Dead Celebrity (Part 1)

I loved his character on Stargate SG1’s “Wormhole Xtreme!” parody episodes. Funny guy, just a perfect comedic actor!

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Ugh

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Hollywood Reporter’s coverage

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From The Root:

RIP

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Ouch. I loved Watermelon Man. Great skewering of white male privilege.

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RIP ‘Sweet Sweetback…’

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Even if you may not know the name, you know stuff he did…

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This may not mean anything on an international forum, but this man and his humble business really were beloved:

In an area where a lot of people die before they should, the families being able to lay a hand-carved stone on the grave was a special gift.

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Another relatively minor but much-loved English comedy character actor…

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Alan Lancaster, bassist for most of the classic Quo songs.

Here he is, doing the opening performance at Live Aid.

This was his last live performance with the band for 25 years.

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He played 26 games for Carlisle United, despite being second choice goalkeeper behind Carlisle legend Allan Ross.

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Adding this, only because it is written by Brian Glanville. Arguably the best newsprint football writer there has been. Though, sadly, his newspaper writing these days seems mostly limited to footballing obituaries.

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