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HenryFort Bad Craziness - Wide Asleep at the Wheel
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 Posted: 07-01-2013 21:42 Post subject: |
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| then he retired early ... |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 20322 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 07-01-2013 22:26 Post subject: |
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| HenryFort wrote: | | then he retired early ... |
Well, you have to watch the prog to understand the reasons behind that.
(Basically, there wasn't the money available for big spectacular shows any more. Stanley Baxter Lite? No, it wouldn't have worked.) |
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| MercuryCrest The Severed Head Of A
Great Old One Joined: 24 Mar 2003 Total posts: 715 Location: Floating down the Ganges Age: 33 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 18-01-2013 03:34 Post subject: |
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Well, here's an odd one: I thought Gary Coleman was most definitely alive (for no particular reason) and now I've found out he passed in 2010!
I do not remember hearing about that one. |
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| HenryFort Bad Craziness - Wide Asleep at the Wheel
Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Total posts: 871 Location: UK Again Age: 43 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 18-01-2013 13:13 Post subject: |
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| MercuryCrest wrote: | Well, here's an odd one: I thought Gary Coleman was most definitely alive (for no particular reason) and now I've found out he passed in 2010!
I do not remember hearing about that one. |
whatchoo talkin bout willis ? |
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| Sergeant_Pluck Great Old One Joined: 10 Apr 2012 Total posts: 504 Location: The Hague, Netherlands. Age: 40 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 18-01-2013 13:21 Post subject: |
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| MercuryCrest wrote: | Well, here's an odd one: I thought Gary Coleman was most definitely alive (for no particular reason) and now I've found out he passed in 2010!
I do not remember hearing about that one. |
Strange you should mention that. The actor who played the boys's adopted father in Diff'rent Stokes died yesterday. |
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| MercuryCrest The Severed Head Of A
Great Old One Joined: 24 Mar 2003 Total posts: 715 Location: Floating down the Ganges Age: 33 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 18-01-2013 18:30 Post subject: |
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Actual, it's not that strange at all. 
I had heard of his passing and decided to look up a few people, Gary Coleman being one of them.
I've also found that if you ask Google, "How did [celebrity X] die?" it'll answer you directly.
I find that mildly creepy, yet eminently useful. |
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| SameOldVardoger Great Old One Gender: Male |
| Posted: 18-01-2013 19:43 Post subject: |
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| MercuryCrest wrote: | Actual, it's not that strange at all.
I had heard of his passing and decided to look up a few people, Gary Coleman being one of them.
I've also found that if you ask Google, "How did [celebrity X] die?" it'll answer you directly.
I find that mildly creepy, yet eminently useful. |
Did a few tests:
| Quote: | Crucifixion
Jesus Christ, Cause of death |
| Quote: | Alzheimer's disease, Pneumonia
Ronald Reagan, Cause of death |
| Quote: | Suicide, Gunshot, Firearm
Kurt Cobain, Cause of death |
Neat. |
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| Mythopoeika Boring petty conservative
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Total posts: 8820 Location: Not far from Bedford Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 18-01-2013 21:11 Post subject: |
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| It's probably because Google gets asked certain types of questions very frequently. They may simply have added this in as a special bit of contextual AI to answer those questions directly. I like that feature, it's fast. |
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| EnolaGaia Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Total posts: 1197 Location: USA Gender: Male |
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| celticguy Grey Joined: 13 Jan 2013 Total posts: 5 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 07-06-2013 19:47 Post subject: |
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| Years ago I had convinced myself that the actor Robert Morley was dead - so was a bit surprised when he turned up on a chatshow. He has of course died since then. |
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| davidplankton Great Old One Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Total posts: 201 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 07-06-2013 20:30 Post subject: |
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| Not only is he dead, but his son Sheridan died in 2007. |
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| Pietro_Mercurios Heuristically Challenged
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17657 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 19-06-2013 21:21 Post subject: |
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| I would have thought he was long gone as well. |
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| CarlosTheDJ Dazed and confused for so long its not true
Great Old One Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Total posts: 1874 Location: Sussex Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 19-06-2013 23:12 Post subject: |
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Yeah me too! I thought he was an old man when his records were hits.....obviously not.
RIP The Real Slim |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2001 Total posts: 13303 Location: Eh? Gender: Male |
| Posted: 20-06-2013 00:00 Post subject: |
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I always wondered what Slim thought of that movie. Flattered, I hope. |
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