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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Dave Madden, (Reuben Kincaid) 82

« on: January 16, 2014, 04:59:06 PM »

Damn, rough day for 60s sitcom actors! 

http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/16/dave-madden-dead-partridge-family-reuben-kincaid/

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Russell Johnson (The Professor), 89

« on: January 16, 2014, 12:51:32 PM »

http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/16/professor-gilligans-island-died-dead-russell-johnson/

I recently saw him in an episode of Rawhide (or maybe it was the Rifleman). 

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / Tom Clancy, Author - 66

« on: October 02, 2013, 09:24:23 AM »

Not my genre usually, but I enjoyed the few novels of his I read. 

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Best-selling-author-Tom-Clancy-has-died-at-age-66-4862538.php

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Ken Venturi, golf pro, announcer, local and national legend - 82

« on: May 17, 2013, 05:32:45 PM »

By all accounts, a class act.

http://blog.sfgate.com/ongolf/2013/05/17/sf-native-ken-venturi-former-u-s-open-champion-dies-at-age-82/

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Debi Austin (smokes through a hole in her neck lady), 62

« on: April 05, 2013, 09:24:40 AM »

They've been replaying her classic anti-smoking spot a lot lately, in honor of her passing.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/debi-austin-dead-woman-who-smoked-through-hole-in-throat-obituary_n_2786529.html

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / Happy Birthday Mshray and Tinka...

« on: March 06, 2013, 09:37:31 AM »

There's probably an old thread somewhere (at least for Mark), but I couldn't find it.

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP William Watts Biggers (co-creator of Underdog), 85

« on: February 15, 2013, 05:26:33 PM »

Neither bird nor plane nor even frog
just little old me, Underdog

http://todaynews.today.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975006-underdog-cartoons-co-creator-dies-at-85?lite

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KFOG's 10@10 / 30 Nov 2012: It's Rain

« on: November 30, 2012, 09:42:26 AM »

Rain is today's theme.  I don't know why.

Oh!  Hey man, it's raining...

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / Sylvia Kristel (Emmanuelle), 60

« on: October 18, 2012, 01:11:39 PM »

RIP -- I remember her well.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Emmanuelle-star-Sylvia-Kristel-dies-at-age-60-3958930.php#photo-3608075

"People don't assume John Wayne shoots people and rides a horse on weekends," she told a Dutch interviewer. "People think I'm a nymphomaniac."

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP, Hal David, 91

« on: September 05, 2012, 11:07:11 AM »

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/arts/music/hal-david-oscar-and-grammy-winning-songwriter-is-dead-at-91.html?pagewanted=all

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / Ding Dong the Twitch is Dead

« on: June 13, 2012, 09:18:19 AM »

Just thought the poor guy deserved his own thread.

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KFOG's 10@10 / 9 May 2012: it's... 1976

« on: May 08, 2012, 05:07:18 PM »

The thread is up.  Someone actually requested "Dream On" and "Dream Weaver" in the same post:  that's a double-dreamsicle I could do without.  Please!

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP, Junior Seau, 43

« on: May 02, 2012, 02:48:26 PM »

Apparently, another suicide:

http://blog.sfgate.com/sportsevents/2012/05/02/former-nfl-star-junior-seau-found-dead/?tsp=1#4878-3

Great player.  The 3rd slide shows him tackling a Raider (Tyrone Wheatley).

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KFOG's 10@10 / 7 March, 2012 .... 1967!!!

« on: March 06, 2012, 05:49:13 PM »

Groovy.

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Robert "Epstein" Hegyes, former Kotter sweathog - 60

« on: January 26, 2012, 04:32:52 PM »

Did Epstien have a catchphrase?  Anyway, RIP

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/01/sweathog-actor-robert-hegyes-of-welcome-back-kotter-dies-at-60.html

ETA:  Oops, i before e except after c (or in Epstein).