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more about #andnowhesdead more comments → Glib and Bitchy: Names you must know: Discount clothier Sy Syms, for whom an educated consumer was the best customer, has marked down his last suit. [www.washingtonpos... more » kepster: I was on Remote Control. Thanks for the fun times, Ken, and for letting me experience what frozen egg rolls feel like when they fall from above. #ken... more » Airport_Whiskey: I wanted to go on this show so badly. I was only 10 when it first came on though. #kenober more » Mo MoDo: I loved Remote Control and watched it every day for years. I'm going to play a round of Beat The Bishop in his honor. #kenober more » NigelAstydameia: Somewhere, Kari Wuhrer is crying, and I would like to comfort her. Ken would have wanted it that way. more » fuzzymuffins: i consider remote control to be one of the most underrated and entertaining games shows of all time... the last great swan song of MTV. thank you, ken... more » Poop Cooper: I hope that when I die, the most interesting thing about me isn't how it happened. Not saying that's true about Ober, but you wouldn't know it by the... more » TheSometimesWhy: Ken Ober was that rarity in the entertainment business--a lunch pail kind of guy who just went about his business without drawing a lot of attention t... more » El_Gato: He was a writer/producer for Mind of Mencia?? Christ, he really went out on a low note. Poor guy. #kenober more » MissNormaDesmond: Yay, crowdsourcing! I'll give AmericanSuperstarMag.com credit for pretty quickly yanking the story that supposedly "debunked" the rumor, apologizing,... more » Atilla the Bun: Jeebus, this makes me feel old. And since I guess it's not all about me--condolences to his friends and family. more » SaraRueful: Aww! I loved this show. Him, Colin, Adam Sandler. They (well, not Adam, I don't think) did a tour and I saw them at a town near me when I was in colle... more » Airvault: #andnowhesdeadALIVEnopedead more » AngriestGeek: They go in threes! Chris Hardwick, Kari Wurher, Colin Quinn...watch your back! #kenober more » ShanghaiLil: This post is so meta- it makes my head hurt. #kenober more » -
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Rumors of Ken Ober's Death Turn Out to Be Sadly True
After a flurry of rumors and counter-rumors, it appears that Ken Ober, the former host of MTV's Remote Control, has in fact passed away at age 52. More » -
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Claude Levi-Strauss, Anthropology God
Claude Levi-Strauss, famed French structural anthropologist who influenced subsequent intellectuals from Foucault to Derrida, has died at the age of 100. More » -
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Grease Is Good
Troy Smith, founder of the Sonic Drive-in chain, died this week at the age of 87. He's at least the sixth fast food mogul to die of extraordinarily old age in the past two years. One cup of grease, please. -
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Vic Mizzy, author of the Addams Family and Green Acres theme songs, gone at 93.
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Bruce Wasserstein, 61
Billionaire Lazard chairman and New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein, who was hospitalized with heart trouble last weekend, has died at the age of 61.
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Captain Lou Albano, America's Greatest Hero
Captain Lou Albano, the rubber band-rocking WWF wrestler and manager, is dead at the age of 76. Along with our childhood. Bodyslam Jesus for us, Captain Lou. [LAT] More » -
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Nat Finkelstein, 1933-2009
Well, there was an interesting life. Nat Finkelstein, Factory photographer, is dead, at 76. -
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Cozmik: Inline Skater, Teenager
Brian Scott, a.k.a. Cozmik, a well-known 18 year-old inline skater, was shot and killed—apparently as an innocent bystander—in a coffee shop in Brooklyn. Here are two highlight clips of his skating. Sad. More » -
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Al Martino, Godfather Singer, Dead at 82
"Volare" singer Al Martino who played the Don's godson, Johnny Fontane in The Godfather, has died at the age of 82. Friend Jerry Blavat described Martino, who got his start in 1952, as "the last of the show business legends." -
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Irving Penn, Pioneering Photographer
Irving Penn, who began his career shooting for Vogue in the '40s, died today at 92. No cause of death was given. More » -
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Mr. Magic, Hip Hop's First Radio DJ
Legendary hip hop DJ Mr. Magic reportedly died of a heart attack this morning. He was the man who brought rap music to the radio, and some of the most famous moments in hip hop wouldn't have happened without him. More » -
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Deceased NBC newsman Tim Russert's father, "Big Russ," has died. He was 85.
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Irving Kristol, 1920-2009
Irving Kristol, the godfather of Neoconservatism, is dead at 89. We have him to thank for Reaganomics, the Bush Doctrine, and Bill Kristol. More » -
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Nashville, Laugh In Star Henry Gibson Passes On
One of the gigantic comic character actors of modern times, Henry Gibson, died today at age 73 after battling cancer. More » -
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Patrick Swayze is Now Dead. And It's Sad.
We've all known this was coming, but that doesn't make it any easier to announce. Patrick Swayze, American actor and icon, has died and, at the tender age of 57, succumbed to pancreatic cancer. More » -
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A Mysterious Death for California's Purported Ponzi Schemer
Danny Pang, the California financier being sued by the SEC for international securities fraud, died at home in Orange County of unknown causes. He was 42. More » -
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Jim Carroll, Author
Jim Carroll, the former drug addict turned prolific poet and writer of The Basketball Diaries, died of a heart attack on Friday at his residence in Manhattan. He was 60. More » -
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Mike Bongiorno, the Gene Rayburn of Italy, Dies at Age 85
Sadly it often takes death to show us what giants walk among us. Few Americans knew about the genius of Mike Bongiorno, called Italy's "Quiz King." More » -
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Veteran Hollywood Reporter Army Archerd, 87
Once upon a time, back when Hollywood-related media was relatively quaint, there was a man named Army Archerd. After covering the entertainment scene for the Associated Press, in 1956 he moved to Variety, where his column became a hit. More » -
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DJ AM Found Dead
Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein, the nightclub disk jockey who not one year ago narrowly escaped death in a jet crash, was found dead in his New York apartment. He was 36.
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