Author Topic: Jerry Doyle is dead (Read 3555 times)

Sharpnel · « **on:** 28 July 2016, 11:51:55 »

The actor who portrayed Michael Garibaldi on Babylon 5 has passed according to his twitter page and Yahoo.

Euphonium · « **Reply #1 on:** 28 July 2016, 11:59:49 »

:'(

jackson123 · « **Reply #2 on:** 28 July 2016, 12:09:03 »

:( He was a good actor. Loved that show.

rebs · « **Reply #3 on:** 28 July 2016, 12:12:02 »

2016 is a little more than half over.

RIP, Jerry.

Dragon Cat · « **Reply #4 on:** 28 July 2016, 12:15:23 »

:o holy **** :'(

Atlas3060 · « **Reply #5 on:** 28 July 2016, 12:46:14 »

Wow, he's gone beyond the outer rim.

Good bye Mr Doyle.

Marwynn · « **Reply #6 on:** 28 July 2016, 12:50:47 »

That is sad news.

Aokarasu · « **Reply #7 on:** 28 July 2016, 12:51:29 »

Loved him as Garabaldi.

To quote the creator of the webcomic, "Goblins," - sonuvacrap.

elf25s · « **Reply #8 on:** 28 July 2016, 13:23:05 »

sad day ...i just got post on my fb page from vice news

if i see the grim reaper first thing ill do is introduce him to 4 small and one large thing at the end of my foot implanting it straight to family jewels...this had been a bad year so far

SulliMike23 · « **Reply #9 on:** 28 July 2016, 14:31:43 »

He has passed beyond the rim to join the first ones. Rest in Peace Jerry Doyle, AKA Michael Garibaldi.

Stormlion1 · « **Reply #10 on:** 28 July 2016, 15:06:14 »

The world will miss his wit. I think I will put the Gathering on in the ol' DVD player.

trboturtle · « **Reply #11 on:** 28 July 2016, 15:13:03 »

Quote from: elf25s on 28 July 2016, 13:23:05

sad day ...i just got post on my fb page from vice news

if i see the grim reaper first thing ill do is introduce him to 4 small and one large thing at the end of my foot implanting it straight to family jewels...this had been a bad year so far

Use the ball of the foot or the instep as the contact point, less chance of breaking your foot......

Is it just me, or have 2016 been hard on celebs we actually like? I can think of a lot of so-called "celebs" I don't care about......

Craig

Atlas3060 · « **Reply #12 on:** 28 July 2016, 15:21:04 »

Quote from: trboturtle on 28 July 2016, 15:13:03

Is it just me, or have 2016 been hard on celebs we actually like? I can think of a lot of so-called "celebs" I don't care about......

In my family, we'd crack a dark joke about "Well I guess the Reaper's DVDs broke. THIS is how he combats that."
Though in all honestly it's just the sad truth that entertainers we loved are now approaching their ends.

Colt Ward · « **Reply #13 on:** 28 July 2016, 15:54:35 »

Well, its musicians as well . . . and they are not all old. I saw Trek today and the whole time I kept thinking 'Chekov is dead.'

Marwynn · « **Reply #14 on:** 28 July 2016, 16:09:28 »

JMS has a statement: http://www.epictimes.com/07/28/2016/j-michael-straczynskis-statement-death-jerry-doyle/

Top Sergeant · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 July 2016, 19:04:16 »

Such sucky news.

Goodbye and fare you well Jerry. I'll be toasting your memory.

pensiveswetness · « **Reply #16 on:** 28 July 2016, 21:34:51 »

*depressed shrug* I didn't even know about his Radio show. B5 has lost several veterans, sadly...

I am Belch II · « **Reply #17 on:** 29 July 2016, 05:45:22 »

Sad day.

Recklessfireball1 · « **Reply #18 on:** 29 July 2016, 08:32:20 »

Someone posted about this on Dragonsfoot; the first place I heard about it. We've lost so many great actors from that show, over the years. It fills me with sadness. :'(

R.I.P., Jerry.

sadlerbw · « **Reply #19 on:** 29 July 2016, 10:41:32 »

I recall a friend asking earlier this year, "Who let Goerge R.R. Martin write 2016?" Truly, this has been a difficult year for the loss of icons from some of my favorite media. I'll have a moment of silence and hoist one high tonight in Mr. Doyle's memory. RIP Mr. Garibaldi.

Taron Storm · « **Reply #20 on:** 29 July 2016, 23:52:20 »

RIP Jerry

Somewhere on the other side "Hello Old Friend" O:-)

omega2010 · « **Reply #21 on:** 30 July 2016, 00:56:39 »

How did Babylon 5's cast get the hardest hit over the years?

