gunracer1
Collector of fine junk
Sounds like a happy ending
yuppers, he was a pos by the look of it.
Sounds like a happy ending
R.I.P. James Hampton. (July 9th 1936 - April 7th 2021)
R.I.P. James Hampton. (July 9th 1936 - April 7th 2021)
James Wade Hampton (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his TV roles such as Private Hannibal Shirley Dobbs on F Troop (1965-1967), and Leroy B. Simpson on The Doris Day Show (1968-1969), and his movie roles such as Caretaker in The Longest Yard (1974), Howard Clemmons in Hawmps! (1976), Harold Howard in Teen Wolf (1985), and Jerry Woolridge in Sling Blade (1996).
Anne Beatts who was part of the first team/staff of comedy writers on SNL & made a sitcom called Square Pegs. She was 74-
Anne Beatts (February 25, 1947–April 7, 2021) was an American comedy writer
Early life[edit]
Beatts was born in Buffalo, New York, to parents she has described as "beatniks".[SUP][1][/SUP] Beatts grew to have what has been called an "aggressive, dark sensibility" [SUP][1][/SUP] which she later put to use in the world of comedy. Growing up in Somers, New York, she later attended McGill University.[SUP][1][/SUP]
It was at McGill University where Beatts discovered the darkly tragic humor of Jewish writers J. D. Salinger, Philip Roth, and Bruce Jay Friedman.[SUP][1][/SUP] At this time, Beatts converted to Judaism.[SUP][1][/SUP]
National Lampoon[edit]
After graduating from college, Beatts joined National Lampoon magazine, a national offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. She brought her dark sense of humor to her work, and co-wrote a parody advertisement for Volkswagen which was conceived by Philip Socci for which the magazine was later sued by the car company.[SUP][2][/SUP] The advertisement stated, "If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he'd be President today," accompanied by a photograph of a VW Beetle floating on a lake (an allusion to Kennedy's Chappaquiddick incident).
Beatts became the first female editor of National Lampoon magazine, where she worked with Michael O'Donoghue. The two became romantically involved, and both soon joined the creative team of Saturday Night Live in the early years of the program.[SUP][3][/SUP]
Television[edit]
Beatts is regarded as having been something of a pioneer in television and comedy circles, as an early female comedy writer and one of the very few female writers working in the National Lampoon/SNL comedy scene of the 1970s. At SNL she was nominated for an Emmy five times, winning once. In 2001 she won a Writer's Guild Award.[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][better source needed][/SUP] Beatts created the 1982 CBS sitcom Square Pegs, and additionally appeared in uncredited guest spots on the early SNL.[SUP][citation needed][/SUP]
Beatts wrote the book for the 1985 Ellie Greenwich jukebox musical Leader of the Pack and produced the first season of A Different World in 1987–1988.
After several credits in the 1990s, Beatts eventually moved away from writing for television. In 2006, she directed the series John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You with her writing and producing partner, Eve Brandstein for B-Girls Productions.
In 2007, Beatts served as one of the judges for the online comedy competition Project Breakout.[SUP][5][/SUP]
Beatts served as Adjunct Professor in the Writing Division at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts,[SUP][6][/SUP] as well as at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. She also gave private lessons on writing sketch comedy.[SUP][7][/SUP]
I've been reading different versions.. some say he is brain dead but still alive... DMX
DMX hospitalized after suffering an overdose, heart attack: report
Matthew Allen
Sat, April 3, 2021, 9:16 AM·2 min read
DMX is now on life support, according to his family
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was hospitalized and said to be in critical condition after suffering an overdose that caused a heart attack. ABC News confirmed that the famed rapper is on life support, according to his family.
His lawyer, Murray Richman, also released a statement: “I received a call this morning that Earl Simmons was in the hospital, at the White Plains Hospital, and that he had had a heart attack, and I’m not sure how it was induced and that he’s on life support.”
Wonder if he had a good life leeching off the Britishers-
For those who believe in fairy tales... Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh died at 99. Wonder if he had a good life leeching off the Britishers-
For those who believe in fairy tales... Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh died at 99. Wonder if he had a good life leeching off the Britishers-
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark,[SUP][1][/SUP] 10 June 1921[SUP][fn 2][/SUP] – 9 April 2021) was a member of the British royal family as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born in Greece, but his family was exiled from the country when he was an infant. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth, whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with distinction in the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets. After the war, Philip was granted permission by George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish titles and styles, became a naturalised British subject, and adopted his maternal grandparents' surname Mountbatten. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was granted the style His Royal Highness and created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich by King George VI. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became queen in 1952, having reached the rank of commander, and was made a British prince in 1957.
