would saddam being hung qualifies as celebrity death?
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niko2x wrote:

would saddam being hung qualifies as celebrity death?

Really, he was hanged? Isn't that like so....I dunno....last century? I didn't even know being hanged was still used as a form of execution.
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MissMonika wrote:

Really, he was hanged? Isn't that like so....I dunno....last century? I didn't even know being hanged was still used as a form of execution.

It is in other countries.

only slightly surprised no one posted this..

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Cartoonist Who Created Scooby-Doo Dies Jan 9, 6:36 AM (ET) By DAISY NGUYEN LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a career that spanned more than six decades, Iwao Takamoto assisted in the designs of some of the biggest animated features and television shows, including "Cinderella,""Peter Pan,""Lady and the Tramp" and "The Flintstones." But it was Takamoto's creation of Scooby-Doo, the cowardly dog with an adventurous heart, that captivated audiences and endured for generations. Takamoto died Monday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Warner Bros. spokesman Gary Miereanu said. He was 81. Born in Los Angeles to parents who had emigrated from Japan, Takamoto graduated high school when World War II began. He and his family were sent to the Manzanar internment camp in the California desert, where he learned the art of illustration from fellow internees. Despite a lack of formal training, he landed an interview with Walt Disney Studios when he returned to Los Angeles and was hired as an apprentice. Takamoto worked under the tutelage of Disney's "nine old men," the studio's team of legendary animators responsible for its biggest full-length films before moving to Hanna-Barbera Studios in 1961. There he worked on cartoons for television, including "Josie and the Pussy Cats,""The Great Grape Ape Show,""Harlem Globe Trotters" and "The Secret Squirrel Show." Takamoto said he created Scooby-Doo after talking with a Great Dane breeder, and named him after Frank Sinatra's final phrase in "Strangers in the Night." The breeder "showed me some pictures and talked about the important points of a Great Dane, like a straight back, straight legs, small chin and such," Takamoto said in a recent talk at Cartoon Network Studios. "I decided to go the opposite and gave him a hump back, bowed legs, big chin and such. Even his color is wrong." Takamoto also created other famous cartoon dogs such as Astro from "The Jetsons" and Muttley, the mixed-breed that appeared in several Hanna-Barbera animations. He also directed the 1973 feature "Charlotte's Web." Takamoto was survived by his wife, Barbara, son Michael and stepdaughter Leslie. Funeral arrangements were pending.

krim wrote:

only slightly surprised no one posted this.. Quote: Cartoonist Who Created Scooby-Doo Dies

i was too busy sobbing in my scooby snacks b/n bong rips.

krim wrote:

only slightly surprised no one posted this..

Condolences.

But I never liked Scooby or his pin-headed friends.

bmwracer wrote:

Condolences. But I never liked Scooby or his pin-headed friends.

me neither. when i was a kid coming home after school and nothin was on the tube, i'd watch scooby do for daphne.
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i'd watch scooby do for daphne.

Hmmm.

K-Pop Singer U;nee Dies in Apparent Suicide

Actress and pop singer U;Nee was found hanged to death in her home in Seo-gu, Incheon, Sunday. U;Nee's grandmother Lee (71) found the woman's body in her 22nd-floor apartment Sunday afternoon, dead of an apparent suicide. Lee said she had come home from a church service to find the singer hanging from a door frame.

The death came as a surprise to fans who were awaiting the singer's latest album "Honey", her third. U;Nee, whose real name was Hur Youn, also performed under the stage name Lee Hye-ryeon.

Police investigating the death said that people close to her testified that U;Nee seemed to have been suffering from depression. There is speculation that U;Nee was upset by online criticisms and attacks. Police told reporters that U;Nee had been able to hide her stress well, saying that even her own family didn't know she was depressed. U;Nee left no suicide note or will, police said. Her wake is being held at Onnuri Hospital in Majeon-dong, Incheon.

U;Nee came to public attention under the name Lee Hye-ryeon with her debut in the KBS TV drama "Grown-ups Just Don't Understand" in 1996. She appeared in the movie "Seventeen" in 1998 and later in TV dramas "Theme Game" and "Tears of the Dragon".

Her debut album "Go" was released in 2003 and she gained even greater popularity with the 2005 release of her second album "Call Call Call." Her sexy dance moves and revealing fashions made her the favorite of teenagers across Asia.

U;Nee, born to an un-wed mother, suffered a difficult childhood, she said in a KBS talk show in 2005. "I lived with just my grandmother when I was a child. It was really hard to live without a father," she said. The experience, she said, led to a vow to help the needy.
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Yow, how old was she?

bmwracer wrote:

Yow, how old was she?

I think she was 26. Poor girl. Such a sad thing.
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MissMonika wrote:

I think she was 26. Poor girl. Such a sad thing.

Just 26??

Hard to fathom.

This is so shocking news about U;nee. RIP

the only good thing out of that is that her grandma didn't have a heart attack or something when she found her...

RIP Xu Wei Lin

credits: yahoo taiwan + TVBS

Xu Wei Lun gets in Accident
1709 Heart Beat Stopped, Unable to rescue her after 2 hours

Celebrity, Xu Wei Lun, got into an accident yesterday, and her condition did not improve at all. This afternoon 1709, her heart beat stopped, after 2 hours of rescuing, certified death at 1937.

The doctor said, because of the water-swell in the brain, all this while, her condition did not improve. At 1709, she had a cardiac arrest. After the doctors' rescue, they could not revive her, and she's certified dead at 1937.

Her family is handling the matters, and will send her body back to Taipei tonight. She was 28 years old
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RIP Xu Wei Lin credits: yahoo taiwan + TVBS Xu Wei Lun gets in Accident 1709 Heart Beat Stopped, Unable to rescue her after 2 hours Celebrity, Xu Wei Lun, got into an accident yesterday, and her condition did not improve at all. This afternoon 1709, her heart beat stopped, after 2 hours of rescuing, certified death at 1937. The doctor said, because of the water-swell in the brain, all this while, her condition did not improve. At 1709, she had a cardiac arrest. After the doctors' rescue, they could not revive her, and she's certified dead at 1937. Her family is handling the matters, and will send her body back to Taipei tonight. She was 28 years old

So sad I saw this in the mandarin news, so young and beautiful

I just heard on the news that Anna Nicole Smith has passed away. The cause of death was undetermined. Poor dear I know she was mouning the recent death of her son...May she Rest In Peace.

Yeah that's sad..... recently had a baby too. A very mixed-up person...

Enna wrote:

I just heard on the news that Anna Nicole Smith has passed away. The cause of death was undetermined. Poor dear I know she was mouning the recent death of her son...May she Rest In Peace. Anime Dad wrote: Yeah that's sad..... recently had a baby too. A very mixed-up person...

Very sad indeed.... and she was going through a paternity custody battle over the identity of her new baby girl's father. I saw her on TV last night on an entertainment show and she did not look well. Her speech was very slurred and her eyes were very puffy. She was found unresponsive in her hotel room today. She was 39 years old.

Yeah, I think she's had drug and alcohol problems in the past.