Should I feel "happy"? This is an odd scenerio.

But at least I scored.

A GF connection. She was briefly married to Troy Donahue.

RIP.

He played Sgt. Hackett, a friend and rival of Sgt. Carter. He also played an escaped con on Andy Griffith that Barney and Gomer had a hard time finding. And of course, he was Barney Heffner on All in the Family.

He was one of my last cuts in rounding out the names at 50. But that and 50 cents will buy me a soda,

I didn't see Suzanne Pleshette going. Good call, Beth.

I knew she had cancer. I saw her in interviews and she didn't look well. I figured it was only a matter of time.

Congrats Beth.

I think only someone playing this game can understand that.

Man, it seems that famous people have been dropping like flies this past week!

And none of them was on my list. Well I still have 345 days.

I think he must have been under contract for some production company at CBS. I think he also appeared on some of the later Archie Bunker shows.

I think he played a cab driver on All in the family.

TV Character actors to this day I think are under contract from production companies that do the same shows. On all the Law and Order franchises you see a lot of the same actors playing roles in all those shows.

Is Heath Ledger on anybodys list?

I don't think so. He wasn't one of the out of control young hollywood stars. If he was it would have been as a joke.

His body is still warm for chrissakes! (No, I checked already)

No.

Just checking.

If you're that interested, you should've joined.

My bad..

For the record, the lists are on the top of Page 6 of this thread

I was shocked to hear about Heath Ledger. I had only seen him in "The Patriot", but damn, what a shame.

Who would have thought? That's why, as sad as it is, as far as this list goes, there will always be some person/people like this who shock the hell out you when they die.

TIS

His death makes me sad! I was really enjoying the path he was taking in Hollywood by playing strange roles. He was a great young actor.

So now when someone dies we are no longer going to have the usual topic and string of RIP'S? Only a few of us got into this, but now someone dies and everyone takes this personally.

There is a thread on Heath's death in the TV/Movies section.

No, as Beth mentioned, there should still be the usual R.I.P. threads. I'd think this thread would be of interest to only those actually playing in the game.

Don't worry, dt, I'm sure you'll get a few confirmed kills this year. We've only gone through 6% of the year so far.

I did a quick check the other day and Geoff's two WWI survivors are still kicking. I found myself doing a Sollozzo imitation and yelling, "They're still alive!??! 109 years old and they're still alive!??!"

I'm rooting for these tough old bastards to survive the year, mostly because I didn't think to include them in my list. Also, I'll feel bad if Ernest Borgnine dies because I meant to include him, but must have forgotten.

Me too. I guarantee they'll be on my list next year, though.

I'll be happy if I just get 1 right.

There are actually currently 23 of them (15 are verified) -- for some reason I didn't pick the oldest one (who's 111), but picked 3 by gut (which is never right)...

Chin up. James Arness will be gone by Labor Day.

No one had Christian Brando either. I think Geoff went the wrong way. Instead of picking old people who should have picked young ones.

Yeah Beth, that's how it is going lately huh?

I feel very old all of a sudden. Although, Christian was older than me, so perhaps I have a few years left.