Hulk was chosen for this image because folks hate him and will respond. Creating movement, karma farming, waging the social wars. OP is not a good person. They knew what they were doing.
Jon Lovitz is not dead; he is alive and continues to perform stand-up comedy. He was born on July 21, 1957, and is currently 68 years old.
The rumor of his death stems primarily from a running gag during the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special in February 2015. During the special, fellow comedian Steve Martin mentioned Lovitz as one of the "SNL greats who are no longer with us," and Lovitz was later included in the actual "In Memoriam" montage, followed by a cut to his "outraged" reaction in the audience.
Lovitz himself has acknowledged and joked about the persistent nature of this gag and the recurring rumors of his death. He remains active and has recent performance dates and social media posts confirming he is alive
I asked a friend who's into wrestling what the deal was with Hogan. She started off with a brief lecture on why his wrestling style sucked and why she wasn't a fan of his schtick, before we even touched the racist douchebaggery. Like. He wasn't even good at the thing he was famous for?
The guy was a massive piece of shit but regardless what people say, he was excellent as a wrestler. You don't become the biggest star in the business for like 15 years (and the biggest of all time) if you aren't. However, his style of wrestling is very dated by modern standards and he focused a lot more on the showmanship, taunting and working the crowd than doing spectacular moves. So he's a lot less exciting to watch than many of his peers.
There is actually a lot that goes into why Hogan was as popular as he was, I'll try to sum it up as best as I can.
Pro wrestling in the 70s-80s really wasn't about the wrestling, it was more about the pageantry around it. Larger than life characters, people who were good on the mic, big muscles, catch phrases, etc. There were obviously good wrestlers during this time, but a lot of guys cared more about how they were presented.
Wrestling was a territorial medium (I think there were six major territories but I could be wrong, but only people in those areas could watch it on TV) in the States until Vince McMahon essentially bought/stole all the best talent from each area to create a national entity that broadcasted throughout the nation at the same time, Hogan was created to be the star/hero of the show, which meant he was one of the first wrestlers new fans were introduced to. As the popularity of wrestling grew, so did Hogan's persona.
There is obviously a lot more that goes into his popularity, but it spans literal decades of story telling and media appearances. "The dark side of the ring" has a few good episodes that go into more details about Hogan if you actually want to learn more.
I’m at the end of my 2nd Red Dead Redemption 2 playthrough, & when D’Angelo starts singing after Arthur finds out he’s dying (sorry for the spoiler to anyone interested in playing) hit me way different this time. Shit made me hella sad smh
The day when I found out about his passing I went on YouTube and pulled up his instrumental classic fractured mirror from his KISS solo album, definitely the passing that hit me hard the most
Other tracks I like the he did that are my favorites would definitely have to be rocket Ride one of the five bonus songs on that EP side of Alive 2, and of the three songs he did on dynasty definitely got to go with his cover of 2000 man and also the autobiographical song hard times.
KISS Alive! is a total banger thanks in large part to Ace. How much of a meme that band became, I think, completely overshadows how hard they actually rocked.
Not defending the lack of coverage at all, but I’d imagine it has something to do with him being a very outspoken victim of CSA. Gonna get tin foil hat with it but…just look at who the powers that be are trying to protect. :/
It’s unfortunate how many CSA activists end up dead from “suicide”, like Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell. They were both looking into a trafficking organization at the time of their deaths.
While I’m not doubting that there are deaths made to look like suicide, I think asserting this can take away from the very real fact that a lot of victims do end up taking their own lives and that it is another effect this horrible abuse has on the victims. The abuser/s essentially end up killing their victim.
ETA:
To clarify I mean asserting this about people who have openly struggled with suicidal ideation as a result of their abuse.
I absolutely agree with you, it was just a fleeting thought that crossed my mind. By no means am i trying to take away from what victims have gone through
Malcolm-Jamal Warner's death was so tragic. It felt like I grew up with the Huxtables in real time because I watched The Cosby Show when it originally aired, so it hit me hard.
It’s crazy to see this. I grew up watching these people regularly. It reminds me that my time is coming and that no one escapes death. Brutal reality check
Where’s Michelle Trachtenberg :(
Forgot all about that. What a bummer.
She should replace the bottom right tbh
We demand OP to rectify this
I don’t mind Hulk Hogan being on there, but Terry Bollea can rest in piss.
