Guest Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 Not sure who would be interested but if you know the show 3 is company, the male actor died today. Colapsed on the set. Johnny Cah also died today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCgringo Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 I think the thing that hit me was that he was 54 had all the money in the world probably had to have physicals to get insurance for his TV show yet still had a bad heart that was not found Modern Medicine is great but still cannot catch everything live the day ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 I was told by an ambulance man that in my country (australia) that 1 in 3 men never reach retirement age. better odds than a lot of countries i know but it just goes to show that its worthwhile smelling the roses as you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongatu Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Exactly, and this is why placing too much emphasis on planning for the long term future is misguided, imo. Not saying one should entirely ignore planning for the future, but there comes a time when you've just got to go for it, take some calculated risks and trust that things will somehow work out. I am now 51 and I just realized that, if I'm lucky, I may have 10 good or maybe even 20 years left to "smell the roses" while I can still enjoy it. I just wish I had discovered the LOS a bit earlier in my life. But I intend to make up for lost time, and I'm not just talking about the p4p scene there, which anyway is not the main reason I like Thailand so much (but it is nice that it is there ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattaya127 Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Funny, I saw him on Hollywood squares, and i told myself he did not look good, tired and put on weight. And now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check_bin_krap Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Dunno this dude, but it seems all die these days. Lately there has been so many RIP posts. Is it the weather, or are we all old people who notice when our compraniots die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 you know you are getting old when you start to check the death notices in the paper to see if anyone you know has kicked off. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAL875 Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 I was fortunate to have seen John (and Henry Winkler) perform on Broadway a few years ago in a limited run play. Afterwards, for charity, they were posing for photographs with members of the audience. I chatted with John briefly and he seemed like a real decent guy (as did "the Fonz" although Winkler's hands were definitely roaming a bit on my then gf! ). And only in his fifties - life is too short. Fellow board members are right when they speak of seizing opportunities when they come along... Ritter certainly did not look like a guy who only had a few more years left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 3's Company was a favorite of mine as it probably was with a lot of the Americans on here as well. Not sure if its just kindness spoken about the dead and the 'hollywood' thing to do but they are saying he was genuinely a nice guy and not your typical Hollywood a-hole star. Either way its sad to hear of his passing all the same. Supposedly he had a condition where he had a tear in in his heart. Slight tear that is supposed to be hard to detect. That is a scary thought! I think I'll call my HMO for a checkup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun_Kong Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Says Mongatu: Exactly, and this is why placing too much emphasis on planning for the long term future is misguided, imo. Not saying one should entirely ignore planning for the future, but there comes a time when you've just got to go for it, take some calculated risks and trust that things will somehow work out. I am now 51 and I just realized that, if I'm lucky, I may have 10 good or maybe even 20 years left to "smell the roses" while I can still enjoy it. I just wish I had discovered the LOS a bit earlier in my life. But I intend to make up for lost time, and I'm not just talking about the p4p scene there, which anyway is not the main reason I like Thailand so much (but it is nice that it is there ). Gotta agree with everything you said. Being 51, as you are, Ritter's death sparked more thought than Cash's. Although overweight- definitely not good for the heart- one might think that Cash's hard living, drinking and drug addiction would have done him in much earlier. Only a scant 16 years between their ages, yet Ritter feels to me so much younger, probably because he was so close to my age. Makes me realize how fast my last 16 years have gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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