Philip had four children with Elizabeth: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. Through a British Order in Council issued in 1960, descendants of the couple not bearing royal styles and titles can use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, which has also been used by some members of the royal family who do hold titles, such as Anne, Andrew, and Edward.
A sports enthusiast, Philip helped develop the equestrian event of carriage driving. He was a patron, president, or member of over 780 organisations, and he served as chairman of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, a self-improvement program for young people aged 14 to 24.[SUP][2][/SUP] He was the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the longest-lived male member of the British royal family. He retired from his royal duties on 2 August 2017, aged 96, having completed 22,219 solo engagements since 1952. Philip died on 9 April 2021, at the age of 99, just two months before his 100th birthday.
Why is a queen’s husband considered a prince? The royalty bullshit in Britain is a Joke
Why do you care so much?
You care more than me. I care more about the shit I took this morning than the ‘royal family’....
Why is a queen’s husband considered a prince? The royalty bullshit in Britain is a Joke
For those who believe in fairy tales... Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh died at 99. Wonder if he had a good life leeching off the Britishers-
She couldn't rule if he was proclaimed King cos patriarchy
Yet the future King's wife will be a queen![]()
DMX confirmed a couple hours ago
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/04/09/entertainment/dmx-rapper-dies/index.html
DMX confirmed a couple hours ago
Kas Kastner; 92
Mechanic & Fabricator, drove British cars in the SCCA events, was hired by Triumph to run their racing dept. Also opened door for aftermarket turbo chargers after fiddling w/forced induction.
Joined Nissan & turned it into a Motorsport Powerhouse-
Dude should have known the Government doesn't like competitionBernard Madoff who ran a successful Ponzi Investment Securities Firm dead at 82-
Bernard Lawrence Madoff (/ˈmeɪdɔːf/ MAY-doff;[1] April 29, 1938 – April 14, 2021) was an American market maker, investment advisor, financier, and convicted fraudster who served a federal prison sentence for offenses related to a massive Ponzi scheme.[2] He was at one time non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market,[3] before being revealed as and later confessing to having been the operator of the largest Ponzi scheme in world history, and the largest financial fraud in U.S. history.[4] Prosecutors estimated the fraud to be worth $64.8 billion based on the amounts in the accounts of Madoff's 4,800 clients as of November 30, 2008.[5]
Madoff founded a penny stock brokerage in 1960, which eventually grew into Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. He served as its chairman until his arrest on December 11, 2008.[6][7] The firm was one of the top market maker businesses on Wall Street,[8] which bypassed "specialist" firms by directly executing orders over the counter from retail brokers.[9]
At the firm, he employed his brother Peter Madoff as senior managing director and chief compliance officer, Peter's daughter Shana Madoff as the firm's rules and compliance officer and attorney, and his now deceased sons Mark and Andrew. Peter was sentenced to 10 years in prison[10] and Mark died by suicide by hanging exactly two years after his father's arrest.[11][12][13] Andrew died of lymphoma on September 3, 2014.[14]
On December 10, 2008, Madoff's sons told authorities that their father had confessed to them that the asset management unit of his firm was a massive Ponzi scheme, and quoted him as saying that it was "one big lie".[15][16][17] The following day, FBI agents arrested Madoff and charged him with one count of securities fraud. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had previously conducted multiple investigations into his business practices but had not uncovered the massive fraud.[8] On March 12, 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies and admitted to turning his wealth management business into a massive Ponzi scheme. The Madoff investment scandal defrauded thousands of investors of billions of dollars. Madoff said that he began the Ponzi scheme in the early 1990s, but federal investigators believe that the fraud began as early as the mid-1980s[18] and may have begun as far back as the 1970s.[19] Those charged with recovering the missing money believe that the investment operation may never have been legitimate.[20][21] The amount missing from client accounts was almost $65 billion, including fabricated gains.[22] The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) trustee estimated actual losses to investors of $18 billion.[20] On June 29, 2009, Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison, the maximum allowed. Madoff died in April 2021 while serving out his sentence.[23][24][25]