Those who walked through the pearly gates in 2006:

Buck Owens
Syd Barrett
Lou Rawls
Wilson Pickett
Gene Pitney
June Pointer (one of the Pointer Sisters)
Billy Preston (tickled the ivory keys both for The Beatles and the Rolling Stones)
James Brown (the "Godfather of Soul")
Akira Ifukube (composer - wrote music for Godzilla)

Peter Boyle
Jack Palance
Don Knotts
Dennis Weaver
Darren McGavin
Robert Sterling
Mike Douglas
Glenn Ford
Steve Irwin ("The Crocodile Hunter")

Peter Benchley (writer of Jaws)
Mickey Spillane (writer)
Tim Hildebrandt (artist)
Joseph Barbera (the creator of Boo Boo, who btw was subsequently banned from these premises)

Coretta Scott King (MLK Jr's wife)
Dana Reeve (Christopher Reeve's wife)
Chris Penn (Sean Penn's younger brother)
Aaron Spelling (Tori Spelling's father)

Gerald R. Ford - the 38th U.S. President.

source: http://dpsinfo.com/dps/2006.html

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden (from wiki: née Jones; August 15, 1890 – December 11, 2006) was an American super-centenarian woman who, at the time of her death at [the] age [of] 116.

I was just agreeing with Janszoon. I through out a random year. That's why I rolled the eyes.

I was never a fan of hers but must admit she was pretty decent at what she did. I was saddened to hear of her passing. What a shame she was so young. My prayers and thoughts go to her friends and family.

I'm a fan of Winehouse and so was sad to hear the news. To me, the sadness is not simply of the passing of a great artist but of such a massive talent wasted. That and the demise of a such a young girl with a family. What angers me is the outpouring of bull**** over forms of social media. To the people who have the "another smackhead off the streets" point of view, God forbid any of your children ever develop similar issues. And whats annoying me even more is those comparing this to the events in Norway. If you expect people, and the media, to stop reporting newer stories then you're a moron. Norway has, and is, still on the news all day, every day. The world keeps turning. Open your eyes.

The comparison is there because the world seem to be mourning more over Amy Winehouse dying than 92 innocent people being shot in Norway by some deranged nutcase. Just pick up a tabloid newspaper in the UK and see what the main headline is, it's not the Norway story.

I know some people that have said they don't care what happens outside England. How racist is that? We live in a sad world. There are a lot of statuses on my friends Facebook about her and I can tell you a lot of them don't care she's gone.

She brought it on herself with the drugs and when offered the chance to have rehab she refused or was just simply not committed to it. Her past life is no excuse for taking drugs, it is not the answer to solving her problems clearly and you know what, Winehouse could have easily been having a laugh!

Who cares if she died, really. I feel sorry for her family and not for her. She brought this upon herself with the incessant drug and alcohol use. It really is her fault, after all she's the one who had multiple chances in rehab and she wasted them all.

Edit: I should also add that her incredible voice was wasted in the worst possible way. Also I hate how people are saying "oh all the good musicians died at 27". So that means that just the crap ones are left? It's just a coincidence.

Rest in peace threads just wouldn't feel right if there wasn't someone to compare the death to a totally unrelated incident in the same timeframe and at least a handful of people stopping by to chime in about how little they feel sorry for the deceased.

You died in a car wreck, huh?


I don't feel bad, shoulda worn your seatbelt!!

First of all, it simply isn't true that most of the world is mourning more over the death of Winehouse, than the loss of all those young people in Norway.
Just reading this thread and a modicum of common sense should tell you that much.

Secondly, the tabloid newspapers do not reflect what most people in Britain actually think. To believe that as true is plainly idiotic.
I don't believe you believe that either, which makes me wonder why you even pointed it out in the first place.

Thirdly, you say you know some people who claim not to care about what happens outside of England.
Well I don't know where you come from, but it isn't the case where I live.
I can only think you have some pretty shallow friends, friend.

Fourthly, are you fucking serious?

Your comparison in your previous post showed an incredible lack of respect for the Norwegian tragedy and the death of a troubled human being.
To play one off against the other was, to put it frankly, obnoxious.

We have two threads. This one and the Norway thread.
If you want to express your sympathy for Norway, then post in that one without speaking ill of the dead and being judgemental in this one!

I feel about her the same way I did for layne staley. I can't mourn now because I did it years ago. To me, when people bring it up now I feel like maybe they just heard. Like "Oh I didn't know she died."

Theres no emotion there becuase there was no other end. She hangs around with a smack junkie (or did), and we've seen the tell-tale signs for years. I think I knew she was dead on the heels of her big album there (the only one I purchased) with "Rehab" and "Back to Black."