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Posted: Nov 08 2009 05:11 am

Don Ivan Punchatz, the guy who did the boxart and promotional material for Doom passed away a week ago. He was 73.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

RIP you talented Imp drawing man.

Posted: Nov 08 2009 02:23 pm

He's slaying Cacodemons in heaven with Jesus now.

Posted: Nov 15 2009 03:45 am

Leland P. Cook Jr. passed away on Nov. 6 at the age of 75.

For those not familiar with him, Leland was the founder of Tradewest. Yes, that Tradewest. The one that made Battletoads. I need not say more.

Posted: Nov 15 2009 03:57 pm

^ May he spend the rest of eternity trying to pass the Turbo Tunnel and Clinger Winger levels <3. RIP.

Posted: Nov 15 2009 10:42 pm

LordHuffnPuff wrote:

Leland P. Cook Jr. passed away on Nov. 6 at the age of 75.

For those not familiar with him, Leland was the founder of Tradewest. Yes, that Tradewest. The one that made Battletoads. I need not say more.

Actually, Tradewest only published Battletoads, Rare developed the game.

Posted: Nov 16 2009 02:46 am

Ba'al wrote:

LordHuffnPuff wrote:

Leland P. Cook Jr. passed away on Nov. 6 at the age of 75.

For those not familiar with him, Leland was the founder of Tradewest. Yes, that Tradewest. The one that made Battletoads. I need not say more.

Actually, Tradewest only published Battletoads, Rare developed the game.

Oh.

Well then screw Leland P. Cook Jr!

Joined: Mar 13 2009 Location: Arlington Posts: 467

Ken Ober. Fuck dude. Remote Control, while I never understood anything that was going on, that show ruled back when MTV actually meant something. Fuck. Ken, you ruled!

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

Yeah...I just heard about Ken....that really sucks...that's back when MTV was awesome to watch

Posted: Dec 04 2009 08:07 pm

Umaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaga!

Dead at 36. Real name: Eddie Fatu.

Joined: May 22 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 353

Paul Naschy, R.I.P - a Spanish horror legend.

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Syd Lexia wrote:

Umaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaga!

Dead at 36. Real name: Eddie Fatu.

That sucks man

Posted: Dec 12 2009 03:42 pm

Virginia Davis, the star of the 1923 short film Alice's Wonderland and the following Alice Comedies series, died in August at age 90.

The Alice series, which mixed live action segments and animation, were Walt Disney's first Hollywood-based project, and their success would fuel Disney's ascension. The Alice series was also the start of Disney's short-lived business partnership with Charles Mintz, the man who would ultimately steal Disney's character Oswald The Lucky Rabbit and most of his animation staff, which lead Disney and friend Ub Iwerks, now without a flagship character, to create Mickey Mouse.

Posted: Dec 16 2009 07:35 pm

not really a celeb, but another rich old dead dude:

Roy E. Disney, the nephew of the late Walt Disney and a longtime senior executive for the Walt Disney Company, died Wednesday morning, sources confirm to Zap2it. He was 79.
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/12/roy-e-disney-disney-exec-and-nephew-of-walt-disney-dies-at-79.html

Posted: Dec 16 2009 08:41 pm

Nooooooo! He fought the good fight. He was instrumental in the installation and removal of Eisner.

Joined: May 22 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 353

Chris Henry, wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals died this morning, was in a car accident last night, fell out of the back of a truck, died from head injuries.

Joined: Nov 11 2009 Location: Cajun Country Posts: 1511

Damn I'm watching ESPN now. It's really tragic.

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phantasmzombie wrote:

Chris Henry, wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals died this morning, was in a car accident last night, fell out of the back of a truck, died from head injuries.

I heard off a radio station that his wife and him were fighting. She got in her truck and left and he jumped in the back

Posted: Dec 18 2009 06:26 pm

Dan O'Bannon, on the 17th. Brought us such great gems as the original script for Alien and Return of the Living Dead (great film). He will be sorely missed.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

Brittany Murphy died at the age of 32

That's a real shocker

Posted: Dec 20 2009 04:01 pm

That's fucked up.

Joined: Feb 16 2008 Posts: 832

That absolutely sucks. Brittany Murphy was one of my most favorite actresses, and the Ramen Girl is probably one of the best rom/coms I've ever seen.

Posted: Dec 20 2009 05:37 pm

On top of that, it just makes me nervous when people close to my age die young. Like Heath Ledger. I think he was only a year older than me.

Posted: Dec 20 2009 05:38 pm

Really? She died? Crazy

Posted: Dec 20 2009 05:40 pm

Shit, she was my age. That is crazy.