Bale, I agree he took Connor because he was afraid for him, but why didn't he ask Fred or Gunn for help? Or even call back to Sunnydale? Sure, Giles might yell at him, but worst things. Instead he had to act rejected and do it All By Himself.

Same here, La Pipe.

Tecumseh, he also might've pulled a Bootsy Collins and joined a Dee-lite-type pop group and surprised everyone.

Kirby's a good pick too. And 47 isn't *that* old, Kondo easily could've had 20 more years of good work.

He got a Golden Globe nom for Dog Day Afternoon, too. Apparently he ad-libbed the "Wyoming" line.

Yeah, there's a point there (maybe Hollywood shouldn't adapt things that are incredibly difficult to adapt) piled under Japanese fetishism and creepyness, but…ew.

fastandsloppy, the mental image was worth the poor sentence construction.

Yukio Mishima
I think one of the reasons he committed suicide was he thought he'd said all he was going to say, but I still would've liked to have seen what he would've made of the rest of the 20th century. (He probably would've hated it even more than he did the seventies.)

I remember that too.

Those are good picks, except maybe Marilyn. I'm not sure if there's any happy ending for her.

I wish I shared your optimism.

And Patsy Cline.

Shannon Hoon's vocals were so haunting, though.

Definitely Mozart. Probably Chopin too, and the Bronte sisters.

Yeah, the Dark Knight role really seemed to position him as incredibly versatile.

Some authors are just one-hit wonders too. I mean, I'd hope he wouldn't be but the fact is we're never know.

I don't know about his marriage, but I bet his Twitter stream would be epic.

Agreed, Croce was great.

I would've picked Ritchie Valens too, but it really is a great list.

Yeah, Alex and Mallory made decent siblings but they didn't look like they belonged to their parents (why not have them be adopted, TV producers of the past?).