Actress Shannen Doherty dies at 53

[snowc]

Another one will be missed. This is the third death in two days.
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Shannen Doherty has died after years living with cancer, PEOPLE has confirmed. She was 53.
"It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July 13, she lost her battle with cancer after many years of fighting the disease," Doherty's longtime publicist Leslie Sloane confirmed in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE on Sunday, July 14.

"The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend was surrounded by her loved ones as well as her dog, Bowie. The family asks for their privacy at this time so they can grieve in peace," Sloane continued.

[Scott5114]

This is the third death in two days.

If only three people have died in the last two days, we're doing pretty good as a planet. But I think the number might be a bit higher than that.

[Max Rockatansky]

If they aren't on TV then they don't exist. 

[hotdogPi]

I haven't heard of any of the three, so as far as I'm concerned, zero people have died within the last two days (other than the two that died at the failed assassination attempt).

[formulanone]

This is the third death in two days.

If only three people have died in the last two days, we're doing pretty good as a planet. But I think the number might be a bit higher than that.

Famous people always die in threes, according to stopwatch holders who wish it to be so; the rest of us die in presumably nearly infinite series.

[vdeane]

Are we going to have to start calling snowc "the undertaker" (I actually had a coworker refer to someone as such because that person would send out obituary notices on the regular) because of how many death threads he's been posting lately?

[Max Rockatansky]

To be fair to snowc, he has hardly been alone posting news about the deaths of celebrities.  I feel as though the phenomenon of posting celebrity deaths is just one of many real-world news stories, I would otherwise not have exposure to.  Of course, always terrible when famous people die...I just don't see how it affects me.

[1995hoo]

Another forum to which I belong deals with the issue of celebrity-death clutter by having a thread called "Deaths of famous people (####)," where #### denotes the year. The moderators lock it a day or two after the year ends.

I notice snowc hasn't mentioned Jacoby Jones.

[Big John]

I notice snowc hasn't mentioned Jacoby Jones.

Already covered: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=35021.0

[TheHighwayMan3561]

To be fair to snowc, he has hardly been alone posting news about the deaths of celebrities.  I feel as though the phenomenon of posting celebrity deaths is just one of many real-world news stories, I would otherwise not have exposure to.  Of course, always terrible when famous people die...I just don't see how it affects me.

Indeed it is terrible when people die 

[Big John]

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[vdeane]

To be fair to snowc, he has hardly been alone posting news about the deaths of celebrities.  I feel as though the phenomenon of posting celebrity deaths is just one of many real-world news stories, I would otherwise not have exposure to.  Of course, always terrible when famous people die...I just don't see how it affects me.

True.  It just seems like he's been doing that a lot the past few days.  Granted, I probably notice more than I would with others because his avatar is a close-up of his face, which stands out for me because I don't like staring at people's faces (to the point where I'll rest my work email in Outlook on messages from people who don't have a profile picture set and avoid doing so on those who have added their face to their Outlook profile, as management encouraged during the pandemic to make email "more personal").

[1995hoo]

I notice snowc hasn't mentioned Jacoby Jones.

Already covered: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=35021.0

Oh, yeah. Why is WillWeaverRVA usurping snowc's job? 

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Another forum to which I belong deals with the issue of celebrity-death clutter by having a thread called "Deaths of famous people (####)," where #### denotes the year. The moderators lock it a day or two after the year ends.

A forum I moderate for formerly had those, but things started to get out of hand because the idea of a notable death is also in the eye of the beholder (such as if a famous news anchor in City A dies, that may mean a lot to someone from City A, but has zero meaning to anyone with no ties to City A), and those threads were eventually discontinued and disallowed.

[Max Rockatansky]

To be fair to snowc, he has hardly been alone posting news about the deaths of celebrities.  I feel as though the phenomenon of posting celebrity deaths is just one of many real-world news stories, I would otherwise not have exposure to.  Of course, always terrible when famous people die...I just don't see how it affects me.

