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LoungeMachine
03-20-2005, 02:23 PM
ATLANTA (CNN) - John DeLorean, who developed the futuristic-looking sportscar that captured the country's attention during the early 1980s but ultimately proved to be a marketing failure, has died. He was 80.

DeLorean's death was confirmed by Tom Domlovil, a funeral director at A.J. Desmond & Sons, in Troy Mich.

Paul Connell, an owner of Desmond and Sons, said the Royal Oak, Mich., office is handling the arrangements. Connell said DeLorean died Saturday at the Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J., from complications from a stroke.

A spokeswoman for the hospital would not confirm the death.

DeLorean's gull-winged car, which bore his name, was used as the time machine in the "Back to the Future" movies.

academic punk
03-20-2005, 02:26 PM
I thought he'd been dead for years...

LoungeMachine
03-20-2005, 02:38 PM
I wonder if the coffin's lid will open on both sides

LoungeMachine
03-20-2005, 02:39 PM
Wasnt the DeLorean sting where the Right Wing first started practicing their Arab costumes???

FORD
03-20-2005, 07:13 PM
Originally posted by LoungeMachine
Wasnt the DeLorean sting where the Right Wing first started practicing their Arab costumes???

Yeah, the BCE colluded with General Motors to set him up.

Bob_R
03-20-2005, 07:58 PM
I think he used to be a coke head?

rustoffa
03-20-2005, 08:03 PM
Originally posted by LoungeMachine
I wonder if the coffin's lid will open on both sides

:lol:

GAR
03-21-2005, 04:09 PM
The wife was the one with the serious post-nasal drip..

DavidLeeNatra
03-21-2005, 05:37 PM
Originally posted by LoungeMachine
I wonder if the coffin's lid will open on both sides

:D

Big Troubles
03-21-2005, 05:39 PM
Originally posted by academic punk
I thought he'd been dead for years...

ditto. But Im neither shocked or sad. :D

Cathedral
03-21-2005, 06:10 PM
The car was cool, and now they are worth a fortune. I wish i had got one when they were being sold for a couple grand in the late 80's.

I saw one converted into a very accurate Time Machine on ebay two years ago for $30 Grand.

*sniff* Rest in *sniff* Peace, John *sniff*.................

Big Troubles
03-21-2005, 06:11 PM
Just get a Pinto instead. :D