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Shocked and saddened to learn of Andre Braugher's passing, but I was even more shocked when I first saw the link and thought something even more terrible had happened. I understand why someone might think the full title of the popular 1990s television program Homicide: Life on the Street is too long for an URL slug, but might I advise that, for an obit, it's best to include the subtitle so as to avoid any unfortunate ambiguities?
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I don't have much to add since I didn't watch his stuff, but I'm surprised how small the world can be sometimes. Like, this was in my morning news roundup:
Rebecca at Wonkette wrote:The magnificent actor and hilarious dude Andre Braugher has died. And you know how I know he was cool? Because he was a Wonkette subscriber and donor, and when I emailed him his thank you note and asked (four beers in and ooooof ramblingly) if he was he or just some dude who always had to answer that question, he replied, “I am that hilarious dude.” He was extremely young.
: Mention something from KPCC or Rachel Maddow
: Go on about Homeworld for X postsRe: Obituaries
Lee Sun-kyun, who played Dong Ik in Parasite.
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Aw. :(
There was a warmth and wholesomeness to their act you don't often get in comedy without losing bite, but they managed it. Tom and his brother did some good.
There was a warmth and wholesomeness to their act you don't often get in comedy without losing bite, but they managed it. Tom and his brother did some good.
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Bryan Ansell, at 68.
Founder of Citadel Miniatures (which were the only miniatures Games Workshop sold for the first several years, having started as just a rules publisher), a huge promoter of some of the most talented miniatures sculptors (most of whom are not only still working, but are widely known and respected names with enormous catalogues), the second owner of Games Workshop, and most famously he was basically the person who invented the Warhammer universe as we know it and made it GW's core identity.
Beyond GW/Warhammer, he revolutionized tabletop gaming in general with fundamental innovations we take for granted, like separate plastic bases, lead-free metal miniatures, or injection-molded multipart sprues (previously only used by model kits).
Bryan took tabletop miniatures from an era when only historical wargamers played with literal tin soldiers to something everyone who enjoys a bit of gaming or sculpted art can enjoy. If you've ever painted a miniature or pushed one around a table at all (even just for D&D or the like), and it wasn't an archaic lump of poorly-cast toxic lead, Bryan is a big part of the reason you were able to do so.
He also rocked one of the finest mullets of all time. I'm sure Slaanesh would be proud.
Founder of Citadel Miniatures (which were the only miniatures Games Workshop sold for the first several years, having started as just a rules publisher), a huge promoter of some of the most talented miniatures sculptors (most of whom are not only still working, but are widely known and respected names with enormous catalogues), the second owner of Games Workshop, and most famously he was basically the person who invented the Warhammer universe as we know it and made it GW's core identity.
Beyond GW/Warhammer, he revolutionized tabletop gaming in general with fundamental innovations we take for granted, like separate plastic bases, lead-free metal miniatures, or injection-molded multipart sprues (previously only used by model kits).
Bryan took tabletop miniatures from an era when only historical wargamers played with literal tin soldiers to something everyone who enjoys a bit of gaming or sculpted art can enjoy. If you've ever painted a miniature or pushed one around a table at all (even just for D&D or the like), and it wasn't an archaic lump of poorly-cast toxic lead, Bryan is a big part of the reason you were able to do so.
He also rocked one of the finest mullets of all time. I'm sure Slaanesh would be proud.
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Miguel Ángel Fuentes, prolific Mexican character actor who appeared in a number of American movies as well. He'll always be the Aztec from Pumaman to me.
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Most of us would think of him as a great actor or director, but Carl was a man of many talents and also put out this banger:
Ballad on the B-side is pretty good too!
Ballad on the B-side is pretty good too!
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You're sayin' that Carl Weathers was killed by a fuckin' lizard? That's a bullshit psyche job! There's two or three men out there at the most. Fuckin' lizard.
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The Prestige author Christopher Priest dies aged 80.
Not to be confused with the American comic book writer of the same name who, so far as I know, is fine.
Not to be confused with the American comic book writer of the same name who, so far as I know, is fine.
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Country star Toby Keith dies at 62
In his memory, every time I sing to my baby today I will insert a threat to "put a boot in your ass" somewhere in the lyrics.
In his memory, every time I sing to my baby today I will insert a threat to "put a boot in your ass" somewhere in the lyrics.
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Goddamn. Willie's gonna be 90 this year.
Stay outta this thread as long as you can Willie.
Kris too, for that matter - though IIRC he's already struggling with dementia. :(
Stay outta this thread as long as you can Willie.
Kris too, for that matter - though IIRC he's already struggling with dementia. :(
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Büge wrote:bringing this classic back
In case anyone wants to read it as text rather than images, I posted it over in the Noise We Enjoys thread a few years back.
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