Is 2016 cursed

Gael23

The list of celebrity deaths in 2016 is growing daily. On the thread of Caroline Ahernes death someone asked is this year cursed?

tomwaterford

Most of them famous people were old like

Is it not to be expected a bit??

Lyaiera

No. Curses aren't real.

LightsStillOn

It's going to get worse and worse as the years go by. Megastars in the 60's, 70's, 80's are starting to get on a bit now so it's only natural that it happens.

I'm not looking forward to 2076 when Keith Richards finally kicks the bucket

Gael23

tomwaterford wrote: »

Most of them famous people were old like

Is it not to be expected a bit??

Caroline Ahern was only 52

L'prof

Life is the curse. We're dying from the day we're born!

wakka12

Celebrities die every year and Im sure every year people say similar things

Outlaw Pete

The numbers were crunched and it seems it might just be.

RobertKK

Sad, knew Caroline Aherne was fighting cancer as she had time off from Gogglebox.
RIP.

The Backwards Man

There's people dying these days that never died before.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Not this fücking thread again.

biko

Oh noes, what are the glossy mags going to do now?

Winterlong

Who would have cursed it though?

I have heard about people getting cursed. Football fields getting cursed. Even gypsy caravans getting cursed.
But never heard of a year getting cursed.

Archeron

LightsStillOn wrote: »

It's going to get worse and worse as the years go by. Megastars in the 60's, 70's, 80's are starting to get on a bit now so it's only natural that it happens.

I'm not looking forward to 2076 when Keith Richards finally kicks the bucket

Or 2324 when Cher finally expires. Although I've seen the future and according to it, by then they'll both be heads in jars. And a pizza delivery boy will save the earth a number of times
Rip Caroline Aherne I, liked her a lot.

lawlolawl

It would help if there wasn't a threadload of insincerity posted every time any celebrity of any level died.

No offense to the woman that just died but it isn't as if people on here were talking about her all the time/at all up until her RIP thread appeared. Empty sentiment.

There seems to be a lot more....indulgence in grief though, possibly prompted by social media. I have seen people I know wail and mourn celeb deaths when they had never even mentioned previously names. One friend who wasn't even into grunge was almost overcome by Scott Weilands passing, I think Alan Rickman may have passed and he suddenly became some icon of film.

For all that, Caroline Aherne was very funny.

mad muffin

Hopefully the cult of celebrity will die. I morn non of their deaths.

Sure they entertained me in some way but they never touched my life.

Mr_Muffin

Yeah mystic Michelle (the local medium) told me someone i know was going to pass and already Ali, prince and many other people have passed.

lawlolawl

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There seems to be a lot more....indulgence in grief though, possibly prompted by social media. I have seen people I know wail and mourn celeb deaths when they had never even mentioned previously names. One friend who wasn't even into grunge was almost overcome by Scott Weilands passing, I think Alan Rickman may have passed and he suddenly became some icon of film.

For all that, Caroline Aherne was very funny.

The current thread about her in AH is frankly sickening.

FortySeven

It's not so much that more celebrities are dying, we just have so many more celebrities than we ever did. Television created more than ever before and the explosion in channels meant finding more talent to fill them. I wonder how big the obituary file is getting at the BBC?

I've been amazed by the social grief people seem to suffer these days, Princess Diana was one of the first I saw of just utter madness. Never understood it, never will.

Minderbinder

lawlolawl wrote: »

The current thread about her in AH is frankly sickening.

Was she even that famous? I had to google her name. I imagine a fair few people in that thread had to do likewise.

lawlolawl

Minderbinder wrote: »

Was she even that famous? I had to google her name. I imagine a fair few people in that thread had to do likewise.

If you didn't watch the BBC over the past couple of decades you'd have no idea who she was.

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Just wait until the asteroid hits.

Mr. CooL ICE

666 + 666 + 666 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 2016



So, yeah kinda.

Shenshen

You have to be kidding - more people are refugees now than at any time during the 2nd world war, there's been hundreds of them drowning in the mediterranean, who knows how many thousand killed, maimed and tortured in war-torn countries, and you wonder if the year is cursed because a few celebrities have kicked the bucket? Wow.

Junkyard Tom

Harambe.

CINCLANTFLT

My predictions for who else will die this year:
- Norman Wisdom
- Prince Albert of Mons
- That lad in the TV ad with the cat
- Mossley the Mocker
- Dan Dooley
- Doodai Fyhed
- Kong Jong On Tai
- Hitler Cat

kneemos

I was cursed by a tinker once when I wouldn't buy a doormat of her.

traprunner

Hurt - Flowers

No curse. As per the lyrics "We're all going to die"

Wigglepuppy

wakka12 wrote: »

Celebrities die every year and Im sure every year people say similar things

No there has been a noticeable higher number of high profile deaths than average this year - some just being due to age, or not being terribly old but their lifestyles accelerated their demise. A few early deaths though - Prince was a shocker. Not that I think it's a curse.

