Carl Macek, 1951-2010

I was a huge fan of Robotech as a child, I thought it was way ahead of its time and the animation was like nothing North American television had seen.

From Topless Robot


​Carl Macek passed away yesterday from a heart attack. The man was famous -- and infamous -- for creating Robotech and bringing it to America in the mid-'80s. The "infamous" part drives me crazy because if one man is responsible for making anime popular in America, it's Carl Macek.Robotech was a brilliant idea, excellently executed -- it's not like Macross, Southern Cross or Mospeada had a chance in hell of getting on U.S. TV by themselves -- and while G.I. Joe and Transformers had great toys,Robotech had a great story as well as great characters. Rick Hunter drove us crazy. We pined for Lisa Hayes. We wanted to chuck Minmei off a cliff. And we lost our minds when Roy Fokker died, a notion that seemed unthinkable in 1985.

Wrestling superstar Umaga dead at 36.

I have not really followed pro-wrestling since the mid late 90s. Yet I still look at the news at www.prowrestling.com and will check it out on T.V. to see what is new and what is going on.
Its sad to read when one of the better wrestlers passes on...

 Edward "Umaga" Fatu passed away around 6PM EST in a Houston hospital yesterday. Apparently he suffered his second heart attack in 24 hours after being found on the floor that morning by his wife and didn't make it through. He was 36.