In Remembrance---2009

[Banshee16]

It's sort of a mixed bag. It's good to see an alleged pedophile who was famous and squandered away all the respect he created within the community and become a sick joke and parody of himself die. It's bad to see an American icon die. What makes it especially sad is if no one took him aside during the late 1980s and 1990s and said "Seriously Micheal, you need help. The way you are living your life will only lead you to a place where you don't want to end up."

I note the word *alleged* in that statement. Last I heard, he was never found guilty of anything, aside from possibly being too trusting, and having the stupidity to put himself in a questionable situation with other people's children.

It's unfortunate what happened to him over the years. I don't know if he had bad advisors, if he *was* a pedophile, or what........was there nobody in his inner circle who could give him a shake and say "Michael, smarten up, you're throwing away your career with these antics"?

I was a child of the 80's....he was a major influence back then. It's sad to see him go.

Banshee

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

...was there nobody in his inner circle who could give him a shake and say "Michael, smarten up, you're throwing away your career with these antics"?

Again, yes- Rabbi Shmuley Boteach whom he had known much of his life, and Brian Oxman, his (and his family's) attorney since 1989 both repeatedly expressed concerns about his life to him, to his family, and occasionally to the public.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Sky Saxon, lead singer and founder of 1960s garage band the Seeds, died Thursday. He was 63.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Billy Mays, known for his memorable commercials for OxyClean and other products, died in his sleep yesterday. He was 50.

Mays also had a show, Pitchmen, on the Discovery Channel, which featured Mays finding products to pitch.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Gale Storm, a popular actress and singer in the 1950s, died yesterday after a long illness. She was 87.

She was the star of two popular sitcoms, My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The Man of 1000 voices, comedian Fred Travalena, has succumbed to Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma on Sunday, June 28, 2009, after a courageous seven-year battle with the disease.

He was 66.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It seems we may have missed a few...

Deaths in 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Mark]

Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dead at 97

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Alexis Arguello, boxing champion and mayor of the capital of Nicaragua, was found shot dead, apparently a suicide. He was 57.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

German choreographer Pina Bausch lost her battle with cancer yesterday. She was 68.