Thread Rating:

billryan
billryan
  • Threads: 296
  • Posts: 19873
Joined: Nov 2, 2009
November 5th, 2025 at 7:59:16 AM permalink
I have a distant cousin who was born with kidney and liver issues. He had dozens of operations as a kid and his growth was geatly stunted. He had a dual transplant when he was in his twenties. That was thirty-something years ago. He is still small, and a glance indicates he has had serious medical issues, but he seems to live a pretty everyday life.
I'm signed up as a donor and wish more people would.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
GenoDRPh
GenoDRPh
  • Threads: 14
  • Posts: 1012
Joined: Aug 4, 2022
November 6th, 2025 at 12:17:39 AM permalink
Recently went through this with my mother who died at 81. A round Italian woman she died of (unknown) heart disease, mild kidney failure and mild T2D diabetes. Her expressed wish to donate her body to a medical school. She had the proper forms just never filled them out. She was also an organ donor. When she died suddenly of a heart attack at the hospital I inquired about organ donation and the nurse told me they declined organ donation due to age. When I called the medical school to donate her body they wouldn't take her because she didn't authorize in advance. So off to the crematorium and up in smoke she goes. I remember thinking, "Man, what a waste of a good body!"

So, get your paperwork in first!
AZDuffman
AZDuffman
  • Threads: 244
  • Posts: 14960
Joined: Nov 2, 2009
November 6th, 2025 at 12:58:27 AM permalink
Quote: GenoDRPh

Recently went through this with my mother who died at 81. A round Italian woman she died of (unknown) heart disease, mild kidney failure and mild T2D diabetes. Her expressed wish to donate her body to a medical school. She had the proper forms just never filled them out. She was also an organ donor. When she died suddenly of a heart attack at the hospital I inquired about organ donation and the nurse told me they declined organ donation due to age. When I called the medical school to donate her body they wouldn't take her because she didn't authorize in advance. So off to the crematorium and up in smoke she goes. I remember thinking, "Man, what a waste of a good body!"

So, get your paperwork in first!
link to original post



Did mine, have it in my wallet and my death envelope. The subject came up and I actually showed the car to a co-worker when she asked what it was like. One of the more interesting water-cooler talks I have had.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
billryan
billryan
  • Threads: 296
  • Posts: 19873
Joined: Nov 2, 2009
November 6th, 2025 at 9:00:50 AM permalink
Marshawn Kneeland - Dallas Cowboys defender who evidently died from a self-inflicted wound after a lengthy police chase. Kneeland had just scored his first TD on Monday night.
RIP
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
AutomaticMonkey
AutomaticMonkey
  • Threads: 20
  • Posts: 1277
Joined: Sep 30, 2024
November 7th, 2025 at 6:29:47 PM permalink
James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/james-watson-nobel-winning-co-discoverer-dnas-double-helix-structure-dead-97
gordonm888
Administrator
gordonm888
  • Threads: 67
  • Posts: 5863
Joined: Feb 18, 2015
November 9th, 2025 at 2:52:56 PM permalink
Paul Tagliabue, former NFL commissioner from1989 until 2006.
So many better men, a few of them friends, are dead. And a thousand thousand slimy things live on, and so do I.
DRich
DRich
  • Threads: 92
  • Posts: 14278
Joined: Jul 6, 2012
November 9th, 2025 at 5:07:00 PM permalink
Lenny Wilkens. Hall of Fame basketball player and Hall of Fame NBA basketball coach.
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
Dieter
Administrator
Dieter
  • Threads: 18
  • Posts: 7216
Joined: Jul 23, 2014
November 14th, 2025 at 12:13:45 PM permalink


Dave Burgess died about a month ago. The announcement just dropped on my news feed today.
May the cards fall in your favor.
darkoz
darkoz
  • Threads: 308
  • Posts: 12184
Joined: Dec 22, 2009
November 24th, 2025 at 6:11:22 AM permalink
Both Dracula and Dr. Frankenstein.

And many more.

