____Obituaries
Davenhill - Nov 20, 2002 7:04 am
Edited by siobhan halo Jul 26, 2007 12:09 am
(2621 previous messages)
First chuckle of the day
- Feb 25, 2010 1:20 am (#2623 of 2640)
Whale kills trainer as horrified spectators watch
ORLANDO, Fla. – A SeaWorld killer whale seized a trainer in its jaws Wednesday and thrashed the woman around underwater, killing her in front of a horrified audience. It marked the third time the animal had been involved in a human death.
Distraught audience members were hustled out of the stadium immediately, and the park was closed.
Trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, was one of the park's most experienced. It was not clear if she drowned or died from the thrashing.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_seaworld_death
- Feb 25, 2010 3:35 am (#2624 of 2640)
That's why they call them "Killer Wales."
Sinbad44
- Feb 25, 2010 6:15 am (#2625 of 2640)
"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale!"
- Feb 25, 2010 7:08 am (#2626 of 2640)
Whatever you say, Khan!
- Feb 25, 2010 4:00 pm (#2627 of 2640)
Khan only recited the middle part of Ahab's speech: "No. No, you can't get away; 'from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.'"
- Feb 26, 2010 8:52 pm (#2628 of 2640)
- Feb 26, 2010 9:03 pm (#2629 of 2640)
His dad was Chekhov?
- Feb 26, 2010 10:03 pm (#2630 of 2640)
Yep.
Weird segue too, from post 2627.
- Mar 10, 2010 7:30 pm (#2631 of 2640)
RIP Corey Haim
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/10/corey.haim.obit/index.html?hpt=T2
- Mar 10, 2010 8:16 pm (#2632 of 2640)
He who God wants to punish, first makes successful in show business.
- Mar 10, 2010 10:19 pm (#2633 of 2640)
The industry does seem to have a penchant for chewing people up and spitting them out.
Would you characterize it as uniformly unethical or corrupt, or just those parts of it involved directly with fame and glamor?
- Mar 10, 2010 10:45 pm (#2634 of 2640)
I think the industry takes a lot of 'creative' people, who can be right-brained, impulsive and insecure, surrounds them with sycophants, and then throws a f_ck of a lot of money at them.
In a very public forum.
This... is a recipe for disaster.
- Mar 10, 2010 10:57 pm (#2635 of 2640)
Did Mr. Haim kill himself or accidentally overdose?
- Mar 11, 2010 3:30 pm (#2636 of 2640)
The obit I read suggested "accidental" from mixing OTC drugs with prescribed ones for the "flu" he had. I also read one story that said he at one time took 85 valium a day.
So he could easily have died of liver failure.
He was in a few movies but maybe he just wasn't that talented. Yes, it's sad but not everyone has a lasting career in show business.
Merlin Olsen
- Mar 11, 2010 5:57 pm (#2638 of 2640)
Oh no...I loved him in football and on TV.
- Mar 11, 2010 8:34 pm (#2639 of 2640)
Always seemed like a good guy. He was only 69 too. Those NFL guys don't last.
- Mar 12, 2010 4:49 pm (#2640 of 2640)
Cancer knows no age...or occupation.
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