Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
6/29/09 12:13 p.m.

http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/06/75867/

Fred Travalena, the man of 1,000 voices and faces, and known as one of the top impressionists in the world has passed away after a seven year battle with cancer.

ET has confirmed that the comedian and entertainer passed away Sunday due to a recurrence of an aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Travalnea was a regular on various talk shows including "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," and "Larry King Live,' in addition to guest starring roles on popular TV shows such as "The Love Boat," and "Murphy Brown" -- but he was most well-known for his impressions of celebs such as Frank Sinatra, Wayne Newton, Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson and many other stars.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
6/29/09 12:16 p.m.

I'm starting to have some serious concerns about how "Abe Vigoda vs. Chuck Norris" would turn out.

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury HalfDork
6/29/09 12:35 p.m.

someone needs to photo shop vigodas face onto the body of leonidas, and norris' face onto Xerxes...and then we would know how it would turn out

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
6/29/09 2:50 p.m.

who was 5?

McMann

Faucett

Jacko

the beard

??

1000 voice guy

sachilles
sachilles Reader
6/29/09 3:00 p.m.

Next will be some sort of sports legend.

JFX001
JFX001 Dork
6/29/09 3:08 p.m.
sachilles wrote: Next will be some sort of sports legend.

I'm thinking Politician/ex-Politician.

Tommy Suddard
Tommy Suddard GRM+ Memberand SonDork
6/29/09 3:09 p.m.

This is starting to feel like an episode of Monk.

pigeon
pigeon Reader
6/29/09 3:10 p.m.

In reply to Grtechguy:

David Carradine

sachilles
sachilles Reader
6/29/09 3:15 p.m.
JFX001 wrote:
sachilles wrote: Next will be some sort of sports legend.
I'm thinking Politician/ex-Politician.

Maybe it could be both....is that ex-wrestler/governor of Minn, still alive?

Rusty_Rabbit84
Rusty_Rabbit84 HalfDork
6/29/09 3:21 p.m.

Im saying Patrick Swayze is next to go down, but havent heard much news about him lately

Jerry From LA
Jerry From LA Reader
6/29/09 4:22 p.m.
Wally wrote: Fred Travalena, the man of 1,000 voices and faces, and known as one of the top impressionists in the world has passed away after a seven year battle with cancer.

Rest in peace, "Mad Man Mancuso."

stuart in mn
stuart in mn Dork
6/29/09 6:52 p.m.
sachilles wrote: Maybe it could be both....is that ex-wrestler/governor of Minn, still alive?

Jesse Ventura. Yeah, he's still around, and appears to be in good shape. He's living on a beach in Mexico, the last I heard. Periodically he comes out of hiding and holds a news conference to let everyone know he's not running for office.

JFX001
JFX001 Dork
7/1/09 3:12 p.m.

Karl Malden, dies at 97.

Karl La Follette
Karl La Follette Reader
7/1/09 5:13 p.m.

HMM hood bump in coffen for nose

oldsaw
oldsaw Reader
7/1/09 5:45 p.m.
JFX001 wrote:
sachilles wrote: Next will be some sort of sports legend.
I'm thinking Politician/ex-Politician.

Senators Byrd and Kennedy are still hangin on - barely.

I'm rooting for Ted, primarily for his history as a predatory drunkard and that little thing about an unprosecuted manslaughter case from the sixties.

Of the four Kennedy brothers, the wrong one has lived way beyond his use-by date.

wherethefmi
wherethefmi Dork
7/1/09 7:54 p.m.
stuart in mn wrote:
sachilles wrote: Maybe it could be both....is that ex-wrestler/governor of Minn, still alive?
Jesse Ventura. Yeah, he's still around, and appears to be in good shape. He's living on a beach in Mexico, the last I heard. Periodically he comes out of hiding and holds a news conference to let everyone know he's not running for office.

Former hells angel/navy seal he's one of those guys who'll never die.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/1/09 9:28 p.m.
JFX001 wrote: Karl Malden, dies at 97.

At 97, you can't really count Karl along with the others. 97 sounds pretty good.

....unless you're 96.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn Dork
7/1/09 10:12 p.m.
wherethefmi wrote:
stuart in mn wrote:
sachilles wrote: Maybe it could be both....is that ex-wrestler/governor of Minn, still alive?
Jesse Ventura. Yeah, he's still around, and appears to be in good shape. He's living on a beach in Mexico, the last I heard. Periodically he comes out of hiding and holds a news conference to let everyone know he's not running for office.
Former hells angel/navy seal he's one of those guys who'll never die.

He says he rode with the Mongols, and while he was Navy UDT it's still unclear if he ever actually became a SEAL or if he was just embellishing his record.

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/2/09 6:31 a.m.

Mollie Sugden died. The blue-haired gal from the BBC's "Are You Being Served?".

slefain
slefain Dork
7/2/09 8:51 a.m.
petegossett wrote: Mollie Sugden died. The blue-haired gal from the BBC's "Are You Being Served?".

Wow, she was still alive? That show was ages ago. Funny as hell, but ages ago.

Wonder what happened to the poofta?

spitfirebill
spitfirebill Dork
7/2/09 3:40 p.m.
petegossett wrote: Mollie Sugden died. The blue-haired gal from the BBC's "Are You Being Served?".

That's odd, because the much younger, hot chick from the same show died a couple of months ago.

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