Udo Kier.
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
GenoDRPh
GenoDRPh
  • Threads: 14
  • Posts: 1012
Joined: Aug 4, 2022
November 27th, 2025 at 12:38:27 PM permalink
Two-time major champion golfer whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, Fuzzy Zoeller has died. He was 74.
DRich
DRich
  • Threads: 92
  • Posts: 14278
Joined: Jul 6, 2012
November 27th, 2025 at 3:44:07 PM permalink
Quote: GenoDRPh

Two-time major champion golfer whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, Fuzzy Zoeller has died. He was 74.
link to original post



Since when is it wrong to assume another golfer may want chicken and ribs for his celebration dinner?
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
Nathan
Nathan
  • Threads: 68
  • Posts: 4838
Joined: Sep 2, 2016
November 27th, 2025 at 8:38:25 PM permalink
Quote: DRich

Quote: GenoDRPh

Two-time major champion golfer whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, Fuzzy Zoeller has died. He was 74.
link to original post



Since when is it wrong to assume another golfer may want chicken and ribs for his celebration dinner?
link to original post



It seems stereotypical to be honest. 💡
In both The Hunger Games and in gambling, may the odds be ever in your favor. :D "Man Babes" #AxelFabulous "Olive oil is processed but it only has one ingredient, olive oil."-Even Bob, March 27/28th. :D The 2 year war is over! Woo-hoo! :D I sometimes speak in metaphors. ;) Remember this. ;) Crack the code. :D 8.9.13.25.14.1.13.5.9.19.14.1.20.8.1.14! :D "For about the 4096th time, let me offer a radical idea to those of you who don't like Nathan -- block her and don't visit Nathan's Corner. What is so complicated about it?" Wizard, August 21st. :D
GenoDRPh
GenoDRPh
  • Threads: 14
  • Posts: 1012
Joined: Aug 4, 2022
November 28th, 2025 at 1:16:11 AM permalink
Quote: DRich

Quote: GenoDRPh

Two-time major champion golfer whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, Fuzzy Zoeller has died. He was 74.
link to original post



Since when is it wrong to assume another golfer may want chicken and ribs for his celebration dinner?
link to original post



His actual quote, and his follow up over the years, speak for themselves.
AutomaticMonkey
AutomaticMonkey
  • Threads: 20
  • Posts: 1277
Joined: Sep 30, 2024
November 28th, 2025 at 2:04:18 AM permalink
Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: DRich

Quote: GenoDRPh

Two-time major champion golfer whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, Fuzzy Zoeller has died. He was 74.
link to original post



Since when is it wrong to assume another golfer may want chicken and ribs for his celebration dinner?
link to original post



His actual quote, and his follow up over the years, speak for themselves.
link to original post



Ever go to a comedy show, and the comedian tells a joke that you didn't think was that funny? Thirty years later, do you still think of him as "that comedian who told a joke that wasn't funny?" Do you obsess over it? Does that define him? Would you talk about it upon his death? I remember it and Tiger wasn't wigging out over it. He said "Why not Chicken Satay?" being he is also Thai. He's so multiethnic that no ethnic stereotype would apply to him anyway.

I call it like I see it and I call that a media-created story, sensationalized for the sake of promoting the media, not Tiger Woods or the PGA. If the media figures weren't all po-faced and droning on about it people would have just thought it a joke between two competitive professionals, a veteran ribbing an impressive rookie, and shrugged. Yellow journalism isn't new and it is toxic to society. Surprisingly prevalent in sportswriting these days though. It's like the sportswriters don't take it seriously and they're using that job as a stepping stone to something really important, like a celebrity gossip job. You'll read an article and they talk about what one player said to another, what a player thinks of his team, what he said about the fans in some town... everything but the score. They might not even mention the sport they were playing.
GenoDRPh
GenoDRPh
  • Threads: 14
  • Posts: 1012
Joined: Aug 4, 2022
November 28th, 2025 at 8:17:47 AM permalink
Quote: AutomaticMonkey

Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: DRich

Quote: GenoDRPh

Two-time major champion golfer whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, Fuzzy Zoeller has died. He was 74.
link to original post



Since when is it wrong to assume another golfer may want chicken and ribs for his celebration dinner?
link to original post



His actual quote, and his follow up over the years, speak for themselves.
link to original post



Ever go to a comedy show, and the comedian tells a joke that you didn't think was that funny? Thirty years later, do you still think of him as "that comedian who told a joke that wasn't funny?" Do you obsess over it? Does that define him? Would you talk about it upon his death? I remember it and Tiger wasn't wigging out over it. He said "Why not Chicken Satay?" being he is also Thai. He's so multiethnic that no ethnic stereotype would apply to him anyway.

