R. I. P.

Hotpuppy · 01-08-2002, 02:37 PM

Im going to snatch( dont get excited) a little bandwidth for a thread that will introduce a new dead guy or girl of note every week. Fell free to contribute or ignore. I will be choosing one DG per week to honor.

Week of December 31:
Jan 4
Freddy Heinekin, brewer 78

HP

Ozzy · 01-08-2002, 02:39 PM

add Dave Thomas (founder of wendy's) to the list. (Jan 7th)

popelcha · 01-08-2002, 03:12 PM

Dave dies, that sucks...........
I knew he looked like he was getting thinner and thinner......

Hotpuppy · 01-08-2002, 03:15 PM

I wonder if Dave ate at Wendy's- I mean really.
hp

marc · 01-08-2002, 03:56 PM

Hotpuppy... may i nominate Osama bin Laden for next week's honoree???

One Eyed Trouser Trout · 01-08-2002, 04:00 PM

Dave's personal story has given me strength on occasion to move forward when the bastards have been calling for my head.

From his birth and until his death, he didn't let some difficult childhood stuff stand in his way. He was honest, benevolent to charities established to assist adoption, and donated a significant sum of money in quiet ways.

One such donation was to Duke University, where he donated a significant sum of money to the Fuqua-Varina School of Business where the Thomas Center was built. It houses those who travel into Durham on weekends to pursue an E-MBA. This generosity came from a man who never graduated from high school let alone college. Of interest, is that just a few short miles away is the Medical Center at Duke where a significant thrust of activity is focused on treating people with food addictions.

The newslines are taking about the man who built Wendy's, something that we can all identify with.

In my eye, he was far bigger than his business empire. He was a man who cared about those looking to be cared for.

His burgers were square because he didn't believe in cutting corners.

Having a Dead Guy list, or a Dead Girl list, can be lots of fun. Maybe from time to time we can underscore what the person in passing has done for his fellow brothers and sisters to make this place a better world. (compared to Howard Stern having a Pool to see who dies first....)

Hotpuppy · 01-08-2002, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by marc
Hotpuppy... may i nominate Osama bin Laden for next week's honoree???

Sure, but its sort of tired, calling for his demise, I mean its a given.
take care
HP

Carl M · 01-08-2002, 04:05 PM

Buddy- Clintons Dog got run over by a car.

Carl M · 01-08-2002, 04:06 PM

Buddy- Clintons Dog, got run over by a car.

Hotpuppy · 01-08-2002, 04:08 PM

OETT,
Well said.
My comment about whether he ate at Wendy's( apparently he did), was not meant to disrespect him- just that a diet of fast food burgers will do nothing to extend ones life. Dave did get his high school diploma as an adult. Bravo, Dave for a life well lived.
take care
HP

Hotpuppy · 01-08-2002, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Carl M
Buddy- Clintons Dog, got run over by a car.

As long as my late cat Buddy ( most likely taken by a Fisher cat) can be included.
hp

One Eyed Trouser Trout · 01-08-2002, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hotpuppy
OETT,
Well said.
My comment about whether he ate at Wendy's( apparently he did), was not meant to disrespect him- just that a diet of fast food burgers will do nothing to extend ones life. Dave did get his high school diploma as an adult. Bravo, Dave for a life well lived.
take care
HP

Wasn't focusing on your comments. I'm sure he had his share of meals at the business, and who knows what was the cause of his liver cancer. Maybe the 'mystery meat' at KFC.

Hotpuppy · 01-08-2002, 04:52 PM

"Maybe the 'mystery meat' at KFC."

Tastes just like chicken!

hp

Wowie69 · 01-08-2002, 05:09 PM

I saw on the news tonite that Dave Thomas learned the biz from Colonel Sanders.
He started out by owning several KFC outlets. He sold them to finance his new business (Wendy's).
He owned 6000+ Wendy restaurants when he died.

justme · 01-08-2002, 07:54 PM

In a sense, everyone learned the business from the Colonel.

