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Error, forum threads exceeds limit. Message database may be damaged. Admin should try rebuilding. Subject Author Date Msgs Former MLB Player Minnie Minoso Dies at 90 Sunday, March 01, 07:15:10am 1 Happy 101st Birthday! Religious Figure Jozef Sondej, Gov't Official Elizabeth Peet McIntosh is 100, Actor Sam Beazley is 99, Poet Richard Wilbur is 94, Singer Lucine Amara is 90, (NT) jlp Sunday, March 01, 06:46:29am 3 Actor Lao Shen is 90, Actor Robert Clary turns 89. (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, March 01, 04:15:01am Clary, last surviving cast member of "Hogan's Heroes", was a French Jew who spent 3 yrs in concentration camps -- More on Mr. Clary (link), Sunday, March 01, 06:46:29am Former Child Actor James 'Jimsy' Boudwin Dies at 97 Sunday, March 01, 06:03:29am 5 IMDb -- Link, Saturday, February 28, 08:52:54pm Another Our Gang actor (NT) -- Russ, Saturday, February 28, 10:01:01pm "...Jim was preceded in death by his brother, Bill, at 98 years of age and his sister, Barbara, at 100 years of age." (NT) -- WOW! Another one with old siblings!, Saturday, February 28, 10:20:20pm Should have been on the Wiki list of living silent film stars (NT) -- Wonder how many others there are out there, Sunday, March 01, 06:03:29am RIP Leonard Nemoy! Broken hearted over here Sunday, March 01, 01:19:53am 31 Very sad - maybe ME TV will run a marathon of Star Trek episodes! (NT) -- Sharon, Friday, February 27, 09:37:58am They're running a "special" episode tomorrow night; they're also showing a Mission Impossible ep Sunday night (NT) -- Star Trek ep: "Amok Time"; MI ep: "The Hostage", Friday, February 27, 02:08:29pm Here's the complete list of Nimoy-themed eps on ME-TV this weekend (NT) -- One was already shown last night--Perry Mason, Saturday, February 28, 09:57:37am Oops--Here it is -- My bad, Saturday, February 28, 09:58:33am Leonard Nimoy dead at 83. ... -- (1931-2015), Friday, February 27, 10:00:32am "My parents came to the United States as immigrant aliens ... and became citizens. I was born in Boston as a citizen, then went to Hollywood ... and became an alien". --Leonard Nimoy (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Friday, February 27, 10:11:56am As a kid his narrative series, "In Search Of ..." was a HUGE show! ... -- theChronicler, Friday, February 27, 10:14:51am OMG - I loved that show! Every Saturday night I would watch that! (NT) -- Sharon, Friday, February 27, 10:23:56am The first time I saw the Zapruder film was on "In Search Of" (NT) -- ., Friday, February 27, 11:35:16am Tomorrow nights ME TV Star Trek is "This Side of Paradise" with Jill Ireland. (NT) -- Sharon, Friday, February 27, 10:27:41am Also appeared on two seasons of Mission Impossible (NT) -- On Star Trek they said hes dead Jim, on Mission Impossible good luck Jim, Friday, February 27, 11:07:33am "Highly Illogical" -- Leonard Nimoy, Friday, February 27, 11:36:26am Nimoy & first wife Sandra Zober were married for 33 years (1954- 87) before divorcing (NT) -- She died in 2011, at 83, Friday, February 27, 11:39:32am He directed "Star Trek 3 & 4" as well as " 3 Men & a Baby" (NT) -- Not just Spock!, Friday, February 27, 11:49:11am Here's Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner on "The Man From Uncle" in 1964 -- 2 years before "Star Trek"!, Friday, February 27, 12:42:37pm He's dead Jim. (NT) -- And we'll miss him., Friday, February 27, 12:49:52pm Anyone recall his TZ episode "A Quality of Mercy" with Dean Stockwell? It was a minor role but at least he appeared on the series. (NT) -- I was lucky enough to pull his and Shatner's Autographed TZ cards from 2 boxes I got off Ebay, Friday, February 27, 01:08:31pm I remember seeing him as a bad guy in a "Get Smart" episode (NT) -- He was in a lot of 60's TV shows, Friday, February 27, 01:49:10pm Nimoy's wife, Susan Bay, is a cousin of film director Michael Bay (NT) -- She was in a couple of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episodes, Friday, February 27, 01:51:59pm Carl Steven, who played a young Spock in " Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (1984) died on July 31, 2011, at 36 (heroin overdose) (NT) -- ., Friday, February 27, 01:54:25pm His voice was heard in "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" by Information Society -- Rockin' Robin (A #3 hit in 1988), Friday, February 27, 02:00:06pm He's in at least 5 episodes of "Sea Hunt"! (NT) -- Playing a different character in each episode..., Friday, February 27, 08:34:08pm I met Leonard a couple of times back in the early 90s. He was always polite and cordial to be around, a real gentlemen. He seemed very soft spoken and of course, on our lot he was royalty. (NT) -- RIP Good Sir - Buckeye, Friday, February 27, 09:18:48pm I've seen a couple of 'em (NT) -- Was he always a villain?, Saturday, February 28, 09:49:38am Good lord I feel old. That song is almost 30 years old! (NT) -- Russ, Sunday, March 01, 12:09:04am Great picture!!! Thanks Chron for putting this up! (NT) -- Sharon, Saturday, February 28, 05:18:31am Grew up watching Star Trek... not a huge fan but I do love Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock...... even made my profile pic and William Shatner from the program..... (NT) -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Saturday, February 28, 05:41:44am Leonard Nimoy's Brief, Unique Billboard Chart History (Billboard Magazine article) -- Russ, Sunday, March 01, 12:07:45am It was just announced that Shatner will be unable to attend Nimoy's California funeral today (Sunday, March 1), due to conflicting charity event for the Red Cross organization, in Florida. ... -- In tribute, SyFy channel announced plans to run a five-hour Nimoy-themed tribute Sunday, March 1st!, Sunday, March 01, 01:19:53am OT: Most tragic fallen star? ... Sherlock Saturday, February 28, 11:42:17pm 2 The whole story of his last years is just a sad, sad story. I don't think his family ever truly located his grave. (NT) -- I believe they erected a cenotaph in family plot, instead. Sad., Saturday, February 28, 11:42:17pm Journalist Richard Chesnoff Dies at 77 Saturday, February 28, 11:39:59pm 1 Character actor Richard "Dick" Bakalyan dead at 84? Alt. obituaries reports (see story inside) Saturday, February 28, 11:38:26pm 17 You'll recognize the face- -- Link to pic, Saturday, February 28, 02:20:55pm Here's the link to the blog post -- ., Saturday, February 28, 02:22:29pm Never seen him before. (NT) -- Never heard of him., Saturday, February 28, 02:39:06pm Another site www.66batman.com has a poster reporting (NT) -- They saw a post at actress Sherry Jackson's facebook also reporting his death, Saturday, February 28, 02:44:06pm He always played a bad guy. (NT) -- Know the face very well., Saturday, February 28, 03:28:58pm Yep (NT) -- Forest, Saturday, February 28, 05:18:53pm PHOTO? ... -- Link, Saturday, February 28, 03:04:21pm Another facebook site reporting his death (NT) -- Is www.goodhollywood.com, Saturday, February 28, 03:40:49pm Obit -- Link, Saturday, February 28, 03:40:14pm He played Cesar Romero's henchman in the Dexter Reilly (Kurt Russell) trilogy for Disney. (NT) -- The computer wore tennis shoes; Now you see him, now you dont and The strongest man in the world., Saturday, February 28, 03:57:25pm He also played Romero's henchman in the final appearance of the Joker on Batman (NT) -- The Space Ship Absurdity, Saturday, February 28, 06:06:15pm Died the same day as Leonard Nimoy, they have 1 acting credit together -- Link, Saturday, February 28, 04:25:01pm Here's his Imdb page -- Link, Saturday, February 28, 04:33:43pm Here he is at the beginning of 'The Delicate Delinquent" -- Jerry Lewis's first film without Dean, Saturday, February 28, 04:36:17pm He's the policeman who kills Faye Dunaway at the end of CHINATOWN. -Here is a showreel of all his film roles. -- DialMForMovies, Saturday, February 28, 10:34:30pm Here is an overview of his life & career. ... -- Bio & VIDEO, Saturday, February 28, 11:38:26pm Boris Nemtsov, Russian opposition leader critical of Vladimir Putin assassinated in front of the Kremlin. Stalin Saturday, February 28, 05:20:38pm 6 Another Putin opponent murdered (NT) -- Putin is plain evil, Friday, February 27, 04:39:43pm Not to worry, Putin says he's taking full charge of the investigation into Nemtsov's murder (NT) -- !, Saturday, February 28, 04:29:31pm Maybe he and O.J. should work together on (NT) -- solving crimes, Saturday, February 28, 05:20:38pm Mykhailo Chechetov, high ranking Russian born Ukrainian politician commits suicide by jumping out his 17th floor apartment window. -- He was 61., Saturday, February 28, 10:27:47am "...JUMPING out of the window of his apartment at 17th floor"?? (NT) -- ...Riiiiiight., Saturday, February 28, 10:36:06am OT: Husband, 108, & wife, 104, celebrate 82 years of marriage Spring Valley, NY Saturday, February 28, 04:46:07pm 5 WOW! Gotta be a record! (NT) -- "Me and wife were married before a judge. ...I should have asked for a jury." --Groucho Marx, Saturday, February 28, 12:34:49pm Seems the current longest marriage is 89 years! -- !, Saturday, February 28, 12:42:54pm Amazing if they made it to their 90th wedding anniversary! (NT) -- Does Guiness Book recognize them?, Saturday, February 28, 02:00:56pm The longest recorded marriage was 91 years, between Daniel and Susan Bakeman, from 1772-1863. -- Lgevirtz, Saturday, February 28, 04:46:07pm Jazz Composer William Thomas McKinley Dies at 76 Saturday, February 28, 04:31:03pm 2 Robert Stallman Plays "Poem" by William Thomas McKinley -- ., Saturday, February 28, 04:31:03pm Happy 100th Birthday! Actress/Dancer Maxine Barrat, Jazz Violinist Svend Asmussen is 99, Judge Bentley Kassal is 98, Diplomat Brian Urquhart is 96, (NT) jlp Saturday, February 28, 02:19:53pm 12 NASA Engineer Christopher C. Kraft Jr. is 91, Actor Hans-Joachim Martens turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, February 28, 04:51:53am Leap Year Birthdays! French Singer Yvonne Martin is 99, Actress Michele Morgan is 95, Politician Carlos Humberto Romero is 91, Baseball's Al Rosen turns 91. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, February 28, 06:29:46am Another Leap Year baby- actor Alex Rocco, born Feb. 29, 1936 (NT) -- He's turning 79, Saturday, February 28, 11:50:17am Maxine Barrat died under the name Maxine Boura on June 25, 2013 in Hollywood, Florida. (NT) -- per SSDI., Saturday, February 28, 09:13:52am Actor Gavin MacLeod is 84 today -- Other birthdays, Feb. 28-, Saturday, February 28, 11:52:39am Zero Mostel was born 100 years ago today. (Died 1977) -- Bio, Saturday, February 28, 11:57:46am Football player, coach Hayden Fry is 86, architect Frank Gehry is 86, poet John Montague is 86, singer Joseph Rouleau is 86, Nobel winning physicist Leon Cooper is 85 (NT) -- Golfer, sportscaster Peter Alliss is 84, Saturday, February 28, 12:01:59pm "Wooly Bully" -- Sam The Sham and the Pharos, Saturday, February 28, 01:19:08pm "What's a Wooly Bully?" -- Screaming Lord Jim & the Piccadilly Squares, Saturday, February 28, 02:15:32pm Donnie Iris is 72 today. Here's "The Rapper" -- By the Jaggerz, Saturday, February 28, 02:19:13pm And here's "Play That Funky Music" -- By Wild Cherry, Saturday, February 28, 02:19:53pm ARCHIVE: February 28, 1915 ~HAPPY 100th to the late, great Vaudeville, stage, screen, TV comic actor Zero Mostel, best remembered for "A Funny Thing Happened...", and "The Producers", died in 1977 ... Bio & VIDEOS Saturday, February 28, 01:06:12pm 1 Avijit Roy, US citizen blogger, hacked to death Bangledesh Saturday, February 28, 12:07:30pm 1 Oscar Diaz, Boxer who suffered a career ending injury in 2008 Dead at 32 Saturday, February 28, 11:54:28am 1 Anthony Mason, former NBA player He was 48 Saturday, February 28, 11:49:12am 2 Pic -- ., Saturday, February 28, 11:49:12am Happy 104th Birthday! Football's (Sweden) Egon Sundberg, Production Manager Larry Kostroff is 90, Writer Erling Wolter is 90 Actress Joanne Woodward turns 85. (NT) jlp Saturday, February 28, 11:47:22am 6 Other birthdays, Feb. 27- -- Happy birthdays!, Friday, February 27, 11:33:13am Football player Raymond Berry is 82, consumer advocate Ralph Nader is 81, actor Van Williams ("The Green Hornet") is 81 (NT) -- ., Friday, February 27, 11:42:29am Howard Hesseman is 75 today. I recently saw him playing a hippy debating with Joe Friday on "Dragnet" (NT) -- ., Friday, February 27, 04:55:38pm Using the stage name Don Sturdy (NT) -- Howard Hesseman wasn't good enough for him?, Friday, February 27, 07:59:03pm He may not have wanted his "hip" friends to know he was appearing on "Dragnet" (NT) -- !, Saturday, February 28, 11:47:22am Tom Schweich, Missouri State Auditor, U.S. Ambassador, Republican candidate for 2016 Missouri Governor Suicide by gunshot Saturday, February 28, 04:50:55am 9 A month ago, he announces he's running for Governor, then today, he kills himself? (NT) -- Huh?, Thursday, February 26, 12:59:02pm Pic -- Link, Thursday, February 26, 01:00:27pm Look out when enlarging this picture. His eyebrows almost poked me in the eyes. (NT) -- Russ, Thursday, February 26, 04:33:18pm His opponent may have drudged up some dirt on him? (ie;1962's "Advise & Consent"). (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 26, 05:26:55pm "John Hancock, the chairman of the Missouri Republican Party, was spreading rumors that Mr. Schweich was Jewish...trying to hurt his chances in the primary with evangelical Christian voters." -- NY Times article (Russ), Thursday, February 26, 07:40:59pm He was elected by the Missouri voters in the first place, so I don't buy that. (NT) -- Stay tuned tho..., Thursday, February 26, 09:08:02pm Well he was elected state auditor, and ran unopposed in the last election. Ads were already running by his opponent comparing him to Barney Fife. Shameful behavior by his opposition. -- Russ, Friday, February 27, 07:51:46pm Russ, this sounds like a story that we will just have to wait to see what finally unfolds ... difficult for many people to do, certainly. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Saturday, February 28, 04:50:55am Archive: George Tobias, Feb. 27, 1980 Actor Friday, February 27, 11:15:44pm 6 Sandra Gould's screech of "Abnuh! Abnuh!" will be in my head unto the grave (NT) -- ., Friday, February 27, 11:57:41am Also played an unintentional comic role in The Hunchback of Noter Dame (NT) -- scitea, Friday, February 27, 06:01:37pm Notre Dame (NT) -- scitea, Friday, February 27, 06:02:08pm I absolutely LOVE the final comic 'reluctant harrah' Tobias gave the world AFTER his passing! The story is now Hollywood legend -and worth repeating! ... -- theChronicler, Friday, February 27, 09:34:34pm Great story! (NT) -- Harris, Friday, February 27, 11:15:44pm Archive: J. Pat O' Malley, Feb. 27, 1985 Actor Friday, February 27, 09:29:51pm 4 Not to be confused with J. Pat O'Malley ,the lovable Irishman character actor. But like "J", O'Malley also appeared in 3 TZ episodes! My favorite was As 'Mr. Wilson' in "Walking Distance"! (NT) -- Also as 'Mr. Llewellyn' in "Static", and as the ' Attendant' in "Back There"!, Friday, February 27, 05:56:55pm No confusion, the archive is for J. Pat O'Malley the Irishman character actor (NT) -- The one that was in "Walking Distance" was Patrick H. O'Malley, Friday, February 27, 06:56:53pm You are correct. Man did I pull a boner on that. I liked J.Pat best as hermione baddeley's hubby in her final run on TV's "Maude". -- But there were a few "Pat O'Malley's! Sorry., Friday, February 27, 09:29:51pm Reverend Ted Hesburgh, long-time Jesuit university president and civil rights activist, aged 97 ..... Ed Tracey Friday, February 27, 07:55:34pm 4 Actually not a Jesuit, to my surprise. Still, a life well-led. