Celebrity Casualties

[Spargo]

Scott Adams, cartoonist, 68:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-14/ ... /106227212

Early in my career I worked for government and universities. Some of my coworkers were "in" to Dilbert and would plaster the comic strips up on their walls and doors. I never liked it; I found it inane and poorly drawn.

Then I got an industry job at a small company. The CEO of this company was the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert. Now I get it. I've loved Dilbert ever since.

For years I used to buy a Dilbert desk calendar every January. Haven't seen any for the last couple of years and have wondered why. Apparently (according to the linked article) he went a bit loopy over the last decade and expressed a few interesting views, for which he had been "cancelled". First I'd heard of it. Oh well.

You could tell a lot about the people you work with by what they stick up. Dilbert was more of an acquired taste per se than say Larson.

Bit like people who bought either Mad or Cracked. Rarely bought both.

I was more a Viz reader back in the day…

[dedja]

Rob Hirst, 70, to pancreatic cancer.

[wenchbarwer]

Catherine O'Hara, 71.

From the forgetful mum in Home Alone, to the wonderfully over-the-top Moira Rose in Schitt's Creek, she was one funny lady.

[Brodlach]

James Van Der Beek best known on Dawsons Creek dies of rectal cancer

[dedja]

Robert Duvall, 95.

[Jim05]

Robert Duvall, 95.

Good innings.
Loved his work on Apocalypse Now, one of my all time favourite movies

[dedja]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

[Pseudo]

Robert Carradine, 71. aka Lewis Skolnick of Revenge Of The Nerds fame.

[dedja]

Neil Sedaka, 86.

[dedja]

Makybe Diva, 26

[dedja]

Lorraine Bayly aka Mrs Sullivan, 89

[dedja]

I’m nervously awaiting reports that Skippy is now dead.

[gadj1976]

Makybe Diva, 27

EDIT

Makybe Diva joins the 27 club.

[Booney]

Dennis Cometti, 76.

[dedja]

Agro aka Jamie Dunn, 76

[gadj1976]

Agro aka Jamie Dunn, 76

Very sad. Part of mine and many others childhoods growing up. The outtakes on Youtube are hilarious.

[dedja]

Agro aka Jamie Dunn, 76

Very sad. Part of mine and many others childhoods growing up. The outtakes on Youtube are hilarious.

Yep, he was hilarious with Ann-Maree

[Kahuna]

Country Joe McDonald age 84.
Best known for his anti Vietnam War anthem, I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag, performed as a last minute fill in at Woodstock.
He updated the lyrics some years later to cover the war in Afghanistan. Pity he didn't hold on a little longer, another version for Iran.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7-ngmO_p8

[Booney]

Agro aka Jamie Dunn, 76

Very sad. Part of mine and many others childhoods growing up. The outtakes on Youtube are hilarious.

Everyone had that Channel 7 VHS from years ago with the X Rated outtakes at some point I'm sure.

[wenchbarwer]

Agro aka Jamie Dunn, 76

Very sad. Part of mine and many others childhoods growing up. The outtakes on Youtube are hilarious.

Everyone had that Channel 7 VHS from years ago with the X Rated outtakes at some point I'm sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdks9shZpDw