RIP - Robert Redford

[kphoger]

Pierce Brosnan

I only know the name Pierce Brosnan because of the Simpsons episode in which he was one of the AI voices for the Ultrahouse 3000.

Also, I only know the name Bette Davis because of the Kim Carnes song.

Also, I only know the name Ingrid Bergman because of the song by Billy Bragg & Wilco on the album Mermaid Avenue.

Also, I only know the name Sigourney Weaver because of a Jeff Foxworthy routine from the 1990s.

Also, whenever I hear the name Robert Downey Jr, I immediately think of Harry Connick Jr.  I know they're not the same person, but still.

[1995hoo]

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Also, I only know the name Bette Davis because of the Kim Carnes song.

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My brother would say, "You mean the Chipmunks song!" (The album Chipmunk Rock kicked off with that song.)

[JayhawkCO]

Also, I only know the name Sigourney Weaver because of a Jeff Foxworthy routine from the 1990s.

Alien? Ghostbusters? Finding Dory?

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Born in 1974, bolds are those I don't recongnize.

_	_	_	_	_
2010s	|	2000s	|	1990s
Leonardo DiCaprio	|	Leonardo DiCaprio	|	Tom Hanks
Robert Downey, Jr.	|	Tom Cruise	|	Tom Cruise
Vin Diesel	|	Russell Crowe	|	Jim Carrey
Chadwick Boseman	|	Tom Hanks	|	Matt Damon
Gwyneth Paltrow	|	Orlando Bloom	|	Mel Gibson
Scarlett Johansson	|	Brad Pitt	|	Harrison Ford
Tom Hardy	|	Will Smith	|	Al Pacino
Jeremy Renner	|	Seth Rogen	|	Arnold Schwarzenegger
Michael Keaton	|	Viggo Mortensen	|	Tommy Lee Jones
Chris Evans	|	Mel Gibson	|	Kevin Spacey
Mark Ruffalo	|	Denzel Washington	|	Pierce Brosnan
Jonah Hill	|	George Clooney	|	Gene Hackman
Benedict Cumberbatch	|	Jim Carrey	|	Morgan Freeman
Jennifer Lawrence	|	Johnny Depp	|	Kevin Costner
Bryce Dallas Howard	|	Steve Carell	|	Robin Williams
_	_	_	_	_
1980s	|	1970s	|	1960s
Harrison Ford	|	Al Pacino	|	Peter O'Toole
Bill Murray	|	Robert Redford	|	Audrey Hepburn
Eddie Murphy	|	Diane Keaton	|	Jack Lemmon
Michael Douglas	|	Woody Allen	|	John Wayne
Sigourney Weaver	|	Dustin Hoffman	|	Lee Marvin
William Hurt	|	Barbra Streisand	|	Natalie Wood
Tom Cruise	|	Faye Dunaway	|	Sean Connery
Glenn Close	|	Richard Dreyfuss	|	Omar Sharif
Tom Berenger	|	Clint Eastwood	|	Steve McQueen
Christopher Lloyd	|	Ellen Burstyn	|	Gregory Peck
Kathleen Turner	|	Roy Scheider	|	Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson	|	Julie Christie	|	Paul Newman
Meryl Streep	|	Jane Fonda	|	Hayley Mills
Danny DeVito	|	Jack Nicholson	|	Burt Lancaster
Dan Aykroyd	|	Harrison Ford	|	Sidney Poitier
_	_	_	_	_
1950s	|	1940s	|	1930s
Marlon Brando	|	Katharine Hepburn	|	Fred Astaire
Grace Kelly	|	Teresa Wright	|	The Marx Brothers
James Stewart	|	Gregory Peck	|	Tyrone Power
Yul Brynner	|	Gary Cooper	|	Norma Shearer
Danny Kaye	|	Ingrid Bergman	|	Judy Garland
Elizabeth Taylor	|	Judy Garland	|	Greta Garbo
Frank Sinatra	|	Bing Crosby	|	James Stewart
Dean Martin	|	Bob Hope	|	David Niven
William Holden	|	Greer Garson	|	Charles Laughton
Montgomery Clift	|	Cary Grant	|	Errol Flynn
Jerry Lewis	|	Clark Gable	|	Shirley Temple
Burt Lancaster	|	Bette Davis	|	Clark Gable
Humphrey Bogart	|	Olivia de Havilland	|	Jean Arthur
John Wayne	|	Spencer Tracy	|	Marlene Dietrich
Cary Grant	|	Celeste Holm	|	Ginger Rogers
_	_	_	_	_

[Max Rockatansky]

Also, I only know the name Sigourney Weaver because of a Jeff Foxworthy routine from the 1990s.

Alien? Ghostbusters? Finding Dory?

I say we take off and nuke the entire thread from orbit.  It is the only way to be sure...