Drop Bear · « **Reply #22 on:** 30 July 2016, 01:23:37 »

Most of the cast where mature working actors when the series was made, Trek tended to use more younger working actors or fresh talent, Age caught up with the B5 case first.

Grey · « **Reply #23 on:** 30 July 2016, 04:01:32 »

Quote from: Dragon Cat on 28 July 2016, 12:15:23

:o holy **** :'(

Yeah, I'll second this. I'm already having a hard enough time with this being the anniversary of my dad's death, this is just an added shock.

In a lot of ways his character was the heart of the show. There were the assorted chosen ones, the butt kickers, the ones with all sorts of unique talents and aspects that made the special, but Garibaldi, so well delivered by Doyle, was the common, every man who was so relateable and had such a dry, witty, down to earth perspective on matters.

I'm already in my cups, I'm calling it a night.

Atlas3060 · « **Reply #24 on:** 30 July 2016, 11:17:44 »

Quote from: Grey on 30 July 2016, 04:01:32

so well delivered by Doyle, was the common, every man who was so relateable and had such a dry, witty, down to earth perspective on matters.

Which reminds me of either a commentary I heard from the DVD, or an interview I read from JMS.

He had certain endings for most of the characters already planned out. For Garabaldi's he was specifically pleased with the irony of his own.
For years Garabaldi has dealt with so much crap, been such a workaholic, he suspected he'd end up face down in Brown Sector forgotten one day.
In fact, the character even quoted such yet at the end of it all what did he get? A loving wife, a kid, a nice home on Mars, money, and his friends still alive.

For ironic endings, I'll agree that this was one of the better for a fictional character.
All the special characters get some universal changing ending, he just finally finds a peaceful existence.

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #25 on:** 30 July 2016, 23:21:01 »

http://www.epictimes.com/07/28/2016/j-michael-straczynskis-statement-death-jerry-doyle/

JMS' thoughts and a eulogy for Jerry.

Atlas3060 · « **Reply #26 on:** 31 July 2016, 01:15:04 »

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 30 July 2016, 23:21:01

http://www.epictimes.com/07/28/2016/j-michael-straczynskis-statement-death-jerry-doyle/

JMS' thoughts and a eulogy for Jerry.

Marwynn beat you to it.

Recklessfireball1 · « **Reply #27 on:** 31 July 2016, 09:33:13 »

Quote from: Drop Bear on 30 July 2016, 01:23:37

Most of the cast where mature working actors when the series was made, Trek tended to use more younger working actors or fresh talent, Age caught up with the B5 case first.

Every one of those men was 60 yrs of age or younger (44, in the case of Richard Biggs). I know every man has his time to go, but it just feels like far too many of these men have left us far too soon. Maybe it just feels that way, because I'm such a huge fan of the show, and the fact that it doesn't have the massive following like Star Trek or Stargate (for example), makes me feel like these actors didn't get the recognition they deserve.

Or maybe I'm just getting old and maudlin. :-\

Colt Ward · « **Reply #28 on:** 31 July 2016, 10:37:37 »

Thing is B5 sort of broke the mold for Sci Fi at that time and others followed it example. Star Trek is a great example . . . TOS and Next Gen were both episodic. To the point IIRC that the star dates for TOS were not in order the way the episodes aired. Next Gen followed the same pattern, and why not it was the same people doing the show. DS9 following on its heels did the same thing . . . until you got to the Dominion War, but it was still sort of scattered in its approach. Voyager started with the premise of getting home, but like the end of DS9 they felt their way into a series story arc- or in DS9 case multi-season arc. Enterprise seemed to run two stories.

But B5 was different . . . they presented a story with a whole series story arc with mini-arcs in place that fed into the larger story. Granted things did not go all as planned and the season after Earth fell was sort of bolt on, it did change the 'formula' for how things were done. Its why DS9 started to have a meta story with the Dominion War, Voyager was concieved of as a series story that ran in the background and so did Enterprise. SG1 changed to that for season arcs at the end of the series and Atlantis did from the start.

ColBosch · « **Reply #29 on:** 31 July 2016, 12:20:44 »

I have said before that Babylon 5 could've been subtitled "The Fall and Redemption of Mr. Garibaldi," and I stand by that today. While I am fully aware that an actor is not who he plays, Michael Garibaldi would not have been such a powerful and memorable persona without the inimitable Jerry Doyle behind him. Garibaldi is the one fictional character I identify with, and the passing of the Mr. Doyle fills me with a surprisingly deep sorrow.