MonkieSocks

Ronald Wilson Reagan wrote: »

Just wait until the asteroid hits.

This One?

http://www.asteroidmission.org/objectives/

diomed

Everyone is a celebrity. We are being over-celebritized by the media.

riclad

Famous people die every year,
At lot of singers from the 70, 80s are now 60 plus ,so it makes sense
we will see alot of pop singers pass away in the next 10 years.
Caroline Aherne was very funny but unless you watched alot of comedy shows on bbc
you may have no idea who she was .

Gael23

CINCLANTFLT wrote: »

My predictions for who else will die this year:
- Norman Wisdom
- Prince Albert of Mons
- That lad in the TV ad with the cat
- Mossley the Mocker
- Dan Dooley
- Doodai Fyhed
- Kong Jong On Tai
- Hitler Cat

Maybe Queen Elizabeth too?

Your Face

Ballbags.

BBDBB

CINCLANTFLT wrote: »

My predictions for who else will die this year:
- Norman Wisdom
- Prince Albert of Mons
- That lad in the TV ad with the cat
- Mossley the Mocker
- Dan Dooley
- Doodai Fyhed
- Kong Jong On Tai
- Hitler Cat

Blimey! the 2016 curse is strong, it killed Norman Wisdom in 2010 its that bad

CINCLANTFLT

Gael23 wrote: »

Maybe Queen Elizabeth too?

No, she'll be grand... She bought magic fish in the English Market when she was in Cork and now she is immortal and can turn invisible when no one is looking

CINCLANTFLT

BBDBB wrote: »

Blimey! the 2016 curse is strong, it killed Norman Wisdom in 2010 its that bad

That's what the main stream media would want you to believe... Google "Norman Wisdom + illuminati + 2010 secret olympics + sacrifice of Princess Diana + blood chapel under BBC + Paul is dead" to get the real story... #sheeple

Gael23

Now Gene Wilder has died

traprunner

We're all going to die.

keno-daytrader

traprunner wrote: »

We're all going to die.

Who told you this rubbish?

Gael23

With two celebrity deaths today alone, I think it's worth asking this question again.

Mr. FoggPatches

Apparently the celebrities never took their caps and hats off when a gypsy funeral was passing and they haven't won Sam since

_Brian

Gael23 wrote: »

With two celebrity deaths today alone, I think it's worth asking this question again.

I'm going to take a chance here and say more than whatever two "celebs" your referring to have died.
People die every day, lots of them. Its just another day.

Celebs are just people who walk, talk and shiite same as everyone else, nothing special about them and their deaths signify nothing more than the death of any other human, actually I could argue they are less important than most but couldn't be bothered.

It sickens the hell out of me, people see Wayne Rooney earring few hindered sterling a week as acceptable yet think consultants who actually save people's lives are overpaid at £120k a year. The whole celeb culture is sick, they're nobodies who in general contribute nothing to society, there are scientists who invent cures for diseases that prevent suffering and millions of deaths and their names are unknown, but half the country are drooling over some slapper in "the house" whose flashing her tiits at the cameras.

It's all ****ed up and backwards, the general population are empty headed idiots who think two celebs dieing in a day means the year is cursed

philstar

............but................

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....Keith Richards still lives

philstar

............but................

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....Keith Richards still lives :pac:

LordSutch

Gael23 wrote: »

The list of celebrity deaths in 2016 is growing daily. On the thread of Caroline Ahernes death someone asked is this year cursed?

Yes, It certainly seems to be.

...and with two months to go, God knows what's goin to happen next

Riddle101

philstar wrote: »

............but................

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....Keith Richards still lives

That's because Keith Richards can't be killed by conventional methods(I'm aware it's meant to be weapons, but I thought methods sounded better).

Anyway, nope 2016 is not cursed. Every year seems to have it's share of misfortune. I'm sure 2017 will be just as bad.

Duckworth_Luas

LordSutch wrote: »

Yes, It certainly seems to be.

...and with two months to go, God knows what's goin to happen next

People may remember the Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams.

It was based on the WP Kinsella novel Shoeless Joe.

In 1985 Kinsella, who is another victim of the 2016 celebrity cull, also wrote a less well-known short story named Last Pennant Before Armageddon.

The tale revolves around the manager of the Chicago Cubs, a baseball team that last won the World Series in 1908. His only ambition in life is to manage a team to a title. However, he is made aware that if the Chicago Cubs do win the league title the world will end.

In 2016 the Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years.