Celebrities that you don't think will make it through 2008

[Big Boy Laroux]

hey, i didn't introduce the other singers, just responded. Any death is tragic, was just putting her talent into perspective. People are acting like we lost a genius (seen it on many other sites) - not the case at all, IMO.

[ShaggyDirk]

either way, who cares..

[orangedays]

Thought this was an interesting excerpt from a Klosterman Grantland piece:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...ball-hall-fame

Amy Winehouse died after making just two albums, which is bad news for Amy Winehouse and all the people who love her music (and for music is general). But she died at the age of 27, which is a meaningful detail to anyone who decided to set up a posthumous Google alert for the word "Winehouse." People will never stop talking about the handful of musicians who died at age 27, and she will forever be part of that class. Otis Redding died at 26 and Bradley Nowell died at 28, so they won't be mentioned the next time some bozo writes a story about "The Curse of 27." Yet Winehouse will appear in those paragraphs. For this reason, we will be continually reminded of Amy Winehouse's death far more often than the death of Jeff Buckley or Bob Marley or Shannon Hoon, and that will tangentially promote the post-life profile of Back to Black. Had she hung on another three months, this would not be the case. And that's fucked up, but it's what happens whenever media becomes the overwhelming force in a society. Cultural memory is now dictated by identifiable news pegs. Charles Barkley has bemoaned how — whenever ESPN talks about which current superstars have not won an NBA title — his name will always be mentioned among all the ex-stars who failed at that goal. And that conversation happens constantly. It's become much easier to name great players who have never won an NBA title (Barkley, Karl Malone, Pat Ewing, Dominique Wilkins, George Gervin, LeBron James) than it is to name great NBA players who have won exactly one (Jerry West, Julius Erving, Nate Archibald), simply because the former list is mentioned so much more often. The proliferation of media means we don't get to decide what we remember.

[Murphy3]

Originally Posted by Big Boy Laroux

I'll be honest - i thought she must have already been dead.

not to speak ill of the dead, but...

mentioning winehouse in the same breath as joplin, hendrix, morrison, cobain is such a huge disservice to that foursome.

winehouse put out basically one (seriously overrated, IMO) album. Those four above were revolutionaries.

Probably need to include Robert Johnson in the list... especially before Winehouse.

[MavsX]

man i must have been a visionary back in 2008

[mary]

Originally Posted by mary

Katie Holmes
Jim Nabors
Adam West
Bob Newhart
Bea Arthur
Sean Connery
Alan Alda
Meatloaf
George Bush
Sandra Day O'Connor

Congrats to the 9 of these 10 celebrities that are still kickin it.

Amy Winehouse is in my regular rotation.

[Murphy3]

Add Murphy3 to the list

I had two really, really long trips this past week in the car. I was on the road for 17 hours on Thursday and 14 yesterday/this morning. I'm tired. There's nothing like getting home from a long trip in the car and throwing your clothes in the washer...taking a shower and getting dressed and heading to work...in the car.