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People you didn't know were dead until years later...and were gutted

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    #32
    murpho999
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    Keith Richards died about 20 years ago but nobody has told him yet.


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    #33
    murpho999
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    Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »
    I was out for a few pints the other night with the buddies and the death of George Michael came up. One fella was shocked. Couldn't get his head around the fact that Georgie was after kicking the bucket

    Where was he last Christmas?


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    #34
    Erik Shin
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    Police Academys, Sgt Eugene Tackleberry (David Graf)...he died more than 15 years ago ...only found out last year I think


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    #35
    tayto lover
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    The opposite to the title BUT i always thought Robert Hardy was dead until I saw he died a few weeks ago at the ripe old age of 91. A great actor and I watched nearly all the episodes of All Creatures Great and Small and still watch repeats now.


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    #36
    skylight1987
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    only last week I was watching Stephen kings IT the tv movie I was looking up the cast and found out the main kid actor Georgies brother had commited suicide in his twenties . how sad he was great in that movie


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    #37
    Wexfordboy89
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    Lorelli! wrote: »
    Only recently found out that Tom Murphy, the actor who played Paul in Adam and Paul died in 2007.

    Wasnt he in pure mule aswell used to love that show


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    #38
    [Deleted User]
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    murpho999 wrote: »
    Where was he last Christmas?

    I heard he spent it with his family but I dunno was that just a careless whisper


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    #39
    B.A._Baracus
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Not gutted, but I was surprised to find out that the Carry On actor, Kenneth Williams was dead for years.

    Oddly enough I was watching Carry On Camping over the weekend so I randomly looked up some of the stars of the series.
    Sad to say but it's possible Kenneth Williams may have committed suicide. His diary suggests he was depressed and his last entry was "what's the point of it all".... It's up in the air. Some belive he did, others think he didn't.


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    #40
    Pelvis
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    Oh yeah, Brad Renfro who starred in The Client, Sleepers and Apt Pupil in the 90s died of a drug overdose in 2008, only 25.


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    #41
    bottlebrush
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    Got a present of The Sopranos Box Set and am now watching it for the very first time. Just found out that James Gondolfini is dead. It was probably well publicised at the time but it didn't mean anything to me.


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    #42
    tayto lover
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    skylight1987 wrote: »
    only last week I was watching Stephen kings IT the tv movie I was looking up the cast and found out the main kid actor Georgies brother had commited suicide in his twenties . how sad he was great in that movie


    Wasted a few hours of my life watching that crap.


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    #43
    Lorelli!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,360 ✭✭✭Lorelli!


    skylight1987 wrote: »
    only last week I was watching Stephen kings IT the tv movie I was looking up the cast and found out the main kid actor Georgies brother had commited suicide in his twenties . how sad he was great in that movie

    Yea I remember hearing that and was shocked. He was in The Never Ending Story as well.
    Wexfordboy89 wrote: »
    Wasnt he in pure mule aswell used to love that show

    I never watched it but yea, had a look there and it is him. I'm a bit confused because when you Google him, a picture of a man who looks nothing like him comes up under his name for the film Adam and Paul and I'm not sure if it's a mistake or he really changed that much :/:confused:


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    #44
    Los Lobos
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    John B. Keane, I love his books and one day decided to Google him to find out he had died two years earlier (2002)


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    #45
    Grayson
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    The Land Before Time was one of my favourite films as a kid, wore the VHS tape out I watched it so many times.

    Found out years later that the voice actress (Judith Barsi) behind the character Ducky was murdered while she was a child :(

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Barsi

    That's a horrific read.


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    #46
    Wexfordboy89
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    Lorelli! wrote: »
    Yea I remember hearing that and was shocked. He was in The Never Ending Story as well.



    I never watched it but yea, had a look there and it is him. I'm a bit confused because when you Google him, a picture of a man who looks nothing like him comes up under his name for the film Adam and Paul and I'm not sure if it's a mistake or he really changed that much :/:confused:

    I never knew he died until recently he died not long after Adam n paul came out think he had cancer.I see what u mean im the same


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    #47
    ...And Justice
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    Rick mayall


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    #48
    Elmo
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    skylight1987 wrote: »
    only last week I was watching Stephen kings IT the tv movie I was looking up the cast and found out the main kid actor Georgies brother had commited suicide in his twenties . how sad he was great in that movie

    Isn't the actor who played his brother also dead, Jonathan Brandis?


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    #49
    Poochie05
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    Cory Haim - died in 2010 aged 38
    The Lost Boys was on the other night and I was looking up some of the cast on IMDB. Somehow I missed that he died, I vaguely remembered him making a comeback with Corey Feldman in some reality show.

    Was in tears reading about him. Very sad story, his battle with drug addiction, possibly abused by studio exec, he was only a kid when he started and ended up destitute.


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    #50
    Sparks43
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    I was quite surprised to hear my wife died two years ago.

    In my defence the sex was the same but the dishes piled up

    :p


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    #51
    Agricola
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    Sparks43 wrote: »
    I was quite surprised to hear my wife died two years ago.

    In my defence the sex was the same but the dishes piled up

    :p

    I'm picturing you telling that joke on a stage, in a garish sequin jacket. Drummer behind you ready with the "Ba dum................tish"


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    #52
    Dark Rabbit
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    Barry Norman


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    #53
    Benjamin Buttons
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    Dark Rabbit wrote: »
    Barry Norman

    You didn't know 'Bazza' had checked out....and why not?


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    #54
    KungPao
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    Zed.


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    #55
    Jobs OXO
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    Lorelli! wrote: »
    Only recently found out that Tom Murphy, the actor who played Paul in Adam and Paul died in 2007.

    Yeah and Pure Mule fame....


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    #56
    Seve OB
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    KungPao wrote: »
    Zed.

    Twice today my missus asked who's motorcycle I'm driving. I keep telling her it's a Chopper!


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    #57
    ohnonotgmail
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    Well not years, only a few months, but Powers Boothe died back in may. Only seen it when i was looking up something he was in on imdb. He was working up until last year


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    #58
    bodhrandude
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    I never knew for years River Phoenix had died, such a young age to go and a great actor too.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    Autosport
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    Elmo wrote: »
    Isn't the actor who played his brother also dead, Jonathan Brandis?

    I had to look that up, I never knew Jonathan died or Brad Renfro. I'm in shock here


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    #60
    Elmo
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    Autosport wrote: »
    Elmo wrote: »
    Isn't the actor who played his brother also dead, Jonathan Brandis?

    I had to look that up, I never knew Jonathan died or Brad Renfro. I'm in shock here

    Also the kid from The Client I think? Or is that brad renfro


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    #61
    branie2
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    Phillip Tyler from Bosco


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