I call it like I see it and I call that a media-created story, sensationalized for the sake of promoting the media, not Tiger Woods or the PGA. If the media figures weren't all po-faced and droning on about it people would have just thought it a joke between two competitive professionals, a veteran ribbing an impressive rookie, and shrugged. Yellow journalism isn't new and it is toxic to society. Surprisingly prevalent in sportswriting these days though. It's like the sportswriters don't take it seriously and they're using that job as a stepping stone to something really important, like a celebrity gossip job. You'll read an article and they talk about what one player said to another, what a player thinks of his team, what he said about the fans in some town... everything but the score. They might not even mention the sport they were playing.
link to original post



OJ Simpson was a Heisman winning, Hall of Fame football player and actor who had some popular roles. But he is known today mostly for the misdeeds he was accused of, convicted of and found liable for. Not that anything Fuzzy did comes even remotely close to what OJ did,, but you asked. Kanye West is a multiple award winning musical artist who sold a lot of records and sold out a lot of concerts. He is known mostly today for his erratic behavior and his antisemitic statements. Michael Richards is an Emmy award winning comedian and actor who acted out on the most recognizable roles in television.He is known today mostly for a single and horrible incident of racist statements, sad during a stand-up act. Sometimes, the evil that men do live after them, and the good is buried with their bones. And, unfortunately this is true for Fuzzy. You may excuse racist or prejudicial utterances, but the rest of just and civilized society shouldn't.

And yes, if I go to a live show or see a movie or TV show and I don't like it, I'm not going to like it forever.
AutomaticMonkey
AutomaticMonkey
  • Threads: 20
  • Posts: 1277
Joined: Sep 30, 2024
November 28th, 2025 at 10:46:33 AM permalink
Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: AutomaticMonkey

Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: DRich

Quote: GenoDRPh

Two-time major champion golfer whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, Fuzzy Zoeller has died. He was 74.
link to original post



Since when is it wrong to assume another golfer may want chicken and ribs for his celebration dinner?
link to original post



His actual quote, and his follow up over the years, speak for themselves.
link to original post



Ever go to a comedy show, and the comedian tells a joke that you didn't think was that funny? Thirty years later, do you still think of him as "that comedian who told a joke that wasn't funny?" Do you obsess over it? Does that define him? Would you talk about it upon his death? I remember it and Tiger wasn't wigging out over it. He said "Why not Chicken Satay?" being he is also Thai. He's so multiethnic that no ethnic stereotype would apply to him anyway.

I call it like I see it and I call that a media-created story, sensationalized for the sake of promoting the media, not Tiger Woods or the PGA. If the media figures weren't all po-faced and droning on about it people would have just thought it a joke between two competitive professionals, a veteran ribbing an impressive rookie, and shrugged. Yellow journalism isn't new and it is toxic to society. Surprisingly prevalent in sportswriting these days though. It's like the sportswriters don't take it seriously and they're using that job as a stepping stone to something really important, like a celebrity gossip job. You'll read an article and they talk about what one player said to another, what a player thinks of his team, what he said about the fans in some town... everything but the score. They might not even mention the sport they were playing.
link to original post



OJ Simpson was a Heisman winning, Hall of Fame football player and actor who had some popular roles. But he is known today mostly for the misdeeds he was accused of, convicted of and found liable for. Not that anything Fuzzy did comes even remotely close to what OJ did,, but you asked. Kanye West is a multiple award winning musical artist who sold a lot of records and sold out a lot of concerts. He is known mostly today for his erratic behavior and his antisemitic statements. Michael Richards is an Emmy award winning comedian and actor who acted out on the most recognizable roles in television.He is known today mostly for a single and horrible incident of racist statements, sad during a stand-up act. Sometimes, the evil that men do live after them, and the good is buried with their bones. And, unfortunately this is true for Fuzzy. You may excuse racist or prejudicial utterances, but the rest of just and civilized society shouldn't.

And yes, if I go to a live show or see a movie or TV show and I don't like it, I'm not going to like it forever.
link to original post



So what are we supposed to write about when Tiger Woods dies? Maybe that he was implicated in steroid use, and didn't he get himself in trouble with prostitutes and some crazy sado-maso where he got beaten up? Some sportswriter that would make me!

Blame it on intellectual laziness, because I don't know that much about golf and couldn't detail what about his achievements were so great and what sets him apart from other golfers. So rather than educating myself, I can elicit some giggles at his expense when he's not there to defend himself, talking about sado-maso and his scandals. Not sure how that kind of journalism makes the world a better place.

