Dead Again

No one on Earth has more practice in the art of dying than a Hollywood actor. Actually, it's almost like a prerequisite. Honestly, would you cast someone in a war epic if they didn't know how to die correctly? With the help of cinemorgue.com, here is a list of actors who have the most experience with death in front of the camera.

Robert De Niro - 14 (Bloody Mama, Bang the Drum Slowly, Mean Streets, Brazil, The Mission, Cape Fear, This Boy’s Life, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Heat, The Fan, Jackie Brown, Great Expectations, 15 Minutes, Hide and Seek) If you haven't seen Heat and are a fan of automatic gunfire, go to the video store stat...wait...netflix.




Bruce Willis - 11 (Billy Bathgate, Mortal Thoughts, Death Becomes Her, Twelve Monkeys, The Jackal, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense, Hart’s War, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Sin City, Grindhouse: Planet Terror) BRUCE WILLIS IS A DEAD PERSON IN THE SIXTH SENSE CONSIDER YOURSELF SPOILED. How annoying are spoiler alerts? Let's just spoil everything from now on...



Al Pacino - 9 (Scarface, Dick Tracy, The Godfather: Part III, Carlito’s Way, Donnie Brasco, Insomnia, People I Know, The Recruit, Righteous Kill) The most memorable Hollywood death I can remember is Tony Montana eating bullets for lunch at the end of Scarface. Remember kids: cocaine may make you immune to machine guns, but a shotgun to the back means lights out.

Others at the top of the list include Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman. So, there you have it folks. It turns out the key to movie success is dying as much as you can.

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15 Minutes of Fame and Shame

I guess they all can't be "Sully" Sullenberger's. Here are some of the most annoying people to ever get their piece of the celebrity pie and are sure to be remembered well after their time:

3: William Hung
William Hung is why other countries can't stand Americans. Is it possible to have so little talent that it makes you an instant star? Apparently so, as Hung took the United States for a joy ride in the fall of 2003. Now, he's just a term my friends and I use when we had too much to drink the night before.



2: Steve Bartman
Let me paint a picture for you...
The Chicago Cubs have to get five more outs to move on to the World Series; a title they have not held since 1907. In 2003, that was a 96 year streak. The way history will remember "The Steve Bartman Incident" has directly led to the current 103 year streak with no championships. In what could have been out #5, Bartman tried to catch a foul ball in the stands at Wrigley Field, making it impossible for Mosies Alou to make the catch. After that play, the Cubs (who were leading 3-0 in the 8th inning) surrendered their lead and lost in game seven of the series. Brutal.



1: Balloon Boy

We were all crowded around the televisions in the Newsday offices as if the Russians had just attacked; watching a silver saucer fly gracefully through the Colorado sky. Did little Falcon fall out of the balloon? How did this happen? When the balloon landed with no child inside, I was really upset. This was the biggest waste of time hoax and when Falcon spilled the beans on Larry King, I stood and applauded.


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The Worlds Most Boring Gravesite

Meet Lee Harvey Oswald. In 1964 a special commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren decided that Oswald, acting alone, had shot and killed President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. He is buried in Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park in Texas.

Now, I'm sure why I find this so interesting, but a slab in the ground with the word, "Oswald" on it doesn't seem to do enough justice for a man who changed American history the way that he did. But what else could be done for the most infamous man in the United States? Make a plaster cast of him? Put him in a museum? I understand that he should not be celebrated in anyway, but I think an opportunity has been missed. No date; no "in memory of..." It's cryptic and fascinating.

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Where the Party Never Ends

It takes more than just death to slow down the party sometimes. Especially when the venue is always open, there's no long waiting list and there is never a cover charge. Just remember... It's BYOB.

Two grave sites have been just as famous as the celebrities themselves. One being the site of George Herman "Babe" Ruth; the record holding Sultan of Swat. For such a hefty guy, Ruth lived his life in the fast lane. H.G. Salsinger once said, "He could eat more, drink more, smoke more, swear more, and enjoy himself more than any contemporary." When Ruth wasn't busy haunting Red Sox fans for 90 years, he was buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Westchester, New York; enjoying the booze, hot dogs, baseball bats and cigars left at his memorial.

More of a hangout than a tomb, rock legend Jim Morrison would be proud of Doors pilgrims who travel all the way to Pere-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Historically, Doors fans have left Morrison drugs, booze and graffiti surrounding his tomb.

For some fans of the famous, a grave is more than a piece of stone and an epitaph. It's a place where a community can come together and pay tribute to someone who gave it there all to entertain. Babe Ruth hit 714 homeruns in his career and won many championships as a Yankee. The least we can do is give him a footlong.

Photos: CNN.net, celebrityrockstarguitars.com

The Pearly Gates

While fifteen minutes of fame is doled out to the commoners, celebrities have to deal with a lifetime of being famous. Whether it's for stacking dead bodies in your grandmother's basement and then getting shanked in a prison shower (Jeffery Dahmer) or a hockey mom quitting her elected position to write a sub-par book about your eight weeks on the campaign trail (Sarah the Hockey Mom); fame will not discriminate.

"You can become infamous, but your cannot become un-famous"
-Dave Chappelle

In this blog, we will celebrate the life and times of some of the celebrities that passed on in 2009 and beyond. For a brief period this year, it seemed like celebrities were dying off like dinosaurs stuck in a tar pit.

Let's examine how we remember celebrities who have died. What are some of the weird traditions and interesting facts about dead celebrities? Let's make some outlandish calls on who might be next. By celebrity, I mean anyone who is famous...and fame never dies.