Dead Celebs - 2004

[Wombat]

Spalding Gray
MSN

I shall miss Spalding. Swimming To Cambodia. Monster In The Box. The man knew how to tell a story. He was a troubled soul and all I can hope, keeping with his own Buddhist beliefs, is that he will have a more peaceful turn of the wheel this next time around.

 

[Mark]

I'll have to find some time this weekend to update the first post. Very sad losses, indeed.

 

[RatPunk]

Robert Pastorelli, March 8th of an apparent drug overdose.

Don't know if he was ever in anything "genre" related, but he was a good actor none the less.

And add my name to the list of those who will sorely miss both Paul Winfield and Spaulding Gray...

 

[Darrin Drader]

I shall miss Spalding. Swimming To Cambodia. Monster In The Box. The man knew how to tell a story. He was a troubled soul and all I can hope, keeping with his own Buddhist beliefs, is that he will have a more peaceful turn of the wheel this next time around.

I too share an appreciation for Spalding's method of storytelling. I dscovered Swimming to Cambodia on some cable channel one night and was instantly hooked. Gray's Anatomy wasn't bad either. I'd like to track down copies of those two and re-watch them soon.

I don't know why, but it seems that whenever I gain an appreciation for an actor's work, he dies young. Phil Hartman, John Ritter, and now Spalding Gray were all actors that I had a special fondness for.

I also have Buddahist tendancies, and I wish them all a better journey on their next incarnation.

 

[Mark]

Updated...

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Jan Berry (of Jan and Dean, surf-music stars) Friday March 26

Peter Ustinov (Oscar winning actor) Sunday March 28

 

[Mark]

Just lost Alistair Cooke

 

[Mark]

Weird Al's Mom died last week...

 

[AuroraGyps]

Weird Al's Mom died last week...

Didn't both of his parents die due tp carbon monoxide poisoning?

 

[Mark]

Didn't both of his parents die due tp carbon monoxide poisoning?

Not sure how I missed that unless it was somehow added to the IMDb site after I had updated. Thanks for letting me know. Tragic.