It's just a bad habit we have gotten in to. There's a name in the Bible that means "accuser," and that is whom we draw near to when we accuse.
rxwine
rxwine
  • Threads: 236
  • Posts: 13526
Joined: Feb 28, 2010
November 28th, 2025 at 11:11:07 AM permalink
Good goes with the bad or you start putting up monuments to people who probably don’t deserve to be put above all others.

Not that anyone does. But we should make note of notable events without whitewashing everything.
Sanitized for Your Protection
billryan
billryan
  • Threads: 296
  • Posts: 19873
Joined: Nov 2, 2009
Thanked by
AutomaticMonkeyCalder
November 28th, 2025 at 11:19:57 AM permalink
I hope people don't judge my life by a poor attempt at humor. Zoeller was an interesting guy in an era when most golfers were pure whitebread.
People who judge others by the worst moment in their life should expect to be treated the same way.
Good people can still say stupid shit.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
smoothgrh
smoothgrh 
  • Threads: 100
  • Posts: 2135
Joined: Oct 26, 2011
November 28th, 2025 at 12:43:21 PM permalink
The way I see the Zoeller story is that he publicly apologized with sincerity, and over the years continually acknowledged his mistake. This reaction makes me admire him far more than have hard feelings for his off-the-cuff remark, and both facets should be mentioned when discussing that episode of his life.
GenoDRPh
GenoDRPh
  • Threads: 14
  • Posts: 1012
Joined: Aug 4, 2022
November 29th, 2025 at 2:07:04 AM permalink
Quote: billryan

I hope people don't judge my life by a poor attempt at humor. Zoeller was an interesting guy in an era when most golfers were pure whitebread.
People who judge others by the worst moment in their life should expect to be treated the same way.
Good people can still say stupid shit.
link to original post



I do hope that people live their lives'so that poor attempts at humor aren't comments reinforcing racist stereotypes. There is no excuse.

I also hope that people's worst moments of their lives aren't anywhere near as close to making comments reinforcing racist stereotypes.

But Fuzzy is dead, and may he rest in peace.
Last edited by: GenoDRPh on Nov 29, 2025
rxwine
rxwine
  • Threads: 236
  • Posts: 13526
Joined: Feb 28, 2010
Thanked by
Dieter
November 29th, 2025 at 3:56:28 AM permalink
Hey, if you didn't like someone in real life, there's no reason that you should start liking them after they're dead. But going to piss on their grave in front of their family is just against common community decency. Unless their family is full of fiends.

That's what I always say. Or did just now.
Sanitized for Your Protection
billryan
billryan
  • Threads: 296
  • Posts: 19873
Joined: Nov 2, 2009
Thanked by
harrisCalderHunterhill
November 29th, 2025 at 9:43:53 AM permalink
Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: billryan

I hope people don't judge my life by a poor attempt at humor. Zoeller was an interesting guy in an era when most golfers were pure whitebread.
People who judge others by the worst moment in their life should expect to be treated the same way.
Good people can still say stupid shit.
link to original post



I do hope that people live their lives'so that poor attempts at humor aren't comments reinforcing racist stereotypes. There is no excuse.

I also hope that people's worst moments of their lives aren't anywhere near as close to making comments reinforcing racist stereotypes.

But Fuzzy is dead, and may he rest in peace.
link to original post



It must be nice to walk on water. Most of us don't have that ability.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
AutomaticMonkey
AutomaticMonkey
  • Threads: 20
  • Posts: 1277
Joined: Sep 30, 2024
Thanked by
harrisCalder
November 29th, 2025 at 10:38:36 AM permalink
Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: billryan

I hope people don't judge my life by a poor attempt at humor. Zoeller was an interesting guy in an era when most golfers were pure whitebread.
People who judge others by the worst moment in their life should expect to be treated the same way.
Good people can still say stupid shit.
link to original post



I do hope that people live their lives'so that poor attempts at humor aren't comments reinforcing racist stereotypes. There is no excuse.

I also hope that people's worst moments of their lives aren't anywhere near as close to making comments reinforcing racist stereotypes.

But Fuzzy is dead, and may he rest in peace.
link to original post



Priorities need to be rearranged, and consider that bad, bad things can happen in the lives of those who are not so privileged. Oh, how I wish the worst moment of my life was telling a racist joke!

