John Amos dies at 84

[bbgun]

 

[Texas Ace]

Wow.... so many famous deaths this week.

At least with Amos, Kristofferson, and Rose, they can say they lived a long life as all made it into their 80s.

Unfortunately, Mutumbo died way too young.

RIP to them all.

 

[boozeman]

 

[Genghis Khan]

Another guy I thought was already dead. RIP.

Didn't they kill his character off in Good Times? Maybe that's why.

 

[Texas Ace]

Another guy I thought was already dead. RIP.

Didn't they kill his character off in Good Times? Maybe that's why.

Yes....hence the famous "DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!" scene:

 

[Cotton]

Big time RIP

 

[boozeman]

Big time RIP

Yeah it is really starting to suck when the celebrities that have passed make these pikers that pass as celebrities look like no talents.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Respect to Amos. I didn't know about his feelings about Good Times but he had an excellent point and props to him for standing up for how he felt even though it cost him his job.

And fuck Norman Lear.

 

[Smitty]

Wow.... so many famous deaths this week.

See my theory that I previously posted. We are entering an age of being inundated with celebrity deaths. The era of the life long celebrity didn't come about till the 70s or 80s. People in the 1940s or 1950s didn't have the same concept of society-wide megastars who stayed famous their whole life. There were some, like John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart or Joe DiMaggio, but even MOST people involved in showbusiness or sports did not reach mega-stardom.

With the rise of those forms of entertainment really starting to take off in the 1980s (see the NFL's salary structure and how it exploded in the 1990s too), it also gave rise to a much bigger class of celebrities.

Therefore, though "movie stars," and "sports stars," have existed for a hundred years and many generations of them have already died off, we are reaching the end of the line for the first real group of lifelong mega stars, think the Jack Nicholson generation that came about in the late 60s and to super-fame in the 70s and 80s.

Think of how many famous people there are in our consciousness now versus back in 1950.

The ones from 1950 all died off already in obscurity. The ones who were famous in 1990, there were four times as many, and the ones who are famous now, they are ten times as many.

We are gonna get three celebrity deaths a week pretty routinely, soon.

 

[boozeman]

 

[NoDak]

I hate this incessant need for people to jump on social media or whatever and announce shit like this.

A few days ago, we had a death in the family. Almost immediately, a couple of my nitwit cousins were on facebook about it. And there were still people in his IMMEDIATE family that hadn't heard yet. Fucking inconsiderate morons.

 

[Texas Ace]

I hate this incessant need for people to jump on social media or whatever and announce shit like this.

A few days ago, we had a death in the family. Almost immediately, a couple of my nitwit cousins were on facebook about it. And there were still people in his IMMEDIATE family that hadn't heard yet. Fucking inconsiderate morons.

Yup.

Same thing happened with an uncle of mine last year.

I don't understand people's desire to announce this stuff to the world. What exactly are you expecting when you do that? What is it that you want to come from doing that?

I don't understand it.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I hate this incessant need for people to jump on social media or whatever and announce shit like this.

A few days ago, we had a death in the family. Almost immediately, a couple of my nitwit cousins were on facebook about it. And there were still people in his IMMEDIATE family that hadn't heard yet. Fucking inconsiderate morons.

People starve for attention. But honestly if I lost someone I really love, the last thing I want to do is post about it on Facebook. But that's just me, I get that other people grieve differently. From my perspective when I lose a loved one I really don't even want to communicate with anyone.

 

[NoDak]

I don't understand people's desire to announce this stuff to the world. What exactly are you expecting when you do that? What is it that you want to come from doing that?

Narcissistic assholes that need to be the center of attention.

 

[NoDak]

People starve for attention. But honestly if I lost someone I really love, the last thing I want to do is post about it on Facebook. But that's just me, I get that other people grieve differently. From my perspective when I lose a loved one I really don't even want to communicate with anyone.

And these people that felt the need to post about it were just distant cousins. Barely new him, and maybe saw him last 10+ years ago. Yet now they are all locked up with grief, bemoaning that fact he had died too damn young.

Fucking assholes.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Narcissistic assholes that need to be the center of attention.

That's what it is. That simple. Not sure why it's an epidemic among younger people, but it is.

BTW, sorry for your loss.

 

[Cotton]

I hate this incessant need for people to jump on social media or whatever and announce shit like this.

A few days ago, we had a death in the family. Almost immediately, a couple of my nitwit cousins were on facebook about it. And there were still people in his IMMEDIATE family that hadn't heard yet. Fucking inconsiderate morons.

Sorry for your loss, brother.