Woody · 01-08-2002, 08:52 PM

After the shooting at the Wendy's in Flushing, the store was closed down. (It is now a small shop mall.)

Thomas came to the memorial service at the Botanical gardens.

Still no Wendy's near one of the busiest corners in New York.

One of the good guys.

Woody

Daty · 01-09-2002, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hotpuppy
I wonder if Dave ate at Wendy's- I mean really.
hp

on the news last night when they read his bio, they ended the story saying he ate a double cheeseburger every day

Bill Furniture · 01-09-2002, 09:43 PM

Dave Thomas also donated alot of money promoting adoption.

Hotpuppy · 01-12-2002, 08:02 PM

Week of January 7

Cyrus Vance, unsuccessful hostage negociator, 84

R.I.P.

HP

Hotpuppy · 01-18-2002, 01:08 PM

Week of January 14

Ted Demme, less talented younger brother, 38

R.I.P.

HP

jras · 01-23-2002, 07:02 AM

Ozzy
Whoreboard enfant terrible.
January 22, 2002

JoeyP · 01-23-2002, 07:10 AM

Phantom

Hit by insipient rubber tree.

Aristotle · 01-24-2002, 02:38 PM

Pierre Bourdieu, 71, of cancer in Paris.

jras · 01-24-2002, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aristotle
Pierre Bourdieu, 71, of cancer in Paris.

pioneer in correspondence analysis
what's your habitus?

Hotpuppy · 01-26-2002, 03:33 PM

Miss Peggy Lee, 'fevered' song stylist, 81

R.I.P.

HP

ramstein · 01-26-2002, 04:00 PM

John Clifford Baxter, another victim in the tragi-comical saga of Enron's folly....

Hotpuppy · 02-02-2002, 04:16 AM

Claudia Lenore, my first, 51

R.I.P.

HP

Hotpuppy · 02-02-2002, 04:29 AM

The following 192 living people are all at least 80
years old:
(*) indicates 90 or over

