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| March 6th, 2019 at 2:41:28 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Oh man. That's sad. I've grown up with Alex. It has been my dream to be on Jeopardy and I've always pictured it with him as the host and talking about how I stole the name of his former game show, "Wizard of Odds." Here is his announcement: Direct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cInGyxCY9k I won't send him any prayers, but I'm certainly pulling for him to win the fight. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 6th, 2019 at 2:56:26 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
He'll be 79 in a few months, if he lives that long. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| March 6th, 2019 at 3:17:57 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18755 | Aretha Franklin died of pancreatic cancer, although I would have guessed heart disease related to obesity would have taken her out. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| March 6th, 2019 at 4:06:08 PM permalink | |
| pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Don't mean to sidetrack but do you think it's more important to know wicked lots of stuff or to be quick on the button if you want to win at Jeopardy. |
| March 6th, 2019 at 4:27:28 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 | Don't mean to sidetrack but do you think it's more important to know wicked lots of stuff or to be quick on the button if you want to win at Jeopardy. We used to have a Jeopardy champion on here. Jeopardy has about the toughest screening process out there. Everyone on it knows lots of stuff. I'd say once you get there you need to be fast. The President is a fink. |
| March 6th, 2019 at 6:31:24 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4961 |
Sadly, almost nobody beats pancreatic cancer (especially stage 4). At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| March 6th, 2019 at 7:13:18 PM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
I have a vague memory that the Wizard has a Jeopardy story. Didn't you try out for the show? Or did you know someone who did? |
| March 6th, 2019 at 10:01:48 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Our own Teddys (at WoV) was on three times I think. However, I have only failed the online test twice. I did try out for the Weakest Link, but didn't get past their screening process either. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 8th, 2019 at 9:38:42 AM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Jan-Michael Vincent, probably best known from the TV show Airwolf, died on Feb 10 at the age of 74. According to IMDB the last thing he did in movies and television was in 2002, to which the IMDB bio said "ongoing health issues and personal problems seem to preclude his return to the screen" "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| March 8th, 2019 at 10:00:52 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
JMV ruined his life and career with drug abuse. He was a big star in the 80's and got into cocaine/booze and blew his TV show. I enjoyed him in Winds of War, but like so many he couldn't handle fame and fortune. He was making $250K an episode, highest on TV. By the third season, his drinking and drug use had gotten so out of control, he rarely showed up for work sober enough to recite his lines. Then in 96 he was drunk and hit a pole in his car and broke his neck. How he lived to 74 is a miracle. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |