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keifernet
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| jmsmilin wrote: |
| arod wrote: |
| Steve McNair, dead. a former NFL MVP, is that considered a celebrity? |
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I think he's just posing the question of is he considered a "celebrity" or not... well in certain circles who are big NFL fan's I'd say yes... to most others... NO
I'd put Alan Klien in that category to... not many under the age of 45 would even know who he was... Certainly not considered "high profile" celeb's...
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Wow. Robert Mc Namara died today and I never heard or saw jack squat yet.
And, Marilyn Chambers died this year too. 
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coad
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:25 am Post subject: |
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Not to defend Robert McNamara or anything, but he was one of the very first American Auto execs who actually cared about safety and did something about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeguard_%28Automobile_safety%29
At Ford:
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2007/1/2007_1_29.shtml
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He did have a vision for automobiles, but it had nothing to do with chrome or horsepower or tailfins. Instead he was absorbed by such novel concepts as safety, fuel economy, and basic utility. He advocated qualities that 20 years later would make Japanese carmakers big powers in the United States.
“He wanted small cars way back then,” recalls Lee Iacocca, who as a young man worked under McNamara. “He wanted pollution controls. I didn’t know what he meant when he talked about emissions in the 1950s. He said we had to start worrying about pollutants. People didn’t know what the hell the ecology was.” |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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| McNamara also had a lot to do with the restructuring of Ford,and the slow demise of the Rouge plant,Henry Fords personal playground..when built it was the worlds largest industrial complex...A car guys dream...steel mill,foundry,glass plant,paint plant machine shops,assembly halls every thing to make a car in one spot,just add raw materials... |
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bajaherbie
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:22 am Post subject: |
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hugh hefner will be next.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:38 am Post subject: |
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hugh hefner will be next.
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Note the smile on his face. He will die a happy full filled man.
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I'm getting pretty pissed over here today. My wife is watching the MJ funeral ferrago...they've just had the funeral ceremony at Forest Lawn and now they dragging his casket downtown.
Op...wait on Breaking News...his family have just announced...the casket has just been signed up to fulfill pre-booked dates on MJ's forthcoming world tour. 
...WTF.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:17 am Post subject: |
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I could have gotten them that casket for much cheaper.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| Russ Wolfe wrote: |
Note the smile on his face. He will die a happy full filled man. |
what will he be filled with, embalming fluid?
has paul mccartney died yet? i'm hoping 'yes' and that i just missed hearing about it. |
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coad
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| The LA Range Rover Dealer donated that fleet of matching black Rovers for the funeral. Smart, you know the crazy fans will be paying $1000's over invoice for them tomorrow and they'll all sell instantly. |
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John Moxon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:03 am Post subject: |
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| has paul mccartney died yet? i'm hoping 'yes' and that i just missed hearing about it. |
Jeez that was 1966...didn't you hear about that?
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| Paul McCartney died in a car accident on the 9th November 1966, and was replaced by someone, named Billy Shears, who had surgery to look like Paul McCartney. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:31 am Post subject: |
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| John Moxon wrote: |
| hazetguy wrote: |
| has paul mccartney died yet? i'm hoping 'yes' and that i just missed hearing about it. |
Jeez that was 1966...didn't you hear about that?
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| Paul McCartney died in a car accident on the 9th November 1966, and was replaced by someone, named Billy Shears, who had surgery to look like Paul McCartney. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:35 am Post subject: |
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has paul mccartney died yet? i'm hoping 'yes' and that i just missed hearing about it. |
Now THAT would mean the Beetles were dead.
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keifernet
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| I clicked on this topic thinking it was Celebrity Death Match. What a disappointment. |
Seems it's also become "Celebrity Death Wish" as well....
Cool!
Can't wait for Perez and Paris to double suicide off the 33rd floor of some Hilton!  This passing from drugs, old age, or disease shit's getting old hat! 
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I clicked on this topic thinking it was Celebrity Death Match. What a disappointment. |
Seems it's also become "Celebrity Death Wish" as well....
Cool!
Can't wait for Perez and Paris to double suicide off the 33rd floor of some Hilton! This passing from drugs, old age, or disease shit's getting old hat! |
Well Carradine went out with a bang!
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Celebrity Death Match is (was) actually a show on MTV where a different pair of feuding celebrities, rendered in claymation, would fight to the death with their bare fists each week. Sorry to bore anyone already familiar with the show.
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