[Molandfreak]

It's also disheartening how few women are on this list, including none for the 1990s and 2000s.

Looking over the list again, I was surprised/disappointed not to see Julia Roberts anywhere. I vote to kick Kevin Spacey off the list and replace him with her.

[kkt]

I just don't get the point of posting that random people have died, 80% (him included) of whom I have never heard of.

If the name means nothing to you, you have a couple of good options.  Google and maybe learn something.  Or ignore it and move on.

I watched "The Sting" tonight as a way of saying goodbye.

[kkt]

A few examples of a better way to start one of these threads are such as these, all of which were about people I'd never heard of before the RIP thread:

|OCGuy81| — Paul Reubens — told us in both the thread title and OP who he was and how he died

|Henry| — David Sanborn — gave us plenty of info about who he was

|Hot Rod Hootenanny| — Steve Sobol — gave us details about who he was and how he died

|LilianaUwU| — Jonathan Joss — told us why someone might have heard of him, plus something about his death

Redford was better known than any of those people and should need no introduction.

[Max Rockatansky]

One thing though, Steve Sobol wasn't a famous person but rather a fellow hobby member many of us knew personally (including me). 

[kkt]

Is not Kirk a media celebrity? 

Redford has been famous for over half a century.  I never heard of Kirk before his murder.

[Max Rockatansky]

Is not Kirk a media celebrity? 

Redford has been famous for over half a century.  I never heard of Kirk before his murder.

Nor have I.  RGT was trying to argue Kirk was a political figure.  I disagreed given Kirk was a media person and thus (IMO) fell into the broad category of celebrity.  I never said once that Kirk had a higher stature in the general zeitgeist than Robert Redford.   My opinion is that Kirk isn't even the same stratosphere of fame as Redford.

[kkt]

I didn't think I'd ever hear from somebody who doesn't know who Robin Williams was in my life, but here we are...

Obligatory road content:  There's a tunnel named after him in Marin County

[Scott5114]

Redford was better known than any of those people and should need no introduction.

Whether or not you feel he should, apparently he does.

[kphoger]

Also, I only know the name Sigourney Weaver because of a Jeff Foxworthy routine from the 1990s.

Alien? Ghostbusters? Finding Dory?

Yes, I've seen all three of those.  (Well, actually, did I ever actually watch Alien?  Hmmmmm...)  But, as I said earlier:

I've watched a lot of movies.  But that doesn't mean I know or care who the actors and actresses are, let alone the directors.  There's a good chance I'll recognize an actor in one movie from another one that I've seen, but that doesn't mean I know his/her name or care to look it up.

you have a couple of good options.  Google and maybe learn something.  Or ignore it and move on.

As I said earlier:

We might very well be interested to know when someone dies.  But that doesn't necessarily mean we'll recognize that person by name.  Tell us who they are.  Otherwise, it'll just look like an R.I.P. thread about some random person we've never heard of and we'll skip right over the thread.

[Rothman]

Have to get into the 1940s and 1930s before I start to not recognize names on that list, but I still know more than 80% of the names and could match them with a picture.

[Bobby5280]

I have at least heard of all the actors on that list except for Celeste Holm (the 1940's category). I've seen movies starring all of the actors in the list from 2010's to 1950's and at least half the actors in the 1940's and 1930's categories.

[DTComposer]

It's also disheartening how few women are on this list, including none for the 1990s and 2000s.

Looking over the list again, I was surprised/disappointed not to see Julia Roberts anywhere. I vote to kick Kevin Spacey off the list and replace him with her.

It might have been just the split of the decades: Pretty Woman was 1990, Erin Brokovich was 2000. I think if you took the ten years of 1998 to 2007, you get Notting Hill, Runaway Bride, Erin Brockovich, Ocean's 11 (and 12), Charlie Wilson's War, and others, plus her Oscar win - that would be more than enough to put her on the list.

[Max Rockatansky]

How is Robert De Niro not any of those decades list?  His early 1990s stuff is stacked with entries like Goodfellas, Cape Fear, A Bronx Tale, Casino and Heat.

[Scott5114]

Were it not sure to cause problems, I would be tempted to do a similar chart with the leadership of the US Senate and House and see how well people do with that one compared with the bread and circuses one. It would be an excellent display of what's wrong with this country, at any rate.

[Molandfreak]

How is Robert De Niro not any of those decades list?  His early 1990s stuff is stacked with entries like Goodfellas, Cape Fear, A Bronx Tale, Casino and Heat.

Whenever someone mentions Heat, I'll always think of this AI goof:

[Max Rockatansky]

How is Robert De Niro not any of those decades list?  His early 1990s stuff is stacked with entries like Goodfellas, Cape Fear, A Bronx Tale, Casino and Heat.

Whenever someone mentions Heat, I'll always think of this AI goof:

I'm glad that AI clarified that he is deceased and also no longer alive.