Agreed
Ah shit, this is how I find out. Holy
Switch out Hogan for her. He can eat the whole bag treasonous pos
I’m still sad about her death
Sorry, we had to make room for Hulk Hogan. 🤮
Thank You
Missing David Lynch - RIP
And rob reiner
Replace hulk Hogan with him
Hulk was chosen for this image because folks hate him and will respond. Creating movement, karma farming, waging the social wars. OP is not a good person. They knew what they were doing.
are you all telling me 10 people died this year?!
And John Lovitz - RIP
Oh my, he died again?
He says that he hasn't but he is a well known liar.
I'll save every one a google search...
Jon Lovitz is not dead; he is alive and continues to perform stand-up comedy. He was born on July 21, 1957, and is currently 68 years old.
The rumor of his death stems primarily from a running gag during the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special in February 2015. During the special, fellow comedian Steve Martin mentioned Lovitz as one of the "SNL greats who are no longer with us," and Lovitz was later included in the actual "In Memoriam" montage, followed by a cut to his "outraged" reaction in the audience.
Lovitz himself has acknowledged and joked about the persistent nature of this gag and the recurring rumors of his death. He remains active and has recent performance dates and social media posts confirming he is alive
Sounds like a lie Lovitz would ask to have spread after his death
Well, as long as it’s not Jon Lovitz. That guy mean mugged me in a strip joint once.
Say it ain't so.
Jane Goodall :(
The bottom right has a picture of an ape in her honor
Got me. I even scrolled back up like “wait, really?”
Yup. Fuck known racist Hulk Hogan. He’d be turning in his grave knowing you called him an ape. GOOD
I asked a friend who's into wrestling what the deal was with Hogan. She started off with a brief lecture on why his wrestling style sucked and why she wasn't a fan of his schtick, before we even touched the racist douchebaggery. Like. He wasn't even good at the thing he was famous for?
Hogan was a product of the 80s, which gave him the opportunity to be an amusing cocaine-roids-and-machismo character like Randy Savage.
What's going on with his hair? It's blonde yet silken like that of a Chinese man. With the skin of a hot dog!
The guy was a massive piece of shit but regardless what people say, he was excellent as a wrestler. You don't become the biggest star in the business for like 15 years (and the biggest of all time) if you aren't. However, his style of wrestling is very dated by modern standards and he focused a lot more on the showmanship, taunting and working the crowd than doing spectacular moves. So he's a lot less exciting to watch than many of his peers.
There is actually a lot that goes into why Hogan was as popular as he was, I'll try to sum it up as best as I can.
Pro wrestling in the 70s-80s really wasn't about the wrestling, it was more about the pageantry around it. Larger than life characters, people who were good on the mic, big muscles, catch phrases, etc. There were obviously good wrestlers during this time, but a lot of guys cared more about how they were presented.
Wrestling was a territorial medium (I think there were six major territories but I could be wrong, but only people in those areas could watch it on TV) in the States until Vince McMahon essentially bought/stole all the best talent from each area to create a national entity that broadcasted throughout the nation at the same time, Hogan was created to be the star/hero of the show, which meant he was one of the first wrestlers new fans were introduced to. As the popularity of wrestling grew, so did Hogan's persona.
There is obviously a lot more that goes into his popularity, but it spans literal decades of story telling and media appearances. "The dark side of the ring" has a few good episodes that go into more details about Hogan if you actually want to learn more.
Also fuck known racist Brigitte Bardot!
That's incredibly disrespectful...
To apes.
Well her name wasn't Jane Badall.
Val Kilmer died???
He did a few months ago, yeah.
He died on April 1st, so maybe they saw it and just thought it was an April Fools joke.
With how Val looked at the end of his life, it's pretty hard to not take any report of his death at face value.
Yeah those documentaries were a hard watch with his voice being so gone.
As a kid I had no idea he was Moses in Prince of Egypt or really how stacked that cast was in general. Dude had an amazing singing voice.
Had been fighting throat cancer for about 10 years and that led to some other problems
He was very sick for many years
Here’s a non-paywalled link to Will Forte’s tribute to Val Kilmer. It’s a lovely read.
https://archive.ph/7s9m5
Christ this is how we find out
Yes. He was very sick with cancer in the not too distant past. He took a significant hit to his health and lost his larynx in the process.
We also lost Chuck Mangione
Does not feel so good.
\sad trombone noises**
sad flugelhorn
OMFG STOP this did NOT happen. In the year of our heavenly KOTH reboot?
We lost Jonathan Joss too.
😢 man this year has been the longest decade I've lived through yet.
And the circumstances are beyond tragic. Actually deeply unsettling and enraging.
He died a victim of a homophobic murder. A hate crime.
Yeah, absolutely disgusting.
Mourning’s here
And Bridget Bardot
Yea but she was a pos
Michelle Trachtenberg?
Ill be honest I thought that was 2 years ago
It has been a very very long year my friend...
I feel old, boss ...
It's been a long fucking year.
Robert Redford!
Rob Reiner*
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Seconding this motion
Here here
All in favor....Aye!
Aye!
All in favor; Motion passes unanimously.
Good lord, yes. No one should be mourning Hulk.
Rest in piss
That’s the funniest part to me, he was very quickly forgotten by the right.
If they can’t use you for something, you might as well be dead to them anyway.
You can mourn the character, but the real person doesn't deserve it. He was awful long before the Trump stuff.
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Not the MAGA, he was a giant racist piece of shit before that. Anti-union, too.
You just described MAGA.
We can replace Hulk with a bag of damp leaves I scooped out of my roof gutters.
How could you forget Bob Uecker?
In Major League 2 when one guy hits the ball and you just hear him: “ahhhh, shit..” 😆 he was awesome!!
Bob: Here's the pitch.
(man on the baseline gets beaned with pitch)
Bob: Juuuuust a bit outside.
I've been saying this for decades because of him. RIP.
“Ball four…ball eight…”
You gotta say it everytime it happens IRL lmao
Seriously, Im still gutted that man is gone
This is quickly turning into the "People that should have been there instead of Hulk" list.
Alright with these comments, this is becoming less of a Hollywood square and more of a sudoku.
D’Angelo
The singer?
Barksdale. Circa 2002
Where’s Wallace, String?
It's Sir Stringer, now.
And Angie Stone smh
D’Angelo why did I have to scroll so far for this??
I’m at the end of my 2nd Red Dead Redemption 2 playthrough, & when D’Angelo starts singing after Arthur finds out he’s dying (sorry for the spoiler to anyone interested in playing) hit me way different this time. Shit made me hella sad smh
Space man Ace Frehley
The day when I found out about his passing I went on YouTube and pulled up his instrumental classic fractured mirror from his KISS solo album, definitely the passing that hit me hard the most
His solo album is still in solid rotation here.
Other tracks I like the he did that are my favorites would definitely have to be rocket Ride one of the five bonus songs on that EP side of Alive 2, and of the three songs he did on dynasty definitely got to go with his cover of 2000 man and also the autobiographical song hard times.
Always loved the acoustic 12 string intro to Rock Bottom
KISS Alive! is a total banger thanks in large part to Ace. How much of a meme that band became, I think, completely overshadows how hard they actually rocked.
You put a candle instead of David Lynch?
In a sense, that's fitting.
*James Ransone.
Poor guy died on Dec. 19th only 46 years old.
Truly underrated actor. RIP
What???? Why am I just finding this out? He had so much potential.
Suicide i believe. Super saddening
I'm disappointed there wasn't much news on this. He's been in a handful of big movies in the last decade or so.
Not defending the lack of coverage at all, but I’d imagine it has something to do with him being a very outspoken victim of CSA. Gonna get tin foil hat with it but…just look at who the powers that be are trying to protect. :/
It’s unfortunate how many CSA activists end up dead from “suicide”, like Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell. They were both looking into a trafficking organization at the time of their deaths.
While I’m not doubting that there are deaths made to look like suicide, I think asserting this can take away from the very real fact that a lot of victims do end up taking their own lives and that it is another effect this horrible abuse has on the victims. The abuser/s essentially end up killing their victim.
ETA: To clarify I mean asserting this about people who have openly struggled with suicidal ideation as a result of their abuse.
I absolutely agree with you, it was just a fleeting thought that crossed my mind. By no means am i trying to take away from what victims have gone through
Replace Hogan with Robert Redford.
Or the other Rob that passed, Rob Reiner. Either way works for me.
Hogan got fired from the WWE for being too racist. Do you know how racist someone has to be to get fired from WWE?
Shit, replace him with one of the fucking mosquitoes I swatted this summer.
Thank you. Fuck Hogan.
R.I.P Wade Boggs
He will live forever in our hearts
“Again Wade Boggs is very much alive! He’s in his 60’s and lives in Florida!”
May he rest in peace
Man, I had no idea George Wendt died. That one got by me for some reason.