True.  It just seems like he's been doing that a lot the past few days.  Granted, I probably notice more than I would with others because his avatar is a close-up of his face, which stands out for me because I don't like staring at people's faces (to the point where I'll rest my work email in Outlook on messages from people who don't have a profile picture set and avoid doing so on those who have added their face to their Outlook profile, as management encouraged during the pandemic to make email "more personal").

The profile pic is a little awkward.  But then again, it isn't too far out of line for I usually see on Facebook road groups.

[roadman65]

Wow, another celebrity died. It seems this past month we've been losing plenty. Sad news. May she rest in peace.

[vdeane]

To be fair to snowc, he has hardly been alone posting news about the deaths of celebrities.  I feel as though the phenomenon of posting celebrity deaths is just one of many real-world news stories, I would otherwise not have exposure to.  Of course, always terrible when famous people die...I just don't see how it affects me.

True.  It just seems like he's been doing that a lot the past few days.  Granted, I probably notice more than I would with others because his avatar is a close-up of his face, which stands out for me because I don't like staring at people's faces (to the point where I'll rest my work email in Outlook on messages from people who don't have a profile picture set and avoid doing so on those who have added their face to their Outlook profile, as management encouraged during the pandemic to make email "more personal").

The profile pic is a little awkward.  But then again, it isn't too far out of line for I usually see on Facebook road groups.

There certainly does seem to be a trend of younger users treating the forum like Facebook and other social media rather than something different.  I also spend a lot more time around here than Facebook, and Facebook profile pictures seem to be smaller, but that might be because I have the browser downsize the Facebook interface because it otherwise doesn't fit properly within my browser windows (it seems to be designed for people who keep their windows maximized).

[WillWeaverRVA]

This was a pretty rough weekend for people who grew up in the 80s and 90s. Shannen Doherty was a mainstay on TV during the 90s.

[Scott5114]

Another forum to which I belong deals with the issue of celebrity-death clutter by having a thread called "Deaths of famous people (####)," where #### denotes the year. The moderators lock it a day or two after the year ends.

That's actually a brilliant idea to reduce clutter and I'm interested to know if other people might like it.

I generally only glance over the obit threads for anything I might need to mod, since most of them are people I haven't heard of (I haven't the foggiest idea who the celebrities who are active right now are, much less the ones who were active long enough ago they're reaching end-of-life). Were I not a mod, I probably wouldn't  look at them at all. For others in the same boat as me, having one batch thread would be helpful.

[1995hoo]

Another forum to which I belong deals with the issue of celebrity-death clutter by having a thread called "Deaths of famous people (####)," where #### denotes the year. The moderators lock it a day or two after the year ends.

That's actually a brilliant idea to reduce clutter and I'm interested to know if other people might like it.

I generally only glance over the obit threads for anything I might need to mod, since most of them are people I haven't heard of (I haven't the foggiest idea who the celebrities who are active right now are, much less the ones who were active long enough ago they're reaching end-of-life). Were I not a mod, I probably wouldn't  look at them at all. For others in the same boat as me, having one batch thread would be helpful.

And I should also note that on that other forum the moderators will usually allow for a separate thread in the case of a really exceptionally high-profile death—the example that most readily comes to mind was when the Queen died in September 2022 and they allowed a separate thread so as not to overwhelm the main "annual" thread.

I'm sure the same would have been true had a certain bullet this weekend taken a different path, although I also have a feeling that thread would have gotten out of control and gotten itself locked.

[Scott5114]

I'm sure the same would have been true had a certain bullet this weekend taken a different path, although I also have a feeling that thread would have gotten out of control and gotten itself locked.

Haha, yeah, that'd probably be a lock on sight, honestly.

[hbelkins]

Although I will admit to being a fan of "90210" during its original run -- and somehow I've managed to miss the two reboots -- I personally think the most pertinent obituary to be posted on here this year is that of Michael Summa.