Fred Phelps is Dead- Page 2

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 1:57pm

This is the time that it sucks being an atheist since I don't believe in hell and want him to burn in it SO BAD.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 1:59pm

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 2:00pm

"Today Mr. Phelps may have learned that God, in fact, hates no one. Vicious and hate-filled as he was, may his soul find the kind of peace through death that was so plainly elusive during his life."
--George Takei

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 2:04pm

I love ya, George. But that gets a big ol'



from me.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 2:27pm

I agree with you 100%, Jordan. I have no problem in rejoicing that someone so evil is gone.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 6:18pm

As Bette said, "You should never speak ill of the dead, you should only say good. Fred Phelps is dead. Good."

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 6:40pm

So, they DO always come in threes.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 7:08pm

Growl, I wrote and discarded several responses, and now I'm so glad.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 10:55pm

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 10:58pm

When Bette Davis's mortal enemy Miss Joan Crawford died, Miss Davis was reached for comment. "My mother always said that you should only say nice things about the dead. She's dead, how nice."

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 11:11pm

I hope that's accurate. It's better than the rewrites.

[Addison D.]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 12:42am

"I'm the nicest godd@mn dame that ever lived."

--Bette Davis

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 12:49am

"Only the good die young. Fred Phelps is dead. Good."

[bobs3]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 2:18am

I think it was Vivian Vance who was having dinner with friends at Sardi's and someone stopped by the table and told her that William Frawley had died that day and Vivian shouted "CHAMPAGNE FOR EVERYONE!!"

Updated On: 3/21/14 at 02:18 AM

[algy]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 4:00am

Time.com's obituary: http://time.com/32564/fred-phelps-westboro-baptist-obituary/

Starts:

"Good Riddance, Fred Phelps

He was the kind of person no one wanted to be around

Fred Phelps, a colossal jerk, died Thursday in Topeka, Kansas, at 84, after a long life in which even his few admirable achievements (a series of civil rights cases that he filed as an attorney) stemmed from a deeply disagreeable personality"

[Roscoe]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 8:51am

There's the story about the jazz drummer Buddy Rich's widow getting numerous phone calls from the same caller after Buddy's funeral, asking for him. She responded "I'm sorry, but Buddy's dead," for a while, until she finally responded "What's wrong with you? Haven't I told you that BUDDY'S DEAD?"

The caller replied, "Yes, you did. I just love hearing it."

[bobs3]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 9:07am

I know that Buddy Rich was best friends with Johnny Carson but I just loathed it when he would appear regularly on "The Tonight Show". I would grab the remote and change channels because I did not want to see this guy play the drums for 10 minutes and then he would sit down with Carson and exchange banter that had obviously been written by the show's writers.

And I especially hated it when Carson would drop a final guest from the show because they ran out of time because he was having so much fun with Buddy Rich. Carson was a major league asshole. Updated On: 3/21/14 at 09:07 AM

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 9:26am

My favorite response so far:
"Regarding the passing of Fred Phelps, [husband] Dennis and I know how solemn these moments are for anyone who loses a loved one," Shepard said. "Out of respect for all people and our desire to erase hate, we’ve decided not to comment further."
--Judy Shepard

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 4:14pm

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 5:05pm

A friend of hers said to Mae West, "Goodness, that awful Fred Phelps is dead" and Mae famously replied, "Goodness has nothing to do with it. How nice."

[best12bars]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 5:24pm

Oh! And Rhett Butler famously said to Scarlett, regarding Fred Phelps' death:

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 5:39pm

When Phelps' lay dying, he asked Kitt de Luca if she'd pleasure him one last time to which she said "Fifty bucks, Grandpa. For $75, Shirley can watch."

[artscallion]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 7:55pm

I will never forget it, ya know. I was in bed last night with my boyfriend Ernie. He stopped, right in the middle of things and said to me, "Soph, what's black, covered in leather and hasn't been thumped in two days?" I said to him, "Why Ernie, I haven't any idea." "Fred Phelp's bible!" he said and returned to the business at hand. I will never forget it.

[morosco]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 9:45pm

[SNAFU]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 10:14pm

Fred Phelps: Day 2 in HELL.