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Brendan Behan, Irish Playwright. By 1963 Behan had developed diabetes, and this disease, combined with his refusal to stop drinking, contributed to his death. Brendan died March 20th, 1964, at the Meath Hospital, just months after his wife Beatrice had given birth to their first child, a daughter, Blanaid Orla Marghead Behan.
Rene MacColl of the Daily Express wrote : "Too young to die, but too drunk to live".
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F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] American Author - Legendary boozer suffered a heart attack while working as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a couple of hundred bucks a week. According to John O’Hara, Fitz died "a prematurely old little man haunting bookshops unrecognized." [Editor’s Note: Zelda died in a fire at an Asheville, North Carolina, mental hospital in 1948.]
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Lleena said: F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] American Author - Legendary boozer suffered a heart attack while working as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a couple of hundred bucks a week. According to John O’Hara, Fitz died "a prematurely old little man haunting bookshops unrecognized." [Editor’s Note: Zelda died in a fire at an Asheville, North Carolina, mental hospital in 1948.]
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The Russian poet and writer Aleksandr Pushkin died in a duel in 1837.
He managed to get a shot off after he was hit, but didn't seriously wound his opponent. | |
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cborgman said: Raspberry said: Raspberry said: Handclapsfingasnapz said: Maxwell Bodenheim [1893-1954] American Author - Shot with a .22 rifle by an insane dishwasher.
 ... do we think it's a person washing dishes, or an actual dishwasher???
i totally assumed an actual dishwasher me too ... until I thought about it ... now I'm a woman on a mission - I have to know ... I have a dishwasher at home - I'm worried about upsetting it | |
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2the9s said: Lleena said: F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] American Author - Legendary boozer suffered a heart attack while working as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a couple of hundred bucks a week. According to John O’Hara, Fitz died "a prematurely old little man haunting bookshops unrecognized." [Editor’s Note: Zelda died in a fire at an Asheville, North Carolina, mental hospital in 1948.]
The Great Gatsby is one of my favourite books. And an excellent film. When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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bkw said: 2the9s said: Lleena said: F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] American Author - Legendary boozer suffered a heart attack while working as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a couple of hundred bucks a week. According to John O’Hara, Fitz died "a prematurely old little man haunting bookshops unrecognized." [Editor’s Note: Zelda died in a fire at an Asheville, North Carolina, mental hospital in 1948.]
The Great Gatsby is one of my favourite books. And an excellent film. Sweet sig.  | |
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Raspberry said: cborgman said: Raspberry said: Raspberry said: Handclapsfingasnapz said: Maxwell Bodenheim [1893-1954] American Author - Shot with a .22 rifle by an insane dishwasher.
... do we think it's a person washing dishes, or an actual dishwasher???
i totally assumed an actual dishwasher me too ... until I thought about it ... now I'm a woman on a mission - I have to know ... I have a dishwasher at home - I'm worried about upsetting it Thank God ... it was a person ... I can sleep ok now | |
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2the9s said: bkw said: 2the9s said: Lleena said: F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] American Author - Legendary boozer suffered a heart attack while working as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a couple of hundred bucks a week. According to John O’Hara, Fitz died "a prematurely old little man haunting bookshops unrecognized." [Editor’s Note: Zelda died in a fire at an Asheville, North Carolina, mental hospital in 1948.]
The Great Gatsby is one of my favourite books. And an excellent film. Sweet sig. He he Cheers  When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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Lleena said: F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] American Author - Legendary boozer suffered a heart attack while working as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a couple of hundred bucks a week. According to John O’Hara, Fitz died "a prematurely old little man haunting bookshops unrecognized." [Editor’s Note: Zelda died in a fire at an Asheville, North Carolina, mental hospital in 1948.]
The Great Gatsby is one of my favourite books. He is my favorite american author ever.. I so  the great gatsby to | |
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bkw said: 2the9s said: Lleena said: F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] American Author - Legendary boozer suffered a heart attack while working as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a couple of hundred bucks a week. According to John O’Hara, Fitz died "a prematurely old little man haunting bookshops unrecognized." [Editor’s Note: Zelda died in a fire at an Asheville, North Carolina, mental hospital in 1948.]
