Death Pool

Actor Gary Collins dies and Arlen Specter dead at 82.

George McGovern has died.

Russell Means (actor and AIM activist) has died at 72 from throat cancer.

Elliott Carter :(. Can't say it was a surprise, dude was like a million, but still sad.

Hector "Macho" Camacho is brain dead and on life support after being shot in the face.

Author Bryce Courtenay has passed away.

Larry Hagman has died. Sad.

I just heard this and literally screeched out loud. I am so sad. I adore him and am so sad. I was really loving having him back on my tv again.

I think it's really cool that he got a career resurgence this year with the Dallas reboot before passing away. I'm sure he enjoyed returning to the screen and getting to be the guy everyone loved to hate again.

I have a hard time reconciling JR Ewing with Major Anthony Nelson from I Dream of Jeannie. It completely blew my mind when I realized the same actor played both characters.

I read that Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray were by his side when he died. Got a lump in my throat.

I never even watched either version of Dallas, but I always get such a kick hearing about how close he and Patrick Duffy were.

Dallas was so much fun. It's weird thinking of the reboot as "Grandpa's last Christmas" now.

I hope he is burried wearing that Stetson.

big chicken wrote:I have a hard time reconciling JR Ewing with Major Anthony Nelson from I Dream of Jeannie. It completely blew my mind when I realized the same actor played both characters.

Uh. I may have just realized that just this second. Need to sit down now. How did I never notice this?!

Can't believe he's gone, seemed like one of those people who would always be around.

I am legit tearing up. I loved both I Dream of Jeannie and Dallas, and I loved that so many of the reviews of the reboot emphasized that Hagman was a DAMN great actor. Yeah his friendship with his costars was pretty special.

I didn't watch Dallas much but I was a huuuuuuge fan of I Dream of Jeannie, which I used to watch pretty much every afternoon on Channel 56, along with Bewitched. I thought he was super handsome (and also I just had the weird realization that he reminds me of Joshua Jackson on Fringe). I enjoyed his constant eyerolly exasperation with everything.

I couldn't believe it when I heard the news this morning. Dallas was a mainstay of my viewing growing up, and J.R. Ewing was the bad guy whom I would be aghast at his shenanigans but whenever it looked like he might lose Ewing Oil or something, I would immediately be aghast that he might succumb to the evil machinations of another! And that was due to Larry Hagman's portrayal of him.

Such sad news.

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck, age 92.

Aww, how sad. He had a great run, though.
I met him once, 10+ years ago, when I worked for a symphony orchestra and he played one of our summer concerts. He was very nice, but frail, even then. I remember we were all really worried about him, because it was hot as balls that day, and there was no air conditioning.

Sad about this. I met him when he played at my college (and our jazz vocal ensemble sang with him.) Such an neat man. In high school, our percussion ensemble did an award-winning all-Brubeck competition program. "Blue Rondo" was the first time I played vibes with four mallets, and it was a challenge, but a really fun one!

Ravi Shankar dead at 92.

Raksha wrote:Ravi Shankar dead at 92.

Aw-- I'm sorry to hear that.

I used to see Senator Inouye at various events when I was growing up, and he was my nominating Senator to the AF Academy. He was a true hero who spent his life in the service of his country and the state of Hawai'i. Aloha, sir. RIP.