RIP Danny Gans ...

[Claws for Concern]

He was only 52. Never did see his show in Vegas.

Didn't know he also played two years of minor league baseball.

RIP

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/05/01/obit.gans/index.html?section=cnn_latest

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

RIP to the man whose billboards were the subject of many eye rolls on my trips to Vegas.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Danny Gans was in Bull Durham

 

[TwoGloves]

Saw his show twice. Very entertaining. Talented guy. He talked in the show about how he blew out his knee or something playing baseball and that's what pushed him toward show business.

 

[TigerVols]

This will hit Vegas like an earthquake. A lot of people were expecting Gans to become an even bigger entertainer over the next decade or so -- a lot of plans were in place for him.

Very surprising.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

did I miss it or do they not say the cause of death?
52 year olds normally don't just keel over, and with him being a major celeb it's kind of important even if you just say illness.

 

[Armchair_QB]

I think I speak for a lot of people when I say, "Who?"

 

[Oz]

did I miss it or do they not say the cause of death?
52 year olds normally don't just keel over, and with him being a major celeb it's kind of important even if you just say illness.

Nope, you didn't miss. I was curious about that, too, especially given his age.

 

[Claws for Concern]

Here's the AP story, which says he died in his sleep, but no further info on his death

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_en_ot/us_obit_danny_gans

 

[Shoeless Joe]

I think I speak for a lot of people when I say, "Who?"

You speak for only those who haven't been in Vegas in the last dozen years or so

 

[HC]

I think I speak for a lot of people when I say, "Who?"

You speak for only those who haven't been in Vegas in the last dozen years or so

That's a lot of people.

 

[21]

Wow, very sad. Saw his show two years ago, thinking it couldn't live up to the hype...it surpassed everything I'd heard. The single best impersonator I've ever seen.

Sort of guessing the cause of death won't turn out to be a simple story, hope that's not the case.

And yes, he was one of the ballplayers in that infamous Bull Durham mound scene when they're discussing whether you need a live rooster to take the curse off the glove and what to get Milly for a wedding gift.

RIP.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I've always thought it was kind of amazing that someone could be such a huge entertainment figure in one city while being virtually unknown outside that city's borders.

Sad story.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Vegas is full of 'em: Amazing Jonathan, Steve Wyrick, Melinda before she went to Branson. Then again, most towns have their local entertainment figures. Do you remember Duke Jupiter? Not unless you're from Rochester, N.Y., probably.

 

[Huggy]

Four Jacks and A Jill, I think they played a Ramada in Kansas City.

 

[SoCalDude]

Heard one of our local radio guys who is in Vegas today hyping the fight. He pretty accurately summed up Danny Gans as a guy who is HUGE in Vegas, and unknown everywhere else. He said Gans is as big as Wayne Newton in Vegas.
But today, when my wife heard of this, she said, "Who's Danny Gans." And she has seen all the billboards on I-15.

 

[SnoopyBoy]

I have never seen his show, but I saw him interviewed on Larry King a few weeks ago. Seemed like a nice dude. They showed a clip of him in Bull Durham, on the bus with Kevin Costner when he was taking about how great The Show was.
RIP

 

[Del_B_Vista]

I'm more familiar with his alter-ego, Danny Glands, from MXC. RIP.

 

[qtlaw]

One of the most enjoyable shows I've ever seen. Damn shame.

 

[Moderator1]

The obituary on Playbill.com lists three surviving children, including one named Andrew.
The obit is written by an Andrew Gans.