Dead Thread 2021 -- If you're reading this, it isn't you.

[mookie1995]

Marvel and DC comics artist George Perez, 67, of pancreatic cancer.

When I first got into comics as a kid, he, along with Mike Ploog, were my two favorite artists. His work on Avengers and Fantastic Four in the late 70's was maybe the best those two books ever looked.

whoa. red heads look sweet in blue

 

[Kepler]

whoa. red heads look sweet in blue

Better in green:

 

[SonofSouthie]

Bob Lanier.


https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...enter-detroit-pistons-milwaukee-bucks-dies-73

 

[French Rage]

So it suddenly became much harder to drag his ass up and down the court for 40 minutes?

 

[Kepler]

So it suddenly became much harder to drag his *** up and down the court for 40 minutes?

48.

Where's Walton?

 

[The Sicatoka]

So it suddenly became much harder to drag his *** up and down the court for 40 minutes?

Masterfully played.

 

[SonofSouthie]

Gino Cappelletti.

https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-hall-of-famer-gino-cappelletti-dies-at-age-89

 

[joecct]

On May 8, actor Fred Ward, 79

 

[Kepler]

On May 8, actor Fred Ward, 79

Tremors, baby. That's the stuff.

 

[state of hockey]

Tremors, baby. That's the stuff.

Joe Dirt's dad!

Also, yes: https://twitter.com/themattmcd/status/1525121482774351873?s=21&t=4tRN2Kp31fVeXWpnkvYoJQ

 

[rufus]

Remo Williams!!!

Also, prototypical Fred Ward role.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Freddie Prinze Jr's dad in Summer Catch. Also was the dad in Road Trip.

 

[French Rage]

Freddie Prinze Jr's dad in Summer Catch. Also was the dad in Road Trip.

And the bad guy in Naked Gun 33 1/3.

 

[state of hockey]

My favorite is probably playing Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff.

 

[Proud2baLaker]

The correct answer is Earl Basset in Tremors.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Tremors, baby. That's the stuff.

Hell yeah

 

[Proud2baLaker]

Tremors, baby. That's the stuff.

That whole series is a guilty pleasure.

 

[dxmnkd316]

One too many words

 

[wildcatdc]

The Washington City Paper, a free tabloid, has ceased publication. That doesn't surprise me. I found it increasingly hard to even find it since the pandemic started.

just the print version. Online version still exists. There was one place here in the Palisades in DC where I could still get the print copy.

 

[burd]

Bob Neuwirth, 82