NEWS: Rodney Dangerfield Dead at 82

CULTURE: Rodney Dangerfield Dead at 82

Comedian Rodney Dangerfield passed away today at the UCLA Medical Center.

He had suffered a stroke after undergoing a heart valve replacement surgery on Aug 25. Two weeks later, he slipped into a coma.

While he survived the 12-hour procedure, he was never well enough to go home, having suffered a post-operative stroke, abdominal complications, and multiple infections.

Mr. Dangerfield left a wide imprint on many of us throughout his lengthy career. Hopefully, wherever he is now, he is receiving the level of respect that is deservedly due to a performer of his caliber.

I fucking loved this man.

It's always depressing when a cultural icon dies.

he's finally getting respect.

No end to the amount of respect I have for him. No end of respect at all.

Rest In Peace, Rodney D.

wow. A great one is gone.... He will be missed. CADDYSHACK RENTALS will be wayyy up..

wow, i saw him on jimmy kimmel a few days before he went in for surgery. i remeber them talking about it like it was nothing.

He always had my respect. Farewell Rodney, you will be missed.

A great man, gone now. As well as a piece of history.
So sad. He will be missed.

Rappin' Rodney is here.

"When I was born, I was so ugly that the doctor slapped my mother"

"Every time I get in an elevator, the operator says the same thing to me: 'Basement?'"



[Edited on Oct 06, 2004 by royaljack]

Funny, funny man. I heard he was a great guy, too.
He will be missed by many.

he was 82??
So far that makes the 2 lead stars of the HIT soccer movie "LadyBugs" dead within the same year.
RIP Rodney Dangerfield, and Jonathan Brandis.

Wow.. Rodney D. fuckin rocked my world.. 'Back to School' is one of the funniest movies of the 80's... RIP

Poor Rodney.. one of the funniest men ever to live..

He will be sorely missed.

Rest In Peace, brother.

No words describe how sad of an event this is.

Much respect. I loved ya.

Rest in peace Rodney, you definitely got respect in this household.

wow...I was just thinkin' about that the other day...what a shame

I have noithing else to say...

I wonder who the other two celebrities will be? or are Johnny Cash and Ray Charles in that group, and Rodney is the third?

"one of the funniest movies of the 80's"?

Try one of the funniest damn movies of all time. No matter how low I might feel when Back to School is coming on it has never failed to brighten my day and ease my spirits burdens.

Rodney Dangerfield was a comic genius but perhaps more importantly than that he was a great and compassionate man with a heart as big as he was funny.

May he finally recieve the respect in death that so many never gave him in life.

R.I.P. Rodney Dangerfield

DAMN it's the year of people dying... wtf?

r.i.p rodney

R.I.P Rod,
hope u find yer respect wherever u r
u kno u got it here

God is Dead.

RIP (RESPECT in peace)

Why are all the cool people dying?

RIP Rod....you were a funny man