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more about #rip more comments → BxgrlJeri: I have watched the Fairy Tale segments with Pookie the Lion over and over on YouTube. He was great. He lived in Murray Hill and I would occasion... more » Mike Byhoff: I am way too young for Soupy, but my father had a best of VHS. He literally forced me to sit down and watch the whole thing. Hesitant at first, by t... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: kind of the original hipster. it's completely post modern. the fourth wall is broken, to hilarious effect. also, very jewish in an old school way u do... more » eb11x008: If Soupy is the godfather of pie-throwing, what ancestral names would you use for the silent movie pie throwers (like Buster Keaton)? more » TableNein: #andnowhesdead #soupysales more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: kids, go reach into your parents' wallets and take those green rectangle pieces of paper with the numbers in the corners and send them to soupy #soupy... more » unclevanya: Funny, I've been seeing him all week on the Pyramid. GSN is where we will probably see the first (and the most) tributes. RIP to a true original. #s... more » Seeräuber Jenny: I think Ihear the theme from The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Must be time for Wonderama. Was a cure for muscular dystrophy ever get found? #soupysales more » Seeräuber Jenny: Fingleheimer, fingleheimer, fingle-dingle-heimer. The more you fingle, the less you heimer. The more you heimer, the less you fingle. Maybe it was ... more » sweetpiece: Oh weep! He made me laugh. RIP Soupy! #soupysales more » TheBusinessGuy: At about the 2:20 mark there is a version of the clip with the stripper that shows us, via an isolated off-air camera, exactly what Soupy was seei... more » BaldwinPeriphetes: Will forever be remembered for telling a legion of kids to send him bits of green paper from their parents' wallets (whether or not it actually happen... more » TheBusinessGuy: This is ineffably sad for a New York boomer. Soupy was an inextricable part of the warp and woof of our childhood: he was warped, and the woof was s... more » raincoaster: He was edgy before edgy was even a word. Dumb name, intelligent act. #soupysales more » SpyMagician: R.I.P. Soupy. I’d pay money to watch this nightly instead of watching Jay Leno chewing up 5 hours per week of primetime airtime. We live with bett... more » -
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Soupy Sales Dead at 83
Soupy Sales, comedian, entertainment figure, and Godfather of pie-throwing passed away yesterday at the age of 83. More » -
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5 Movies John Hughes Will Be Remembered For
Filmmaker John Hughes passed away today at 59. Though he was responsible for such classics as Vacation, Mr. Mom, and Home Alone, it's probably his teen movies—which continue to resonate with each generation—that he'll really be remembered for. [Jezebel] -
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Dash Snow, Downtown Artist, Said to Be Dead of Overdose
Multiple sources tell us that Dash Snow—photographer, semen artist, graffiti writer, and embodiment of the downtown NYC scene—has apparently died of a heroin overdose, two years shy of his 30th birthday. More » -
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Jackson Family Spokesman: "This Is A Case Of Abuse Of Medications"
Brian Oxman, the Jackson family attorney, called into CNN this evening. Despite the fact that several sources have confirmed that Michael Jackson is dead, Oxman would not, but he did speak candidly about Jackson's troublesome prescription drug use. [Jezebel] -
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Bea Arthur's Top 5 Contributions To Pop Culture
Actress Bea Arthur passed away on April 25, at the age of 86, from cancer. While she personally didn't identify as feminist, her career made an enormous impact on the women's movement. [Jezebel] -
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Writhing, Mic-Chewing Cramps Co-Founder Lux Interior Dead At 60
If you'd ever seen Lux Interior's exploits fronting the Cramps, then you'll know it was a very, very full life that sadly ended Wednesday due to a preexisting heart condition. He was 60. More » -
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Ricardo Montalbán: 1920 - 2009
It's with heavy heart that we pass along news of Ricardo Montalbán's passing today, announced at a City Council meeting by president Eric Garcetti. He was 88.
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'Prisoner' Legend Patrick McGoohan Dead at 80
Patrick McGoohan, best known as the ex-spy who thwarted authority on the cult-classic series The Prisoner before ruthlessly enforcing it in Braveheart, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 80. More » -
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Book Soup Owner Glenn Goldman Dies At Age 58
Glenn Goldman, the proprietor of Book Soup, died at age 58 Saturday from pancreatic cancer, one day after announcing he'd be selling the Sunset Strip landmark. -
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BREAKING: John Travolta's Son Dies in Bahamas
The first tragedy of 2009, and an especially sad one: TMZ reports that Jett Travolta, 16, died today while on vacation with his father John and mother Kelly Preston. -
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2008: A Bad Year For Staying Alive
2008 was a banner year for celebrity deaths, beginning with the most shocking—Heath Ledger—and ending with the sound of a single, melancholy meow echoing across a cloudy night sky. More » -
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A Remembrance of Eartha Kitt At Her Most 'Evil'
The fact that Eartha Kitt died on Christmas virtually mandated that all her obits would lead by noting that she sang "Santa Baby." However, we'd like to remember Kitt for two different accomplishments. -
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Harold Pinter, Nobel-winning Playwright
Pinter was known for plays such as The Birthday Party and The Caretaker—and later in his career as a salon leftist with a reflexive and increasingly dated hostility to the United States. More » -
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Farewell, Delgo: From 2,100 Screens to Zero in a Week Flat
The sad story of Delgo — eight years in the making, all-star (sort of) voice cast, $237 per-theater average — ended Thursday as the film shuffled into post-theatrical oblivion. -
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'Apocalypse Now' Surf Hero Sam Bottoms Dead at 53
Sam Bottoms, who contributed key supporting roles in the classic '70s bookends The Last Picture Show and Apocalypse Now, died Tuesday from a brain tumor. He was 53. -
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Has CBS Pulled the Plug on 'Worst Week'?
A holiday card just flung over the Defamer transom offers word that CBS has canceled its well-reviewed if modestly viewed comedy Worst Week. -
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Golden-Era Movie Heartthrob Van Johnson Dead at 92
Back in the days before teen heartthrobs were photographed in front of baby penises at the local novelty store, Van Johnson was a wholesome young star America could stand behind. And now he's dead. -
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Bettie Page to Get First-Hand Look at God's Pin-Up Collection
Bettie Page, the most celebrated, bangs-sporting, whip-cracking, bikini-rocking pin-up model of the 1950s, died Thursday of complications following a heart attack suffered last week. She was 85. NSFW memories follow the jump. -
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Dakota Culkin Killed By Car
It's not a very good week to be a Hollywood sibling, with the Russian roulette death of Scott Ruffalo followed soon afterward by Dakota Culkin's fatal encounter with a moving vehicle.
