View Full Version : John Amos dead at 84
He was the Dad on Good Times, and maybe most famously, the owner of "McDowell's" in Coming to America.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236019054/
04 commemorative
10-01-2024, 1:39pm
Holy Mackerel ! This dying stuff needs to slow down some ! :sadangel:
Holy Mackerel ! This dying stuff needs to slow down some ! :sadangel:
The older we get the more people we will see pass. :sadangel:
I liked that guy. He was so funny as the gay couple in some 2 1/2 men sitcom....
Unsuspicious
10-01-2024, 2:37pm
I just watched Die Hard 2 while hanging out in a hotel room, he was the lead military guy
Aerovette
10-01-2024, 2:43pm
He was the Dad on Good Times, and maybe most famously, the owner of "McDowell's" in Coming to America.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236019054/
That's two from Coming to America. James Earl Jones too. :willy:
Onebadcad
10-01-2024, 2:46pm
Was great in Field of Dreams
Anjdog2003
10-01-2024, 2:47pm
OMG people dying at an old age. That's why we need President Trump in office.
Aerovette
10-01-2024, 2:48pm
OMG people dying at an old age. That's why we need President Trump in office.
Day one he will sign and EO extending life indefinitely. :seasix:
slewfoot
10-01-2024, 3:06pm
The first batch of baby boomers are on their way out
Anjdog2003
10-01-2024, 3:11pm
The first batch of baby boomers are on their way out
They've been on their way out the last 10 years
King Solomon: Nothing new under the sun.
Frankie the Fink
10-01-2024, 3:50pm
He was also a warrior king in a Beastmaster movie IIRC.
I'll always remember his fatherly advice to JJ on a Good Times episode when some gangster thug showed up looking for JJ. Paraphrasing, "This is your home son, you don't 'cut and run' from NOBODY up in here"...
KenHorse
10-01-2024, 5:16pm
I heard a report he actually died back in August
They've been on their way out the last 10 years
King Solomon: Nothing new under the sun.
*15 years.
We Joners are still hanging on. So ****you younguns.
:lol:
Anjdog2003
10-01-2024, 5:27pm
I heard a report he actually died back in August
Keith Richards died 20+ years ago
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:sadangel: Now at the Pearly Gates . . . :sadangel:
Frankie the Fink
10-02-2024, 5:57am
The first batch of baby boomers are on their way out
Prob because life was tougher for them...back before you could earn a ton of money being a "social media influencer" or sit on your ass as some DEI "coordinator" or work remotely sitting on your keyster, or "make bank" suing your boss because he wouldn't use your pronouns.
When I was a teenager there wasn't any food stamps and unemployment was two weeks, if you needed help it was family, the church or the Salvation Army....and there was the draft hanging over your head. There basically weren't any college loans for 90% of folks either and even if you got one, the gov't wasn't bailing you out.
Most of the boomers I know are glad they are older and won't be around for the future the Millenials and Gen-Xers are fostering.
The first batch of baby boomers are on their way out
Maffs be powerful hard for you boss. The oldest baby boomers are turning 78 this year. The recent passing of John Amos, John Ashton, Pete Rose, and James Earl Jones were all in their 80s, so NOT baby boomers. Frank Fritz was 60, the only recent celebrity death who was a baby boomer.
Maybe you should head back to the shallow end of the pool. You're embarrassing yourself.
AUTOHOLIC
10-02-2024, 10:52am
Prob because life was tougher for them...back before you could earn a ton of money being a "social media influencer" or sit on your ass as some DEI "coordinator" or work remotely sitting on your keyster, or "make bank" suing your boss because he wouldn't use your pronouns.
When I was a teenager there wasn't any food stamps and unemployment was two weeks, if you needed help it was family, the church or the Salvation Army....and there was the draft hanging over your head. There basically weren't any college loans for 90% of folks either and even if you got one, the gov't wasn't bailing you out.
Most of the boomers I know are glad they are older and won't be around for the future the Millenials and Gen-Xers are fostering.
Ain’t that the truth!
slewfoot
10-02-2024, 6:01pm
Maffs be powerful hard for you boss. The oldest baby boomers are turning 78 this year. The recent passing of John Amos, John Ashton, Pete Rose, and James Earl Jones were all in their 80s, so NOT baby boomers. Frank Fritz was 60, the only recent celebrity death who was a baby boomer.
Maybe you should head back to the shallow end of the pool. You're embarrassing yourself.
Gee, I was off by a couple years, same basic generation area. Get over it
Enjoyed his work. Rest in peace.
Gee, I was off by a couple years, same basic generation area. Get over it
You weren't off by "a couple of years". Kris Kristoferson was a decade older than the oldest boomer. The others were at least a half a decade older. Since a "generation" is about 15 years, no, they were NOT the "same basic generation".
You were talking out of your ass, and now you are doubling down on it. That's on you, there is no reason for me to "get over it". You constantly outwardly post how stupid you are, carry on if you want, I'll continue to laugh at your idiocy. :yesnod:
slewfoot
10-02-2024, 7:22pm
You weren't off by "a couple of years". Kris Kristoferson was a decade older than the oldest boomer. The others were at least a half a decade older. Since a "generation" is about 15 years, no, they were NOT the "same basic generation".
You were talking out of your ass, and now you are doubling down on it. That's on you, there is no reason for me to "get over it". You constantly outwardly post how stupid you are, carry on if you want, I'll continue to laugh at your idiocy. :yesnod:
Frankly, you're confusing me with someone else who gives a shit over minor semantics, Get a life! You're like having a conversation with a doorknob.
SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84
10-02-2024, 7:57pm
Yes, Mick had a conversation with a doorknob. Your words.
Yes, Mick had a conversation with a doorknob. Your words.
I would say something like "exactly", but I honestly think the doorknob would be more interesting. :yesnod:
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Wow!
Cliffs- He actually died in August but they kept it quiet because his daughter is an attention whore.
Fer wat it's worth, Every single time I read this thread title, it just tells me John Stamos is almost dead.
Which I pray is not true.
Fer wat it's worth, Every single time I read this thread title, it just tells me John Stamos is almost dead.
Which I pray is not true.
OM-Stamos :island14::funnier:
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