(*) Eddie Albert - actor
Patty Andrews - singer, the Andrews Sisters
Arnold "Red" Auerbach - basketball coach
Saul Bellow - novelist
Ingmar Bergman - film director
(*) Milton Berle - actor and comedian
Joey Bishop - TV host
Ernest Borgnine - actor
Ray Bradbury - science fiction author
David Brinkley - TV news anchor
Charles Bronson - actor
Red Buttons - actor
Robert Byrd - U.S. senator
Frank Cady - actor; "Green Acres"
(*) Kitty Carlisle - game show panelist
Art Carney - actor
(*) Henri Cartier-Bresson - photographer
Julia Child - "The French Chef"
Arthur C. Clarke - author
Ray Conniff - bandleader
(*) Alistair Cooke - TV host
Denton Cooley - heart surgeon
Jackie Cooper - actor
Archibald Cox - Watergate special prosecutor
Francis Crick - DNA co-discoverer
Walter Cronkite - TV news anchor
(*) Hume Cronyn - actor
Rodney Dangerfield - comedian
(*) Michael DeBakey - heart surgeon
Olivia De Havilland - actress
Dino De Laurentiis - film producer
Phyllis Diller - actress
James Doohan - actor, "Star Trek"
Kirk Douglas - actor
Hugh Downs - TV host
(*) Buddy Ebsen - actor
Ralph Edwards - game show host & creator
Nanette Fabray - actress
Bob Feller - baseball player
Kam Fong - actor, "Hawaii 5-O"
Betty Ford - U.S. first lady
Gerald Ford - U.S. president
Glenn Ford - actor
John Forsythe - actor
Betty Friedan - feminist author
Zsa Zsa Gabor - actress
(*) John Kenneth Galbraith - economist
John Glenn - U.S. astronaut & senator
Curt Gowdy - sportscaster
Billy Graham - evangelist
(*) Lionel Hampton - jazz musician
Jonathan Harris - actor, "Lost in Space"
Paul Harvey - radio news announcer/commentator
Jesse Helms - U.S. senator
Leona Helmsley - real estate mogul
Skitch Henderson - bandleader
(*) Katharine Hepburn - actress
Thor Heyerdahl - anthropologist
Edmund Hillary - mountaineer
(*) Bob Hope - actor and comedian
Lena Horne - singer
E. Howard Hunt - Watergate conspirator
Lady Bird Johnson - U.S. first lady
(*) Philip Johnson - architect
Van Johnson - actor
(*) Elia Kazan - film director
C. Everett Koop - surgeon general
Frankie Laine - singer
Jack LaLanne - fitness guru
Ann Landers - advice columnist
(*) Estée Lauder - cosmetics producer
(*) Claude Levi-Strauss - anthropologist
Art Linkletter - TV host and pitchman
Herbert Lom - actor, "The Pink Panther"
Lee MacPhail - baseball executive
(*) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - spiritual guru
Karl Malden - actor
Nelson Mandela - South African politician
Dick Martin - TV host, "Laugh-In"
Eugene McCarthy - U.S. senator
Jim McKay - sportscaster
Robert McNamara - U.S. secretary of defense
Arthur Miller - playwright
Marvin Miller - baseball players negotiator
(*) Mitch Miller - bandleader
Al Molinaro - actor, "Happy Days"
Ricardo Montalban - actor
Harry Morgan - actor
Stan Musial - basball player
Edwin Newman - newscaster
Helmut Newton - photographer
Maureen O'Hara - actress
Jack Paar - TV host, "The Tonight Show"
LaWanda Page - actress, "Sanford and Son"
Jack Palance - actor
John Paul II - Roman Catholic pope
Don Pardo - TV announcer, "Saturday Night Live"
Rosa Parks - civil rights pioneer
Les Paul - guitarist
Gregory Peck - actor
Augusto Pinochet (Ugarte) - Chilean president
Tony Randall - actor
Thurl Ravenscroft - voice, Tony the Tiger
Nancy Reagan - U.S. first lady
(*) Ronald Reagan - U.S. president
Donald Regan - U.S. cabinet member; chief of staff
(*) Leni Riefenstahl - filmmaker and photographer
Phil Rizzuto - baseball player
Tom Poston - actor
Oral Roberts - preacher
Andy Rooney - TV news commentator
Mickey Rooney - actor
Jane Russell - actress
J. D. Salinger - author
Isabel Sanford - actress, "The Jeffersons"
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. - historian
(*) Max Schmeling - heavyweight champion boxer
Tex Schramm - football team owner
Pete Seeger - folk musician
Ravi Shankar - sitar player
(*) Artie Shaw - clarinetist and bandleader
Sidney Sheldon - screenwriter
Sargent Shriver - U.S. political candidate
George Shultz - U.S. cabinet secretary
Enos Slaughter - baseball player
Sam Snead - golfer
Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Soviet dissident and author
Warren Spahn - baseball player
Mickey Spillane - author
Robert Stack - actor and TV host
(*) Edward Teller - physicist
(*) Strom Thurmond - U.S. senator
Peter Ustinov - actor
Abigail Van Buren - advice columnist
Abe Vigoda - actor, "Barney Miller"
Mike Wallace - TV journalist
Eli Wallach - actor
Joseph Wapner - television judge
William Westmoreland - U.S. army commander
Betty White - actress
James Whitmore - actor
Richard Widmark - actor
(*) Simon Wiesenthal - hunter of Nazi criminals
(*) Billy Wilder - film director
Ted Williams - baseball player
(*) Fay Wray - actress
(*) Jane Wyatt - actress
Jane Wyman - actress
Alan Young - actor, "Mister Ed"

Edited by HP

PistlPete · 02-04-2002, 05:22 AM

Thank you Hotpuppy! Now I can take this list and play "Dead or Alive?" at the next party I go to :-)

mydesign · 02-04-2002, 10:24 AM

I'm more upset that Freddie Heinekin died....good beer.

