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 Post subject: Re: Celebrity Deathlist
PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 22:45 
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Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi from Babylon 5)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36918773


Oh, ffs. Literally on the previous page last month...

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Sorry to hear about Yelchin. He was in some bad movies now and again, but he was always enjoyable - on occasion excellent. Looks like the uncanny 'Live & Long Prosper' Star Trek blessing only applies to the TV show crews.

The flipside of that, of course, is the curve-skewing 'Curse of Babylon 5', where cast members grimly found themselves attending memorial after memorial. Show lead Michael O'Hare, Richard Biggs, Andreas Katsulas, Jeff Conaway, Tim Choate, Robin Sachs - all popped their clogs before the age of 65. Fortunately for Walter Koenig his Trek status insulated him from this curse.


The fuck is it with the Grim Reaper and Babylon 5? Was he denied his autographs at a fan convention, or something?

I'll pass over Jerry Doyle's right-wing political stance, and get straight on to what matters to me. He's been described as the discount Bruce Willis with his similar looks and blue-collar police role in the show, but for me Mr Garibaldi was a rare voice in science fiction. He was the just a normal guy trying to get by, believing not in causes or grand ideals or prophecies, but simply motivated out of his sense of loyalty, justice and friendship. He was a beat-cop dealing with aliens and ambassadors and strange occurrences - and the wonderful thing is that he dealt with it all like a good cop with a healthy amount of independence would. Doyle put in great, solid work in the character's plot-lines - the traumatic event of being shot by his own first officer, failing to stop a major conspiracy and losing his best friend and Captain, before having to learn to trust again... it was such pleasantly chewy character work that made Babylon 5 a joy to watch when I was a teenager, despite the odd hokey script and shonky guest-actor. His relationship with Londo was a highlight. He was the sympathetic ear to the lovable, washed-up party animal of an ambassador in season one. Then, come season two that mix of pity and genuine liking started to shift towards regret and mistrust, and finally a degree of revulsion and even fear.

Jerry Doyle, along with Claudia Christian, Michael Hare and Bruce Boxleitner were the heart of the show and they seemed like family. There was a depth and ease to their friendship that seemed more real to me than the holodeck vacation of the week of Star Trek TNG. He wasn't a great actor, but the role of Garibaldi fitted him like a glove. I still fondly remember that show; it was my favourite show in my teens and the first proper effort at long-form storytelling - despite its many flaws still the best planned out epic story-line in TV history. Just wanted to write a little farewell.

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 Post subject: Re: Celebrity Deathlist
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Could it be because Death thought Babylon 5 was every bit as shit as any right thinking human does?

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Could it be because Death thought Babylon 5 was every bit as shit as any right thinking human does?

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Mrs Mangel :'(

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Security Chief Garibaldi :(

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Mrs Mangel :'(


Hands up who thought she had died years ago... I definitely did.


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Mrs Mangel :'(


Hands up who thought she had died years ago... I definitely did.


^_O_^

Joe Mangel was on Mastermind the other night. Maybe a week ago? man, that brought back some memories. Not only as him as Joe Mangel but The Big Breakfast.. Any way I looked up Nel Mangel then and was amazed she was still alive. I guess her time on earth wasn't much longer :(

Yeah she was great in Neighbours :)

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 Post subject: Re: Celebrity Deathlist
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Mrs Mangel :'(


Hands up who thought she had died years ago... I definitely did.


She was 92, I didn't know that she quit the role of Mrs Mangel after getting abuse letters from nutty fans.


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 Post subject: Re: Celebrity Deathlist
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Duke of Westminster has died aged 64

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 Post subject: Re: Celebrity Deathlist
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Well at least they won't be making any more Star Wars films.


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Well at least they won't be making any more Star Wars films.

Don't think he was in the last one

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 Post subject: Re: Celebrity Deathlist
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Well at least they won't be making any more Star Wars films.

Don't think he was in the last one

Are you sure? R2D2 looked kinda old.


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 Post subject: Re: Celebrity Deathlist
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Can't the other Time Bandits save him?

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Still no word on why they shot him with at taser.

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Do they have to investigate first, so commenting might prejudice it?

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Still no word on why they shot him with at taser.

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Still no word on why they shot him with at taser.

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Some eyewitness accounts here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosebuchanan/e ... ltRGlmVoWj

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In an statement on Monday morning, West Mercia police confirmed officers were called to Meadow Close at around 1:30am in response to "concern for the safety of an individual". They said a man was pronounced dead at 3am. A postmortem is due to be carried out later this week, according to the IPCC.


Well I guess that's one way to no longer be concerned for his safety.

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Gene Wilder 83 :(

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 Post subject: Re: Celebrity Deathlist
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Bad news travels fast. :(

Another of my childhood / teenaged heroes dead!

As well as wily Wonka, his work with Richard Prior was instrumental in my teenaged years :(

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The only celebrity to have his own dimoji :insincere:

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The only celebrity to have his own dimoji :insincere:


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The only celebrity to have his own dimoji :insincere:


:myp:

Dimrill didn't draw that one. :(

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The only celebrity to have his own dimoji :insincere:


:myp:

Dimrill didn't draw that one. :(


How is he? I hope he's well.

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MaliA wrote:
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The only celebrity to have his own dimoji :insincere:


:myp:

Dimrill didn't draw that one. :(


How is he? I hope he's well.

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Dylan Rieder, 28 dead from leukemia.

Great skater who always looked fucking brilliant doing it.

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She's definitely in the 'people you thought were already dead' category.


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Yeah I thought she was dead.

Very sad about Dylan Rieder, wasn't familiar with him I must admit. What a superb skater, such a fucking cruel illness.

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And Jimmy Perry of 70s sitcom fame has died.

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Got him confused with Jimmy Nail.

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Got him confused with Jimmy Nail.


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