What famous persons death will have an enormous impact on society? - Page 6

KilgoreTrout · #51 10-17-2007, 12:52 PM

Stephen Hawking
Pete Rose
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
UBL
Dick Cheney

hess · #52 10-17-2007, 12:52 PM

Muhammad Ali and Hugh Hefner need to be mentioned again, especially Ali. One more name for discussion, Magic Johnson.

NT! · #53 10-17-2007, 12:53 PM

dying of natural causes is a [censored] way to make headlines.

Caldarooni · #54 10-17-2007, 01:05 PM

I'm just annoyed you left the Croc Hunter out in the OP.

KilgoreTrout · #55 10-17-2007, 01:26 PM

Giving a shout out to Norman Mailer. Looks like he is not long for this world.

NT! · #56 10-17-2007, 01:27 PM

Johnny Cash is a recent one whose death made a splash.

Dids · #57 10-17-2007, 01:28 PM

Horrible horrible answers in this thread. Oprah being one of the worst.

I think we need to define wtf "impact" is. Anybody famous will make for a [censored] of retarded new stories. Very few people will actually change anything.

TroutMaskReplica · #58 10-17-2007, 01:39 PM

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yeah surprised not to see bill clinton mentioned earlier/more

im not american but in the rest of the world he is much more admired than most other american celebrities/icons

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i think Ali is a far more widely admired American worldwide, by a long shot. also while Clinton is admired by many for sure saying he is a "God" around the world is well over the top, although he certainly doesn't suffer by comparison to GWB.

Claunchy · #59 10-17-2007, 01:41 PM

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Bingo. More specifically, Justice Stevens since he's pushing 90.

NicksDad1970 · #60 10-17-2007, 02:31 PM

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Domestically (US) I'm thinking Jimmy Carter. The problems of his presidency have long since taken a back seat to his more recent humanitarian work, and given the coverage of Ford's state funeral, Carter's will be huge.

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I dunno, It seems all Carter can do is pick apart other presidents poilicies. Especially in Iran.

With Carter's record he shouldn't be allowed to say the word Iran. (that would be like someone who's filed for bankruptcy several times giving financial advice)

I think the most shocking or the "wow" factor will come with how they die.

I like the Tom Hanks one but someone who's nipping on his heels is George clooney. He's one cool fella.