Seriously, can I trade in everything dark and dismal that has touched me in my life, for telling some joke about the differences between people where I squint my eyes or stick my lips out, affect an accent, or something ridiculous along those lines? Those times I was told about murders, arson, sex offense, can I have been just told racist jokes instead? Sign me up!
GenoDRPh
GenoDRPh
  • Threads: 14
  • Posts: 1012
Joined: Aug 4, 2022
November 29th, 2025 at 12:50:30 PM permalink
Quote: billryan

Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: billryan

I hope people don't judge my life by a poor attempt at humor. Zoeller was an interesting guy in an era when most golfers were pure whitebread.
People who judge others by the worst moment in their life should expect to be treated the same way.
Good people can still say stupid shit.
link to original post



I do hope that people live their lives'so that poor attempts at humor aren't comments reinforcing racist stereotypes. There is no excuse.

I also hope that people's worst moments of their lives aren't anywhere near as close to making comments reinforcing racist stereotypes.

But Fuzzy is dead, and may he rest in peace.
link to original post



It must be nice to walk on water. Most of us don't have that ability.
link to original post



Walking on water is a pretty high bar to try and meet. Not being a racist, not saying and doing racist things and having no real tolerace for those who do is a very low bar to try and meet. I try to at least meet that low bar. Do you?
GenoDRPh
GenoDRPh
  • Threads: 14
  • Posts: 1012
Joined: Aug 4, 2022
November 29th, 2025 at 12:52:59 PM permalink
Quote: AutomaticMonkey

Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: billryan

I hope people don't judge my life by a poor attempt at humor. Zoeller was an interesting guy in an era when most golfers were pure whitebread.
People who judge others by the worst moment in their life should expect to be treated the same way.
Good people can still say stupid shit.
link to original post



I do hope that people live their lives'so that poor attempts at humor aren't comments reinforcing racist stereotypes. There is no excuse.

I also hope that people's worst moments of their lives aren't anywhere near as close to making comments reinforcing racist stereotypes.

But Fuzzy is dead, and may he rest in peace.
link to original post



Priorities need to be rearranged, and consider that bad, bad things can happen in the lives of those who are not so privileged. Oh, how I wish the worst moment of my life was telling a racist joke!

Seriously, can I trade in everything dark and dismal that has touched me in my life, for telling some joke about the differences between people where I squint my eyes or stick my lips out, affect an accent, or something ridiculous along those lines? Those times I was told about murders, arson, sex offense, can I have been just told racist jokes instead? Sign me up!
link to original post



I try and live my life that even at my worst moments, nobody can accuse me of saying or doing racist things. Do you? I don't squint my eyes or stick my lips out at anyone. Nor do I affect an accent. Why do you?
MDawg
MDawg
  • Threads: 43
  • Posts: 8723
Joined: Sep 27, 2018
December 13th, 2025 at 7:35:15 AM permalink
Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people. https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/betting-systems/33908-the-adventures-of-mdawg/
billryan
billryan
  • Threads: 296
  • Posts: 19873
Joined: Nov 2, 2009
December 13th, 2025 at 7:58:04 AM permalink
Mr. Greene was an outstanding villain. I thought his best work was in The Black Donnelly's, but few have actually seen it.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
rxwine
rxwine
  • Threads: 236
  • Posts: 13526
Joined: Feb 28, 2010
December 13th, 2025 at 11:39:25 AM permalink
Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: billryan

Quote: GenoDRPh

Quote: billryan

I hope people don't judge my life by a poor attempt at humor. Zoeller was an interesting guy in an era when most golfers were pure whitebread.
People who judge others by the worst moment in their life should expect to be treated the same way.
Good people can still say stupid shit.
link to original post



I do hope that people live their lives'so that poor attempts at humor aren't comments reinforcing racist stereotypes. There is no excuse.

I also hope that people's worst moments of their lives aren't anywhere near as close to making comments reinforcing racist stereotypes.

But Fuzzy is dead, and may he rest in peace.
link to original post



It must be nice to walk on water. Most of us don't have that ability.
link to original post



Walking on water is a pretty high bar to try and meet. Not being a racist, not saying and doing racist things and having no real tolerace for those who do is a very low bar to try and meet. I try to at least meet that low bar. Do you?
link to original post



From a practical standpoint, I prefer not to be shot in the head or blown out of my shoes by a bomb after generally being identified as an American and judged on the actions of a few disreputable Americans to be all of the same kind..