Michael Madsen from Reservoir Dogs
Fucking Ozzy and Val Kilmer in the same year. Brutal.
Do you supposed somebody at some point really did fuck Ozzy and Val Kilmer in the same year?
Nah. I dont think Val was like that. But who knows. Ozzy, sure. Im certain that he loooooong ago lost track.
Hogan was a low key POS, but the rest will be missed.
The hulk died years ago, all we lost this year was terry.
Good point. The Hulkster is up in Heaven with Andre, playing Bass for Metallica and headlining Wembley.
Terry is roasting in the fiery pits of Hell.
Why would you want to make Andre miserable like that? Whether he was going by Terry or Hulk, he was universally hated by his peers and an asshole.
Yeah he’s the “not you” in this meme
low key?
I was being respectful!
He was a GIANT (pun intended) POS!
He was a pretty high key piece of shit too
Same with Brigette Bardot, she was racist
https://theonion.com/man-always-gets-little-rush-out-of-telling-people-john-1819578998/
Hogan got fired from the WWE for being too racist. Do you know how racist someone has to be to get fired from WWE?
this ... sorry but not sorry the guy sucked ass.
Robert redford
ACE FREHLEY
He's back. BACK in the New York Groooove. (Wah. Wah)
In Pog form
There's still 4 George Foremans out there!
Dont forget Georgina!
Hackman's passing was so tragic to hear.
The autopsy revealed that he had severe dementia at the time of his passing and probably wasnt aware that his wife had been dead for 6 days
Where’s Brian Wilson? And who gives a shit about hulk hogan lol
This is how I learn Brian Wilson died?!
Awwww I'm going to miss that candle 😥
Just found out Val, Theo and Foreman died. Wow
RIP to my Mom too...
Malcolm-Jamal Warner's death was so tragic. It felt like I grew up with the Huxtables in real time because I watched The Cosby Show when it originally aired, so it hit me hard.
It’s crazy to see this. I grew up watching these people regularly. It reminds me that my time is coming and that no one escapes death. Brutal reality check
Ozzy 🦇
Ugh. Add Isaiah Whitlock to this list, as of today. The Wire is the best TV show to have ever aired, and Isaiah as Clay Davis stole so many scenes.
https://deadline.com/2025/12/isiah-whitlock-jr-dead-the-wire-spike-lee-movies-1236658855/
Shhhiiiiiittttt
Sheeeeeeeeeit partner!
https://youtu.be/70eU840lc38?si=6VzKocZZQm0eiqOz
Sheeeeeeeeiiiittt that sucks. RIP he was a great actor.
Julian McMahon
When did the candle die? I had no idea.
RIP Hulk Hogan (Rest in piss)
Sheiky baby, that you?
really gunna miss candle, rip
You’re early. Couldn’t wait another day to get these points huh?
I’m not sure how I forgot about Val Kilmer but apparently I did
And the great king cobra jfs 🐍…. Fuck the trolls fuck sickos……
Robert Redford?
I’m going to miss that candle
Val Kilmer. It still gets me every time and I can't believe it. Really enjoyed his performances in the movies he was in. RIP to all of them
KingCobra JFS
How the fuck did Hogan make this and not ROBERT MF REDFORD
Fuck Hogan, and you’re missing Rob Reiner, but OK.
RIP to the king Jon Lovitz as well, you will be missed old man.
sorry, is there another Jon Lovitz that i don't know about? because... the SNL actor is not dead?
(edit: or is this a joke i'm not getting?)
¯_(ツ)_/¯
It's from SNL 40
Um he's very much still here?
r/whoosh
Fuck the Hulk Hogan (Iron Sheik probably)
Can we replace hulk hogan with literally anyone else?
U left out KINGCIBRAJFS
Robert Redford
We lost the almost burnt out candle?!? Nooooooo
Who is the first one? Top left
Malcolm Jamal Warner (Theo Huxtable from the Cosby Show)
Aaaand today I learned that George Foreman has left us.
Who's the guy above Val kilmer?
Who is top left corner?
Norm!
It's not even the 31st yet.
How are you going to miss the greatest songwriter of the 20th century?
Is that George foreman I didn't know he'd passed
I had no idea Diane Keaton died. Damn.
This post is optimistically early
King Cobra JFS should be added
yeah and 63 million other people including many that actually bring value for people not just entertainment
rip rip rip
rip rip rip
rip rip not you
In the immortal words of The Iron Sheik. "Fuck the Hulk Hogan"