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Silver screen obits
« Thread Started on Mar 1, 2011, 2:55pm »		[Quote]
Although some actors, directors and other luminaries will warrant separate threads, it will also be good to have one thread for posting notices of deaths of people from the movie industry.

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Jane Russell, actress and classic 40s and 50s bombshell, singer, and pin-up girl, has died at 89. Her obituary reveals some surprising details about her, including the fact that she was a gospel singer.

Washington Post obituary here


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« Reply #1 on Mar 29, 2011, 11:29pm »		[Quote]

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Farley Granger has died at age 85.

For many of us, Granger, Jane Russell, and others were really stars of our parents' generation, known to us mostly from late night movies on tv.

This wikipedia article states that it "may need to be wikified". Whatever -- it's great fun reading, full of detail and gossip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farley_Granger
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« Reply #2 on Apr 11, 2011, 9:23am »		[Quote]
Sydney Lumet made some major films in the late 20th century... Serpico, Network, Dog Day Afternoon, Verdict...
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« Reply #3 on Jun 3, 2011, 6:56pm »		[Quote]
James Arness ("Gunsmoke")
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« Reply #4 on Jun 4, 2011, 3:16am »		[Quote]
I just read that he played the part of the marshal for twenty years. Never realized the show went on for that long.
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« Reply #5 on Sept 11, 2011, 9:59pm »		[Quote]
Cliff Robertson, Oscar-Winning Rebel, Dies at 88

Cliff Robertson, the ruggedly handsome actor who won an Oscar for “Charly” but found himself frozen out of jobs for almost four years after he exposed a prominent Hollywood studio boss as a forger and embezzler, died Saturday on Long Island. He was 88 and lived in Water Mill, N.Y.
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« Reply #6 on Dec 8, 2011, 7:51am »		[Quote]
Harry Morgan, star of 'M-A-S-H,' dies at age 96

http://www.nola.com/celebrities/index.ss...._m-a-s-h_d.html
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« Reply #7 on Dec 8, 2011, 11:52am »		[Quote]
I loved that series and especially Harry Morgan - funnily enough yesterday my husband was offered a ride in a Huey helicopter but unfortunately was out of town so couldn't make it. Don't know how the heck it happened to be at our local airport but I'll find out tonight.
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« Reply #8 on Dec 8, 2011, 3:58pm »		[Quote]
Here's a trivia question from something I remember, but that seems to have faded from popular memory:
Does anyone remember Col. Potter's first appearance on MASH & how the character was depicted? Actually, that should be re-phrased as Harry Morgan's first appearance on the show, as I don't remember if he was playing Potter then or not.
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« Reply #9 on Dec 28, 2011, 2:28pm »		[Quote]
Cheetah, chimp star of classic Tarzan movies, dies at 80

Cheetah the Chimp, who appeared in classic Tarzan movies in the early 1930s, has died of kidney failure at the age of 80, WTSP TV reports reports.


The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Fla., says the community "has lost a dear friend and family member" with the death of Cheetah on Dec. 24.

Sanctuary outreach director Debbie Cobb tells The Tampa Tribune that the chimp was outgoing, loved finger-painting and liked to see people laugh.

Cobb says Cheetah came to the sanctuary from the estate of Johnny Weissmuller, former American Olympic gold medal swimmer who played Tarzan in the 1930s.

Cheetan played Tarzan's comic sidekick from 1932 to 1934, the sanctuary tells WTSP.

Ron Priest, a sanctuary volunteer for seven years, tells the newspaper that Cheetah stood out with his ability to stand up and walk like a human, with shoulders tall, and back straight.

Cobb says the average chimp survives 25 to 35 years in the wild and 35 to 45 years in zoos.
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« Reply #10 on Dec 28, 2011, 5:30pm »		[Quote]
Goodbye little guy.

That's pretty amazing that he lived so long. An interesting tidbit in the article is quickly passed over: "... Cheetah came to the sanctuary from the estate of Johnny Weissmuller..." That means that Cheetah & Tarzan really did hang out together!
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« Reply #11 on Dec 28, 2011, 5:59pm »		[Quote]
If you use human life expectancy x 2 to calculate Cheetah's age, he lived to be 160! :)
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« Reply #12 on Jan 26, 2012, 3:59pm »		[Quote]
Well, Theo Angelopoulos was behind the camera instead of on the screen, but his accidental death is a major tragedy for Greek cinema. Getting run over by a policeman is really bad luck, though!

