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DrPhil 05-20-2011 01:55 PM
Actor Jeff Conaway in a Coma
 
Actor Jeff Conaway is hospitalized and in a coma after an apparent drug overdose. I remember him from 2008 Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. God bless him.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...gloWqB3JW8MxKO

http://wonderwall.msn.com/tv/taxi-st...y?ocid=answw11

groovypq 05-20-2011 06:57 PM
Say it ain't so, Kenicki.

DrPhil 05-23-2011 07:30 PM
He is still fighting for his life. God bless him.

http://wonderwall.msn.com/tv/taxi-gr...tory?GT1=28135

TPA85 05-27-2011 01:41 AM
http://www.tvguide.com/news/jeff-con...t-1033617.aspx

Looks like they'll be taking him off life support soon.
What a shame :-( I used to love watching Taxi when I was little.

DaffyKD 05-27-2011 02:38 PM
ABC news just announced that he died at 10:30 am today.

DaffyKD

lovespink88 05-27-2011 03:45 PM
I'm definitely planning on watching Grease this weekend...

DrPhil 05-27-2011 03:53 PM
Rest in peace.

I wonder if Dr. Drew will talk about this on his show.

SOM 05-27-2011 04:15 PM
Rest in Peace. Taxi, Grease and B-5 all playing in head right now.

Drolefille 05-27-2011 04:19 PM
That's sad. I liked him on Babylon 5 before realizing he'd also been in Grease and Taxi and when I saw a few episodes of the Celebrity Rehab, it was pretty saddening.

33girl 05-27-2011 08:52 PM
He's the second Celebrity Rehab participant to pass away just lately (Mike Starr was the first). Which IMO pretty much confirms that the show is a piece of shit.

TPA85 05-27-2011 11:54 PM
... He died from sepsis after being admitted for pneumonia.
I mean, I'm not condoning his drug use or saying his death and his drug use were completely exclusive of each other, but saying the show is a "piece of shit" because a former cast member died is just kinda silly...

Drolefille 05-28-2011 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by TPA85 (Post 2059219)
... He died from sepsis after being admitted for pneumonia.
I mean, I'm not condoning his drug use or saying his death and his drug use were completely exclusive of each other, but saying the show is a "piece of shit" because a former cast member died is just kinda silly...
^^ It's more that the show is exploitive of people with serious addiction and/or mental health issues. Watching him on it was incredibly sad. At the same time, I wonder if it drives the issue home since sometimes it takes a famous person suffering from X to bring awareness to X.

Sadly I think it's more likely that it's just voyeurism.

TPA85 05-28-2011 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 2059224)
^^ It's more that the show is exploitive of people with serious addiction and/or mental health issues. Watching him on it was incredibly sad. At the same time, I wonder if it drives the issue home since sometimes it takes a famous person suffering from X to bring awareness to X.

Sadly I think it's more likely that it's just voyeurism.
Okay, I gotcha.
I read it as "well the show doesn't cure everyone because people are dying so it's shit."

33girl 05-28-2011 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TPA85 (Post 2059265)
Okay, I gotcha.
I read it as "well the show doesn't cure everyone because people are dying so it's shit."
DF is right - I think the show is more voyeurism and sadly, some of the participants are going on it not with any intention of getting well but to try and revive their careers. Which makes it shit.


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