Can’t speak for Luke, but Jason was hanging out around my old gig at Nettwerk because he was filming/directing the Bare Naked Ladies documentary, (who we managed) and was a hell of a coke fiend. Shortly thereafter Steven Page left BNL due to his coke use. It was nuts.
I recall years ago Priestly almost qualifying for this thread when he was nearly killed in an auto racing accident. Didn’t he race some pretty high-powered shit?
Add King Kong Bundy to the list: https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...kong-bundy-legendary-wwe-heel-dead-at-61/amp/
Alex Trebek and pancreatic cancer. He says he’s going to fight and win. My dude it’s stage four pancreatic cancer. If he sees Christmas it’ll be a miracle.
If he sees summer it will be a miracle. This really bums me out. My wife usually watch jeopardy and eat dinner after putting the kid to bed. Alex Trebek is a class act until the end. Not sure who can replace him, or if they even should. I guess they said the same about Bob Barker and Drew Carey has been great, but Jeopardy is a different animal.
My Dad was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer 2 weeks after my oldest daughter was born. He made it a little over 3 months, even with chemo. Shit is no joke and he physical deterioration is truly shocking in how quickly it progresses. At this stage the survival rate is only around 1% and that's just for 5 years. Past that it's practically non-existent except for cases where a person was initially misdiagnosed. I know he has said in the past before this that he would like to see a younger woman to replace him, but I don't recall them saying that they have someone already picked as a replacement.
@jdoogie - yeah, pancreatic is rough, you don't realize it is there growing until it's pretty developed. Sorry to hear about your dad. When my mom was diagnosed at stage 4, we had literally 30 days between the diagnosis and her memorial service. In retrospect, I probably ought have noticed the yellowing of her skin associated with liver damage, cancer had later intruded there, too. I just didn't, I was not framing it that way. She was thin, fairly fit, I was absolutely not tuned in to what was happening to her internally. Very, very fast decline.
Neil degrasee Tyson. Seriously it’s not a different beast. It’s buttoned down and reserved. He doesn’t have to play off the contestants and audience like the Price is Right. He’s one of those low key syndicated types on tv that’s probably amassed half a billion in income in his whole time on the show. It really does suck though I mean such a decent beloved host.