As for James Farentino, I still remember him when he was young and never saw him past age 70.
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« Reply #13 on Feb 6, 2012, 9:04am »		[Quote]
My newspaper counts on the rich cinematic culture of its readers to immediately understand the headline : Death of the Last Husband about the death of Ben Gazzara. John Cassavetes and Peter Falk are long gone....
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« Reply #14 on Jul 8, 2012, 10:54pm »		[Quote]
Ernest Borgnine, January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012
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http://www.biography.com/people/ernest-borgnine-9542330?page=1
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« Reply #15 on Jul 9, 2012, 1:26am »		[Quote]
I thought this was a funny tidbit:

"Asked about his acting methods in 1973, Mr. Borgnine told The New York Times: 'No Stanislavsky. I don’t chart out the life histories of the people I play. If I did, I’d be in trouble. I work with my heart and my head, and naturally emotions follow.'

Sometimes he prayed, he said, or just reflected on character-appropriate thoughts. 'If none of that works,' he added, 'I think to myself of the money I’m making.'"

Whatever he did worked, because he was a great actor.
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« Reply #16 on Jul 9, 2012, 8:05am »		[Quote]
First Andy Devine, now Ernest Borgnine, what is the world coming to?
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« Reply #17 on Jul 9, 2012, 1:23pm »		[Quote]
I came here to say goodbye to Ernest Borgnine. A lovely character. I agree with you NYCGirl!
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« Reply #18 on Jul 9, 2012, 3:03pm »		[Quote]
Andy Devine, Kerouac -- did you mean Andy Griffith?

That ole time slippage getting to you? ;D
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« Reply #19 on Jul 9, 2012, 7:48pm »		[Quote]
No, I mean Andy Devine, the previous version of Ernest Borgnine.

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« Reply #20 on Jul 9, 2012, 11:06pm »		[Quote]
Did you mean Andy Devine with Froggy?

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Well, okay, if you say so. The only resemblance I can see is the gap between the teeth. Lauren Hutton has that, but she doesn't remind me of Ernest or Andy.
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« Reply #22 on Jul 24, 2012, 5:24am »		[Quote]
2 British actors from about the same era died last week

Anghared Rees - best known I guess for Poldark , a costume drama
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/art....ving-bosom.html

and Simon Ward , ( Young Winston)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituari....Simon-Ward.html
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« Reply #23 on Jul 24, 2012, 12:35pm »		[Quote]
I would never have thought that Simon Ward was already 70... which is nevertheless too young to die.
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« Reply #24 on Jul 24, 2012, 5:15pm »		[Quote]
That was my thought, as well. It gave way to jealous resentment of Anghared Rees for having had a relationship with Alan Bates.
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« Reply #25 on Aug 20, 2012, 5:46am »		[Quote]
Goodbye to Tony Scott. Not a great director, but most people remember Top Gun, True Romance or, more recently Unstoppable.

Jumping off a bridge is at least a change from the usual cancer or stroke.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/08/20/us/ap-us-obit-tony-scott.html?_r=1&hp
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« Reply #26 on Aug 20, 2012, 5:59am »		[Quote]
Poor guy!

I loved Man on Fire.
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« Reply #27 on Aug 20, 2012, 8:28pm »		[Quote]

Jul 9, 2012, 11:08pm, bixaorellana wrote:
Well, okay, if you say so. The only resemblance I can see is the gap between the teeth. Lauren Hutton has that, but she doesn't remind me of Ernest or Andy.



;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Sorry for the irreverence to the other departed but this cracked me up.
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« Reply #28 on Aug 21, 2012, 5:22am »		[Quote]
If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door, greet them with, "Who could have done this? We have no enemies."

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« Reply #29 on Aug 21, 2012, 10:30am »		[Quote]
She really was a hoot!!!! Our family grew up watching her show, my mother just loved her!!!
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