Rest In Peace

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:55 am

Rest In Peace: Greg Hawley, one of the founders of the Steamboat Arabia Museum...and an inspiration to many, including me. Against long odds, he fought like hell and made his dreams turn into reality...and then shared his work with the rest of us.

Killed by a stupid fuck racing his BMW....on a very congested and dangerous section of I-70...
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/976170.html

Greg's Dream...shared for ALL to see and to learn from:
The Steamboat Arabia Museum:
http://www.1856.com/

This one...truly hurts and is ONE HELL OF A LOSS.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:17 pm

Did someone say UbErPlAyA (or however she typed it)?

Whatever I thought of her, she deserves to have her passing noted by the board.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:59 pm

Wow, didn't know.

MozyBonz · Post by **MozyBonz** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:16 pm

AntiM wrote:Wow, didn't know.

helitack wrote: PostPosted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:40 pm
Uber died in a car wreck. So I have been kinda of a wreck too.

Zulegoona wrote:Oh Man, thatâ€™s horrible. When did that happen?

helitack wrote:
A couple of months ago

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... tart=81210

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:26 pm

I don't follow the Bar thread daily ....

MozyBonz · Post by **MozyBonz** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:44 pm

AntiM wrote:I don't follow the Bar thread daily ....

I know just giving you a reference point of when it happened.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:25 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:Did someone say UbErPlAyA (or however she typed it)?

Whatever I thought of her, she deserves to have her passing noted by the board.

Damn...

That's too bad. Not sure what to say about it, but I now I'll miss her being on the board. Never met her anywhere but here.

Damn...

It's never fun when it hits close to e-home.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:35 pm

Yeah, even i had to pause.

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:53 pm

Khan is gone,
perhaps on to the next Fantasy Island,
RIP Ricardo Montalban.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:43 am

theCryptofishist wrote:Did someone say UbErPlAyA (or however she typed it)?

Whatever I thought of her, she deserves to have her passing noted by the board.

WOAH!

That is a shock.

What happened?

She was always cool with me on the board.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:46 am

Never mind.

I just read this.

Wow! I dont know what to say.

MozyBonz wrote:
AntiM wrote:Wow, didn't know.

helitack wrote: PostPosted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:40 pm
Uber died in a car wreck. So I have been kinda of a wreck too.

Zulegoona wrote:Oh Man, thatâ€™s horrible. When did that happen?

helitack wrote:
A couple of months ago

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... tart=81210

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:09 pm

'Lost in Space' actor Bob May dies at 69

LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” Bob May, who donned The Robot's suit in the hit 1960s television show Lost in Space, has died. He was 69.

May died Sunday of congestive heart failure at a hospital in Lancaster, said his daughter, Deborah May.

He was a veteran actor and stuntman who had appeared in movies, TV shows and on the vaudeville stage when he was tapped by Lost in Space creator Irwin Allen to play the Robinson family's loyal metal sidekick in the series that debuted in 1965.

"He always said he got the job because he fit in the robot suit," said June Lockhart, who played family matriarch Maureen Robinson. "It was one of those wonderful Hollywood stories. He just happened to be on the studio lot when someone saw him and sent him to see Irwin Allen about the part. Allen said, 'If you can fit in the suit, you've got the job."'

Although May didn't provide the robot's distinctive voice (that was done by announcer Dick Tufeld), he developed a following of fans who sought him out at memorabilia shows.

Lost in Space was a space-age retelling of The Swiss Family Robinson story in which professor John Robinson, his wife and their children were on a space mission when their craft was knocked hopelessly off course by the evil Dr. Zachary Smith, who became trapped in space with them.

May's robot was the Robinson family's loyal sidekick, warning them of approaching disaster at every turn. His line to one of the children, Danger, Will Robinson, became a national catch phrase.

The grandson of famed vaudeville comedian Chic Johnson, May was introduced to show business at age 2 when he began appearing in the Hellzapoppin comedy revue with Johnson and his partner, Ole Olsen.

He went on to appear in numerous films with Jerry Lewis and in such TV shows as The Time Tunnel,McHale's Navy and The Red Skelton Show. He was also a stuntman in such 1950s and '60s TV shows as Cheyenne,Surfside 6,Hawaiian Eye,The Roaring 20s and Stagecoach.

He was particularly fond of his Robot role, once saying he came to consider the suit a "home away from home."

Lockhart said May wore the suit for hours at a time and learned the lines of every actor in the show so he would know when to respond to their cues. Because it wasn't easy to get in and out of the suit, he kept it on during breaks.

"He was a smoker," Lockhart remembered. "From time to time (when he was on a break), we'd see smoke coming out of the robot. That always amused us."

May and his wife lost their house in November when a wildfire destroyed their upscale mobile home park in the San Fernando Valley.

Survivors include his wife Judith; his daughter; his son, Martin; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services are pending.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:18 pm

Danger, Will Robinson

*in a sad, reverent voice*

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:22 am

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... QD95HT22G0

Ron "Rock Action" Ashton, guitarist for The Stooges...very quiet guy, at least during the period that I knew him- The mid-eighties, while he was playing with Destroy All Monsters. (The band also featured MC5 bassist Mike Davis- I knew Ron from living with Mike and his wife Joanne.)

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:27 am

50 years ago today rock pioneers Charles Harlen Holly (Buddy), Jyles Perry Ricchardson (The Big Bopper), and Ritchie Valens

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:41 am

MozyBonz wrote:
AntiM wrote:Wow, didn't know.

helitack wrote: PostPosted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:40 pm
Uber died in a car wreck. So I have been kinda of a wreck too.

Zulegoona wrote:Oh Man, thatâ€™s horrible. When did that happen?

helitack wrote:
A couple of months ago
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... tart=81210

aw, man, that totally sucks. heli, sorry to hear it.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:43 pm

Just heard this. This is really sad. Damn. Death sucks. Maybe eplayans go to the same burner heaven (or hell) in the sky. Nipples, UbEr, geez.......

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:02 pm

Rest in peace, uBeRpLaYa (aka rUtH)...

Thinking you too, Heli.

**burn** · Post by **burn** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:19 pm

Millard Fuller - founder of Habitat for Humanity

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:48 pm

Sensei wrote:Thinking you too, Heli.

That was supposed to be "Thinking of you too, Heli". But you knew that.

Chief · Post by **Chief** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:58 am

Lux Interior - You cats and kittens would have lied him

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theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:46 pm

Hey, is this thread really fucked up for anyone else?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:13 am

We had a nice memorial service for my princess this Sat. It was well-attended, which is the best that any of us can hope for...

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:23 am

You da man, Dougly. She knew it too.

Rest in peace, Princess.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:51 pm

farewell oh great drummer!

Louis Bellson

Without him, heavy metal drummers would only half as loud!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/arts/ ... llson.html

He was one of the best drummers in the known world. I haven't heard much about him since his wife Pearl Bailey died in the 90's.

AIIZ

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:53 pm

Socks! The White House cat of the Clinton era was aproxamatley 18 and had some form of fuckin cancer

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:36 am

Mickey Rourke's long time dog friend , Loki, too....

dr.placebo · Post by **dr.placebo** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:27 pm

Philip Jose Farmer, 1918-2009, Hugo and Nebula award winner, was one of the most influential science fiction authors of all time. He was probably best known for the "Riverworld" series.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:04 pm

I wonder if we keep posting until we hit the next page, if the thread will behave itself on that page.

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:06 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:Hey, is this thread really fucked up for anyone else?

nope, don't think so. ymmv