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Aw. The little guy was a bundle of enthusiastic energy in the 80s and 90s. RIP Richard. No more sweat'n
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I don't want to start anything here, but did anyone ever actually see Richard Simmons and Dr. Ruth together in the same room? Ever?
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My mom met Richard Simmons back in the 90s. He had a line of collectible dolls, and my mom was a huge doll collector so she went to a doll show/signing. She's got a great picture of herself with him and said he was super friendly. It sounds like he probably had a lot of issues going on behind the scenes, but still found a way to bring a lot of joy to people.
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Nice guy. RIP
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Alefroth wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2024 5:25 pm Richard Simmons today, too. Two iconic figures.
Wow, bummer.

I think this may have been shared here recently, but it deserves more attention.

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So Simmons proved that all that diet and exercise leads to a normal life span, which can be achieved doing none of that.
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Shannen Doherty has passed away at 53. She had a long struggle with breast cancer. It's just tragic she lost that struggle. Fuck cancer.
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It seems like she was at death's door for the last five years. That's a hard way to go.
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I remember thinking she was getting better, than I'd read she was getting worse. Back and forth for years. That had to be heart breaking to get hopeful...then lose that hope...over and over again. :(

So yeah...fuck cancer.
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RIP to her. I remember her as a child on Little House. I figured the cancer would get her. It was late stage and if I remember right she was using holistic medicine and stuff instead of the good stuff. Liked her always.
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Her probate is going to be hell.
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James B. Sikking, 'Hill Street Blues' and 'Doogie Howser, M.D.' actor, dies at 90
James B. Sikking, an actor known for his roles on "Hill Street Blues" and "Doogie Howser, M.D.," has died. He was 90.

Sikking died Saturday due to complications from dementia, his publicist Cynthia Snyder told USA TODAY Monday.
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I remember him mainly from Hill Street Blues.
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He has finally gone to trans warp. RIP.
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Bob Newhart. :(
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Oh man, now that is real bummer.

Damn.

And I wouldn't have done the math right, but he was 94.
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Awwww... bummer. He just seemed so nice and genuine. And fun to watch. :(

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Are we sure it isnt just a dream?
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Thats a limp death notice stess..almost missed it. :)

He was everywhere. Good guy....gonna be missed.
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He was so unique and hilarious. A true comedy legend. RIP Bob.


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Quite some time ago we did a thread on "who's the funniest comedian of all time?" and Bob Newhart's name came up again and again. He was certainly my favorite. That deadpan, self-deprecating humor...always clean, never or rarely profane...he was a master of timing.

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He was probably my all time favorite comedian. RIP
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I was always fascinated by the way he had such impeccable comedic timing, but it was done in such a way that it didn't seem impeccable. He'd pause, hesitate, stutter, repeat himself, yet when the punchline landed it was always at the absolute perfect moment. You can't teach that, it was just pure talent and intuition.
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Lou Dobbs passed.

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John Mayall, hugely influential in blues rock music, probably not so well known today I would guess

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RM2 wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2024 5:34 pm John Mayall, hugely influential in blues rock music, probably not so well known today I would guess

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hitbyambulance wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 6:33 pm
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hitbyambulance wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:48 pm read her memoir last year - she is an excellent story teller, going from heartbreaking to hilarious and back

finally got to see her in concert in February 2020 on one of her rare US tours - very glad i made that (tho i was somewhat underwhelmed by the setlist)
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R.I.P. Cheng Pei-pei, who played Jade Fox in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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R.I.P. Martin Phillipps, frontman for the New Zealand band The Chills. Died at the age of 61 on July 28th.

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This happened a couple of months ago, but I just learned.

WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian dies at 76
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Bastian helped create the word processing application that became WordPerfect while still a graduate student at Brigham Young University, working with Alan Ashton, his computer science professor.
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Back in the mists of time, when there were competing word processing programs, I chose MS Word over Wordperfect and never used the latter. Wife was loyal to a horribly unintuitive program called Xywrite that was her industry's standard at the time. In some alternate universe Wordperfect won, but Apple owners are stuck with Xywrite. :wink:
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Kraken wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 2:41 am Back in the mists of time, when there were competing word processing programs, I chose MS Word over Wordperfect and never used the latter. Wife was loyal to a horribly unintuitive program called Xywrite that was her industry's standard at the time. In some alternate universe Wordperfect won, but Apple owners are stuck with Xywrite. :wink:
I used Wordperfect 4.2 for years. Got pretty good at it too; I was able to edit codes, mail merge, etc.
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I was a Wordperfect and Lotus guy myself.
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I didn't have the ability to choose until the late 90s. In the early 90s when I was working for the college computer lab, it was WP and Lotus. It's also the last time I had formal training in any software of any type!
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When I went to college my roommate had a computer and WordPerfect, of which I had neither, so I learned on WordPerfect.
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I think when Microsoft squashed WordPerfect was when things started to go wrong.
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The Harambe of word processors.
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ImLawBoy wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 11:08 am When I went to college my roommate had a computer and WordPerfect, of which I had neither, so I learned on WordPerfect.
I learned on Word.

Dad wouldn't buy an Apple for gaming like I wanted in the early 80's - he was a Stanford MBA, so he waited and we got an IBM running DOS (IBM at the time was really still IBM), and I eventually had another (cheaper) one which I took to College with Word.

Dad eventually taught himself to program (FoxPro) and became a Microsoft MVP for his contributions to the FoxPro community.

I still did get some games (Wizardry, and NFL football game, Zork, etc.). We played the heck out of Wizardry, and in College, NFL was the game we played the most freshman year.
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The Wizardry games were great though -- I played my first on an Apple IIe. Many years later, I had the honor to drink (heavily) with Bob Sirotek, creator of Wizardry, and Johnny Wilson, the original Editor-in-Chief of Computer Gaming World. Did they ever have stories to tell...
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