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  • #76
    Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

    Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
    Any wrestlers over 40?
    Taker is 51. Jericho is 46. Triple H is 47. The Rock is 44.

    Cena turns 40 April 23. Heck, AJ Styles turns 40 June 2.

    ETA: Brock turns 40 this year. Goldberg is 50.
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    • #77
      Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

      Originally posted by SonofSouthie View Post
      Very sad.

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      • #78
        Originally posted by Twitch Boy View Post
        Jericho is 46
        No I'm not 😀
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        • #79
          Originally posted by Twitch Boy View Post
          Taker is 51. Jericho is 46. Triple H is 47. The Rock is 44.

          Cena turns 40 April 23. Heck, AJ Styles turns 40 June 2.

          ETA: Brock turns 40 this year. Goldberg is 50.
          Shows just how much WWE is relying on older stars...
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          • #80
            Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

            Originally posted by jericho View Post
            I was just telling my wife the other day, 2017 has the potentail to be worse than 2016.
            Every year from now on will probably be worse than the one before. The cult of celebrity is a fairly recent phenomenon, and those we consider celebrities have only grown in number over the last 50+ years. As time goes on, and we all continue to grow older, it's only a matter of statistics now.
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            • #81
              Originally posted by rufus View Post
              Every year from now on will probably be worse than the one before. The cult of celebrity is a fairly recent phenomenon, and those we consider celebrities have only grown in number over the last 50+ years. As time goes on, and we all continue to grow older, it's only a matter of statistics now.
              As such: the number of people that are more universally loved (like, say, Prince) is going to decrease, so while more famous people will die, they won't have the same impact when they go.
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              • #82
                Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

                I dunno about that. There'll always be a good five or ten each year that will have that same sort of affect, at least for the next decade or two.
                What kind of cheese are you planning to put on top?

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                • #83
                  Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

                  Originally posted by rufus View Post
                  Every year from now on will probably be worse than the one before. The cult of celebrity is a fairly recent phenomenon, and those we consider celebrities have only grown in number over the last 50+ years. As time goes on, and we all continue to grow older, it's only a matter of statistics now.
                  Exactly.
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                  • #84
                    Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

                    There are simply far more entertainment venues than there were 10 years ago, 30 years ago.... More movies are made, there are hundreds of television channels and a lot of solid programming compared to when there were 4 main channels only and before cable networks dove into the field, musicians do a lot more to promote themselves than ever before, etc., etc.

                    We didn't just lose a lot of celebrities in 2016 we lost titans and icons. Yes every celebrity death gets a headline, but let's not exaggerate how impacting all of them are. Most get a nod, a sad smilie face on a blog and they're forgotten beyond their hardcore fans. There will be more and more of those but it will never be viewed the same way.

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                    • #85
                      Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

                      Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                      There are simply far more entertainment venues than there were 10 years ago, 30 years ago.... More movies are made, there are hundreds of television channels and a lot of solid programming compared to when there were 4 main channels only and before cable networks dove into the field, musicians do a lot more to promote themselves than ever before, etc., etc.

                      We didn't just lose a lot of celebrities in 2016 we lost titans and icons. Yes every celebrity death gets a headline, but let's not exaggerate how impacting all of them are. Most get a nod, a sad smilie face on a blog and they're forgotten beyond their hardcore fans. There will be more and more of those but it will never be viewed the same way.
                      Exactly. Celebrity and icon are different beasts.
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                      • #86
                        Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

                        Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
                        Exactly. Celebrity and icon are different beasts.
                        And "icon" is overused.

                        Looking at the deaths in 2016 I see two icons: Ali and Bowie. There are plenty of celebs who were icons within their niches -- Howe, Palmer, Wilder, Prince, Glenn, Scalia, Haggard -- but not people who changed the whole cultural landscape.
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                        • #87
                          Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

                          I completely disagree on Palmer and Prince. Palmer completely changed golf in a way that only Tiger Woods could match some 40-50 years later. He helped it explode into TV broadcasting and was Jordan-like for endorsements.

                          Prince's influence on other artists is simply too immense to even begin to list and was every bit as influential as Bowie. That's not me as a MN boy talking, that's me as a fan and student of music for as long as I can remember talking.

                          John Glenn maybe doesn't garner the same, but the pioneers of the Space Program changed the world.

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                          • #88
                            Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

                            Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                            I completely disagree on Palmer and Prince. Palmer completely changed golf in a way that only Tiger Woods could match some 40-50 years later. He helped it explode into TV broadcasting and was Jordan-like for endorsements.

                            Prince's influence on other artists is simply too immense to even begin to list and was every bit as influential as Bowie. That's not me as a MN boy talking, that's me as a fan and student of music for as long as I can remember talking.

                            John Glenn maybe doesn't garner the same, but the pioneers of the Space Program changed the world.
                            Well, obviously if we're talking about people who changed The World, Glenn and Scalia are the only people on the list who matter at all.

                            But I'm talking about cultural phenomena who affect a large part of the world, and I'll stand by my claim.

                            It is probably very unusual that a year has 2 such deaths, since really we're talking about maybe 5 people in a decade. Michael Jackson, Elvis, maybe Michael Jordan. Charles Lindberg. No baseball or football players, ever. Maybe a dozen soccer players. Maybe a dozen actors. There just aren't many true "icons," by my way of thinking.
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                            • #89
                              Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

                              What Slappy said. Prince, as a musician, absolutely changed the musical landscape and is an icon. His influence is unreal.

                              Same with Palmer, and as he said, Tiger. Different types of influence. Palmer brought golf to the public. Tiger extended that to the public who aren't (my quotes) "old, stuffy, and rich white guys."

                              In their fields, all of the above are indeed icons.
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                              • #90
                                Re: DEAD THREAD 2017: "This guy here is dead!"..."Cross him off, then!"

                                Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
                                In their fields, all of the above are indeed icons.
                                Bold for emphasis. Nobody disputes this. Somewhere there is a rhythmic gymnastics icon.
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