From another practical standpoint, everyone on the street is a stranger and can’t automatically be trusted. The harmless petite woman could lead you into real danger, and thuggish looking guy could be harmless. Caution is wise, but generalities can destroy innocent people also.
Sanitized for Your Protection
rxwine
rxwine
  • Threads: 236
  • Posts: 13526
Joined: Feb 28, 2010
Thanked by
Dieter
December 13th, 2025 at 11:47:46 AM permalink
Come to think of it, many a petite woman has led a man into great distress.
Sanitized for Your Protection
rxwine
rxwine
  • Threads: 236
  • Posts: 13526
Joined: Feb 28, 2010
December 14th, 2025 at 7:25:32 PM permalink
2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
Sanitized for Your Protection
darkoz
darkoz
  • Threads: 308
  • Posts: 12184
Joined: Dec 22, 2009
December 14th, 2025 at 7:35:43 PM permalink
Quote: rxwine

2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
link to original post



Confirmed as of 15 minutes ago.

It's Rob Reiner and his wife. Stabbed to death. Homicide investigation started.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
rxwine
rxwine
  • Threads: 236
  • Posts: 13526
Joined: Feb 28, 2010
December 14th, 2025 at 7:41:41 PM permalink
Quote: darkoz

Quote: rxwine

2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
link to original post



Confirmed as of 15 minutes ago.

It's Rob Reiner and his wife. Stabbed to death. Homicide investigation started.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
link to original post



Hmm, First thing I thought, is he's Jewish. Don't know if there is a connection. Dad was Carl Reiner. Kind of a famous family. Well, at least if you're not Gen z
Sanitized for Your Protection
AutomaticMonkey
AutomaticMonkey
  • Threads: 20
  • Posts: 1277
Joined: Sep 30, 2024
December 14th, 2025 at 8:00:24 PM permalink
Quote: rxwine

Quote: darkoz

Quote: rxwine

2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
link to original post



Confirmed as of 15 minutes ago.

It's Rob Reiner and his wife. Stabbed to death. Homicide investigation started.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
link to original post



Hmm, First thing I thought, is he's Jewish. Don't know if there is a connection. Dad was Carl Reiner. Kind of a famous family. Well, at least if you're not Gen z
link to original post



I don't think it was that. The samizdat is reporting that it was his son, who is believed to be a practicing drug addict.
rxwine
rxwine
  • Threads: 236
  • Posts: 13526
Joined: Feb 28, 2010
December 14th, 2025 at 8:04:41 PM permalink
Side unrelated note" The suspect in the Brown university shooting is being released. Haven't caught the person yet.
Sanitized for Your Protection
rxwine
rxwine
  • Threads: 236
  • Posts: 13526
Joined: Feb 28, 2010
December 14th, 2025 at 8:14:40 PM permalink
Quote: AutomaticMonkey

Quote: rxwine

Quote: darkoz

Quote: rxwine

2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
link to original post



Confirmed as of 15 minutes ago.

It's Rob Reiner and his wife. Stabbed to death. Homicide investigation started.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
link to original post



Hmm, First thing I thought, is he's Jewish. Don't know if there is a connection. Dad was Carl Reiner. Kind of a famous family. Well, at least if you're not Gen z
link to original post



I don't think it was that. The samizdat is reporting that it was his son, who is believed to be a practicing drug addict.
link to original post



I thought it might be murder suicide, but then they said it was a knife. That's still possible, but kind of unlikely.
Sanitized for Your Protection
AutomaticMonkey
AutomaticMonkey
  • Threads: 20
  • Posts: 1277
Joined: Sep 30, 2024
December 14th, 2025 at 8:23:45 PM permalink
Quote: rxwine

Quote: AutomaticMonkey

Quote: rxwine

Quote: darkoz

Quote: rxwine

2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
link to original post



Confirmed as of 15 minutes ago.

It's Rob Reiner and his wife. Stabbed to death. Homicide investigation started.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
link to original post



Hmm, First thing I thought, is he's Jewish. Don't know if there is a connection. Dad was Carl Reiner. Kind of a famous family. Well, at least if you're not Gen z
link to original post



I don't think it was that. The samizdat is reporting that it was his son, who is believed to be a practicing drug addict.
link to original post



I thought it might be murder suicide, but then they said it was a knife. That's still possible, but kind of unlikely.
link to original post



There are some reports circulating that in addition to narcotics and psychoactive substances, the son was taking a different kind of pill, for a different reason.
EvenBob
EvenBob
  • Threads: 443
  • Posts: 31090
Joined: Jul 18, 2010
December 14th, 2025 at 9:02:16 PM permalink
Quote: rxwine

Quote: darkoz

Quote: rxwine

2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
link to original post



Confirmed as of 15 minutes ago.