01-08-2002, 02:37 PM	#1
Hotpuppy Mr.Butterworth Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,190 vCash: 500	R. I. P. Im going to snatch( dont get excited) a little bandwidth for a thread that will introduce a new dead guy or girl of note every week. Fell free to contribute or ignore. I will be choosing one DG per week to honor. Week of December 31: Jan 4 Freddy Heinekin, brewer 78 HP Last edited by Hotpuppy; 01-08-2002 at 02:57 PM..

01-08-2002, 03:56 PM	#5
marc Gold Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 704 vCash: 500	Next week's nominee... Hotpuppy... may i nominate Osama bin Laden for next week's honoree???

01-08-2002, 04:00 PM	#6
One Eyed Trouser Trout #1 Cowboys Fan Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,048 vCash: 500	In respect to Dave Thomas Dave's personal story has given me strength on occasion to move forward when the bastards have been calling for my head. From his birth and until his death, he didn't let some difficult childhood stuff stand in his way. He was honest, benevolent to charities established to assist adoption, and donated a significant sum of money in quiet ways. One such donation was to Duke University, where he donated a significant sum of money to the Fuqua-Varina School of Business where the Thomas Center was built. It houses those who travel into Durham on weekends to pursue an E-MBA. This generosity came from a man who never graduated from high school let alone college. Of interest, is that just a few short miles away is the Medical Center at Duke where a significant thrust of activity is focused on treating people with food addictions. The newslines are taking about the man who built Wendy's, something that we can all identify with. In my eye, he was far bigger than his business empire. He was a man who cared about those looking to be cared for. His burgers were square because he didn't believe in cutting corners. Having a Dead Guy list, or a Dead Girl list, can be lots of fun. Maybe from time to time we can underscore what the person in passing has done for his fellow brothers and sisters to make this place a better world. (compared to Howard Stern having a Pool to see who dies first....)

01-08-2002, 04:05 PM	#8
Carl M Hanging by a thread Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 86 vCash: 500	Does a Dog Count! Buddy- Clintons Dog got run over by a car.

01-08-2002, 04:06 PM	#9
Carl M Hanging by a thread Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 86 vCash: 500	Does a Dog Count! Buddy- Clintons Dog, got run over by a car.

01-08-2002, 02:39 PM	#2
Ozzy Gold Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 15,432 vCash: 500	add Dave Thomas (founder of wendy's) to the list. (Jan 7th)

01-08-2002, 03:12 PM	#3
popelcha Bronze Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 84 vCash: 500	Dave dies, that sucks........... I knew he looked like he was getting thinner and thinner......

01-08-2002, 03:15 PM	#4
Hotpuppy Mr.Butterworth Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,190 vCash: 500	I wonder if Dave ate at Wendy's- I mean really. hp

01-08-2002, 04:08 PM	#10
Hotpuppy Mr.Butterworth Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,190 vCash: 500	OETT, Well said. My comment about whether he ate at Wendy's( apparently he did), was not meant to disrespect him- just that a diet of fast food burgers will do nothing to extend ones life. Dave did get his high school diploma as an adult. Bravo, Dave for a life well lived. take care HP

01-08-2002, 04:52 PM	#13
Hotpuppy Mr.Butterworth Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,190 vCash: 500	"Maybe the 'mystery meat' at KFC." Tastes just like chicken! hp

01-08-2002, 05:09 PM	#14
Wowie69 Gold Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 788 vCash: 500	I saw on the news tonite that Dave Thomas learned the biz from Colonel Sanders. He started out by owning several KFC outlets. He sold them to finance his new business (Wendy's). He owned 6000+ Wendy restaurants when he died.

01-08-2002, 07:54 PM	#15
justme pop and click tainted Vinyl ( is dead ) Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 9,561 vCash: 500	In a sense, everyone learned the business from the Colonel.