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Friday, February 27, 04:27:29am Acted in the film "Rudy" (NT) -- Played a priest, Friday, February 27, 11:31:07am and one of the few chain-smokers who defied the odds... -- cameron, Friday, February 27, 07:55:34pm American Investor Irving Kahn 1905-2015 jlp Friday, February 27, 06:08:43pm 12 Pic -- Link, Thursday, February 26, 11:51:01am His sister, Helen (1901-2011), died 7 weeks before her 110th birthday. The youngest sibling, Peter (1910-2014), died at the age of 103. Kahn's other sister, Lee (1903-2005), died at the age of 101. (NT) -- Longevity runs in the family!, Thursday, February 26, 11:52:51am Irvinig Kahn109 Wall Street Oldest active investor (NY TIMES) (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Thursday, February 26, 07:08:00pm Here is the obit. ... -- Marketwatch, Thursday, February 26, 07:08:39pm Also, I think he was the last original from www.genarians.com (NT) -- Possibly Manoel de Oliveira was another original., Thursday, February 26, 07:10:31pm Lived a long...and wealthy life! (NT) -- !, Thursday, February 26, 07:10:57pm Genarians has a claim of a 1997 founding, so pre 1908 may apply -- Lemnpiper (Kahn may have been the last original ), Friday, February 27, 02:32:07am I used to check that site out from the beginning in 1997, and he wasn't listed on it back then- The last "original" was Jacques Barzun (NT) -- Darren, Friday, February 27, 03:45:52am I've never heard of a sister dying at 110, another sister dies at 101, a brother dying at 110, and the youngest sibling brother dying at 103!! (NT) -- THAT'S NEVER BEEN RECORDED BEFORE!!, Thursday, February 26, 07:15:25pm Yep, 2 siblings dying at almost 110 is almost unheard of! (NT) -- At least, I've never heard of it before!, Friday, February 27, 11:29:49am What is even more amazing is that he was working three days aweek until very recently. (NT) -- scitea, Friday, February 27, 06:08:43pm TV Producer/Writer Maurice Hurley Dies at 75 Friday, February 27, 05:42:47pm 3 IMDb -- Link, Thursday, February 26, 02:28:15pm Maurice Hurley, Star Trek: The Next Generation writer & producer. ... -- Dead at 75, Friday, February 27, 05:42:47pm Lloyd Kelley, Helped bring Johnny Cash to Folsom prison Dead at 94 Friday, February 27, 04:53:19pm 1 Healthwatch: Lara Logan rushed to hospital with internal bleeding 60 Minutes correspondent Friday, February 27, 12:10:31pm 3 She's the one who was sexually assaulted on February 11, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt while reportng a story (NT) -- ., Friday, February 27, 11:50:17am Bad Month for 60 Minutes (NT) -- Bob Simon, Friday, February 27, 12:10:31pm Don Johnson, NY Yankees sensation who fizzzled out Dead at 88 Friday, February 27, 11:45:11am 2 Pic -- ., Friday, February 27, 11:45:11am ARCHIVE: February 27, 1998 ~Prolific character stage/screen actor J.T, Walsh, a staple of 1980s/1990s American films, dies unexpectedly of a fatal heart attack during exercise session, at age 54. ... Bio & VIDEOS Friday, February 27, 11:28:26am 3 3 films released after his death- "Pleasantville", "The Negotiator" & "Hidden Agenda" (NT) -- ., Friday, February 27, 11:27:37am Laird Cregar is another actor who died while on a crash diet (NT) -- Cregar was only 28, Friday, February 27, 11:28:26am Earl Lloyd, First African-American NBA Player Dies at 86 Friday, February 27, 11:25:17am 3 Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003 (NT) -- Russ, Thursday, February 26, 10:21:44pm Pic -- ., Friday, February 27, 11:25:17am Chron, would you mind labeling the pics you post at top of page with a name, that way I can just right click, save as and.. (NT) Hey presto, I dont have to ask, who that is in today's tribute picture. Friday, February 27, 10:16:54am 5 Ahh, that's half the fun ...guessing. (NT) -- theChronicler, Friday, February 27, 08:16:29am Suggestion: when you add pics on top ..... -- do a "pic spoiler alert" for those who want to know immediately who they are, Friday, February 27, 08:37:10am No - that is ridiculous. That's the whole point - to figure out who the picture is. -- no need for alerts, etc., Friday, February 27, 08:51:39am ADMIN: No, I may consider a daily "SPOILER" thread. ...But as a rule, I do not like to 'clutter' the board. (NT) -- theChronicler, Friday, February 27, 10:16:54am 8 people found dead in five different homes in Tyrone, Missouri American massacre. Friday, February 27, 07:17:56am 1 Man who killed Chris Kyle gets life in prison, no parole Texas Friday, February 27, 05:43:37am 9 I fully expect this news story before too long: "Killer of Chris Kyle found dead in his cell" (NT) -- By his own hand, or someone else's, Wednesday, February 25, 11:29:55am Eddie Ray Routh reminds me of this guy -- ., Wednesday, February 25, 12:19:38pm Good read and you're right. Maybe Routh will end the same way. (NT) -- Thanks for sharing., Thursday, February 26, 06:56:10pm I'm just not sure the best therapy for someone with PTSD and mental illness is to give them a loaded weapon and take them to a shooting range (NT) -- Harris, Thursday, February 26, 09:14:23pm My question is, if Routh WASN'T 'insane' (PTSD) when he killed Kyle and Littlefield, than what was the motive for killing his friends? (NT) -- Anybody answer this in court?, Thursday, February 26, 09:40:41pm Saw a story on a bizarre claim by prosecutors about how he was influenced about a Seinfeld episode -- The Pigman episode, Thursday, February 26, 10:59:14pm "...influenced about a Seinfeld episode " = coo-coo! coo-coo! (NT) -- No?, Thursday, February 26, 11:09:47pm Ironically, there was no "pigman," just an ugly little mental patient who looked like a pig. (NT) -- Newman, Friday, February 27, 05:43:37am Anthony Cucci, ex- Mayor of Jersey City NJ Dead at 92 Thursday, February 26, 11:00:30pm 2 Nicknamed Snatch (NT) -- Crazee, Thursday, February 26, 11:00:30pm OT: Oldest living music folks This should be of interest to most I think Thursday, February 26, 10:13:26pm 9 Tom Lehrer, Peggy King (NT) -- probably some others still alive, Thursday, February 26, 06:38:55pm Ironically, I was just making my own list…so... -- Rockin' Robin (Oldest living famous people?), Thursday, February 26, 06:49:23pm I mentioned this before, John Zacherle, 96, had a hit with "Dinner With Drac" (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 26, 07:15:31pm Louise Tobin - First Wife Of Harry James Born in 1918 -- Der Bingle, Thursday, February 26, 07:33:30pm Kitty Kallen - Band Singer Born in 1922 -- Der Bingle, Thursday, February 26, 07:32:38pm Kay Starr - Born 1922 - Another Big Band Singer -- Der Bingle, Thursday, February 26, 07:34:28pm Professor Irwin Corey--100 Years old (b. 7/19/1914)! -- Rockin' Robin (And he's still alive!!!), Thursday, February 26, 09:17:16pm A few country singers not on the list -- List, Thursday, February 26, 10:13:26pm Singer Chris Rainbow (Alan Parsons Project, Camel) Dies at 68 Thursday, February 26, 07:47:03pm 3 "Give Me What I Cry for" -- Chris Rainbow, Thursday, February 26, 11:56:28am Listed among the other 29 "contributors" to the Alan Parsons Project. The only permanent members were Parsons and vocalist Eric Woolfson (died 2009) (NT) -- Russ, Thursday, February 26, 07:47:03pm Happy 98th Birthday! Racing Driver Robert La Caze, Theologian Lloyd Geering is 97, Engineer/Educator Bertrand Schwartz is 96, Poet Richard O. Moore is 95, Economist William Baumol is 93, (NT) jlp Thursday, February 26, 05:57:51pm 9 Actress Selma Archerd is 90, Dir. John Llewellyn is 90, Musician Caesar Giovannini turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Thursday, February 26, 03:54:27am Happy Birthday! Fats Domino turns 87! (NT) -- Rockin' Robin (Oh, and Mitch Ryder turns 70), Thursday, February 26, 10:06:51am "Blueberry Hill" -- Fats Domino, Thursday, February 26, 11:54:45am Other birthdays, Feb. 26- -- Happy birthdays!, Thursday, February 26, 11:59:03am Wrestler Verne Gagne is 89, game show host Tom Kennedy is 88, cosmonaut Anatoly Filipchenko is 87, actress Monique Leyrac is 87, racer, businessman Carl Haas is 85 (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 26, 12:07:38pm "Devil With a Blue Dress" -- Mitch Ryder, Thursday, February 26, 01:04:59pm Last time I recall Fats Domino in the news, he was being rescued during Hurricane Katrina (NT) -- And that was nearly 10 years ago, Thursday, February 26, 05:06:35pm Happy Birthday! Fats Domino turns 87! ... -- Rockin' Robin (Plus, Mitch Ryder turns 70), Thursday, February 26, 05:57:51pm David Banks, , Comedy Writer for Richard Pryor Dead at 82 Thursday, February 26, 04:29:22pm 3 David Banks at the Richard Pryor roast, 1977 -- Link, Thursday, February 26, 04:28:14pm Imdb -- ., Thursday, February 26, 04:29:22pm Hard as it may be to believe, it was 3 years ago today that Trayvon Martin was shot & killed by George Zimmerman (NT) . Thursday, February 26, 04:11:06pm 1 Archive: Cornell Gunter, Feb. 26, 1990 Member of the Coasters Thursday, February 26, 04:09:19pm 2 "She Loves to Rock" -- Cornell Gunter & the Flairs, Thursday, February 26, 04:09:19pm O/T - Wiki list of living silent film stars Is anyone able to update? Thursday, February 26, 04:02:49pm 8 Not only have they not taken off Vonda Phelps; Priscilla Moran; Virginia Marshall; and Helen Rowlands -- Proven dead through SSDI state death indexes and Family websites, Thursday, February 26, 10:55:40am I hope you all realize that anyone can edit the page (NT) -- all you need to do is sign up., Thursday, February 26, 11:27:05am Not true - I edited that page twice (NT) -- And both times all edits were reversed, Thursday, February 26, 01:02:43pm You have to provide a cite to the edit...you can't just edit without proof. (NT) -- -, Thursday, February 26, 02:33:10pm According to IMdB.com, there are death dates. But that's ALL they are, just dates. ... ... -- Any other 'proof of deaths' out there? ..., Thursday, February 26, 12:10:00pm Here is the story of how the death dates of these actresses were found. -- Story listed inside., Thursday, February 26, 01:24:05pm Outstanding Detective Work (especially since they were listed under different names). (NT) -- Lgevirtz, Thursday, February 26, 04:02:49pm Jon C. Zimmer, Producer of "My Mother, the Car" Dead at 84 Thursday, February 26, 03:54:02pm 9 "My Mother the Car" theme -- ., Wednesday, February 25, 01:44:14pm So, mother is reincarnated as a 1928 Porter touring car, haunting hapless son? (NT) -- Now WHY didn't this gem WORK??, Wednesday, February 25, 03:47:31pm Well, there'd already been shows about a talking horse, a Martian, a witch, a genie, a talking car must've seemed a surefire hit! (NT) -- !, Wednesday, February 25, 04:08:46pm Actually, the genie premiered almost simultaneously with MMTC (NT) -- Better writing and actors also helped, Wednesday, February 25, 04:30:54pm If he was a lawyer with 2 kids in 1965, his mother would have been born well before 1928--how the hell could she come back as a car built when she was still alive? (NT) -- My theory is Ann Sothern refused to admit her true age, Thursday, February 26, 09:27:47am Jerry Van Dyke was born in 1931, so his character could have plausibly been born--and his mother died and reincarnated--by 1928 (NT) -- Was it ever explained on the show?, Thursday, February 26, 09:44:20am ...Wow, it is a slow obits day, or what? (NT) -- Not exactly Parker and Wolcott debate and at the Algonquin round table, is it?, Thursday, February 26, 10:04:42am Sorry ... (NT) -- if you're bored by science., Thursday, February 26, 03:54:02pm Hey Chronicler, this is OT but there's a new bio coming out about the affair of Audrey Hepburn and Bill Holden (NT) worth the read? Thursday, February 26, 03:16:22pm 2 He was known to bed his leading-ladies. Two notably were Capucine (who he left $50K after death), and Hepburn, who ironically was one-time roommate w/fellow model Capucine! Looks like a good read! -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 26, 03:16:22pm Dori J. Maynard, Journalist, daughter of pioneering black publisher Robert Maynard Dead at 56 Thursday, February 26, 01:03:26pm 1 OT: Heartwarming story about a 70 year old love letter found in an old thrift store LP cover, belonging to Colorado woman, long dead. ... See how the letter is returned to her WWII beau/husband for emotional reaction. Thursday, February 26, 12:40:16pm 1 Eugenie Clark, "Shark Lady", marine biologist Dead at 92 Thursday, February 26, 12:11:54pm 2 Pic -- Link, Thursday, February 26, 12:11:54pm Bettine Moore Close, Mother of actress Glenn Close Dead at 90 Thursday, February 26, 12:09:20pm 1 Anthony B. Herbert, Decorated War Hero Turned Army Whistleblower Dead at 84 Thursday, February 26, 12:03:37pm 2 Pic (w/ Mike Wallace) -- Link, Thursday, February 26, 12:03:37pm Ariel Camacho, Popular Mexican singer, dies in car crash He was 22 (or 23) Thursday, February 26, 12:01:12pm 1 UPDATE: Have not seen a post in while and found this today on Bobbi Kristina...... Link Inside..... noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran) Thursday, February 26, 05:29:50am 8 Her 22nd birthday is Mar. 4th (NT) -- /, Thursday, February 19, 12:14:22pm This seems clearly a case of "persistent vegetative state". She could last years, like Schiavo, Sharon, Quinlan, or like von Bülow ...28 years! (NT) -- ...Just let her go!, Thursday, February 19, 12:18:09pm What happened to the story that her organs were "shutting down"? (NT) -- Just BS?, Thursday, February 19, 12:21:14pm The removal is to prevent more infection, so taking her young age into mind, she could last years. (NT) -- :-(, Thursday, February 19, 12:23:04pm Reports now surface that Bobbi used heroin, cocaine and Xannax as well as being a heavy drinker, sources say, haunted by mother's anniversary death date. -- People.com, Saturday, February 21, 08:42:05am UPDATE (2/25/15) ~Shortly after Bobbi Kristina Brown was removed from medically-induced coma, it's reported she suffered violent seizures, forcing medical staff to resume coma treatment. ... -- People.com, Thursday, February 26, 01:08:29am awe.... so sad.... let her go already...... what an awful situation....... (NT) -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Thursday, February 26, 05:29:50am Healthwatch: Ben Woolf, One of the stars of "American Horror Story: Freak Show" Hit by car, in critical condition Thursday, February 26, 01:07:15am 8 SUV side mirror WILL leave a mark! And it doesn't help being 4'-4" (pituitary dwarfism)! -- OUCH!, Friday, February 20, 03:18:17pm He has died today after suffering stroke. (NT) -- TMZ, Monday, February 23, 04:05:36pm Mo' info- -- TMZ, Monday, February 23, 04:08:11pm Imdb -- Link, Monday, February 23, 04:11:48pm Ben Woolf Dead........ Link Inside.......... (died from head injuries). ... -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Monday, February 23, 06:14:19pm ORGAN DONATION: TV's "American Horror Story" actor Ben Woolf gives the gift of life, when his organs are donated hours after his road accident death on Monday, saving three lives, so far. ... -- CBS.com, Thursday, February 26, 01:07:15am Robert ‘Wolfman’ Belfour, Blues musician Dead at 74 Wednesday, February 25, 08:16:30pm 2 Take Care and Keep On Playing -- Gary, Wednesday, February 25, 08:16:30pm Healthwatch: Virgie Arthur, Mothr of Anna Nicole Smith Cancer Wednesday, February 25, 04:23:36pm 1 Bertrice Small, Romance novelist Dead at 77 Wednesday, February 25, 04:11:55pm 1 Willie C. Jackson 79, last surviving original member of vocal group The Spaniels has died. (NT) Listed at oldiesmusic.com Wednesday, February 25, 01:42:29pm 5 The other members and their death dates -- Are listed inside., Wednesday, February 25, 11:03:11am Write up at Oldiesmusic.com -- ., Wednesday, February 25, 11:10:10am "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" -- The Spaniels, Wednesday, February 25, 11:11:11am "Everyone's Laughing" -- The Spaniels, Wednesday, February 25, 01:42:29pm Marlene Barrow-Tate, Member of Motown's Andantes Dead at 73 Wednesday, February 25, 01:41:16pm 2 "Like a Nightmare" -- The Andantes, Wednesday, February 25, 01:41:16pm Songwriter/ Musician Bobby Emmons Dies at 72 Wednesday, February 25, 01:39:52pm 3 "Luckenbach Texas" & "The Wurlitzer Prize" - Waylon Jennings -- Links, Tuesday, February 24, 02:00:47pm Waylon Jennings once said he hated the song "Luckenbach Texas" & had never been there (NT) -- He finally played a show there on July 4, 1997, Wednesday, February 25, 01:39:52pm "America's Next Top Model" Alum, Mirjana Puhar Killed in Triple Homicide Link Wednesday, February 25, 01:32:58pm 2 Pics -- Link, Wednesday, February 25, 01:32:58pm Happy 96th Birthday! Baseball's Monte Irvin, Neurophysiologist Karl H, Pribram is 96, Basketball's Tex Winter is 93, Sociologist Nathan Glazer is 92, Actor Jiang Liu turns 90. (NT) jlp Wednesday, February 25, 01:26:58pm 6 The greatest wrestler of all time, Ric Flair is 66. (NT) -- Teller, Wednesday, February 25, 10:03:08am Country singer Ralph Stanley is 88 today -- Other birthdays, Feb. 25-, Wednesday, February 25, 11:08:45am Historian Wendy Beckett is 85, racer Tony Brooks is 83, writer Tony Campolo is 80, talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael is 80, actor Tom Courtenay is 78 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 25, 11:24:43am "O, Death" -- Ralph Stanley, Wednesday, February 25, 01:26:05pm "Bad Day" -- Daniel Powter, Wednesday, February 25, 01:26:58pm Healthwatch: Leonard Nimoy rushed to hospital last week with severe chest pain. Hospitalized multiple times in recent weeks with COPD No word on current condition. Wednesday, February 25, 01:17:23pm 10 Here's TMZ story -- ., Monday, February 23, 12:36:34pm Nimoy turns 84 next month (NT) -- He's 4 days younger than William Shatner, Monday, February 23, 12:42:43pm Rumors That He Aspired (NT) -- David S., Monday, February 23, 02:56:38pm "Aspired" to what? (NT) -- ...greatness?, Monday, February 23, 03:34:46pm Health Watch: Leonard Nimoy Rushed To Hospital With Chest Pain. .. -- David S., Monday, February 23, 03:37:22pm Let's hope he lives long & prospers! (NT) -- !, Monday, February 23, 04:22:20pm and he played a heart doctor on Columbo!!!! (NT) -- ..........., Wednesday, February 25, 07:21:55am His role as Dr. Mayfield is one of his most famous roles (NT) -- -, Wednesday, February 25, 07:33:22am Live Long and Proper -- Hollywood Reacts, Wednesday, February 25, 01:17:23pm Who is that in today's picture please (NT) Thanks Wednesday, February 25, 01:01:32pm 7 Francesca Hilton (NT) -- I think, Thursday, February 05, 03:17:28pm I kind of think the profile of the statue with her looks like Bill Murray. (NT) -- Sharon, Thursday, February 05, 03:41:05pm Francesca Hilton, who died in poverty last month, and is now buried with her Aunt Eva Gabor, in California cemetery. Sadly, she went unclaimed for 3 weeks until Hilton family came forward. ... -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 05, 03:51:49pm Zsa Zsa Gabor turns 98 tomorrow!! (NT) -- Who would have thought!!, Thursday, February 05, 03:55:07pm Oh lol (NT) -- Never would have guessed, Thursday, February 05, 04:13:12pm The statue silhouette seen in photo is, of course, her father Conrad Hilton (1887-1979). Francesca died nearly 35 years to-the-day after her billionaire father! (NT) -- Sadly, in ZsaZsa's autobio, she claims pregnancy was result of Hilton raping her during the marriage, Thursday, February 05, 05:17:22pm ARCHIVE: February 25, 1987 ~Writer, stage and screen actor James Coco, remembered for comedy roles, the rotund player could bring comedy or tragedy to any part, dies at only 57. ... A Neil Simon player, he was nominated for multiple acting efforts, including an Oscar in 1985. ... Wednesday, February 25, 11:40:15am 1 Healthwatch: Demi Lovato Hospitalized Wednesday, February 25, 11:13:03am 1 Actor Terry Gill Dies at 75 Wednesday, February 25, 11:07:16am 4 IMDb -- Link, Tuesday, February 24, 08:46:02pm If you can't place, the face. ... -- PHOTO ..., Tuesday, February 24, 10:00:24pm He was in ""Crocodile" Dundee" (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 25, 11:07:16am Full list of Oscar In Memoriam honorees Mitch Wednesday, February 25, 10:40:44am 1 Archive: Jim Lange, February 25, 2014 Rockin' Robin ("The Dating Game" host) Tuesday, February 24, 08:34:20pm 2 One week later another veteran TV gameshow host Geoff Edwards of 'Lucky Partners', 'Jackpot!', and 'Shoot for the Stars' fame, dies of complications from pneumonia, at age 83. -- In California, he best remembered originating/hosting the weekly lottery "Big Spin" show!, Tuesday, February 24, 08:34:20pm Healthwatch: Tina Brown, Aunt of Bobbi Kristina Brown Hospitalized Tuesday, February 24, 07:49:23pm 2 She's the winner who clocked her own son upside the head in a drunken brawl with a bottle earlier this month, causing her son to get stitches! (NT) -- Finally popped a vein with her drama, I guess., Tuesday, February 24, 07:49:23pm Healthwatch: Jazz great Clark Terry enters hospice care Russ Tuesday, February 24, 07:12:27pm 8 As noted, he has been in poor health for some time. When he leaves this earth, the music world will have lost a giant. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, February 15, 08:04:37am He has died at 94 -- Link, Sunday, February 22, 05:01:33am "Stardust" -- Clark Terry, Sunday, February 22, 11:54:03am Mumbles -- Oscar Peterson Trio with Clark Terry, Sunday, February 22, 04:29:53pm Embed -- ., Sunday, February 22, 04:46:27pm Thanks. I have no idea why (NT) -- that wouldn't embed for me., Tuesday, February 24, 06:14:12pm You have to remove the "S" after "HTTP" (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 24, 07:12:27pm Happy 97th Birthday! Politician Claude C. Burtenshaw, Actor Abe Vigoda is 94, Actor Steven Hill is 93, Production Designer Harald Horn turns 90. (NT) jlp Tuesday, February 24, 04:39:13pm 8 Other birthdays, Feb. 24- -- Happy birthdays!, Tuesday, February 24, 11:26:54am If I had told you in 1975 that "Barney Miller" actor Abe Vigoda would still be alive in 2015, you probably wouldn't have believed me! (NT) -- He looked so old back then!, Tuesday, February 24, 11:28:10am Actress Jean Alexander is 89, diplomat John Gunther Dean is 89, actress Emmanuelle Riva is 88, musician Michel Legrand is 83, writer Brenda Maddox is 83, ex- US Sen. Zell Miller is 83 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 24, 11:44:41am Diplomat Bruce Gelb is 88, ex- US Sen. James Abourezk is 84, ex- Illinois Gov. George Ryan is 81, singer Renata Scotto is 81 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 24, 01:17:44pm Ironically, Steve Landesberg was Vigoda's "young" replacement on the show (NT) -- He died a few year ago, Tuesday, February 24, 02:09:22pm VIGODA LIVES! -Survived MOST major cast member's of 1972's The Godfather -43 years ago! ...Conte & Letteri (both died in 1975), Cazale (d.1978), Castellano (d.1988), Brando (d.2004), etc! (NT) -- 'Young Tessio' from GF sequel, John Aprea will be 74 next Wednesday!, Tuesday, February 24, 03:01:23pm "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" -- Rupert Holmes, Tuesday, February 24, 04:39:13pm Kinda OT: I just saw Harry Reid speaking on TV, and he looked like someone had beaten the everloving crap out of him, his head was all bruised...What happened??? (NT) Just curious Tuesday, February 24, 02:40:44pm 2 He had an accident with sporting equipment that left him with a severely injured eye and four broken ribs .... -- Ed Tracey, Tuesday, February 24, 02:40:44pm Archive: Johnnie Ray, Feb. 24, 1990 Singer Tuesday, February 24, 01:24:40pm 3 "Cry" -- Johnnie Ray, Tuesday, February 24, 01:21:43pm "Poor old Johnny Ray, Sounded sad upon the radio, But he moved a million hearts in mono" (NT) -- "Come on Eileen"- Dexy's Midnight Runners, Tuesday, February 24, 01:24:40pm Archive - Don Knotts & Dennis Weaver (Feb 24, 2006) Two Greats On the Same Day - Links Tuesday, February 24, 12:17:13pm 4 "The Ghost & Mr. Chicken" & "Duel" are 2 of my favorite films! (NT) -- Darren McGavin died a day or so after they did, Tuesday, February 24, 11:34:44am I thought McGavin died the same day but you're right, it was the 25th -- Photo Link - Don & Darren in "No Deposit, No Return", Tuesday, February 24, 11:53:51am I remember after Don & Dennis died, Barbara predicted here that another celeb with D in his name would die (NT) -- And then Darren McGavin did!, Tuesday, February 24, 12:17:13pm This picture was taken 70 years ago, on Feb. 23, 1945 Link Tuesday, February 24, 12:07:34pm 3 Embed (I hope) ... -- Link, Tuesday, February 24, 11:52:20am HIstoric day, for sure. In Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Joe Rosenthal's own words. ... -- Interview by Joe Rosenthal before his 2006 death, at 95., Tuesday, February 24, 12:07:34pm Actor Alan Howard Dies at 77 Tuesday, February 24, 11:50:22am 6 IMDb -- Link, Thursday, February 19, 01:27:11am Had an uncredited role in the V I Ps 1963 (4th death in 2015 for that movie) (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Thursday, February 19, 01:41:58am Howard was son of veteran UK actor Arthur Howard (1910-1995), and nephew to ill-fated Hollywood actor Leslie Howard, of "Gone With The Wind" fame, killed during WWII. -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 19, 01:54:05am Alan Howard, British actor dies ... -- Dead at 77, Tuesday, February 24, 11:40:38am Howard was only 6 years old when his famous uncle Leslie Howard was killed when his Douglas DC-3, was shot down by Nazi Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88C6 fighter aircraft over the Bay of Biscay, during WWII. (NT) -- There were some theories Leslie Howard was a spy -never confirmed., Tuesday, February 24, 11:50:22am Archive: Robert Fulton, Feb. 24, 1815 Invented the steamboat Tuesday, February 24, 11:46:21am 1 Donald R. Keough, President of Coca Cola when they introduced "New Coke" (the Edsel of the 80's) Dead at 88 Tuesday, February 24, 11:40:08am 1 ARCHIVE: February 24, 2014 ~It was ONE year ago we lost the late great Harold Ramis, actor and filmmaker of comic films like "Caddyshack", "Groundhogs Day", and "Analyze This", dies at 69. ... Bio Tuesday, February 24, 11:32:52am 2 I remember him from the TV show "SCTV", years before he was a famous film director -- I loved that show!, Tuesday, February 24, 11:32:52am Actor/Comedian Larry Daniels Dies at 92 Tuesday, February 24, 11:29:22am 5 IMDb -- Link, Monday, February 23, 10:34:43pm Airplane Routine from "The Ed Sullivan Show" -- Link, Monday, February 23, 10:37:32pm He was in the Hope & Crosby film "Road to Utopia " (1945) (NT) -- !, Tuesday, February 24, 11:29:22am Another comedian who lives into his 90's (NT) -- Laughter is the best medicine, Tuesday, February 24, 07:50:41am Archive: George Harrison born February 25, 1943 Rockin' Robin ((Or was it February 24, 1943?)) Tuesday, February 24, 10:43:06am 3 24th or 25th, I'm just glad he was here... there was always something about George & his music that just sync'd with my soul (NT) -- wWDI, Tuesday, February 24, 06:12:48am I know what you mean. His classic "Something", which became the Beatles' second-most-covered song, is a favorite of mine. -- What a gift., Tuesday, February 24, 10:43:06am Satan And The Angels Lead Singer Tommy Hedden Dies at 65 Tuesday, February 24, 02:12:25am 2 "Let the Bells Ring" -- Link, Tuesday, February 24, 02:12:25am Actor Randolph Connolly Dies at 90 Monday, February 23, 10:12:26pm 2 Sad IMdB does not recognize most of credits mentioned in obit. -- Link, Monday, February 23, 10:12:26pm Breaking: Fire erupts on the Paramount Lot. Buckeye Monday, February 23, 07:58:06pm 3 Glad to read ppl are safe. (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 22, 09:41:44pm They're thinking lightning strike. Apparently, God doesn't care for our movies any more than the general public does. (NT) -- Buckeye, Monday, February 23, 07:58:06pm Archive: Virgil Johnson (The Velvets) 1935-2013 Rockin' Robin ("Tonight (Could Be The Night)") Monday, February 23, 07:19:52pm 2 Dude...you got shot down by Chron. (NT) -- give it a rest...anniversary and all, Monday, February 23, 07:19:52pm TV ALERT: IF you have HBO, RUN, don't walk, to your TV guide to see the HBO doc-series, "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst"! -WOW, can NOT remember a more intriguing, true-crime story! ... Saw the Gosling film, "All Good Things" in 2010, on subject, but PAILS to the true details! Monday, February 23, 06:58:39pm 3 Ive been watching that- it IS really good!!!! (NT) -- Darren, Monday, February 23, 06:14:31pm This week's Susan Berman connection was freeakin crazy! (NT) -- Interesting case!, Monday, February 23, 06:58:39pm Happy 96th Birthday! Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra, Judge William B, Keene turns 90. (NT) jlp Monday, February 23, 04:36:08pm 9 Other birthdays, Feb. 23- -- Happy birthdays!, Monday, February 23, 11:19:19am Actor Jon Hall was born 100 years ago today (died 1979) -- Bio, Monday, February 23, 11:27:21am Write up doesn't mention (perhaps mercifully) Hall's last film, The Beach Girls & the Monster" (1965) -- !, Monday, February 23, 11:29:13am Paul Tibbets was born 100 years ago today (died 2007) -- Pilot of the Enola Gay, Monday, February 23, 11:30:18am Canadian politician Paul Gérin-Lajoie is 95, ex- Greek PM Ioannis Grivas is 92, racer Hans Herrmann is 87, astronomer Jaan Einasto is 86, actress Linda Cristal is 81, actress Gerrianne Raphael is 80 (NT) -- ., Monday, February 23, 11:36:07am Mike Maxfield (Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas) is 71, Rusty Young (Poco) is 69, Steve Priest (Sweet) is 67 (NT) -- ., Monday, February 23, 01:55:10pm Peter Fonda is 75 today! Here's the opening scene to "The Wild Angels" -- Featuring "Blues Theme" by Davie Allen & the Arrows!, Monday, February 23, 04:27:21pm William Keene was both a judge on "Divorce Court" as well as a judge during the pre-trial stage of the Charles Manson saga (before Manson filed to have him dismissed). (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Monday, February 23, 04:36:08pm Kenneth "Wally" Kelly 72, last surviving original member (NT) Of R&B vocal group The Manhattans has died obit at Soul Walking UK obit patrol and wikipedia Monday, February 23, 04:12:21pm 7 Write up at Soul Walking -- ., Monday, February 23, 12:08:12pm 3 members of the Manhattans died in less than 3 months (NT) -- ., Monday, February 23, 12:08:53pm True. George "Smitty" Smith died back in Dec. 1970, just 2 days before his 31st birthday. -But Sonny" Bivins & "Blue" Lovett, died 3 days apart in Dec. 2014, now "Wally" Kelley died Feb. 17, 2015! (NT) -- Lastly, member "Ricky" Taylor died December 7,1987, at 47!, Monday, February 23, 01:36:05pm Wow, all from the same hometown Jersey City, NJ! (NT) -- AND All 5 enlisted in US military, formed group after discharges from their respective branches!, Monday, February 23, 01:39:26pm Not to be confused with 'Manhattan Transfer' group! -Here is THE MANHATTANS' big hit "Kiss and Say Goodbye"! ... -- Lead singer in their popular years (though not originator) Gerald Alston, is still living., Monday, February 23, 01:47:58pm "Shining Star" (another big hit for the Manhattans and one of my favorites) -- Russ, Monday, February 23, 04:12:21pm Robert Marshall, His plot to kill his wife inspired book & TV movie 'Blind Faith" Dead at 75 Monday, February 23, 02:39:30pm 4 "Blind Faith" miniseries - starring Robert Urich & Joanna Kerns -- Sharon, Monday, February 23, 02:22:37pm In real life - oldest son Roby Marshall is married to actress Tracey Gold. (NT) -- Sharon, Monday, February 23, 02:38:14pm More on Gold connection ... -- Wiki, Monday, February 23, 02:39:30pm Archive: Donnie Brooks, Feb. 23, 2007 Singer Monday, February 23, 02:01:39pm 4 "Mission Bell" -- Donnie Brooks, Monday, February 23, 02:00:04pm "Bertha Lou" -- Johnny Faire (Donnie Brooks), Monday, February 23, 02:00:48pm "Hollywood Party" -- Dick Bush (Donnie Brooks), Monday, February 23, 02:01:39pm Arhive: Melvin Franklin, Feb. 23, 1995 Member of the Temptations Monday, February 23, 01:57:44pm 2 "Ball of Confusion " -- The Temptations, Monday, February 23, 01:57:44pm 2/23/63--"Linda" by Jan and Dean debuts Rockin' Robin (And you KNOW of this "LInda"!) Monday, February 23, 01:50:45pm 6 Please include the intro OT when you post here. If you're going to innundate us with your posts, please follow the rules. (NT) -- This is an obits board, not an entertainment board., Monday, February 23, 10:32:30am Troll crawls out from under his rock to spew more venom (NT) -- Didn't criticize Who'll Win the Academy Award post. A-whole, Monday, February 23, 10:43:11am ADMIN NOTE: Rarely I turn my back on NON-death/biography posts -even under the giuse of 'OT'. So, please be mindful these allowances are rare. Don't make a habit. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 23, 10:50:59am This was in memory of Linda McCartney -- Rockin' Robin (Sorry if I offended anyone), Monday, February 23, 01:40:20pm FYI: Tributes are generally reserved for anniversary birth/death dates. -So let's not make it a habit. Thanks. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 23, 01:50:45pm Paul Napier, Actor, originator of "Mr. Goodwrench" Dead at 84 Monday, February 23, 01:20:31pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Monday, February 23, 12:48:29pm Archive: Stan Laurel, Feb. 23, 1965 Half of Laurel & Hardy Monday, February 23, 11:41:25am 2 Color film of Stan Laurel's funeral -- Link, Monday, February 23, 11:41:25am OT: What film will win the "Best Picture" Oscar (NT) Something tells me it won't be Monday, February 23, 11:22:55am 29 (continuing my statement) -- Somthing tells me it won't be "Boyhood" ... the winner will be ....., Sunday, February 22, 09:46:09am I disagree. IMO "Boyhood" is a sentimental favorite, in that the Academy appreciates the effort of a 12 year filmmaking journey. Don't be surprised if there is a "American Sniper" backlash blowout. (NT) -- BIRDMAN is a love letter to 'acting process' and will be rewarded for subject -AND Keaton's acting!, Sunday, February 22, 10:50:34am The Big Four will go to Eddie Redmayne, Julianne Moore, J.K. Simmons, Patricia Arquette (NT) -- No surprises there, Sunday, February 22, 09:59:48am Redmayne, though a fine Brit actor -ANOTHER actor in a wheelchair!? ...ZZZZZzzzzzz (NT) -- As for Moore, she will be a RUN away winner for her subtle performance in touching, "Still Alice"!, Sunday, February 22, 11:00:04am Yep (NT) -- Forest, Sunday, February 22, 01:45:56pm Here are the NOMINEES ... -- Official List, Sunday, February 22, 03:43:47pm Here is my humble opinion. ... -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 22, 03:48:39pm Keaton Innaritu Birdman Moore Simmons Arquette Campbel for song (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Sunday, February 22, 03:51:49pm 4 for 6 not too shabby Pity Glen didnt win (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Sunday, February 22, 09:06:12pm try this again 5 for 7 (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Sunday, February 22, 09:07:25pm I've only seen Gone Girl, Hobbit & Grand Budapest - so not really sure who to root for. (NT) -- Sharon, Sunday, February 22, 05:21:25pm Based on past shows, the In Memoriam segment should be about 10:50 ET (NT) -- Then again, they might push it later to really piss off people, Sunday, February 22, 06:26:56pm About 20 minutes earlier than that (NT) -- Oops, Sunday, February 22, 07:41:49pm Neil Patrick Harris: my nominee for the worst Oscar host ever (NT) -- Horrendous!, Sunday, February 22, 06:50:13pm OMG - absolutely - he is horrible. (NT) -- Sharon, Sunday, February 22, 06:59:42pm He's awesome! Leaps and bounds over Ellen. (NT) -- !, Sunday, February 22, 07:01:28pm I'm halfway through the broadcast on the left coast, and he's alright -though BETTER than Ellen, for sure. Opening was good. Birdman spoof, a chuckle. (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 22, 07:17:39pm Host are no more than traffic cops these days. ... -- JJ, Sunday, February 22, 08:03:04pm Steve Martin said that hosting the Oscars for the first 45 minutes is great, but then the place starts filling up with losers, & the mood sours (NT) -- !, Monday, February 23, 11:21:55am His song was okay but almost all his jokes fell flat. (NT) -- Just sayin', Sunday, February 22, 08:09:06pm The "predictions" segment was painfully lame (NT) -- Forced humor, Monday, February 23, 11:09:53am I agree. I whole lotta way for a tepid response. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 23, 11:22:55am JIMMY FALLON would be an excellent Oscar host (NT) -- Maybe next year?, Sunday, February 22, 08:17:20pm He sez he won't do it -- but I do not for a second believe him, Sunday, February 22, 08:18:58pm Please NO!!!! (NT) -- He's already soiled the Tonight franchise, Sunday, February 22, 08:26:01pm BREAKING: "Birdman" wins! (NT) -- ,, Sunday, February 22, 09:38:49pm Two words ...Ricky Gervais! -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 22, 09:40:42pm I was a little off in pic pix. I saw BIRDMAN so I thought the effort deserved Oscar. But BOYHOOD was thrown a curve there and Directing. And KEATON was robbed!! -As for the others ... -- theChronicler, Monday, February 23, 10:17:20am Archive: Murray Kaufman, aka Murray the K, Feb. 21, 1982 Radio DJ, "Fifth Beatle" Monday, February 23, 08:11:51am 6 I've got this album! -- !, Saturday, February 21, 01:51:01pm "The Lone Twister" -- The Lone Twister (Murray the K), Saturday, February 21, 04:35:32pm Wasn't the late, Billy Preston also considered ... a "Fifth Beatle"?? How Many "Fifth Beatles" were there?? (NT) -- Pete Best, Saturday, February 21, 04:54:36pm Fifth Beatles- -- Link, Saturday, February 21, 05:02:50pm The Fifth Beatle - The Movie (2016) - Brian Epstein -- Directed by Peyton Reed (Bring It On, Down With Love, Yes Man), Monday, February 23, 08:11:51am OT: Why Won’t Anyone Buy Bob Hope’s Palm Springs House? Probably because the price is still $25 million Sunday, February 22, 05:55:55pm 6 Because most Palm Spring homes are 'vacation homes' for most. (NT) -- You plopping down $25M for a house you're in two months out of the years??, Saturday, February 21, 10:12:58pm Palm Springs can get as hot as Death Valley in the Summer! (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 22, 11:51:51am The Homeowners association will settle for a museum over an abandoned home (tear down possible too) (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Sunday, February 22, 01:59:51pm Museum? Ok. If not, the Euro-trash who have money to buy the Albatro$$ will surely tear it down for some gargantuan mess. -But it's already weird lookin. ... -- But the 1973 design, built looking like a volcano, is likely seen today as ...dated., Sunday, February 22, 02:53:39pm The original version of the house was almost finished when it burned down (NT) -- The old welder's spark, Sunday, February 22, 05:55:55pm Archive: Ed Flanders, Feb. 22, 1995 Actor Sunday, February 22, 04:16:47pm 7 Sad such a solid actor, shot himself. But he had health and personal issues. -- His last film was "Bye, Bye Love" ..huh., Sunday, February 22, 12:47:32pm His "St. Elsewhere" co- star, Norman Lloyd, was 20 years older than Flanders, & has outlived him 20 years (NT) -- Lloyd's 100 now!, Sunday, February 22, 12:57:21pm Of course, Flanders took his own life (NT) -- Not sure if that counts if a person gives up like that, Sunday, February 22, 01:35:26pm "...counts"? (NT) -- A life contest?, Sunday, February 22, 01:43:51pm Flanders was married to actress Ellen Geer (daughter of Will Geer) from 1963- 68 (NT) -- ,, Sunday, February 22, 04:14:58pm Played Harry S Truman at least 4 times, & played Calvin Coolidge in "Backstairs at the White House" (NT) -- Harry Morgan played Truman in "Backstairs...", Sunday, February 22, 04:16:47pm Happy 101st Birthday Artist Karl Otto Gotz, Politician Burt Talcott is 95, Actress Bozena Bohmova is 90, Producer Marciano de la Fuenta is 90, Actor Ivan Shulev is 90, Director Bud Yorkin turns 89. (NT) jlp Sunday, February 22, 04:06:34pm 8 Actor Paul Dooley is 87 today -- Other birthdays, Feb. 22-, Sunday, February 22, 11:53:01am Writer Gerald Stern is 90, actor Donald May is 88, actor James Hong is 86, actress Rebecca Schull is 86, actress Marni Nixon is 85, Katharine, Duchess of Kent (cousin of Queen Elizabeth) is 82 (NT) -- Actress Sheila Hancock is 82, Sunday, February 22, 12:05:03pm Marni Nixon is the mother of singer Andrew Gold (died 2011) (NT) -- He did "Lonely Boy", Sunday, February 22, 12:11:00pm Drew Barrymore is 40 today! (NT) -- She's been famous for nearly 35 of those years!, Sunday, February 22, 12:28:13pm Anyone know why she dropped out of films for like 5 years as a kid? (NT) -- After 'Cat's Eye' she made no films for about five years, Sunday, February 22, 03:03:21pm Well, in those 4 years, she always worked, but mainly in TV. (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 22, 03:52:27pm She admitted she had a drug problem in her early teens (NT) -- Smoked her first joint at age 9!, Sunday, February 22, 04:06:34pm Archive: Florence Ballard, Feb. 22, 1976 Member of the Supremes Sunday, February 22, 04:04:03pm 3 Wow, 39 years gone! -- Long past the amount of years she was with us on this Earth., Sunday, February 22, 12:20:00pm "Tears of Sorrow" -- The Primettes (pre- Supremes), Sunday, February 22, 04:04:03pm Vincent Celeste, Ran against John F. Kennedy for US Senate in 1958 Dead at 90 Sunday, February 22, 01:01:54pm 2 Pic (w/ Pres. Eisenhower) -- Link, Sunday, February 22, 01:01:54pm Archive: Andy Warhol, Feb. 22, 1987 Artist Sunday, February 22, 12:40:18pm 4 "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes" (NT) -- How right he was!, Sunday, February 22, 12:11:46pm Watching the documentary recently on artist Jean Michele Basquiat, whose mentor was Warhol. So devistated was Basquiat with Warhol's death, ... -- ...Basquiat spiraled and OD'd a year later !, Sunday, February 22, 12:36:26pm The final and sad days of Andy Warhol. ... -- This death should NOT have happened., Sunday, February 22, 12:40:18pm The "Saturday Night Live" 40th anniversary show had a nice "In Memoriam" segment ... Don Pardo finally got a nice send-off. (NT) Ed Tracey Sunday, February 22, 12:27:46pm 24 And since it is only one show (rather than an entire industry) ..... no trouble mentioning anyone with a prominent role. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, February 15, 08:33:22pm Am I getting sentimental! Now I know how oldsters felt watching old radio show reunions on 1960's TV! Gilda, Phil, Chris, John, Charles all gone. But great to see ALL the stars celebrating SNL legacy! (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 15, 09:52:45pm On a side note, LOVE to see the new Dodge commercials with notable centenarians testimonies! Including Connie Sawyer. Just great! (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 15, 09:54:26pm SNL 40th anniversary Memoriam was well done tonite! -- Generalissimo Franco, Sunday, February 15, 09:55:54pm Very heartfelt thoughts ..... worth your take! (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, February 15, 09:56:26pm Amazing show tonight! Good memoriam reel - Jan Hooks still breaks my heart. (NT) -- Loved the Lovitz bit at the end, Sunday, February 15, 10:05:55pm I saw the encore broadcast of the 40th SNL event last night on NBC, and was trying to notice who of the former cast members WEREN'T seen on the broadcast?? I couldn't find Al Franken or Dora Nunn. ... (NT) -- ...Any others a no-show?, Saturday, February 21, 04:34:49pm Al Franken poses with the cereal named after him! -- Link, Saturday, February 21, 04:36:55pm Al Franken was in the audience. Did not Nora Dunn. Didn't see Denny Dillon, Mary Gross, Michael McKean, or many of the ones from the non-Loren era. (NT) -- Victoria Jackson was in spillover room., Saturday, February 21, 04:40:48pm Every SNL cast member, ranked from worst to best -- Not sure I agree with all the rankings!, Saturday, February 21, 04:51:31pm ALSO didn't see Dora Nunn, Chris Guest, Chris Kattan, Cheri Oteri among a few more I didn't see? BUT the "That's WHen You Break" film was classic! ... -- VIDEO, Saturday, February 21, 05:09:32pm Originally, Cheri Oteri wasn't able to commit to the date ... but then .... -- Ed Tracey, Saturday, February 21, 05:56:16pm Too bad! The wildly successful live TV event could have helped her slumping career. (NT) -- Dumb move!, Sunday, February 22, 09:18:52am Franken was a writer, never a cast member, though he did appear on stage once or twice. (NT) -- Big difference, Saturday, February 21, 06:08:42pm He was essentially a cast member during the last season with the original cast (NT) -- When Belushi and Aykroyd bailed out, Saturday, February 21, 06:15:31pm More than once or twice. I can recall "Franken & Davis" appearing fairly often (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 21, 07:14:38pm "......me.......Al Franken" (NT) -- I remember him well from his Weekend Update appearances then, Saturday, February 21, 07:50:23pm "...though he did appear on stage once or twice."??? LOL -You have a poor memory! Kissinger, Stuart Smiley, Sen. Paul Simon, etc. ... -- Credits listed on SNL (nearly 100 appearances)! ..., Saturday, February 21, 10:07:06pm Most of those were uncredited roles. Besides, he was never a CAST MEMBER, so why would he be on stage with them? (NT) -- His appearances were credited as "special guest", Sunday, February 22, 08:32:06am I also didn't see Dennis Miller, nor Brian Doyle Murray, Christine Ebersole, Tim Kazarinsky -ALL former SNL cast members! And no Father Guido Sarducci?? (NT) -- Also, looking at my DVR recording, I never noticed Amy Pohler has NO bottom left teeth! Look it up!, Sunday, February 22, 01:01:51am Did Mr. Bill make an appearance? (NT) -- ?, Sunday, February 22, 11:56:03am No, but he sent a video message ... -- ...via The Hollyuwood Reporter, Sunday, February 22, 12:08:47pm It was good to see Joe Piscapo though, doing his classic Sinatra bit. Would have loved him doing something with 'ol friend Murphy -but he's now a primadonna! -- Ebony & Ivory is still a classic SNL bit! ..., Sunday, February 22, 12:27:46pm Happy 101st Birthday! Harpsichordist Hans Pischner, Actress Danuta Szaflarska is 100, Dancer Jean Erdman is 99, Composer Juan Vicente Torrealba is 98, (NT) jlp Sunday, February 22, 12:09:30pm 15 Politician Luis Bedoya Reyes is 96, Educator Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani is 96, Designer Gloria Vanderbilt turns 91. (NT) -- jlp, Friday, February 20, 04:16:54am Vanderbilt, another to outlive an adult child -middle son Carter Cooper committed suicide at the age of 23 by jumping from the family's 14th-floor apartment! (NT) -- Carter Cooper jumped from the balcony -in front of his mother!, Friday, February 20, 08:31:25am And of course, Anderson Cooper is Vanderbilt's son (NT) -- ., Friday, February 20, 11:11:53am Sidney Poitier is 88 today -- Other birthdays, Feb. 20-, Friday, February 20, 11:18:58am Former Amb. to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith (sister of JFK) is 87 today (NT) -- ., Friday, February 20, 11:20:09am Dancer Gillian Lynne is 89, baseball player Roy Face is 87, racer Bobby Unser is 81, writer Ellen Gilchrist is 80, actress Marj Dusay is 79 (NT) -- ., Friday, February 20, 12:59:13pm Though Marj Dusay is today remembered as primarily a 'TV soap' actress, she's best remembered -by me- in small role in 1973 feature film, "Breezy", as Bill Holden on/off lover. ... -- Underrated film!, Friday, February 20, 01:51:19pm "Cod'ine" -- Buffy Sainte Marie, Friday, February 20, 04:27:42pm I like this version of "Codyne" better! -- Matthew Moore Plus 4, Friday, February 20, 04:29:08pm I love that movie (NT) -- Lori, Sunday, February 22, 12:09:30pm "I Do" -- J.Geils Band, Friday, February 20, 04:05:51pm "Reelin In The Years" -- Steely Dan, Friday, February 20, 04:16:41pm "Deacon Blues" -- Steely Dan, Friday, February 20, 04:30:07pm Just think, Steely Dan's song "Hey Nineteen" came out in 1980. The 19 year old girl in 1980 would now be 54! (NT) -- "Hey Nineteen, that's "Retha Franklin!", Friday, February 20, 04:32:05pm February 22, 1956 -- Elvis makes his pop chart debut Rockin' Robin Sunday, February 22, 11:58:09am 2 Ever heard THIS version of "Heartbreak Hotel?" -- Buddy Love, Sunday, February 22, 11:58:09am Healthwatch: Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister Hospitalized with pneumonia Sunday, February 22, 11:50:34am 3 Essentially, he was the dictator of Singapore for about 50 years -- obitchecker, Saturday, February 21, 08:16:10pm Remember when the American kid in Singapore was caned for vandalism? (NT) -- It was around 20 years ago!, Sunday, February 22, 11:50:34am Archive: Frank James, Feb. 18, 1915 Old West outlaw (with brother Jesse) Saturday, February 21, 08:46:32pm 13 Wife Ann died in 1944, only child Robert died in 1958 -- ,, Wednesday, February 18, 12:06:03pm Robert's wife Mae died in 1974, at 93 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 18, 12:07:26pm He didn't appear in a Twilight Zone episode, did he? (NT) -- Give it a rest, please, Wednesday, February 18, 01:37:48pm Never! I will continue to mention the Twilight Zone at every opportunity, if only because it pisses you off (NT) -- ,, Wednesday, February 18, 01:44:19pm A man's ambition must be small to do things just to piss someone off -- obitchecker, Saturday, February 21, 08:24:26pm Frank was mentioned in one episode. (NT) -- "Showdown With Rance McGrew", Wednesday, February 18, 02:20:35pm As for TZ, burly actor Arch Johnson was MIScast as the real-life scrawny Jesse James, the in episode, "Showdown With Rance McGrew", about a TV cowboy actor (Larry Blyden) dogged by James' ghost. -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 18, 02:35:13pm Blyden was also in TZ episode "A Nice Place to Visit", which had one of the weakest twists of the series... -- ., Wednesday, February 18, 03:52:32pm Ya but it had a WHITE-bearded Sebastian Cabot! -Awesome! ... -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 18, 05:04:29pm I think it's harder to find actors from the 1960's that WEREN'T in a TZ episode... (NT) -- EVERYONE was in them!!, Wednesday, February 18, 06:24:54pm Probably even harder, though, to find an actor who wasn't in a Perry Mason episode (link inside) -- obitchecker, Saturday, February 21, 08:46:32pm You'd be surprised by what boredom can do. -- obitchecker, Saturday, February 21, 08:35:15pm QUESTION: Can anyone tell me anything about Italian actor Salvatore Po, whose one claim-to-fame seems to be, appearing in "Godfather Part II"?? ... theChronicler Saturday, February 21, 07:57:18pm 4 I wondered what became of him too! That courtroom scene is classic. (NT) -- They've been running the film a lot lately, on cable., Friday, February 20, 11:57:21pm good luck... I tried compiling info on the lessor known GF cast once & finally surrendered. Maybe 1 day Coppola will write a book. (NT) -- wWDI, Saturday, February 21, 12:37:37pm Maybe he changed his name, for obvious reasons, especially if he had to work around many Americans. -- obitchecker, Saturday, February 21, 07:57:18pm Bruce Sinofsky, Oscar nominated documentary filmmaker ("Brother's Keeper") Dead at 58 Saturday, February 21, 06:17:56pm 3 His films about the West Memphis Three, a group of teens accused of murdering 3 boys in a Satanic ritual, eventually led to their release from prison (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 21, 11:53:20am Made some great stuff! RIP (NT) -- Russ, Saturday, February 21, 06:17:56pm Archive: Louis Hayward, Feb. 21, 1985 Actor Saturday, February 21, 05:28:02pm 4 I always remember him as Philip Lombard in "And Then There Were None" (1945) (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 21, 05:01:53pm Though thrice married, he was 'closeted' in his lifetime. Later published he was romantically involved with English playwright Noel Coward, as recorded in Coward's diaries. (NT) -- Any relation to film actor Leland Hayward?, Saturday, February 21, 05:28:01pm Louis Hayward's wife, June, died in 1998, his son Dana died in 2007. (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 21, 05:28:02pm Archive: Malcolm X, Feb. 21, 1965 Activist Saturday, February 21, 04:54:04pm 5 Mar. 26, 1964- Martin Luther King & Malcolm X meet for the first & only time -- Pic, Friday, February 20, 04:48:48pm The Audubon Ballroom (where he was slain) is now partly a museum and partly a Columbia University research center. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Friday, February 20, 05:13:13pm Betrayal is the worst kind of death. (NT) -- Caesar Christ, Friday, February 20, 08:03:43pm Here's some rare color film of Malcolm X on a Chicago TV show in 1963 -- Few local shows were in color in the early '60's, Saturday, February 21, 04:54:04pm Pola Miller, Documentary filmmaker Dead at 86 Saturday, February 21, 04:44:54pm 2 Husband Robert Ellis Miller is a film director ("The Heart is a Lonely Hunter") (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 21, 04:44:54pm Archive: Dick York, Feb. 20, 1992 The first Darren Saturday, February 21, 02:42:22pm 5 Widow Joan died on Jan. 20, 2012 (NT) -- ., Friday, February 20, 01:06:51pm Those last interviews with York and his lovely wife on TV's ET were So sad. God bless him. ... -- VIDEO, Friday, February 20, 01:40:24pm Sad that all 3 principal stars, Montgomery, York and Sargent all died of a similar age and relatively young. Why did Elizabeth Montgomery never keep in touch with Dick York? (NT) -- Sherlock., Saturday, February 21, 02:39:06pm Who know, she may have? -- Links to more on their deaths ..., Saturday, February 21, 02:42:22pm ARCHIVE: February 21, 1915 ~HAPPY Centennial to Hollywood star Ann Sheridan, beggining as film's "Oomph Girl", but soon earns her acting place in the Golden Age, would have been 100 today! ... In 1967, starring in TV Western comedy series, "Pistols 'n' Petticoats", she dies of cancer, at 51. Saturday, February 21, 01:52:50pm 5 She died the same month her old co- star, Ronald Reagan, became Calif. Governor (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 21, 12:57:41pm Others say she died of emphysema, though it could conceivably be both (NT) -- Must have puffed away bug time to die at 51, Saturday, February 21, 01:16:34pm Well, in 1947 she did an ad for Chesterfield cigarettes! -- Link, Saturday, February 21, 01:35:13pm That Findadeath.com link is great! (NT) -- Thanks!, Saturday, February 21, 01:52:50pm Happy 106th Birthday! Painter Hans Erni, Politician Anton Vratusa is 100, Politician Norman Vickar is 98, '48 Olympic Athlete Edi Schild is 96, Politician Malcolm E. Beard is 96, (NT) jlp Saturday, February 21, 12:20:20pm 8 Politician William Winter is 92, Religious Figure Silvano Piovanelli is 91, Actor Al Frann is 90, Actress Karin Vaage is 90, (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, February 21, 05:05:50am Actress Zelia Guimaraes is 90, Cinematographer Roland Stafford is 90, Actor Malcolm Potts turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, February 21, 05:07:21am Other birthdays, Feb. 21- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, February 21, 11:39:01am Pres. of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is 91, fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy is 88, writer Richard A. Lupoff is 80, King Harald V of Norway is 78, US Rep. John Lewis is 75 (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 21, 12:01:17pm Actress Ann Sheridan was born 100 years ago today (died in 1967, at 51) -- Bio, Saturday, February 21, 12:03:46pm "Pistols & Petticoats" -- Sharon, Saturday, February 21, 12:09:36pm Embed -- ., Saturday, February 21, 12:20:20pm OT: "Walking Dead" actor Markice "Kesan" Moore tried to kill himself this week and explained why in a video. ... TMZ Saturday, February 21, 12:19:28pm 2 Appeared in 3 episodes of "Walking Dead" in season 3 (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 21, 12:19:28pm Ahmad Givens, a.k.a. Real, one of the stars of VH1's "Real Chance of Love" has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 33. ... VIDEO Saturday, February 21, 11:57:47am 2 Wonder if he's related to Robin Givens? (NT) -- Ex- wife of Mike Tyson, Saturday, February 21, 11:57:47am Healthwatch: Two-time NBA champion Chris Bosh Hospitalized (possible blood clots) Saturday, February 21, 11:45:48am 1 Healthwatch: SF Giants manager Bruce Bochy Undergoes heart procedure Saturday, February 21, 11:44:27am 1 Yutaka Katayama, Nissan's "Father of the Z" Dead at 105 Saturday, February 21, 11:41:57am 1 10 years ago today, actress Sandra Dee & Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson bth died (NT) John Raitt ("The Pajama Game", father of bonnie, died the same day Saturday, February 21, 11:36:15am 3 Dee, Raitt, and Thompson on the same day! (NT) -- Dee's former husband entertainer Bobby Darin, was one of few celebs to donate body to science!, Friday, February 20, 05:34:05pm Dodd Darin, only child of Bobby Darin & Sandra Dee, is 53 now (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 21, 11:36:15am Actress Movita Castaneda (Marlon Brando's 2nd Wife) Dies at 98 Saturday, February 21, 12:28:40am 7 IMDb -- Link, Monday, February 16, 09:01:55pm Last surviving cast member of "Mutiny on the Bounty" (NT) -- 1935, Monday, February 16, 09:05:11pm