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Re: Obituaries for 2024
« Reply #375 on: July 17, 2024, 04:35:04 pm »
Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist known to millions as ‘Dr. Ruth,’ dies at 96




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Re: Obituaries for 2024
« Reply #376 on: July 17, 2024, 05:11:03 pm »
You know, she got a lot of jokes for being the short little lady with the sex talk... but reading her bio... wow. What a tough cookie. Surviving the Holocaust, fighting for Israeli independence... you have to admire her chutzpah, to use some Yiddish.

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Re: Obituaries for 2024
« Reply #377 on: July 18, 2024, 04:00:29 pm »
Bob Newhart, Dean of the Deadpan Delivery, Dies at 94



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Bob Newhart, the beloved stand-up performer whose droll, deadpan humor showcased on two critically acclaimed CBS sitcoms vaulted him into the ranks of history’s greatest comedians, died Thursday morning. He was 94.

The Chicago legend, who won Grammy Awards for album of the year and best new artist for his 1960 breakthrough record, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, died at his Los Angeles home after a series of short illnesses, his longtime publicist, Jerry Digney, announced.

The former accountant famously went without an Emmy Award until 2013, when he finally was given one for guest-starring as Arthur Jeffries (alias Professor Proton, former host of a children’s science show) on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory.






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Re: Obituaries for 2024
« Reply #378 on: July 18, 2024, 04:12:14 pm »
Thanks Bob for all the laughs... :crying:
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« Reply #379 on: July 18, 2024, 04:16:45 pm »
It's so sad to see the comedians of Bob's era leave us. I can't stand the foul-mouth stuff that passes for comedy these days. I'm thankful that we have videos to remind us of those days, but that's just a brief respite from this coarse, vulgar era. 

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Re: Obituaries for 2024
« Reply #380 on: July 18, 2024, 04:17:56 pm »
Hi Bob!

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« Reply #382 on: July 18, 2024, 04:21:44 pm »
Best sitcom ending evar.  Thanks Bob and Emily!
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« Reply #383 on: July 18, 2024, 04:25:15 pm »
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« Reply #384 on: July 18, 2024, 04:42:22 pm »
another one- breaking

Lou Dobbs, iconic conservative pundit, dead at 78



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Conservative journalist and political talk show host Lou Dobbs has died at the age of 78, former President Donald Trump announced Thursday.

“He understood the World, and what was ‘happening,’ better than others. Lou was unique in so many ways, and loved our Country,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

Our warmest condolences to his wonderful wife, Debi, and family. He will be greatly missed!” he added.

This is a developing story. Please check back for more updates.




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« Reply #386 on: July 18, 2024, 04:43:14 pm »
what a strange week for obits.
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Re: Obituaries for 2024
« Reply #387 on: July 18, 2024, 04:44:08 pm »
Bob Newhart, Dean of the Deadpan Delivery, Dies at 94




https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bob-newhart-dead-sitcom-legend-1235952438/

The Bob Newhart Show was great.  How times passes. I had know idea he was i his 90's.

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« Reply #388 on: July 18, 2024, 04:53:39 pm »
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« Reply #389 on: July 18, 2024, 04:54:35 pm »
Bob Newhart was one of the funniest people I have ever seen. I have missed his dry humor.

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« Reply #390 on: July 18, 2024, 04:54:59 pm »
RIP Bob Newhart! Thanks for the laughs!
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« Reply #391 on: July 18, 2024, 04:56:30 pm »


Rest in peace Mr. Dobbs! You more than earned it!
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« Reply #392 on: July 18, 2024, 05:10:36 pm »
Far too young for Lou Dobbs.  8888crybaby

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« Reply #393 on: July 18, 2024, 05:12:24 pm »
Best sitcom ending evar.  Thanks Bob and Emily!
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Re: Obituaries for 2024
« Reply #394 on: July 18, 2024, 05:26:37 pm »
I liked Lou Dobbs. Seemed like a bright standup guy.

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« Reply #395 on: July 18, 2024, 05:33:17 pm »
That was great.

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Re: Obituaries for 2024
« Reply #396 on: July 18, 2024, 05:35:19 pm »
The Bob Newhart Show was great.  How times passes. I had know idea he was i his 90's.

I hate to hear that Bob died, even though he was in his 90s.  Loved his show growing up as a kid in the 1970s.

Bob Newhart, legendary comedian, dead at 94

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/entertainment/bob-newhart-death/index.html

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Bob Newhart, whose stammering, deadpan unflappability carried him to stardom as a standup comedian and later in television and movies, has died, according to a statement from his longtime publicist Jerry Digney. He was 94.

Digney said Newhart died in Los Angeles on Thursday morning after a series of short illnesses. He called the star’s passing an “end of an era in comedy.”


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Re: Obituaries for 2024
« Reply #397 on: July 18, 2024, 05:47:41 pm »

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« Reply #398 on: July 18, 2024, 05:55:32 pm »
Lou Dobbs was the only reason I ever watched anything on CNN, and later, his commentary on FOX was appreciated, too. RIP, sir.

CNN's report on Big Lou's passing is bitter and insulting.

Lou Dobbs, veteran cable news anchor and Trump booster, dies at 78

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As Donald Trump ascended in Republican Party politics, Dobbs became one of his most ardent supporters, using his program to promote anti-immigrant rhetoric and lash out at the so-called “deep state.”

As one of Trump’s biggest boosters on television, the veteran anchor spent the latter part of his career promoting streams of misinformation and conspiracy theories on behalf of the then-president.

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After the 2020 election, Dobbs used his Fox Business program to repeatedly promote false conspiracy theories that the vote had been rigged by shadowy companies that flipped millions of votes from Trump to Joe Biden.
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Re: Obituaries for 2024
« Reply #399 on: July 18, 2024, 06:11:02 pm »
what a strange week for obits.
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