The Great Gatsby is one of my favourite books. And an excellent film. It was on T.V the other day. Robert Redford and Mia Farrow are brilliant. He is just how I pictured Gatsby when I read the book and she is perfect as Daisy. | |
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Lleena said: bkw said: 2the9s said: Lleena said: F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] American Author - Legendary boozer suffered a heart attack while working as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a couple of hundred bucks a week. According to John O’Hara, Fitz died "a prematurely old little man haunting bookshops unrecognized." [Editor’s Note: Zelda died in a fire at an Asheville, North Carolina, mental hospital in 1948.]
The Great Gatsby is one of my favourite books. And an excellent film. It was on T.V the other day. Robert Redford and Mia Farrow are brilliant. He is just how I pictured Gatsby when I read the book and she is perfect as Daisy. Yeah, great casting!
The other F. Scott Fitzgerald book that was made into an excellent film was The Last Tycoon with Robert De Niro. When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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bkw said: Lleena said: bkw said: 2the9s said: Lleena said: F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] American Author - Legendary boozer suffered a heart attack while working as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a couple of hundred bucks a week. According to John O’Hara, Fitz died "a prematurely old little man haunting bookshops unrecognized." [Editor’s Note: Zelda died in a fire at an Asheville, North Carolina, mental hospital in 1948.]
The Great Gatsby is one of my favourite books. And an excellent film. It was on T.V the other day. Robert Redford and Mia Farrow are brilliant. He is just how I pictured Gatsby when I read the book and she is perfect as Daisy. Yeah, great casting!
The other F. Scott Fitzgerald book that was made into an excellent film was The Last Tycoon with Robert De Niro. I haven't seen the movie yet only read the book. I should watch it! | |
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Ayn Rand died of lung cancer.  Fear is the mind-killer. | |
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Seymour Buttz [1950-1992] American Pornographer -- Killed in a tragic bleacher collapse. | |
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Claud Bawlz [1846-1900] French Asshole -- Mauled by a Tiger in darkest Africa. | |
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AaronUniversal said: Seymour Buttz [1950-1992] American Pornographer -- Killed in a tragic bleacher collapse.
what's a bleacher? | |
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Willy Maykit [1960-1997] Bathroom Journal Essayist -- Died from urinary tract infection from holding a piss too long, looking for an interstate rest stop. | |
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Peter Dragon [1950-1980] Journalist -- Died from elephantitis. | |
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 WOW! Cool thread! | |
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Lleena said: bkw said: Lleena said: bkw said: 2the9s said: Lleena said: F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] American Author - Legendary boozer suffered a heart attack while working as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a couple of hundred bucks a week. According to John O’Hara, Fitz died "a prematurely old little man haunting bookshops unrecognized." [Editor’s Note: Zelda died in a fire at an Asheville, North Carolina, mental hospital in 1948.]
The Great Gatsby is one of my favourite books. And an excellent film. It was on T.V the other day. Robert Redford and Mia Farrow are brilliant. He is just how I pictured Gatsby when I read the book and she is perfect as Daisy. Yeah, great casting!
The other F. Scott Fitzgerald book that was made into an excellent film was The Last Tycoon with Robert De Niro. I haven't seen the movie yet only read the book. I should watch it! Hell yeah!! 
It's DeNiro in probably his most restrained role, but as brilliant as always. It's a must see imho. When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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Muse2NOPharaoh said: WOW! Cool thread!He must have fluked it. When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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bkw said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: WOW! Cool thread!He must have fluked it. The ironic part is that it your post was the 51st, which gave me the flaming folder! | |
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2the9s said: bkw said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: WOW! Cool thread!He must have fluked it. The ironic part is that it your post was the 51st, which gave me the flaming folder!  When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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bkw said: 2the9s said: bkw said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: WOW! Cool thread!He must have fluked it. The ironic part is that it your post was the 51st, which gave me the flaming folder! | |
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bkw said: 2the9s said: bkw said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: WOW! Cool thread!He must have fluked it. The ironic part is that it your post was the 51st, which gave me the flaming folder!  | |
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Lleena said: bkw said: 2the9s said: bkw said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: WOW! Cool thread!He must have fluked it. The ironic part is that it your post was the 51st, which gave me the flaming folder!  | |
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Lleena said: bkw said: 2the9s said: bkw said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: WOW! Cool thread!He must have fluked it. The ironic part is that it your post was the 51st, which gave me the flaming folder!  When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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