01-08-2002, 08:52 PM	#16
Woody Silver Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 343 vCash: 500	Dave Thomas - A class act After the shooting at the Wendy's in Flushing, the store was closed down. (It is now a small shop mall.) Thomas came to the memorial service at the Botanical gardens. Still no Wendy's near one of the busiest corners in New York. One of the good guys. Woody

01-09-2002, 09:43 PM	#18
Bill Furniture Flounder Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 10,182 vCash: 500	Dave Thomas also donated alot of money promoting adoption.

01-12-2002, 08:02 PM	#19
Hotpuppy Mr.Butterworth Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,190 vCash: 500	Week of January 7 Cyrus Vance, unsuccessful hostage negociator, 84 R.I.P. HP Last edited by Hotpuppy; 01-12-2002 at 08:05 PM..

01-18-2002, 01:08 PM	#20
Hotpuppy Mr.Butterworth Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,190 vCash: 500	Week of January 14 Ted Demme, less talented younger brother, 38 R.I.P. HP

01-23-2002, 07:02 AM	#21
jras Gold Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 3,102 vCash: 500	a moment of silence, please Ozzy Whoreboard enfant terrible. January 22, 2002

01-23-2002, 07:10 AM	#22
JoeyP Silver Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 419 vCash: 500	Phantom Hit by insipient rubber tree.

01-24-2002, 02:38 PM	#23
Aristotle Just another girl on the IRT Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 517 vCash: 500	Pierre Bourdieu, 71, of cancer in Paris.

01-26-2002, 03:33 PM	#25
Hotpuppy Mr.Butterworth Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,190 vCash: 500	Week of January 21 Miss Peggy Lee, 'fevered' song stylist, 81 R.I.P. HP

01-26-2002, 04:00 PM	#26
ramstein Gold Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 659 vCash: 500	John Clifford Baxter, another victim in the tragi-comical saga of Enron's folly....

02-02-2002, 04:16 AM	#27
Hotpuppy Mr.Butterworth Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,190 vCash: 500	Week of January 28 Claudia Lenore, my first, 51 R.I.P. HP

02-02-2002, 04:29 AM	#28
Hotpuppy Mr.Butterworth Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,190 vCash: 500	Knockin' On Heavens Door The following 192 living people are all at least 80 years old: () indicates 90 or over () Eddie Albert - actor Patty Andrews - singer, the Andrews Sisters Arnold "Red" Auerbach - basketball coach Saul Bellow - novelist Ingmar Bergman - film director () Milton Berle - actor and comedian Joey Bishop - TV host Ernest Borgnine - actor Ray Bradbury - science fiction author David Brinkley - TV news anchor Charles Bronson - actor Red Buttons - actor Robert Byrd - U.S. senator Frank Cady - actor; "Green Acres" () Kitty Carlisle - game show panelist Art Carney - actor () Henri Cartier-Bresson - photographer Julia Child - "The French Chef" Arthur C. Clarke - author Ray Conniff - bandleader () Alistair Cooke - TV host Denton Cooley - heart surgeon Jackie Cooper - actor Archibald Cox - Watergate special prosecutor Francis Crick - DNA co-discoverer Walter Cronkite - TV news anchor () Hume Cronyn - actor Rodney Dangerfield - comedian () Michael DeBakey - heart surgeon Olivia De Havilland - actress Dino De Laurentiis - film producer Phyllis Diller - actress James Doohan - actor, "Star Trek" Kirk Douglas - actor Hugh Downs - TV host () Buddy Ebsen - actor Ralph Edwards - game show host & creator Nanette Fabray - actress Bob Feller - baseball player Kam Fong - actor, "Hawaii 5-O" Betty Ford - U.S. first lady Gerald Ford - U.S. president Glenn Ford - actor John Forsythe - actor Betty Friedan - feminist author Zsa Zsa Gabor - actress () John Kenneth Galbraith - economist John Glenn - U.S. astronaut & senator Curt Gowdy - sportscaster Billy Graham - evangelist () Lionel Hampton - jazz musician Jonathan Harris - actor, "Lost in Space" Paul Harvey - radio news announcer/commentator Jesse Helms - U.S. senator Leona Helmsley - real estate mogul Skitch Henderson - bandleader () Katharine Hepburn - actress Thor Heyerdahl - anthropologist Edmund Hillary - mountaineer () Bob Hope - actor and comedian Lena Horne - singer E. Howard Hunt - Watergate conspirator Lady Bird Johnson - U.S. first lady () Philip Johnson - architect Van Johnson - actor () Elia Kazan - film director C. Everett Koop - surgeon general Frankie Laine - singer Jack LaLanne - fitness guru Ann Landers - advice columnist () Estée Lauder - cosmetics producer () Claude Levi-Strauss - anthropologist Art Linkletter - TV host and pitchman Herbert Lom - actor, "The Pink Panther" Lee MacPhail - baseball executive () Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - spiritual guru Karl Malden - actor Nelson Mandela - South African politician Dick Martin - TV host, "Laugh-In" Eugene McCarthy - U.S. senator Jim McKay - sportscaster Robert McNamara - U.S. secretary of defense Arthur Miller - playwright Marvin Miller - baseball players negotiator () Mitch Miller - bandleader Al Molinaro - actor, "Happy Days" Ricardo Montalban - actor Harry Morgan - actor Stan Musial - basball player Edwin Newman - newscaster Helmut Newton - photographer Maureen O'Hara - actress Jack Paar - TV host, "The Tonight Show" LaWanda Page - actress, "Sanford and Son" Jack Palance - actor John Paul II - Roman Catholic pope Don Pardo - TV announcer, "Saturday Night Live" Rosa Parks - civil rights pioneer Les Paul - guitarist Gregory Peck - actor Augusto Pinochet (Ugarte) - Chilean president Tony Randall - actor Thurl Ravenscroft - voice, Tony the Tiger Nancy Reagan - U.S. first lady () Ronald Reagan - U.S. president Donald Regan - U.S. cabinet member; chief of staff () Leni Riefenstahl - filmmaker and photographer Phil Rizzuto - baseball player Tom Poston - actor Oral Roberts - preacher Andy Rooney - TV news commentator Mickey Rooney - actor Jane Russell - actress J. D. Salinger - author Isabel Sanford - actress, "The Jeffersons" Arthur Schlesinger Jr. - historian () Max Schmeling - heavyweight champion boxer Tex Schramm - football team owner Pete Seeger - folk musician Ravi Shankar - sitar player () Artie Shaw - clarinetist and bandleader Sidney Sheldon - screenwriter Sargent Shriver - U.S. political candidate George Shultz - U.S. cabinet secretary Enos Slaughter - baseball player Sam Snead - golfer Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Soviet dissident and author Warren Spahn - baseball player Mickey Spillane - author Robert Stack - actor and TV host () Edward Teller - physicist () Strom Thurmond - U.S. senator Peter Ustinov - actor Abigail Van Buren - advice columnist Abe Vigoda - actor, "Barney Miller" Mike Wallace - TV journalist Eli Wallach - actor Joseph Wapner - television judge William Westmoreland - U.S. army commander Betty White - actress James Whitmore - actor Richard Widmark - actor () Simon Wiesenthal - hunter of Nazi criminals () Billy Wilder - film director Ted Williams - baseball player () Fay Wray - actress (*) Jane Wyatt - actress Jane Wyman - actress Alan Young - actor, "Mister Ed" Edited by HP

02-04-2002, 05:22 AM	#29
PistlPete Silver Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 236 vCash: 500	Thank you Hotpuppy! Now I can take this list and play "Dead or Alive?" at the next party I go to :-)

02-04-2002, 10:24 AM	#30
mydesign Gold Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,552 vCash: 500	I'm more upset that Freddie Heinekin died....good beer.