BREAKING: Sometimes Famous People Die

[ceptimus]

Alan Rickman (Snape in the Harry Potter films) has died.

Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard actor, dies aged 69 - BBC News

[Miisa]

Fuck this week and fuckfuckfuck this year.

[JoeP]

Goddammit.

I heard this from little Miss JoeP about 10 minutes ago.

[viscousmemories]

This one took me by surprise.

[mickthinks]

The Grauniad has a good write-up. Alan Rickman, giant of British screen and stage, dies at 69 | Film | The Guardian

From the link

In 2005, Rickman directed the award-winning play My Name is Rachel Corrie, which he and Katharine Viner – now Guardian editor-in-chief – compiled from the emails of the student who was killed by a bulldozer while protesting against the actions of the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip.

Rickman remained politically active throughout his life: he was born, he said, “a card-carrying member of the Labour party”, and was highly involved with charities including Saving Faces and the International Performers’ Aid Trust, which seeks to help artists in developing and poverty-stricken countries.

Rickman publicly spoke of his unhappiness about the “Hollywood ending” of 1996 film Michael Collins, a historical biopic of the Irish civil war, in which he portrayed Éamon de Valera, and expressed his belief that art ought to help educate as well as entertain. “Talent is an accident of genes, and a responsibility,” he once said.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by viscousmemories

This one took me by surprise.

This one did? You knew Lemmy and Bowie were on the way out? You could have warned us.

[Miisa]

The others were unexpected and sad, but this one hit me right in the gut, releasing the pain nodules of disbelief and unexpected grief.

[BrotherMan]

By Grabthar's Hammer and the Suns of Warvan, this week can go fuck itself.

[The Man]

Cancer takes Alan Rickman and David Bowie at age 69, but Donald Trump is still alive and seemingly healthy at the same age. There truly is no justice.

Also, fuck this week and fuckfuckfuck this entire last month.

[Janet]

And fuckfuckfuckfuck cancer.

[Watser?]

I didn't even know he had produced that play. I see a lot of mourning for him in the pro-Palestinian community on Facebook.

Remembering Alan Rickman’s pro-Palestinian play about Rachel Corrie, American activist crushed by Israeli bulldozer - Salon.com

[Ari]

Hey 2016, can we have a do over?

[The Man]

[Stormlight]

Originally Posted by The Man

Cancer takes Alan Rickman and David Bowie at age 69, but Donald Trump is still alive and seemingly healthy at the same age. There truly is no justice.

Or as someone said: "Lemmy and Bowie are dead. Ted Nugent was found alive."

[Zehava]

Originally Posted by Stormlight

Or as someone said: "Lemmy and Bowie are dead. Ted Nugent was found alive."

The Law of Inverse Value: The less you contribute to society, the greater the trauma you can sustain with minimal to no physical problems in the future.


OR

Only the good die young.

[mickthinks]

Alan Rickman wanted this tortoise to go viral, and so do you

This Tortoise Could Save a Life - Ft. Alan...

[The Man]

Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey dead at 67 of "complications arising from rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and pneumonia". Too bad. Hotel California is still a classic.

Additionally, Mott the Hoople drummer Dale Griffin has also died at 67 of Alzheimer's. Not as familiar with their work, but it's hard not to like "All the Young Dudes".

[JoeP]

67 years old is the new 69 years old

[The Lone Ranger]

Sorry to hear about Frey. It's weird, though; Hotel California was persistently running through my head this morning.

If I believed in such things, I'd say my "psychic powers" were alerting me to Frey's death.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by The Lone Ranger

If I believed in such things, I'd say my "psychic powers"

Dear The Lone Ranger, Is there any evidence for

[curses]

Dale Griffin of Mott the Hoople died earlier too. WTF, 2016?

[mickthinks]

Originally Posted by The Man

... but it's hard not to like "All the Young Dudes".

Ah, that's the Power of Bowie again.

[Kyuss Apollo]

We (all should) know that Christopher Lee died last year, but did anyone realize just how old he was?

No wonder they tapped him to play Saruman...

Notable deaths: The stars we lost in 2015

June 7 -- Christopher Lee, actor best known for his role in "The Lord of the Rings" franchise. Lee died at the age of 893.

[Nullifidian]

Originally Posted by Kyuss Apollo

We (all should) know that Christopher Lee died last year, but did anyone realize just how old he was?

No wonder they tapped him to play Saruman...

So he was born in 1222? That's in time for the Hundred Years' War. I had heard about his time with the SAS, but I never imagined this kind of wartime service! Now I really want to see a biopic with a scene of a (relatively) young Christopher Lee in combat with a broadsword.

[SR71]

I posted two Bowie references within 30 days of he deaded. That is PROOF of my supernatural brain waves!! CHECKMATE!!! ATHEISTS!!! !!!!111111!!!