R.I.P. The thread of death....celebrity or otherwise

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:41 pm

Felix Silla, best known as the gibberish-spouting Cousin Itt on the 1960s TV sitcom The Addams Family, died today from pancreatic cancer. He was 84 and died in Las Vegas, according to a tweet from Gil Gerard, who costarred with him on the 1979-81 NBC series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Silla donned a full-body hairpiece, sunglasses and a bowler hat to achieve the role of Cousin Itt, who could only be understood by members of the Addams Family, thanks to his strange mumbling. The role was one of several where Silla’s face went unseen, including appearances as robot Twiki on Buck Rogers and as a hang-gliding Ewok in Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:50 pm

Awww. No not Twiki! I know he didn't voice him but man I loved Buck Rogers and Twiki was cool. Even if his helmet looked like a guys umm..nm. I didn't notice as a kid. Man that sucks. RIP Felix. Man the memories.

Bidibidibidi eat lead sucker.

Bonanza episode Hoss and the Leprechauns,

hahaha OMG yes.Such a funny ep.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:55 pm

Never realized he was Cousin Itt also. RIP

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:10 pm

Charles Geschke: Adobe co-founder who helped develop the PDF dies

Charles Geschke, the co-founder of the software company Adobe who helped develop the Portable Document Format, or PDF, has died at the age of 81.

Geschke set up Adobe in 1982, giving the world the ubiquitous PDF software, among many other audio-visual innovations.

He made headlines 10 years later when he was kidnapped at gunpoint and held for ransom before being released unhurt after a four-day ordeal.

Geschke died in California on Friday.

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said Geschke, widely known as Chuck, "sparked the desktop publishing revolution".

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:37 pm

RIP. Handy file type.

On the flip side I haven't used the bloated Adobe in many years. I use Foxit Reader.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:13 pm

Former Vice President Walter Mondale dies at 93

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:34 pm

The Kingsmen’s Mike Mitchell, Guitarist on “Louie Louie,” Dies at 77

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:54 pm

Jim Steinman, Songwriter for Meat Loaf, Celine Dion and More, Dies at 73

He composed rock singer Meat Loaf’s debut album “Bat Out of Hell” in 1977, which is one of the best-selling albums of all time with more than 50 million copies sold around the world. Steinman collaborated with Meat Loaf on the singer’s 1981 album “Dead Ringer,” served as composer/producer on his 1993 album “Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell” and composed his 2016 “Braver Than We Are” album.

Some of the popular songs Steinman composed include Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” Barry Manilow’s “Read ‘Em and Weep,” Air Supply’s “Making Love Out of Nothing at All,” Celine Dion’s version of “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:18 pm

That's an impressive resume.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:32 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:54 pm Jim Steinman, Songwriter for Meat Loaf, Celine Dion and More, Dies at 73

He composed rock singer Meat Loaf’s debut album “Bat Out of Hell” in 1977, which is one of the best-selling albums of all time with more than 50 million copies sold around the world. Steinman collaborated with Meat Loaf on the singer’s 1981 album “Dead Ringer,” served as composer/producer on his 1993 album “Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell” and composed his 2016 “Braver Than We Are” album.

Some of the popular songs Steinman composed include Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” Barry Manilow’s “Read ‘Em and Weep,” Air Supply’s “Making Love Out of Nothing at All,” Celine Dion’s version of “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”

also co-writer with Andrew Eldritch for The Sisters of Mercy's "Dominion/Mother Russia", "This Corrosion" and "More"

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:59 pm

Frankie Valli posted that Joe Long of The Four Seasons has passed away from COVID. Last year co founder Tommy DeVito died of COVID.

https://www.njarts.net/pop-rock/joe-lon ... ies-at-79/

Joe Long wasn’t an original member of The Four Seasons. But he joined in 1965, when the group was still in its heyday, and remained a group member until 1975. When the group was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2018, he was inducted along with them.

Long — the grandson of Italian immigrants, born Joseph LaBracio in Elizabeth, in 1941 — has died at the age of 79, his friend Alfredo Nittoli posted on Facebook today. Nittoli had also posted, recently, about Long’s struggles with COVID.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:24 pm

They were a very popular group back in their heyday and I liked them. RIP

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 6:03 pm

Don't start the notice with "Frankie Valli.". That really scared me.

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 11:06 am

RIP to Shock G...doing the Humpty Dance in heaven now...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/arts ... -dead.html

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:02 pm

Oh, that one hits hard. I still have their first two albums in my rotation because they're so damn good.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:03 pm

Young. Didn't realize he wasn't much older than me. That song was big when I was in college. Danced to it a lot. RIP.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:07 pm

I hate that song but RIP to the man.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:15 pm

That song was popular while I was working as a bouncer, so I heard it all the time. I was always happy when it came on - a lot of the other stuff was awful, but the Humpty Dance was always a fun break.

RIP

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:00 pm

I doubt I've heard that song in 20 years. Just pulled it up on YouTube and could still remember nearly every word.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:05 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:07 pm I hate that song but RIP to the man.

I know that he Humpty Dance is how they became popular, but Doowutchyalike was actually first.

Again, RIP MC Blowfish and Piano Man.

Also, one of my favorites, and not because of the Octopus reference

Genuinely upsetting me today.

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:39 pm

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:05 pm Genuinely upsetting me today.

That whole Sex Packets album is great.