It's Rob Reiner and his wife. Stabbed to death. Homicide investigation started.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
link to original post



Hmm, First thing I thought, is he's Jewish. Don't know if there is a connection. Dad was Carl Reiner. Kind of a famous family. Well, at least if you're not Gen z
link to original post



Carl Reiner was Jewish so of course Rob Reiner is Jewish. So Meathead came to a bad end. All in the Family was the funniest show on TV and I doubt if you could show a single episode of it now in prime time. Every episode was politically Incorrect and offended somebody.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
smoothgrh
smoothgrh 
  • Threads: 100
  • Posts: 2135
Joined: Oct 26, 2011
December 14th, 2025 at 9:37:55 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

Quote: rxwine

Quote: darkoz

Quote: rxwine

2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
link to original post



Confirmed as of 15 minutes ago.

It's Rob Reiner and his wife. Stabbed to death. Homicide investigation started.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
link to original post



Hmm, First thing I thought, is he's Jewish. Don't know if there is a connection. Dad was Carl Reiner. Kind of a famous family. Well, at least if you're not Gen z
link to original post



Carl Reiner was Jewish so of course Rob Reiner is Jewish. So Meathead came to a bad end. All in the Family was the funniest show on TV and I doubt if you could show a single episode of it now in prime time. Every episode was politically Incorrect and offended somebody.
link to original post



They did a live version of an All in the Family episode in 2019 starring Woody Harrelson and Marisa Tomei as Archie and Edith. And a live episode of The Jeffersons, too! (The theme song "Movin' on Up" by Jennifer Hudson was fantastic!)
AutomaticMonkey
AutomaticMonkey
  • Threads: 20
  • Posts: 1277
Joined: Sep 30, 2024
December 15th, 2025 at 12:52:34 AM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

Quote: rxwine

Quote: darkoz

Quote: rxwine

2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
link to original post



Confirmed as of 15 minutes ago.

It's Rob Reiner and his wife. Stabbed to death. Homicide investigation started.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
link to original post



Hmm, First thing I thought, is he's Jewish. Don't know if there is a connection. Dad was Carl Reiner. Kind of a famous family. Well, at least if you're not Gen z
link to original post



Carl Reiner was Jewish so of course Rob Reiner is Jewish. So Meathead came to a bad end. All in the Family was the funniest show on TV and I doubt if you could show a single episode of it now in prime time. Every episode was politically Incorrect and offended somebody.
link to original post



There were some nice guest stars in the series. Sammy Davis of course, and Reggie Jackson was in an episode with prolific character actor Barry Gordon as his lawyer.

You couldn't do the Archie Bunker character at all now, and mostly because of his positive characteristics. He had some archaic attitudes (which were just barely archaic in 1971 when the series debuted) but aside from that he was a very kind and decent fellow. And that's the part that would cause alarm, because with the melodramatic absolutism that holds sway now portraying him as anything but unalloyed evil would be taken as an endorsement of the archaic attitudes.
AZDuffman
AZDuffman
  • Threads: 244
  • Posts: 14960
Joined: Nov 2, 2009
December 15th, 2025 at 2:31:10 AM permalink
He was a meathead but I hate to see this. This looks like an OJ style killing. I had no idea he was Jewish.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
ChumpChange
ChumpChange
  • Threads: 167
  • Posts: 5741
Joined: Jun 15, 2018
December 15th, 2025 at 3:04:40 AM permalink
I watched a lot of television growing up and I was never banned from watching anything, except All In The Family. I did get to see many episodes because my mom didn't really monitor my viewing habits, but she had a chair in an opposite room so when she was reading the newspaper at night she could see what was on. So when she was busy upstairs instead, I could watch the show but change the channel if I heard her coming downstairs. Yeah, it was flat out bigotry and my mom was with the League of Women Voters and this show violated all she held dear basically and she didn't want me picking up that hatefulness from Archie Bunker. She never saw Bill O'Reilly on TV though.
billryan
billryan
  • Threads: 296
  • Posts: 19873
Joined: Nov 2, 2009
December 15th, 2025 at 7:59:45 AM permalink
We weren't allowed to watch Maude because someone on it had an abortion or thought about it. We weren't allowed to watch the first episode of Soap, but the ban was lifted quickly. I can't think of anything else we were forbidden to watch.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
darkoz
darkoz
  • Threads: 308
  • Posts: 12184
Joined: Dec 22, 2009
December 15th, 2025 at 9:11:59 AM permalink
My parents were super liberal.

