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[HordeLorde]

In light of recent deaths of celebrities, i decided to start this thread to kinda keep track.

Well weve had two great legends die this week..... 3 legends in the past 18 days... that im aware of of course.

whats interesting is the similarities of those particular 3 individuals

Lemmy Kilmister, David Bowie, Alan Rickman

All English
all died of cancer
all had very successful careers 
Bowie turned 69 two days before his death, his last album, BlackStar, was released on 1/8/16
Lemmy turned 70 four days before his death, his last album with  Motorhead, Bad Magic, was released on 8/28/15 (sorry too lazy to use the special characters) 
Snape wouldve been 70 in about 40 days, his last film, Alice Through the Looking Glass, will hit theaters 05/27/16.




 

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Lemmy seems like an outlier to me. I know who Mötörhead is, of course, but I wouldn't have known their front man's name before he died. I wouldn't put him on the same level of celebrity as David Bowie (who, to be fair, is in the rare upper stratosphere of celebrity with the likes of Mick Jagger) or even Alan Rickman (who was much more widely known as a result of the Harry Potter movies). David Bowie was a genius; Mötörhead was loud.

 

69-70 seems way too young to die nowadays, especially given that all of these people were wealthy (Lemmy Kilmister net worth $10 million, David Bowie $230 million, Alan Rickman $16 million) and could afford the best medical care. Still, if a magical wish-granting gnome offered me the opportunity to live David Bowie's life, but with the stipulation that I would die at 69, I'd take that deal.

 

Blackstar is terrific, by the way.

[HordeLorde]

And now the mayor in Ghostbusters died.....

http://www.independe...r-a6809831.html

[rotty]

RIP Glen Fry  

http://www.cnn.com/2...feat/index.html

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Jeez, another one at a relatively young age (67). WTF is going on with our celebrities?!?

[Manoka]

Druqs? O.o

 

Maybe they're waiting to be moved to the secret Island where evils presley and the others are. 

[HordeLorde]

Druqs? O.o

 

Maybe they're waiting to be moved to the secret Island where evils presley and the others are. 

I believe cancer has gotten every celeb mentioned in this thread

I do have a slightly morbid suspicion that Bowie may have faked his death to adopt it as a persona and sell records and finally top the charts....... just a small suspicion.... lots of reasons why this isnt the case though.

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Haha. I don't think Bowie ever cared about topping the charts. He'd probably find it amusing that Blackstar has done so.

[Redezra]

The only problem I have at the moment is that people are going to think my distributed laptop computer, the Black Star Domain, will have to do with Bowie, when it's really a reference to the Black Sun Empire. Ugh, pop culture, amirite?

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The Bowie album is one word, Blackstar. Maybe that will help.

 

And now Glenn Frey of the Eagles. They were never really my thing, but he was in the same age range (67). And we forgot about Natalie Cole (65) on New Year's Eve. All cancer, iirc.

[HordeLorde]

The Bowie album is one word, Blackstar. Maybe that will help.

 

And now Glenn Frey of the Eagles. They were never really my thing, but he was in the same age range (67). And we forgot about Natalie Cole (65) on New Year's Eve. All cancer, iirc.

i mustve missed Natalie Cole
 

 

the Eagles. They were never really my thing

[Redezra]

The Bowie album is one word, Blackstar. Maybe that will help.

 

And now Glenn Frey of the Eagles. They were never really my thing, but he was in the same age range (67). And we forgot about Natalie Cole (65) on New Year's Eve. All cancer, iirc.

 

They're all evacuating the planet. We've seen 2015, we've been back to the future. That's it, nobody needs to be here anymore.

[HordeLorde]

if christopher lloyd drops next Redezra is a prophet

Edited by HordeLorde, 20 January 2016 - 11:58 PM.

[HordeLorde]

Rest In Peace Jimmy Bain of Thin Lizzy 1947 - 2016

[HordeLorde]

Jimmy Bain, who made his name as a bassist with Rainbow and Dio, has died at the age of 68.

[Redezra]

Soooo close. He nearly hit that magic 69

[HordeLorde]

Rest in peace Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane (1941-2016)

[HordeLorde]

Maurice White of Earth Wind and Fire has passed away at the age of 74.

Funny story, back in 2011/2012 while i was still living in the Tidewater are of Virginia, we had an Earthquake(a rare occurance in VA), Hurricane Irene, and the Dismal Swamp fires...in that order. I vowed never to listen to Earth, Wind & Fire ever again.

[HordeLorde]

And now Dave Mirra.... 41 years old