The Dead Celeb thread, 2018 edition

Coast to Coast AM Host Art Bell Dies at 72

Paranormal radio show host died on Friday the 13th. Art Bell got his radio license at the age of 13.

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Radio host Art Bell, whose nationally syndicated paranormal-themed show Coast to Coast AM helped normalize alien contact, ghostly encounters and political conspiracies to millions of listeners, died at his Pahrump, Nevada home on Friday the 13th. Bell was 72. The announcement was made by The Nye County Sheriff’s Office on their Facebook page.

Arthur William Bell III was an FCC licensed radio technician by the age of 13. He was born on June 17, 1945 in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Bell started out as a disc jockey before entering political talk radio in the 1970s. His ratings soared when he began reporting on conspiracy theories, alien abductions, ghosts, crop circles and the paranormal. In 1988, Bell reported that the Hale-Bopp comet was being tailed by a UFO.

At peak in the 1990s, Coast to Coast AM , which was broadcast from Bell’s Pahrump-based radio station, KNYE 95.1 FM, aired on approximately 500 North American and Canadian radio stations. In 1986 KDWN in Las Vegas offered Bell a five-hour time slot in the middle of the night. Syndication of his program began in 1993. Bell left the late-night show in 2002. Bell had a show on SiriusXM in 2013 that lasted six weeks. He returned to radio with Midnight in the Desert in 2015. He announced his retirement on Dec. 11, 2015, citing security concerns.
 
redrumloa said:
Coast to Coast AM Host Art Bell Dies at 72

Paranormal radio show host died on Friday the 13th. Art Bell got his radio license at the age of 13.

art-bell.jpg


Radio host Art Bell, whose nationally syndicated paranormal-themed show Coast to Coast AM helped normalize alien contact, ghostly encounters and political conspiracies to millions of listeners, died at his Pahrump, Nevada home on Friday the 13th. Bell was 72. The announcement was made by The Nye County Sheriff’s Office on their Facebook page.

Arthur William Bell III was an FCC licensed radio technician by the age of 13. He was born on June 17, 1945 in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Bell started out as a disc jockey before entering political talk radio in the 1970s. His ratings soared when he began reporting on conspiracy theories, alien abductions, ghosts, crop circles and the paranormal. In 1988, Bell reported that the Hale-Bopp comet was being tailed by a UFO.

At peak in the 1990s, Coast to Coast AM , which was broadcast from Bell’s Pahrump-based radio station, KNYE 95.1 FM, aired on approximately 500 North American and Canadian radio stations. In 1986 KDWN in Las Vegas offered Bell a five-hour time slot in the middle of the night. Syndication of his program began in 1993. Bell left the late-night show in 2002. Bell had a show on SiriusXM in 2013 that lasted six weeks. He returned to radio with Midnight in the Desert in 2015. He announced his retirement on Dec. 11, 2015, citing security concerns.
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Back in the 90s I worked a lot of graveyard shifts and would listen to Coast To Coast to help keep me awake. I think he was partially serious, but also partially in on the joke. There would be serious conversations and just complete nonsense which he'd treat just as serious. Even now local AM radio replays his old 1990s shows during the overnight, but I am rarely up late enough. He was an interesting character.
 
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Statement from R. Lee Ermey's long time manager, Bill Rogin:

It is with deep sadness that I regret to inform you all that R. Lee Ermey ("The Gunny") passed away this morning from complications of pneumonia. He will be greatly missed by all of us. It is a terrible loss that nobody was prepared for. He has meant so much to so many people. And, it is extremely difficult to truly quantify all of the great things this man has selflessly done for, and on behalf of, our many men and women in uniform. He has also contributed many iconic and indelible characters on film that will live on forever. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman of Full Metal Jacket fame was a hard and principled man. The real R. Lee Ermey was a family man, and a kind and gentle soul. He was generous to everyone around him. And, he especially cared deeply for others in need.

There is a quote made famous in Full Metal Jacket. It's actually the Riflemen's Creed. "This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine."

There are many Gunny's, but this one was OURS. And, we will honor his memory with hope and kindness. Please support your men and women in uniform. That's what he wanted most of all.

Semper Fi, Gunny. Godspeed.
 
Ermey, who played Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, was originally only a consultant on the film
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Ermey filmed his own audition tape, improvising insults while being pelted with oranges and tennis balls. His unfazed fury convinced Kubrick that he had the right man, and the rest was history. Ermey was allowed to improvise his profane insults (having to explain to the director what a ‘reach-around’ was at one point), with as much of 50% of the actor’s dialogue being ad-libbed,



 
Nabi Tajima, world's oldest person, dies in Japan at 117

Tajima, born on Aug. 4, 1900, was the last known person born in the 19th century. She reportedly had more than 160 descendants, including great-great-great grandchildren. Her town of Kikai is in Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands.


She became the world's oldest person seven months ago after the death in September of Violet Brown in Jamaica, also at the age of 117. Video shown on Japanese television showed Tajima moving her hands to the beat of music played on traditional Japanese instruments at a ceremony to mark the achievement.

The U.S.-based Gerontology Research Group says that another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, is now the world's oldest person in its records. Miyako lives south of Tokyo in Kanagawa prefecture, and is due to turn 117 in 10 days.

Just think, she was middle aged during WWII.
 
RIP: Sinclair ZX Spectrum designer Rick Dickinson reaches STOP
British computer case crafter dies after cancer battle
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Rick Dickinson, designer of Britain's iconic ZX Spectrum and ZX81 personal computers, has died following a lengthy battle with cancer.
 
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