Probably the last surviving credited cast member of several films. Fort Apache and the 1937 film The Hurricane. Another cast member of The Hurricane died on January 15, 2015. (NT) -- ., Monday, February 16, 10:04:45pm Wow, hard to believe it's been 80 years since Gable's "Mutiny on the Bounty" premiered! (NT) -- Movita was only 18, at the time., Saturday, February 21, 12:26:33am Brando, who was Motiva's junior by 7 years, ended up starring in "Mutiny..." remake in 1962, with Polynesian beauty Tarita Teriipia, cast in the role Motiva played as a teen, in 1935 film! (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 16, 11:17:08pm It was during 1962's "Mutiny on the Bounty", Brando screwed around with co-star Tarita, divorcing Movita, to marry Tarita. She and Brando had 2 kids, Simon & Cheyenne, who killed herself in 1995. (NT) (NT) -- theChronicler, Saturday, February 21, 12:28:40am Earl Bennett, 87; performed as Sir Frederick Gas in the Spike Jones novelty band Buckeye ~LA Times Obit Link---> Friday, February 20, 09:18:26pm 4 That article is from 2007 (NT) -- CDH, Thursday, February 19, 09:27:50pm Ya, sorry Buckeye. But the 'ol guy died like 8 years ago! ... -- DOH!, Thursday, February 19, 11:31:47pm Sorry, it was sent to me by someone who knew of my interest in Spike Jones and I had not previously heard of his passing. (NT) -- Didn't notice the date - Buckeye, Friday, February 20, 09:18:26pm Stephen Merrill, 31, Died Due to 'Uppercut From Batman' Florida Friday, February 20, 04:40:25pm 1 Healthwatch: Actress Krysta Rodriguez ("Smash") Breast cancer Friday, February 20, 04:34:03pm 1 OT: Bill O'Reilly after saying he covered combat on the ground in Falkland Island war zone now says he was never in the Falkland Islands. Brian Williams II Friday, February 20, 04:33:53pm 3 Wrong forum. (NT) -- Take it to Teller's, Friday, February 20, 04:25:47pm The Brian Williams thread is still here. (NT) -- ., Friday, February 20, 04:33:53pm Archive: Clarence "Ducky" Nash, Feb. 20, 1985 Voice of Donald Duck Friday, February 20, 01:46:41pm 2 Nash, the Voice of 'Donald Duck' for 50 years, and was a contestant on a 1954 episode of What's My Line. ... -- VIDEO, Friday, February 20, 01:46:41pm Actor Frank Ramirez Dies at 65 Friday, February 20, 12:55:15pm 2 IMDb -- Link, Friday, February 20, 12:55:15pm Harris Wittels - Parks & Recreations Producer found dead. ... Der Bingle Friday, February 20, 12:54:07pm 5 So sad. I read once a week, he did stand-up at a nearby comedy club, just the night before. (NT) -- Much of his bit was on staying clean and sober. DOH!, Thursday, February 19, 11:26:38pm Sister Stephanie Wittels (who turns 34 today) is a voice actress in several anime films. (NT) -- ., Friday, February 20, 11:25:40am So sad. (NT) -- He claims he clean and sober one night, and dead -possible- OD the next?, Friday, February 20, 11:26:24am Imdb -- Link, Friday, February 20, 12:54:07pm Gary Woods, Former Cubs, Astros, Blue Jays, A's Ourfielder Dead at 60 Friday, February 20, 12:51:08pm 2 Baseball card -- Link, Friday, February 20, 12:51:08pm Harold Johnson, Boxer Dead at 86 Friday, February 20, 11:17:28am 2 Pic -- ., Friday, February 20, 11:17:28am Healthwatch: Dr. OIliver Sacks (Robin Williams played him in "Awakenings") Terminal cancer Friday, February 20, 11:10:38am 1 Healthwatch: Benjamin Miller, 20, who was in Spain "running with the bulls" Badly gored by bull Friday, February 20, 07:47:56am 6 I can't feel sorry for anyone who runs with the bulls. -- I think it's a barbaric sport, if it's even worthy of being called that., Wednesday, February 18, 07:04:31pm Years ago, backpacking Europe, I'd arrived in Paris 2 days earlier -slept in train station. Next day went to Pamplona and partied! Needless to say the following morning I could NOT run with the bulls! -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 18, 10:50:46pm It seems to me that the 'Running of the Bulls' in Pamplona happens more than once a year, or am I wrong about that? I always thought this happened in the late spring or early summer. (NT) -- I hear about injuries at Pamplona more and more, Thursday, February 19, 02:56:40pm San Fermín festival in Pamplona, which I attended, is held annually from July 6 to 14. I believe I attended the 500th festival, at the time. (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 19, 05:30:20pm I agree. I actually root for the bulls. (NT) -- Gore all these idiots., Friday, February 20, 07:47:56am Healthwatch - Iron Maiden Lead Singer Bruce Dickinson Undergoes cancer treatment Thursday, February 19, 09:21:30pm 1 Betty Lou Motes, Mother of Eric & Julia Roberts Dead at 80 Thursday, February 19, 06:39:06pm 4 A daughter, Nancy Motes, committed suicide last year, aged 37 (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 19, 12:20:21pm I think I read somewhere once that Motes, a Georgia native, had daughter Julia christened by Dr. Martin Luther King. True? (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 19, 05:53:47pm The connection is between Coretta Scott King and Julia's parents -- Jean, Thursday, February 19, 06:39:06pm Raul R. Rodriguez, Float Designer for the Tournament of Roses Parade Dead at 71 Thursday, February 19, 05:57:19pm 2 "...Rodriguez won more Tournament of Roses awards than any other designer in the 125-year-plus history." Impressive! (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 19, 05:57:19pm Happy 112th Birthday! Supercentenarian Orma Slack, Actress Fay McKenzie is 97, Frm. US Asst. Sec. of Army William Gianelli is 96, WW2 MOH George T. Sakato is 94, (NT) jlp Thursday, February 19, 05:51:19pm 8 WW2 Resistance Fighter Wladyslaw Bartoszenski is 93, Politician Walter L. McVey Jr. turns 93. (NT) -- jlp, Thursday, February 19, 04:09:52am William "Smokey" Robinson turns 75. ... -- Rockin' Robin, Thursday, February 19, 06:31:23am "It" Ron & Bill ... -- Lnik, Thursday, February 19, 06:32:14am Here is a nice, modern version of "Tears of a Clown" ..... -- Ed Tracey, Thursday, February 19, 06:34:17am Other birthdays, Feb. 19- -- Happy birthdays!, Thursday, February 19, 12:10:46pm Composer György Kurtág is 89, diplomat William Harrop is 86, astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin is 83, singer Pierre Barouh is 81 (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 19, 12:26:59pm British comedy star Dick Emery was born 100 years ago, today. Beginning on radio in the 1950s, star of his own television series from 1963 to 1981, died in 1983. ... -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 19, 05:51:19pm Christina Bond, Michigan politician, fatally shot self in eye while adjusting gun in her bra holster She was 55 Thursday, February 19, 03:23:52pm 1 ARCHIVE: February 19, 2014 ~It was ONE year ago the world lost TWO space explorers, from opposing space programs. One American, one Russian. ... Bio & VIDEO ... Thursday, February 19, 02:13:18pm 1 Herald Price Fahringer, Lawyer for Larry Flynt, Al Goldstein Dead at 87 Thursday, February 19, 12:18:00pm 1 June Fairchild, 68, actress – Ajax snorting lady in “Up In Smoke”, dies wWDI Thursday, February 19, 12:15:18pm 4 Imdb -- Link, Thursday, February 19, 12:08:01pm Looks like her story begs to be made into screenplay. (NT) -- Not enough real films on women, like this year's nominated "Still Alice" -a must see film!, Thursday, February 19, 12:13:17pm Pic -- Link, Thursday, February 19, 12:15:18pm Jerome Kersey, longtime NBA player for the Portland Trailblazers, has died at 52 Russ Thursday, February 19, 12:09:23pm 4 Must have been sudden. Just yesterday he spoke to high school students in Portland with fellow former Blazers Terry Porter and Brian Grant. (NT) -- Russ, Wednesday, February 18, 10:06:05pm My girlfriend and I were talking with him in a bar the night his girlfriend went into labor with their child. Seemed like an alright guy. (NT) -- Rhonda, Wednesday, February 18, 11:49:28pm Pic -- Link, Thursday, February 19, 12:09:23pm Archive: Andy Devine, Feb. 18, 1977 Character actor Wednesday, February 18, 07:35:12pm 8 "Hocus Pocus & Frisby" -- LInk to TZ episode, Wednesday, February 18, 11:42:38am Favorite line in "Frisby"- "If this guys a meteorologist, I'm Vice President Johnson." (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 18, 11:43:34am What did you say, Lyndon? (NT) -- Great line!, Wednesday, February 18, 11:48:02am I once stayed in the 'Andy Devine Room' at the Silverado Hotel in Deadwood, South Dakota (NT) -- the largest praying mantis I'd ever seen greeted me on the nightstand., Wednesday, February 18, 12:02:27pm Played Santa Claus on Batman (NT) -- During a window cameo in a Puzzler episode, Wednesday, February 18, 04:47:27pm Speaking of TV's BATMAN, does anyone remember when recently deceased Leslie Gore appeared in BATMAN episodes in 1967, as 'Pussycat'?? -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 18, 06:24:04pm "California Nights" was released the day after Part I was aired (NT) -- That's what you call marketing, Wednesday, February 18, 07:35:12pm Happy 100th Birthday! Actress Laurie Douglas, Actor George Kennedy is 90, Actor Marcel Barbeau is 90, Politician John Warner turns 88. (NT) jlp Wednesday, February 18, 05:37:26pm 13 Religious Activist Stefan Mustafa Jasinski is 104, Singer Antonio Piccininno is 99, Politician Louis Jung is 98, Composer Mariano Mores turns 97. (NT) -- jlp, Wednesday, February 18, 05:42:16am Yoko Ono is 82 today -- Other birthdays, Feb. 18-, Wednesday, February 18, 11:10:55am Baseball player Luis Arroyo is 88, ex- US Sen. John Warner is 88, writer Len Deighton is 86, football player Bob St. Clair is 84, writer Janette Oke is 80, writer Jean Auel is 79 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 18, 11:17:00am Since Hal Holbrook & George Kennedy were born just 1 day apart, I checked to see if they ever acted together. They were both voices in an animated film, "Cats Don't Dance" (1997) (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 18, 12:43:35pm "Come Sail Away" -- STYX, Wednesday, February 18, 01:31:14pm "Queen of Hearts" -- Juice Newton, Wednesday, February 18, 01:45:35pm Rapper Dr. Dre is 50 today. I love when rappers get old (NT) -- Because so few do!, Wednesday, February 18, 01:46:51pm Dr. Dre, sadly another celeb to survive an adult child, son Andre Young Jr.OD'd in August 2008, at age 20. -I met other son Curtis a few months back through a friend -nicest guy! (NT) -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 18, 02:37:45pm George Kennedy is one of those actors I wish had appeared on The Twilight Zone. (NT) -- Definitely one of my favorites., Wednesday, February 18, 01:35:34pm Always kinda surprises me when the bigger, lumux-looking actors (ie; Charles Durning, etc) somehow make it to 90+. (NT) -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 18, 05:06:30pm WOW, I just read that Geo.Kennedy has a part in the new Mark Walberg film, "The Gambler"! -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 18, 05:10:07pm He's had quite a career, especially when you consider it's still going at 90. (NT) -- I also recall he took in a grandchild (?) not too-too long ago., Wednesday, February 18, 05:37:26pm Ora Holland, Oklahoma's oldest resident Dead at 114 Wednesday, February 18, 04:24:49pm 3 And the roll of people born in the 19th century grows smaller... (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 18, 03:53:14pm The OP didn't notice the prior thread. -- Link, Wednesday, February 18, 04:24:49pm Cass Ballenger, former member of the US House of Representatives He was 88 Wednesday, February 18, 03:56:01pm 3 Congressional bio -- ., Wednesday, February 18, 03:54:22pm His great-great- grandfather, Lewis Cass, was the Democratic candidate for President in 1848 -- Lost to Zachary Taylor, Wednesday, February 18, 03:56:01pm French actor Louis Jourdan has died at 93 (NT) According to Variety and MSN.COM Wednesday, February 18, 02:49:11pm 27 Thanks For The Link (Here it Is) -- Der Bingle, Sunday, February 15, 01:02:44pm Imdb -- Link, Sunday, February 15, 01:07:39pm So sad. But he lost his wife Quiqui of 60 years last year, and his only child OD's nearly 35 years ago. Last of the great Hollywood frenchman of the cinema, -Chevalier, Bergerac, Boyer, all gone. ... -- Variety OBIT ..., Sunday, February 15, 01:11:12pm Here's Louis Jourdan on "What's My Line" on Feb. 13, 1955 -- 60 years ago, almost to the day!, Sunday, February 15, 01:26:36pm Third cast member of the film The VIPS to die this year (NT) -- Rod Taylor and Lance Percival died in January., Sunday, February 15, 03:06:02pm Louis Jourdan and Kirk Douglas are probably the last two male actors who had a topped billed starring role in a 1940's American film. (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 04:15:53pm I Loved how Jourdan always reinvented himself, no matter how campy. ... -- Dunno if this is what he wanted to go out on??, Sunday, February 15, 04:24:30pm Don't forget Jerry Lewis in "My Friend Irma" (1949)! (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 09:44:10pm I guess the only living major male film actors over age 90 are: Kirk Douglas, Christopher Lee, Hugh O'Brian and George Kennedy who turns 90 on Wednesday. (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 05:24:48pm Norman Lloyd is 100, Alan Young is 95, Hal Holbrook is 90 (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 05:30:47pm Good actors. I wouldn't consider them major stars of film. Mostly minor supporting roles in a few films. (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 05:41:36pm I guess they contributed their fair share to film. Holbrooke got a late start in film. I think he had his first notable film role after 1970. (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 05:53:24pm He's also not a major film star, but Jimmy Lydon of "Life with Father," "Tom Brown's Schooldays" and the Henry Aldrich series is 91. (NT) -- Lgevirtz, Sunday, February 15, 07:42:07pm Hal Holbrook spent part of his time in live theater and also on TV. First-rate wherever he appears. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, February 15, 07:06:55pm Who are the major female actors still living over 90? (NT) -- I think they outnumber the males, Monday, February 16, 05:23:59am The major film stars would be: Olivia de Havilland, Maureen O'Hara, Danielle Darrieux, Dorothy Malone, Eva Marie Saint (NT) -- ., Monday, February 16, 07:17:58am I forgot Doris Day. The only other Academy Award nominated actresses I can think of besides those already mentioned over 90 would be Carol Channing and Glynis Johns. (NT) -- Zsa Zsa, Monday, February 16, 07:51:22am Isn't Sophia Loren the oldest 'Best Actress' recipient? (NT) -- Humm?, Monday, February 16, 09:14:02am Olivia de Havilland is. (NT) -- ., Monday, February 16, 09:46:23am Best Actress Oscar Winners: Joanne Woodward, Ellen Burstyn and Shirley MacLaine are also older than Sophia Loren. (NT) -- ., Monday, February 16, 10:07:01am James Bond Villan in Octopussy (NT) -- David S., Tuesday, February 17, 04:22:05pm To me, it is SO sad that little mention was made of Jourdan's wife of nearly 70 years(!), and the little of mention that she passed last year. Their only child, Louis Jr. OD'd in 1981. (NT) -- Sadly, no 2014 obit of hers can be online., Tuesday, February 17, 06:40:57pm But here's a beautiful tribute VIDEO to Quique and Louis Jr during a Jourdan interview from the 1980's! ... -- VIDEO link, Tuesday, February 17, 06:48:45pm His Three Coins in the Fountain co-star Maggie McNamara committed suicide 37 years ago tomorrow. (NT) -- The Twilight Zone's Ring-a-Ding Girl, Tuesday, February 17, 08:17:03pm McNamara, along with Frances Farmer, Margaret Sullivan, Vivian Leigh, among other very talented actresses who just were in need of modern-day anti-depression and therapy. (NT) -- But Maggie McNamara was a particularly sad case, of someone abhorrent to success/fame., Wednesday, February 18, 12:12:54am TCM Remembers: Louis Jourdan Video -- Link, Wednesday, February 18, 02:49:11pm Buck Rinehart, Ex- Mayor of Columbus, Ohio Dead at 68 Wednesday, February 18, 12:59:54pm 1 Ed DeLatte, Actor ("Benji") Dead at 84 Wednesday, February 18, 12:52:17pm 2 Obit says he was in this Alka Seltzer ad with George Raft -- Link, Wednesday, February 18, 12:52:17pm TV Producer/Writer Charles Mortimer, Jr. Dies at 88 Wednesday, February 18, 12:38:51pm 3 IMDb -- Link, Wednesday, February 18, 12:19:35pm Looks like his most prestigious production was the TV movie "Death Be Not Proud" (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 18, 12:38:51pm Health Watch: Sam Andrew; guitarist with Big Brother & The Holding Company (janis Joplin's old band) (NT) Has been in critical condition since a heart attack in december according to the band's website Wednesday, February 18, 12:26:39pm 12 Janis Joplin with Big Brother & The Holding Company - Summertime (1968) -- wWDI, Tuesday, February 03, 12:31:41pm Sam Andrew health update 2-8-2015; after some improvement. -- Andrew has suffered a setback with kidney failure and GI bleeding., Tuesday, February 10, 12:08:03pm Sam Andrew died February 12, 2015 age 73 (NT) -- Death reported at BBHC website, Friday, February 13, 02:36:09pm His death has also been reported at TMZ (NT) -- RIP Sam Andrew, Friday, February 13, 02:42:34pm I tried for nearly an hour to post this but I have to wait for damn ads to load on the TMZ site (NT) -- Getting sick and tired of being bombarded by advertisements, Friday, February 13, 02:50:38pm Mo info- -- TMZ, Friday, February 13, 04:01:30pm "Piece Of My Heart" -- Big Brother & the Holding Company, Friday, February 13, 04:02:38pm Sam and the others in Big Brother weren't as talented as the musicians Janis later hired ... but I much preferred Big Brother's sound. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Saturday, February 14, 05:22:30am Enthusiasm is just as important as talent (if not more so) in rock & roll! (NT) -- !, Saturday, February 14, 11:40:54am Found!!! original drummer Chuck Jones born 5-7-1939 in s.f. ca -- died 9-13-2002 listed at findagrave. Real name Charles Kay Jones, Sunday, February 15, 04:31:16pm The date listed for original Big Brother drummer Chuack Jones at Findagrave is buriel date (NT) -- Charles Kay Jones per SSDI (5-7-1939-8-27-2002) age 63, Wednesday, February 18, 12:26:39pm Jazz Saxophonist Dr. Hulon Crayton Dies at 58 Wednesday, February 18, 12:05:09pm 1 Archive - Johnny Paycheck (Feb 18, 2003) His signature song, "Take This Job & Shove it" (originally by David Allan Coe) Link Wednesday, February 18, 12:00:44pm 2 Bio -- ., Wednesday, February 18, 12:00:44pm A. J. Peterson, Son of Adrian Peterson Dead at 7 (cancer) Wednesday, February 18, 11:58:10am 1 Actor Ralph Clift Dies at 70 Wednesday, February 18, 11:45:25am 2 IMDb -- Link, Wednesday, February 18, 11:45:25am De'Von Pickett, Stage hand for Nicki MInaj, stabbed to death Philadelphia Wednesday, February 18, 11:25:31am 1 ARCHIVE: February 18, 1978 ~Maggie McNamara, former teen fashion model-turned-stage/screen actress, who was lauded to be a big star, until her insecurities and neurosis betrayed her talents ... ...committing suicide in the end, a virtually forgotten figure. She was 48. Wednesday, February 18, 11:12:49am 3 Wow, 48 is so young. In contrast, the last man in her life was award-wining one-time blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein, who's now 95! (NT) -- Bernstein never married., Wednesday, February 18, 10:58:35am Appeared in TZ episode "Ring-a-Ding Girl" (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 18, 11:12:49am ARCHIVE: February 18, 2014 ~Actor Nelson Frazier, Jr, best known as performer in the Wrestling world (WWF/WWE) in the 1990s and 2000s, under the names Mabel, Viscera & Big Daddy V., dies at 43. ... Bio & VIDEO ... Wednesday, February 18, 10:43:28am 1 ARCHIVE: February 17, 1962 ~Hollywood character Joseph Kearns, best known to TV audiences as TV's "Dennis the Menace's 'Mr. Wilson', dies of stroke 5 days, after his 55th birthday. ... Kearns reluctantly became one of few actors to die during the run of a TV series. Wednesday, February 18, 08:40:28am 7 Jay North looks like he could play "Mr. Wilson" now! (NT) -- !, Tuesday, February 17, 11:39:42am The last “Dennis the Menace” aired episode before Kearn’s death was “Where There’s a Will”, which dealt with arrangements made after Mr Wilson’s death. ... -- Here is VIDEO of the episode. ..., Tuesday, February 17, 12:30:22pm Also, if you notice in that BD party scene, that is 'MRS. Wilson' real-life white-haired actor husband Ernest Truex, best known to TZ audiences as star of episodes "What You Need", and "Kick the Can"! (NT) -- Actually the TWILIGHT ZONE "Kick the Can" episode originally aired 2 days after Kearns death!, Tuesday, February 17, 05:09:25pm They were scheduled to shoot an episode with baseball player Sandy Koufax on the day that Kearns died. (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 17, 12:47:36pm As the enraged Mr. Wilson would say ... "ohhhh, fiddle-faddle!" (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Tuesday, February 17, 05:23:38pm Speaking of 'Mrs. Wilson', unlike her TV husband Kearns, actress Sylvia Fields ended up living to a ripe old age of 97, dying in 1998. (NT) -- But in contrast, Kearns' own mother Cordelia Kearns, died just 80 days after her bachelor son!, Wednesday, February 18, 08:40:28am 'It's My Party' Singer-Songwriter Lesley Gore Dies at 68 from ABC News website Tuesday, February 17, 05:56:12pm 24 Singer Lesley Gore (1946-2015). ... -- Confirmed with Link, Monday, February 16, 12:44:45pm It's Her Funeral And I'll Cry If I Want To -- Der Bingle, Monday, February 16, 12:51:59pm Sad. Had some big hits in the old days. (NT) -- RIP, Monday, February 16, 12:54:10pm Another senior (68) survived by their mother (NT) -- RIP, Monday, February 16, 01:31:54pm NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (NT) -- ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!, Monday, February 16, 01:34:16pm Sheeesh! She was 'good', but not exactly a singing sensation. She had a couple, few hits -"It's My Party", "Judy's Turn to Cry" and "You Don't Own Me". (NT) -- ...Carole King, she ain't., Monday, February 16, 02:13:48pm Or (NT) -- Brenda Lee, Monday, February 16, 02:19:08pm Back in the day -- Forest, Monday, February 16, 02:38:55pm In this day -- Teller, Monday, February 16, 04:36:42pm Technically speaking, if the girls are underage, they can be arrested for sending him child pornography! (NT) -- ., Monday, February 16, 04:58:07pm Gotta love fun facts: Like her 1960s contemporary Dusty Springfield, Gore was LEZbian. >>> -- In 1998 film, "Grace of my Heart", Bridget Fonda played 'Kelly Porter', a gay singer based on Gore., Monday, February 16, 02:25:26pm Like most people, who truly gives a shit about her preference? (NT) -- She was a talented singer who'll be missed, Monday, February 16, 03:11:01pm Her song Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows was the first successful song composed by Marvin Hamlisch. (NT) -- ., Monday, February 16, 03:15:35pm Hamlisch also co-wrote "California Nights" -- My favorite Lesley Gore song (Link), Monday, February 16, 03:26:09pm Sad news. I saw Rick Nelson, Del Shannon, & Leslie Gore perform in concert in 1983. Hard to believe all are gone now. (NT) -- D., Monday, February 16, 03:35:48pm Here she is performing "California Nights" on "Batman" -- Her last big hit, Monday, February 16, 03:37:01pm Lesley Gore--you won't believe how she found out "It's My Party" was released -- Rockin' Robin (…remember "You Don't Own Me"?), Monday, February 16, 03:58:29pm Robin, if you remove the S after Http, your Youtube links will embed (NT) -- ., Monday, February 16, 04:56:46pm Thanks 4 da tip--will try 2 remember 2 remove the S (NT) -- Rockin' Robin, Tuesday, February 17, 05:10:53pm Thanks 4 da tip -- Rockin' Robin (will try to remember...), Tuesday, February 17, 05:16:13pm If that's true -- Where did the rest of the 200 demos go?, Tuesday, February 17, 05:56:12pm Interestingly, "You Don't Own Me" - a woman's independence song - was written by two men (John Madara and Dave White). (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Monday, February 16, 05:19:01pm And Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman" as written by a man! (Ray Burton) (NT) -- Traitor!, Tuesday, February 17, 11:23:34am Herman Tuck, Drummer for Ronnie Hawkins, later a successful restaurateur Dead at 85 Tuesday, February 17, 05:14:24pm 2 His replacement as Hawkins's drummer- Levon Helm (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 17, 05:14:24pm Pat Taylor, Guitarist with ’60s rockers The Village Sound, ’70s progressive groups Edgewood and Jaguar, and ’80s pop act The Breaks Dead at 65 Tuesday, February 17, 05:06:09pm 2 "Hey Jack (Don't Hijack My Plane) " -- The Village Sound, Tuesday, February 17, 05:06:09pm Happy 90th Birthday! Actor Hal Holbrook, Actress Patricia Routledge turns 86. (NT) jlp Tuesday, February 17, 04:26:13pm 7 ARCHIVE:February 17, 1915 ~HAPPY Centennial to PFC William A. Foster, who in 1945, dove onto live grenade, single-handedly saving fellow Marines on Okinawa, Japan, would have been 100 today! ... -- He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor., Tuesday, February 17, 09:37:46am Other birthdays, Feb. 17- -- Happy birthdays!, Tuesday, February 17, 11:32:56am Hockey player Paul Meger is 86, actress Patricia Routledge is 86, baseball player Roger Craig is 85, writer Ruth Rendell is 85, athlete, actor Jim Brown is 79 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 17, 12:11:40pm The War of 1812 ended 200 years ago today -- ., Tuesday, February 17, 01:11:45pm "One Track Mind" -- Bobby Lewis, Tuesday, February 17, 04:20:48pm "When I Come Around" -- Green Day, Tuesday, February 17, 04:26:13pm Fred Prouser, Photographer who covered some 3,000 Hollywood galas and premieres Dead at 63 Tuesday, February 17, 04:16:17pm 1 Healthwatch: Former Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Pedro Guerrero Hospitalized (cranial bleeding) Tuesday, February 17, 12:07:26pm 1 OT: 50 years ago tonight, Joan Rivers made her first appearance on the Tonight Show (NT) 21 years later, Johnny cut her off forever Tuesday, February 17, 11:49:01am 2 And in 2014, just a few months before her death, she made her first appearance on the Tonight Show in 28 years (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 17, 11:49:01am Mexican telenova star Lorena Rojas has died at age 44 Russ Tuesday, February 17, 11:31:02am 2 Pic -- ., Tuesday, February 17, 11:31:02am Pamela Cundell, British actress dies at 95 The Guardian Tuesday, February 17, 11:28:29am 2 Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, February 17, 11:28:29am Misao Okawa, the current oldest person in the world became the 5th oldest verified person in history today. She will also become only the 5th known person to reach the age of 117 in a few more days. (NT) Moving on up the longevity charts. Tuesday, February 17, 11:26:18am 12 Wow! The last-living person, aged 117, was in 1998 (NT) -- -, Monday, February 16, 10:32:58am Here's an articla about Europe's oldest person, Emma Morano, 115 -- Link, Monday, February 16, 10:52:09am No offense to Ms Okawa, but she looks every one of her 117 years. -- Russ, Monday, February 16, 11:00:52am Who, in history, was the oldest person ever VERIFIED? (NT) -- I'm thinking Jeanne Calment -at 122 1/2years!?, Monday, February 16, 12:48:26pm Correct. Jeanne Calment age 122, Sarah Knauss age 119 and Lucy Hannah and Marie Meilleur at 117 (NT) -- ., Monday, February 16, 01:00:02pm Since June 8, 2014, Sakari Momoi of Japan (born February 5, 1903), is the world's oldest living man. -But who was the LAST man to die, who was born in 1800s?? (NT) -- Curious?, Monday, February 16, 02:10:44pm It was Walter Breuning (1896- 2011) (NT) -- ., Monday, February 16, 03:33:44pm No, it was Jiroemon Kimura (NT) -- April 19, 1897 – June 12, 2013, Monday, February 16, 03:40:35pm I wonder if World War 1 killed off potential candidates born in 1898 & 1899 (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Monday, February 16, 05:22:34pm I'm sure it did. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was over 37 million! (NT) -- ...sooooo, I'm gonna say ya., Monday, February 16, 07:53:55pm Well, most of the people killed in WW 1 were men, & we all know it's women who tend to live the longest (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 17, 11:26:18am Archive: Wally Cox, Feb. 15, 1973 Actor, comic Monday, February 16, 11:41:00pm 7 Is widow, Patricia, died Oct. 7, 2013. (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 12:33:30pm One of Cox's oldest childhood friends was former NY roommate and struggling actor Marlon Brando -the Wild One and the Mild One. Sad the betrayal Brando would later show widow Patricia. ... -- Unknowing to Patricia , Brando held on to Cox's ashes for decades., Sunday, February 15, 12:54:39pm I also once read, Brando even kept the pajamas Cox died in! (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 16, 11:41:00pm His Twilight Zone Episode aired 51-years-ago yesterday (Feb, 14, 1964) (NT) -- "From Agnes-With Love", Sunday, February 15, 12:48:31pm Trivia: In "From Agnes With Love", it's mentioned that a charachter drives a Ford Mustang- "Agnes" aired in Feb., 1964, & the Mustang was introduced in Apr., 1964 (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 01:15:13pm Hard to believe that classic Twilight Zone episode would not have been a heavy inspiration for future Oscar-winning screenwriter Spike Jonze, for writing the story of techno-lovestory, "Her" (2013)!? -- Trailer, Sunday, February 15, 01:45:23pm Actor John Miranda Dies at 88 Monday, February 16, 09:46:23pm 2 IMDb -- Link, Monday, February 16, 09:46:23pm Merrill Grant, Executive Producer of TV’s "Kate & Allie" Dead at 82 Monday, February 16, 05:05:37pm 3 Produced a pretty good TV movie, "The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal" & apretty bad one, "The Night They Took Miss Beautiful" -- Link to Imdb, Monday, February 16, 05:02:52pm He also helped develop a 70's kid show some of you may remember, "The Kids From CAPER" -- ., Monday, February 16, 05:05:37pm Happy Presidents' Day…and I'll Bet You Didn't Know... Rockin' Robin (…enjoy my gift of knowledge!!!) Monday, February 16, 03:46:50pm 6 Boy, Vaughn Meader's downfall was quicker than any magic bullet! (NT) -- Career ended overnight., Monday, February 16, 09:12:47am In 2013, Norton Records released the album "Tragic Songs From the Grassy Knoll", all obscure songs about the slaying of the 35th President -- ., Monday, February 16, 10:50:08am I heard on a trivia show that "The End Of The Innocence" by Don Henley was related to JFK's killing. (NT) -- Teller, Monday, February 16, 12:47:28pm "The Mediocre Presidents" -- The Simpsons, Monday, February 16, 03:46:50pm Happy 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Kathleen Snavely, Actress Annie France is 100, Holocaust Survivor Samuel Willenberg is 92, Actor Fernande Engler is 90, Actress Pat Englund turns 90. (NT) jlp Monday, February 16, 11:00:21am 3 Other birthdays, Feb. 16- -- Happy birthdays!, Monday, February 16, 10:46:50am General Anna Mae Hays is 95, actress June Brown is 88, historian David Brion Davis is 88, writer Aharon Appelfeld is 83, golfer Marlene Hagge is 81, actor Brian Bedford is 80 (NT) -- Inventor Bradford Parkinson is 80, Monday, February 16, 11:00:21am Wendall Kim, coach with Cubs, Expos, Giants & Red Sox, dies at 64 Russ Monday, February 16, 10:47:59am 2 Pic. -- ., Monday, February 16, 10:47:59am OT: Remembering Sonny Bono (born 80 years ago -Monday Feb. 16). ... Rockin' Robin Monday, February 16, 10:45:48am 2 "Laugh at Me" -- Sonny Bono, Monday, February 16, 10:45:48am BREAKING: It's being reported on WFAN that legendary boxer Muhammed Ali was found unresponsive in his bed and has been rushed to the hospital. (NT) This could be it, folks. Monday, February 16, 06:19:27am 7 This could be it folks? Sounds like you're in a hurry to usher the man out. (NT) -- Nothing online nor the WFAN website, looks like another hoax, Sunday, February 15, 10:44:39am Still going strong -- According to friends., Sunday, February 15, 11:07:02am Well, when you hear someone say "found unresponsive in bed" and considering his health issues as of late.. (NT) -- One can't help but think the end has come., Sunday, February 15, 11:27:02am I heard it on the broadcast, but didn't see it on the website. That there's an article dated at the same time I heard it means that there's definitely something going on in Ali's camp. (NT) -- Remember how certain we were Bobbi Brown was okay?, Sunday, February 15, 11:28:27am Friends say Muhammad Ali is still going strong, despite recent hospital stays. ... -- News link, Sunday, February 15, 10:04:19pm An overblown story: No legitimate media has this as a headline, which it very much would be if true (NT) -- WFAN is the home of noxious gasbags who blather about anything, Monday, February 16, 06:19:27am OT: Just to make some of you feel good this a.m., it's -2° here in Pa. Going down to -10° tonight. (NT) I've shoveled abt 36" of drifted snow since Sat. Monday, February 16, 04:21:41am 11 It's 9 degrees where I am - practically a heat wave! (NT) -- Sharon, Sunday, February 15, 08:17:35am How do you guys stand those temps? 63 in Dallas! (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, February 15, 08:50:57am 82 in Castaic Ca. today. (NT) -- Toasty Buckeye, Sunday, February 15, 09:32:31am You think you're the only one suffering?? The strap on one of my flip-flops broke this morning at the beach, here in SoCali. -No, really. I'm pissed! (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 15, 10:10:42am Did you step on a pop top? (NT) -- Teller, Sunday, February 15, 11:09:35am I'm in PA too and it is cold, windy and snowy. (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 10:17:55am A balmy 8 degrees in Madison WI -- JJ, Sunday, February 15, 11:41:26am It's 66 degrees where I am! (NT) -- Northern California!, Sunday, February 15, 11:57:14am Currently 11F in NYC (NT) -- Scitea, Sunday, February 15, 03:03:18pm I was th OP in Pa that said it would be -10°... (NT) -- Well, it is -14° right now!!! And I'm at work; no ppoint whining 'bout it., Monday, February 16, 04:21:41am Poet Philip Levine Dies at 87 Sunday, February 15, 10:02:59pm 3 NY Times article -- Link, Sunday, February 15, 09:10:01am Pic -- Link, Sunday, February 15, 11:53:52am Ora Elizabeth Holland, Supercentenarian, one of the last dozen people born in the 19th century. Dies at age 114 Sunday, February 15, 08:45:33pm 1 Richie Pratt, Drummer worked with Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, and Benny Carter among others Dead at 71 Sunday, February 15, 04:59:44pm 1 Healthwatch: Film director Richard Glatzer (This year's Oscar nominated "Still Alice") Hospitalized with severe respiratory problems Sunday, February 15, 04:55:19pm 1 Frank Conaway, Longtime Baltimore politician Dead at 81 Sunday, February 15, 04:52:11pm 1 Remembering Nat King Cole (who died 50 years ago Sunday…2/15/65) Rockin' Robin Sunday, February 15, 04:03:53pm 7 One Of The Great Voices -- Der Bingle, Sunday, February 15, 07:54:52am His widow, Maria Cole, died in 2012, at 89. (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 01:14:50pm Adopted son Nat Kelly Cole (1959-1995) died of AIDS complications at age 36. Actress singer daughter Carole "Cookie" Cole died in 2009, at 64. Suviving daughter singer Natalie turned 65 last week. ... -- Cole's widow Maria (1922-2012) was previously married to Tuskegee pilot, who died during WWII years., Sunday, February 15, 01:25:42pm Also had twin daughters Casey and Timolin born 1961 (NT) -- Who are still alive., Sunday, February 15, 01:48:10pm At the time of his death, Nat was LIVING with 19 year old Swedish model Gunilla Hutton, best known as 'Billie Jo Bradley #2' on TV's "Petticoat Junction"! -- But why not, widow Maria was his mistress while still married to first wife, Nadine! lol, Sunday, February 15, 02:42:50pm FUN FACT: Actually "daughter" Cookie was born to Maria's sister, and the Coles raised her as their own. But there were MORE family secrets revealed in recent years. ... -- Trivia: Cookie was a 'hostage' in the film classic, "The Taking of Pelham, One, Two, Three" (1973)!, Sunday, February 15, 04:03:53pm TV Writer John Tomerlin (1930-2014) Nothing official online but acknowledged by his daughters on Facebook Sunday, February 15, 03:09:11pm 3 Wrote TZ episode "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" (aired Jan. 