They even brought tickets to watch Caligula at the movies when I was 14 but the theater manager ran out and stopped us.

And yes they knew what the film was purported to have in it. I had to wait until 16 before I saw it on VHS
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
EvenBob
EvenBob
  • Threads: 443
  • Posts: 31090
Joined: Jul 18, 2010
December 15th, 2025 at 9:20:47 AM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

Quote: rxwine

Quote: darkoz

Quote: rxwine

2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
link to original post



Confirmed as of 15 minutes ago.

It's Rob Reiner and his wife. Stabbed to death. Homicide investigation started.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
link to original post



Hmm, First thing I thought, is he's Jewish. Don't know if there is a connection. Dad was Carl Reiner. Kind of a famous family. Well, at least if you're not Gen z
link to original post



Carl Reiner was Jewish so of course Rob Reiner is Jewish. So Meathead came to a bad end. All in the Family was the funniest show on TV and I doubt if you could show a single episode of it now in prime time. Every episode was politically Incorrect and offended somebody.
link to original post



It's ironic that as much as Reiner posted almost daily
on Twitter about violence, it's ironic he would be offed
by his own son in an extermely violent way. Watch what
you create, it often has an outcome you weren't expecting.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
GenoDRPh
GenoDRPh
  • Threads: 14
  • Posts: 1012
Joined: Aug 4, 2022
December 15th, 2025 at 9:41:50 AM permalink
Actor Anthony Geary, 78. He played Luke of Luke and Laura fame on General Hospital.
rxwine
rxwine
  • Threads: 236
  • Posts: 13526
Joined: Feb 28, 2010
December 15th, 2025 at 9:48:03 AM permalink
Guessing Reiner and his wife were cutting off their son from more funds if he was an addict.
Sanitized for Your Protection
rxwine
rxwine
  • Threads: 236
  • Posts: 13526
Joined: Feb 28, 2010
December 15th, 2025 at 9:50:47 AM permalink
Or he could have had a drug induced psychotic break of some sort.
Sanitized for Your Protection
odiousgambit
odiousgambit
  • Threads: 333
  • Posts: 10204
Joined: Nov 9, 2009
December 15th, 2025 at 10:07:38 AM permalink
throats cut claim keeps coming up

sounds like he had them tied up or knocked out if this is true. Chilling
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!”   She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
DRich
DRich
  • Threads: 92
  • Posts: 14278
Joined: Jul 6, 2012
December 15th, 2025 at 10:19:49 AM permalink
Kids will be kids.
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
GenoDRPh
GenoDRPh
  • Threads: 14
  • Posts: 1012
Joined: Aug 4, 2022
December 15th, 2025 at 11:04:58 AM permalink
Quote: AutomaticMonkey

Quote: EvenBob

Quote: rxwine

Quote: darkoz

Quote: rxwine

2 dead people found at address associated with Rob Reiner.

One is same age as Rob Reiner. That's all that is being reported.
link to original post



Confirmed as of 15 minutes ago.

It's Rob Reiner and his wife. Stabbed to death. Homicide investigation started.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/
link to original post



Hmm, First thing I thought, is he's Jewish. Don't know if there is a connection. Dad was Carl Reiner. Kind of a famous family. Well, at least if you're not Gen z
link to original post



Carl Reiner was Jewish so of course Rob Reiner is Jewish. So Meathead came to a bad end. All in the Family was the funniest show on TV and I doubt if you could show a single episode of it now in prime time. Every episode was politically Incorrect and offended somebody.
link to original post



There were some nice guest stars in the series. Sammy Davis of course, and Reggie Jackson was in an episode with prolific character actor Barry Gordon as his lawyer.

You couldn't do the Archie Bunker character at all now, and mostly because of his positive characteristics. He had some archaic attitudes (which were just barely archaic in 1971 when the series debuted) but aside from that he was a very kind and decent fellow. And that's the part that would cause alarm, because with the melodramatic absolutism that holds sway now portraying him as anything but unalloyed evil would be taken as an endorsement of the archaic attitudes.
link to original post



There's a reason why "archaic"attitudes" are called "archaic". Best to leave them in the past.
  • Jump to: