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Error, forum threads exceeds limit. Message database may be damaged. Admin should try rebuilding. Subject Author Date Msgs Archive: January 22, 2004 ~ Ann Miller dies at 80 Actress, Singer, Dancer Tuesday, January 22, 07:33:17am 1 Archive: January 22, 1994 ~ Telly Savalas dies at 70 Actor Tuesday, January 22, 07:29:44am 1 Brandon Truaxe, founder of skin care line Deciem, dies at 40 Russ Tuesday, January 22, 06:43:10am 1 Jan.21st~Happy 98th Birthday! WW2 Figure Jaswant Singh Marwah, Architect William Pulgram is 98, Actress Dorinha Duval is 90, Actress/Singer Bibi Johns is 90, Cinematographer Stanislaw Loth turns 90. (NT) jlp Tuesday, January 22, 02:27:57am 9 Jan.21st~Happy Birthday! Actress Audrey Dalton (85) Actress Victoria Carroll (78) Actor Charles Walker (74) (NT) -- Colt, Monday, January 21, 05:03:45am Prince Andrew Romanoff is 96 (NT) -- jude, Monday, January 21, 05:11:55am Sq. Leader Richard S. Churchill, last survivor from Great Escape is 99 (NT) -- jude, Monday, January 21, 07:24:27am Other birthdays, Jan.21- -- Happy birthdays!, Monday, January 21, 11:48:11am Architect Roger Taillibert is 93, actress Yoshiko Kuga is 88, actress Audrey Dalton is 85, cyclist Antonio Karmany is 85, Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria is 82, athlete Romano Fogli is 81, Judge Nick Phillips is 81, athlete Paul Genevay is 80, athlete Friedel Lutz is 80, choreographer Steve Paxton is 80 (NT) -- ., Monday, January 21, 12:01:18pm On this MLK Day, I was surprised to learn that King, who had 4 kids, has only 1 grandchild- Yolanda, 10 (daughter of MLK the 3rd) (NT) -- ., Monday, January 21, 04:35:24pm But you buried the lead -NO King child married until Coretta died! (NT) -- And yes, that was Martin Luther King III who finally married just months after his mother's death, having a daughter (King's only known heir Yolanda was born 5/25/2008)., Tuesday, January 22, 02:23:46am Hard to believe Dr. King would have been 90! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Tuesday, January 22, 02:27:57am Jan.22nd~Happy 100th Birthday! Composer Sid Ramin, Football's (England) Arthur Turner is 98, Actor Erzsebet Alberty d' Enno is 97, Poltician Birch Bayh is 91, Director Max Peter Ammann is 90, Screenwriter Lothar Creutz is 90, Actress Mirja Karisto is 90, Actor Bo Rosengren is 90. Actress Nicky Voillard turns 90. (NT) jlp Tuesday, January 22, 02:17:05am 2 Jan.22st~Happy Birthday! Actress Piper Laurie (87) Actor Seymour Cassell (84) Writer Joseph Wambaugh (82) Actress Cynthia Carr (80) Singer Steve Perry (70) Actress Anne Gaybis (66). (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, January 22, 02:17:05am Maxine Brown, final member of family trio The Browns Per her family's rep Tuesday, January 22, 01:53:03am 7 "The Three Bells" -- The Browns, Monday, January 21, 04:21:32pm Confirmed -- Full obit and link, Monday, January 21, 04:22:27pm It was confirmed by her family's representative. We don't need your "confirmed" crap. (NT) -- The "link guy" strikes again. If only Chron jad the guys to ban him., Monday, January 21, 04:37:30pm NOTE: A confirmed news source for confirmation is allowed. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, January 21, 08:16:05pm The obituary USED the family statement, LOL. -- You make no sense!!, Monday, January 21, 09:23:59pm And apparently, everyone's abandoned us except you. -- Pathetic troll, Tuesday, January 22, 01:53:03am Harris Wofford, civil rights activist who helped Kennedy win the White House, dies at 92 Wash Post Monday, January 21, 10:59:56pm 1 Archive: January 20, 1990 ~ Barbara Stanwyck dies at 82 Actress Monday, January 21, 04:25:03pm 6 Obit says "She leaves no immediate survivors". What about the son she adopted in 1932, named Tony? (NT) -- Did he pre-decease her?, Sunday, January 20, 12:16:34pm No he died long after -- But they were estranged, Sunday, January 20, 12:52:53pm Son -- DerBingle, Sunday, January 20, 01:11:03pm And don't forget all the ill-fated celeb JRs....Harold Lloyd JR, 40....Charlie Chaplin JR, 40....Edward G. Robinson JR, 40...Dan Dailey JR, 27...Jackie Robinson JR, 24...Branch Rickey JR, 47...Jake LaMotta JR, 40...Dino Martin JR, 35....Joe DiMaggio JR, 57....JFK JR, 38....Joe Kennedy JR, 29.....Teddy Roosevelt JR, 56.....Ethel Merman JR, 25....all died at young ages many dead within a year of their famous parent! (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, January 20, 05:02:59pm So True! -- DerBingle, Monday, January 21, 04:25:03pm Archive: Cecil B. DeMille, Jan. 21, 1959 Filmmaker Monday, January 21, 03:17:48pm 3 Carl Switzer had a bit part in "The Ten Commandments " (NT) -- He died the same day as DeMille, Monday, January 21, 12:06:58pm The two Hollywood figures are buried just 100 yards from one another. ... -- Hollywood Forever Cemetery., Monday, January 21, 03:17:48pm Henri d’Orleans, Count of Paris and pretender to the defunct French throne Dead at 85 Monday, January 21, 03:16:08pm 2 Vive le Roi! (NT) -- Louis XVI, Monday, January 21, 02:54:07pm Archive: January 21, 2002 ~ Peggy Lee dies at 81 Singer Monday, January 21, 02:53:36pm 4 "Fever" -- Peggy Lee, Monday, January 21, 11:43:12am Trivia: Little Willie John, who sang the original version of "Fever", died on Peggy Lee's birthday in 1968 (NT) -- He was in prison at the time, Monday, January 21, 11:46:02am And Lee's former hubby actor Dewey Martin [1956 - 1959] died last April, at age 94! ... -- PHOTO, Monday, January 21, 02:53:36pm Archive: Grigori Rasputin Born 150 years ago today Monday, January 21, 02:36:59pm 1 Jimmy Rayl, Indiana basketball legend Dead at 77 Monday, January 21, 12:57:11pm 1 Archive: Carl Switzer, Jan. 21, 1959 Child actor Monday, January 21, 12:03:28pm 2 "Alfalfa", gone 60 years! (NT) -- ., Monday, January 21, 12:03:28pm Archive: Steve Wahrer, Jan.21, 1989 Drummer & lead singer, The Trashmen Monday, January 21, 11:56:07am 3 "Surfin' Bird" -- The Trashmen, Monday, January 21, 11:54:32am "Bird '65" -- The Trashmen, Monday, January 21, 11:56:07am Shivakumara Swami, Indian spiritual leader Dead at 111 Monday, January 21, 11:50:30am 2 He was one of the oldest verified people living in India (NT) -- ., Monday, January 21, 11:50:30am TV humorist Mo Rocca to begin podcast series on 'Mobituaries' First up: Vaughn Meader Monday, January 21, 05:27:40am 3 Here is the link to the first one (52 minutes) .... on Vaughn Meader. -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, January 20, 07:59:30pm I'm not a fan of Rocca, but I commend his efforts honoring fallen celebs who made a difference. -Kind of a podcast version of this forum! It was featured on the last CBS Sunday Morning! -VIDEO ... -- theChronicler, Monday, January 21, 05:27:40am ARCHIVE: January 20, 1965 ~Pioneering Rock Jock ALAN FREED, becaming internationally known for promoting the mix of blues, country, rhythm and blues music on the radio in America, whose career and life was destroyed by the payola scandal that hit the broadcasting industry in the early 1960s, dies of cirrhosis at only 43. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, January 21, 05:21:13am 5 Question: Anyone know why Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame unceremoniously asked the Freed Family in 2014, to remove Alan's Freed's ashes from the museum after 12 years?? (NT) -- Odd., Sunday, January 20, 12:12:17pm Here is VIDEO of Alan Freed star-studded grave marker dedication in 2016. ... -- VIDEO, Sunday, January 20, 12:16:18pm At the time the CEO of the RRHOF said it was based on museum trends -- Still pissed off Freed's son, Sunday, January 20, 08:00:04pm I just think they didn't want to start trend of accepting Rocker's ashes. -BUT, they should have implemented benefit moneys allocated to honor forgotten musician and perhaps their UNmarked graves. (NT) -- I just think they didn't want to start trend of accepting Rocker's ashes., Monday, January 21, 05:21:13am Jan.20th~Happy 99th Birthday! Lawyer Henry Hu,Thai Royal Bhisadej Rajani is 99, Physicist Theodore H. Geballe is 99, Bandleader Ray Anthony is 97, Rekigious Figure Ernest Cardenal is 94, Poet Eugen Gomringer is 94, Actor Hui Lou Chen is 90, Musician Jimmy Cobb is 90, Actor Arte Johnson turns 90. (NT) jlp Monday, January 21, 05:15:57am 6 Screenwriter Coslough Johnson is 90, Musician Stjepan Jimmy Stanic is 90. (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, January 20, 06:32:05am Other birthdays, Jan. 20- -- Happy birthdays!, Sunday, January 20, 12:10:14pm Zoologist Masaharu Kawakatsu is 90, astronaut Buzz Aldrin is 89, diplomat Morton I. Abramowitz is 86, educator Archie R. Dykes is 88, Nobel awarded physicist David Lee is 88, actor Tom Baker is 85, businessman Donald V. Fites is 85, astronomer Chandra Wickramasinghe is 80 (NT) -- ., Sunday, January 20, 12:22:40pm Jan.20th~Happy Birthday! Actor Jack Grinnage (88) Actor William Wellman Jr. (82) Director David Lynch (73) Actor Samm-Art Williams (73) Actor Blue Deckert (68) Guitarist Paul Stanley (67) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, January 20, 06:35:37pm Lorenzo Lamas is 61 today. (NT) -- Didn't Billy Crystal say that his dad Fernando looked mahvelous?, Monday, January 21, 05:15:57am Healthwatch: Prince Philip Rolliver in a Land Rover Sunday, January 20, 05:27:52pm 9 Make that Rollover (NT) -- Oops, Thursday, January 17, 10:56:06am 97 year old was unhurt (NT) -- Tough old guy!, Thursday, January 17, 11:45:24am Hasn’t learned his lesson... (NT) -- News reports he was driving a new rover without a seat belt 24 hours later!, Sunday, January 20, 05:32:34am How the hell is someone his age DRIVING (NT) -- It's not safe at all, Sunday, January 20, 04:56:48pm I hate when people think that all elderly people are careless. Sure, a lot are, but because he's 97 doesn't mean he can't drive. (NT) -- I know people on their 80s who driver better than I do., Sunday, January 20, 05:14:26pm I agree. It's wrong to say that all elderly people shouldnt drive. (NT) -- More accidents are caused by inattentive teens or young adults than your grandmother and grandfather, 97 or 77., Sunday, January 20, 05:17:25pm Nice sentiments, but scientific stats/actuaries are against your 'opinion'. (NT) -- Same can be said for teens, too., Sunday, January 20, 05:18:04pm Excuse me? You disagree with my fact? Do you see 90 year olds using cell phones while driving? (NT) -- Exactly. Keep your mouth shut and go play somewhere else, son., Sunday, January 20, 05:27:52pm Healthwatch: Sears John R Sunday, January 20, 04:54:22pm 24 The SEARS segment they did on CBS Sunday Morning last week, was fascinating! ... -- VIDEO, Thursday, December 27, 06:29:31pm Why do you have Sears under healthwatch? (NT) -- Is Sears closing?, Thursday, December 27, 09:29:48pm Seems on life-support, but terminal prognosis, no doubt. (NT) -- Writing seems on the wall., Thursday, December 27, 09:36:28pm Omaha has one Sears left in a dying mall (NT) -- And Council Bluffs has a Kmart that's closing Jan. 6 next year., Thursday, December 27, 11:52:32pm Sears shut down nationwide here in Canada last year (NT) -- TOBY, Friday, December 28, 06:07:38am In Richmond va the last Kmart here closed in 2018 and we are down to 2 struggling Sears. (NT) -- Lemnpiper. (Anyone notice another vanishing trend? working for over 30 years for the same company), Friday, December 28, 11:34:01am St Louis metro has one remaining Sears and no more K-Marts... (NT) -- After next wave of shutdowns, Monday, January 14, 07:34:43pm Sears -- Stephen Urbaniak, Sunday, January 13, 07:56:23pm Such is the ebb and flow of American commerce. Since I was a kid in the 1960s/70s, I've seen dozens of national and regional chains shutter their doors after decades of business. -Bullocks, Buffums, Newberrys, Montgomery Wards, Gemco, Fedco, Woolco, Service Merchandise, Woolworths, Whitefront, and many, many others go, by way of do-do bird. (NT) -- Same with Grocery Chains -Boys Market, Market Basket, QFI, Luckys, Safeway, and many others., Tuesday, January 15, 05:24:31am Friend of mine put it best: "I saw something on Amazon for $50, went to Walmart check the price and it was $75, then went to Sears and it was $125." (NT) -- THAT is what killed the chain, Tuesday, January 15, 05:30:28am No overhead onliners, will kill em everytime. (NT) -- Brick n mortar, are morte., Tuesday, January 15, 05:34:07am Safeway still exists in Western Nebraska and a few other places (NT) -- Last week I saw Safeway stores in Alliance and Ogalala NE, Wednesday, January 16, 10:06:58pm Safeway strong in NorCal and Oregon. In SoCal goes by Vons. -- Scooby, Thursday, January 17, 10:32:24am In Arkansas, Goes By Harvest Foods and Oklahoma As Homeland (NT) -- David S., Thursday, January 17, 02:41:37pm I agree with your sentiment, and those names bring back memories. But Market Basket is still around (NT) -- Me. X, Thursday, January 17, 05:06:15pm Where?? (NT) -- Next to the Piggly Wigglys?, Thursday, January 17, 05:08:35pm Looks like the only Market Basket stores are in New England, now. (NT) -- I doubt they're the same chain from 1970s., Thursday, January 17, 05:17:29pm I just went to one last week in my travels to Coushatta, in Louisiana -- Mr. X, Thursday, January 17, 06:22:50pm There are several Market Baskets throughout the Boston area. (NT) -- I think they are all owned by a local family., Saturday, January 19, 01:08:08pm Yes, it's likely there were many businesses of the same name. (NT) -- IMO, Saturday, January 19, 01:23:22pm That chain has stores only in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, January 20, 07:35:09am Western Auto, Hostess and Toys R Us Are Gone As Well (NT) -- David S., Sunday, January 20, 01:49:21pm Hostess is actually still out there. It was purchased after shutting down & manufacturing restarted. -- Their site, Sunday, January 20, 04:54:22pm Archive: Nedra Volz, Jan. 20, 2003 Actress Sunday, January 20, 04:40:17pm 1 RIP: CAROL CHANNING Der Bingle Sunday, January 20, 02:48:29pm 30 Saw Her in 1994 -- Der Bingle, Tuesday, January 15, 04:48:31am THIS FORBIDDEN BROADWAY NUMBER IS A SCREAM! -- An imposter meets the REAL Carol Channing!, Wednesday, January 16, 01:03:10pm That was great! -- DerBingle, Sunday, January 20, 01:12:09pm This makes me sad. I guess Angela Lansbury is about the last major old time Broadway star still standing. (NT) -- R.I.P. Carol., Tuesday, January 15, 05:19:06am Anything that verifies it? (NT) -- Blogs aren't always reliable., Tuesday, January 15, 05:25:07am CONFIRMED: CNN now reports ... -- Link, Tuesday, January 15, 05:26:56am Her reps reported directly to Broadway World outlet ... -- Link, Tuesday, January 15, 05:30:54am Every news organization in the country has an obit up. -- ., Tuesday, January 15, 05:27:12am Yes, I saw that when I searched for it, but I have to question why the original poster chose to use a blog as their source when everyone knows they're not reliable. (NT) -- In this rare instance though the blogger was right., Tuesday, January 15, 05:32:20am Confirmed -- Link, Tuesday, January 15, 05:28:20am Posted Two Sources -- Der Bingle, Tuesday, January 15, 05:32:44am Poor Carol died a couple weeks shy of her 98th birthday! -I always loved the fact that she connected with her childhood beau in her 80s, and they married soon after. ... -- That last hubby Harry Kullijian died on December 26, 2011, the eve of his 92nd birthday!, Tuesday, January 15, 05:42:43am Is she the oldest living Tony Award winning actor? (NT) -- ., Tuesday, January 15, 06:19:29am Considering that she's dead, I'm guessing not. (NT) -- LOL, Tuesday, January 15, 06:29:57am She kept playing in "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway and on tour until she was 75! (NT) -- egee33, Tuesday, January 15, 06:34:06am Der Bingle posted an obituary, but the "link guy" tried to steal his thunder with "confirmed" links. (NT) -- The link guy needs to go. What a troll!!, Tuesday, January 15, 07:01:55am I've emailed Chron several times. I'm beginning to think HE is the troll/link guy. (NT) -- I know that I'm not the only one., Tuesday, January 15, 07:30:35am Thanks! -- DerBingle, Tuesday, January 15, 08:07:27am "Thunder"? This is stupid little message board -not The Daily Planet, Superman. Lighten up, Francis. ...DerBingle has big boy pants and need no help feeling viable with all his contributions over the years, here. -- Ask his tailor where he gets his?, Tuesday, January 15, 10:36:13am As usual, you fail to address the issue, and instead act like the bully you are. -- It's clear that your contributions here are now in question. Your "confirmation" posts are laughable., Tuesday, January 15, 10:47:20am .10 Things You Don't Know About Larger Than Life Star Carol Channing! -- (NT), Tuesday, January 15, 07:48:47am That lady was class all the way. Always upbeat -- the world lost a true light today. (NT) -- .., Tuesday, January 15, 11:23:50am She was on the cover of Time magazine's issue of Jan. 9, 1950 -- One of the earliest Time cover people who was still living, Tuesday, January 15, 11:46:12am The first major death of 2019. (NT) -- RIP Carol., Saturday, January 19, 08:34:12pm Speaking of Time magazine, the longest someone lived after appearing on the cover is Queen Elizabeth 2nd (90 years and counting) (NT) -- Shortest- Robert Kennedy (murdered 2 weeks after appearing on ther cover), Sunday, January 20, 12:07:45pm CBS Sunday Morning did a beautiful tribute to her this morning. ... -- Jane Pauley's VIDEO, Sunday, January 20, 10:24:26am Wow, over 5,000 performances of "Hello Dolly" -gotta be a record for an actress and her signature role? (NT) -- She was the best!, Sunday, January 20, 10:29:38am FUN FACT: Famed illustrator AL HIRSCHFELD drew characature of the iconic Broadway star an amazing 38 times! Most were honored with one. Hirschfeld a great Channing admirer, died 16 years ago today (Jan.20, 2003) ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Sunday, January 20, 01:04:12pm The current national tour of HELLO, DOLLY! opens in San Diego on the day she died. (NT) -- Carol Channing started her very first HELLY, DOLLY! national tour in San Diego in the 1960s, Sunday, January 20, 02:48:29pm Producer Andrew Vajna Dies at 74 Sunday, January 20, 12:05:47pm 3 IMDb -- -, Sunday, January 20, 08:34:13am Pic (w/ Arnold Schwartzanegger) -- ., Sunday, January 20, 12:05:47pm Healthwatch: Dennis Revell, Widower of Maureen Reagan (daughter of Ron & Nancy) Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Sunday, January 20, 12:03:15pm 6 Maureen Reagan died on Aug. 8, 2001, at 60, three years before her father died at 93 (NT) -- She had one adopted daughter, Rita, whose now in her 20's, Monday, November 19, 10:46:29am She also died six years before her mother died (NT) -- Actress Jane Wyman (d Sept 10, 2007), Monday, November 19, 10:58:06am Healthwatch: Dennis Revell, husband of Maureen Reagan. ... -- Surgery for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Saturday, January 19, 07:16:24pm They never bothered to tell him that she had died, given his condition (NT) -- Of course, he likely would have simply forgotten it by the following day, Saturday, January 19, 09:26:55pm Maureen, Patti & Ron Jr. never had kids of their own (NT) -- Only adopted son Michael had kids, Sunday, January 20, 12:03:15pm Archive: January 20, 1993 ~ Audrey Hepburn dies at 63 Actress Sunday, January 20, 12:00:56pm 2 She died the day Bill Clinton was sworn in as president (NT) -- ., Sunday, January 20, 12:00:56pm Maureen Murphy, Australian comedian Known for appearances on Tonight Show w/ Johnny Carson Sunday, January 20, 07:24:50am 4 IMDb link ... -- Link, Sunday, January 20, 05:10:50am Here is one of many Murphy "Tonight Show" appearances (w/Princess Diana pregnancy referrences). ... -- 1982 VIDEO, Sunday, January 20, 05:14:06am Real name Mauro Murphy. Here she is on the Smothers Brothers show -- Russ, Sunday, January 20, 07:24:50am Masazo Nonaka, World's oldest living verified man Dies at 113 Sunday, January 20, 05:20:24am 4 Gustav Gerneth of Germany born October 15, 1905 is now the oldest living man and last man born in the year 1905 (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 19, 10:05:45pm Death announcement in Japanese media. No English obit yet. -- ., Saturday, January 19, 10:08:53pm British newspaper obit -- ., Sunday, January 20, 05:20:24am John Coughlin, two-time US figure skating pairs champion He was 33 Saturday, January 19, 09:33:51pm 4 Coughlin killed himself just one day after being suspended. (NT) -- How incredibly sad. Was the suspension worth it? No!, Saturday, January 19, 11:19:04am Wonder what he did that was so bad? (NT) -- Russ, Saturday, January 19, 02:15:14pm Alleged sexual misconduct (NT) -- Who knows if it was true?, Saturday, January 19, 09:33:51pm Archive: January 18, 1990: Rusty Hamer dies at 42 Actor Saturday, January 19, 09:28:52pm 13 Hamer and Angela Cartwright in Post Top 3 cereal commercial -- Cartwright is still alive at 66, Friday, January 18, 12:23:06pm He was apparently a really nasty kid (NT) -- As per people who worked on the show, Friday, January 18, 01:12:40pm Yet another sad ending for a child star. (NT) -- A few years ago the young boy from Everybody Loves Raymond also committed suicide., Saturday, January 19, 06:29:25am Studies show that twins are less-likely to commit suicide, yet slightly more prone to mental illness. -- Link, Saturday, January 19, 10:33:17am Jonathan Brandis is another one. (NT) -- He hanged himself at the age of 27 in 2003., Saturday, January 19, 11:54:52am I did not know Hamer and Brandis had twin siblings? (NT) -- Sadly, already diagnosed with Alzheimers, Hamer's mother died 18 mothers after son Rusty., Saturday, January 19, 01:32:01pm The response was regarding "Everybody Loves Raymond's" Sawyer Sweeten, twin to Sullivan; (NT) -- He died at 19, Saturday, January 19, 04:37:08pm Can't forget Sawyer Sweeten, one of the two twins on Everybody Loves Raymond -- Only 19 years old, he blew his brains out in 2015, Saturday, January 19, 03:17:42pm Considering it's mentioned four posts above, I don't think it's forgotten. (NT) -- :), Saturday, January 19, 03:32:34pm Producers of Make Room for Daddy supposedly let him get away with murder (NT) -- The series ended and then reality kicked him in the ass, Saturday, January 19, 02:48:51pm A Rusty Hamer quote on his post MRFD years ... -- Quote, Saturday, January 19, 03:01:45pm One rumor was that Danny Thomas was slipping it to his mother (NT) -- Would have been a little jarring for any kid, Saturday, January 19, 09:28:52pm Archive: Miguel Ferrer, Jan. 19, 2017 Actor Saturday, January 19, 07:34:41pm 3 I'd forgotten Miguel's dad Jose was first married, not to Miguel's mama Rosemary Clooney, but to acting great Uta Hagen. He even had a kid with Hagen, her only child, a daughter Leticia. ... -- What became of Leticia Ferrer, who must be around 70!?, Saturday, January 19, 07:27:19pm I actually saw Miguel Ferrer once, at the funeral of Gary Crosby, back in summer 1995. He accompanied his mom Rosemary, hiking up a long lawn hill in middle of August -poor Rosie! But later, Miguel took off with Mary Crosby in his jeep. -- theChronicler, Saturday, January 19, 07:34:41pm Archive: Richard Crenna, Jan. 17, 2003 Actor Saturday, January 19, 04:05:55pm 2 Played Ronald Reagan in "The Day Reagan Was Shot" (NT) -- Reagan outlived him by over a year, Saturday, January 19, 04:05:55pm Dan Striepeke, Oscar-Nominated Makeup Artist Dies at 88 Saturday, January 19, 03:27:50pm 3 Imdb -- ., Saturday, January 19, 02:56:13pm He was known for his extraordinary work with Tom Hanks as "cosmetic consigliere" in over a decade on SIXTEEN Hanks films, like Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000) and Saving Private Ryan (1998)! ... -- No doubt, Hanks will make the eulogy!, Saturday, January 19, 03:27:50pm ARCHIVE: January 19, 2013 ~Stan"The Man" Musial, Hall of Fame Pro Baseball outfielder and first baseman, spent 22 seasons in the MLB, widely considered to be one of the greatest and most consistent hitters in baseball history, dies at 92. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, January 19, 03:11:13pm 3 The same day as another baseball Hall of Famer, Earl Weaver (NT) -- Who died of a heart attack while on a cruise, Saturday, January 19, 02:47:26pm To round out the MLB death trifecta that day (1/18/2013), was Milt Bolling, who for seven seasons (1952 to 1958), played shortstop, second-base and third-base positions with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers. -- Though Bolling (who died that day at 82), was not a Hall of Famer, but counts!, Saturday, January 19, 03:11:13pm Archive: Cleveland Elementary School shooting, Jan. 17, 1989 5 kids killed, 32 wounded Saturday, January 19, 02:58:07pm 1 ARCHIVE: January 19, 1989 ~It was 30 years ago, veteran character actress Norma Varden, who appeared in countless roles as dowager, matriarchal roles, in such classic Hollywood films as "Casablanca" (1942), "Strangers on a Train" (1951), and "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957), dies of natural causes in retirement, at age 90. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, January 19, 02:52:13pm 1 Tony Mendez, CIA officer depicted in the film "Argo" Dead at 78 Saturday, January 19, 01:13:12pm 2 Pic (w/ Ben Affleck, who played him in "Argo") -- ., Saturday, January 19, 01:13:12pm Jan.19th~Happy 112th Birthday! Supercentenarians Hama Yasukawa and Tari Chiba, Engineer Jiro Tanaka is 102, Diplomat Javier Perez de Cuellar is 99, Pianist Henry Clay is 94, Director Jean Douchet is 90, Actress Nini Van der Auwera turns 90. (NT) jlp Saturday, January 19, 12:49:00pm 5 Jan.19th~Happy Birthday! Actress Tippi Hedren (89) Director Richard Lester (87) Actor John Richardson (85) Wrestler Pat Patterson (78) Producer Kim Henkel (73) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, January 18, 09:16:55pm Singer Dolly Parton (73) Producer Paula Deen (72) Actress Linda Hayden (66) Actress Katey Sagal (65) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, January 18, 09:18:52pm Other birthdays, Jan. 19- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, January 19, 12:02:48pm Journalist Robert MacNeil is 88, ex- US Rep. Ron Packard is 88, astronomer George Coyne is 86, educator Leonard Jeffries is 82, political scientist Joseph S. Nye is 82, ex- US Rep. Denny Smith is 81, British royal Murray Beauclerk is 80 (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 19, 12:49:00pm Archive: Trey Wilson, Jan. 16, 1989 Actor Saturday, January 19, 12:14:09pm 4 I was just watching Raising Arizona yesterday (NT) -- Tony, Friday, January 18, 12:02:12pm Trey's 1st movie was from 1976 called "Drive-in'" about the local goins on at the local drive-in (great timepiece of that era) (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Friday, January 18, 12:25:08pm I actually saw that movie at the drive-in. (NT) -- When I was 14., Saturday, January 19, 12:14:09pm Archive: The Northridge earthquake, Jan. 17, 1994 Death toll was 57, more than 8,700 injured Saturday, January 19, 12:07:49pm 3 Wow, 25 years later! I recall character actress Iris Adrian was one of those critically injured (fatalities) of the quake. ... -- It was 8 months later, the 82 year old veteran actress finally died, as a direct result of her injuries., Friday, January 18, 10:23:04pm Thanks, I remembered that an actress died from her injuries, but couldn't remember who (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 19, 12:07:49pm Actress & Stuntwoman Victoria Taft Dies in California Fire at 66 Saturday, January 19, 12:00:20pm 3 IMDb -- -, Friday, January 18, 07:43:39pm She was in "Malibu Hot Summer" (aka "Sizzle Beach, USA") which is best known as Kevin Costner's first film (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 19, 12:00:20pm Archive: January 19, 2018 Actress Dorothy Malone dies at 93 (NT) Saturday, January 19, 11:44:16am 5 Wow, a year already?? I'd forgotten reading her youngest brother was struck by lightning on a golf course and died at age 16! ... -- Link, Saturday, January 19, 10:32:07am Anybody know the cause of Malone's sisters deaths as children, who died 2 months apart in 1936?? Alos, it seems a 4th sibling, a brother Bob may have died young? Four premature sibling deaths? (NT) -- Curious, Saturday, January 19, 10:41:08am Probably the worst omission from the Oscars memorial tribute. -- Sherlock, Saturday, January 19, 11:16:08am Her brother Robert Maloney is a retired US District Judge alive and living in Dallas (NT) -- (NT), Saturday, January 19, 11:44:16am Boo the Pomeranian, Once Named the World's Cutest Dog. Dies at 12 Saturday, January 19, 07:59:36am 2 CNN obit (link) -- Russ, Saturday, January 19, 07:59:36am Windsor Davies, British comic actor dies aged 88 Sherlock Saturday, January 19, 07:50:30am 2 IMDb -- -, Saturday, January 19, 07:50:30am Scottish-born drummer Ted McKenna (Rory Gallagher, Sensational Alex Harvey Band), aged 68 from operation complications ... Ed Tracey Saturday, January 19, 07:33:34am 1 Actor Ken Kupstis Dies at 52 Saturday, January 19, 07:03:46am 2 IMDb -- -, Saturday, January 19, 07:03:46am Guje Lagerwall Kanter 1918-2019 Swedish actress, daughter of Victor Sjöström Fredrik Andersson Saturday, January 19, 03:24:14am 1 ARCHIVE: January 18, 1982 ~Former child actor Trent Lehman, whose early efforts in 1960s TV, led him to his best remembered role as 'Butch Everett' on TV's "Nanny and the Professor", who at age 20, tragically hung himself on the schoolyard fence of the school he had attended as a youth. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, January 19, 01:14:39am 3 It was 8 years to-the-day later in 1990, that former child actor Rusty Hamer blew the top of his head off in his trailer in Louisiana. Sad, sad end. -I remember it was like yesterday -and now it's nearly 30 years later??? ... -- Where does time go!?, Friday, January 18, 06:09:13pm Arguably the BEST theme of a 1970s sitcom! -IMO, the sitcom was a great vailed retooling of Mary Poppins! -"Pheobe Figally is a silly namme..."... -- VIDEO, Saturday, January 19, 01:14:39am Actor R. Lee Ermey buried at Arlington National Cemetary He died last April Friday, January 18, 06:13:10pm 2 Short video of the snowy event. ... -- YouTube, Friday, January 18, 06:13:10pm Jan.18th~Happy 102nd Birthday! WW2 Figure Kenneth Mayhew, Baroness Sigrid von Laffert is 101, Composer Juan Orrego-Salas is 100, Actress Agathe Poschmann is 97, Composer Pierick Houdy is 90, Actress Vivi Johansson turns 90. (NT) jlp Friday, January 18, 04:20:23pm 8 Jan.18th~Happy Birthday! Director John Boorman (85) Actor Basil Hoffman (81) Director Ovidio G. Assonitis (76) Actor Paul Freeman (76) Actor Takeshi Kitano (72) Actor M.C. Gainey (71) Wrestler Ted DiBiase (65) (NT) -- Colt, Thursday, January 17, 09:23:24pm Boorman is 86 (NT) -- Tony, Friday, January 18, 07:55:23am Other birthdays, Jan. 18- -- Happy birthdays!, Friday, January 18, 11:22:06am Ex- Pres. of South Korea Chun Doo-hwan is 88, politician Emeka Anyaoku is 86, botanist David Bellamy is 86, writer Raymond Briggs is 85, politician David Howell is 83, Nobel Peace prize awardee John Hume is 82, sociologist Anthony Giddens is 81, athlete Werner Olk is 81, musician Hargus "Pig" Robbins is 81 (NT) -- ., Friday, January 18, 04:16:30pm "Save It" -- Hargus Robbins (as "Mel" Robbins), Friday, January 18, 04:18:07pm "Little Things" -- Bobby Goldsboro, Friday, January 18, 04:19:08pm "Mr. Kirby" -- The New Yorkers (Hudson Bros.), Friday, January 18, 04:20:23pm Healthwatch: Wendy Williams Hospitalized Friday, January 18, 01:00:09pm 1 Musician / Guitarist Reggie Young Dies at 82 Friday, January 18, 12:24:07pm 4 List of oldest guitar heroes still alive -- MattC, Friday, January 18, 08:53:47am Reggie Young plays "In the Ghetto" -- ., Friday, January 18, 11:20:05am Co-Founder with former Elvis Presley Bassist Bill Black of Bill Black's Combo. (NT) -- Both saxophone players for the group Martin Willis and Ace Cannon died in 2018., Friday, January 18, 12:24:07pm Glen Wood, co-founder of iconic Wood Brothers Racing team Dies at 93 Friday, January 18, 12:20:59pm 2 I remember him racing at Bowman-Grey Staduim in Winston-Salem back in the early 60's -- Teller, Friday, January 18, 12:20:59pm Archive: January 18, 2016: Glenn Frey dies at 67 Eagles Singer Friday, January 18, 12:06:24pm 1 Nick Redman, Oscar nominated documentary filmmaker and soundtrack producer Dead at 63 Friday, January 18, 11:34:35am 2 Imdb -- ., Friday, January 18, 11:34:35am Ex Cincinnati Bengals QB Turk Schonert dead at 62. FOX19 News Friday, January 18, 11:30:29am 2 Pic -- ., Friday, January 18, 11:30:29am Actor Stefanos Miltsakakis Dies at 59 Friday, January 18, 11:27:50am 3 IMDb -- -, Friday, January 18, 10:14:20am Was in "Weekend at Bernie's" (NT) -- ., Friday, January 18, 11:27:50am Debi Martini, Punk Rock Singer, Red Aunts David S. Friday, January 18, 11:20:59am 5 Sad, David. But I am surprised you did not comment on the tragic death of bull rider Mason Lowe. (NT) -- Considering your expertise and interest in that subject,, Thursday, January 17, 11:44:27pm Been Talking To Some Of My Facebook Friends Who Knew Him -- David S., Friday, January 18, 12:03:39am I've got a couple of Red Aunts albums. (NT) -- Last time I listened to them, I thought they sucked, Friday, January 18, 11:18:26am "Detroit Valentine" -- Red Aunts, Friday, January 18, 11:20:59am Congolese boy who traveled to US, sponsored by fellow Congolese American pro basketball athlete Dikembe Mutombo, to have facial tumor removed dies. ... Matadi Sela Petit was only 8, when he died Dec. 23. Friday, January 18, 02:33:14am 1 Australian Blues Singer Chris Wilson, Dead At 62 From Cancer David S. Friday, January 18, 12:07:20am 1 Pro Bull Rider Mason Lowe dies at 25 TOBY Thursday, January 17, 11:47:28pm 2 I'm not a fan of this activity. But I am heartsick about his death. (NT) -- So sad., Thursday, January 17, 11:47:28pm Jan.17th~Happy 104th Birthday! Holocaust Survivor Thomas James Stretch, WW2 Figure Dan Tolkowsky is 98, Astrophysicist Epaminondas Stassinopoulos is 98, Politician Luis Echeveria is 97, Actress Betty White is 97, Actress Sally Demay is 97, Gov't Official Newton Monow is 93, Actor Pia Arnell is 90, Actress Anne Kyriakou is 90, Actor Philip Latham is 90, (NT) jlp Thursday, January 17, 05:29:51pm 12 Actor Thomas Weisgerber is 90, Coach Chuck Studley turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Wednesday, January 16, 09:04:56pm Jan.17th~Happy Birthday! Actor James Earl Jones (88) TV Host Maury Povich (80) Actor Randy Boone (77) Actor Geoffrey Deuel (76) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, January 16, 09:32:38pm Jones, 88, only has another 9 years to pass his actor father Robert Earl Jones in longevity. ... -- Robert Earl Jones died 2006, at 96., Wednesday, January 16, 10:47:38pm actress Carol Raye is 96 (NT) -- jude, Thursday, January 17, 07:44:08am Other birthdays, Jan. 17- -- Happy birthdays!, Thursday, January 17, 11:50:25am Ex- Gov. of Virginia Douglas Wilder is 88, Archbishop Alexander J. Brunett is 85, ex- Gov. of Delaware Ruth Ann Minner is 84, diplomat John Boyd is 83, philosopher Alain Badiou is 82, ex- US Rep. Edward Mezvinsky is 82, skier Toini Gustafsson is 81 (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 17, 02:10:33pm "Let's Dance" -- Chris Montez, Thursday, January 17, 05:07:34pm "La La Means I Love You" -- The Delfonics, Thursday, January 17, 05:09:00pm "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)" -- The Rolling Stones, Thursday, January 17, 05:10:31pm "Best Of My Love" -- The Emotions, Thursday, January 17, 05:11:35pm Betty White Celebrates #97! -- Golden Girl, Thursday, January 17, 05:29:51pm ARCHIVE: January 16, 1979 ~It was 40(!) years today,Ted Cassidy, radio, television and film and voice actor, whose 6 ft 9 in stature and his deep bass voice, cast him in in offbeat/sci-fi TV, like Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie, best remembered as footman 'Lurch' on TV's "The Addams Family", dies of complications following open-heart surgery, at age 46. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, January 17, 05:23:33pm 7 Ted Cassidy played the infamous Bigfoot along with Andre The Giant on The Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman. Both died at age 46 (NT) -- TOBY, Thursday, January 17, 06:11:20am Meanwhile, "Addams Family" co- star John Astin seems to be still goin' strong at 88 (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 17, 11:57:16am True, even outliving poor 'Pugley' actor Ken Weatherwax, who died 5 years ago, at age 59! ... -- RIP, Thursday, January 17, 12:20:17pm Does anyone know if Ted Cassidy's ashes were ever found--they were supposed to have been (NT) -- buried in the back yard of the house he died in, Thursday, January 17, 03:27:39pm There are quite a few celebs who have had their ashes scattered on their home grounds -Fredric Marh, Margaret Hamilton, Gene Reyburn. (NT) -- But FEW whose ashes are actually BURIED., Thursday, January 17, 05:22:03pm Question: Ennis Cosby was interred at the Cosby Family New England estate. But was it his body or ashes? (NT) -- Curious, Thursday, January 17, 05:23:33pm Ronan Sexton, 35, Nephew of Liam Neeson dies 5 years after fall. Yahoo News Thursday, January 17, 05:13:22pm 2 Note to self ... (NT) -- Guiness + Rock & Roll partying ...don't mix., Thursday, January 17, 05:13:22pm Bob Christiansen, Emmy winning TV producer ("The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman") Dead at 85 Thursday, January 17, 01:11:39pm 5 Imdb -- ., Thursday, January 17, 12:03:24pm Not as prestigious as "Miss Jane Pittman", but I still remember another TV film he produced- "Gargoyles" (NT) -- Scared the crap out of me as a kid!, Thursday, January 17, 12:04:56pm What was scarier, it starred former Hollywood star Cornell Wilde! But yes, it did scare the crap out of me when I was a kid, too. -Here 'tis ... -- It' rare you saw a made-for-TV movie in the early 1970s, that scarey!, Thursday, January 17, 12:34:42pm Yes! I remember this also from my childhood. It terrified me . (NT) -- (NT), Thursday, January 17, 01:11:39pm Sandra Harmon Elvis and Me Author dead at 80. Hollywood Reporter Thursday, January 17, 11:55:33am 2 Imdb -- ., Thursday, January 17, 11:55:33am Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Dies at 83 Thursday, January 17, 11:54:33am 2 Pic -- ., Thursday, January 17, 11:54:33am Worlds oldest nun dies at age 110 Firefighter Fred Thursday, January 17, 11:51:57am 2 She died last November -- Here's a link, Thursday, January 17, 11:51:57am Director & Producer William Olsen Dies at 68 Thursday, January 17, 11:48:32am 3 IMDb -- -, Thursday, January 17, 09:10:34am I wonder how he got Dick Cavett to appear in his film "After School" (1988) (NT) -- Page Hannah (younger sister of Daryl) was also in it, Thursday, January 17, 11:48:32am Singer Rita Vidaurri (“La Calandria”) Dies at 94 Thursday, January 17, 07:32:33am 1 Art Director Gary Pembroke Allen 1937-2018 Thursday, January 17, 06:46:00am 2 IMDb -- Link, Thursday, January 17, 06:46:00am Alfred K. Newman, Navajo Code Talker Dies at 94 Thursday, January 17, 02:19:22am 4 Not to be confused with Alfred E. Newman (NT) -- What, me worry?, Tuesday, January 15, 11:47:22am That's Alfred E. Neuman. (NT) -- No worries, Tuesday, January 15, 11:53:52am Or composer Alfred Newman. (NT) -- Songster Randy Newman's uncle., Thursday, January 17, 02:19:22am American Jason Spindler, 40, CEO and managing director of I-DEV, a strategy and investment firm among dead in al-Shabab's attack terrorist attack on a luxury hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, killed days before his birthday. ... His death comes 17 years after surviving 911 NYC attacks at Trade Center. Wednesday, January 16, 06:50:09pm 1 Bruce Tufeld, Hollywood Agent And Manager, son of "Lost in Space" actor Richard Tufeld Dead at 66 Wednesday, January 16, 06:32:43pm 2 His father was probably best known for these words- (NT) -- "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!", Wednesday, January 16, 06:32:43pm Lorna Doom (AKA Teresa Ryan), bassist for legendary LA punk band, The Germs Per ex-brother in law Wednesday, January 16, 05:24:49pm 3 she has been reunited with Darby Crash, was a fan of this band in high school (NT) -- colt, Wednesday, January 16, 03:39:29pm "Forming" -- The first punk single I ever owned., Wednesday, January 16, 05:24:49pm Voice actor Bradley Bolke ('Chumlee' from TV's "Tennessee Tuxedo" fame) has passed away at the age of 93. ... Chumlee Wednesday, January 16, 04:50:18pm 5 Here's Tennessee Tuxedo & Chumley -- in "Rocket Ruckus", Wednesday, January 16, 11:22:15am His brother, Dayton Allen (1919- 2004) was one of the "men in the street" on The Steve Allen Show (NT) -- ., Wednesday, January 16, 11:34:42am He was the voice of Nikita Krushchev on Vaughn Meader's 1962 "First Family" album. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Wednesday, January 16, 02:58:00pm His last acting credit was the 1974 animated film "The Year Without a Santa Claus" (NT) -- Which was also Shirley Booth's last credit, Wednesday, January 16, 04:50:18pm Archive: Ennis Cosby, Jan. 16, 1997 Son of Bill Cosby Wednesday, January 16, 02:07:40pm 2 Another Cosby child, daughter, Ensa, died Feb. 23, 1998, at 44 (NT) -- He has 3 other daughters, Wednesday, January 16, 02:07:40pm Actor & Stuntman Bill Anagnos Dies at 60 Wednesday, January 16, 12:56:59pm 5 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, January 16, 12:41:23pm I'll be damned! Looks like we were posting at almost the same time. (NT) -- If I had known you were also posting I wouldn't have bothered., Wednesday, January 16, 12:49:44pm Eerie! Nearly word-for-word, too! (NT) -- I hadn't heard the name before, but stunts in 193 movies. Incredible!, Wednesday, January 16, 12:54:38pm That was odd for sure. (NT) -- R.I.P., Wednesday, January 16, 12:56:59pm Actor & Stuntman Bill Anagnos Dies at 60 Wednesday, January 16, 12:44:18pm 2 IMDb -- Link, Wednesday, January 16, 12:44:18pm Eli Grba, First player to throw a pitch for the Angels Dead at 84 Wednesday, January 16, 12:37:39pm 1 Archive: Bradford Dillman, Jan. 16, 2008. Can't belive its been a year already was a huge fan Colt Wednesday, January 16, 12:12:19pm 5 And it's been a year already (Jan.15) of two fine musicians we lost -Dolores O'Riordan, ftont girl for Cranberries for years took her own life. And Grammy Gospel hit-maker Edwin "Oh, Happy Day" Hawkins! -- Links ..., Tuesday, January 15, 11:26:01pm And lest we forget the great woman of science who rounded the celeb trifecta that day (Jan. 15) Dr. Mathilde Galland Krim, the pioneer medical researdh scientist who work into the Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. -- Dr. Krim devoted her life to global AIDS impact, helping found the American Foundation for AIDS Research (commonly known as AmFAR)., Tuesday, January 15, 11:32:24pm Dillman was in hands down THE greatest episode of The Incredible Hulk - The Snare. (NT) -- TOBY, Wednesday, January 16, 04:27:01am Dolores O'Riordan did not commit suicide. (NT) -- She drowned in the bathtub while highly intoxicated. Her death was ruled an accident by the London coroner., Wednesday, January 16, 12:12:19pm Heathwatch: MJ "daughter" Paris Jackson, 20, checks into treatment center to focus on physical and emotional wellbeing. ... NYDaily News Wednesday, January 16, 11:59:30am 1 Actor & Comedian Ben Bennett Dies at 89 Wednesday, January 16, 11:53:36am 4 IMDb -- Link, Wednesday, January 16, 12:46:17am He's in this "Ozzie & Harriet" episode, "A Wife in the Office" -- Playing "Repairman", Wednesday, January 16, 11:31:14am I went through it twice, and couldn't see him. But nice to see all those young actors, then. Hard to believe they're in their 80s(!) now -if alive! David's wife June Blair is 85 now!! ... -- She was Playboy Playmate of the Month in 1957. They divorced in 1975, and David died in 2011 (8 years ago this week -1/11/11)., Wednesday, January 16, 11:53:36am Jan.16th ~Happy 99th Birthday! Actress/Singer Ann McCormack, Clarinetist Claude Abadie is 99, Politician Shmuel Toledano is 98, Politician Henry Sayler is 98, Writer William Kennedy turns 91. (NT) jlp Wednesday, January 16, 11:43:01am 5 Jan.16th ~Happy Birthday! Actor Harry Basch (93) Director John Carpenter (71) Actress Caroline Munro (70) Singer Debbie Allen (69) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, January 15, 10:18:48pm Hard to believe the forever young R&B star Aaliyah (1979-2001), would have been 40 today! ... -- I wonder today what role she would have played into her (illegal) ex-husband R.Kelly's downfall these days?, Tuesday, January 15, 11:44:17pm Opera singer Marilyn Horne is 85 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 16-, Wednesday, January 16, 11:25:03am Scientist Peter B. Hirsch is 94, journalist Norman Podhoretz is 89, physicist John Enderby is 88, physicist Robert L. Park is 88, ex- US Rep. Bill Alexander is 85, racer A. J. Foyt is 84, writer Marina Vaizey is 81, photographer Ralph Gibsonis 80, historian Christoph M. Kimmich is 80 (NT) -- .., Wednesday, January 16, 11:43:01am Folk Singer/Songwriter Linda Waterfall Dies at 68 Wednesday, January 16, 11:28:04am 2 " Way of Beauty" -- Linda Waterfall, Wednesday, January 16, 11:28:04am OT: "To Catch a Predator" host Chris Hansen arrested Bouncing checks Wednesday, January 16, 11:18:58am 1 Shirley Boone, Wife of singer Pat Boone Dead at 84 Wednesday, January 16, 07:29:59am 7 Daughter of Country singer Red Foley, mother of Debby Boone (NT) -- ., Friday, January 11, 04:46:26pm Imdb -- ., Friday, January 11, 04:47:27pm Full article -- R.I.P., Friday, January 11, 05:14:06pm Debby boone is married to Gabriel Ferrer (brother of Miguel, cousin of George Clooney) (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 12, 11:46:50am Pat & Shirley were married for 65 years (NT) -- That's pretty long for a celebrity couple, Saturday, January 12, 11:50:45am It is. My parents will be married 66 years in March. (NT) -- Amazing, Wednesday, January 16, 07:29:59am Archive: Brad Renfro, Jan. 15, 2008 Actor Wednesday, January 16, 04:35:00am 4 Sad last interview of Brad Renfro ... -- His last tatto days before his suicide, said it all., Tuesday, January 15, 07:48:13pm His tombstone has a Walk-of-Fame Movie Star-type icon on it (NT) -- I don't think I've ever seen that icon on a celeb's tombstone before?, Wednesday, January 16, 01:22:05am Where are you getting the information that he committed suicide? (NT) -- ., Wednesday, January 16, 04:35:00am Archive: Kim Fowley, Jan. 15, 2015 Musician- producer Tuesday, January 15, 05:07:53pm 3 "The Trip" -- Kim Fowley, Tuesday, January 15, 05:05:49pm "The Worst Record Ever Made" -- Althea & The Memories, featuring Kim Fowley, Tuesday, January 15, 05:07:53pm Archive: Harry Nilsson, Jan. 15, 1994 Singer, songwriter Tuesday, January 15, 05:00:11pm 2 "Without You" -- Nilsson, Tuesday, January 15, 05:00:11pm ARCHIVE: January 15, 2000 ~Actress Fran Ryan, stage, screen and TV player, who much of her career bore similarity to predecessor character actress Marjorie Main, frequently playing tough, mean-lipped, earthy and gruff-but-lovable female characters, dies at 83. ... Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, January 15, 02:43:48pm 2 Not shy of tragedy in her real life, a pregnant Ryan was widowed in 1951 when her pilot husband died in wreck. Two years later, a newly married Ryan lost another pilot husband to the air, in the Oregon wilderness in May 1953. (NT) -- Horribly, remains of hubby #2 were never found, though his wreckage was recovered 15 years later!, Tuesday, January 15, 02:43:48pm Jan.15th~Happy Birthday! Actress Phyllis Coates (92) Actress Joanne Linville (91) Actor Joe Dorsey (87) Actor Martin Speer (78) Actress Karen Carlson (74) Actress Andrea Martin (72) Singer Chris D. (66) Actress Ta-Tanisha (66) (NT) Colt Tuesday, January 15, 01:44:43pm 8 Jan.15th~Happy 99th Birthday! WW2 Figure/Diplomat Joseph Mendenhall, Architect Trevor Dannatt is 99, Diplomat Pol Le Gourrierec is 98, Actor Amaro Cesar is 97, Screenwriter Lucio De Caro is 97, Politician Lee Teng-hui is 96, Religious Figure Georg Ratzinger is 95, Actress Phyllis Coates is 92, Actor Ivo Kadic turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Monday, January 14, 09:03:18pm Ruth Slenczynska is 94. American pianist who studied with Rachmaninov (NT) -- Tony, Tuesday, January 15, 08:01:34am Hard to believe Dr. Martin Luther KIng would have been 90, today! Like JFK, forever remembered as a young man in his 40s. -- Happy 90th!, Tuesday, January 15, 10:45:14am Well in his 30s (NT) -- He was 39 at his death, Tuesday, January 15, 10:58:39am Actress Margaret O’Brien (”Meet Me In St. Louis”) is 82 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 15-, Tuesday, January 15, 11:42:24am Jan. 15, 2009- US Airways Flight 1549 takes off from LaGuardia Airport in New York. Pilot "Sully" Sullenberger would soon have to use all of his expertise for... -- "The Miracle on the Hudson", Tuesday, January 15, 11:51:33am Musician Ruth Slenczynska is 94, actor Ignacio López Tarso is 94, sculptor Lee Bontecou is 88, journalist Frank Bough is 86, writer Ernest J. Gaines is 86, chemist Peter Maitlis is 86, mountaineer Ashraf Aman is 81, wrestler Estrella Blanca is 81, athlete Chuni Goswami is 81 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, January 15, 01:44:43pm Raymond G. Perelman, Businessman, one time father-in- law of actress Ellen Barkin Dead at 101 Tuesday, January 15, 11:54:30am 1 Here's SAG-AFTRA Magazine In Memoriam 2018 Link Tuesday, January 15, 09:03:15am 13 more I thought were still with us not mentioned on here but made this sag list -- Colt (Link Inside), Monday, January 07, 06:07:51pm Don't worry. The "link guy" will post them again in two years (NT) -- LOL, Monday, January 07, 06:12:16pm I have better things to do than repost old obits that were already posted before. Like I've said, I do my research beforehand and if I do repost one it's not intentional. (NT) -- It's funny that posting an archive obit is fine, but if I post one not done before someone's panties gets bunched up., Monday, January 07, 06:36:45pm I think people get annoyed when you actively search for old obituaries, rather than post current ones. (NT) -- You also assume that your old obituar have not been posted even though the archives here don't go that far back to verify your claim., Monday, January 07, 06:59:30pm I was hoping to talk about the loss of Al Fann ,Stafford Morgan, Robert Phillips, Joe Ponazecki instead of this bickering (NT) -- Colt, Monday, January 07, 07:09:05pm Looks like Joe Ponazecki died last January at age 84, according to the new SAG list. (NT) -- Colt, Monday, January 07, 10:50:11pm Colt has made an excellent point. These deaths were not widely reported at all (NT) -- And some apparently not reported at all. I was unaware of those listed (as was IMDb)., Tuesday, January 08, 08:31:05am The previous SAG magazine listed Arell Blanton died on Sept. 21, 2018 - age 74. ... -- *, Tuesday, January 08, 11:01:11pm On the list is also John Heffernan who passed away on December 3, 2018. Is this the actor from "The Sting"? Another name on the list is Lewis Van Bergen who passed away on April 6, 2018. Is this the actor from "The Relic"? -- Fredrik Andersson, Saturday, January 12, 06:01:14am Here is Heffernan in 1973 THE STING as the grifter cage man taking Robert Shaw's big bet! ... -- VIDEO, Saturday, January 12, 10:38:08am I'm investigating the Heffernan entry. As for the Van Bergen entry, that's a bit tougher, as I can't locate agent contacts/family contacts yet. (NT) -- DialMForMovies, Saturday, January 12, 11:30:17pm The SAG memorian also lists actor Victor Camps as dying on Dec. 4, 2018 -- *, Tuesday, January 15, 09:03:15am OT: Registering Name Der Bingle Tuesday, January 15, 05:52:56am 3 Yes, you can register your name/handle here. (NT) -- Simple process., Tuesday, January 15, 05:43:59am I did it! Thanks! -- DerBingle, Tuesday, January 15, 05:52:56am ARCHIVE: January 14, 1961 ~UK-born stage/film actor Ernest Thesiger made nearly 60 films in a 50-year acting career, it is for the two he made w/director James Whale that Thesiger will be best remembered -as 'Horace Femm' in Whale's "The Old Dark House" (1932), and 'Doctor Septimus Pretorius' in Whale's classic horror sequel "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), dies on the eve of his 82nd birthday! … Bio & PHOTO Monday, January 14, 10:01:54pm 2 In "Bride of Frankenstein", Thesiger mentions his "humble abode". (NT) -- A phrase later used by Bobby "Boris" Pickett in "Monster Mash"., Monday, January 14, 10:01:54pm ARCHIVE: January 14, 1961 ~UK-born stage/film actor Ernest Thesiger made nearly 60 films in a 50-year acting career, it is for the two he made w/director James Whale that Thesiger will be best remembered -as 'Horace Femm' in Whale's "The Old Dark House" (1932), and 'Doctor Septimus Pretorius' in Whale's classic horror sequel "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), dies on the eve of his 82nd birthday! … Bio & PHOTO Monday, January 14, 05:42:54pm 1 Paul Koslo, Actor known for 1970s roles dies at 74 Link Monday, January 14, 05:18:53pm 8 He was also a baddie in tons of Charles Bronson flicks also (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, January 13, 07:39:00pm Link makes no mention of death. (NT) -- Just a video clip., Sunday, January 13, 07:51:38pm This Would Be Clint Eastwood's 3rd co-star That Died In Recent Months With Sondra Locke and Verna Bloom (NT) -- David S., Monday, January 14, 02:25:22am Imdb -- ., Monday, January 14, 12:57:12pm More info. -- Link., Monday, January 14, 03:33:27pm another news link, this is a shame I liked him made a great heavy -- Colt (Link Inside), Monday, January 14, 04:46:04pm Just saw him in "The Laughing Policeman" -an odd Matthau/Dern urban cop film. (NT) -- You're right, Koslo was good in everything he did., Monday, January 14, 05:18:53pm Jan.14th~Happy 114th Birthday! Supercentenarian Jeanne Bot, WW2 Figure Vahe Danielyan is 99, Writer Patil Puttappa is 98, Actress Carole Cook is 95, Poitician Lauch Faircloth is 91, Composer Gian Stellari turns 90. (NT) jlp Monday, January 14, 04:19:59pm 8 Jan.14th~Happy Birthday! Singer Jack Jones (81) Actress Martha Gibson (80) Actress Faye Dunaway (78) Actor Marjoe Gortner (75) Actor Carl Weathers (71) Actress Christine Belford (70) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, January 13, 09:52:21pm Director Lawrence Kasdan (70) Actor Shaun Duke (66) Wrestler Jim Duggan (65) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, January 13, 09:53:36pm ARCHIVE: January 13, 1919 ~It was 100 years ago, Andy Rooney, radio and television writer was born. He was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 until his death in 2011. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Monday, January 14, 02:04:40am Born the same day, was actor Joe Senaca, known for his stage efforts, and roles in 1980s character roles in films "The Verdict", and "Crossroads" where his talent for the blues music came to light. Seneca died in 1996, at 77. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Monday, January 14, 02:25:15am Blues singer Clarence Carter is 83 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 14-, Monday, January 14, 12:52:08pm "Slip Away" -- Clarence Carter, Monday, January 14, 12:52:59pm "Wives & Lovers" -- Jack Jones, Monday, January 14, 04:19:59pm Bonnie Guitar, Pioneering Musician, Performer & Producer Dies at 95 Monday, January 14, 04:18:29pm 7 "Dark Moon" -- Bonnie Guitar, Monday, January 14, 06:58:46am IMDb -- -, Monday, January 14, 07:00:15am I'd love to know how you found this. (NT) -- That website is not a very common one., Monday, January 14, 08:12:14am "Candy Apple Red" -- Bonnie Guitar, Monday, January 14, 12:49:51pm I don't think you'd get away with changing your name to "guitar" nowadays (NT) -- It worked for Bonnie, though., Monday, January 14, 03:39:26pm Here's Bonnie Guitar on "To Tell the Truth" in 1961 -- She comes on at the 9 min, 30 sec mark, Monday, January 14, 04:18:29pm Pepita Ferrari, Documentary filmmaker Dead at 66 Monday, January 14, 04:09:12pm 1 Actress Nancy E. "Buni" Bacon dies at 79 Former wife of The Ventures Guitarist Don Wilson Monday, January 14, 04:07:34pm 5 IMDb -- Link, Thursday, January 10, 12:00:51pm Co- Starred with Conway Twitty in "Sex Kittens Go to College" (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 10, 02:08:34pm She's on the cover of The Ventures Lp "Walk, Don't Run Vol. 2" -- Link, Monday, January 14, 01:33:49pm I heard that the guys on the cover of the first Ventures album weren't the group at all! -- They just rounded up some random guys & put them on the cover!, Monday, January 14, 04:07:34pm Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, assassinated. Sherlock Monday, January 14, 01:08:23pm 2 Pawel Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdansk, Poland, stabbed to death on stage -- He was 53., Monday, January 14, 01:08:23pm Mark Urman, Film producer ("Monster's Ball") Dead at 66 Monday, January 14, 01:01:39pm 1 Joe M. Jackson, Medal of Honor Recipient Dies at 95 Monday, January 14, 11:54:07am 1 Mel Stottlemyre, New York baseball legend, dead at 77 Daily News Monday, January 14, 11:19:11am 2 Full obit text -- Link, Monday, January 14, 11:19:11am TV Writer & Producer John Falsey Dies at 67 Monday, January 14, 09:46:25am 6 IMDb -- -, Sunday, January 13, 03:14:55pm January 11 and it's just now being posted on here? (NT) -- This didn't come up with intense Google searches over the last 2 days so something is definitely wrong somewhere., Sunday, January 13, 03:42:45pm Falsey, along with his writing and producing partner, Joshua Brand, created “St. Elsewhere” and “Northern Exposure” (NT) -- The two also received an Emmy for 1987s “A Year in the Life”, Sunday, January 13, 03:54:17pm Also produced "Amazing Stories" an anthology show in the mid 80's (NT) -- ., Sunday, January 13, 04:17:45pm A 1985 episode of "Amazing Stories" was the first time I recall seeing Kevin Costner in anything (NT) -- ., Monday, January 14, 09:46:25am Archive: Carol Wayne, Jan. 13, 1985 Actress Monday, January 14, 09:44:59am 3 The guy she was with at the time was also connected to Diane Linkletter when she died (NT) -- Quite the sleaze, Sunday, January 13, 06:18:57pm Like other middle aged actresses, Wayne posed for Playboy in 1984, long after anyone wanted to see her nude (NT) -- I wonder if she used the Playboy money to finance her Mexico trip?, Monday, January 14, 09:44:59am Jan.13th~Happy 101st Birthday! Actress Guje Lagerwall, NASCAR Driver Bob Barron is 98, WW2 Figure Clarence "Bud" Anderson is 97, Author John Harper is 97, Biologist Sydney Brenner is 92, Actress Sarn A'Deane is 90, Actor Yuriy Satarov turns 90. (NT) jlp Sunday, January 13, 06:52:06pm 8 Jan.13th~Happy Birthday! Actor David Sheiner (91) Actress Frances Sternhagen (89) Actor Jon Cypher (87) Actor Rip Taylor (85) Actor Billy Gray (81) Actress Carol Cleveland (77) Actor Richard Moll (76) (NT) -- Colt, Saturday, January 12, 11:05:57pm who is John Harper? (NT) -- jude, Sunday, January 13, 04:19:03am Actor, comedian Charlie Brill is 81 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 13-, Sunday, January 13, 11:56:03am "The Sopranos" premiered in Jan, 1999 (NT) -- 20 years ago!, Sunday, January 13, 12:00:42pm Engineer Ron Tauranac is 94, businessman John Macomber is 91, ex- US Rep. Pat Danner is 85, actor Renato Aragăo is 84, businessman Ray R. Irani is 84, Judge Alan D. Lourie is 84, singer Renato Bruson is 83, Judge Kermit E. Bye is 82, actor William B. Davis is 81, TV producer Anna Home is 81, writer Edgardo Cozarinsky is 80, athlete Jacek Gmoch is 80, hockey player Cesare Maniago is 80 (NT) -- ., Sunday, January 13, 12:18:45pm Speaking of SOPRANOS, last week NBC's TODAY SHOW reunited most of the initial cast of the show, for a Q&A ... -- VIDEO, Sunday, January 13, 12:35:22pm I can't find him either. (NT) -- Maybe another typo?, Sunday, January 13, 06:52:06pm baseball player Johnny Hetki Dies at 96 Sunday, January 13, 06:44:22pm 2 Obit -- -, Sunday, January 13, 06:44:22pm Dec.25th~Happy 101st Birthday! Scientist Arseny Mironov, Diplomat George S. Vest is 100, Religious Figure William Evan Sanders is 99, Mathematician Victor Zalgaller is 98, Actress Maria Cristina Camilo is 97, Actress Diana Herbert is 90, Actress Etta-Liisa Kunnas is 90, Actor Dick Miler is 90, Actor Youri Radionow is 90, Scholar Kapila Vatsyayan turns 90. (NT) jlp Sunday, January 13, 06:36:40pm 7 Silent film actor Billy Watson is 95 (NT) -- Mitch, Tuesday, December 25, 06:27:38am Dec.25th~Happy Birthday! Actor John Capodice (77) Producer Rick Berman (73) Actor Paul Willson (73) Singer Jimmy Buffett (72) Actor Stuart Wilson (72) Singer Barbara Mandrell (70) Actress Sissy Spacek (69) Actress CCH Pounder (66) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, December 25, 09:58:39am Other birthdays, Dec. 25- -- Happy birthdays!, Tuesday, December 25, 10:55:06am Don't forget another birthday today- Jesus (NT) -- Born 2,018 years ago, Tuesday, December 25, 10:57:15am True ... -- Happy Birthday!, Tuesday, December 25, 11:09:52am Jesus -- Stephen Urbaniak, Sunday, January 13, 06:36:40pm OT: The grave of Vaudeville performer Joe Keaton (father of comic icon Buster Keaton) has finally been marked. Joe Keaton's grave had been UNmarked for over 70 years, until fans from around the world, raised fund$ to mark his grave. ... Joe Keaton died 73 years ago today ... Sunday, January 13, 02:12:37pm 1 John Burningham, Prolific Author of Children’s Books Dead at 82 Sunday, January 13, 01:53:26pm 1 Actress Lois Swaney Dies at 92 Sunday, January 13, 01:49:04pm 3 IMDb -- -, Sunday, January 13, 09:57:13am Sounds like a nice lady, but not an actress (NT) -- Russ, Sunday, January 13, 10:19:10am Singer, producer, & songwriter Willie Murphy Dies at 75 Sunday, January 13, 01:18:49pm 4 Link please (NT) -- Thanks, Sunday, January 13, 11:49:20am Here 'tis -- ., Sunday, January 13, 11:58:43am "I'll Be Here" -- Willie Murphy, Sunday, January 13, 01:18:49pm Songwriter Whitey Shafer Dies at 84 Sunday, January 13, 01:16:29pm 2 "I Never Go Around Mirrors" - Gene Watson (Co-written by Whitey Shafer) -- Link, Sunday, January 13, 01:16:29pm Roger Charlier (Henri Rochard) wrote 1949s "I Was A Male War Bride," starring Cary Grant Dies at 96 Sunday, January 13, 12:59:59pm 3 IMDb & other info -- -, Sunday, January 13, 10:17:48am Actually, his 'story' was developed into a film with Cary Grant & Ann Sheridan. Three other accomplished screenwriters wrote the actual script for the film. (NT) -- To my knowledge Charlier had no other writing credit., Sunday, January 13, 11:09:33am ARCHIVE: January 13, 1979 ~It was 40(!) years ago, we lost famed R&B songwriter/singer Donny Hathaway, 33, penning or co-writing classics "Where Is The Love?", "The Closer I Get To You", and "This Christmas", among others, even singing the intro to TV's MAUDE, took his own life, after years of mental heath issues. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, January 13, 12:31:08pm 1 Walter Shipley, banking industry giant and founder of JP Morgan Chase, dies at 83. ... Russ Sunday, January 13, 11:25:48am 1 Bob Kuechenberg, part of Dolphins' 1972 perfect season Dies at 71 Sunday, January 13, 09:28:55am 1 Raymond Fielding, Newsreel Historian Dies at 87 Sunday, January 13, 09:22:08am 2 IMDb -- -, Sunday, January 13, 09:22:08am Director Jo Andres (& wife of Actor Steve Buscemi) Dies at 65 Sunday, January 13, 05:15:46am 6 IMDb -- -, Saturday, January 12, 09:44:10am Prayers for the Buscemi family (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 12, 11:49:53am PHOTO of Steve & Jo -- RIP, Saturday, January 12, 06:14:14pm I can't find a cause of death. (NT) -- I wonder how she died?, Saturday, January 12, 06:49:12pm Here is an early PHOTO of the Buscemis in happier times. ... -- Link, Sunday, January 13, 05:15:46am Orville C. Vanderlip, One of the oldest men in California Dead at 109 Saturday, January 12, 10:29:40pm 5 Now THAT is one of the most "old-timey" names that still remained. (NT) -- Abigail, Hortense, Pineford, Reginald, and Orville Clark Vanderlip, you just don't hear anymore., Saturday, January 12, 01:26:57pm Obit claims he was named for the famous aviator Orville Wright (NT) -- Wright Bros. flew at Kitty Hawk only 6 years before he was born!, Saturday, January 12, 02:59:15pm I know a few Abigails, so I don't think that one is as old-fashioned as the rest of the list. (NT) -- Hortense, for sure! I'll also add Edna. I had two great aunt Ednas who would both be well over 100 now., Saturday, January 12, 06:43:10pm Whatever became of Betty and Barney? (NT) -- Or Wilma, or Fred??, Saturday, January 12, 10:29:40pm ARCHIVE: January 12, 1976 ~English writer Dame Agatha Christie, best known for her 66 best-selling detective novels, and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, dies at 85. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, January 12, 10:26:03pm 8 "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" had one of the greatest twist endings ever (NT) -- I won't reveal it if you haven't read it!, Saturday, January 12, 03:01:21pm "And Then There Were None" and "The ABC Murders" are two more of my favorites. (NT) -- She was a master of suspense!, Saturday, January 12, 05:13:13pm Here in U.S., last night PBS just ran BBC's latest incarnation (2015) of the classic '10 little indian' stories -starring Miranda Richardson, Sam Niell, and the great Charles Dance, among others. ... -- ...But shame on Dame Aggie for her original title., Saturday, January 12, 07:28:04pm The original title was based on a famous song at the time. (NT) -- It would have been fine, but then political correctness ruined it, like it did so many other things., Saturday, January 12, 08:01:21pm Thank God we've evolved as a society, that we correct wrongs that hurt whole groups of people. (NT) -- Thw only thing "ruined" are the archaic, hurtful language and ideas some want cling to., Saturday, January 12, 08:20:11pm The impact of the snowflake generation is thankfully fading fast. (NT) -- Offended by everything. Every word is "hurtful" to them., Saturday, January 12, 08:23:33pm "Every" word is "hurtful" to them. ....LOL (NT) -- You're knowledge of social history can fill a thimble., Saturday, January 12, 10:26:03pm ARCHIVE: January 12, 1910 ~Bass Reeves, pioneering first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River, credited with arresting more than 3,000 felons, shooting and killed 14 outlaws in self-defense, died of Bright's disease (nephritis), at age 71. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, January 12, 10:11:07pm 2 The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurred on the same date (NT) -- with more than 100,000 killed as a result, Saturday, January 12, 10:11:07pm Comic Book Writer & Artist Batton Lash Dies at 65 Saturday, January 12, 08:34:27pm 2 IMDb -- -, Saturday, January 12, 08:34:27pm Lester Wunderman, Direct Marketing Pioneer and Original "Mad Man" Dead at 98 Saturday, January 12, 06:41:45pm 3 Wunderman is survived by his wife, the former Sue Oakland. During the late sixties Sue Oakland made 14 appearances on the panel of "What's My Line?" filling the seat formerly held by the late Dorothy Kilgallen. (NT) -- She was married at the time to a TV producer, Ted Cott. Cott died in 1973, and she married Wunderman in 1975., Saturday, January 12, 05:33:56pm Here's a "What's My Line" appearance from 1966 -- with Warren Beatty and Steve Lawrence, Saturday, January 12, 06:41:45pm Actor Matthew Locricchio Dies at 71 Saturday, January 12, 06:39:15pm 3 IMDb -- Link, Saturday, January 12, 05:44:49pm Pic. -- ., Saturday, January 12, 06:39:15pm Harlem Globetrotter, Jumping Johnny Wilson Dead at 91 Saturday, January 12, 05:22:35pm 2 Full obit text -- Link, Saturday, January 12, 05:22:35pm Major Geoffrey Langlands, 101, - legendary soldier, teacher was last significant figure of British Raj in Pakistan... cameron Saturday, January 12, 03:24:44pm 1 Archive: Betty Lou Gerson, Jan. 12, 1999 Actress (voice of Cruella De Ville) Saturday, January 12, 03:10:07pm 1 Fernando Lujan, Actor (was in the "Overboard" remake) Dead at 79 Saturday, January 12, 03:05:54pm 2 Imdb -- ., Saturday, January 12, 03:05:54pm ARCHIVE: January 11, 1979 ~It was 40(!) years ago today, actor Jack Soo, whose career spread from Broadway, to Hollywood film and TV, best remembered as 'Det. Nick Yamana' on TV's "Barney Miller, dies at 61, after long battle with cancer. … Bio & PHOTO Saturday, January 12, 12:06:07pm 3 "Barney Miller" was never really the same after Soo died (NT) -- Even though it ran another 3 years, Saturday, January 12, 11:48:02am "Mushi Mushi". (NT) -- Love those brownies, Saturday, January 12, 12:06:07pm Jan.12th~Happy 112th Birthdays! Supercentenrians Hildegard Lange and Arcadia Aguilar Noyola, Politician Mike Laffin is 101, Chemist Ralph Pearson is 100, Screenwriter Nicole de Buron is 90, Actress Rowena Gregory is 90, Director Christopher Hodson turns 90. (NT) jlp Saturday, January 12, 12:04:43pm 6 Jan.12th~Happy Birthdays! Actor Ron Harper (83) Actress Shirley Eaton (82) Actress Kirstie Alley (68) Shock Jockey Howard Stern (65) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, January 11, 10:02:34pm Rush Limbaugh is also 68 today (NT) -- said a harmless lovable little fuzz-ball, Saturday, January 12, 10:52:43am Stern & Limbaugh were both on the cover of Time magazine's issue of Nov. 1, 1993 -- 25 years ago!, Saturday, January 12, 11:52:35am William Lee Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys is 80 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 12-, Saturday, January 12, 11:54:16am Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre is 90, writer Jennifer Johnston is 89, comedian Des O'Connor is 87, TV host Michael Aspel is 86, "mentalist" Kreskin is 84, politician Jennifer Hilton is 83, composer Raimonds Pauls is 83, writer Jacques Hamelink is 80 (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 12, 12:04:43pm Clydie King, Backup Singer for Ray Charles, Bob Dylan & Lynyrd Skynyrd Dead at 75 Saturday, January 12, 11:59:19am 2 Pic -- ., Saturday, January 12, 11:59:19am ARCHIVE: January 10, 2017 ~Ill-fated comic actor Tony Rosato, who found success early in his career, culminating as founding member of Canada's SCTV, and ater as alum of 'Not Ready for Prime Time' on TV's SNL, dies at 62, after years of battling mental. … Bio & PHOTO Saturday, January 12, 11:49:09am 2 Wow, I forgot he died! (NT) -- Sad case, Saturday, January 12, 11:49:09am J.D. Gibbs, son of former Washington Redskins coach and current NASCAR owner Joe Gibbs; co-founder of Joe Gibbs Racing He was 49 Saturday, January 12, 05:32:00am 1 Dianne Oxberry, British radio & TV host (or "presenter", as they call it) Dead at 51 Friday, January 11, 02:39:23pm 1 Jan.11th~Ha[[y 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Isabel Castano Restrepo, Author Ann Tompert is 101, Journalist Lorenza Trucchi is 97, Actor Vasiliy Shkil is 97, Neuroscientist Roger Guillemin is 95, Actor Mitchell Ryan is 91, Annoncer Nicoletta Orsomando is 90, Actress Christina Huth is 90, Baseball's Don Mossi turns 90. (NT) jlp Friday, January 11, 02:36:24pm 7 Jan.11th~Happy Birthday! Actor Alfonso Arau (87) Actor Felix Silla (82) Actor Stan Ivar (76) Actress Sandra Peabody (71) (NT) -- Colt, Thursday, January 10, 09:22:43pm Good Lord...'Cousin It' is 82!?! -- Time flys!, Friday, January 11, 10:59:41am novelist and foreign correspondent Tom Stacey is 89 (NT) -- jude, Friday, January 11, 04:52:14am Actor Mitchell Ryan is 85 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 11-, Friday, January 11, 02:26:30pm Historian Alan Bowness is 91, architect Dmitri Bruns is 90, actor- director Alfonso Arau is 87, ex- Canadian PM Jean Chrétien is 85, activist Arthur Scargill is 81, skier Anne Heggtveit is 80 (NT) -- ., Friday, January 11, 02:34:59pm Wow, the AP lists Mitchell Ryan as 85, Wiki & Imdb list him as 91 (NT) -- Of course, the older age is usually the correct one, Friday, January 11, 02:36:24pm Healthwatch: Former CNN host Piers Morgan Hospitalized Friday, January 11, 02:29:16pm 1 Katherine Scottie MacGregor has died at age 93. Starred as Harriet Oleson on "Little House on the Praire" from 1974 to 1983 (NT) Melissa Gilbert has announced on Facebook Friday, January 11, 02:04:53pm 17 She really took off with that character. (NT) -- R.I.P., Wednesday, November 14, 07:28:27am Nice interview with Katherine MacGregor and Richard Bull about their "Little House on the Prairie" years. -- ., Wednesday, November 14, 07:45:54am IMDb -- -, Wednesday, November 14, 07:51:16am Where's the link to the FB page (NT) -- A link should be mandatory., Wednesday, November 14, 07:56:22am Link to FB page -- R.I.P., Wednesday, November 14, 08:00:16am I wish I could've posted this, I know it makes no difference, but when someone starts a thread and doesn't include a link then the person who provides the article and/or link should get credit for it. (NT) -- The original poster should always provide a link unless they don't know how or can't although I don't see how that's possible., Wednesday, November 14, 08:28:16am I was sure there will be lots of obits coming shortly. I just figured I'd wait and post one when they started popping up. (NT) -- Sorry I didn't post the link. I am on an iPad that is not working properly., Wednesday, November 14, 08:36:01am You're worried about who gets credit?? (NT) -- You are absolutely ridiculous. Grow up., Wednesday, November 14, 06:43:00pm I wonderful and talented actress. Sadly, wasn't utilized much in film or TV outside of Little House. (NT) -- I believe she ran a theater for children near her home for many years., Wednesday, November 14, 08:41:30am NBC obit -- ., Wednesday, November 14, 08:45:18am PHOTO from "...Prairie" days ... -- Link, Wednesday, November 14, 08:50:12am Imdb credits her as playing "Mother of a Longshoreman" in "On the Waterfront" in 1954, when she was only 29 years old (NT) -- Different actress?, Wednesday, November 14, 10:36:16am I believe that was her in a very small, uncredited role. Her first stint in film. (NT) -- ., Wednesday, November 14, 10:42:49am Her firrst husband was actor Bert Remsen (1925- 1999) (NT) -- He was in several Robert Altman films, Wednesday, November 14, 10:53:11am Here's her final acting role in 2014--a short film she did for the Motion Pictures Television Fund. ... -- No other acting credits after LHOTP!, Thursday, January 10, 04:33:33pm She died in November (NT) -- Jess Sayin., Friday, January 11, 02:04:53pm Jazz Musician & Composer Joseph Jarman Dies at 81 Friday, January 11, 11:55:00am 2 "Together Alone" -- Joseph Jarman & Anthony Braxton, Friday, January 11, 11:55:00am Gay Latin hip-hop artist Kevin Fret, shot to death in Puerto Rico. He was 24 Russ Friday, January 11, 10:38:54am 1 Actor Brad Blaisdell Dies at 69 Friday, January 11, 08:13:46am 3 IMDb -- Link, Friday, January 11, 01:34:29am Recognizable as Mike the bartender at the Regal Beagle on Three's Company -- Russ, Friday, January 11, 08:13:46am Singer Larry Cunningham ("The Floaters") Dies at 67 Friday, January 11, 08:10:08am 3 "Float On" -- The Floaters, Friday, January 11, 07:29:08am Here's "Bloat On" by Cheech & Chong, a parody of the Floater's only hit -- Russ, Friday, January 11, 08:10:08am Actress Verna Bloom Dies at 80 Friday, January 11, 06:35:14am 8 IMDb -- -, Thursday, January 10, 01:25:20pm Dean Wormer's wife in Animal House (NT) -- Russ, Thursday, January 10, 01:42:22pm Here's Mrs. Wormer & Otter in "Animal House" -- ', Thursday, January 10, 02:05:27pm Her husband, writer Jay Cocks, is credited with coming up with the line "In a galaxy far, far away..." when George Lucas asked how he should begin the script for "Star Wars". (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 10, 02:14:01pm They forgot to mention that besides the leading lady role in High Plains Drifter. (NT) -- She was also the leading lady in Peter Fonda's The Hired., Thursday, January 10, 02:26:31pm Photos -- -, Thursday, January 10, 03:48:23pm RIP Marion Wormer! (NT) -- What a great character in a great film., Friday, January 11, 06:35:14am Jakiw Palij, Former Nazi Guard Deported After Decades in U.S., Dies at 95 NY Times Friday, January 11, 03:17:15am 1 John Hunter Gray, Activist seen in iconic photo of a "sit in" at a Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960 Dead at 84 Thursday, January 10, 04:59:57pm 2 God Bless him! A true warrior in the struggle! -- RIP Prof. Salter!, Thursday, January 10, 04:59:57pm Jan.10th~Happy 104th Birthday! Social Worker Jessie Lichauco, Novelist Bernard Binlin Dadie is 103, Masters Athlete Ugo Sansonetti is 100, Photographer Raymond Cauchetier is 99, Composer Gote Wilhelmson turns 90. (NT) jlp Thursday, January 10, 02:07:11pm 4 Jan.10th~Happy Birthday! Director Walter Hill (77) Actor William Sanderson (75) Singer Rod Stewart (74) Singer Donald Fagen (71) Actress Bonnie Hellman (69) Singer Pat Benatar (66) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, January 09, 10:19:03pm Today, the late great Pro Baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, who died last Halloween, would have been 81! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Thursday, January 10, 10:29:37am Singer Ronnie Hawkins is 84 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 10-, Thursday, January 10, 02:07:11pm Healthwatch: Actor Jerry Stiller (91) Recovering After "Medical Scare" Thursday, January 10, 10:26:26am 1 Healthwatch: Chris Duncan, former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Battling brain cancer Thursday, January 10, 10:03:28am 3 Also hosts an ESPN radio show (NT) -- Russ, Thursday, January 10, 07:53:48am I had a family member die last summer of this. -So sad, so young, he's been battling glioblastoma since 2012, the year before his mother died from the same cancer. (NT) -- He must be in his last stages, now., Thursday, January 10, 10:03:28am Comic Artist Ron Smith Dies at 94 Thursday, January 10, 07:20:30am 1 Jacquelyn Littlefield, longtime owner of historic Spreckels Theatre dies at 96 Thursday, January 10, 04:59:25am 1 ARCHIVE: January 9, 1997 ~Stage/film/TV actor Jesse White, character and voice player, known for his hundreds of film/TV roles starting from 1943 to 1996, up to his death with his swan song on TV's "Seinfeld", but best remembered as Maytag's TV pitchman, dies at 80. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, January 09, 10:58:33pm 1 Jan.9th~Happy 112th Birthday! Supercentenarian Tsunahei Ogawa, Football Coach (Poland) Stefan Zywotko is 99, Olympic Athlete Agnes Keleti is 98, Gov't. Official James M. Beggs is 93. Guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli is 93, Writer Judith Ktantz turns 91. (NT) jlp Wednesday, January 09, 06:00:17pm 4 Football Hall of Famer Bart Starr is 85. Actress K. Callan is 83 -- Other birthdays, Jan. 9-, Wednesday, January 09, 05:19:57pm Writer Wilbur Smith is 86, Judge E. Norman Veasey is 86, publisher Earl G. Graves Sr. is 84, Judge James L. Dennis is 83, Gen. Merrill A. McPeak is 83, writer Anne Rivers Siddons is 83, attorney Peter Edelman is 81, writer Stuart Woods is 81 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, January 09, 05:38:37pm Jan.9th~Happy Birthday! Actor George Loros (85) Guitarist Jimmy Page (75) Actor David Johansen (69) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, January 09, 06:00:17pm Actress Laya Raki Dies at 91 Wednesday, January 09, 05:25:37pm 3 IMDb -- Link, Wednesday, January 09, 01:46:58pm Here's her "One Step Beyond" episode, "House of the Dead" -- She plays Mai Ling, Wednesday, January 09, 05:25:37pm Carlos Sánchez, Embodied Colombian Coffee as Juan Valdez Dies at 83 Wednesday, January 09, 02:30:24pm 2 Carlos Sánchez as the face of Colombian Coffee's "Juan Valdez". ... -- PHOTO ..., Wednesday, January 09, 02:30:24pm Evangelist Rick Stanley, stepbrother to Elvis Dies at 65 Wednesday, January 09, 02:27:08pm 2 PHOTO of Stanley & Presley in happier times... -- Link, Wednesday, January 09, 02:27:08pm Actor Daniel Radakovich Dies at 60 Wednesday, January 09, 02:21:18pm 3 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, January 09, 01:55:59pm PHOTO ... -- Link, Wednesday, January 09, 02:21:18pm Gregg Rudloff, Three-Time Oscar-Winning Sound Mixer Dies at 63 Wednesday, January 09, 01:48:56pm 3 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, January 09, 01:29:41pm His death at age 63 is being treated as a suicide. (NT) -- How incredibly sad to be so honored yet feel so hopeless., Wednesday, January 09, 01:48:56pm Derek Piggott, British Glider Pilot & Stuntman Dies at 96 Wednesday, January 09, 11:17:39am 3 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, January 09, 10:14:16am Photos -- link, Wednesday, January 09, 11:17:39am Jazz Drummer Alvin Fielder Dies at 83 Wednesday, January 09, 10:59:58am 2 Great obit, and amazing life. -- PHOTO, Wednesday, January 09, 10:59:58am Castinig Assistant / Location Manager George Whitley Dies at 49 Wednesday, January 09, 08:15:56am 3 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, January 09, 06:47:53am He was a location scout for "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" which is among my favorites. (NT) -- It also had a great (young) cast with Johnny Depp, Leo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis..., Wednesday, January 09, 08:15:56am ARCHIVE: January 9, 1922 ~Maria Louise Baldwin, 65, African-American Massachusetts-born educator and civic leader, who would become the first woman of color principal in state of Massachusetts, and all of New England, dies suddenly of heart failure. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, January 09, 03:43:09am 1 Archive: Terry- Thomas, Jan. 8, 1990 Actor Tuesday, January 08, 11:29:45pm 3 I still say the best Thomas screen scene came with his diatribe of Bill & Tania Rose's screenplay of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World"! ~Classic! ... -- Terry-Thomas was the best!, Tuesday, January 08, 11:16:16pm I will never forget when huge 1980s star Dudley Moore led the way, chamioning for benefits to honor the destitute Terry-Thomas and his health and welfare. Who would have thought 20 years later, Dudley Moore himself in the worst health and dire finances, would himself need others to rally for his end?? ... -- Sad., Tuesday, January 08, 11:29:45pm OT: January 6, 1994 ~It was 25(!) years ago today, Tanya Harding and her husband orchestrated the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, just before U.S. Figure Skating Championship first Ladies' Singles competition, attacked after a practice session at the Detroit Cobo Arena. ... Harding denied any involvement in the planning of the attack, but pleaded guilty to conspiring to hinder the prosecution. Tuesday, January 08, 09:48:46pm 4 My God, time has flown! I can remember back in 1994, the year 1969 seemed like ancient history (NT) -- Now the same amount of time has passed!, Sunday, January 06, 02:04:22pm Same with 1969....a blink of an eye. But going back 50 years from 1969 ...was 1919!! Inconceivable! (NT) -- Vizzini, Sunday, January 06, 02:26:06pm Spelled Tonya (NT) -- not Tanya, Tuesday, January 08, 09:48:46pm Mary Kay Stearns, a Star of One of TV’s Earliest Shows, Dies at 93 NY Times Tuesday, January 08, 08:16:31pm 3 "Mary Kay and Johnny" ran from 1947-1950. Many episodes were dumped in the East River! -- Wikipedia, Tuesday, January 08, 06:50:28pm IMDb -- -, Tuesday, January 08, 08:16:31pm Actor & Writer Norman Snider Dies at 73 Tuesday, January 08, 07:12:53pm 2 IMDb -- Link, Tuesday, January 08, 07:12:53pm Archive: Kenneth McMillan, Jan. 8, 1989 Character actor Tuesday, January 08, 06:40:55pm 1 Lessie Smith, Oldest person in the US Dead at 114 Tuesday, January 08, 06:40:32pm 5 Her name was Lessie Brown, not Smith. (NT) -- She died at 114 years, 108 days., Tuesday, January 08, 01:40:31pm Once again there are no Americans in the top 10 oldest (NT) -- Oldest is now Alelia Murphy, who ranks #11, Tuesday, January 08, 03:09:31pm What about Maggie Kidd, who's listed as being 114, which would make her older than Ms Murphy? (NT) -- egee33, Tuesday, January 08, 06:32:10pm That’s unverified (NT) -- Her documents don’t support that. Census records say 113, Tuesday, January 08, 06:40:32pm Jan.8th~Happy 99th Birthday! Pianist Abbey Simon, Actress Valeria Valeri is 98, Neuroscientist Horace Barlow is 98, Painter Pierre-Yves Tremois is 98, Actor Larry Storch is 96, Politician Slade Gorton is 91. Journalist Sander Vanocur is 91, Asst. Director Anastasia Anghel is 90, Lawyer Gerry Spence turns 90. (NT) jlp Tuesday, January 08, 06:35:33pm 9 Jan.8th~Happy Birthday! Actress May Wynn (91) Singer Shirley Bassey (82) Actor Bob Eubanks (81) Actor John LaMotta (80) Actress Joan Freeman (77) Actress Yvette Mimieux (77) Director Antonio Bido (70) Director John McTiernan (68) (NT) -- Colt, Monday, January 07, 10:12:06pm Elvis Presley would've been 84 today. He died at 42. This year he'll be dead as long as he was alive (NT) -- ., Tuesday, January 08, 11:37:36am Former “Sunday Morning” host Charles Osgood is 86 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 8-, Tuesday, January 08, 11:43:28am Fashion designer Hanae Mori is 93, attorney Clarence B. Jones is 88, filmmaker Jean-Marie Straub is 86, baseball player Willie Tasby is 86, writer Lewis H. Lapham is 84, conductor Zdeněk Mácal is 83, scientist Robert May is 83, opera singer Yevgeny Nesterenko is 81, fashion designer Carolina Herrera is 80, mathematician Alan Wilson is 80 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, January 08, 12:00:39pm Didn't know that Larry Storch had a younger brother named Jay Lawrence (1924- 1987) who was also an actor -- Imdb page, Tuesday, January 08, 12:24:33pm I remember him! He was the POW captured and thrown into "Stalag 17" with Don Taylor. He was the one who did all the impressions for the boys (Gable, etc). (NT) -- I had no idea he was Storch's kid bruddah., Tuesday, January 08, 12:43:29pm "Goldfinger" -- Shirley Bassey, Tuesday, January 08, 06:34:27pm "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop" -- Little Anthony & The Imperials, Tuesday, January 08, 06:35:33pm Archive: Pat Buttram, Jan. 8, 1994 Character actor Tuesday, January 08, 06:32:48pm 1 Archive: On Jan. 8, 2011, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is greeting constituents at a Safeway parking lot in Tucson, Az. Suddenly, a madman walks up & opens fire Tuesday, January 08, 04:48:38pm 1 Ray Glauber, Nobel awarded physicist Dead at 93 Tuesday, January 08, 01:13:35pm 1 Morton Packard "Packy" Smith, Author, Producer and co-founder of The Western Film Festival Dies at 77 Tuesday, January 08, 01:08:15pm 1 ARCHIVE: January 8, 2018 ~It was ONE year ago we lost Denise LaSalle, blues, R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer who, since the death of Koko Taylor, had been recognized as the "Queen of the Blues", with hits like "Trapped by a Thing Called Love" and "Down Home Blues", dies at 83. ... Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, January 08, 01:07:56pm 1 OT: I was waching an episode of Perry Mason this morning.. .. it featured actor James Hong.. Tuesday, January 08, 11:35:59am 3 Here are his awarded achievements ... -- Link, Tuesday, January 08, 08:34:58am That "Perry Mason" episode with James Hong aired on Nov. 21, 1963 (NT) -- The next day, JFK was shot, Tuesday, January 08, 11:35:59am Today's Pic (Jan.8): (NT) Director Milos Forman Tuesday, January 08, 08:36:33am 1 OT: Supreme Court won't hear Olivia de Havilland case USA Today Tuesday, January 08, 07:26:04am 3 Frankly my dear ..... (NT) -- C.G., Tuesday, January 08, 05:49:29am I thought this was am archive post of a case from the 40s or something! (NT) -- Took a while to realize Olivia is still alive and this is current events, Tuesday, January 08, 07:26:04am William Morgan Sheppard Star Trek & Dr. Who actor dead at 86 The Independent Tuesday, January 08, 01:40:25am 7 Full article -- Link, Monday, January 07, 10:59:31am Another one from 'Murder, She Wrote." -- Link to IMDb, Monday, January 07, 11:04:09am PHOTO ... -- Link, Monday, January 07, 11:14:58am He played the coal miner version of Gushie in the series finale of Quantum Leap (NT) -- For people who didn’t watch the show, that sentence makes sense in context!, Monday, January 07, 01:35:49pm Didn't recognize the name, but his picture was familiar (NT) -- ., Monday, January 07, 02:58:28pm He was the warlock uncle in ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK, which surprisingly is quite a solid film. (NT) -- DialMForMovies, Tuesday, January 08, 01:40:25am Mungau Dain, Starred in the Oscar-nominated Australian-Vanuatu film “Tanna” Has died Tuesday, January 08, 01:36:59am 4 That article is wrong, stating that he was an Oscar nominated actor. (NT) -- ., Monday, January 07, 09:48:21pm Sloppy reporting by reporter Tyler McCarthy. (NT) -- But even his FOX publisher/editor signed-off on it., Monday, January 07, 10:47:47pm In his defence, I doubt the reporter wrote headline - that would have fallen to an editor. So he probably had no say in it (NT) -- DialMForMovies, Tuesday, January 08, 01:36:59am Jan.7th~Happy 99th Birthday! Actor Witold Sadowy, Writer Dorothy MacLean is 99, Actress Anne Campion is 90, Composer Jaromir Dlouhy is 90, Actress Terry Moore is 90, Director Massimo Pipillo is 90, Author Michael Holt turns 90. (NT) jlp Monday, January 07, 07:11:36pm 6 Jan.7th~Happy Birthday! Actor Joe Ponazecki (85) Singer Kenny Loggins (71) Actor Steven Williams (70) Actress Erin Gray (69) Actor Sammo Kam-Bo Hung (67) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, January 06, 09:28:33pm actress and painter Anne Vernon turns 95!! (NT) -- jude, Monday, January 07, 08:17:05am Admiral George Stephen Morrison, United States Navy Rear Admiral of the U.S. Navy, whom was largely over shadowed by his son, Jim Morrison of the 1960s rock group "The Doors", would have been 100 today. He died in 2008. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Monday, January 07, 10:19:58am Other birthdays, Jan. 7- -- Happy birthdays!, Monday, January 07, 03:01:41pm Athlete Phil Mulkey is 86, athlete Charles Jenkins Sr. is 85, baseball player Ducky Schofield is 84, attorney G. Robert Blakey is 83, filmmaker Ben Cropp is 83, writer Hunter Davies is 83, writer Ian La Frenais is 83, golfer Lou Graham is 81, athlete Tom Kiernan is 80 (NT) -- ., Monday, January 07, 04:29:22pm Healthwatch: Boston Marathon bombing amputee Adrianne Haslet Hit by a car, hospitalized Monday, January 07, 04:31:37pm 1 ARCHIVE: January 7, 2005 ~Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy, oldest of the Kennedy Family siblings, whose brother John F. Kennedy, became the youngest candidate elected to U.S. President, was born with 'intellectual disabilities' and was erroneously the victim of a botched lobotomy, leaving her invalid until her death at 84. She was the first Kennedy offspring to die from natural causes. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, January 07, 03:33:25pm 2 Her lobotomy was barbaric. "As Dr. Watts cut, Dr. Freeman asked her to recite the Lord's Prayer or sing "God Bless America. We made an estimate on how far to cut based on how she responded." (NT) -- ..."When she began to become incoherent, they stopped.", Monday, January 07, 03:33:25pm Actor Robert Ruth Dies at 82 Monday, January 07, 03:11:54pm 3 IMDb -- -, Monday, January 07, 03:06:43pm Pic -- ., Monday, January 07, 03:11:54pm Jimmy Hannan, Australian actor, singer, game show host Dead at 84 Monday, January 07, 03:09:28pm 3 "Beach Ball"- Jimmy Hannan (NT) -- Bee Gees on backing vocals, Monday, January 07, 03:08:53pm Oops, here tis! -- !, Monday, January 07, 03:09:28pm Derek Keeling, Broadway actor ("Grease", "Million Dollar Quartet") Dead at 38 Monday, January 07, 03:05:20pm 1 Babs Simpson, Longtime Fashion Editor at Vogue Dead at 105 Monday, January 07, 03:00:17pm 1 Tuskegee Airman John ‘Jack’ Lyle Dies at 98 Monday, January 07, 02:52:03pm 1 George Welch 1933-2019 UVa football coach coach 1982 -2000 4 time ACC coach of year Lemnpiper (He was National Coach of year in football in 1991) Monday, January 07, 02:34:32pm 2 That is weird. Doesn't look like there was any national press on his passing at all. (NT) -- Russ, Monday, January 07, 02:34:32pm John Burningham, children's author and illustrator, has died. Link to obituary inside. Monday, January 07, 01:58:42pm 1 It appears former child actress Dorothy Morrison Green, 100, (sister of OUR GANG's Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison) is deceased. ... Tribute posted by her great-granddaughter implies it. Monday, January 07, 11:51:56am 11 I've reached out to her to ask if she can provide us with more information. (NT) -- DialMForMovies, Saturday, January 05, 10:25:00am Thanks, Rhett. -I know you're on it!... -- Photos of Dorothy and brother Sammy, Saturday, January 05, 10:38:09am Spoke to the relative on Twitter, she told me Dorothy died Oct 18, 2017 (NT) -- DialMForMovies., Saturday, January 05, 11:51:06pm Nice work, Rhett. Can't wait to read the HR obit, hopefully soon. (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, January 06, 12:27:58am I don't think there's gonna be one due to the timeframe. But I have asked the relative if there was one posted at the time (NT) -- DialMForMovies, Sunday, January 06, 12:45:56am I understand. But thanks again for all your efforts, and for registering name ...more people should do, so. (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, January 06, 12:49:20am And thanks to the original poster for finding this information (NT) -- And posting it to the site, Sunday, January 06, 07:17:33am Thanks for posting this. (NT) -- Nik, Sunday, January 06, 08:14:40am I agree -thanks for posting, and thanks to Rhett for follow-up! (NT) -- Great contributors!, Sunday, January 06, 12:16:14pm Though still listed as alive by IMDB and Wikipedia. (NT) -- Her name was removed the living silent film actors lift. Which now list 10., Monday, January 07, 11:51:56am Sylvia Chase, former KRON news anchor and award-winning TV journalist, dies at 80 Link Monday, January 07, 10:44:51am 6 IMDb -- Link, Sunday, January 06, 04:15:48pm Here she is on "20/20" in 1980, interviewing Michael Jackson -- ., Sunday, January 06, 05:02:22pm Better known for her time at ABC news, she reportedly left/was fired from ABC for a segment she did linking Marilyn Monroe's death to the Kennedy's. That segment never aired. (NT) -- Russ, Monday, January 07, 08:02:14am Roone Arledge (creator of Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Primetime, Nightline, 20/20, etc), the head of ABC Network for years, was a huge Kennedy Family friend. (NT) -- I suppose this is why Chase was let go., Monday, January 07, 10:14:52am Pic -- Russ, Monday, January 07, 10:44:51am Moshe Arens, Israeli Statesman and Ex-Defense Minister ... ... Dies at 93 Monday, January 07, 09:57:48am 2 PHOTO ... -- Link, Monday, January 07, 09:57:48am Actress Patrice Martinez dies at 55 Link to Duncan Regehr Facebook post Sunday, January 06, 08:24:06pm 24 IMDb -- Link, Thursday, January 03, 06:15:30am Starred in the 1990-1993 t.v. show Zorro starring Duncan Regehr (NT) -- In the title role. She died December 25, 2018 age 55., Thursday, January 03, 11:49:20am Pic (w/ Duncan Regehr) -- ., Thursday, January 03, 12:15:38pm She also had lead female role. (NT) -- In The Three Amigos., Thursday, January 03, 12:17:03pm Rumors online she died in "sword swallowing" accident?? (NT) -- Seriously??, Thursday, January 03, 03:26:45pm Here's her scene in "Beetlejuice" -- Playing the receptionist in the Netherworld waiting room, Thursday, January 03, 04:16:52pm Yikes, since her character was a suicide, I'm hoping her death wasn't prophetic. -PHOTO ... -- Sad., Thursday, January 03, 05:35:50pm If the rumors are online then please post a link. (NT) -- Thank you, Thursday, January 03, 04:37:24pm She fell off a high wire during a stunt (NT) -- So sad, Friday, January 04, 08:03:18pm I hate to be that guy, but there's no evidence at this time that she is dead. A 55-year-old man named Patrice Martinez died in a motorcycle accident, and it has erroneously been attributed as her death. (NT) -- Weird case of mistaken identity?, Friday, January 04, 06:58:18am The only man named Patrice Martinez killed in a motorcycle accident. (NT) -- Was in 2011. He was 41 not 55., Friday, January 04, 12:52:00pm ENOUGH!~!!!! Here is the link to her obitiuary. Sorry but she died as stated -- Grim Reaper, Friday, January 04, 01:36:28pm Link ain't working. (NT) -- Jess Sayin, Friday, January 04, 01:54:15pm Here's only referrence I find of Martinez death ... -- Link, Friday, January 04, 01:57:02pm That's hardly an official obituary, anyone could have written that.. (NT) -- ., Friday, January 04, 03:25:03pm Well, as social media is the only to confirm thus far, with Duncan Regehr's post, and the reports this occurred in South America, it'll likely be a while for official publication. -- Besides, Duncan Regehr mentions in his Facebook post that she was a "very private person"., Friday, January 04, 04:16:59pm The Patrice Martinez that died in a motorcycle accident in South America was a man and it happened in 2011 (link inside). There's no other viable info that the actress from Beetlejuice has died -- Russ, Friday, January 04, 07:23:42pm Another death notice link -- Grim Reaper, Friday, January 04, 07:33:47pm Duncan's Facebook post should be enough proof. (NT) -- No reason for it not to be., Friday, January 04, 08:52:40pm Henry Darrow also posted the news on his FB page. -- Link, Friday, January 04, 09:10:27pm Obit -- Grim Reaper, Sunday, January 06, 08:24:06pm Abdul Salaam El Razzac (Born Allen Johnson), Actor Dead at 74 Sunday, January 06, 07:48:40pm 6 He was in "Pretty Woman", "Terminator 2" -- Link to Imdb, Saturday, January 05, 06:28:39pm PHOTO ... -- Link, Sunday, January 06, 07:48:40pm He spoke the last lines in PRETTY WOMAN. -- DialMForMovies, Sunday, January 06, 12:53:35am I wondered if he was THAT guy! (NT) -- ., Sunday, January 06, 11:50:40am Here he is speaking, those words in "Pretty Woman"... -- ., Sunday, January 06, 05:16:59pm Jamal al-Badawi, Suspected planner of the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, killed in a drone strike Yemen Sunday, January 06, 06:31:16pm 1 Annalise Braakensiek, Australian model, actress Dead at 46 Sunday, January 06, 05:14:08pm 2 Imdb -- ., Sunday, January 06, 05:14:08pm Kwamie Lassiter, Football player ((Arizona Cardinals, San Diego Chargers, St. Louis Rams). Dead at 49 Sunday, January 06, 05:11:34pm 1 Lenny Green, Former Detroit Tigers outfielder Dies on 86th birthday Sunday, January 06, 05:09:18pm 2 Also played for the Baltimore Orioles (1957–59; 1964), Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (1959–64), Los Angeles Angels (1964), Boston Red Sox (1965–66) (NT) -- ., Sunday, January 06, 05:09:18pm Jose Ramon Fernandez, Commanded Cuban defenses at the Bay of Pigs Dead at 95 Sunday, January 06, 05:07:04pm 1 Norman Birnbaum, Left-wing sociologist and journalist with the Nation Dead at 92 Sunday, January 06, 05:05:15pm 1 Jan.6th~Happy 102nd Birthday! Masters Athlete Frederico Fischer, Actor Marian Gamski is 97, Chef Leah Chase turns 96. (NT) jlp Sunday, January 06, 05:03:33pm 4 Other birthdays, Jan. 6- -- Happy birthdays!, Sunday, January 06, 11:56:10am WW 2 figure Hugo Broch is 97, chemist Stuart A. Rice is 87, surgeon Ian McColl is 86, actress Sylvia Syms is 85, musician Nino Tempo is 84, tennis player Darlene Hard is 83, ex- Pres. of Uruguay Julio María Sanguinetti is 83, musician Paolo Conte is 82, football player, sportscaster Lou Holtz is 82 (NT) -- ., Sunday, January 06, 02:11:48pm Jan.6th~Happy Birthday! Actor Mark Forest (86) Actress Nai Bonet (80) Actor Richard Norton (69) Actress Nicolette Scorsese (65) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, January 06, 05:03:33pm Actress Ethel Ayler Dies at 88 Sunday, January 06, 01:30:28pm 6 IMDb -- Link, Thursday, December 20, 03:59:21pm Last of the Cosby grandparents (NT) -- Mitch, Thursday, December 20, 04:15:33pm she was only 7 years older then cosby (NT) -- colt, Thursday, December 20, 04:35:02pm Sorry, meant Ethyl. (NT) -- Thanks, Friday, December 21, 02:12:57pm Yes, I do remember singer/actress Ethel Ayler as 'Claire Huxtable's mother on TV's THE COSBY SHOW, but I remember her best in the 1990 UNDERRATED film, "To Sleep With Anger" with brilliant acclaimed performances by Ayler, and Danny Glover! Ayler was a fine singer. ... -- Ayler died exactly ONE year to-the-day after another COSBY grandparent Earle Hyman!, Sunday, January 06, 01:30:28pm Daryl Dragon of The captain & Tennille Dies at 76 Sunday, January 06, 12:33:27pm 10 There's no "The" it's just "Captain" (NT) -- NT, Wednesday, January 02, 02:22:23pm You're right, thanks for catching that. (NT) -- Also meant Captain, Wednesday, January 02, 02:26:41pm IMDb -- Link, Wednesday, January 02, 02:27:55pm 3 Today and all age 76. (NT) -- R.I.P. to all, Wednesday, January 02, 02:29:29pm I know they divorced in 2014, but wasn't that due to his illness and ability to get health insurance? (NT) -- Russ, Wednesday, January 02, 03:14:19pm "Love Will Keep Us Together" -- Captain & Tennille, Wednesday, January 02, 03:20:19pm His father, Carmen Dragon (1914- 1984) was an Academy Award winning film & TV composer (NT) -- ., Wednesday, January 02, 03:24:40pm Brother Dennis Dragon was a member of the Surf Punks (NT) -- .His godfather was actor and comedian Danny Thomas., Wednesday, January 02, 03:30:45pm Honestly, I remember his father Carmen Dragon in the ending scenes of 1979 Arkin/Falk comedy THE IN-LAWS! -Here 'tis ... -- He was orchestra leader in the wedding scene!, Sunday, January 06, 12:33:27pm ARCHIVE: January 5, 1982 ~Actor Harvey Lembeck, known for his comical character roles on TV and film, best remembered by TV audiences as 'Cpl. Rocco Barbella' on "The Phil Silvers Show" ("Bilko"), and in film in hits like "Stalag 17" (1953), and as 'Eric Von Zipper' in beach party movies during the 1960s, died suddenly of sudden heart attack, at 58. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, January 06, 12:14:09pm 4 Died same day was ....ARCHIVE: January 5, 1982 ~Hans Conreid, actor, who was very active in voice-over roles and known for providing the voices of Walt Disney's 'Captain Hook' in "Peter Pan" (1953), and on TV's "Fractured Flickers", dies of hear failure at 64. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Saturday, January 05, 10:33:56pm Harvey Lembeck & Hans Conreid both appeared on "Stump the Stars" on June 10, 1963 -- Here's the show!, Sunday, January 06, 11:58:22am I remember at the time, that actor Victor Buono died a few days earlier, and just seeing he Conreid in film "Seven Little Hoods" on TV, days before! (NT) -- Those were days a solid, seasoned character players!, Sunday, January 06, 12:14:09pm ARCHIVE: January 6, 1919 ~It was 100 years ago today, Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, who served as our 25th VP, and with the assassination of William McKinley, TR became the youngest U.S. President to ever serve, known as a fierce Progressive, helping create U.S. National Parks system, dies in his sleep of blood clot, at only 60. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, January 06, 12:08:22pm 3 Imagine a President born in 1958, dying in 2019 -- Now that they all live well into their 90's, Sunday, January 06, 11:52:53am Well, if your mother AND wife died the same day (giving birth to daughter), and just buried a son killed in war... (NT) -- ...AND plagued by family's congenital and clinical depression -ya might want to go to the light by 60., Sunday, January 06, 12:08:22pm Eric Haydock, original bassit for "The Hollies" Dies at 72 Sunday, January 06, 12:00:45pm 2 "Look Through Any Window" -- The Hollies, Sunday, January 06, 12:00:45pm Scott Dozier, Nevada death row inmate whose execution had been twice delayed, dies of suicide at 48 Russ Sunday, January 06, 11:59:11am 2 Guess he got tired of waiting! (NT) -- ., Sunday, January 06, 11:59:11am Actor & Director Tom Williams Dies at 89 Sunday, January 06, 11:00:35am 5 IMDb -- -, Sunday, December 30, 05:29:48pm In the "Seinfeld" episode 'The Dog", Williams is credited as the "voice" of Farfel the Dog (NT) -- ., Sunday, December 30, 05:49:34pm Joseph Maher was in the episode. Does anyone else ever confuse him with David White? They're doubles! -- ., Sunday, December 30, 05:53:51pm More information -- Mark Evanier's tribute, Sunday, January 06, 11:00:35am ARCHIVE: January 6, 1949 ~It was 70 years ago today, Victor Fleming, film director, cinematographer, and producer, whose most popular films were "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), and "Gone with the Wind" (1939), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, dies at 59. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, January 06, 10:41:41am 5 Question: Speaking of "The Wizard of Oz", does anyone know what became of Judy Garland's stand-in Bobbie Koshay, from that film? (NT) -- Curious., Sunday, January 06, 03:59:16am Here's what I could find on Ancestry.com not 100% on this though -- Nik, Sunday, January 06, 08:13:36am Olympic Swimmer -- Der Bingle, Sunday, January 06, 10:07:03am I had no idea (for technical reasons) it was Bobbie Koshay who OPENED the door in the sepia-color scene (and sepia-colored gingham dress) as the house lands in Oz -PHOTO ... -- ...and it was Judy Garland in full color who stepped out into the Land of Oz!, Sunday, January 06, 10:41:41am Darwin Bromley, founder of Mayfair Games and game designer Dead at 68 Sunday, January 06, 10:01:41am 1 Bob Burrow, basketball star at Kentucky in the 50's, who played 2 years in the NBA, dies at 84 Russ Sunday, January 06, 08:34:34am 1 Makeup artist Lynne Brooks dies at 89 Died Oct 12, 2018 and wasn't already posted. Sunday, January 06, 06:44:59am 3 IMDb -- Link, Sunday, January 06, 04:43:55am Here we go again. It lasted a while six days into the new year. (NT) -- The obit is from October, so you went looking for it. You do this on purpose. Stop reposting!, Sunday, January 06, 06:44:59am Darius Perkins, Australian actor Dead at 54 Sunday, January 06, 12:54:41am 3 Imdb -- ., Saturday, January 05, 12:03:57pm Most noticeably he was the first 'Scott Robinson' character on Neighbours - before Jason Donovan took over (and ended up marrying Kylie Minogue in the show) (NT) -- DialMForMovies, Sunday, January 06, 12:54:41am Jan.5th~Happy Birthday! Actor Robert Duvall (88) Director Roger Spottiswoode (74) Actress Diane Keaton (73) Guitarist Chris Stein (69) Actress Pamela Sue Martin (66) (NT) Colt Saturday, January 05, 08:47:34pm 6 Virginia Halas McCaskey is 96 (NT) -- Owner of the Chicago Bears, Saturday, January 05, 11:04:15am Ex- Vice- Pres. Walter Mondale is 91 today (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 05, 11:59:34am Other birthdays, Jan. 5- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, January 05, 12:00:34pm Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg is 98, basketball coach Lou Carnesecca is 94, musician Alfred Brendel is 88, politician Murli Manohar Joshi is 85, ex- US Rep. Nancy Johnson is 84, athlete Terry Lineen is 83, King Juan Carlos I of Spain is 81 (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 05, 04:30:53pm Jan.5th~Happy 107th Birthday! Poet Fukuda Hiroshisen, Script Girl Kimi Honda is 100, Biophysicist Shinya Inove is 98, (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, January 05, 08:47:34pm HEALTHWATCH: Country singer Maxine Brown, last surviving member of sibling trio The Browns Suffered massive heart attack and organ failure Saturday, January 05, 07:37:24pm 7 Non-working link (NT) -- Try again please, Thursday, January 03, 05:14:22pm The link works fine; it shows as broken if you aren't a friend (NT) -- Sorry, Thursday, January 03, 05:47:56pm Wikipedia lists as dying on September 30, 2018. (NT) -- But I dn't see it listed anywhere else., Friday, January 04, 04:14:25pm Should read lists her as dying. (NT) -- Sorry!, Friday, January 04, 04:15:36pm She isn't dead. (NT) -- This is a hoax., Friday, January 04, 06:42:03pm Why is this post about her dying in September still here? (NT) -- I don't understand,, Saturday, January 05, 07:37:24pm Bill Davis, Guitarist from Kentucky Country music family Dead at 96 Saturday, January 05, 04:36:36pm 1 Harold Brown, Defense Secretary in Carter Administration Dies at 91 Saturday, January 05, 04:24:36pm 3 Pic (w/ Pres. Carter) -- ., Saturday, January 05, 11:56:43am 2nd Carter Cabinet member to die in a month (NT) -- Robert Bergland (Sec. of Agriculture) died in Dec., Saturday, January 05, 04:24:36pm Alexis Smirnoff, Wrestler Dead at 71 Saturday, January 05, 04:21:07pm 1 Christine McGuire, Eldest of the McGuire Sisters She was 92 Saturday, January 05, 04:09:59pm 6 "Sincerely" -- The McGuire Sisters, Friday, January 04, 11:37:18am It was sister Phyllis McGuire, 87 now, who had a longstanding relationship with mobster Sam Giancana (NT) -- ., Friday, January 04, 11:42:47am The McGuire Sisters in What's My Line? from May 29, 1955 -- They were on five times in total, Friday, January 04, 11:50:24am Full obit -- Link, Saturday, January 05, 03:44:54pm NY Times Obit -- Link, Saturday, January 05, 04:09:59pm Actor Sanford Gibbons Dies at 85 Saturday, January 05, 03:55:14pm 3 IMDb -- -, Saturday, January 05, 08:07:31am While not a household name, Gibbons appeared in several Westerns including "Tombstone" "The Young Riders" and "Little House on the Prairie". (NT) -- His first credit was in 1958 in "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"., Saturday, January 05, 03:55:14pm British actor Hugh Dickson has died. He was 91. obit inside. Saturday, January 05, 11:54:35am 2 Imdb -- ., Saturday, January 05, 11:54:35am I recognize most of today's pics as character actors who passed in 2018, but what's the deal with the "Black or White" video people? (NT) Russ Saturday, January 05, 10:13:57am 2 The Asian man, Glen Chin died last year. ... -- The other is Tyra Banks but she’s alive., Saturday, January 05, 10:13:57am Jan.4th~Happy 103rd Birthday! Author Helena Kolaczkowska,Politician Lester L. Wolf is 100, Painter/Activist Tatiana Gamerith is 100, Politician Jean Toutain is 99, Football's Johnny Lujack is 94, (NT) jlp Saturday, January 05, 12:37:54am 11 Gov't. Official Lauro Cavazos is 92, Medical Examiner Thomas Noguchi is 92, Actress Barbara Rush is 92, Poet/Singer Arik Brauer turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Thursday, January 03, 09:05:39pm Actress Dyan Cannon is 82 today -- Othet birthdays, Jan. 4-, Friday, January 04, 11:35:32am Actress Barbara Rush is the sole surviving cast member of classic ensemble 1967 film, HOMBRE! -- The western, that's not a western, is one of my favorite films!, Friday, January 04, 12:12:58pm Here's a list of living "Batman" villians from the TV show (& 1966 film) -- Barbara Rush played Nora Clavicle, Friday, January 04, 04:38:22pm Lester Wolff, 100, today, is the oldest living ex- congressman (NT) -- Served from 1965- 1981, Friday, January 04, 04:44:09pm "It's The End Of The World" -- REM, Friday, January 04, 04:56:25pm Football coach Don Shula is 89 today (NT) -- ., Friday, January 04, 05:16:11pm In order to count as a villain or villainess the actor/actress has to be credited as such. "That Derek" is wrong, there's only 6 still alive. Jill St. John wasn't credited as a villainess & Lee Meriwether doesn't count for reasons already explained. (NT) -- Glynis Johns is credited as a special guest villainess so she does count., Friday, January 04, 06:09:37pm Jan.4th~Happy Birthday! Actor Jim Norton (81) Actor Oliver Clark (80) Actress Kim Miyori (68) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, January 04, 08:20:10pm Isn't actor Oliver Clark one of the last of the Bob Newhart Show psych patients? -- Gone-John Fiedler, Jack Riley, Florida Friebus, Noam Pitlik, among others., Saturday, January 05, 12:37:54am Sy Dresner, Hired Howard Stern for one of his first radio jobs Dead at 89 Friday, January 04, 06:55:01pm 1 Herb Kelleher, Co-founder of Southwest Airlines Dead at 87 Friday, January 04, 06:33:25pm 3 Daughter died (NT) -- last spring, Friday, January 04, 04:12:30pm Herb Kelleher founder of Southwest-Airlines dead at 87. ... -- The Guardian, Friday, January 04, 06:33:25pm ADMIN NOTE: Reminder; if you're at an absence of the correct vocabulary to express yourself, do not use foul language. It will get you banned at least 24 hours. ~Thank you. theChronicler Friday, January 04, 06:30:00pm 1 Healthwatch: Jamie Spears, Father of Britney Hospitalized after rupturing his colon Friday, January 04, 04:35:07pm 1 ARCHIVE: December 25, 1951 & January 3, 1951 ~Harry T. Moore, and his wife Harriette were killed, the victims of a racially-motivated fatal Christmas Day (their 25th Wedding Anniversary) bombing of the home. Moore, an educator/pioneer leader, founder of the first branch of the Brevard County, FL NAACP, and considered as 1st assassinated NAACP official in the civil rights struggle. … Bios & PHOTOS Friday, January 04, 01:48:53pm 1 OT: Question regarding actress Dusty Anderson ... Mac Friday, January 04, 12:37:29pm 2 It's very strange. this woman was the 3rd best selling pin up girl of WW2. (NT) -- After Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth. If she is alive, how come their no big 100th birthday celebrations listed in newspapers., Friday, January 04, 12:37:29pm Al Reinert, Oscar-Nominated 'Apollo 13' Screenwriter Dead at 71 Friday, January 04, 12:06:16pm 2 imdb -- ,, Friday, January 04, 12:06:16pm Richard Marks, Four time Editing Oscar Nominee worked on ‘Apocalypse Now’ & ‘As Good As It Gets’" Dead at 75 Friday, January 04, 12:05:17pm 2 Imdb -- ., Friday, January 04, 12:05:17pm Bob Einstein, Curb Your Enthusiasm actor and Smothers Brothers writer, also remembered for his screen alter-ego 'Super Dave Osborne', elder brother of actor/filmmaker Albert Brooks, and son of legendary comic 'Parkyakarkus'. ... He was 76 Friday, January 04, 11:46:13am 7 Big fan of his in Curb love that show he had larry david had some great scenes together. (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, January 02, 12:06:47pm Darn, that's 2 in a row I've missed today. ... -- Full obit, Wednesday, January 02, 12:10:18pm Sad, sad news. Big loss. ...In recent years, the funniest I'd seen Einstein was in Seinfeld's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee". Too bad full segmant unavailable on YouTube. ... -- VIDEO, Wednesday, January 02, 12:27:01pm RIP Officer Judy from the Smotjers Brothers (NT) -- Kasey, Wednesday, January 02, 02:06:32pm Mark Evanier remembers Bob Einstein -- ., Wednesday, January 02, 05:08:18pm Gilbert Gottfried recalls Bob Einstein -- ., Friday, January 04, 11:46:13am Steve Ripley, Lead Singer & Guitarist for Country-Rock Band The Tractors Dies at 69 Friday, January 04, 11:39:18am 3 "Baby Likes to Rock it" - The Tractors -- Link, Friday, January 04, 10:25:35am Wow, i bought a couple of Tractors CD's at a garage sale months ago. never got around to listening to them (NT) -- Guess I will now, Friday, January 04, 11:39:18am ARCHIVE: January 4, 1998 ~Mae Questel, film and voice actress of animated characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, as well as a succesful career as character actress the last decades of her life in films like "Funny Girl" (1968), "New York Stories" (1989), and as 'Aunt Bethany' in 1989's "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", dies at 89. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, January 04, 10:31:15am 1 ARCHIVE: January 4, 1999 ~Character actor Iron Eyes Cody, who created a Hollywood career as the go-to true Native American player, all the while living the lie of his screen persona in real-life, appropriating the Indian culture (though born of Italian/Sicilian roots), best remembered as face of TV PSA on the environment, dies at 94. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, January 04, 10:08:20am 2 This controversy was wonderfully referenced in The Sopranos as an attempt to stop an anti-Columbus Day parade -- Video, Friday, January 04, 10:08:20am I saw on-line the obituary for Daniel Michael Canning. He was the son of silent star Mae Murray. (NT) His real name was Koran David Mdivani. He was adopted. His obituary says he died april 4, 2018 age 92. Thursday, January 03, 10:21:05pm 4 I tried to post it. (NT) -- But can"t seem to find the Link., Thursday, January 03, 02:13:12pm Obit -- Missing Link, Thursday, January 03, 08:51:12pm Wow, it seems his birthmother Silent Film actress Mae Murray was a hot mess as a mother, when she relinquished son Koran for adoption in 1936. She herself, had a crappy upbringing, and on her 4th marriage by 40. ... -- I'm glad the little guy was finally raised by a stable adoptive family (but not w/o a fight), and seems to have done well in life after his teen years. …, Thursday, January 03, 10:21:05pm Brian Garfield, Author of "Death Wish" Dead at 79 Thursday, January 03, 05:39:32pm 2 FUN FACT: Garfield's materal uncle was actor Chester O'Brien, who was "Mr. Macinstosh" on TV's "Sesame Street"! ... -- Bio, Thursday, January 03, 05:39:32pm HEALTHWATCH: Comedian Billy Connolly Announces he is in the final stages of Parkinson's Thursday, January 03, 04:55:47pm 1 ARCHIVE: January 3, 1979 ~It was 40 years ago today, Eula May Love, African-American mother, a woman who suffered from mental illness, was shot and killed by Los Angeles Police Department, at 39 years old. Love case was beginning in an era of many questionable LAPD killings that garnered public protest, in the latter 20th century. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, January 03, 03:58:12pm 1 Can anyone recall another year that started with not one, not two, but three deaths of well known people? (Mean Gene, Bob Einstein, Captain of Captain & Tennille) (NT) I sure can't! Thursday, January 03, 02:31:49pm 2 And, lest we forget they were ALL 76 years old, too! (NT) -- Odd., Thursday, January 03, 02:31:49pm Jan.3rd~Happy 103rd Birthday! Producer Mag Bodard, Professor/Lawyer Jan Lopuski is 102, Silent Film Actress Dorothy Morrison is 100, Football's Bob Dawson is 98, Poet Claude Vigee is 98, Football's Cecil Souders is 98, (NT) jlp Thursday, January 03, 01:54:46pm 8 Economist W.Michael Blumenthal is 93, Businessman Gordon Moore is 90, Actress Pamela Raymond is 90, Actor Witold Zarychta turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Wednesday, January 02, 09:05:44pm Jan.3rd~Happy Birthday! Actor Jack McDermott (92) Actress Mara Corday (89) Actor Dabney Coleman (87) Actor Jeremy Kemp (84) Actor Tom Bower (81) Guitarist John Paul Jones (73) Actress Victoria Principal (69) Wrestling Commentator Jim Ross (67) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, January 02, 09:35:35pm I know it's only 1980, but I'm glad to see Dabney Coleman, 87, from "9 to 5" film, and the principle players from the film are still with us! (NT) -- But RIP to Elizabeth Wilson (1921-2015) and Marian Mercer (1935-2011)., Wednesday, January 02, 11:30:40pm Other birthdays, Jan. 3- -- Happy birthdays!, Thursday, January 03, 12:12:57pm Dorothy Morrison, 100 today, appeared in some silent "Little Rascal" shorts (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 03, 01:45:53pm Pianist & composer Herbie Nichols was born 100 years ago today (died 1963) -- Wrote "Lady Sings the Blues", Thursday, January 03, 01:48:26pm Athlete- politician Eeles Landström is 87, attorney Geoffrey Bindman is 86, ballerina Anya Linden is 86, writer Anne Stevenson is 86, ex- Sec. of Housing & Urban Development Carla Hills is 85, politician Raymond Garneau is 84 (NT) -- Admiral Michael Layard is 83, politician Robin Butler is 81, hockey player Bobby Hull is 80, Thursday, January 03, 01:54:46pm Katie Flynn, Romance novelist Dead at 82 Thursday, January 03, 12:28:15pm 1 Joe Casely-Hayford, British Fashion Designer Dead at 62 Thursday, January 03, 12:26:28pm 1 ARCHIVE: January 3, 2014 ~Actress Alicia Rhett, at the time of her death, one of the oldest surviving credited cast members of the 1939 classic film, "Gone With The Wind" -her sole film credit! Later, she an accomplished sketch and portrait artist, dies at 98. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, January 03, 12:16:34pm 2 That same day, Phil Everly of the Everly Bros. died at 74 (NT) -- 5 years ago!, Thursday, January 03, 12:16:34pm Sportswriter Jerry Magee (Pro Football Weekly) Dead at 90 Thursday, January 03, 12:06:05pm 1 Herb Ellis, 97, longtime character actor known for "Dragnet" Link Thursday, January 03, 11:33:54am 11 IMDb -- Link, Friday, December 28, 05:36:53am Yes, I remember Ellis is HUNDREDS of film/TV projects -both drama and comedy (Dragnet, Perry Mason, Andy Griffith Show, Bewitched, etc). It's crazy to finally see these old character players passing away so long after their Hollywood days, near forgotten now. ... -- PHOTO, Friday, December 28, 10:52:37am Last surviving actor to play Jack Webb's partner in Dragnet. The others were (NT) -- Barton Yarborough (1900-1951) Barney Phillips (1913-1982) Ben Alexander (1911-1969) and Harry Morgan (1915-2011), Friday, December 28, 11:51:57am Still listed alive on IMDB (NT) -- ., Sunday, December 30, 05:03:10pm Since IMDb doesn't accept Facebook or Wikipedia as sources then it's no surprise. (NT) -- Try using either when updating someone's page and it will be rejected., Sunday, December 30, 05:30:24pm its updated now (NT) -- colt, Monday, December 31, 10:30:39am Obituary from Hollywood Reporter -- Fredrik Andersson, Wednesday, January 02, 11:34:46pm He was in two early Kubrick films..."The Killing" and "Paths of Glory". ... -- Tony, Thursday, January 03, 11:31:53am I saw "Paths of Glory" again, last month. -I think the only principle players left are Joe Turkel, 91 (executed Private Pierre Arnaud), and the film's star Kirk Douglas, 102! Great film, if you haven't seen it! ... -- Turkel is also best known as bartender 'Lloyd' in Kubrick's "The Shining" (1980)!, Thursday, January 03, 11:32:44am Joe Turkel was in Kubrick's "The Killing", as well ... (NT) -- ...and in Blade Runner., Thursday, January 03, 11:33:54am OT: What Death of 2018 Affected You The Most Der Bingle Thursday, January 03, 10:42:09am 18 Rose Marie for me. She was an all-star performer (NT) -- Russ, Monday, December 31, 12:17:37pm She died Dec 28, 2017 (NT) -- R.I.P., Monday, December 31, 12:20:17pm James Karen big ROTLD fan (NT) -- Colt, Monday, December 31, 12:48:35pm Miss Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul (NT) -- guitargrl, Monday, December 31, 04:41:50pm My father (NT) -- ., Monday, December 31, 04:43:35pm Stan Lee. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Monday, December 31, 04:48:25pm My Friend Ms. Dorothy Malone (NT) -- NT, Monday, December 31, 05:42:50pm Mr. Burt Reynolds (NT) -- And Mrs. Katherine MacGregor, Monday, December 31, 09:32:12pm IMO, the still very relevent Anthony Bourdain was such a shock! (NT) -- But still, so sad to see the revered old-timers go, too -The Bushs, 90+, Dorothy Malone 93, Stan Lee 95, Billy Graham 99, Nancy Sinatra 101, Patricia Morison 102, Mary Carlisle 104, and gotta love Connie Sawyer at 105!, Monday, December 31, 09:50:57pm Ate u talking about Nancy Sinatra? Frank Sinatra daughter? (NT) -- I didn't know she died., Monday, December 31, 11:23:50pm I think you "ate" something disagreeable. No friend, it's regarding Sinatra's former wife Nancy Sinatra. ... -- Knowledge is golden., Tuesday, January 01, 12:17:18am I just asked a question. Why r u going to discriminate me for something I didn't know? (NT) -- Asking questions is the key to gaining knowledge., Tuesday, January 01, 08:33:57am True, ...my apologies. (NT) -- ...But Knowledge is still golden, Tuesday, January 01, 10:46:46am Accept (NT) -- Ed, Tuesday, January 01, 02:16:00pm Not all knowledge is true. There are rumors that men were on the moon. (NT) -- Not true. You can't breathe on the moon., Tuesday, January 01, 02:19:59pm Ken Berry. I liked him a lot, and was very sad when he passed. (NT) -- Ted G., Wednesday, January 02, 08:38:57am Charles Aznavour, Aretha Franklin, and Neil Simon. (NT) -- Among others, Thursday, January 03, 10:42:09am Puppeteer Steve Hall, Creator and Voice of Nashville Now's Shotgun Red Dies at 64 Wednesday, January 02, 10:19:48pm 1 Archive: Silent Film Actress Miriam Seegar Died Jan 2, 2011 at age 103 Wednesday, January 02, 07:45:21pm 2 Seegar was of course, younger sister of character actress Sara Seegar, of "Dennis the Menace fame. ... -- PHOTO, Wednesday, January 02, 07:45:21pm Wrestling commentator Mean Gene Okerlund dead at 76 TOBY Wednesday, January 02, 07:10:52pm 5 Full article -- R.I.P., Wednesday, January 02, 09:08:44am now 2019 starts (NT) -- colt, Wednesday, January 02, 10:40:55am Here's Mean Gene interviewing Rowdy Roddy Piper on Dec. 31, 1989 -- Sad, both are gone now, Wednesday, January 02, 02:05:17pm Truly a legend in the industry! A lot of history! ... -- PHOTO, Wednesday, January 02, 07:10:52pm ARCHIVE: January 2, 1990 ~Hollywood veteran character actor Alan Hale Jr, son of Hollywood player namesake father, best remembered as 'Skipper' on TV's "Gilligan's Island", after he amassed a career for decades in film, enjoyed the last years of his life, basking in the popularity of his beloved TV persona that brough him fame, dies of cancer at 68. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, January 02, 07:06:12pm 3 I'll never forget telling a co- worker that "The Skipper" had died (NT) -- He replied, "How do you expect me to keep working after telling me that?", Wednesday, January 02, 11:45:47am I too remember the day he died like it was yesterday, and it's now 29 years!! What?? (NT) -- It seems to me 1990 was right around the corner...but it sure was not!, Wednesday, January 02, 07:06:12pm Pegi Young, Neil Young 's ex-wife and collaborator Dead at 66 Wednesday, January 02, 06:49:53pm 1 Jerry Van Dyke was the first big death of 2018 (NT) Older brother Dick has outlived him by a year (so far) Wednesday, January 02, 05:55:29pm 2 It was dumb not waiting until Saturday, to feature VanDyke. I dropped the ball. (NT) -- theChronicler, Wednesday, January 02, 12:15:38pm Big Band /Jazz Singer Dolores Parker Dies at 99 Wednesday, January 02, 05:31:19pm 2 "It's Mad, Mad, Mad!" - Duke Ellington (Vocals by Dolores Parker) -- Link, Wednesday, January 02, 05:31:19pm Blake Nordstrom, Heir to the Nordstrom Dept. Store chain Dead at 58 Wednesday, January 02, 03:22:29pm 1 Larry Weinberg, Founder and first owner of Portland Trail Blazers Dies at 92 Wednesday, January 02, 02:42:18pm 1 TV HEADS UP: Sunday, Decemeber 30, 2018....CBS SUNDAY MORNING....6:30am....Hail & Farewell end of year obits....always at least 20 minute segment very complete. (NT) Check your local listing! Wednesday, January 02, 02:07:18pm 14 As always, it was terrific (they even squeezed-in Richard Overton). Any omissions were due to a lack-of-time. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, December 30, 07:33:20am Excellent. All other tributes should see how it is done! Thanks CBS (NT) -- NT, Sunday, December 30, 09:10:27am Yes, CBS never fails to "Hail & Farewell", always offering no less than 20+ minutes! Take heed 2019 Award show producers! ... -- Here's the VIDEO, Sunday, December 30, 10:05:56am I love when they include two in one image, like Tim O'Connor & Dorothy Malone in TV's "Peyton Place! (NT) -- Well done!, Sunday, December 30, 10:07:23am Better yet, awards shows should be one long memorial program (NT) -- then CBS could announce all the award winners in one annual year-end segment., Sunday, December 30, 11:04:40am Here's NBC News tribute to those we lost in 2018. ... -- It's very good., Sunday, December 30, 02:22:41pm Very Good indeed , showed a lot of folks other tributes have forgotten. (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Sunday, December 30, 02:23:18pm NBC-Very well done. (NT) -- Thanks for sharing., Sunday, December 30, 02:24:00pm I wish folks in media would take heed of our wonderful message board forum! (NT) -- Our contributors here rival any media outlet., Sunday, December 30, 02:26:17pm Another list of Deaths of 2018. ... -- Der Bingle, Sunday, December 30, 02:28:06pm IMDb 2018 Memorial Tribute -- NT, Sunday, December 30, 04:28:27pm I Believe we have reached a point where there are so many celebs that die each year no Memorial can include them all (NT) -- Lemnpiper ( Rip Dan Gurney & David Pearson), Wednesday, January 02, 02:04:48pm I think you're right (NT) -- The early baby boomers are starting to die off now!, Wednesday, January 02, 02:07:18pm Archive: Barton MacLane, Jan. 1, 1969 Character actor Wednesday, January 02, 01:37:08pm 4 Great WB Studio contract player -"Maltese Falcon", "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", and later as 'General Peterson' on TV's "I Dream of Jeannie" until his death in 1969. ... -- Oddly, after MacLane was replaced on IDofJ, his replacement actor Vinton Hayworth died in 1970!, Tuesday, January 01, 05:23:36pm FUN FACT: What other notable out there was born and died on Holidays?! (NT) -- MacLane was born Christmas Day 1902, died New Years Day 1969!, Tuesday, January 01, 05:28:17pm Actor Vinton Hayworth was actress Rita Hayworth's uncle (her mother's brother). (NT) -- He was married to one of Ginger Roger's aunts. Making Rita and Ginger cousins by marriage., Wednesday, January 02, 01:37:08pm Former Notre Dame Player Josh Atkinson dead at 25 Collegefootballtalk.com Wednesday, January 02, 01:17:22pm 1 Ed Baer, NYC DJ (WMCA; WHN; WYNY; WHUD; WCBS-FM; Sirius) Dead at 82 Wednesday, January 02, 12:41:14pm 2 PHOTO ... -- Link, Wednesday, January 02, 12:41:14pm Jan.2nd~Happy 116th Birthday! Supercentenarian Kane Tanaka, Typographer Gudrum Zapf-von Hesse is 101, Production Designer Georgi Prokopets is 97, Actress Elzbieta Swiecicka is 92, Football;s Gino Marchetti is 92, Actor Yilmar Gunduz is 90, Politician Tellervo Koivisto turns 90. (NT) jlp Wednesday, January 02, 12:04:37pm 5 Jan.2nd~Happy Birthday! Actor John Considine (84) Actor Massimo Foschi (81) Actress Vicki Frederick (70) Actress Cynthia Sikes (65) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, January 01, 09:18:43pm FUN FACT: Actor John Considine, 84, is older brother of Tim Considine, 77, who was eldest son 'Mike Douglas', in the first years of TV's "My Three Sons"! -- Say it ain't so!, Wednesday, January 02, 01:23:47am Country musician Harold Bradley is 93 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 2-, Wednesday, January 02, 11:42:36am Historian Rachel Waterhouse is 96, football player Gino Marchetti is 92, mathematician James D. Murray is 88, ex- PM of Japan Toshiki Kaifu is 88, historian Keith Thomas is 86, ex- Sec. of Education Richard Riley is 86, writer David McKee is 84 (NT) -- Photographer David Bailey is 81, computer scientist Lynn Conway is 81, ex- PM of South Kora Goh Kun is 81, televangelist Jim Bakker is 79, Wednesday, January 02, 12:04:37pm Ed Corney, Bodybuilder (was in the film "Pumping Iron") Dead at 85 Wednesday, January 02, 11:55:42am 2 Pic (w/ Arnold Schwartzanegger) -- ., Wednesday, January 02, 11:55:42am Healthwatch: Ex- Sen. Harry Reid Pancreatic cancer Wednesday, January 02, 11:52:36am 2 I didn't always agree with Sen. Reid, but I wish him well in his battle against this terrible disease (NT) -- ., Wednesday, January 02, 11:52:36am O/T Jeanne Calment, longest lived person who died at 122 May have actually been 99 at the time of her death Wednesday, January 02, 11:49:07am 16 Off topic? (NT) -- Her name comes up on this board practically every other day!, Tuesday, January 01, 08:35:51am I hate how everyone tries to discredit others. What's the point? (NT) -- She was 122 and now all of a sudden some loser tries to discredit her and ruin her name., Tuesday, January 01, 09:39:05am It's not a question of"some loser trying to discredit her," no. Her supposedly long life was used as a template for research, and any scientific findings that arose from her case can set back gerontology several years, as any findings and research based off those findings is now questionable. (NT) -- You should not assume intent if you don't understand the reason, Tuesday, January 01, 10:23:25am LOL. You sound so smart for 2019. (NT) -- You must have slept well last night., Tuesday, January 01, 11:11:33am Damn coffee hasn't kicked in yet. But the point remains––fraud in the human sciences fields can be detrimental to decades worth of research -- Case in point: Marie Noe, Tuesday, January 01, 11:47:37am This is settled science. (NT) -- You so-called skeptics belong in the same category as climate deniers and people who use the wrong pronouns., Wednesday, January 02, 11:45:54am Science is never settled, It changes all the time (NT) -- Only people who dont know a thing about science believe that, Wednesday, January 02, 11:49:07am A Russian researcher alleges that Calment had claimed her daughter Yvonne died of pleurisy in 1934. However, it's now believed the mother, Jeanne Calment died ... (NT) -- ...and it was the DAUGHTER Yvonne who “borrowed the identity” of her mother, in order to avoid “paying the inheritance tax”, back then., Tuesday, January 01, 10:20:39am Well, we've see odder scams created in life. If the new revelations are true, they're true. (NT) -- The biggest fighters will be her hometown which brings in touri$m to the area., Tuesday, January 01, 10:23:34am The researcher has petitioned for exhumations of Clement ...fat chance. BUT, if new claim is verified, and Clement's record is canceled out, then American Sarah Knauss (who took record upon Clement's 1997 death), will be named the world’s oldest person. Knauss, born in 1880 (verified), and died in 1999, at the age of 119. ... -- ...'MERICA!, Tuesday, January 01, 10:45:13am Apologies for typos ...it's Calment. (NT) -- Perdon, s'il vous plaît., Tuesday, January 01, 11:12:22am I honestly don't see how an old lady would be a tourist attraction of such significance that her deception would cause financial loss. (NT) -- You're joking, right?, Tuesday, January 01, 10:47:11am Well, there are some traveling through that area of the south of France, who do visit the place where the oldest recorded person lived. And yes while in Arles, France, would partake in the local hotels and attractions, etc. (NT) -- Even leave flowers at Calment's marked grave, to only photograph her marked grave., Tuesday, January 01, 11:37:46am The biggest fighter might (NT) -- be the estate of lawyer André-François Raffray, who bought her apartment by a contingency contract., Tuesday, January 01, 10:59:59am Honestly, I've seen people who were supercentenarians, and 98% appeared like unrecognizable prunes by 115! So it's hard to believe Calment had all her hair and walked about at 120 years old. -PHOTOS ... -- Devil's Advocate, Tuesday, January 01, 11:42:37am Dean Ford (Thomas McAleese) singer for Marmalade Died Jan 1st 2019 Wednesday, January 02, 11:38:46am 2 "Reflections of My Life" -- Marmalade, Wednesday, January 02, 11:38:46am Boston Radio Reporter & Actor Joe Stapleton Dies Suddenly Wednesday, January 02, 10:12:04am 2 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, January 02, 10:12:04am ARCHIVE: January 1, 1973 ~Musician/songwriter Walter E. Rollins, who wrote the Holiday classics "Here Comes Peter Cottontail", and "Frosty the Snowman", as well as co-wrote many country songs for artists such as Gene Autry, Hank Snow, George Jones and Eddy Arnold, dies at 67. ... Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, January 01, 11:00:08pm 1 Purdue super fan Tyler Trent dies after battle with bone cancer wWDI Tuesday, January 01, 06:47:22pm 2 I watched this game and if you weren't moved, you're made of stone (NT) -- wWDI, Tuesday, January 01, 06:47:22pm Archive: Jan. 1 -There were 2 "Batman" villains who died; Victor Buono (King Tut) in 1982, & Cesar Romero (The Joker) in 1994. ... Links Tuesday, January 01, 04:40:24pm 1 OT: Healthwatch - the Times Square NewYear's Eve Ball? What happened? Tuesday, January 01, 02:27:37pm 4 It's either a mini-terrorist event, or an old fashion malfunction. (NT) -- But, at my age I've seen enough balls dropping for another New Year., Monday, December 31, 09:32:46pm Is there a cover up? Many on the Internet are asking but those in charge are ignoring the questions, pretending everything was normal. (NT) -- Was it?, Tuesday, January 01, 02:12:26pm Actually I reviewed the ball-drop last night, and the ball did drop, but obscured by pyrotechnics around clock tower. (NT) -- Because the pyrotechnics feathered out on the sides with downpour rain, that immediately made a lot of smoke!, Tuesday, January 01, 02:27:37pm Jan.1st~Happy 104th Birthday! Professor Fazlollah Reza, Painter Rudolf Mumprecht is 101, Actress Sheila Mercier is 100, Tennis Player Eustace Fannin is 100, Painter Ibrahim Balaban is 98, Religious Figure Hossein Vahid Khorasani is 98, Politician Pete Turnham is 97, Politician Fritz Hollings is 97, Art Director Ivan King is 97, Actor Veikko Manninen is 97, \ (NT) jlp Tuesday, January 01, 02:19:18pm 9 Actress Valentina Cortese is 96, Businessman Charlie Munger is 95, Scholar Wahiduddin Khan is 94, Economist Vernon L. Smith is 92, Screenwriter Malcolm Marmorstein is 90, Actor Frank E. Bressel Jr. turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Monday, December 31, 09:04:09pm Jan.1st~Happy Birthday! Director Frank Agrama (89) Actress Jacqueline Scott (87) Director William Fruet (86) Actress Suzy Kendall (82) Actor Frank Langella (81) Actress Sandra Knight (79) Actor Martin Shakar (79) (NT) -- Colt, Monday, December 31, 10:23:07pm Actor Bob Minor (75) Director Ken Wiederhorn (74) Actress Aimee Eccles (70) Actor Leon Isaac Kennedy (70) Actor Don Keith Opper (70) Actor Richard Edson (65) (NT) -- Colt, Monday, December 31, 10:25:35pm Other birthdays, Jan. 1- -- Happy birthdays!, Tuesday, January 01, 11:52:07am Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, 97 today, is the oldest living ex- US Senator (NT) -- Briefly sought the Presidency in 1984, Tuesday, January 01, 11:53:17am ARCHIVE: January 1, 1919 ~It was a century ago TODAY, famed Prize Fighter Rocky Graziano, whose Pro Boxing career held the World Middleweight title, and is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, often displaying the capacity to take his opponent out with a single punch, WAS BORN in Brooklyn, NY! ... -- Happy 100!, Tuesday, January 01, 12:04:53pm Actress Carole Landis was also born 100 years ago today -- Sadly committed suicide in 1948, at 29, Tuesday, January 01, 12:16:06pm And allegedly killed herself over a balding, and very married man -actor Rex Harrison. ... -- And sexy Rexy was already married to the gorgeous Lilli Palmer!, Tuesday, January 01, 02:19:18pm ADMIN NOTE: I want to wish and hope for health and happiness in the New Year. It's been a very challenging one for many, but personal peace is achievable ...and needed these days. I wish all, well. theChronicler Tuesday, January 01, 02:17:58pm 2 Happy New Year Chron. Hope all is well in your family. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Tuesday, January 01, 02:17:58pm Ray Sawyer, of "Dr Hook" Dead at 81 Tuesday, January 01, 12:25:08am 8 "Cover Of The Rolling Stone" -- Dr. Hook, Monday, December 31, 03:01:01pm "Sylvia's Mother" -- Dr. Hook, Monday, December 31, 03:02:09pm Full article -- R.I.P., Monday, December 31, 03:34:51pm Dr. Hook on the cover of Rolling Stone, 1973 -- ., Monday, December 31, 04:30:38pm Interesting that this is all over the European news, yet nothing yet in the US where the group is from and had a great deal of success (NT) -- Russ, Monday, December 31, 07:24:08pm Rolling Stone obit -- Russ, Monday, December 31, 09:09:12pm Full obit text -- X, Tuesday, January 01, 12:25:08am ARCHIVE: December 31, 2015 ~Actor Wayne Rogers, film and television actor, known for playing the role of Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre in the CBS television series M*A*S*H, and later a succesful businessman amassing a reported approximate estate of $75M, dies of pneumonia at 82. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, December 31, 10:10:00pm 3 That same day, singer Natalie Cole died at 65 (NT) -- ., Monday, December 31, 04:43:03pm ARCHIVE: December 31, 2015 ~Grammy Award-winning singer Natalie Cole, daughter of famed entertainer Nat King Cole, daughter of acclaimed and pioneering entertainer Nat King Cole, and who earned 9 Grammy Awards out of 21 nominations(!), dies at age 65 after years of kidney ailments pulmonary hypertension. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Monday, December 31, 10:10:00pm ARCHIVE: December 31, 1971 ~Peter Duel, 31, steady and solid young actor, best known for his starring role as outlaw 'Hannibal Heyes' (alias Joshua Smith) in the TV's "Alias Smith and Jones", kills himself in a drunken and despondent New Years Eve. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, December 31, 09:30:23pm 1 Dec.31~Happy Birthday! Actress Diana Hale (89) Actor Anthony Hopkins (81) Director Sean S. Cunningham (77) Guitarist Andy Summers (76) Actor Ben Kingsley (75) (NT) Colt Monday, December 31, 05:03:35pm 8 Actress Barbara Carrera (73) Actor Vernon Wells (73) Actor Tim Matheson (71) Actress Jane Badler (65) Actor James Remar (65) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, December 30, 09:02:29pm Dec.31st~Happy 101st Birthday! Actress Suzy Delair, Olympic Athlete Folke Alnevik is 99, Cinematographer Juan Msrine is 98, Actress Etta Braun is 90, Actor Bulent Koral is 90, Football's Hugh McElhenny is 90, Actress Lyudmila Krasheninnikova turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, December 30, 09:03:19pm Other birthdays, Dec. 31- -- Happy birthdays!, Monday, December 31, 10:50:08am King Salman of Saudi Arabia is 83, Nobel awarded chemist Avram Hershko is 81, athlete Barry Hughes is 81, painter Tess Jaray is 81, US Rep. Hal Rogers is 81, musician Roy Lee Johnson is 80 (NT) -- ., Monday, December 31, 02:57:24pm "Walking on the Moon" -- The Police, Monday, December 31, 04:40:09pm "American Woman" -- Guess Who, Monday, December 31, 04:41:10pm "Stand Tall" - Burton Cummings -- Link, Monday, December 31, 05:03:35pm Archive: Brandon Teena, Dec. 31, 1993 Murder victim (Death inspired the film "Boys Don't Cry") Monday, December 31, 04:37:57pm 1 ARCHIVE: December 31, 1985 ~Ricky Nelson, 45, early rock and roll star, musician, and singer-songwriter, whose career began as a youngster with his family on TV's "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet", leading into a successful singing career, until the fateful New Years Eve flight to a Texas gig, killing Nelson and his companions ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, December 31, 04:33:10pm 2 Ex- Wife Kristin Nelson died on Apr. 27, 2018, at 72 (NT) -- Sister of Mark Harmon ("NCIS"), Monday, December 31, 04:33:10pm ARCHIVE: December 31, 1972 ~Roberto Clemente, 38, beloved Puerto Rican professional baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, tragically killed in a plane crash while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, December 31, 04:03:39pm 4 I remember that our beloved Barbara once said that Roberto Clemente's death was the first celebrity death to really affect her (NT) -- ., Monday, December 31, 10:51:12am Amazing after nearly half a century, Hollywood's never made a biopic of the great Clemente?! IMO, a very gripping part of the story was his funeral. Clemente's teammate/close friend Manny Sanguillén was the only member of the Pirates not to attend Roberto's memorial service, choosing instead to dive into the waters of the crash in an effort to find his old friend. (NT) -- The bodies of Clemente and three others who were also on the four-engine plane were never recovered., Monday, December 31, 03:31:42pm Having grown up near Pittsburgh, the mood was overwhelming sadness - he was loved by many. (NT) -- Sharon, Monday, December 31, 04:03:39pm ARCHIVE: December 27, 1983 ~Veteran character actor William Demarest, whose Hollywood career spanned over 50 years in both film and TV efforts, best remembered to younger audiences as 'Uncle Charlie' on TV's "My Three Sons", dies at 91. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, December 31, 03:13:03pm 6 Walter Scott Notheis Jr., lead singer for Bob Kuban and The In-Men on "The Cheater" (NT) -- disappeared on the same date, found murdered in April 1987, Friday, December 28, 03:46:34am Dennis Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys (NT) -- drowned the next day in Marina del Rey, California at age 39, Friday, December 28, 03:49:20am A golfer with a similar name, Jimmy Demeret, died the day after William Demerest (NT) -- ., Friday, December 28, 11:12:51am Here's an awesome Demarest interview from TV's Merv Griffin Show, a few years before Bill's death. ... -- Also on 1979 clip is stars Estelle Winwood and Pat O'Brien!, Sunday, December 30, 05:28:42pm Here is "My Three Sons" co-star alum Barry Livingston interviewed on William Demarest ! .... -- VIDEO, Monday, December 31, 03:13:03pm Healthwatch: Jimmy Osmond of the Osmond family Suffers stroke during performance Monday, December 31, 02:40:34pm 3 Full article -- !, Monday, December 31, 02:21:45pm Wow, the ninth and youngest of the O brood Jimmy, 55, suffers stroke?? So sad. -- Older brothers are pushing 70!, Monday, December 31, 02:40:34pm Don Mckay, Actor ... Dead at 93. Monday, December 31, 02:35:12pm 2 IMDb ... -- Link, Monday, December 31, 02:35:12pm Disney Animator Don Lusk 1913-2018 Dies at 105 Monday, December 31, 11:05:10am 6 IMDb -- Link, Monday, December 31, 05:27:21am According to IMDb, Lusk's first work for Disney was on "Mickey's Polo Team" -82 years ago! At 105, Lusk lived longer than fellow animator on the film, Grim Natwick, who died in 1990, at 100. -Here 'tis from 1936! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Monday, December 31, 09:00:57am Disney Animator Ruthie Tompson worked on “Snow White” (1937) uncredited. Still alive at 108! (NT) -- Walt, Monday, December 31, 09:40:59am Actually, Walt didn't allow women to be animators. Tompson was an inker and scene planner, later was in a final checker position where she reviewed animation cels before they were photographed onto film. -Here she is interviewed a few years back! ... -- In 1948, Tompson was promoted to animation checker and scene planner., Monday, December 31, 10:58:23am It was 2 years ago yesterday, that legendary Disney artist Tyrus Wong (mentioned in above video) died at 106! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Monday, December 31, 11:05:10am ARCHIVE: December 30, 1992 ~Ling Ling, 23, the popular panda bear who arrived in the United States as a symbol of United States-China detente and who quickly achieved world-wide status as the most beloved attraction along with her mate Hsing Hsing, dies after brief illness at her home of Washington DC's National Zoo. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, December 30, 05:55:07pm 1 Dec.30th~Happy Birthday! Actor Russ Tamblyn (84) Producer Michael Nesmith (76) Actor Fred Ward (76) Troma Founder Lloyd Kaufman (73) Singer Patti Smith (72) (NT) Colt Sunday, December 30, 04:24:54pm 6 Dec,30th~Happy 100th Birthday! Journalist David Perlman, Sholar Robert H. Mounce is 97, Actor Robert Hossein is 91, Actress Erika Berghofer is 90, Actor Bob Gorman turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, December 30, 12:20:24am Bo Diddley was born 90 years ago today (NT) -- Died in 2008, at 79, Sunday, December 30, 11:09:44am Singer Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary is 81 -- Other birthdays, Dec. 30-, Sunday, December 30, 11:20:21am Baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax is 83 today (NT) -- ., Sunday, December 30, 02:45:39pm FUN FACT: Sandy Kofax was once son-in-law to Hollywood star Richard Widmark. (NT) -- Koufax married Richard Widmark's daughter Anne in 1969; the couple was divorced in 1982., Sunday, December 30, 04:24:54pm Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress ("The Magnificent Seven") Dead at 83 Sunday, December 30, 02:27:23pm 3 Pic (w/ Yul Brynner) -- ., Sunday, December 30, 11:26:16am last of the main cast there all gone now (NT) -- colt, Sunday, December 30, 02:27:23pm Agneta Eckemyr, Swedish model, actress (was in "Kentucky Fried Movie") Dead at 68 Sunday, December 30, 11:16:59am 5 Pic -- ., Saturday, December 29, 04:17:30pm Playboy Playmate in October 1975 (NT) -- Russ, Saturday, December 29, 06:36:32pm She was on the cover of the Oct. 1975 issue of Playboy & had a pictorial inside, but wasn't the Playmate of the month (NT) -- ., Sunday, December 30, 11:16:59am Here's more on the sad last years of Miss Eckemyr. ... -- PHOTO ..., Sunday, December 30, 10:39:29am Chris Burrous - local Los Angeles news anchor dead at 43 KTLA.com Sunday, December 30, 10:10:04am 12 Found dead in a motel (NT) -- ., Friday, December 28, 11:28:56am A motel owner kicked me out of his motel mainly because I asked about the high rate of suicides in motels (or inns). But it's true, going back as far as Meriwether Lewis. (NT) -- obitchecker, Saturday, December 29, 09:44:19pm OMG, if you live in L.A., you certainly recognize Chris Burrous of morning TV. His popular foodie segments "Burrous Bites" are legendary -I've gone to some of his restaraunt suggestions. Sad to take your own life so young, and with a 9 year old daughter. Mental illness is real. ... -- PHOTO, Friday, December 28, 11:59:03am Here he is anchoring the news on Dec. 16th -- ., Friday, December 28, 01:12:27pm SO sad, I watched the 1pm KTLA news and its tributes to Burrous, from collegues -heartbreaking. EVERYONE loved him as a funny, caring, giving, sensitive guy, which may have been his downfall -too sensitive. So sad to see another suicide. ... -- Here's Burrous last year ..., Friday, December 28, 02:48:35pm Police say there were no signs of a suicide. I assume that means no note etc... Strange for a married man to be in a motel with another man at 1am and "Overdose." Fellow anchor left message saying... (NT) -- "Know matter how well you think you know a co-worker you never know what demons they're suffering with.", Friday, December 28, 04:29:16pm Sorry "No matter..." (NT) -- Typo, Friday, December 28, 04:30:45pm Well, actually, that's not correct. A man called 911 at 1:15PM, and the caller could have been motel staff .... -- L.A.Times, Sunday, December 30, 12:57:28am I saw his usually Saturday morning 3 hour morning broadcast, and it was heartbreaking and impressive how his KTLA family produced the BEST tribute led by his co-anchor Lynette Romero! (NT) -- Romero has received thousands of emails from Burrous' admiring fans. Great TV., Sunday, December 30, 01:17:51am According to numerous reports the man he was with who called Police was a friend of his and was performing CPR when Officers arrived. What he was doing with a "friend" at 1am in a motel is another question. (NT) -- Police say he was very cooperative and tried to save him., Sunday, December 30, 07:50:04am But 911 was called at 1PM...not 1AM, as you mention. (NT) -- ??, Sunday, December 30, 10:10:04am June Whitfield dies aged 93 Sherlock Sunday, December 30, 08:00:23am 7 Imdb -- ., Saturday, December 29, 01:59:25pm It would be very helpful if you put what the person is known for when posting an obit. (NT) -- June Whitfield isn't exactly a household name., Saturday, December 29, 02:10:41pm It depends on where the household is, doesn't it? Besides it says in the post. (NT) -- Sherlock, Saturday, December 29, 02:21:45pm Edina’s mom on Absolutely Fabulous! One of the first cast members from this show to pass (NT) -- Russ, Saturday, December 29, 05:18:19pm OBSERVER Obit of the UK-born actress Dame June Whitfield ... -- Link & PHOTO, Sunday, December 30, 04:05:04am 'Absolutely Fabulous' actress Dame June Whitfield dies at 93 -- CNN, Sunday, December 30, 08:00:23am Archive: Bob Luman, Dec. 27, 1978 Singer Sunday, December 30, 05:01:22am 5 "Red Hot" -- Bob Luman, Friday, December 28, 04:54:47pm "Red Cadillac & A Black Moustache" -- Bob Luman, Friday, December 28, 04:56:17pm "Let's Think About Living" -- Bob Luman's biggest hit., Saturday, December 29, 09:33:39pm "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" (Bob's biggest hit on the country charts) -- Link, Sunday, December 30, 05:01:22am Abdelmalek Benhabyles 1921-2018 Algerian politician, former president. Fredrik Andersson Sunday, December 30, 03:49:35am 1 Bre Payton, conservative writer Dead at 26 (sudden) Saturday, December 29, 11:17:45pm 3 Here she is on Tucker Carlson's show earlier this year -- So sad- dead from Swine flu at only 26, Friday, December 28, 04:43:50pm bre payton -- max, Saturday, December 29, 11:17:45pm Aldo Parisot, cellist Dead at 100 Saturday, December 29, 06:21:56pm 1 Dec.29th~Happy 100th Birthday! WW2 Figure Leo J. Dulacki, WW2 Figure Thomas W. Horton is 99, Olympic Athlete Rolf Magnusson is 97, Mathematician Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat is 95, Actor Mike Nussbaum is 95, Football's Dub Jones is 94, Actor Bernard Cribbins is 90, Singer June Preston turns 90. (NT) jlp Saturday, December 29, 05:23:26pm 10 Dec.29th~Happy Birthday! Actress Inga Swenson (86) Director Joel M. Reed (85) Actress Barbara Steele (81) Actor Jon Voight (80) Actor Ted Danson (71) Actor Robert Wightman (66) (NT) -- Colt, Saturday, December 29, 12:30:37am Actress Inga Swenson, 86, and actor Don Murray, 89, played married couple in 1962's "Advise & Consent". ... -- Not many actors around from that time, who played young married from back then., Saturday, December 29, 12:49:36am Other birthdays, Dec. 29- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, December 29, 11:13:27am "Swet Woman" -- Ed Bruce, Saturday, December 29, 04:24:23pm "As Tears Go By " -- Marianne Faithfull, Saturday, December 29, 04:25:24pm "If I Can't Have You" -- Yvonne Elliman, Saturday, December 29, 04:26:40pm "Come Out And Play" -- Yhe Offspring, Saturday, December 29, 04:28:08pm writer Lady Katharine Tait turns 95 (NT) -- jude, Saturday, December 29, 11:36:26am Let's be honest - How many have confused Inga Swenson with Inger Stevens? -- Both Swedish names (I think) - similar age (2 yrs apart) - similar appearance. One died at 35., Saturday, December 29, 05:23:26pm Songwriter Norman Gimbel Dies at 91 Saturday, December 29, 01:13:52pm 11 IMDb -- Link, Wednesday, December 26, 07:36:35pm "Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Lori Lieberman (written by Norman Gimbel) -- Link, Wednesday, December 26, 07:45:33pm The More Famous Versions Are Roberta Fleck and then The Fugees (NT) -- David S., Saturday, December 29, 01:03:05pm You're right, David, but I had never heard Lori Lieberman's original before. (NT) -- I like it as much as Roberta's, maybe more., Saturday, December 29, 01:13:52pm Confirmation? (NT) -- ., Wednesday, December 26, 11:44:55pm His songwriting partner, Robert Folk also posted on Facebook. -- Link, Thursday, December 27, 04:19:48am Thank you (NT) -- Truly a huge loss, Thursday, December 27, 05:55:12am "The Girl From Ipanema" -- Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz, Thursday, December 27, 11:27:37am True, though the music of the famous song was written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes... (NT) -- ...the English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel., Thursday, December 27, 12:33:19pm Variety obit. -- Link, Friday, December 28, 02:54:41pm Liza Redfield, First female conductor on Broadway Dead at 94 Saturday, December 29, 12:42:53pm 2 Liza Redfield on "What's My Line?", 1960: -- ., Saturday, December 29, 12:42:53pm Ringo Lam, Hong Kong filmmaker Dead at 63 Saturday, December 29, 11:32:59am 1 Iaia Fiastri, Italian screenwriter Dead at 84 Saturday, December 29, 11:31:35am 1 Fitness YouTuber dies after being Tased by police as he attacked his Tinder date Cohasset, Mass. Saturday, December 29, 11:28:01am 1 Shehu Shagari, Ex- Pres. of Nigeria Dead at 93 Saturday, December 29, 11:24:45am 1 ARCHIVE: December 27, 2016 ~CARRIE FISHER, 60, actress, writer, comedian daughter of Hollywood stars Debbie Reynolds & Eddie Fisher, she was known as the industry's noted screenwriting "go-to" for enhancing top film scripts, as well as being an accomlished author in her own rite, dies days after suffering a likely drug-induced heart failure. -Upon hearing the news, her mother died hours later, the following morning. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, December 28, 06:37:11pm 3 2 years already! (NT) -- Time sure flies!, Thursday, December 27, 03:38:55pm ARCHIVE: December 28, 2016 ~It was 2 years ago this morning, that Hollywood star/entertainer Debbie Reynolds, 84, died of grief upon the death of her only daughter actress/writer Carrie Fisher, who died the evening before. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Friday, December 28, 06:37:11pm Gary Tollett, Sang background on "That'll Be the Day" Has died Friday, December 28, 05:25:11pm 3 "That'll Be The Day" -- Buddy Holly, Friday, December 28, 05:24:17pm "Honey Honey" -- Gary Tollett, Friday, December 28, 05:25:11pm Georges Loinger, French resistance fighter during World War II Dead at 108 Friday, December 28, 05:00:25pm 1 Dec.28th~Happy Birthday! Actress Nichelle Nichols (86) Actress Maggie Smith (84) Actor William Bassett (83) Composer Richard Band (65) (NT) Colt Friday, December 28, 04:51:41pm 6 Dec.28th~Happy 98th Birthday! Singer Fatima Kuinova, Nurse Loretta Ford is 98, WW2 Figure Piliippe de Gaulle is 97, WW2 Figure E. S. Campbell is 97, Producer Ernest Chamber is 90, Actress Joyce McCluskey is 90, Singer/Actress Ines Taddio turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Thursday, December 27, 09:08:17pm Other birthdays, Dec. 28- -- Happy birthdays!, Friday, December 28, 11:14:18am The late, great Stan Lee would have been 96 today! ... -- Mr. Lee died last month., Friday, December 28, 12:19:13pm Ex- US Rep. Bill Gradison is 90, astronomer Maarten Schmidt is 89, politician Roy Hattersley is 86, hockey player Harry Howell is 86, ex- Gov. of Ky. John Y. Brown Jr. is 85, ex- US Rep. James McDermott is 82, writer, producer Lawrence Schiller is 82, musician Young Jessie is 82, businessman Ratan Tata is 81 (NT) -- ., Friday, December 28, 01:18:11pm "Frankenstein" -- Edgar Winter Group, Friday, December 28, 04:51:41pm Robert Kerman, Actor (Cannibal Holocaust, Eaten Alive) Dead at 71 Friday, December 28, 04:49:54pm 4 Imdb -- ., Friday, December 28, 11:21:01am Wow, talk about someone who's changed over the years! ... -- Link, Friday, December 28, 12:12:27pm Under the name "Richard Balla", he appeared in "Debbie Does Dallas" (NT) -- ., Friday, December 28, 04:49:54pm Patrick Fleming, Member of Andy Warhol's Factory Dies at 75 Friday, December 28, 04:46:58pm 2 Pic- -- ., Friday, December 28, 04:46:58pm OT: RIP OldiesMusicBoard.com Gone for good January 1st, 2019 Friday, December 28, 04:39:46pm 2 One of the reasons Smith gave for ending the board is that most of the "Oldies News" is obits now! (NT) -- !, Friday, December 28, 04:39:46pm Mike Hiss 1941-2018 4 time Indy 500 starter and 500 Rookie of the year in 1972 Lemnpiper Friday, December 28, 11:59:33am 1 Amos Oz, Israeli author Dead at 79 Friday, December 28, 11:25:31am 1 Toshiko Fujita, Japanese actress Dead at 68 Friday, December 28, 11:24:20am 1 ARCHIVE: December 25th! ~W.C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, Billy Martin, Dean Martin, James Brown, Eartha Kitt, Groge Michael.... (NT) ...All died on Christmas Day! Friday, December 28, 10:40:09am 11 Joan Blondell (1979) Denver Pyle (1997) (NT) -- ., Tuesday, December 25, 12:22:19pm Johnny Ace (“Pledging My Love”) dies playing Russian roulette backstage at a Houston concert, 1954 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, December 25, 12:40:31pm Joan Miro ....1983, Nicolai and Elena Ceausescu executed in 1989 (NT) -- Christmas deaths from the 1980s, Tuesday, December 25, 12:47:06pm Here's a few MORE ... -- RIP, Tuesday, December 25, 06:55:31pm Walter Winchell's son committed suicide 50 years ago today (NT) -- He retired about six weeks later., Tuesday, December 25, 08:32:34pm The elder Winchell retired (NT) -- Otherwise, we'd have a hell of a story, Tuesday, December 25, 08:34:14pm Dean Martin's death on Christmas 1995 was the first I saw online, before reading it in the paper, or seeing on TV. (NT) -- Lemnpiper (I knew then, this internet thing was gonna be bigger than many suspected)., Thursday, December 27, 02:21:18pm (Not-so) FUN FACT: Martin's mother Angela Barra Crocetti died exactly 29 years earlier -Christmas Day 1966. She died without Christmas visit from son Dean, just as he died alone, with no children at his bedside. ... -- Sad., Thursday, December 27, 02:25:03pm I notice that Dean's father died the following year and his brother the year after that. (NT) -- Ouch., Friday, December 28, 10:16:11am Like a handful of celebs, Dean is buried near his parents, at Westwood Cemetery in L.A. area. But, Dean's brother Bill died of a brain tumor in 1968, at only age 52, is buried 15 miles south at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery. ... -- PHOTO, Friday, December 28, 10:40:09am Warren Welles, Played for the Oakland Raiders Dead at 76 Friday, December 28, 05:58:09am 2 Wells (NT) -- Spent time in jail for rape, Friday, December 28, 05:58:09am RIP:Peter Valliant - Pittsburgh Diner Owner Der Bingle Friday, December 28, 05:49:56am 1 Richard Overton, Oldest US World War II Veteran Dies at 112 Thursday, December 27, 07:28:34pm 5 Pic (w/ Pres. Obama) -- ., Thursday, December 27, 04:47:03pm His father died in 1920 (NT) -- Almost 100 years ago, Thursday, December 27, 05:18:05pm CBS Obit .. -- According to obit, Mr. Overton was the oldest Living Man, Texan, and WWII Veteran! ~What a distinction!, Thursday, December 27, 05:43:09pm He was not the oldest living man in the world (there are two others older than he) but he was the oldest living American. (NT) -- egee33, Thursday, December 27, 07:28:34pm Anita Ellis, Ghost singer died July 1, 2007 at 87? (Dubbed Rita Hayworth's "Put The Blame on Mame") According to Wikipedia Thursday, December 27, 07:19:17pm 3 IMDB -- Link, Thursday, December 27, 06:44:00pm It looks like the Wiki page previously cited the Findagrave of an Anita Ellis who died on July 1, 2007 - but the Findagrave Anita Ellis was too young to be the singer, and the reference was removed (NT) -- The Wiki death date ought to be removed as well, as all that seems certain is the singer Anita Ellis died before late 2008, Thursday, December 27, 07:19:17pm ARCHIVE: December 27, 2003 ~UK-born acclaimed actor Alan Bates who came to prominence in the 1960s, securing a solid film career, nominated for an Oscar for 'Best Actor' in "The Fixer" (1968), also nominated for SIX Golden Globes 'Best Actor' Awards, and SEVEN BAFTA Awards, earning a 'Best Actor' win in 1983 for "An Englishman Abroad", died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 69. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, December 27, 06:27:00pm 1 Sono Osato, Ballet Star, gained acclaim on Broadway in the World War II-era musicals “One Touch of Venus” and “On the Town" Dead at 99 Thursday, December 27, 05:51:37pm 3 She originated the role of Ivy--played by Vera-Ellen in the movie version--in the Broadway production of "On the Town." (NT) -- egee33, Thursday, December 27, 05:48:17pm PHOTO of Miss Osato in her heyday ... -- Link, Thursday, December 27, 05:51:37pm Dec.27th~Happy 98th Birthday! Singer Fatima Kuinova, Nurse Loretta Ford is 98, WW2 Figure Philippe de Gaulle is 97, WW2 Figure E. S. Campbell is 97, Producer Ernest Chambers is 90, Actress Joyce McCluskey is 90, Singer/Actress Ines Taddio turns 90. (NT) jlp Thursday, December 27, 05:17:26pm 5 Dec.27th~Happy Birthday! Actor Nick Dimitri (86) Actor John Amos (79) Actor Gérard Depardieu (70) Director Charles Band (67) Actress Tovah Feldshuh (66) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, December 26, 10:12:08pm Other birthdays, Dec. 27- -- Happy birthdays!, Thursday, December 27, 11:24:51am Comic strip artist John Celardo was born 100 years ago today (died 2012) -- Best known for illustrating the Tarzan comic strip, Thursday, December 27, 05:11:47pm Politician Moshe Arens is 93, actor Michel Piccoli is 93, anthropologist Marshall Sahlins is 88, Govt. official William Timmons is 88, athlete Larisa Latynina is 84, businessman Jeffrey Sterling is 84, Bishop Michael Turnbull is 83, athlete Eve Uusmees is 82 (NT) -- ., Thursday, December 27, 05:17:26pm Nancy Grace Roman, First woman to hold an executive position at NASA, helped with development of the Hubble Space Telescop Dead at 93 Thursday, December 27, 04:50:36pm 2 Pic. -- ., Thursday, December 27, 04:50:36pm Actor Frank Adonis Dies at 83 Thursday, December 27, 04:15:12pm 5 IMDb -- Link, Thursday, December 27, 12:38:11pm Played real life mobster Anthony Stabile in "Goodfellas" -- ., Thursday, December 27, 01:09:03pm PHOTO from the film ... -- Link, Thursday, December 27, 01:30:16pm This wonderful actor doesn't have a writeup at Wikipedia -- Sad, Thursday, December 27, 04:15:12pm Penny Cook, Australian actress Dead at 61 Thursday, December 27, 04:13:18pm 2 Imdb -- ., Thursday, December 27, 04:13:18pm John Culver, Ex- US Senator from Iowa Dead at 86 Thursday, December 27, 04:11:05pm 2 Congressional bio -- ., Thursday, December 27, 04:11:05pm Kern Kennedy, Pianist who backed Sun Records stars Dead at 87 Thursday, December 27, 11:34:09am 2 "We Wanna Boogie" -- Sonny Burgess & the Pacers, Thursday, December 27, 11:34:09am Arizona Music Legend Jerry Riopelle Died Christmas Eve KDKP Thursday, December 27, 11:31:32am 2 "Sunshine Girl" -- The Parade, Thursday, December 27, 11:31:32am Archive: Jack Benny, Dec. 26, 1974 (NT) one of the best comedians of all time, lived to age 80 Thursday, December 27, 11:29:30am 4 NY Times obit -- ., Wednesday, December 26, 06:42:25pm I loved how some Benny obits of the day, stated the famed actor "dies at 39". -Here's rare footage of luminaries attending Jack Benny's grand funeral ... -- VIDEO, Thursday, December 27, 05:12:31am I remember Johnny Carson tearing up as he talked about Benny's passing (NT) -- Only other time I saw Johnny cry- after his son died, Thursday, December 27, 11:29:30am Sigi Schmid, all-time winningest Major League Soccer coach, dies at 66 Russ Thursday, December 27, 10:56:21am 1 ARCHIVE: December 26, 1963 ~Famed Pro wrestler Gorgeouos George, during the First Golden Age of Professional Wrestling in the 1940s–1950s, who at 48, dies suddenly of a heart attack aggrivated by liver cirrhosis. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, December 27, 09:26:37am 3 Were there two wrestlers (NT) -- Called Gorgeous George?, Thursday, December 27, 08:33:53am His grand nephew began his career as "Gorgeous George III" with the full official blessing of his family -- Mo' Info, Thursday, December 27, 09:26:37am TCM Remembers 2018 Updated with Penny Marshall and Mary Carlisle Thursday, December 27, 07:40:18am 9 Looks like more than 1/2th were just actresses (could be a factor) (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Saturday, December 22, 01:25:58pm "Just actresses"????? (NT) -- guitargrl, Saturday, December 22, 03:04:29pm Posted On Their Facebook Page Of Others Who We Lost -- David S., Wednesday, December 26, 12:15:26pm TCM Remembers 2018 ... -- YOUTUBE, Wednesday, December 26, 12:47:45pm I like this one its better then last years (NT) -- colt, Wednesday, December 26, 01:49:31pm Anyone know when In Mermorial 2018 will air? (NT) -- On tv, Wednesday, December 26, 07:05:16pm Well, TCM airs their segment clip after movies on any given day. ABC aired hour special on Dec. 17...But the BEST will are on CBS Sunday Morning this Sunday at 6:30am...so DVR it !!! (NT) -- CNN, REELZ, and others will air similar tributes....check local listings!, Thursday, December 27, 02:09:18am Ok. Thanks. (NT) -- So much, Thursday, December 27, 07:40:18am Archive: Harry S truman, Dec. 26, 1972 33rd Pres. of the US Wednesday, December 26, 04:34:04pm 2 Archive: Gerald R. Ford, Dec. 26, 2006 -- 38th Pres. of the US, Wednesday, December 26, 04:34:04pm Archive: Curtis Mayfield, Dec. 26, 1999 Musician Wednesday, December 26, 04:18:19pm 2 "Gypsy Woman" -- The Impressions, Wednesday, December 26, 04:18:19pm Archive: Fontella Bass, Dec. 26, 2012 Singer Wednesday, December 26, 04:17:18pm 2 "Rescue Me" -- Fontella Bass, Wednesday, December 26, 04:17:18pm Jer O' Leay, Irish actor (My Left Foot, Michael Collins, In the Name of the Father) Has died Wednesday, December 26, 04:11:51pm 2 Imdb -- ., Wednesday, December 26, 04:11:51pm How old is Actor Scott Glenn? 77 or 79? I see conflicting reports (NT) Colt Wednesday, December 26, 04:08:00pm 2 This article from 2016 says he was 75 then, so he'd be 77 now -- ., Wednesday, December 26, 04:08:00pm Sister Wendy Beckett dies at 88 BBC presenter Wednesday, December 26, 12:44:20pm 4 Ahh, I used to love her tutorials, sometimes 'naughty' interpretations, on art on PBS. You couldn't make uo her colorful persona. -Bless her heart. ... -- PHOTO, Wednesday, December 26, 10:21:05am BBC Obit ... -- Link, Wednesday, December 26, 10:39:13am Sister Wendy, -- guitargrl, Wednesday, December 26, 12:44:20pm Jane Langton, Mystery, Sci- Fi author Dead at 95 Wednesday, December 26, 12:18:50pm 1 Dec.26th~Happy 99th Birthday! Physiologist Gilbert Ling, Actress Vera Langrova is 97, Director Eric Duvivier is 90, Engineer Martin Cooper is 90, Author Patricia Montandon turns 90. (NT) jlp Wednesday, December 26, 12:13:59pm 4 Dec.26th~Happy Birthday! Stunts/Actor Chuck Hicks (91) Producer John Walsh (73) Actor Steve Bisley (67) Actor Terry Michos (65) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, December 26, 09:45:26am Actor Caroll Spinney (Big Bird on “Sesame Street”) is 85. Singer Abdul “Duke” Fakir of The Four Tops is 83 -- Other birthdays, Dec. 26-, Wednesday, December 26, 11:58:15am Football coach Bill Yeoman is 91, singer Régine Zylberberg is 89, ex- US Rep. Elliott H. Levitas is 88, athlete Rohan Kanhai is 83, attorney Larry E. Temple is 83, hockey player Norm Ullman is 83, former Mas. First Lady Kitty Dukakis is 82, architect Peep Jänes is 82, mathematician John Horton Conway is 81, filmmaker Bahram Beyzai is 80 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, December 26, 12:13:59pm James Calvin Wilsey, Guitarist in Chris Isaak's band Dead at 61 Wednesday, December 26, 12:06:33pm 2 "Wicked Game" -- Chris Isaak, Wednesday, December 26, 12:06:33pm Ricardo Barber, Cuban-born actor Dead at 81 Wednesday, December 26, 12:01:23pm 1 Christmas guys. Wishing you all health and happiness too (NT) Cher (sorry i’m late Wednesday, December 26, 10:27:58am 3 Omg I lost my Merry! Merry Christmas again (NT) -- Merry Christmas, Tuesday, December 25, 02:50:30pm Well Cher, Santa failed me again this year. -- theChronicler, Wednesday, December 26, 10:27:58am Tsunami from erupting Krakatau kills at least 222 Indonesia Tuesday, December 25, 10:53:15pm 12 Members of Indonesian pop band Seventeen were among those swept away by the devastating tsunami (NT) -- ., Sunday, December 23, 11:34:16am Death toll rises to 372 (NT) -- So far, Monday, December 24, 10:07:59am OMG, here is VIDEO of a rock band playing at a seaside event, just as the tsunami hit the unsuspecting band -and guests, killing scores. ... -- Reports say members of the band were killed, including lead singer's wife. So sad., Monday, December 24, 12:27:35pm The group released 2 English language singles in the US in 2017 - "Crazy In Love" and "Don't Wanna Cry" (NT) -- Russ, Monday, December 24, 01:47:34pm You're incorrect. That was a South Korean boy band. The group in this unfortunate incident was a rock band from Indonesia. -- Unfortunately, they did not make a splash until this week, Monday, December 24, 06:57:39pm Hardy-har-har! (NT) -- Zzzzzz, Tuesday, December 25, 04:11:29am Are you imitating Kramden or Zorro? -- ., Tuesday, December 25, 06:00:46am I stand corrected (NT) -- Russ, Tuesday, December 25, 07:42:06am Death toll rises to 429. (NT) -- Deadliest tsunami in history., Tuesday, December 25, 07:46:33pm ...recent history, anyway. The sickest part of tge event is that it came with no warning....and as people slept in dark of night! (NT) -- Horrific., Tuesday, December 25, 09:03:20pm It was 14 years ago today (Dec. 26), nearly a quarter of million people were killed from a tsunami off the coast of northern Sumatra. ... -- So while recent event is tragic, this doesn't even come close., Tuesday, December 25, 10:53:15pm Archive: Jack Webb, Dec. 23, 1982 Actor- director- producer Tuesday, December 25, 08:37:48pm 4 A heavy smoker who was a workaholic and liked his booze (NT) -- No surprise he only lasted to 62, Monday, December 24, 04:08:12pm I recently saw a very early "Dragnet" in which Lee Marvin played a serial killer! (NT) -- It was one of the better '50's episodes, Tuesday, December 25, 10:56:08am Marvin played a lot of heavies, though he was a good guy on M Squad (NT) -- Domestic abuser on Route 66, nut case on Bonanza, Tuesday, December 25, 08:37:48pm Honey Lantree of the Honeycombs Dead at 75 Tuesday, December 25, 10:50:40am 3 Link to Facebook post. -- R.I.P., Tuesday, December 25, 01:18:40am "Have I The Right" -- The Honeycombs, Tuesday, December 25, 10:50:40am Musician & Songwriter Jimmy Work Dies at 94 Tuesday, December 25, 10:48:28am 3 "That's What Make the Jukebox Play" - Moe Bandy (written by Jimmy Work) -- Link, Monday, December 24, 07:15:25pm "Tennessee Border" -- Jimmy Work, Tuesday, December 25, 10:48:28am Josiah Vierra, who suffered aging disease progeria and was the subject of subject of the ESPN show E:60, dies at 14 Russ Tuesday, December 25, 07:46:10am 1 Puebla Governor Martha Erika Alonso and Husband Killed in helicopter crash Monday, December 24, 05:24:24pm 1 Dec.24th~Happy 106th Birthday! Football's John Henderson, Musician Dave Bartholomew is 100, Painter Pierre Soulages is 99, Cricketer Allan Edwards is 97, Filmmaker Jonas Mekas is 96, Historian/Author Mark Ferro is 94, Writer Mary Higgins Clark is 91, Actor Siegurd Fitzek is 90, Gymnast John Miles is 90, Actress Honey Saunders turns 90. (NT) jlp Monday, December 24, 12:54:34pm 9 Dec.24th~Happy Birthday! Actress Sharon Farrell (78) Actress Edwige Fenech (70) Actor Timothy Carhart (65) Actor Apache Ramos (65) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, December 23, 09:16:44pm The late, fashion designer Kate Spade would have been 56 today! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Monday, December 24, 12:56:42am John Henderson and his wife Charlotte celebrated 79 years of marriage (NT) -- On December 22nd, Monday, December 24, 05:54:17am Remarkable! ...Here is a PHOTO of the Hendersons, a couple years ago ... -- Link, Monday, December 24, 09:39:21am Here's Dave Bartholomew with the original version of "My Ding a Ling" -- He's 100 years old today!, Monday, December 24, 10:01:22am Other birthdays, Dec.24- -- Happy birthdays!, Monday, December 24, 10:07:22am Diplomat James T. Laney is 91, writer Philip Ziegler is 89, writer Walter Abish is 87, journalist Walter Pincus is 86, musician Alex Hutchinson is 84, politician Stjepan Mesić is 84, politician Ivan Lawrence is 82, politician John Taylor is 81, baseball player Bobby Henrich is 80, politician Valentim Loureiro is 80 (NT) -- ., Monday, December 24, 11:38:55am This song was first performed on Dec. 24, 1818 -- 200 years ago today, Monday, December 24, 12:54:34pm According to genealogy website Geni. Betty Grable's youngest daughter. Jessica James Trotter, died March 20, 2016 in Eugene Oregon. Age 68. Monday, December 24, 12:33:19pm 2 Jessica James Yahner Trotter. (NT) -- May 20, 1947-3-20-2016, Monday, December 24, 12:33:19pm Actress Carol Spilman has died Betty Sunday, December 23, 11:59:44pm 5 IMDB -- Betty, Sunday, December 23, 09:19:30am OH MY GOD BIG BIRD DIED! -- Sunfullupagas, Sunday, December 23, 09:14:02pm I dunno know about Big Bird, but here's the text of her obit ... -- Link ..., Sunday, December 23, 09:59:06pm You're confusing her with Carroll Spinney (NT) -- Big Bird, Sunday, December 23, 11:59:44pm Roberto Suazo Córdova, Ex-President of Honduras Dead at 91 Sunday, December 23, 04:28:41pm 2 Pic (w/ Pres. Reagan) -- ., Sunday, December 23, 04:28:41pm Dec,23rd~Happy 99th Birthday! WW2 Figure Vasily Reshertnikov , WW2 Figure Tim Elkington is 98, Basball's (AAGPBL) Marge Callaghen is 97, Actress Bozana Nikolajevic is 97, Poet Robert Bly is 92, Singer Hronis Aidonidis is 90, Actess Palma Shard turns 90. (NT) jlp Sunday, December 23, 11:50:21am 5 Dec,23rd~Happy Birthday! Actor Ronnie Schell (87) Actor Frederic Forrest (82) Director Peter Medak (81) Actor Harry Shearer (75) (NT) -- Colt, Saturday, December 22, 11:35:46pm Other birthdays, Dec. 23- -- Happy birthdays!, Sunday, December 23, 11:39:39am Dancer José Greco was born 100 years ago today (died 2000) -- Bio, Sunday, December 23, 11:43:51am Ex- US Sen. Roger Jepsen is 90, Japan's Emperor Akihito is 85, football player Paul Hornung is 83, football player Bobby Ross is 82, football player Willie Wood is 82, film director Peter Medak is 81, TV producer Barney Rosenzweig is 81, computer scientist Bob Kahn is 80 (NT) -- ., Sunday, December 23, 11:50:21am ARCHIVE: December 12, 1968 ~It was 50 years ago today, we lost acting great Tallulah Bankhead, star of stage, films, and TV, known for her husky voice, outrageous personality, and devastating wit, originating some of the 20th century theater's preeminent roles in comedy and melodrama, and always a popular TV panelist/guest, dies after a lifetime of excess at age 66. ... Bio & PHOTOS Sunday, December 23, 10:10:21am 11 LONG LIVE 'Black Widow'! ... -- She was the best!, Wednesday, December 12, 02:08:23pm She must've been the first "Batman" villian to die (NT) -- She died only 9 mos. after the show ended, Wednesday, December 12, 02:09:58pm Correct (NT) -- Smoking and drinking didn't help her fight against the flu, Wednesday, December 12, 03:39:58pm The Wits of Miss Tallulah Bankhead -- Estelle Winwood, Wednesday, December 12, 05:43:57pm I never appreciated her talents, when I was a kid. And her only go-to film effort was Hitchcock's "Lifeboat", where she was brilliant. (NT) -- But what a great personality she was, much I which I later discovered in old radio shows., Thursday, December 13, 11:19:32am Dick Cavett told a cleaned up version of Chico Marx's amorous pursuit of Bankhead -- Punch line :"And so you shall, you old-fashioned boy.", Thursday, December 13, 10:30:16am LOL, I do remember that story -classic! I saw it on biodoc, "The One, the Only ...Groucho"! -Here's Cavett's story ... -- VIDEO, Thursday, December 13, 11:16:47am I never get tired of that story! (NT) -- Classic!, Sunday, December 23, 10:10:21am Her father was once Speaker of the House (NT) -- During the FDR era, Thursday, December 13, 10:31:54am Pic of Tallulah & her dad, House Speaker William Bankhead -- ., Thursday, December 13, 11:33:45am Tereze Gluck, mother of actress Abigail Savage ("Orange is the new black") has died. Betty Sunday, December 23, 09:05:12am 1 Actor & Singer Charles Weldon, Sr. Dies at 78 Saturday, December 22, 07:43:04pm 8 IMDb -- -, Friday, December 14, 09:07:07am How you found this one is way beyond me. (NT) -- !, Friday, December 14, 10:06:22am It was on the AP wire (NT) -- Google search brought this obit up, Friday, December 14, 10:25:37am Boot Hill blog (NT) -- NT, Friday, December 14, 10:25:03am It was posted here first. Weird! (NT) -- At any rate, he was in a lot of productions., Friday, December 14, 10:27:04am Who cares how he found it. It's not a competition. (NT) -- Such whiners on this board., Friday, December 14, 10:39:05am Member of Doo-Wop Group "The Paradons" -- Known for "Diamonds and Pearls" link inside, Saturday, December 22, 07:43:04pm Gabe Solis, Ex- husband of Trina Braxton Dead at 43 Saturday, December 22, 05:06:06pm 2 I remember Solis from the first seasons of the Reality show. His philandering led to their divorce. -Here are the Solises in happier times. -RIP ... -- PHOTO, Saturday, December 22, 05:06:06pm Archive: Dave Dudley, Dec. 22, 2003 Country singer Saturday, December 22, 04:47:12pm 2 "Six Days on the Road" -- Dave Dudley, Saturday, December 22, 04:47:12pm Dec.22nd~Happy 101st Birthday! Cricketer William Brown, Olympic Athlete Maurice Girardot is 97, Artist Manoucher Yektai is 97, Anthropologist Jean Malaurie is 96, Journalist Charles Peters is 92, Writer/TV Host Piero Angela is 90, Actress Bunny Levine is 90, Actress Regine Lutz turns 90. (NT) jlp Saturday, December 22, 04:43:38pm 8 Dec.22nd~Happy Birthday! Actor Hector Elizondo (82) Newscaster Diane Sawyer (73) Actors Dan and Don Stanton (66) Actress BernNadette Stanis (65) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, December 21, 09:04:28pm novelist and translator Peter Green is 94, editor and writer Peregrine Worsthorne is 95 (NT) -- jude, Saturday, December 22, 03:05:42am Country singer Red Steagall is 80 today -- Other birthdays, Dec. 22-, Saturday, December 22, 11:18:08am Athlete Wazir Mohammad is 89, athlete Gisela Birkemeyer is 87, ex- Pres. of Costa Rica Abel Pacheco is 85, writer James Burke is 82, businessman Fred Malek is 82, ex- US Rep. Bill Lipinski is 81, writer Ken Whitmore is 81, politician Lucien Bouchard is 80, baseball player Steve Garvey is 70 (NT) -- ., Saturday, December 22, 11:32:47am "I Want You to Want Me" -- Cheap Trick, Saturday, December 22, 04:41:12pm "Me So Horny" -- 2 Live Crew, Saturday, December 22, 04:42:07pm "All About That Bass" -- Meghan Trainor, Saturday, December 22, 04:43:38pm OT: Adult film actress arrested for murder for hire plot Spokane, Wash. Saturday, December 22, 04:28:05pm 1 Mel Hutchins, Basketball player (Hawks, Pistons, Knicks) Dead at 90 Saturday, December 22, 03:27:52pm 1 Paddy Ashdown, Former leader of Britain's Liberal Democrats Dead at 77 Saturday, December 22, 03:25:27pm 1 Simcha Rotem, Last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 Dead at 94 Saturday, December 22, 03:24:19pm 1 looking for info on a Actor Gil Rogers born 1934 if he is still alive or dead? Colt (Link Inside) Saturday, December 22, 12:31:57pm 8 He may be. He can be seen M-F on Retro TV "The Doctors" soap opera (currently showing episodes from March 1977). (NT) -- Sharon, Tuesday, December 18, 10:24:02am He was married to Margret Hall who passed away in 2015 he was at least alive until then -- Colt (Link Inside), Tuesday, December 18, 10:29:23am Also played Hawk Shayne on Guiding Light. (NT) -- obitchecker, Tuesday, December 18, 11:36:39am He also played the evil Ray Gardner on All My Children (NT) -- Kasey, Saturday, December 22, 12:31:57pm I believe this is his FB page, but no new posts since 2017 -- RG, Tuesday, December 18, 10:29:21am the reason i started post I love him in a little horror film from 1980 called The Children. I just got the new blue ray and the director on the commentary mentions he passed. Hopefully the director is wrong (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, December 18, 10:34:34am Here's his daughter's FB page-no mention of his death -- RG, Tuesday, December 18, 10:52:03am Archive: On Dec. 22, 1978, John Wayne Gacy is arrested Confessed to over 30 murders Saturday, December 22, 11:36:53am 1 Mary McKee, Former First Lady of Minnesota (was married to Wendell Anderson) Dead at 78 Saturday, December 22, 11:23:28am 1 Archive: On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103, flying over Lockerbie, Scotland, is destroyed by a bomb All 243 passengers and 16 crew were killed Saturday, December 22, 11:13:17am 4 Tragic (not so) FUN FACT: Tragically, one of the victims of the flight of Pan Am Flight 103 on that fateful day 30 years ago, was Jonathan White 33, son of actor David White -of TV's "Bewitched" fame! (NT) -- It was 30 years earlier in 1958, that David White's wife stage actress Mary Welch, died giving birth to their 2nd son, who also died at that time., Friday, December 21, 05:06:13pm Ashes of actor David White and his son Jon, are interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery ... -- Link, Saturday, December 22, 10:49:34am Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon and his wife was to be on that flight but were late to the airport. (NT) -- He writes a lot about how that missed connection changed him, Saturday, December 22, 11:13:17am Actress Marjorie Steele passed away in January was her Name reported here? I found her obituary now. Saturday, December 22, 09:46:28am 4 she was the Ex of late actor Dudley Sutton... (NT) -- and died 20.01.2018, Saturday, December 22, 06:01:45am It’s the weekend and I’ve got too much time on my hands (NT) -- Wilbur Post, Saturday, December 22, 07:49:16am "Wilbur Post" (NT) -- Thanks - That gave me a chuckle & I'm old enough to get the reference., Saturday, December 22, 09:46:28am Forrest Fezler, Golfer remembered for protesting USGA by playing 18th hole of 1983 U.S. Open wearing shorts. Dies at 69 Saturday, December 22, 04:18:01am 1 Donald Glover, Sr., Father of actor Donald Glover Has died Friday, December 21, 09:47:52pm 2 PHOTO of the Glovers in happier times ... -- Link, Friday, December 21, 09:47:52pm Breaking: RBG has lung surgery to remove cancerous nodules (NT) Reported on CNN - No link yet Friday, December 21, 04:25:51pm 8 Link from Politico -- RBG, Friday, December 21, 09:32:06am Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg update ... -- CNN Link, Friday, December 21, 09:43:35am RBG, seriously? (NT) -- Why not spell out her full name?, Friday, December 21, 10:13:57am Her fall last month might have actually saved her life. It appears the nodules were found in an early stage after testing after her fall injuries. (NT) -- Prayers to her. She is a tough lady., Friday, December 21, 11:19:06am Ages of the current Justices -- Inside, Friday, December 21, 11:39:31am Ruth is apparently the only one in Washington D.C. who is actually working. Just cast the deciding voted from her hospital bed in a 5-4 decision against Trump. (NT) -- ., Friday, December 21, 12:59:59pm Godspeed, Mrs. G. (NT) -- Peace., Friday, December 21, 04:25:51pm Audrey Geisel dies at 97 Widow of Dr. Seuss Friday, December 21, 04:03:52pm 4 PHOTO of Ted & Audrey Geisel in happier times. ... -- Link, Friday, December 21, 08:48:45am Imdb -- ., Friday, December 21, 03:29:06pm Her name is included in the Dartmouth College school of medicine's title .... -- Ed Tracey, Friday, December 21, 04:03:52pm Dec.21st~Happy 101st Birthday! Editor/Author Diana Athill, Football's Fred Gloden is 100, Philosopher Francisco Miro Quesada Canturias is 100, Writer Larry Eisenberg is 99, Olympic Athlete/Aviator Iris Cummings is 98, Politician Robert Gerhart is 98, Ballerina Alicia Alonso is 98, Scientist V. Narayano Rao is 97, Actress Liselotte Reimann is 97, Actress Colleen Townsend turns 90. (NT) jlp Friday, December 21, 03:25:37pm 5 Dec.21st~Happy Birthday! TV Host Phil Donahue (83) Actress Jane Fonda (81) Actor Josh Mostel (72) Actor Barry Gordon (70) Actor Samuel L. Jackson (70) Actor Michael Horse (69) (NT) -- Colt, Thursday, December 20, 09:10:51pm Other birthdays, Dec. 21- -- Happy birthdays!, Friday, December 21, 11:29:15am Barry Gordon, 70 today, was just a little kid when he sang this Christmas classic! -- !, Friday, December 21, 11:31:27am Attorney Alan E. Schwartz is 93, writer Edward Hoagland is 86, athlete Jackie Hendriks is 85, businessman Robert Worcester is 85, athlete Giuseppina Leone is 84, politician Edward Schreyer is 83, ex- Ore. Gov. Barbara Roberts is 82, businessman Stephen Friedman is 81, actor Larry Bryggman is 80, politician Susan Hammer is 80, Judge Michael S. Kanne is 80 (NT) -- ., Friday, December 21, 03:25:37pm ARCHIVE: December 20, 1988 ~It was 20 years ago, America lost Max Robinson, its 1st African-American National Network TV Anchor, after an accomplished, albeit troubled, career which included founding the National Association of Black Journalists, dies of AIDS complications at 49. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, December 21, 12:40:15pm 1 Actor Donald Moffat dies He was 87 Friday, December 21, 04:05:00am 8 Imdb -- ., Thursday, December 20, 03:14:34pm Played Lyndon Johnson in The Right Stuff (1983), and the fictional President in Clear and Present Danger (1994) (NT) -- /, Thursday, December 20, 03:16:38pm Text of obit -- ., Thursday, December 20, 03:22:58pm He would of been 88 in just 6 days (NT) -- Colt, Thursday, December 20, 08:50:09pm Played Rem On The TV Show Logan's Run With Heather McKenzie Ulrich Who Died Earlier This Year (NT) -- David S., Thursday, December 20, 11:29:39pm You mean Heather Menzies-Urich and she died Dec 24, 2017 (NT) -- R.I.P. to both, Friday, December 21, 04:02:43am I loved Moffat in SO many things, but tonight I'm reminded of 'Col. Hector Scott' in the "Terms of Endearment" sequel "Evening Star" (1996)! -PHOTO ... -- As I recall, Moffat had one of the great subtle death scenes in film!, Friday, December 21, 04:05:00am Dec,15th~Happy 103rd Birthday! Artist Anna-Lisa Menander, Singer Hilde Zadek is 101, Painter Cliff Holden is 99, Baseball's Eddie Robinson is 98, Composer Emil Cadkin is 98 (some sources 8/26), Writer Albert Memmi is 98, Actor Robert Rogalski is 98, Aviator Peter Lloyd is 98, Aviator (WASP) Bernice Falk Haydu is 98, (NT) jlp Friday, December 21, 01:55:28am 11 Illustrator/Author Carl Corley is 97, Actor Nikolai Lebedev is 97, Physicist Freeman Dyson is 95, Holocaust Survivor Esther Bejaarno is 94 Stuntwoman Martha Crawford is 90, Actor Takashi Ebata is 90, Ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson is 90, Journalist/Writer Peter Coleman is 90, Actor Yuri Kolychev turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Friday, December 14, 09:07:28pm Dec,15th~Happy Birthday! Actor Tim Conway (85) Actor Don Johnson (69) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, December 14, 09:45:26pm Tim Conway is now as old as the slow old man character he used to play on The Carol Burnett Show (NT) -- Hold on... I'm-a coming, Saturday, December 15, 09:36:51am Conway was only 28 when he joined the cast of "McHale's Navy" (NT) -- And already balding, Saturday, December 15, 12:15:35pm Other birthdays, Dec, 15- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, December 15, 12:17:27pm Today's pic- Actor Jeff Chandler born 100 years ago today (NT) -- Died in 1961, at 42, Saturday, December 15, 12:20:04pm Violinist Ida Haendel is 90, writer Edna O'Brien is 88, chemist John Meurig Thomas is 86, singer- actress Karen Morrow is 82, football player Billy Shaw is 80, ex- US Rep. Wes Watkins is 80 (NT) -- ., Saturday, December 15, 01:19:22pm "Love Child" -- The Supremes, Saturday, December 15, 03:03:27pm "Glad All Over" -- Dave Clark Five, Saturday, December 15, 03:04:40pm "Should I Stay or Should I Go" -- The Clash, Saturday, December 15, 03:05:42pm thats two in almost 2 days. Big fan loved him in The Thing and Logan's Run Tv show. His cosatr Heather Menzies died last christmas (NT) colt Thursday, December 20, 03:31:01pm 2 this was ment for moffet post (NT) -- colt, Thursday, December 20, 03:31:01pm Peter Masterson, actor, writer, director Dies at 84 Thursday, December 20, 01:00:59pm 8 Director: "A Trip to Bountiful". Writer: "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas". Actor: "The Stepford Wives" and "The Exorcist." (NT) -- ., Wednesday, December 19, 09:20:13pm he was great in Stepford Wives (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, December 19, 09:28:06pm Father of Actress Mary Stuart Masterson -- Link to IMDb, Thursday, December 20, 01:19:50am Also Masterson's widow is TONY Award-winning actress Carlin Glynn, who was Molly Ringwald's absent-mined mother forgetting her daughter's birthday, in 1984 hit, "Sixteen Candles"! Masterson and Glynn would have been married 58 years next week. ... -- PHOTO, Thursday, December 20, 03:59:29am Full obit text -- R.I.P., Thursday, December 20, 01:22:37am Masterson was the subject of a chapter in the classic depiction of a Broadway theater season, "The Season" by William Goldman, who died earlier this year. (NT) -- egee33, Thursday, December 20, 06:50:29am I loved "The Season." I worked on a production of "Whorehouse" with Dottie West in 1982 (NT) -- I think it may have been her only legit musical., Thursday, December 20, 01:00:59pm Dec.20th~Happy 98th Birthday! Acress Beverly Yissar, Writer/Historian Gayrand Wilmore is 97, Football (Egypt) Referee Ali Kandil is 97, Sculptor Beverly Pepper is 96, Photographer Tony Vaccaro is 96, Poet Friederike Mayrocker is 94, Director Philip Casson is 90, Musician/Actor Jack Sweet turns 90. (NT) jlp Thursday, December 20, 11:58:03am 4 Dec.20th~Happy Birthday! Director John 'Bud' Cardos (89) Actor Dominic Barto (88) Actress Pamela Austin (77) Actress Angel Tompkins (76) Alan Parsons (70) Actress Jenny Agutter (66) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, December 19, 09:27:32pm Other birthdays, Dec. 20- -- Happy birthdays!, Thursday, December 20, 11:22:35am Diplomat James Goodby is 89, ex- US Sen. Jean Carnahan is 85, athlete Olavi Salonen is 85, cyclist Rik Van Looy is 85, businessman Gordon Getty is 84, ex- US Rep. Henry Brown is 83, athlete Khalid Ibadulla is 83, sociologist William Julius Wilson is 83, singer Kim Weston is 79 (NT) -- ., Thursday, December 20, 11:58:03am Healthwatch: Comedian Rickey Smiley Hospitalized Thursday, December 20, 11:32:48am 1 Healthwatch: Dakota Meyer, War hero & Bristol Palin's ex Hospitalized Thursday, December 20, 11:31:51am 1 Actress Penny Marshal Dies at 75 Thursday, December 20, 10:28:02am 24 IMDB -- link, Tuesday, December 18, 11:18:04am Her obituary says she died of diabetes -- but didn't she also have a brain tumour?, Tuesday, December 18, 11:20:57am This article was 2012 said she had lung cancer that had spread to her brain -- inside, Tuesday, December 18, 11:53:07am I think her diagnosis was inflated... (NT) -- Diabetes rarely kills though, Tuesday, December 18, 12:03:50pm Wrong, as of 2015 diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the U.S. so it kills more than you think. -- Link, Tuesday, December 18, 03:19:19pm She outlived her brother, director and producer Garry Marshall a little over two years. (NT) -- He died in July 2016 at age 81, Tuesday, December 18, 11:23:05am Laverne & Shirley Show Opening -- ., Tuesday, December 18, 11:27:17am So sad. I enjoyed watching her show when it aired and through reruns on TV Land. (NT) -- Rip, Tuesday, December 18, 11:29:55am She was outlived by her former father- in- law, Carl Reiner, 96 (NT) -- She was married to Rob Reiner 1971- 81, Tuesday, December 18, 11:33:02am He's outlived just about everyone except Betty White and Norman Lear (NT) -- Energizer, Tuesday, December 18, 02:43:41pm Carl Reiner was still Penny's father-in-law until the day she died. (NT) -- In-law status is only lost through death, not divorce., Thursday, December 20, 10:28:02am Schlemiel, Schlamozzle (NT) -- Squiggy, Tuesday, December 18, 11:29:10am I just saw her in an "Odd Couple" repeat in which she played Oscar's secretary, Myrna Turner (NT) -- ., Tuesday, December 18, 11:34:29am Speaking of 'The Odd Couple", I saw an episode in which Oscar has written down several girl names on the wall by his telephone. Two of the names were "Laverne" & Shirley" (NT) -- Were these names significant to Garry Marshall?, Tuesday, December 18, 12:13:52pm 2018 is ending badly. (NT) -- More big deaths in the last two months than all year long., Tuesday, December 18, 12:09:40pm Her last TV appearance was on the "Odd Couple" remake in 2016 (NT) -- Her brother Garry's last TV appearance was on the same show, earlier that year, Tuesday, December 18, 12:21:19pm It's interesting that there's no statement yet from Cindy Williams... (NT) -- I know they didn't get along, but still, Tuesday, December 18, 01:15:17pm Just last night we were watching her "League of her Own". Terrific director! My favorite being 1990's "Awakenings"! (NT) -- I like to think she knew her work was airing last night, lasting efforts fpr generations to enjoy., Tuesday, December 18, 07:06:55pm FUN FACT: Marshall has the distinction of being the first female director to gross $100M+ film, "A League of Their Own"! (NT) -- Quite a lady! ~RIP, Tuesday, December 18, 07:21:09pm Actually, "League of Her Own" was her SECOND film to gross $100 million. It was preceded by "Big." (NT) -- egee33, Tuesday, December 18, 07:43:57pm cindy made a statement today. -- Colt (Link Inside), Wednesday, December 19, 09:03:51am Anyone know why Penny stopped directing? The last film she directed, "Riding in Cars With Boys" was released in 2001 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, December 19, 11:09:50am A documentary about Dennis Rodman she directed is in post production. (NT) -- Nik, Thursday, December 20, 10:11:53am Surgeon Ellsworth Wareham 1914-2018 Dies at 104 Wednesday, December 19, 05:38:03pm 1 Ronald Glenn "Abongo" Humphrey, from the superhero movie Black Panther dead at 41 Mysanantonio.com Wednesday, December 19, 03:26:17pm 2 Full obit text -- Link, Wednesday, December 19, 03:26:17pm John Ford Noonan, Playwright (“A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking") Dead at 77 Wednesday, December 19, 12:36:45pm 3 Also did some acting -- Link to Imdb, Wednesday, December 19, 11:18:38am Full text of obit -- ., Wednesday, December 19, 12:36:45pm Bill Sellars, TV producer (All Creatures Great And Small, Doctor Who) Dead at 93 Wednesday, December 19, 12:35:05pm 2 Imdb -- ., Wednesday, December 19, 12:35:05pm Dec.19th~Happy 101st Birthday! Politician Jean Turco, Actress Mushrafa Kasymova is 100, Former Italian 1st Lady Franca Pilla is 98, Olympic Athlete Trygve Brudevold is 98, Actress Consuelo Abascal is 97, Actor Harvey Golden is 97, Actress Cicely Tyson is 94, Game Show Contestant Herb Stempel is 92, Writer Eve Bunting turns 90. (NT) jlp Wednesday, December 19, 11:28:37am 8 Dec.19th~Happy Birthday! Actor Aki Aleong (84) Actor Jaime Sánchez (80) Actor Tim Reid (74) Actress Elaine Joyce (73) Actress Marlene Clark (69) Actress Nancy Kyes (69) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, December 18, 10:08:48pm Cicely Tyson had a birthday yesterday too (NT) -- Very talented woman!, Wednesday, December 19, 07:33:10am I went by IMDB there the only one saying the 18th everywhere else says 19th so today is correct (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, December 19, 08:41:24am Other birthdays, Dec. 19- -- Happy birthdays!, Wednesday, December 19, 11:07:36am Musician Professor Longhair was born 100 years ago today (died 1980) -- Bio, Wednesday, December 19, 11:20:08am Film & TV producer Lee Rich was also born 100 years ago today (died 2012) -- Produced "The Waltons", "Dallas" & other shows, Wednesday, December 19, 11:23:21am Artist David Douglas is 89, athlete Kevan Gosper is 85, historian Christopher Smout is 85, baseball player Al Kaline is 84, ex- Pres. of India Pratibha Patil is 84, politician Casper R. Taylor Jr. is 84, ex- US Rep. Ed Bethune is 83 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, December 19, 11:28:37am Steve Dash, actor, stuntman Dies at 74 Wednesday, December 19, 11:11:06am 3 he did all the stunts for Jason in Friday the 13th Part 2 he was the second Jason to die Richard Brooker who was Jason in part 3 passed away in 2013 (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, December 19, 10:49:18am Imdb -- ., Wednesday, December 19, 11:11:06am Film Producer Robert H. Solo Dies at 85 Wednesday, December 19, 11:05:13am 3 IMDb -- Link, Wednesday, December 19, 02:36:28am Produced "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (NT) -- The 1978 remake, Wednesday, December 19, 11:05:13am Producer David Shepherd, a crucial figure in Chicago improv history, dies at 94 Tony Wednesday, December 19, 07:37:24am 1 ARCHIVE: December 12, 2016 ~To Sir with Love” Novelist E.R. Braithwaite, dies at 104. ... Obit Wednesday, December 19, 06:00:51am 3 That is a long time for a black man to live in America. -- RIP, Tuesday, December 18, 10:26:09pm He also lived in London, Paris, and Guyana, besides the US. (NT) -- egee33, Wednesday, December 19, 06:00:51am Healthwatch: Richard Overton, Oldest WWII Veteran Hospitalized with Pneumonia Tuesday, December 18, 03:14:44pm 5 Link Below -- Austin Statesman, Monday, December 17, 02:42:07pm Overton, at 112 years, 220 days, is the oldest-living American (NT) -- and the third-oldest living man in the world., Monday, December 17, 03:58:26pm Sorry, that should be oldest-living American MAN (NT) -- sorry!, Monday, December 17, 03:59:02pm Resilient Richard to be released from hospital tomorrow! -- No stopping him!, Tuesday, December 18, 03:14:44pm Dec,18th~Happy 100th Birthday! Classicist Joyce Reynolds, Actor Manuel Monroy is 97, Gov't. Official Ramsey Clark turns 91. (NT) jlp Tuesday, December 18, 01:39:53pm 5 Dec,18th~Happy Birthday! Actress Cicely Tyson (94) Actor Roger E. Mosley (80) Guitarist Keith Richards (75) Director Steven Spielberg (72) Film Critic Leonard Maltin (68) Actor Jeff Kober (65) (NT) -- Colt, Monday, December 17, 10:02:23pm Other birthdays, Dec. 18- -- Happy birthdays!, Tuesday, December 18, 11:29:06am Actress Gunnel Lindblom is 87, athlete Norm Provan is 86, cosmonaut Boris Volynov is 84, chef Jacques Pépin is 83 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, December 18, 01:39:29pm Keith Richards is 75! (NT) -- !, Tuesday, December 18, 01:39:53pm Anca Pop Romanian-Canadian singer-songwriter has died at the age of 34 Car plunged into the Danube River. Tuesday, December 18, 01:32:10pm 1 Tv personality Lee Leonard (ESPN and CNN) Dead at 89 Tuesday, December 18, 12:08:47pm 1 Actress and Director Penny Marshall Dies at 75 Tuesday, December 18, 12:02:07pm 6 Full Obit -- L.A. Times, Tuesday, December 18, 11:16:43am LA Times obit and link -- R.I.P. Penny, Tuesday, December 18, 11:20:00am I was in the process of adding the LA Times obit and link to the thread and only saw that the link had been posted by someone else after I submitted my reply. (NT) -- Thanks, Tuesday, December 18, 11:26:40am IMDb -- Link, Tuesday, December 18, 11:28:01am This thread was started first. (NT) -- They'll be merged eventually., Tuesday, December 18, 12:02:07pm Stanley - the Cat who received a $19,000 transplant dead at 18 See you on the Bridge! Tuesday, December 18, 11:38:31am 1 Singer and songwriter Sonny Throckmorton Dead at 77 Tuesday, December 18, 11:16:23am 4 He ain't dead until the Wikipedia Lady sings! -- Nothing on Facebook or anywhere else. Useless post., Friday, December 14, 10:50:38pm He is still alive. (NT) -- Please delete, Saturday, December 15, 12:02:26pm I cannot find any reference to his passing. (NT) -- I don't think he died., Tuesday, December 18, 11:16:23am Actress Rosemary Colligan Dies at 94 Tuesday, December 18, 05:56:44am 3 IMDb -- Link, Monday, December 17, 10:41:58am More about Rosemary Colligan -- Betty, Tuesday, December 18, 05:56:44am Dec. 17th~Happy 100th Birthday! Duchess Woizlana Feodora of Mecklenburg, Actress Dusty Anderson is 100, Art Critic Calvin Tomkins is 93, Animator Lee Savage turns 90. (NT) jlp Tuesday, December 18, 02:42:50am 11 Several Facebook sites say Dusty Anderson died in June. (NT) -- I can't find an obituary or death notice., Sunday, December 16, 09:11:15pm Dusty Anderson -- Me, Monday, December 17, 02:49:57am Dusty Anderson death? -- Me again, Tuesday, December 18, 02:42:50am Dec. 17th~Happy Birthday! Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl (88) Actress Marilyn Eastman (85) Actor Bernard Hill (74) Actor Ernie Hudson (73) Actress Jayne Eastwood (72) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, December 16, 10:23:03pm Actor Eugene Levy (72) Actress Marilyn Hassett (71) Actor Wes Studi (71) Actor Michael Tarn (67) Actor Bill Pullman (65) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, December 16, 10:24:30pm Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 82. Keyboardist-singer Art Neville of the Neville Brothers is 81. -- Other birthdays, Dec. 17-, Monday, December 17, 11:22:35am Pope Francis is 82 today (NT) -- ., Monday, December 17, 12:41:39pm Dec. 17, 1968- the kidnapping of Barbara Mackle -- Real estate heiress was buried alive for 3 days, Monday, December 17, 06:54:29pm Wasn't the case of Barbara Mackle, the inspiration for the TV-movie "The Screaming Woman"? ... -- Link, Monday, December 17, 07:10:41pm The Wright Brothers' first successful heavier-than-air flight (NT) -- occurred 115 years ago today, Monday, December 17, 08:51:01pm Francis “Mickey” Roache, Former Boston Police Commissioner Dead at 82 Monday, December 17, 04:21:31pm 1 Gus Garcia, First Elected Hispanic Mayor of Austin, TX Dies at 84 Monday, December 17, 12:49:35pm 1 Composer Galt MacDermot Dies at 89 Monday, December 17, 11:47:15am 4 IMDb & IBDB -- -, Monday, December 17, 10:53:21am "Aquarius (Let the Sunshine in)"- The Fifth Dimention -- Composed by Galt McDermot, Monday, December 17, 11:20:35am Died the day before his 90th birthday (NT) -- Tony, Monday, December 17, 11:47:15am Wicked Tuna's William "Willbilly" Hathaway Dies in Car Crash He was 36 Monday, December 17, 11:32:21am 1 Oribe Canales, Hairstylist to the stars Dead at 62 Monday, December 17, 11:29:27am 2 Imdb -- ., Monday, December 17, 11:29:27am Songwriter Jerry Chesnut Dies at 87 Monday, December 17, 11:25:26am 5 "A Good Year of The Roses" - Elvis Costello (written by Jerry Chesnut) -- Link, Monday, December 17, 08:46:15am "Oney" - Johnny Cash (written by Jerry Chesnut) -- Link, Monday, December 17, 08:49:35am IMDb -- a few entries, Monday, December 17, 09:09:38am "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"- Elvis Presley -- Written by jerry Chesnut, Monday, December 17, 11:25:26am Actor Blake Sanders Dies at 30 Monday, December 17, 11:03:15am 2 IMDb -- -, Monday, December 17, 11:03:15am Rona Ramon, widow of Israeli astronaut who was killed aboard Space Shuttle Columbia Dies at 54 Monday, December 17, 09:53:29am 1 Julia Grandes Crane, widow of 'The Honeymooners' Creator Harry Crane Dies at 101 Monday, December 17, 08:40:58am 7 Grandmother of actresses Sara Gilbert and Melissa Gilbert (NT) -- For those too busy to read the article, Tuesday, December 04, 05:17:21pm Harry Crane had the distinction of writing for the great comedy teams - Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis and Gleason and Carney (NT) -- /, Tuesday, December 04, 05:21:39pm Lets Not Forget Jonathan Gilbert (Brother to Melissa and Sara) Who Played Willie Olsen On TV's "Little House...". (NT) -- David S., Tuesday, December 04, 11:33:26pm Let's not forget her son Frasier and Niles (NT) -- Notable psychiatrists, Monday, December 17, 08:40:58am Actually, Julia Crane divorced Harry 60 years ago! He is buried with his widow Lillian, his wife of 40 years before his death in 1999. ... -- Widow Lillian Crane died in 2010., Tuesday, December 04, 06:50:13pm Julia Grandes Crane , grandmother of actresses Melissa and Sara Gilbert has died. ... -- Betty, Monday, December 17, 04:32:10am Alice Pirie Wirtz, daughter in law of silent screen actress Colleen Moore has died. Betty Monday, December 17, 06:46:56am 2 Never heard of the actress, but her husband owned the Chicago Blackhawks. (NT) -- And, yes, she was a member of the Carson Pirie Scott department-store family., Monday, December 17, 06:46:56am Girma Wolde-Giorgis 1924-2018. Former president of Ethiopia. Fredrik Andersson Monday, December 17, 12:37:02am 1 Dec,16th~Happy Birthday! Actor Terry Carter (90) Actress Joyce Bulifant (81) Actress Liv Ullmann (80) Actor Terence Knox (72) Actor Ben Cross (71) Singer Billy Gibbons (69) Actor Allan Graf (69) Actor Peter Van Norden (68) (NT) Colt Sunday, December 16, 07:55:21pm 4 Dec, 16th~Happy 103rd Birthday! CWW2 Figure Thomas D. Calnam, Founder of ProLiteracy Ruth Johnson Calvin is 102, Tennis Player Frank Okey is 99, State Dept. Official/WW2 Figure John Hale Stutesman is 98, Historian Albert Resis is 97, Pianist Menahem Pressler is 95, Singer Mldred Miller is 94, Actor Terry Carter is 90, Writer Spencer Dunmore turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, December 15, 09:16:17pm Other birthdays, Dec. 16- -- Happy birthdays!, Sunday, December 16, 11:21:54am Writer Quentin Blake is 86, educator Grace Alele-Williams is 86, Civil Rights activist John E. Jacob is 84, writer David Caute is 82, attorney Morris Dees is 82, painter Edward Ruscha is 81 (NT) -- ., Sunday, December 16, 12:25:25pm Healthwatch: Comedian Artie Lange Tests positive for cocaine at court hearing Sunday, December 16, 07:16:05pm 6 Looks like his nose has collapsed. (NT) -- z, Saturday, December 15, 01:32:05pm Geez looks like Squidward is REAL. (NT) -- Creepy., Saturday, December 15, 01:59:36pm I can honestly say, I've never seen anything like that. (NT) -- So incredibly sad life., Saturday, December 15, 02:12:20pm That nose is (NT) -- As cute as a button, Sunday, December 16, 07:12:51pm Not really funny. His life is sad and pathetic now, (NT) -- And I'm sure with Artie as his worst enemy., Sunday, December 16, 07:16:05pm Healthwatch: Lee Kerslake, Drummer (Uriah Heep, Ozzy Osbourne) Cancer, says he has 8 mos. to live Sunday, December 16, 12:55:52pm 1 Dennis Rocha, Father of murder victim Laci Peterson Dead at 72 Sunday, December 16, 12:33:06pm 1 Brantley Harvey, SC politician (Lt. Governor) Dead at 88 Sunday, December 16, 12:30:35pm 1 Joseph Zeller, Penn. politician, veteran of WW 2 & Korea Dead at 100 Sunday, December 16, 12:28:37pm 1 Colin Kroll, HQ Trivia co- founder Dead at 35 (drug overdose) Sunday, December 16, 11:29:04am 1 Joe Osborn, bassist for legendary LA studio session team The Wrecking Crew, who ca be heard on hundreds of hits...a list of songs he is on is included in the post Per Steve Stanley, Wrecking Crew archivist Sunday, December 16, 10:17:31am 6 Do you have links to any sources that backup your listed credits? (NT) -- Thanks, Sunday, December 16, 12:09:25am The official archivist to the organization is sufficient evidence for the grownups in the room. -- your insistance on questioning FB posts is getting OLD, Sunday, December 16, 02:52:41am Credits list -- Per discogs, Sunday, December 16, 02:59:01am Joe Osborne, bass guitarist, in the American Hall of Fame ... -- Dead at 81., Sunday, December 16, 10:06:30am Obit ... -- Link, Sunday, December 16, 10:17:31am The Top Cryptozoology Obituaries Of 2018 Sunday, December 16, 04:43:59am 1 Patricia Marshall, Actress & Widow of Screenwriter Larry Gelbart Dies at 91 Sunday, December 16, 04:23:59am 5 IMDb -- -, Friday, December 14, 07:43:34am Found a picture of her from her "MASH" episode -- Link, Friday, December 14, 11:15:59am PHOTO with husband Gelbart ... -- Link, Friday, December 14, 07:05:18pm Sadly, another celeb to outlive adult offspring. ... -- Marshall survived her daughter Gail, from her first marriage, when she died 20 years ago at age 50., Sunday, December 16, 04:23:59am Turner Classic Movie 2018 In Memoriam reel . Saturday, December 15, 10:39:04pm 10 they put James Karen on their! Awsome (NT) -- Colt, Friday, December 14, 09:46:12pm Sondra Locke Was A Last Minute Add -- David S., Saturday, December 15, 02:10:51am Not only that, but they included Karen with Peter Donat (who also died recently) in ONE image from the 1979 film, "The China Syndrome"! ... -- Nice touch!, Saturday, December 15, 03:07:58am I look forward to seeing this each year (NT) -- But I didn’t like it. Poor music choice and not too emotional, Friday, December 14, 10:41:26pm Left out, Connie Sawyer, Mary Carlisle, Jean Porter, Ann Gillis, Dewey Martin (NT) -- ., Saturday, December 15, 03:17:08am Here Are Some Actors And Actresses Not Featured -- David S., Saturday, December 15, 08:30:11pm Healthy list, but I know they did include Ricky Jay. (NT) -- But I agree, many others omitted., Saturday, December 15, 10:39:04pm Definitely agree. The music was awful. (NT) -- I didn't enjoy this tribute this year either., Saturday, December 15, 09:49:10am I liked the music better the last years awful cardigans who i can't stand as a band (NT) -- colt, Saturday, December 15, 03:43:07pm Archive: Joan Fontaine, Dec. 15, 2013 Actress Saturday, December 15, 07:10:54pm 4 Older sister Olivia de Havilland is still alive at 102 (NT) -- ., Saturday, December 15, 03:00:21pm The old girl is 102, and she stll has blood in her mouth for litigation! ... -- deHavilland suing for defamation regarding 'so-called' feud w/ sister referred to in 2017's mini-series, FEUD!, Saturday, December 15, 05:46:53pm She's embarrassing herself. It's no secret that she was a royal b*****! (NT) -- That's what she gets for living the life she did., Saturday, December 15, 07:10:54pm Actor Lucian Addario Dies at 73 Saturday, December 15, 05:23:06pm 2 IMDb -- -, Saturday, December 15, 05:23:06pm Sondra Locke, 74, Oscar-Nominated Actress Died Nov. 3 Saturday, December 15, 04:13:16pm 9 Wow, passed away six weeks ago, w/published obit just today? ... -- Her one-time personal association with Clint Eastwood is widely public, but why remain married to husband Gordon Anderson for over 50 years??, Thursday, December 13, 02:54:23pm didn't eastwood do the same thing? (NT) -- colt, Thursday, December 13, 03:53:21pm Imdb -- ., Thursday, December 13, 04:12:38pm Oscar nominated for her very first film, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" -- Here's a clip, Thursday, December 13, 04:18:15pm Yes, and along with Locke, HIALH co-star Chuck McCann (the 2 people closest to star Alan Arkin in the film) died last April! (NT) -- I hope Cicily Tyson is well!, Thursday, December 13, 07:00:12pm I remember a Night Gallery episode where Norman Lloyd killed Sondra Locke in a gruesome way. Hard to believe Locke has died before Lloyd. (NT) -- obitchecker, Thursday, December 13, 05:54:21pm Locke played Rosemary Clooney in "Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story" (1982) (NT) -- Rosemary Clooney died in 2002 at 74, Friday, December 14, 03:37:09am Interesting and thought provoking op-ed on sexism in her obituary -- Jezebel, Saturday, December 15, 04:13:16pm OT: 17 year old Walmart employee quits by store intercom. Customers applauded quitting speech. Anything to say? Saturday, December 15, 04:07:25pm 2 Why would a 17 year old be working at a Wal-Mart department store. (NT) -- If you need money kid. Work at a restraunt., Saturday, December 15, 04:07:25pm Brenton Merlin, aka Eric Price, Porn actor, director, producer Dead at 55 Saturday, December 15, 02:54:21pm 3 Imdb -- Link, Saturday, December 15, 02:52:01pm Pic -- ., Saturday, December 15, 02:54:21pm Mental healthwatch: Comedian Pete Davidson Posts disturbing message indicating suicidal thoughts Saturday, December 15, 12:33:01pm 1 Alvin Avon Braziel Jr., Executed for 1993 rape- murder Texas Saturday, December 15, 12:29:47pm 1 Nancy Wilson Dead at 81 Jazz Singer Saturday, December 15, 12:26:20pm 9 she was really good in a Police Story ep (NT) -- Colt, Thursday, December 13, 08:59:23pm So sad to read this. ...IMO, truly in Top 5 songstresses of Jazz of her time! (NT) -- Up there with Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, et al ...RIP, Thursday, December 13, 09:50:12pm Full obit -- Link, Thursday, December 13, 10:22:00pm Always enjoyed her long-running weekly radio program "Jazz Profiles" - giving informative background material. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Friday, December 14, 04:15:56am Appeared on several TV shows in the 60's & 70's -- Link to Imdb, Friday, December 14, 11:12:49am "How Glad I Am" -- Nancy Wilson, Friday, December 14, 11:23:55am When I first started hearing this on the radio in 1964.... -- WINS, Friday, December 14, 12:11:13pm I just want to congratulate everyone for not pretending to think that this was the singer from Heart (NT) -- ., Saturday, December 15, 12:26:20pm ARCHIVE: December 15, 1978 ~It was 40 years ago today, Hollywood lost one of its solid 'character' character actors, CHILL WILLS, known for his folksy persona and rural drawl, making him a favorite as the voice of "Francis the Talking Mule" in the popular film series of the 1950s, soon earning an Oscar nod for 'Best Supp. Actor' for 1960's "The Alamo", assuring steady projects until his death at 76. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, December 15, 12:22:51pm 3 FUN FACT: Wills appeared as master of ceremonies for white supremist politician George C. Wallace, former governor of Alabama, for the California campaign stops in Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign. (NT) -- 'Merica!, Saturday, December 15, 09:24:40am Widow, Novadeen, died on May 15, 2002, at 73 (NT) -- She was 26 years younger than her husband, Saturday, December 15, 12:22:51pm ARCHIVE: December 15, 1943 ~It's now 75 years (!) since we lost Jazz great FATS WALLER, whose Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano, and best-known for compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", posthumously inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999. Sadly, Waller died of pneumonia, and young age of 39. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, December 15, 12:18:59pm 2 If he'd lived as long as Fats Domino, he still would've been alive in 1993! (NT) -- Minnesota Fats, Saturday, December 15, 12:18:59pm OT: well-known pop culture folks currently in prison (NT) There's Bill Cosby and Phil Spector. Others? Saturday, December 15, 09:29:08am 11 Phil Donahue, Marlon Peters. (NT) -- Zach Frees is another., Friday, December 14, 11:52:32am Shug Knight Oscar Pistorius Anthony Weiner Actor Michael Jace from The Shield DMX Furious Five member Kidd Creole -- OJ, Friday, December 14, 02:22:25pm There is a thing called commas. (NT) -- Jess Sayin., Friday, December 14, 03:15:08pm Phil Donahue? The man who is married to Marlo Thomas? He's in prison? (NT) -- For what reason?, Friday, December 14, 03:18:51pm I don't think he's in prison. (NT) -- Speaking of Marlo Thomas. She's on a new TV ad for St Jude's. Bad plastic surgery!, Friday, December 14, 03:53:26pm I think the poster was thinking about Phil SPECTOR, not Phil Donahue. Considering Marlo Thomas is now 81 years old, (NT) -- she looks pretty good (must be the camera filter and air brushing, too), Friday, December 14, 04:13:36pm Marlo's now older than her father, Danny Thomas, was when he died! (NT) -- He died in 1991, at 79, Friday, December 14, 04:53:03pm Say what you will, but Marlo Thomas does NOT look like an octogenarian! (NT) -- Cosmetic surgery does a body good!, Friday, December 14, 06:22:42pm Here's a picture of Marlo before nose job -- RG, Saturday, December 15, 08:19:32am Well for older folks Twilight Zone alum actor Robert Sorrells, 88, is life sentence for the crimes of a 2004 murder and attempted murder. (NT) -- For the younger folks, popular rapper 6ix9ine, 22, is set to be convicted of racketeering!, Saturday, December 15, 09:29:08am ARCHIVE: December 14, 1985 ~Roger Maris, Pro baseball great, who in the 1961 season set the MLB record with 61 home runs, breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs, but sadly died young age of 51 from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, December 14, 07:36:53pm 1 Dec.14th~Happy Birthday! Actress Abbe Lane (86) Actor Hal Williams (80) Actress Lynne Marie Stewart (72) Actress Dee Wallace (70) (NT) Colt Friday, December 14, 07:34:39pm 8 Dec,14th~Happy 97th Birthday! WW2 Figure Simon Towneley, Football's Charley Trippi is 97, Poet Kirsi Kunnas is 97, Actress Marge Redmond is 94, Writer Finn Holten Hansen is 90, Actor Nirmal Kumar turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Thursday, December 13, 09:04:09pm Other birthdays, Dec. 14- -- Happy birthdays!, Friday, December 14, 04:18:12pm Writer- director Shyam Benegal is 84, writer Leonardo Boff is 80, writer Stewart Brand is 80, athlete Charlie Griffith is 80, actress Janette Scott is 80 (NT) -- ., Friday, December 14, 04:25:43pm Film, TV exec James T. Aubrey was born 100 years ago today (died 1994) -- Greenlit "Gilligan's Island ", " The Beverly Hillbillies", other classiic shows, Friday, December 14, 04:28:38pm Yes, Aubrey was married to the lovely actress Phyllis Thaxter, known for film/Tv work like "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), "Twilight Zone's "Young Man's Fancy" (1961), and as 'Ma Kent' in 1978 blockbuster film "Superman"! -- They were married from 1944 to 1962, the unoin producing 2 children, including actress Skye Aubrey (who is 73 next week)!, Friday, December 14, 07:03:47pm Phyllis Thaxter was a great actress and her performance in "Young Man's Fancy" is the only reason I will watch it. (NT) -- Out of 156 episodes, it's my least favorite of the series., Friday, December 14, 07:34:39pm (Not so) FUN FACT: Actress Dee Wallace is widow of actor Christopher Stone (1942-1995), the union (from 1980 to 1995) producing a child. -- Wallace is now remarried to Skip Belyea, a director and editor., Friday, December 14, 07:13:57pm Actor Jim Petersmith Dies at 64 Friday, December 14, 06:36:55pm 2 IMDb -- Link, Friday, December 14, 02:55:23pm Archive: Norman Fell, Dec. 14, 1998 Character actor Friday, December 14, 04:56:39pm 1 Healthwatch: Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferringno in hospital after flu shot goes bad. FOX News Friday, December 14, 04:16:48pm 2 He's outlived "Hulk" co- star Bill Bixby by 25 years (NT) -- David "Bruce" Banner, Friday, December 14, 04:16:48pm Jessica Starr, Detroit TV news meteorologist, commits suicide She was 35 Friday, December 14, 01:09:09pm 5 OT: I'm just curious of the gender ration in suicide. Input? (NT) -- What is the ratio of men who kill themselves, as opposed to women?, Thursday, December 13, 02:47:31pm Men 3.54x Women according to American Federation of Suicide prevention website (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Thursday, December 13, 05:08:23pm I don't know if it's still true, but I read long ago that three times as many men as women commit suicide, but three times as many women as men unsuccessfully attempt it. (NT) -- obitchecker, Thursday, December 13, 05:48:21pm Botched Lasik surgery led TV Meteorologist to hang herself. -- NY Post, Friday, December 14, 01:09:09pm Dec.13th~Happy 97th Birthday! Olympic Athlete Elda Cividino, former U.S.Secretary of State George P. Shultz is 98, Physicist Philip Warren Anderson is 95, Actress Maria Riva is 94, Actor Dick Van Dyke is 93, Actress Genevieve Page is 91, Skater Jutta Muller turns 90. (NT) jlp Friday, December 14, 12:41:44pm 11 FUN FACT: Actress Maria Riva is the daughter of film star Marlene Dietrich, about whom she published a memoir in 1992. ... -- PHOTO, Thursday, December 13, 05:19:23am Maria Riva is one of 13 living silent film actors (NT) -- 1928's Die glückliche Mutter, Thursday, December 13, 09:50:22am George P. Shultz, 98 today, is the oldest living ex- Cabinet member (NT) -- Was Sec. of State, Treasury, & Labor, Thursday, December 13, 11:27:46am Actor Christopher Plummer is 89. Country singer Buck White of The Whites is 88 -- Other birthdays, Dec. 13-, Thursday, December 13, 11:28:54am Music producer Lou Adler (one-time husband of Shelley Fabares), is 85 today (NT) -- ., Thursday, December 13, 04:10:46pm Dec.13th~Happy Birthday! Actress Carol Locatell (78) Singer Ted Nugent (70) Actress Wendie Malick (68) (NT) -- Colt, Thursday, December 13, 07:09:20pm Happy birthday Teller. (NT) -- Patrick, Thursday, December 13, 07:23:23pm Happy 39, Teller! ...and many more! -- theChronicler, Thursday, December 13, 08:28:50pm And you too, Patrick! Bappy Hirthday! (NT) -- theChronicler, Friday, December 14, 03:44:43am Thank you Chron! (NT) -- Patrick, Friday, December 14, 12:41:44pm Bill Fralic, Played for the Atlanta Falcons Dead at 56 Friday, December 14, 11:21:41am 1 Joan Steinbrenner, wife of former New York Yankees owner George Dies at 83 Friday, December 14, 10:59:54am 1 Actor Rodney Kageyama Dies at 77 Friday, December 14, 09:01:42am 2 IMDb -- -, Friday, December 14, 09:01:42am Kim Hunter Daugherty, 45, daughter of Jim 'Catfish' Hunter Dies After Fire Drill at School Friday, December 14, 08:41:22am 1 Jose Escamilla, producer, director Died Dec 12, 2018 Friday, December 14, 06:26:08am 1 Archive: December 13, 2016: Actor Alan Thicke dies at 69 Dr. Jason Roland Seaver Thursday, December 13, 01:52:05pm 3 His death surprised me, even though he had been out of the spotlight for years. (NT) -- RIP, Thursday, December 13, 01:21:46pm I think he was in the pilot of TV's THIS IS US, just before his death. (NT) -- His sudden death, reminded me much of passing of his 80s sitcom contemporary John Ritter., Thursday, December 13, 01:52:05pm Healthwatch: Shareef O'Neal (Son of Shaquille) Heart surgery Thursday, December 13, 01:39:49pm 1 Archive: December 13, 1961: Grandma Moses dies at 101 RIP Thursday, December 13, 01:35:16pm 4 She made the cover of Time magazine in 1953, at 93 -- Link, Thursday, December 13, 11:30:34am Her death was once cited in a Final Jeopardy! clue ..... -- Ed Tracey, Thursday, December 13, 12:56:22pm She's not even the oldest person on Time's cover -- That honor goes to Amos A. Stagg (96 at the time), Thursday, December 13, 01:35:16pm Humorist Bob Bryan, Co-Creator Of 'Bert and I' Duo Dies at 87 Thursday, December 13, 12:21:46pm 1 Fred I. Greenstein, Historian (wrote "The Hidden Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader") Dead at 88 Thursday, December 13, 11:44:53am 1 Admiral James “Ace” Lyons, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (1985–1987) Dies at 91 Thursday, December 13, 11:40:17am 2 Pic -- ., Thursday, December 13, 11:40:17am Johnny Maddox, Ragtime, Honky Tonk pianist Dead at 91 Thursday, December 13, 11:38:43am 2 "The Crazy Otto Medley "- Johnny Maddox -- Got to # 2 (!) in Billboard in 1955, Thursday, December 13, 11:38:43am Thomas Baptiste 1929-2018 Guyana-born British actor. Fredrik Andersson Thursday, December 13, 11:24:40am 2 Imdb -- ., Thursday, December 13, 11:24:40am Archive: Van Johnson, Dec. 12, 2008 Actor Thursday, December 13, 06:17:14am 4 Another Batman villain (The Minstrel) to died on Dec 12th (NT) -- Anne Baxter (Zelda the Great & Olga) also died on Dec 12th (1985), Wednesday, December 12, 05:43:04pm Whose left? (NT) -- Julie Newmar, John Astin...??, Thursday, December 13, 05:25:46am Barbara Rush (Nora Clavicle), Glynis Johns (Lady Penelope Peasoup), Joan Collins (The Siren) (NT) -- Lee Meriwether (Catwoman from the movie), Thursday, December 13, 06:17:14am Judge William Newsom, Father of Calif. Governor-elect Gavin Newsom... ...Dead at 84. Thursday, December 13, 05:24:33am 1 Dec.12th~Happy 103rd Birthday! WW2 Figure (WAAF) Felicity Hill, Author Ira Neimark is 97, Writer/Activist John Papworth is 97, Game Show Host Bob Barker is 95, Activist Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez is 93, Actor/Dancer Lionel Blair turns 90. (NT) jlp Wednesday, December 12, 05:03:30pm 9 Dec.12th~Happy Birthday! Actor Brandon Maggart (85) Singer Connie Francis (80) Singer Dionne Warwick (78) Actor Gianni Russo (75) Actor Kenneth Cranham (74) Actor Wings Hauser (71) Actor Bill Nighy (69) Actress Darleen Carr (68) Actress Sarah Douglas (66) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, December 11, 11:34:51pm Other birthdays, Dec. 12- -- Happy birthdays!, Wednesday, December 12, 11:54:44am Today's pic, singer Joe Wiliams (1918- 1999) -- Bio, Wednesday, December 12, 01:53:17pm Musician Toshiko Akiyoshi is 89, TV host Silvio Santos is 88, basketball player Bob Pettit is 86, musician Manu Dibango is 85, athlete Christa Stubnick is 85, actress Denise Coffey is 82, politician Michael Jeffery is 81 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, December 12, 01:57:07pm Documentary filmaker Rory Kennedy is 50 today (NT) -- She was born 6 mos. after her father, RFK, was murdered, Wednesday, December 12, 02:11:06pm "Lipstick On Your Collar " -- Connie Francis, Wednesday, December 12, 05:01:30pm "Walk on By" -- Dionne Warwick, Wednesday, December 12, 05:02:21pm "The Glamorous Life " -- Sheila E., Wednesday, December 12, 05:03:30pm Larry Lee Phillipson, Country, Rockabilly singer Dead at 95 Wednesday, December 12, 02:07:54pm 2 "Bitter Feelings" -- Larry Lee Philipson, Wednesday, December 12, 02:07:54pm Ferenc Kosa, Winner of the best director award at the 1967 Cannes film festival, for the film, "Ten Thousand Days". ... Dead at 81. Wednesday, December 12, 01:47:53pm 1 Bob Giggie, american basketball player Dead at 85 Wednesday, December 12, 10:55:36am 2 Bob Giggie was a Major League Baseball player. (NT) -- He pitched for the Milwaukee Braves and Kansas City Athletics 1959-60., Wednesday, December 12, 10:55:36am Former IU Basketball Star Eric Anderson dead at 48 Indystar.com Wednesday, December 12, 10:44:26am 4 Played for the NY Knicks a couple years (NT) -- Wikipedia says "Spent most of his time on the bench", Monday, December 10, 11:07:38am Eric Anderson ex-Knicks player and husband of celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson found dead. ... -- FOX News, Wednesday, December 12, 10:43:24am PHOTO ... -- Link, Wednesday, December 12, 10:44:26am ARCHIVE: December 12, 2006 ~Veteran actor Peter Boyle, known as TV's 'Frank Barone' on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and the comical monster in Mel Brooks' feture film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974), dies at 71. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, December 12, 10:42:09am 1 ARCHIVE: December 10, 2005 ~A notables trifecta of sorts as three very unique celebs died on this date. Famed comic Richard Pryor, veteran character actress Mary Jackson, and Congressman/Senator, and one-time very popular contender for U.S.Presidency Democratic nomination Eugene McCarthy all died on this day in 2005. ... Bios & PHOTOS ... Wednesday, December 12, 02:01:14am 4 Richard Pryor & Mary Jackson were both in the film "Some Kind of Hero" (1982) (NT) -- Wonder if they voted for Eugens McCarthy in 1968?, Tuesday, December 11, 11:42:44am Mary Jackson was in the hour-long TZ episode "Of late I Think of Cliffordville", but is probably best known as Miss Emily Baldwin on "The Waltons" (NT) -- R.I.P., Tuesday, December 11, 11:53:54am Mary Jackson was BRILLIANT as Robert Duvall's mama in 1996's "A Family Thing", her last feature film, and one of the terrific death-bed scenes, ever. (NT) -- A fine veteran actress!, Wednesday, December 12, 02:01:14am Archive: Bettie Page, Dec. 11, 2008 Model Tuesday, December 11, 06:43:44pm 2 Oddly, Paige is buried beside character actor Allan Melvin ... -- Sam the Butcher, really??, Tuesday, December 11, 06:43:44pm Celeste Yarnall, longtime TV and Movie Actess Dies at 74 Tuesday, December 11, 06:40:47pm 8 Oh no! Anyone know if Shields is still alive? (NT) -- Skip E. Lowe, Jr., Tuesday, October 09, 04:47:56am different Yarnall -- sezed, Tuesday, October 09, 07:49:46am Hollywood Reporter obit -- ., Tuesday, October 09, 11:00:34am Her first film was "The Nutty Professor" (1963) (NT) -- Playing a college student, Tuesday, October 09, 11:17:59am Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, October 09, 11:18:27am Here's a pic of her with Walter Koenig -- From "Star Trek" episode "The Apple", Tuesday, October 09, 11:29:20am Recent pic of C. Yarnall ... -- Link, Tuesday, December 11, 06:40:47pm Actor Philip Carey Dies at 86 Tuesday, December 11, 06:03:23pm 7 Obit says he was in The "Rebel Rousers" with Jack Nicholson. -- IMDb (Link) says it was the other Philip Carey who died in 2009, Tuesday, December 11, 02:38:20pm Oops, meant "The Rebel Rousers" (NT) -- Thanks, Tuesday, December 11, 02:40:01pm It looks like you finally posted one that HADN'T been posted before! (NT) -- Yay!!, Tuesday, December 11, 02:56:54pm LOL, I've posted many that hadn't been mentioned here before. (NT) -- If I have ever posted an obit that was already mentioned before it was by accident and not intentional., Tuesday, December 11, 03:11:10pm Not to be confused with veteran actor Philip "one L" Carey, rugged film/TV and later Soap player, who died nearly a decade ago. -- RIP, Tuesday, December 11, 05:50:14pm It appears the Carey who's the subject of this thread is a fraud who rode on the coattails of the actual Philip Carey. (NT) -- There's no evidence that he was actually an actor?!, Tuesday, December 11, 06:03:23pm Dec.11th~Happy 111th Birthday! Supercentenarian Hazel Eikermann, Horticulturist Lady Anne Berry is 99,Olympic Athlete Lars Hindmar is 97, Writer Seymour Topping is 97, Actor Zaharia Volbea is 97, Actor Dilip Kumar is 96, Neuroscientist Paul Greengard turns 93. (NT) jlp Tuesday, December 11, 04:25:17pm 6 Dec.11th~Happy Birthday! Actor Jean-Louis Trintignant (88) Actress Rita Moreno (87) Actor Rex Holman (83) Actress Donna Mills (78) Actress Lynda Day George (74) Actress Teri Garr (71) Actress Susan Blanchard (70) Actress Bess Armstrong (65) (NT) -- Colt, Monday, December 10, 09:52:00pm Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born 100 years ago today. ... -- Ivan Denisovich, Tuesday, December 11, 10:23:52am Other birthdays, Dec. 11- -- Happy birthdays!, Tuesday, December 11, 11:32:29am Businessman Aaron Feuerstein is 93, writer Keith Waldrop is 86, politician Aquilino Pimentel Jr. is 85, athlete Salim Durani is 84, ex- Pres. of India Pranab Mukherjee is 83, politician Taku Yamasaki is 82, politician Hans van den Broek is 82, singer Enrico Macias is 80, musician McCoy Tyner is 80 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, December 11, 02:28:24pm Ex- Sec. of State John Kerry is 75 today (NT) -- ., Tuesday, December 11, 04:25:17pm Writer / Producer Rob DesHotel DIes at 52 Tuesday, December 11, 04:21:00pm 2 IMDb -- -, Tuesday, December 11, 04:21:00pm Alexandra Hamilton, American born, British royal Dead at 72 Tuesday, December 11, 02:32:54pm 1 Donald Payne, Author ("Walkabout") died in Aug. Dead at 94 Tuesday, December 11, 02:23:28pm 2 "Walkabout" was filmed in 1971 by Nicolas Roeg (who died last month) (NT) -- ., Tuesday, December 11, 02:23:28pm 14 year old cousin of "Modern Family" actress Sarah Hyland killed by drunk driver Omaha, Neb. Tuesday, December 11, 02:18:59pm 2 Sarah Hyland reveals she had 2nd kidney transplant -- ., Tuesday, December 11, 02:18:59pm For the first time in its history, Time magazine's "Man of the Year" is deceased. It's murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi Tuesday, December 11, 02:16:01pm 3 Very Interesting Choice , Then again U S foreign policy is involved like with many previous choices (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Tuesday, December 11, 11:54:10am Earlier link not working -- Here's another, Tuesday, December 11, 02:16:01pm Actor Alvin Epstein Dies at 93 Tuesday, December 11, 02:13:37pm 3 IBDb & IMDb -- Links, Tuesday, December 11, 12:45:36pm He voiced the character of "The Bookseller" in Disney's "Beauty & the Beast" -- Pic of the character, Tuesday, December 11, 02:13:37pm Producer & Director Bill Siegel Dies at 55 Tuesday, December 11, 01:55:58pm 2 IMDb -- -, Tuesday, December 11, 01:55:58pm Mark Morrison, Entertainment Journalist and Magazine Editor Dead at 69 Tuesday, December 11, 11:45:37am 1 historian and author, William Blum, (Rogue State: A guide to the world's only superpower. Dead at 85 Tuesday, December 11, 11:37:09am 2 In early 2006, Blum briefly became the subject of widespread media attention when Osama bin Laden issued a public statement in which he quoted Blum and recommended that all Americans read Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower. As a result of the mention, sales of his book greatly increased. (NT) -- "I was quite surprised and even shocked and amused when I found out what he'd said," Blum commented., Tuesday, December 11, 11:37:09am Production Designer Michael Seymour Dies at 86 Tuesday, December 11, 11:10:58am 2 IMDb -- -, Tuesday, December 11, 11:10:58am Blanche Lund, Canadian Dancer & Choreographer Dies at 97 Tuesday, December 11, 09:10:05am 3 IMDb -- -, Tuesday, December 11, 07:50:57am She and her husband, Alan, performed all over the world, and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. -- Here are a few video clips/interviews., Tuesday, December 11, 09:10:05am P-64, the mountain lion known for his successful freeway crossings, found dead after surviving Woolsey fire. On Nov. 8, threatened Malibu and parts of Ventura County, P-64 survived the fires, only to die from infected burned paws while scavenging the mountainside. ..... See you at the Rainbow Bridge Tuesday, December 11, 07:44:16am 1 Healthwatch: Spice Girl Mel B. Hospitalized Tuesday, December 11, 07:18:05am 4 Apparently her hand was "severed" and she has broken ribs. Link included. -- Jim Rutherford, Monday, December 10, 05:59:32pm What a stupid thing to say, where did you get the hand being severed thing from? (NT) -- ., Tuesday, December 11, 01:35:07am In an article. I don't believe that her hand was severed. Hence the quotation marks. -- Here's link. Since you want proof., Tuesday, December 11, 07:18:05am ARCHIVE: December 11, 1991 ~Actor Patrick Walshe, though not a household name -or even face- will be forever remembered as 'Nikko' the evil flying monkey henchman to the 'evil wicked witch of the West' in the 1939 classic, "The Wizard of Oz", and the last surviving credited cast member of the famed film, died at 91. ... Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, December 11, 03:02:39am 1 Roger, the "ripped roo", the famed kangaroo whose buffed physique and photo of him crushing a metal bucket like a paper cup, took him globally viral online ... Dead at 12. Tuesday, December 11, 02:31:18am 1 Dec.9th~Happy 102nd Birthday! Actor Kirk Douglas, Politician Bert J. Harris Jr. is 99, Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (Photographer) is 99, Politician Jose Luis Suarez Molina is 98, Composer Jo Hanson turns 90. (NT) jlp Tuesday, December 11, 02:20:07am 8 Dec.9th~Happy Birthday! Actor William Reynolds (87) Actress Judi Dench (84) Actor Burke Byrnes (81) Actor Beau Bridges (77) Actor Michael Nouri (73) Actor Michael Dorn (66) Actor John Malkovich (65) (NT) -- Colt, Saturday, December 08, 09:17:29pm Actor-writer Buck Henry is 88 today -- Other birthdays, Dec. 9-, Sunday, December 09, 11:20:43am Racer André Milhoux is 90, ex- Australian PM Bob Hawke is 89, singer- songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler is 86, writer Ashleigh Brilliant is 85, ex- US Rep. Ben Erdreich is 80 (NT) -- ., Sunday, December 09, 11:58:22am "High Flying Bird" - Billy Edd Wheeler (also recorded by Richie Havens, Jefferson Airplane, Neil Young). -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, December 09, 07:44:58pm PHOTO of Kirk Douglas enjoying family on his 102nd birthday ... -- Link, Sunday, December 09, 08:55:39pm Prediction: Michael Douglas will pass away within a couple years of his dad (NT) -- ., Monday, December 10, 10:43:40am I'm surprised family has not released photos of 102nd birthday to the public. (NT) -- Hope Kirk is ok....for 102, anyway., Tuesday, December 11, 02:20:07am John Gibbons, american judge, chief judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1987-1990) Dead at 94 Monday, December 10, 06:05:20pm 1 Archive: Mike Mazurki, Dec. 9, 1990 Character actor Monday, December 10, 05:47:45pm 7 Always loved Mazurki's cameo in Rod Stewart's music video "Infactuation" back in 1984! Mazurki later said that he met more famous people in the making of this video than in any of the feature films or TV shows in which he'd starred! ... -- VIDEO, Sunday, December 09, 07:44:03pm He was in "It's a Mad Mad Mad World" so his claims makes absolutely no sense. (NT) -- jess' sayin, Sunday, December 09, 08:13:22pm Sure it does. If you remember the ONE scene he was in on a desolate desert road with Phil Silvers, only. It was likely a one-afternoon shoot with a sparce crew. So I can see he did not "meet more famous people in the making of that film". (NT) -- Jess Anzurin, Sunday, December 09, 08:52:37pm A "cameo" in a music video is no different. Again, his claim makes no sense (NT) -- LOL!, Sunday, December 09, 08:59:24pm I have to agree, the claim makes no sense. Google "Mike Mazurki" & you'll see pictures of him with lots of big stars (NT) -- ., Monday, December 10, 10:51:44am Well he was an old man by the time they quoted him, so he may have been a bit tetched. (NT) -- But he was great at what he did!, Monday, December 10, 05:47:45pm Actor & Songwriter Floyd Parton (Brother of Dolly Parton) Dies at 61 Monday, December 10, 04:40:05pm 3 IMDb -- Link, Monday, December 10, 04:37:26pm "Rockin' Years" - Dolly Parton & Ricky Van Shelton (Written by Floyd Parton) -- Link, Monday, December 10, 04:40:05pm Melvin Dummar, who claimed to be a Howard Hughes heir, dies wWDI Monday, December 10, 04:32:23pm 3 Subject of 1980 film, "Melvin and Howard". ... -- Jason Robards played Howard Hughes, and actor Paul Le Mat was Malvin Dummar., Monday, December 10, 01:45:56pm Here's Johnny Carson talking about Hughes & Dummar in 1976 -- ., Monday, December 10, 04:32:23pm Archive: Ed Wood, Dec. 10, 1978 Writer- producer- director Monday, December 10, 04:30:09pm 1 Dec.10th~Happy 111th Birthday! Supercentenarian Hatsue Tachikawa, Scientist/Researcher Howard Fredeen is 97, Inventor James Foort is 97, Actress Helena Bendova is 97, (NT) jlp Monday, December 10, 01:56:20pm 11 Producer Mark Stuart is 97, Screenwriter Georg Stegan Troller is 97, Singer Helene Martin is 90, Actor Kevin Scott is 90, Actor Ludwig Thiesen turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, December 09, 09:04:14pm Dec.10th~Happy Birthday! Actress Fionnula Flanagan (77) Actor Peter Michael Goetz (77) Actress Susan Dey (66) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, December 09, 10:01:20pm The late actor Dan 'Hoss' Blocker, would have been 90 today! ... -- Died in 1972, at age 43 of sudden heart attack, following gall bladder surgery., Monday, December 10, 03:23:12am Son Dirk Blocker, 61, has a role on "Brooklyn 99" (NT) -- ., Monday, December 10, 10:45:23am Other birthdays, Dec. 10- -- Happy birthdays!, Monday, December 10, 10:47:15am Actress Anne Gwynne was born 100 years ago today (died 2003) -- She was Chris Pine's grandmother!, Monday, December 10, 11:10:44am Pic of Anne Gwynne with Boris Karloff -- ., Monday, December 10, 11:11:58am Painter Leon Kossoff is 92, politician Michael Jopling is 88, golfer Bill Dunk is 80, conductor Yuri Temirkanov is 80 (NT) -- ., Monday, December 10, 11:15:53am Lest we forget also Gwynne was mother to TV "CHPS" actor Robert Pine! -- Pics, Monday, December 10, 01:54:26pm Blocker did not die of a heart attack. He died of a pulmonary embolism. (NT) -- (blood clot in the lung. A complication from gall bladder surgery., Monday, December 10, 01:56:20pm Riccardo Giacconi, Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Dead at 87 Monday, December 10, 11:05:13am 1 Victor Hayden, Was a member of Captain Beefheart's band (he was his cousin) Dead at 70 Monday, December 10, 11:02:55am 1 Production assistant on the TV show "Power" dies in on set accident Brooklyn, NY Monday, December 10, 10:58:31am 1 ARCHIVE: December 9, 1944 ~Ill-fated, yet extraordinarily talented actor LAIRD CREGAR, whose talents far overshadowed the vice that plagued his whole life -weight. But Cregar was the extremely unique case where it was his struggle w/weight that derailed his tremendous promise as a lead film actor, dying trying in vain to conform to Hollywood aesthetic standards, after a severe weight-loss ordeal, gone wrong at age 30. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, December 10, 10:42:32am 2 Didn't JT Walsh also die after going on a crash diet? (NT) -- ., Monday, December 10, 10:42:32am ARCHIVE: December 7, 1984 ~Jeanne Cagney, American film, stage, and television actress, who as sister of Hollywood star, made her own way, appearing in 19 films between 1939 and 1965, including four films with her brother James: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Time of Your Life (1948), A Lion Is in the Streets (1953), and Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), dies of cancer at 65. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, December 09, 07:38:53pm 6 Reading of Miss Cagney, I found that her niece (daughter of brother Dr. Edward Cagney) was a victim of fatal domestic violence over 50 years ago! ... -- Sad Story, Sunday, December 09, 01:34:54am She was 20 years younger than brother James, he outlived her by over a year (NT) -- ., Sunday, December 09, 11:22:06am And considering their brother William Cagney was a big alcoholic in his day, who outlived them all, dying in 1988, at 82. ... -- Oddly, Jeanne is buried with 'Mom We Love You' epitaph, and buried beside is NOT her husband, but brother Bill w/'Dad We Love You'....weird., Sunday, December 09, 12:49:48pm He was 85, not 65. (NT) -- Scitea, Sunday, December 09, 07:37:40pm Sorry, misread it. It pays to use one’s reading glasses. (NT) -- Scitea, Sunday, December 09, 07:38:53pm Kim May, guitarist/vocalist for Southern rock band Xebec Dies at 65 Sunday, December 09, 05:02:32pm 2 "Calm Before the Storm" full Lp - Xebec -- Link, Saturday, December 08, 07:44:42pm Does anyone know how to contact Kevin Feige. I have a cool name for Avengers 4. It should Be Avengers:Assemble. (NT) Dont be mad. Id really like to tell him my idea. Sunday, December 09, 03:40:10pm 1 Dutch actor Dave Mantel dies, he was 37. Betty Sunday, December 09, 02:40:50pm 1 Belgian Actress and model Désirée Viola dies, she was 26 Betty Sunday, December 09, 02:36:23pm 1 Bob Bergland, Agriculture Secretary Under Carter Dies at 90 Sunday, December 09, 11:28:28am 3 Pic. -- ., Sunday, December 09, 11:26:42am Congressional bio -- ., Sunday, December 09, 11:28:28am Actress Alice Wellman Dies at 94 Sunday, December 09, 09:24:08am 2 IMDb -- -, Sunday, December 09, 09:24:08am Actress Gloria Hocking Dies at 82 Sunday, December 09, 08:58:10am 3 IMDb -- -, Saturday, December 08, 05:27:29pm She had three roles in 'Dallas' (NT) -- also appeared in TV movie about space shuttle Challenger disaster., Sunday, December 09, 08:58:10am Jazz Mucian Carl Janelli Dies at 91 Sunday, December 09, 08:55:14am 2 Oral History Interview -- -, Sunday, December 09, 08:55:14am Wilfred DeFour, Tuskegee Airman ... Dies at 100. Saturday, December 08, 10:38:53pm 4 Sad such a distinguished gentleman, a centenarian, died alone in his apartment. ~Thank you for your service. ... -- PHOTO, Saturday, December 08, 09:29:24pm Apology accepted! Thanks for fixing your error. -- As promised, I'll go away...for now., Saturday, December 08, 09:32:14pm In the future please do not foul up deceased name. (NT) -- It is Wilfred DeFour...not Wilfred DuTour!, Saturday, December 08, 10:38:53pm