Bad week for celebrities

[PeteRasche]

We always had RIP threads for various folks here... either those have died (no pun intended) from lack of traffic here or this week has had too many to mention. In less than a week, we lost Dr. Ruth, Richard Simmons, Shannon Doherty, Bob Newhart, and newsman Lou Dobbs.

I once met Simmons in the Quarter about 20 years ago while down for Jazzfest. Walking from breakfast and he just happened to be coming out of his residence. He was in his tank top and short shorts and was exactly the same as on TV... super excitable and friendly, hugged all women in our group, and sang "Giant man! Giant man!" to me. I still remember, he said he was on the way to the hospital to visit a 1000 lb. woman.

[waverider]

I like the memes that said “Keith Richards living longer than Richard Simmons has me questioning this whole eat healthy and exercise thing”.

Of course a funny reply was, Keith Richards has been dead but just won’t admit it