24, 1964) -- Link to Imdb, Sunday, February 15, 02:42:24pm IMDb -- Link, Sunday, February 15, 03:09:11pm Arnaud de Borchgrave, former Washington Times editor in chief Dead at 88 Sunday, February 15, 02:48:07pm 2 I used to see him now & then on "The McLaughlin Group" -- Link to pic, Sunday, February 15, 02:48:07pm Happy 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Mitsue Toyoda, Philanthropist Carl J. Shapiro is 102, Special Effects Evgeni Machavariani is 100, Musician Foster Curbelo is 100, Actress Alba Lopes is 100, (NT) jlp Sunday, February 15, 12:13:17pm 5 Professor/Politician Smilja Avramov is 97, Author Norman Garbo is 95, Rugby Player Piet Malan is 95, Music Arranger Marcel Stellman is 90, Asst. Dir. Jean Bastia turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, February 15, 05:14:01am Other birthdays, Feb. 15- -- Happy birthdays!, Sunday, February 15, 11:51:55am Ex- US Rep. John Anderson is 93 today. Ran for President as an independent in 1980 -- ., Sunday, February 15, 12:09:20pm Director Frank Dunlop is 88, poet Bruce Dawe is 85, actress Claire Bloom is 84, scientist Niklaus Wirth is 81, writer Susan Brownmiller is 80, football player John Hadl is 75 (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 15, 12:13:17pm Finn Nørgaard, Danish filmmaker, shot dead He was 55 Sunday, February 15, 12:05:05pm 1 Marvin David Levy, Opera Composer Who Became a Felon Dead at 82 Sunday, February 15, 12:00:03pm 2 Pic -- ., Sunday, February 15, 12:00:03pm Steve Montador, Hockey player (Bruins, Blackhawks, more) Dead at 35 Sunday, February 15, 11:58:49am 1 Michele Ferrero, Italy's richest man & owner of Nutella empire Dies at 89 Sunday, February 15, 05:36:15am 3 Pic -- ,, Saturday, February 14, 01:45:49pm Always loved chocolate-hazelnut Nutella spread & Ferrero Rocher pralines- RIP oh great candymaker!! (NT) -- Danny (Louisville), Sunday, February 15, 05:36:15am Gary Owens Laugh In Announcer Dead at 80 Saturday, February 14, 07:13:38pm 16 Sadly, the fickle finger of fate pointed it's finger at him (NT) -- Say goodnight, Gary, Friday, February 13, 01:55:21pm He was in a lot of TV shows before "Laugh In", usually playing a radio or TV announcer -- Link to Imdb, Friday, February 13, 01:57:02pm I would see him at MANY Hollywood events. Another from my childhood gone, memorable with signature handcovered ear reports. -VIDEO ... -- theChronicler, Friday, February 13, 01:57:33pm I can't believe I missed this one, was thinking about him only yesterday. -- Full Variety article with link, Friday, February 13, 02:04:18pm Gary Owens once filled in for Casey Kasem on "American Top 40" -- Rockin' Robin, Friday, February 13, 03:16:15pm He was the voice of "Space Ghost" (NT) -- Frankenstein, Jr., Friday, February 13, 04:06:46pm Also the voice of "Powdered Toast Man"! -- !, Friday, February 13, 04:09:03pm He was one of only four people who appeared on all Laugh-In episodes (along with Dan & Dick, plus Ruth Buzzi). (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Friday, February 13, 04:07:43pm TRIVIA: Can you name the show that was replaced by "Laugh In"? (NT) -- ?, Friday, February 13, 04:15:37pm "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." ....... for which a feature film (starring Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer) will open this summer. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Friday, February 13, 05:07:54pm Yep! (NT) -- !, Friday, February 13, 06:56:04pm Gary Owens hosted "Soundtrack Of The 60s" following the departure of Murray The K for health reasons (NT) -- Both he and Murray were part of the soundtracks of our lives, Friday, February 13, 07:24:48pm Always a personal fave. Very sorry to hear this. RIP Good Sir (NT) -- Buckeye, Friday, February 13, 09:33:51pm Gary Did News On Laugh In As Well Like Don Harron Did On Hee Haw (NT) -- David S., Saturday, February 14, 06:32:05am I remember when his appearance on The Munsters. One of my favorite episodes (NT) -- RIP, Saturday, February 14, 07:13:38pm Danny McCullough, bass player for The New Animals (1966-1968) (NT) Died January 29,2015 age 69. Obit at digital spy and NME websites. Saturday, February 14, 06:14:22pm 9 Mo' info- -- Link, Thursday, February 12, 04:17:02pm "Sky Pilot" -- The Animals, Thursday, February 12, 04:19:08pm Trivia: Andy Summers, later in the Police, was a member of the Animals in 1968 (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 12, 04:22:30pm I still just can not believe the same Andy Summers of 'The Police' is now 72!! (NT) -- Feelin' old yet??, Thursday, February 12, 05:11:47pm Summers was already 40 when "Every Breath You Take" was a hit (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 12, 06:20:20pm Debbie Harry from Blondie turns 70 this year! (NT) -- terri, Friday, February 13, 07:03:55am The "Heart Of Grass" gal (NT) -- Happy 70th in advance!, Saturday, February 14, 06:14:22pm Danny McCulloch -- Spell checker, Thursday, February 12, 07:50:20pm Marion Cleveland Cohen, granddaughter of Pres. Grover Cleveland, died last year She was 87 Saturday, February 14, 04:49:17pm 2 Her father, Francis, son of Grover, died in 1995, at 92! (NT) -- Pres. Cleveland died in 1908!, Saturday, February 14, 04:49:17pm Koos van den Akker, Designer of Bill Cosby’s Famous Sweaters Dead at 75 Saturday, February 14, 04:37:30pm 2 Pic -- Link, Saturday, February 14, 04:37:30pm Archive: David Janssen, Feb. 13, 1980 Actor Saturday, February 14, 03:33:48pm 10 His widow, Dani Crayne, is 80 now. After his death, she married director Hal Needham (divorced after 6 years) (NT) -- She was previously married to singer Buddy Greco (88 now), Friday, February 13, 12:01:55pm Janssen had a very high IQ (supposedly 160) & was possibly very high when he died (NT) -- as the coroner found high levels of morphine, cocaine and alcohol in his system, Friday, February 13, 04:59:45pm He was a big boozer and smoked like a chimney (NT) -- No wonder he died at 48, Friday, February 13, 06:36:16pm 4 stars of "The Green Berets" died in 1979- 80, John Wayne, Jim Hutton, Jack Soo, & David Janssen (NT) -- ,, Friday, February 13, 06:59:02pm On the night of the last episode of The Fugitive, David called Joey Bishop (doing his show) from the set of The Green Berets -- Here's an audio of it, Saturday, February 14, 03:33:48pm I remember reading the Herald that Janssen friend Stuart Whitman saw EMT at Janssen house late that night, stopped and investigated, giving paper POV of what he saw inside. At least that's my memory. (NT) -- theChronicler, Saturday, February 14, 12:16:18am Janssen was rumored to be an ilegitimate son of Clark Gable (NT) -- Though never proven, Saturday, February 14, 07:30:10am Here's a 'second hand' account on subject, found in a blog. ... -- Link ..., Saturday, February 14, 10:54:47am His fatigue was evident when he would fall asleep at Dodgers' games he attended (NT) -- He was in almost every scene of the show, Saturday, February 14, 03:31:08pm OT: On Feb. 14, George H. W. Bush, 90, will pass up John Adams & become 3rd longest lived President (NT) Older: Reagan & Ford, both 93 Saturday, February 14, 02:36:52pm 7 It'd be weird if Bush died at the exact same age as John Adams (NT) -- Since both are only Pres. to have a son become Pres., Wednesday, February 11, 11:56:02am Today's the day! 3 oldest are now Ford, Reagan, Bush (NT) -- Carter passes up Adams in June, Saturday, February 14, 11:47:09am The next presidents to make 90 won't be till 2036 (NT) -- George W. Bush (July 2036) & Bill Clinton (Aug. 2036), Saturday, February 14, 12:44:58pm The president with the longest retirement is Jimmy Carter, at 12,443 days (so far), aachieving the record on Sept. 8, 2012, surpassing Herbert Hoover ... (NT) -- ...Hoover died 11,553 days after leaving the presidency, holding the record for more than 54 years!, Saturday, February 14, 02:13:39pm If my calculations are correct, Papa Bush has to last to Nov. 25, 2017, to be longest living former U.S. President, passing Gerald Ford at 93 years, 165 days? (NT) -- ...I'm sayin I doubt it'll happen., Saturday, February 14, 02:20:35pm Wonder if George & Barbara will still be alive when George W. turns 70 in July, 2016? (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 14, 02:36:52pm ARCHIVE: Feb. 14, 1884 ~On this date, future 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt lost his aged mother to old age, AND his beloved 22 year old wife, who died giving birth to their first child. ... The baby Alice Lee Roosevelt, who was born a couple dies ealier, lived to age 96! Saturday, February 14, 02:33:45pm 4 Alice outlived her 5 younger siblings, & her only child -- Daughter Paulina died in 1957, at 31, Saturday, February 14, 11:49:37am How did TR's granddaughter Paulina die, at 31?? (NT) -- Curious, Saturday, February 14, 02:21:29pm On January 27, 1957, Paulina died of an overdose of sleeping pills (NT) -- Her husband had died in 1951, at 28 (viral hepatitis), Saturday, February 14, 02:33:45pm TMZ reports reliable family sources revealing it doesn't matter if Bobby Brown withdraws life support ... daughter Bobbi Kristina said to be dying as organs fail; "...just a matter of time". ... theChronicler Saturday, February 14, 02:10:11pm 7 sad...... can't believe she is still with us...... was really hoping for her sake she could had been at peace by now..... (NT) -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Saturday, February 14, 05:23:06am Dionne Warwick Fell in The Shower A Few Weeks Ago -- David S., Saturday, February 14, 06:29:34am It's been 2 weeks already since Bobbi Kristina was found in the bath! (NT) -- !, Saturday, February 14, 11:40:01am Bobbi Kristina involved in car crash just days before her bathtub mishap -- Other driver was critically injured, Saturday, February 14, 12:18:42pm Wow, this explains her possible depression before she was found in tub? Even though investigators later discovered that a nail had punctured Bobbi's Jeep Liberty tire, causing accident. ... -- Sad., Saturday, February 14, 02:07:45pm Police note that victim Russell Eckerman, 41, was not wearing his seat belt when Brown crashed into his car. (NT) -- I'm sure it's still gonna be a 'payday' for the guy, down the road., Saturday, February 14, 02:10:11pm Happy 100th Birthday! Politician Nestori Kaasalainen, Writer Miroslav Zikmund is 96, Writer David Kyle is 96, Journalist Hug Downs is 94, (NT) jlp Saturday, February 14, 01:58:38pm 9 Politician Juan Ponce Enrile is 91, Journalist Gabe Pressman is 91, Actor Jose Canalejas is 90, Composer Elliot Lawrence is 90, Director Edouard Logereau turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, February 14, 05:55:45am Correction: Hugh Downs is 94. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, February 14, 05:56:24am It's Valentine's Day (NT) -- Hugs are acceptable., Saturday, February 14, 05:58:26am At 94, though, just don't hug too hard... -- JJ, Saturday, February 14, 07:25:04am I remember that Hugh Downs had his aged dad on "20'20" back in the '80's (NT) -- Obviously, longevity runs in the family!, Saturday, February 14, 11:42:24am Actress Florence Henderson is 81 today! -- Other birthdays, Feb. 14-, Saturday, February 14, 11:53:32am Canadian politician Hazel McCallion is 94, Countess Mountbatten, (cousin of Queen Elizabeth) is 91, actress Harriet Andersson is 83, director Alexander Kluge is 83, conductor Michel Corboz is 81 (NT) -- Stripper Fanne Foxe is 79, actor Andrew Prine is 79, Saturday, February 14, 12:01:31pm "Did Ya Need to Know"- Dale Gregory & The Shouters -- Pat O' Brien played keyboards on this!, Saturday, February 14, 01:58:38pm Archive: Buddy Knox, Feb. 14, 1999 Singer Saturday, February 14, 01:56:55pm 3 "Party Doll" -- Buddy Knox, Saturday, February 14, 01:55:35pm "I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself" -- Buddy Knox, Saturday, February 14, 01:56:55pm Don Clausen, Ex- congressman from Calif. Dead at 91 Saturday, February 14, 01:50:46pm 3 Congressional bio -- ., Saturday, February 14, 01:49:38pm He succeeded Rep. Clement Miller, who was killed in a plane crash on Oct. 7, 1962 (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 14, 01:50:46pm Songwriter Don Kirkpatrick (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf") Dies at 86 Saturday, February 14, 12:10:50pm 2 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" - Jimmy Smith -- Link, Saturday, February 14, 12:10:50pm Archive: Dale hawkins, Feb. 13, 2010 Singer Saturday, February 14, 11:51:48am 2 "Susie Q" -- Dale Hawkins, Saturday, February 14, 11:51:48am Remembering Lawrence Welk--and the day he beats the odds & took "Calcutta" to #1 Rockin' Robin Saturday, February 14, 11:45:03am 5 The #1 song the day I was born (NT) -- Why couldn't it be something else?, Friday, February 13, 07:28:05am Wiki and Billboard say it was #1 for one week then followed by "Pony Time" by Chubby Checker. IMO, Cashbox doesn't count. There's also a "Twilight Zone" connection. (NT) -- Side B, "My Grandfather's Clock" was sung by Ed Wynn in the episode "90 Years Without Slumbering", Friday, February 13, 08:46:47am Lawrence Welk Goes Punk! -- JJ, Saturday, February 14, 10:36:20am Lawrence Welk meets the Velvet Underground! -- Link, Saturday, February 14, 11:45:03am Organist John Obetz has died at 81 Russ Saturday, February 14, 11:43:23am 2 Pic. -- ., Saturday, February 14, 11:43:23am ARCHIVE: February 14, 2009 ~Louis Bellson, Jazz drummer great pioneered 2-bass drums, husband to entertainer Pearl Bailey in time when interracial unions were illegal in many states, dies at 84. ... Bio & VIDEO ... Saturday, February 14, 11:02:57am 2 Bellson was almost on the "survived an adult child" list. His daughter Dee Dee died the following 4th of July, at age 44. -- Dee Dee Bellson died in her home, just 5 short months after her famous father., Saturday, February 14, 11:02:57am Happy 100th Birthday! Politician Nestori Kaasalainen, Writer Miroslav Zikmund is 96, Writer David Kyle is 96, Journalist Hugh Downs is 94. (NT) jlp Saturday, February 14, 10:58:27am 3 Politician Juan Ponce Enrile is 91, Journalist Gabe Pressman is 91, Actor Jose Canalejas is 90, Composer Elliot Lawrence is 90, Director Edouard Logereau turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, February 14, 10:57:43am Amazing Hugh Downs is still going! (NT) -- Seemed in ill health 20 years ago!, Saturday, February 14, 10:58:27am 60 Minute Correspondent Bob Simon Killed Der Bingle Saturday, February 14, 10:48:16am 24 Wow, the guy reports from war zones all over the world, then gets killed in a car crash (NT) -- !, Wednesday, February 11, 06:43:11pm Kind of like Patton (NT) -- Died months after WWII ended, Wednesday, February 11, 06:48:05pm Sad news. He was a REAL pro. HIs daughter Tanya is a "60 Minutes" producer. -HERE the CBS Simon Obit, and the memorable interview that earned him an Emmy. ... -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 11, 07:20:31pm Sad news. Seemed to be one of the better journalists of the current age. (NT) -- RIP, Wednesday, February 11, 07:25:02pm Wasn't he briefly kidnapped during the Gulf War? (NT) -- Or someone else?, Wednesday, February 11, 07:35:18pm It was he. He was 'imprisoned' for 40 days and later wrote a book about it. (NT) -- His first appearances upon return showed a very different Simon, Wednesday, February 11, 07:40:10pm Interesting the reporting is so bad on this story, various versions of the crash have come out... -- Loren, Wednesday, February 11, 07:53:40pm Lol, I heard the car he was riding in was hit, then hit a meridian, in Manhattan. A fatal heart attack ensued, Little blip end for an accomplished guy. Kinda' like writer David Halberstam. (NT) -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 11, 08:10:15pm Here's the horrific death scene. ... -- Sad, Thursday, February 12, 02:16:46am Shades of Marathon Man (NT) -- Although I assume he wasn't screaming at another driver, Thursday, February 12, 07:59:23am I still don't know if he was the driver, or passenger. (NT) -- Since not one report mentions another injury/fatality, I assume he WAS driving., Thursday, February 12, 09:41:51am I heard he was a passenger (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 12, 11:45:25am Here's Simon's last "60 Minutes" report, aired Feb. 8, 2015 -- Link, Thursday, February 12, 12:23:02pm I wish I can remember the 'feel-good' inspirational story Simon did in recent years, highlighting someone's life, that nearly brough him to tears?? Arrrrrghh! (NT) -- My memory's fadin!, Thursday, February 12, 12:40:55pm Actually his last interview will air this Sunday. (NT) -- He finished it hours before he died., Thursday, February 12, 05:09:40pm Yes, they are now reporting he was a passenger in the 'for-hire' Lincoln Town Car he was traveling in, and had no seatbelt on. And the driver is finally identified. ... -- By law, NYC does NOT require seatbelts in back of "livery vehicles" -cabs, Town Cars, limos, etc.., Thursday, February 12, 12:35:02pm Bob Simon was the reporter in real life, that Brian Williams thought he was, in his fantasy life! (NT) -- !, Thursday, February 12, 06:50:18pm Tel Aviv Mayor Predicted Bob Simon Would Die in NYC Car Crash 3 Years Ago -- "In New York, you have the chance to get in a car accident.”, Thursday, February 12, 07:09:47pm NYC is no joke! Notables that come to mind in NY traffic fatalities are William Wallace Daniel (son of Margaret Truman) and Richard Bright (Michael Corleone's #1 strongman 'Neri') struck by vehicles! (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 12, 09:23:10pm Wasn't singer Harry Chapin in the NYC area when he died in a car crash? (NT) -- Buckeye, Friday, February 13, 09:40:06pm Not really NYC proper, Chapin was already on the Long Island Expressway in Nassau County, when he was killed on their 'freeway'. (NT) -- theChronicler, Saturday, February 14, 12:06:22am Poor Harry was switching lanes in front of a flatbed truck when his VW was hit from behind and burst into flames! (NT) -- He was born on Pearl Harbor's first anniversary (12/7/42)!, Saturday, February 14, 10:47:05am Firey car crash is always an ugly, ugly way to go. (NT) -- Paul Walker, Saturday, February 14, 10:48:16am Dispute Erupts Over Remains of Ernie Banks Between his estranged wife and his "friend" Saturday, February 14, 10:45:23am 2 Generally, "friend" always