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He was found sometime Thursday in his hotel room in Thailand, after hanging himself. He'll probably be most remembered for his role as Caine in Kung Fu, but it's his role as Frankenstein in Death Race 2000 that I'll always remember him for. Very sad news.
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Mark Fidrych, aka The Bird, died in an accident on his farm.

I loved Mark Fidrych when I was a kid. I loved how he used to talk to the ball and demand a new one when he felt the one he had wasn't cooperating. I loved how weird the guy was. I didn't understand then that players got injured, so when he disappeared from baseball I really had no idea why, but I always remembered him for being really unique.
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When I was in fourth grade I looked forward to five o'clock.  That's because The Carol Burnett Show was on. Each day, I'd grab a bottle of my favorite soda, Dr. Pepper (which I'd only recently discovered), sit down on the couch, and watch my favorite television show.  Though I liked Tim Conway best, Harvey Korman came in a close second, if only because I loved the Ed and Eunice skits (and I always thought it was hilarious when Korman would lose it it during Conway's antics).  Harvey Korman played such a great ass  -- either a small minded twit or someone so full of himself no one could stand to be around him -- which made it hard for him to ever be a star in his own right.  I'd sit on that couch drinking my soda and laughing so hard my stomach hurt.  Ah, Harvey, we'll always have our Dr. Pepper.





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