[Brazelton] R.I.P. Elizabeth Peña

[Cheesy1]

Elizabeth Peña, who starred in "La Bamba", "Batteries Not Included", and voiced Mirage in "The Incredibles", passed away today. She was 55 years old.

 

[Dave]

Was she sick or was this a surprise? Cripes, man. She's not that much older than I.

 

[Tinwhistler]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/showbiz/elizabeth-pena-dies-modern-family/index.html
"Natural causes after a brief illness"

 

[Bowielee]

From that link, I also just learned that Don Pardo died this year, I must have missed that.

 

[Kovac]

It's been so long since I last watched Batteries Not Included that I had completely forgotten it.

 

[PatrThom]

It's been so long since I last watched Batteries Not Included that I had completely forgotten it.

That was back when Jessica Tandy was in every movie that came out, kind of like Clive Owen was in the mid-2000's.

--Patrick

 

[Hylian]

Man, there seems to be a lot of famous people dying lately

 

[Fun Size]

If it's any consolation, all sorts of people are dying, not just the famous ones.

 

[Emrys]

If it's any consolation, all sorts of people are dying, not just the famous ones.

That's... not much of a consolation.

 

[Fun Size]

Hey, life isn't all doomweasel funtimes. Someone's gotta bring forth the hard truths here.

 

[Null]

I really liked her.

 

[Emrys]

Hey, life isn't all doomweasel funtimes. Someone's gotta bring forth the hard truths here.

 

[Null]

 

[Null]

It turns out the cause of death was apparently alcohol-induced cirrhosis of the liver.