Bettie Page has died.

It's weird, according to everything, Bettie Page was already dead. People speculated and speculated saying that she had already died many years ago. It just so happens she didn't die - she was actually just living among us like a regular person. She wasn't living lavishly and she wasn't rich, she was just normal. 

She passed away, though, and most people have been giving the immortalization of Bettie Page through Gretchen Mol's performance in The Notorious Bettie Page; or through Teaserama. 

The fat dude from AICN was in love with her to boot. 

It's a prime example though of how to be literally forgotten for a long time. 

Gene Upshaw dies...

This sucks. Gene Upshaw was an NFL Hall of Famer, 7 time pro-bowler, 11 time All-Pro, 2 time SuperBowl champion, a member of the NFL 75th Anniversary Team, and a member of the 1970's All Decade Team. He played for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders from 1967-1981, playing 15 seasons (217 games). He retired in 1981 and shortly after became executive director of the Player's Union.

I told the guy I work with "I can't find any stats on this guy, Gene Upshaw, like nothing just a couple of Fumble recoveries..." and he said "Who cares? He's dead."

Real nice.

Gene Upshaw dead at the age of 63, from pancreatic cancer that he was apparently hiding.
1945-2008

Julius Carry dies.

Julius Carry has passed away, he was basically a television actor most recently starring in an episode of The Unit, but I remember him as a character that only lasted a couple of episodes. He played Bill on Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place and his character owned the pizza place.

The BoA is saddened by this loss.

George Carlin dead at the age of 71...

Holy crap. This is the worst "Monday" ever. George Carlin who was best known for his "Seven Words you can never say on Television" died Sunday at the age of 71. He died of heart failure at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica. George Carlin, who recently starred in Kevin Smith flicks Dogma and Jersey Girl was a fantastic guy. He was utterly hilarious, this is definitely saddening.

Sydney Pollack dead at 73...

Sydney Pollack has sadly passed away. The director won acclaim (and awards) for his film Out of Africa...he also directed Tootsie, Random Hearts, Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor, The Way We Were, and The Firm just to name a few.

He won an Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director for Out of Africa and was nominated for both of those for Tootsie.

All in all he was a fantastic director with serious skill, and should be mourned, because a good director has passed on.

Chris Benoit and family found dead. EDIT times 3

Holy fucking Shit. I am in utter shock. I can't believe that Chris Benoit is dead, and that his entire family is dead as well. They were found dead this morning. For those of you who don't know - Chris Benoit was a professional wrestler for WCW/WWE..a multi-champion and just an all-round great entertainer. It sucks that he (and his family) have died. I stopped watching wrestling over a year ago, but even so, I enjoyed his matches. Especially anything he and Lance Storm did together. Once again, Chris Benoit dead at the age of 40.

Also, they're saying that the instruments of the murder were found at the scene, and it could be a "possible murder suicide." And the day before Benoit actually cancelled an appearance to spar with fellow wrestler CM Punk before an event. Now he's fucking dead. What the hell?


[EDIT: Okay, well after all the news and shit has poured in...they're saying the Chris Benoit killed his wife and son over the weekend, and then himself yesterday (Monday). There were no gunshot or stab wounds, and ...no one really knows what happened yet. Jesus, I feel stupid. I did like Benoit, but apparently the cat is a murderer. It's a crazy fucking world.]
[EDIT 2: Okay, so Benoit strangled his wife to death, and then smothered his son to death, then he went ahead and hung himself in his weight room. And it's all being linked to Steroids. Man.]
[EDIT 3: WWE.com has posted text messages from Benoit to WWE wrestlers/friends. Mainly just his address over and over (can't send a card there now...can I?) and one to Chavo Guerrero telling him to let his dogs out. Regardless, this is a very sad sad story; immediately linked to roid rage. I really think Steroids get a bum rap.]