forgot which one he played... it's been too long.

 

[AgentCoop]

I literally discovered that Glenn Quinn from Angel and Roseanne had died a couple days ago. I was like "What is that #### up to these days?" And then it's "Oh, he's sucking dirt? Fuck. When did... 2002? Wow, I have not been paying attention."

I remember him from Roseanne. Didn't he play a demon with kind of floppy ears on Angel? I forgot which one he played... it's been too long.

Glenn Quinn played Doyle, Angel's part-demon "spirit guide" for most of Season One. He was the one that had the visions before he passed them on to Cordelia.

 

[Random_Spock]

I literally discovered that Glenn Quinn from Angel and Roseanne had died a couple days ago. I was like "What is that #### up to these days?" And then it's "Oh, he's sucking dirt? Fuck. When did... 2002? Wow, I have not been paying attention."

I remember him from Roseanne. Didn't he play a demon with kind of floppy ears on Angel? I forgot which one he played... it's been too long.

Glenn Quinn played Doyle, Angel's part-demon "spirit guide" for most of Season One. He was the one that had the visions before he passed them on to Cordelia.

Ah. I see. Thanks.

Maya Angelou. She just passed away . She'll be missed.

 

[DataRules]

I still can't believe John Ritter is gone. I loved so many of his TV shows and movies, starting with Three's Company as a kid up to Bad Santa. He was just such an immense talent and seemed like an amazing person off camera.

I loved John Ritter, and I too, can't believe it's been over ten years. And then Johnny Cash died the very next day. That week really sucked big time.

 

[Guy Gardener]

I had never seen Harts of fire until last year, and Hooperman vanished while I was busy with my childhood after I figured out it wasn't about a super hero... Plenty of his work is still out there hidden from me still I suspect.

(John is wrestling with his plumbing in the pilot of Hooperman on a corner of my monitor, dunking his head in the toilet cistern to get the shampoo out of his hair after the water quit in his bathroom... HARLERRIOUS!)

 

[Echtzeit]

Agree with Britanny Murphy. It's kind of unreal that she is dead. Same with Cory Monteith.

I was surprised to hear in this very thread that Andreas Katsulas had passed... and so long ago even!

But whose death really makes me sad is Wendy Hughes. I remember the morning I went online and read about her passing on Memory Alpha. That was a sad day, especially with "Lessons" being my favorite TNG episode of all.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Amy Winehouse. Realizing that I'm two years older than her at this point is even stranger.

 

[LMFAOschwarz]

I have more of a problem with stars that I can't believe are alive. The other day somebody mentioned Jim Nabors being in the news, and I had to look it up because I could have sworn he died years and years ago.

This past winter I'd been watching Gomer Pyle, USMC, and got curious about Nabor's co-star Frank Sutton. Turns out he died in 1975, just a few years after Gomer Pyle wet off the air!