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Title: Robert Goulet, dead at 73
Post by: Melee Master on October 31, 2007, 01:36:51 am

This is actually pretty sad, I've always really liked him, odd as that may seem, it's a shame, but he was really pretty awesome when he was alive.

http://omg.yahoo.com/singer-robert-goulet-dies-at-73/news/3543

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LOS ANGELES - Robert Goulet, the handsome, big-voiced baritone whose Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched an award-winning stage and recording career, has died. He was 73.

The singer died Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles hospital while awaiting a lung transplant, said Goulet spokesman Norm Johnson.

He had been awaiting a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being found last month to have a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis.

Goulet had remained in good spirits even as he waited for the transplant, said Vera Goulet, his wife of 25 years.

"Just watch my vocal cords," she said he told doctors before they inserted a breathing tube.

The Massachusetts-born Goulet, who spent much of his youth in Canada, gained stardom in 1960 with "Camelot," the Lerner and Loewe musical that starred Richard Burton as King Arthur and Julie Andrews as his Queen Guenevere.

Goulet played Sir Lancelot, the arrogant French knight who falls in love with Guenevere.

He became a hit with American TV viewers with appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other programs. Sullivan labeled him the "American baritone from Canada," where he had already been a popular star in the 1950s, hosting his own show called "General Electric's Showtime."

But yeah, he will definitely be missed I think. I particularly remember that one episode of Boy Meets World he was on for some reason... that's odd. Anyway... yeah.

Title: Robert Goulet, dead at 73
Post by: Moriason on October 31, 2007, 02:52:30 am

no fucking way

Man that sucks.

Title: Robert Goulet, dead at 73
Post by: Xeno|Soft on October 31, 2007, 03:24:04 am

OMG, noooO! I loved the commericial he did for the superbowl for Emerald Nuts

Youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=cEqNpO_FuJI

R.I.P.

Title: Robert Goulet, dead at 73
Post by: Kaempfer on October 31, 2007, 04:57:32 am

They said he wouldn't survive without an emergency lung transplant on October 13th, and he was still waiting for one on the 30th. What the hell is an emergency? I know there are probably a lot of extra lungs needed by various people, but 17 days for a lung transplant (I mean, we need lungs to breathe!) is pretty nuts. There's got to be some solution to this (artificial organs, et cetera), because I'm sure there are huge numbers of people who die while waiting for organ transplants (sort of stating the obvious, I know).

Anyways, this sucks. The guy was a legend, and he didn't take himself too seriously which is awesome. It's a damn shame.

RIP.

Title: Robert Goulet, dead at 73
Post by: dada on October 31, 2007, 07:18:21 am

Quote from: Kaempfer on October 31, 2007, 04:57:32 am

They said he wouldn't survive without an emergency lung transplant on October 13th, and he was still waiting for one on the 30th. What the hell is an emergency? I know there are probably a lot of extra lungs needed by various people, but 17 days for a lung transplant (I mean, we need lungs to breathe!) is pretty nuts. There's got to be some solution to this (artificial organs, et cetera), because I'm sure there are huge numbers of people who die while waiting for organ transplants (sort of stating the obvious, I know).

We do have artificial lungs. You'll find them right next to the flying cars and the time machine. It's unfortunate, but transplanting a lung is still an incredibly difficult procedure that requires nothing less than a perfect candidate. It takes years to get one. Most people die while on the waiting list.

If you want to do something about that, become a donor.

Title: Robert Goulet, dead at 73
Post by: Kaempfer on October 31, 2007, 02:27:28 pm

I meant "some solution to this in the near future". I know we don't have artificial lungs now, but I imagine that with all the science we have floating around you would hear about a breakthrough in the field every now and again. I don't know what the hell I'm talking about, I just don't want people to die when they know how to avoid it, OK?

Title: Robert Goulet, dead at 73
Post by: dada on November 01, 2007, 07:09:59 am

Unfortunately, the only solution to this problem we can bring up in the near future is getting more donors. Artificial organs are extremely difficult to make (and implement into the body without it being rejected) and it'll take a while longer before we are able to create one of the most complex organs of all, the lungs.

Title: Robert Goulet, dead at 73
Post by: Oyerth on November 01, 2007, 11:16:10 pm

R.I.P., Goulet. :(

Title: Robert Goulet, dead at 73
Post by: Grin Tree on November 02, 2007, 04:46:52 am

Quote from: Kaempfer on October 31, 2007, 04:57:32 am

They said he wouldn't survive without an emergency lung transplant on October 13th, and he was still waiting for one on the 30th. What the hell is an emergency? I know there are probably a lot of extra lungs needed by various people, but 17 days for a lung transplant (I mean, we need lungs to breathe!) is pretty nuts. There's got to be some solution to this (artificial organs, et cetera), because I'm sure there are huge numbers of people who die while waiting for organ transplants (sort of stating the obvious, I know).

Anyways, this sucks. The guy was a legend, and he didn't take himself too seriously which is awesome. It's a damn shame.

RIP.

Even if there were organs available for transplant, a 73 year-old man is not going to be a likely recipient.