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2009: The Year In Celebrity Deaths

2009 In Celebrity Deaths

Very sadly, Natasha Richardson died at the age of 45, from a head injury she sustained in what first appeared to be a minor skiing accident. The wife of Liam Neeson and daughter of Lynn Redgrave became brain dead and was taken off of life support on March 18.

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 03:11 pm: [report]

You forgot Ed McMahon, June 23


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_jsw_
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 03:25 pm: [report]

David Carradine died June 4, of what was determined to be the result of erotic asphyxiation. He was 72.

While this was, as most deaths are, tragic, I have to give the man props for still being into something like that at his age. I doubt many women have died from erotic asphyxiation in their 70s.


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VeronicaVaughn
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 03:29 pm: [report]

Where is Keith Ledger!


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brandyalexander
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 03:38 pm: [report]

Heath Ledger, you idiot… and he died last year.


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_jsw_
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 03:39 pm: [report]

@VeronicaVaughn: Who is Keith Ledger?

Heath Ledger died last year.


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brandyalexander
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 03:40 pm: [report]

Jinx.


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_jsw_
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 03:42 pm: [report]

@brandyalexander: According to Wikipedia, “In some places you can ‘Touch wood’ to counteract the jinx so the jinxer is now jinxed.”

So, touch wood. In my case, that’d be particularly good.


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ladylawyer
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 03:48 pm: [report]

Alaina Reed Hall, who played “Olivia” on Sesame Street also passed away.  This death made me particularly sad as Sesame Street and Olivia, were a constant as I moved from military base to military base as a child.


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brandyalexander
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 04:02 pm: [report]

Aw, j, my pervy friend… but you live so far away!  I’ll just have to touch this desk.


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_jsw_
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 04:05 pm: [report]

@ladylawyer: Agreed. I miss Olivia.

@brandyalexander: I misinterpreted Wikipedia. Apparently, I was the one who was supposed to touch wood. So, thank you so much for saying “jinx”. I needed that.


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brandyalexander
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 04:08 pm: [report]

Anytime.  Jinx.  Your turn again.


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ElleSays
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 04:31 pm: [report]

hehehehe jinx…. I am amused by this. I am suffering from too much vacation.


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_jsw_
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 04:37 pm: [report]

@brandyalexander: Thank you again. I’m feeling sleepy now…

@ElleSays: ...and soon to be sore, I think. But thank you anyway.


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silverspooner
wrote on December 28 2009 @ 08:11 pm: [report]

what about Ted Kennedy?? how could you forget him?


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Namaste
wrote on December 29 2009 @ 01:26 am: [report]

Didn’t Ed McMahon die this year too?


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hlnbabe
wrote on December 29 2009 @ 08:52 am: [report]

@silverspooner: I KNOW! Seriously??


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CaleeKay
wrote on December 29 2009 @ 08:17 pm: [report]

google a list of celebs that died in 09’, there were definitely a lot more that died this year.
Walter Cronkite, Ed McMahon, Bea Arthur..
but i think the whole point was to list the more infamous ones.. but still. It was a crazy year for some of the more surprising deaths


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Jessica Goldberg
wrote on January 4 2010 @ 06:39 pm: [report]

I did leave out Ted Kennedy—and he really was infamous. Wow, the Frisky readers are really good for calling me out when I get sloppy. Thanks, @silverspooner. And @VeronicaVaughn, I’m always making mistakes like Keith/Heath—we must be separated at birth. Unfortunately for you, my editor is one of a kind.


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