2015 celebrity Death poll

[falafel]

No mention of Leonard Cohen?

[Dwight Schr-ute]

No mention of Leonard Cohen?

Apparently his recent movies haven't been as clever as advertised.


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[Dwight Schr-ute]

2015 celebrity Death poll

Gwen Ifill passed away from cancer today. Seems like I was just watching her cover the election. Which isn't too hard to remember since she worked up until a week ago.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/14...fill-dies.html


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[old_gregg]

No mention of Leonard Cohen?

the only good thing he ever did was cover that jeff buckley song

[falafel]

the only good thing he ever did was cover that jeff buckley song

I thought that was Rufus Wainwright.

[creekster]

No mention of Leonard Cohen?

Hallelujah that somebody finally did.

[happyone]

I don't know if anyone else remembers him, except maybe '71, JL PAC or Creekster, but Howard Ruff passed away. He was one of the first mass market contrarian financal gurus. His schtick wasEvery thing was going to go to pieces anytime now, so you had better be pared.

I ran across his Obit while looking up my uncles.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/des...175&fhid=26182

My how fickle is fame is, I don't remember hearing anything about his death on any news media.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I don't know if anyone else remembers him, except maybe '71, JL PAC or Creekster, but Howard Ruff passed away. He was one of the first mass market contrarian financal gurus. His schtick wasEvery thing was going to go to pieces anytime now, so you had better be pared.

I ran across his Obit while looking up my uncles.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/des...175&fhid=26182

My how fickle is fame is, I don't remember hearing anything about his death on any news media.

I heard the news somewhere. Yes, he certainly had his fifteen minutes back in the day.

[myboynoah]

I heard the news somewhere. Yes, he certainly had his fifteen minutes back in the day.

I vaguely recall him. Who was that Mormon guy that became a financial guru with one of his recommendations being to put in a year's supply of food? I think he appeared regularly on Good Morning America or the Today Show for a bit.

[creekster]

I don't know if anyone else remembers him, except maybe '71, JL PAC or Creekster, but Howard Ruff passed away. He was one of the first mass market contrarian financal gurus. His schtick wasEvery thing was going to go to pieces anytime now, so you had better be pared.

I ran across his Obit while looking up my uncles.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/des...175&fhid=26182

My how fickle is fame is, I don't remember hearing anything about his death on any news media.

I remember him well. He was a prophet of gloom and encouraged purchasing gold. We used to make fun of him for his style and dire predictions. In his defense, though, he did encourage self reliance and preparation which gave a type of hope. And the 70s were pretty gloomy; he rose to prominence when one of the best things the government could offer was a lapel pin that said "WIN" and stood for Whip Inflation Now. No wonder people were willing to listen to a guy like Ruff.

I also knew one of his kids and he was a pompous twerp. Fwiw. I have wondered what happened to him.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I don't know if anyone else remembers him, except maybe '71, JL PAC or Creekster, but Howard Ruff passed away. He was one of the first mass market contrarian financal gurus. His schtick wasEvery thing was going to go to pieces anytime now, so you had better be pared.

I ran across his Obit while looking up my uncles.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/des...175&fhid=26182

My how fickle is fame is, I don't remember hearing anything about his death on any news media.

I remember him fairly well, and rolled my eyes many times at those who told me he was a genius and needed to be followed. I think he lived in the Bay Area for awhile and, as the gay rights movement was really getting going in SF in the late 70s, a good friend heard him say something like, "If God doesn't destroy San Francisco he'll need to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah."

[mtnbiker]

I remember him fairly well, and rolled my eyes many times at those who told me he was a genius and needed to be followed. I think he lived in the Bay Area for awhile and, as the gay rights movement was really getting going in SF in the late 70s, a good friend heard him say something like, "If God doesn't destroy San Francisco he'll need to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah."

When I was in college we had a ward swimming party at an indoor pool attached to a mansion in Mapleton. The girl who organized it said it was Howard Ruff's place, and that she was his secretary (or at least a secretary who worked for him). I didn't see any Ruff family members while I was there, but it was certainly a big house.

[clackamascoug]

Florence Henderson.

[clackamascoug]

Fidel Castro.

[wuapinmon]