RIP

Former Channel 7 and 9 newsreader Ian Ross has passed away aged 73



http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/television-newsreader-ian-ross-dead-at-73-20140430-37gj8.html

http://www.news.com.au/national/former-premier-neville-wran-dead-at-87-family-friends-close-by-as-a-labor-giant-passes/story-fncynjr2-1226890643965

So young and with so much potential. Very sad.

R.I.P Dylan tombides lost his 3 year battle with testicular cancer at the age of 20

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According to wiki, yes.

I was only six then in 1990. I thought it was the greatest thing that had ever happened.

Mania VI?

-PB

The title match he had with Hulk Hogan was magnificent.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/adrian-mole-author-sue-townsend-68-dies-at-leicester-home-20140411-36gy5.html



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Eerie speech he did as well considering the events of today

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-PB

3 days ago he was being inducted into the WWE hall of fame

2 days ago he was appearing at wrestlemania

1 day ago he was giving a live promo on Monday Night Raw

The wrestler known as the Ultimate Warrior has passed away at the age of 54

Edited by Timmo: 9/4/2014 03:49:03 PM

:lol: Jimmity Jillikers

The undertaker never lost at WestleMania when SAF was in charge. It's Moyes' fault.

RIP Undertaker's wrestlemania streak.

For those that did watch wrestelmania yesterday did anyone seriously see this coming?

Peaches Geldof daughter of Paula Yates and Bob Geldof has come to her demise at age 25


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RIP Mickey Rooney. the only one perfect replacement for Fall Out Boy :lol:

R.I.P to a friend of mine a great bloke by the name of Gianni Pagano you will be missed mate ...

I have so many #toosoon jokes for that one.

L’Wren Scott dead: Rolling Stones cancel entire Australia and New Zealand tour



The band told fans they were 'deeply sorry'


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Wednesday 19 March 2014


The Rolling Stones have cancelled their entire tour of Australia and New Zealand following the tragic death of fashion designer L’Wren Scott, who was Mick Jagger’s partner of 13 years.


In a statement, the band told fans they were “deeply sorry” to have postponed the seven dates.

“"The Rolling Stones are deeply sorry and disappointed to announce the postponement of the rest of their 14 ON FIRE tour of Australia and New Zealand following the death of L’Wren Scott," the statement read.

"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood wish to thank all of their fans for their support at this difficult time and hope that they will fully understand the reason for this announcement.

"The Rolling Stones are planning to reschedule these postponed shows at a later date."

The announcement came just hours after Jagger released a heartfelt personal tribute to his late lover, who was found by her assistant in her Manhattan apartment on Monday. Police are treating her death as a suspected suicide.

"I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way," he wrote on his website.

"We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves.

"She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me.

"I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received.

"I will never forget her, Mick."

The band had already cancelled a scheduled performance in Perth this evening.

The other shows that have been pushed back include Adelaide Oval on 22 March, Sydney Allphones Arena on 25 March, Melbourne Rod Laver Arena on 28 March and Macedon Ranges Hanging Rock on 30 March.

Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 2 April and Auckland Mt Smart Stadium on 5 April have also been cancelled for the foreseeable future.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/lwren-scott-dead-rolling-stones-cancel-entire-australia-and-new-zealand-tour-9201381.html

Wesley Warren Jr, famed for ‘freak’ 45kg scrotum, dies after long battle with health problems


This story was published: 19 hours ago March 16, 2014 12:19AM


A LAS VEGAS man, who shot to worldwide attention last year because of his 45kg scrotum, has died.

Wesley Warren Jr, 49, reportedly died after suffering two heart attacks when he was hospitalised because of complications from diabetes.

Warren grew famous after a publicity campaign to raise money to get surgery on his enlarged scrotum, the result of a condition known as scrotal elephantiasis.

He went on the radio show of US shock jock Howard Stern to draw attention to his plight — he needed to raise $US1 million to pay for surgery.

“I don’t like being a freak, who would?” he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal at the time. “But I figured that the Stern show is listened to by millions of people and they might want to help me. I hope some millionaire or billionaire will want to help me.”

Going public led to surgery last year which corrected his condition.

His friend Joey Hurtado, who shared an apartment with Warren, told the Review-Journal the surgery played no role in his death.

Mr Hurtado told the paper Warren had battled for a long time with health problems related to his obesity.

Mr Hurtado said: “I kept trying to get him to lose weight so he’d be healthier. He’d get depressed sometimes that he wasn’t healthier than he was.”

Scrotal elephantiasis is rarely seen outside of the tropical areas of Africa and Asia and is usually caused by a mosquito-spread parasitic infection.

Warren had never travelled to tropical areas and believed the condition was down to an accident in 2008, when he caught his testicles with his leg while twisting in bed. The next day Mr Warren said his scrotum had grown to “the size of a soccer ball”.

After a British company made a documentary about his condition and the subsequent operation — shown in Australia under the title of “The Man With The Biggest Testicles” — and after a host of TV appearances, Warren was accused by some of being hungry for fame.

The suggestion angered him.

“Who would want to live like this?” he countered.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/wesley-warren-jr-famed-for-freak-45kg-scrotum-dies-after-long-battle-with-health-problems/story-fneuzlbd-1226855956179

Former Macedonian NT goalkeeper Petar Milosevski has been killed in a car accident in north-east Macedonia, aged 40.

The AFL community in mourning following the death of former Melbourne coach Dean Bailey

Dean Bailey has died overnight aged 47.


CROWS senior assistant coach Dean Bailey died this morning.

Bailey, 47, was diagnosed with cancer — that filled one of his lungs — in December.

Adelaide Football Club players, coaches and staff gathered at their West Lakes headquarters at 9.30am today to learn of his death.

Melbourne co-captain Jack Grimes and teammates Jack Trengove and Colin Garland have paid tribute to Dean Bailey, speaking candidly about Bailey's influence on their AFL careers.



The news of Bailey’s death will be met with shock and sadness around the AFL community where Bailey was admired as one of the game’s much-loved men and sharpest tacticians.

Bailey first learned of his predicament after becoming acutely ill late last year before doctors identified his condition as a cancer in the chest area.


Despite being on indefinite leave, Adelaide’s strategy and innovation coach continued to play a role at the club, inspiring the players with visits between treatments.

The Adelaide Football Club today paid tribute to Dean Bailey recognising he had battled “cancer with his usual resilience and positive attitude”.


Adelaide Crows Chief Executive Steven Trigg and coach Brenton Sanderson reflect on the life of Dean Bailey, who died on Tuesday morning.

Adelaide chief executive Steven Trigg remembered Bailey as “a hard-working, family man.”

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Dean’s wife, Caron and children Darcy and Mitchell,” Trigg said.

“They know that the entire Crows family is here to help and offer support.”

“Few understood the game of football better than Dean.

“He often told how he gained most pleasure from teaching and helping young men become better players and more importantly, better people.

“Dean’s dry sense of humour also provided many priceless moments.

“His influence stretches far beyond the Adelaide Football Club, given his involvement in the game across three states.”

Adelaide chairman Rob Chapman last saw Bailey on Sunday and described his death at 47 as “bloody sad ... and unfair”.

Chapman worked closely with Bailey to defend the Crows assistant coach last year when he faced sanctions from the AFL in the Melbourne “tanking” saga of 2009.

“From those walks along the beach to the nights we’d shared a glass of wine, I learned a lot about football from Dean,” Chapman said. “I will treasure those times.

“Dean had a great sense of humour and a great sense of family.

“He also wanted to achieve so much with the Adelaide Football Club. He leaves us to fulfil those dreams — and with us all remembering his part in making the club stronger and better.”



Herald Sun AFL writer Mark Robinson has paid his respects to the late Dean Bailey, remembering the former Demons coach as one of the game's greatest minds.


His passion and dry humour made him a popular figure around West Lakes.

Last month, after it was confirmed that Bailey had returned to hospital, Brodie Smith said the players’ thoughts were constantly with him.

“It’s just a sad and unfortunate event,’’ Smith said.

“He’s such a great coach and such a good guy around the club.”

Some of the players and coaches shaved their heads as a token of support when Bailey was undergoing chemotherapy.



Port Adelaide veteran Kane Cornes has described Dean Bailey as “a really great footy person’’ who played an integral role in the club’s historic 2004 premiership.

Cornes said he was “shocked’’ by Bailey’s tragic passing and that “everyone at the club is really feeling it today’’.

“He was such a huge part of our premiership side,’’ Cornes said.

“He was a really great footy person, really smart and had one of the best sense of humours you are ever likely to come across.

“The best thing about footy is the people you get to meet and spend time with and he was one of those people I stayed in contact with.

“I’m in shock about how sudden it’s all been and he certainly won’t be forgotten.’’


Bailey’s career in AFL football began as a player in the Essendon midfield in 1986. He played 53 senior games until his retirement in 1992. He then turned to coaching with outstanding credentials as one of the game’s deepest thinkers and calmest men in high-pressure matches.

Bailey left Essendon — where he was a development coach — to be a vital part of Port Adelaide’s 2004 AFL premiership triumph as an assistant coach for Mark Williams. Late in the 2007 season, Bailey was appointed Melbourne’s senior coach — a demanding job he kept for 83 games before his departure midway through the 2011 season.

Bailey returned to Adelaide in October 2011 to be the senior member of rookie coach Brenton Sanderson’s panel at West Lakes.

With Andrew Capel
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/the-afl-community-in-mourning-following-the-death-of-former-melbourne-coach-dean-bailey/story-fndv862c-1226851178334

Roy Higgins dies suddenly, aged 75

DateMarch 9, 2014


Roy Higgins, one of Australia's greatest jockeys, died suddenly on Saturday night in the Melbourne Private Hospital.

Higgins, 75, won a record 11 Melbourne jockeys' premierships and 2312 winners despite a constant battle with weight and was a revered figure of the Australian turf.

Dubbed ''the Professor'', Higgins won most of Australia's major races, including two Melbourne Cups on Light Fingers (1965) and Red Handed (1967) for Bart Cummings in one of the great partnerships in the sport.

Higgins was inducted into racing's hall of fame in 1987.

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Former Age chief racing writer Tony Bourke said on Saturday night that Higgins was not only a great jockey of strength but he also rode in an era when Melbourne jockeys were considered inferior.

Yet he shattered that illusion by being highly successful in both Melbourne and Sydney.

''He was one of the greatest jockeys this country has ever produced,'' Bourke said.

Higgins became a household name not just for his racetrack achievements but as one of the first jockeys to embrace the media.

Higgins was a regular on the popular Channel Seven Sunday sports show World Of Sport.

During his career, and after he retired, Higgins was forever courteous, engaging and informative when phoned by journalists on any racing-related matter.

Higgins and fellow rider Pat Hyland became part of racing's folklore in the famous two-horse race at Flemington, the 1970 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, when Higgins on Big Philou narrowly defeated Hyland on Rain Lover.

In recent years, Higgins ventured into racehorse syndication with his good friend Wylie Dalziel.

He won a race at Flemington eight days ago with Bring Me The Maid.

Born at Koondrook in northern Victoria on June 5, 1938, Higgins began in Deniliquin with his master, Jim Watters


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/horseracing/roy-higgins-dies-suddenly-aged-75-20140308-34epx.html#ixzz2vNVSCMyd

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Russell Ziskey: Anybody in here speak some English?
(Elderly man raises his hand)
Russell Ziskey: Sir? You speak some English??
Elderly Man: (nods) Son of bitch, shit!!

sad, I remember this line from Stripes, always gave me a chuckle

Recruiter: Now, are either of you homosexuals?
John Winger: [John and Russell look at each other] You mean, like, flaming, or...
Recruiter: Well, it's a standard question we have to ask.
Russell Ziskey: No, we're not homosexual, but we are *willing to learn*.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/film/ghostbuster-harold-ramis-dies/story-e6frg8pf-1226836520348

COMEDY actor, director and writer Harold Ramis, best known for his roles in movies such as “Ghostbusters” and “Stripes,” has died, aged 69.

Ramis died early Monday morning of complications from vasculitis, which causes inflammation and damage to blood vessels, said Chris Day, a spokesman at United Talent Agency. Ramis was surrounded by family and friends at his suburban Chicago home.

Ramis was a key factor in some of the biggest blockbuster comedies in the 1970s and 1980s.

He co-wrote “Animal House,” which starred fellow Second City alum John Belushi. He teamed up with Second City alums Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd on “Ghostbusters,” in which Ramis co-starred and helped write. He also co-wrote “Meatballs” and “Caddy Shack,” both of which starred Murray.

“The best comedy touches something that's timeless and universal in people,” Ramis told The Associated Press in a 2009 story about the 50th anniversary of Second City. “When you hit it right, those things last.”

More recently, he directed “Analyse This,” starring Billy Crystal and Robert DeNiro.

Aykroyd issued a statement, saying he was “deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my brilliant, gifted, funny friend ... May he now get the answers he was always seeking.”

Ramis was born November 21, 1944 in Chicago. He is survived by his wife, Erica; sons Julian and Daniel; daughter, Violet, and two grandchildren.

AP

I don't really care if people don't empathize with me regarding my father . People won't know how it feels until it happens to them . You just rely on family and friends .

Dude, I saw a hotted up WRX with a sticker on the back that said "Dude I almost had you" RIP Paul Walker etc :lol:

Was srs bsns.

-PB

I don't care much for celebs, though they're still people like everyone else. And at times more lonely than your average person.

Dish out the kind of lack of concern you have shown - no problem, you're entitled to feel that way - and don't get upset at any lack of sympathy you may receive regarding your father.

No one has a mortgage on being felt sorry for.

What affects people regarding celebrity deaths is that they project those things onto themselves and their families. It's a weird identification thought process that takes place.