It was a daily jam in our first apartment. My wife and I had just gotten married and our place was the hang spot because a lot of our friends either lived in dorms or were still at home.

Everybody loved this album. My skater friends and my wife's artist friends and weird randos I worked with that would stop by. Everybody dug it because Funk.

Funk is the word
It's got a groove, it's got a meaning
Funk is the time, is the place, is the motion
Funk is the way we are feeling

Xmann · Post by **Xmann** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 11:31 pm

Smoove_B wrote:
Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:07 pm I hate that song but RIP to the man.
I know that he Humpty Dance is how they became popular, but Doowutchyalike was actually first.

Again, RIP MC Blowfish and Piano Man.

Also, one of my favorites, and not because of the Octopus reference

Genuinely upsetting me today.

Those albums are great. Listen to a lot of their stuff on the regular.

Wasn't really a fan of the humpty dance, but quite a bit of others I am.

Damn, RIP Shock G

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 9:12 pm

Computer security world in mourning over death of Dan Kaminsky, aged 42

Celebrated information security researcher Dan Kaminsky, known not just for his technical ability but also for his compassion and support for those in his industry, has died. He was 42.

Though Kaminsky rose to fame in 2008 for identifying a critical design weakness in the internet's infrastructure – and worked in secret with software developers to mitigate the issue before it could be easily exploited – he had worked behind the scenes in the infosec world for at least the past two decades.

When your Register hack asked Kaminsky why he hadn't gone to the dark side and used the flaw to become immensely wealthy – either by exploiting it to hijack millions of netizens' web traffic, or by selling details of it to the highest bidders – he said not only would that have been morally wrong, he didn't want his mom to have to visit him in prison. You can read more technical info on the DNS flaw here.

In a statement thanking everyone for their kind words, Kaminsky's family said he died as a result of diabetic ketoacidosis, and asked for privacy at this time.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 9:26 pm

Shit, 42 is way too young. At my last job, we had a CSO who had a PhD in computer security and was well known in the field...he died young from brain cancer.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 9:34 pm

In a sad sign of the times his niece had to post a note that his death had nothing to do with being vaccinated and instead was diabetic ketoacidosis. In any case, too young...I saw him several times at various Defcons and respected his expertise in DNS security issues in particular where his work was vital.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Wed Apr 28, 2021 11:22 pm

It always shocks me a little when somebody younger than me dies a natural death. I mean I'm in worse shape than most people any where near my age. How could they possibly go before me?

Suitably Ironic Moniker · Sat May 01, 2021 4:36 pm

Olympia Dukakis dies at 89. I've only seen her in a couple of films, but when Moonstruck is one of those films, that's more than enough to know what an amazing talent she was.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat May 01, 2021 4:44 pm

Suitably Ironic Moniker wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 4:36 pm Olympia Dukakis dies at 89. I've only seen her in a couple of films, but when Moonstruck is one of those films, that's more than enough to know what an amazing talent she was.

Wonderful actress. Was in so many of my wife's movies that she loved. I guess I remember her best from the one my wife watched over and over and over..Steel Magnolias.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat May 01, 2021 4:48 pm

One of those I thought was already gone. RIP

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Sun May 02, 2021 3:23 am

RIP. I really enjoyed her work.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Fri May 07, 2021 12:30 am

Billie Hays, better known as Winifred W. Witchiepoo on H. R. Puffinstuff, passed away this Monday.

Loved Puffinstuff as a kid, and she was one of my favorite parts of the show.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Fri May 07, 2021 2:46 am

Wow, Witchiepoo was still alive? She seemed ancient 50 years ago.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Fri May 07, 2021 7:13 am

hentzau wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 12:30 am
Loved Puffinstuff as a kid, and she was one of my favorite parts of the show.

Me too, even had a H.R. Puffinstuff lunch box. 96, a good life. RIP

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri May 07, 2021 11:14 am

Ya I thought she was long gone because I thought she was old on the show. RIP.

Heres Billie as a witch on an ep of Bewitched.

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Sat May 08, 2021 1:38 pm

Tawny Kitaen dies at 59

Actress Tawny Kitaen, who appeared in "Bachelor Party" and provocative 1980s rock videos, has died in California. She was 59.

Kitaen -- whose real first name was Julie -- died Friday at home in Newport Beach, according to a release from the Orange County Coroner's Office. The cause of death is not yet known.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Sat May 08, 2021 2:01 pm

I loved the scene in The Perils of Gwendolyn where our bound hero uses a reed as a blow gun to shoot a thorny bug into the eye of his captor. That's quality writing.

RIP, Gwendolyn.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sat May 08, 2021 2:05 pm

I knew she was married to Chuck Finley, who was an outstanding pitcher for the Angels. She was indeed hot stuff back in the day.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat May 08, 2021 6:12 pm

It was OJ.

I remember her from the 80s and the White Snake videos. Was very hot then. Lost all care for her when she publicly disparaged David Coverdale. Saw her a few years ago for some real life thing / show. She looked like she had done way too much surgery. RIP. Wonder what killed her though .

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat May 08, 2021 7:55 pm

Obama's dog Bo died of cancer.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat May 08, 2021 9:26 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 7:55 pm Obama's dog Bo died of cancer.

Awwwww

I dont remember Bo or Obama having a dog. I feel bad for that. Rest well sweet Bo.