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2014 Remembrance Thread

Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
Some awesome people died this year and I guess 2014 had to take one more before it was all over.

Christine Cavanaugh, voice of Chuckie on Rugrats, Dexter on Dexter's Lab, Babe the Pig, Marty Sherman on the Critic, Gosalyn Waddlemeyer-Mallard on Darkwing Duck, etc...died at 51.

Apparently she died on the 22nd for unannounced reasons.

This year has been SHITTY for celebrity deaths.

Robin Williams
Joan Rivers
Casey Casem
Joe Cocker
Larry Hagman
Oscar Taveras
Norman Bridwell
Jimmy Ruffin
Wayne Static
Jack Bruce
Oscar De La Renta
Jan Hooks
Richard Kiel
Richard Attenborough
Lauren Bacall
Elaine Stritch
Tommy Ramone
Paul Mazursky
Rik Mayall
Ann B. Davis
Maya Angelou
Bob Hoskins
Rubin Carter
Peaches Geldof
Mickey Rooney
John Pinette
James Rebhorn
Harold Ramis
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Mae Young
Phil Everly
James Avery
Paul Walker


This is not a comprehensive list but it runs through a lot of it. This was just a terrible year for deaths and as I get older I feel more and more celebrities that I love are going to die.

Some of these people lived good and full lives, and some of them were taken too soon. With one more day left in 2014, let's hope this year is done taking people from us.

Instead of mourning these great people let's remember them for what made them great.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    I watched Good Will Hunting yesterday, just because it was a good movie

    For someone who had a tendency to be cast in comedic roles, dude had a lot of range

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Robin Williams was the best. I actually liked him more in his dramatic roles than in his comedy roles.

  • DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    Still creeped out by him in One Hour Photo

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    I miss Ipse

  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    Still creeped out by him in One Hour Photo

    Good movie.

    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    edited December 2014
    Very solid performance in Insomnia, too.

    Skeith on
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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Wayne Static
    Well that was a surprise. ;(

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    Usagi wrote: »
    I miss Ipse

    You mean IpseDixit the member?

    Did I miss something?

  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    Some awesome people died this year and I guess 2014 had to take one more before it was all over.

    Christine Cavanaugh, voice of Chuckie on Rugrats, Dexter on Dexter's Lab, Babe the Pig, Marty Sherman on the Critic, Gosalyn Waddlemeyer-Mallard on Darkwing Duck, etc...died at 51.


    wait what the fuck

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Yeah, apparently on the 22nd. I just heard about it today.

  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    #pipe wrote: »
    Usagi wrote: »
    I miss Ipse

    You mean IpseDixit the member?

    Did I miss something?

    Back in April, Mori made a thread about it

    ...I'm gonna go watch Redline again

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    My dad passed away this year

    Fuck 2014

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    My dad passed away this year

    Fuck 2014

    I wasn't even close to my Dad and I remember how hard it was when he died. My deepest condolences.

  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    Usagi wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    Usagi wrote: »
    I miss Ipse

    You mean IpseDixit the member?

    Did I miss something?

    Back in April, Mori made a thread about it

    ...I'm gonna go watch Redline again

    God dammit I had no idea

    Ugh now I feel terrible

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    this was a year of unmitigated bullshit

  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    My grandmother died about a month ago.

    She was 94 and in good health and spirits until a fall broke her hip and she didn't recover from the surgery.

    I'm thousands of miles away and my mum informed me via facebook private message, first that she'd fallen and was heading in for surgery, then the next day that she was gone.

    The whole thing is so disorienting. I've spoken to my family half a dozen times in the past couple of weeks for christmas etc, but I still don't really know how to feel about it. I wasn't super close with this grandmother, and I know if it was my maternal grandmother, I'd be booking a flight as soon as I heard she was hurt, but it's still a super jarring experience and I don't think I've had any opportunity to grieve at all.

  • godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    2014 has probably been the shittiest year in recent memory.

  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    2014 was one of my all time top 5 years.

    I got married this year.

    2011 was my worst year and a year would have to work pretty goddamn hard to beat it.

  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    2013 for me. That would be a tough one to beat for bad years.

    I watched Mrs. Doubtfire last week. I love that movie, I used to watch with my dad all the time.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    leelah alcorn

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    leelah alcorn

    Yeah I don't have any other words but yeah this

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited December 2014
    leelah alcorn
    Is everything I heard about her suicide true?

    Because goddamn her parents are assholes to the point where I can hardly believe it

    Sterica on
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  • monsterrormonsterror HEY ASSBUTT Registered User regular
    I lost one of my best friends to suicide this year.

    Aside from that, this year has been largely uneventful.

  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    I'm not sure 2014 was a terrible year so much as a ton of things that make every year terrible were finally brought out into the mainstream public's eye and we had to have endless conversations about them. That in and of itself becomes unbearable but how much better might things get now that we've been forced to confront so much ugliness? I'm not exactly an optimist but I wonder whether things can start to get better now that we've begun to acknowledge some awful truths.

  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    it's been a particularly bad year for planes, I'll say that much

    with a lot of people still with very few answers about what happened to their loved ones

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  • monsterrormonsterror HEY ASSBUTT Registered User regular
    Seriously dudes and dudettes, don't ever put your friends and family through the ringer by going and killing yourselves.
    Talk to people, seek counseling, call the suicide prevention hotline, whatever it takes. Just don't put your friends through that.

    That's what I'm taking away from this year.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    My Dad attempted suicide a few times later in life but never succeeded.

    Unless you count the fact that he refused to stop drinking and doing drugs until they killed him.

  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    Anybody that followed the chronic illness thread knows that my grandma died on Dec. 2nd. She had a long battle with cancer. We were extremely close, I lived with my grandparents for a couple of years.

    2015 can start at any time, thanks.

  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    goddammit, i forgot harold ramis died this year

    goddammit

  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited December 2014
    excellent things happened this year too, guys

    please don't lose sight of that in here

    it's one thing to acknowledge people who've been lost or the tragedies and atrocities, and of course it's okay to feel sad about those things

    but don't you dare focus in on that stuff only and forget the awesome things that have happened to each and every single one of you goddamn beautiful people

    Vixx on
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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Yeah, let's remember what made the people we've lost great, not just that we lost them.

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    I saved a kitten this year!

  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    Usagi wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    Usagi wrote: »
    I miss Ipse

    You mean IpseDixit the member?

    Did I miss something?

    Back in April, Mori made a thread about it

    ...I'm gonna go watch Redline again

    no no no fuck no

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    what the fuck

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  • KaplarKaplar On Google MapsRegistered User regular
    I found and returned a lost dog this year. That was pretty neat.

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    this year largely sucked for me

    one of my worst years ever

    I'm not gonna paint it as anything positive

    because it would be bullshit

    at least 2015 is in position to be easily better, for me

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  • nukanuka What are circles? Registered User regular
    Robin William's death hit me harder than any celebrity. I made jokes to make people laugh because my self esteem was so shitty that I needed people to think I am funny to like me.

    To know he committed suicide after decades long battle of depression, that just hit too close to home. That could have been me. I'm really glad it wasn't. I just wish that Robin Williams was able to continue the fight a little while longer.

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  • godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    Kaplar wrote: »
    I found and returned a lost dog this year. That was pretty neat.

    Coincidentally, my dog ran away more times this year than any other! Thankfully, she has made it back each time so far.
    Also she killed more possums this year than the last two years combined.

  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    I have my grandmother's funeral on Friday. It's been a bad year for grandmothers apparently.

    Hate funerals, can't wait for it to be over.

  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    how have i only just heard about ipsedixit

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