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silent_jay · 11-28-2010, 06:30 PM

Just saw this on CBC News, sad indeed, loved Naked Gun as a kid, RIP Leslie, thanks for the laughs.

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Canadian actor and comedian Leslie Nielsen has died at age 84.

The Saskatchewan native was admitted to a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 12 days before his death at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. He died of pneumonia.

“It’s very sad,” said Doug Nielsen, nephew of the famous funnyman. “But he died peacefully, surrounded by his friends, his family and his wife.”

He made his mark as a comedian with a breakout role in the film parody Airplane! and again with the 1980s trilogy The Naked Gun, the Naked Gun 2 1/2 and the Naked Gun 33 1/3.

At one point in Airplane! Nielsen’s character is asked: “Surely, you can’t be serious?” to which the actor replied (with deadpan expression): “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.” This line became among the most memorable of Nielsen’s career and made it on the American Film Institute’s list of top 100 movie quotes.

Nielsen was the recipient of a star on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame.

He had been living in Florida at the time of his death.

Comedian Leslie Nielsen dead at 84 | Ampersand | National Post

The_Jazz · 11-28-2010, 06:56 PM

Awww, man....

Baraka_Guru · 11-28-2010, 07:33 PM

Airplane! and Naked Gun were amongst my earliest memories of great comedy growing up.

The genius of this man's comedy has no comparison.

Many of us are grateful to the comedic legacy he has left behind.

He will be dearly missed.

snowy · 11-28-2010, 08:09 PM

I grew up watching him in movies. He will definitely be missed. Now I've got to get on organizing a Naked Gun marathon.

Charlatan · 11-28-2010, 08:20 PM

Airplane came out when I was 12-years-old. In fact, I am pretty certain that we went to see it for my birthday.

Surely my sense of humour was shaped by that important event.

Indeed it was shaped, and stop calling me Shirley.

Fremen · 11-29-2010, 01:49 AM

RIP, Shirley.
Can anybody else go from serious actor to top notch dead-pan humor as well as Leslie Nielsen did?

I loved him in his more iconic roles, but I also enjoyed him in Due South.

He'll be missed.

Leto · 11-29-2010, 02:59 AM

RIP Leslie... Saskatchewan lost a couple yesterday.

fresnelly · 11-29-2010, 06:29 AM

jewels · 11-29-2010, 11:23 AM

He was on nearly everything on TV shows I watched as a kid, but his performance in Airplane was the first comedy that had me crying. Kentucky Fried Movie, anyone?

Genius straight man with a hella legacy.

Leto · 11-29-2010, 01:10 PM

Another immortal line:

YouTube - Greatest Line in the History of Comedy

Daniel_ · 11-29-2010, 01:31 PM

On the BBC news they cut into the heavyweight political stuff to play in a montage of his best moments!

m0rpheus · 11-29-2010, 04:14 PM

Surely you can't be serious.
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(RIP Shirley)

Plan9 · 12-18-2010, 10:12 PM

Nobody does sight gags and dead pans like him. I have POLICE SQUAD (In Color) on DVD and it gets better every time I watch it.

11-28-2010, 06:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	Awww, man.... __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

11-28-2010, 07:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Airplane! and Naked Gun were amongst my earliest memories of great comedy growing up. The genius of this man's comedy has no comparison. Many of us are grateful to the comedic legacy he has left behind. He will be dearly missed. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

11-28-2010, 08:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	I grew up watching him in movies. He will definitely be missed. Now I've got to get on organizing a Naked Gun marathon. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

11-28-2010, 08:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Airplane came out when I was 12-years-old. In fact, I am pretty certain that we went to see it for my birthday. Surely my sense of humour was shaped by that important event. Indeed it was shaped, and stop calling me Shirley. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

11-29-2010, 01:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	RIP, Shirley. Can anybody else go from serious actor to top notch dead-pan humor as well as Leslie Nielsen did? I loved him in his more iconic roles, but I also enjoyed him in Due South. He'll be missed. __________________ Google

11-29-2010, 02:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
Leto Junkie Location: The Danforth	RIP Leslie... Saskatchewan lost a couple yesterday. __________________ You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey And I never saw someone say that before You held my hand and we walked home the long way You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_I

11-29-2010, 06:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	__________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life

11-29-2010, 11:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
jewels Eponymous Location: Central Central Florida	He was on nearly everything on TV shows I watched as a kid, but his performance in Airplane was the first comedy that had me crying. Kentucky Fried Movie, anyone? Genius straight man with a hella legacy. __________________ We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Mark Twain

11-29-2010, 01:31 PM	#11 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	On the BBC news they cut into the heavyweight political stuff to play in a montage of his best moments! __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

11-29-2010, 04:14 PM	#12 (permalink)
m0rpheus bad craziness Location: Guelph, Ontario	Surely you can't be serious. . . . . . . . (RIP Shirley) __________________ "it never got weird enough for me." - Hunter S. Thompson

12-18-2010, 10:12 PM	#13 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Nobody does sight gags and dead pans like him. I have POLICE SQUAD (In Color) on DVD and it gets better every time I watch it. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."