loses out. (NT) -- Had enough time to marry?, Saturday, February 14, 10:45:23am Healthwatch: The View (NT) Rosie O'Donnell leaving Saturday, February 14, 07:10:38am 5 O' Donnell also split with her spouse -- Link, Friday, February 06, 07:27:40pm I think that show outlived it's usefulness long ago. Barbara Walters is keeping a low profile these days. D (NT) -- ., Friday, February 06, 07:32:44pm Not really, Walters was on the show within the last couple weeks. (NT) -- The woman IS in retirement, though., Friday, February 06, 07:37:10pm The Ladies Got On The Bad Side of ABC's EXECs By Voicing Their Displeasure Of The Soaps Being Canceled (NT) -- David S., Saturday, February 14, 07:10:38am OT: Harlan Lattimore (1908-1980) Der Bingle Saturday, February 14, 03:36:55am 1 Happy 97th Birthday! Martial Arts Expert Mabuni Kenei, Songwriter Evelyn Freeman Roberts is 96, Ret. Brigadier General Chuck Yeager is 92, Actor Stuart Wagstaff is 90, Actor Perry Blackwell turns 90. (NT) jlp Saturday, February 14, 01:02:33am 7 Actress Kim Novak is 82. Actor George Segal is 81 -- Other birthdays, Feb. 13-, Friday, February 13, 11:42:51am Canadian politician Gerald Regan is 87, educator Derek Burke is 85, economist Israel Kirzner is 85, writer Robert Fulford is 83, actress Barbara Shelley is 83, actor Patrick Godfrey is 82 (NT) -- Businessman Don Panoz is 80, Friday, February 13, 11:58:27am "Words" -- The Monkees, Friday, February 13, 06:54:42pm "Makin' It" -- David Naughton, Friday, February 13, 07:03:09pm Trivia: "Makin' It" was the theme to a TV show that was cancelled after 9 episodes. The song still got to # 5 in Billboard, AFTER the show was cancelled! (NT) -- !, Friday, February 13, 07:04:59pm For me, Naughton's claim to fame was his starring role in 1981's "American Warewolf in London" and his popular campy "Dr. Pepper" TV ads! -Here 'tis ... -- theChronicler, Saturday, February 14, 01:02:33am Stan Chambers, longtime KTLA Los Angeles reporter. Covered 22,000 stories from 1947 to 2010. Started when there were only 300 TV sets in Los Angeles. Dies at 91 Friday, February 13, 09:36:58pm 7 Covered the assassination of Robert Kennedy, the live TV coverage of the atomic bomb tests, the Manson murders and the Rodney King riots. (NT) -- Just to name a few., Friday, February 13, 11:44:51am Pic -- Link, Friday, February 13, 11:51:35am Stan Chambers was an L.A. LEGEND; the LAST of the great TV journalists of earliest So.California Television, beginning in 1947, and worked until age 87! ~He'll be missed. ...Buckeye will back me up. (NT) -- theChronicler, Friday, February 13, 01:33:54pm His 1949 reporting of 'girl in well' Kathy Fiscus made national news! FIRST reporter in LIVE shot, and helicopter report. -Colleagues tribute his career and family -which included ELEVEN children! ... -- theChronicler, Friday, February 13, 01:42:48pm Lastly, it was Chambers who first had access to Rodney King beating video taping, exposing LAPD corruption that would later change policies. -Variety OBIT & VIDEOS... -- theChronicler, Friday, February 13, 01:51:31pm It's funny, I was reading Chron's post above and thinking, "That's exactly what I would have typed" and then came to the last sentence. All true btw. (NT) -- Great minds think alike? - Buckeye, Friday, February 13, 09:36:58pm Emily Vass Noble (Last Surviving Member of The Vass Family Singers) Dies at 92 Friday, February 13, 08:51:38pm 1 Rhonda Glenn, First Female ESPN Anchor Dies at 68 Friday, February 13, 04:14:14pm 2 Pic -- ., Friday, February 13, 04:14:14pm Archive: Martin Balsam, Feb. 13, 1996 Actor Friday, February 13, 02:39:08pm 5 I don't care for most of the hour long TZ episodes, but Balsam's "The New Exhibit" is one of the better ones (NT) -- It scared me when I was a kid!, Friday, February 13, 12:04:59pm Boy, I tend to agree with the 'one-hours'. But "The New Exhibit" episode was very macabre and IMO, closest to Serling's later vision in a "Night Gallery" episode. ... -- theChronicler, Friday, February 13, 01:24:52pm Love the hour episodes but like all other season it had some clunkers. (NT) -- Love "The New Exhibit" but my favorite is "In His Image", Friday, February 13, 01:37:00pm Balsam appeared in a 2-man play 'Cold Storage' with Len Cariou in the 198s, and was absolutely great in it! PS) Lest we forget he was Geo.Clooney's former father-in-law! ... -- theChronicler, Friday, February 13, 02:39:08pm HAPPY Friday the 13th. ~Be safe out there! (NT) theChronicler Friday, February 13, 12:59:08pm 6 13 notable deaths on Friday the 13th -- Link, Friday, February 13, 11:49:12am I once had a car accident on Friday the 13th (NT) -- The cop, of course, had to point that out, Friday, February 13, 11:54:58am My wife and I got married on a Friday the 13th. -- Teller, Friday, February 13, 12:02:20pm Congrats on becoming a great- grandfather, Teller! -- !, Friday, February 13, 12:06:28pm I Ain't Superstitious -- Howlin' Wolf, Friday, February 13, 12:59:08pm OT: Something to make you feel old dept: "The Breakfast Club" was released on Feb. 15, 1985 (NT) 30 years ago! Friday, February 13, 12:10:50pm 1 David Carr, New York Times columnist collapses in his office and dies at 58. New York Times reporting Friday, February 13, 11:46:53am 5 OMG! I just saw him last night on CNN w/Anderson Cooper. I saw how BAD he looked and immediately google him, on current illnesses. Other than a former crackhead, nothing more recent was listed. Sad. (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 12, 09:18:44pm Certainly a bad week for the media. (NT) -- Sharon, Friday, February 13, 03:42:55am This was the last footage of Carr, that I'd posted earlier about; appearance on CNN hours before his death. IMO, he did look MUCH worse with the benefit of my HD broadcast, but ... -- theChronicler, Friday, February 13, 11:11:37am I saw him on Jeopardy once when NY Times reporters read the questions. I thought at the time he looked pretty bad (NT) -- And this was a couple years ago, Friday, February 13, 11:46:53am Archive - Waylon Jennings Feb 13, 2002 Friday, February 13, 11:44:47am 3 "The Wurlitzer Prize" -- Link, Friday, February 13, 07:51:21am Buddy & Waylon, Jan., 1959 -- Link, Friday, February 13, 11:44:47am Ray Hathaway, 2nd oldest living Major League Baseball player. Played only 4 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. Dies at 98 Friday, February 13, 05:28:42am 4 Does anyone know if Bobby Doerr is the last living Major League player who played in a 1930's game? (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 12, 09:00:57pm Yes He Is (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Thursday, February 12, 10:34:49pm Monte Irwin played in the Negro leagues in the 1930's (NT) -- and the majors in the 40's and 50's, Friday, February 13, 05:28:42am Archive: Eubie Blake, Feb. 12, 1983 Musician Thursday, February 12, 11:32:12pm 4 "Charleston Rag" & "I'm Just Wild About Harry" -- Eubie Blake, Thursday, February 12, 06:28:00pm During his life, the famed "centenarian" was celebrated worldwide, on his 100th birthday in 1883 (which he claimed). In FACT, after his death records prove his birthdate '1887'. -So he never made 100! (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 12, 11:10:25pm Sadly the great Eubie Blake was yet another legendary Jazz figure of his time to lie years in an UNmarked grave, until kind strangers came forward to raise the funds, decades after his 1983 death. .. -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 12, 11:32:12pm Archive: Nicholas Colasanto, Feb. 12, 1985 Actor Thursday, February 12, 09:40:31pm 4 Has it really been 30 years since Coach left us? (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 12, 06:30:08pm Nicholas Colosanto's final scene as "Coach" -- Link, Thursday, February 12, 06:34:22pm Actually the LAST scene he filmed AS 'Coach' was in the episode, "Cheerio, Cheers". He died 2 days after filming that show. The one you posted, "Rescue Me" was the last to AIRE with 'Coach' in it. ... -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 12, 09:40:31pm Archive: Del Shannon, Feb. 8, 1990 Singer- songwriter Thursday, February 12, 06:19:18pm 2 "Runaway" -- Del Shannon, Thursday, February 12, 06:19:18pm ARCHIVE: February 12, 2000 ~Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, best known as 'Peanuts' creator, widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time! ... Schulz died in his sleep at home, after long battle with colon cancer. He was 77. Thursday, February 12, 05:09:17pm 4 The last "Peanuts" cartoon -- Ran the day after Schulz died, Thursday, February 12, 12:16:07pm That Shultz documentary posted above, I saw a few years ago. I consider it one of the best I'd ever seen. (NT) -- It was made from the P.O.V. of everyone in and around Schulz's life. Just great!, Thursday, February 12, 12:19:39pm So hard to believe it's been 15 years - it has passed in the blink of an eye. (NT) -- Feeling old...., Thursday, February 12, 05:09:17pm Mosie Lister, Gospel singer, songwriter Dead at 93 Thursday, February 12, 04:37:25pm 2 "Where No One Stands Alone"- Elvis Presley -- Written by Mosie Lister, Thursday, February 12, 04:37:25pm Gary Glick, Fotball player (Steelers) Dead at 84 Thursday, February 12, 04:35:02pm 2 Also played for Redskins, Colts, & Chargers -- Link to football card, Thursday, February 12, 04:35:02pm Archive: Sal Mineo, Feb. 12, 1976 Actor Thursday, February 12, 04:25:34pm 2 "Start Movin'" -- Sal Mineo, Thursday, February 12, 04:25:34pm Joe Mauldin, Bassist for Buddy Holly & the Crickets Dead at 74 Thursday, February 12, 02:25:08pm 9 "That'll Be The Day" -- Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Saturday, February 07, 12:38:05pm Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, & Joe Mauldin -- Link to pic, Saturday, February 07, 12:39:46pm Died 56 years to the day after Buddy Holly was buried (NT) -- On Feb. 7, 1959, Saturday, February 07, 04:50:22pm Jerry Allison--the only surviving principal Crickets member -- Rockin' Robin, Saturday, February 07, 09:12:14pm Prior to the Crickets, Mauldin was in the Four Teens, who recorded this rockabilly classic -- "Go Little Go Cat", Sunday, February 08, 11:31:00am Embed -- Oops, Sunday, February 08, 11:31:19am Here's the Cricket's version of "I Fought the Law" (after Buddy Holly, & before Bobby Fuller) -- Link, Thursday, February 12, 11:36:30am I fought the law was written by former cricket Sonny Curtis (NT) -- Who also wrote and sang Love is all around for The MTM show., Thursday, February 12, 02:25:08pm Steve Strange, enigmatic frontman of 1980s pop band Visage He was 55 Thursday, February 12, 01:32:56pm 1 Lorne Greene--born 100 Years Ago Today (2/12/15) Rockin' Robin Thursday, February 12, 01:14:39pm 7 Here's "Ringo" (embedded) -- Link, Thursday, February 12, 11:40:37am The one-time Voice of the CBC (NT) -- Prior to Bonanza, of course, Thursday, February 12, 12:53:59pm Semi- related, Dirk Blocker, son of Dan Blocker ("Hoss") can be seen on the sitcom "Brooklyn 99" -- He really resembles his dad!, Thursday, February 12, 01:00:58pm Try this- -- ', Thursday, February 12, 01:01:32pm Sorry, I keep getting "referral denied" (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 12, 01:02:04pm Film director Sam Raimi is married to Lorne Greene's daughter Gillian (NT) -- Lorne's widow, Nancy, died in 2004, at 70, Thursday, February 12, 01:14:39pm ARCHIVE: February 12, 2000 ~Singing artist "Oliver", who propelled to the spotlight with his 1969 hit, "Good Morning, Starshine", dies of cancer, just 10 days before his 55th birthday. ... Bio & VIDEO ... Thursday, February 12, 12:40:59pm 9 That same day, a very different type of singer died... -- Screamin' Jay Hawkins!, Thursday, February 12, 12:12:47pm "I Put a Spell on You" ... -- Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Thursday, February 12, 12:13:29pm AND Snoopy's best friend Charles M. Schulz died the same day! -- To date, Schultz work reflects the TOP 3 celeb annual royalties in the world!, Thursday, February 12, 12:14:50pm Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry died that day, as well! (NT) -- Big day for obits!, Thursday, February 12, 12:15:11pm Wow, FOUR notables dead within hours of each other, in one day! (NT) -- ...That's a rare one!, Thursday, February 12, 12:17:36pm Schulz & Landry got most of the attention. I didn't know Oliver had died the same day until much later (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 12, 12:19:13pm Poor Ollie. But "Good Morning Starshine" IS still one happy, tappy tune! (NT) -- But IMO, Pharrell still corners market "happiest" happy tune., Thursday, February 12, 12:38:49pm Don't forget "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (NT) -- Bobby McFerrin, Thursday, February 12, 12:40:59pm Happy 100th Birthday! Orienteer/Sports Official Johan Chr. Schonheyder, Book Publisher George Braziller is 99, Politician James Ramey is 98, Psychologist Norman Faberow turns 97. (NT) jlp Thursday, February 12, 12:27:48pm 5 Film director Franco Zeffirelli is 92 today -- Other birthdays, Feb. 12-, Thursday, February 12, 11:39:15am Baseball player, sportscaster Joe Garagiola is 88, writer ( & game show cheat) Charles Van Doren is 88, writer Donald Kingsbury is 86, hockey coach Maurice Filion is 83, filmmaker Costa-Gavras is 82 (NT) -- Actress Annette Crosbie is 81, basketball player Bill Russell is 81, Thursday, February 12, 11:52:17am Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809 (NT) -- Greatest President of half the US!, Thursday, February 12, 12:17:55pm Director Zefferelli's 1967 film version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" (Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton) remains the best-known adaptation of that play. (NT) -- One of few veteran Italian filmmakers to 'come out' as homosexual. The declaration came at age 71!, Thursday, February 12, 12:27:48pm Ned Colt, Former NBC News Journalist Dead at 58 Thursday, February 12, 11:58:16am 2 Kidnapped covering the Iraq War in 2004 (NT) -- 2nd kidnapped newsman to die in 2 days (the other- Bob Simon), Thursday, February 12, 11:58:16am ARCHIVE: February 11, 1915 ~HAPPY Centennial to the late voice actress Pat Welsh, best remembered as the quirky voice of Steven Spielberg's E.T. alien, who would have been 100 today! ... Miss Welsh died in January 1995, at 79. Thursday, February 12, 11:45:03am 3 I heard Debra Winger was ET's voice! (NT) -- Elliot, Thursday, February 12, 11:43:42am Winger did audition ...didn't get it. (NT) -- ...But I heard she did alright for herself later., Thursday, February 12, 11:45:03am Manslaughter conviction for Costa Concordia ship captain Francesco Schettino, sentenced to 16 years .... Ed Tracey Thursday, February 12, 11:41:23am 2 Good riddance to bad rubbish! (NT) -- !, Thursday, February 12, 11:41:23am Ex-San Diego Chargers quarterback Jesse Freitas found dead Buckeye Thursday, February 12, 11:37:40am 2 Football card -- ., Thursday, February 12, 11:37:40am Layne Tom Jr., Played Charlie Chan's son in 3 films Dead at 87 Thursday, February 12, 09:36:53am 5 Appeared in "The Good Earth" with Louise Rainer -- Link to Imdb, Wednesday, February 11, 04:53:10pm Wow! Just saw Charlie Chan in Honolulu on Sunday! (NT) -- RIP, Wednesday, February 11, 09:44:19pm His daughter is fitness expert, Kiana Tom of "Kiana's Flex Appeal " (NT) -- She turns 50 March 14., Thursday, February 12, 06:36:36am I believe I have every avialable Charlie Chan movie on DVD. (NT) -- Including the Roland Winters' versions. I guess I like 'em., Thursday, February 12, 09:36:53am Healthwatch: Former NBA player Anthony Mason fighting for life after congestive heart failure After heart attack at age 48 Wednesday, February 11, 08:33:34pm 2 He's a great guy. Hope he pulls through. (NT) -- Cher, Wednesday, February 11, 08:33:34pm Jerry Tarkanian, former college and NBA basketball coach He was 84 Wednesday, February 11, 06:41:36pm 7 Forgot the link. -- Sorry about that., Wednesday, February 11, 09:16:18am Unlike Dean Smith, Tark had a very....very checkered past. (NT) -- Buckeye, Wednesday, February 11, 10:02:37am Nice article from Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tarkanian's legacy. ... -- Link ..., Wednesday, February 11, 10:50:07am Funny, the 'Healthwatch" I posted for Tarkanian yeaterday seems to have vanished (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 11, 12:08:31pm His 1990 and 91 teams were very fun to watch. Made me a college hoops fan. (NT) -- Russ, Wednesday, February 11, 04:48:39pm First Dean Smith and now Tarkanian (NT) -- Giants of '80's College Basketball, Wednesday, February 11, 06:41:36pm Happy 100th Birthday! Songwriter Elsa Doran, Director Eino Ritari is 100, Animator Blaine Gibson is 97, Educator Edmond La Beaume Cherbonnier is 97, Sociologist Pablo Gonzalez Casanova is 93, (NT) jlp Wednesday, February 11, 06:38:48pm 15 Actress Rossita Fornes is 92, Tennis Player Budge Patty is 91, Writer/Journalist Patrick Skerne Catling is 90, Actress Tina Louise turns 81. (NT) -- jlp, Wednesday, February 11, 04:59:32am Actor Conrad Janis ("Mork and Mindy") is 87 today -- Other birthdays, Feb. 11-, Wednesday, February 11, 12:00:47pm Canadian politician Sinclair Stevens is 88, sportswriter Larry Merchant is 84, pianist Jerome Lowenthal is 83, Ex- Panama dictator Manuel Noriega is 81, fashion designer Mary Quant is 81 (NT) -- Racer John Surtees is 81, composer Bent Lorentzen is 80, Wednesday, February 11, 12:17:06pm Franch chef Paul Bocuse is 89 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 11, 12:18:03pm Early rocker & rockabilly legend Gene Vincent (NT) -- Would've been 80 years old today., Wednesday, February 11, 12:48:33pm "Be Bop a Lula" -- Gene Vincent, Wednesday, February 11, 01:21:37pm "Mas Que Nada" -- Sergio Mendes, Wednesday, February 11, 01:26:56pm "You Need Us" -- The Honeybees, Wednesday, February 11, 04:56:43pm "All I Wanna Do" -- Sheryl Crow, Wednesday, February 11, 04:58:23pm Jennifer Aniston is 46 today. Remember this 1996 Rolling Stone cover? -- !, Wednesday, February 11, 05:00:14pm Jeez, I though Noriega died YEARS ago! (NT) -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 11, 06:08:01pm Most recent PHOTO from 2011. ... -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 11, 06:13:15pm Eino Ritati died on December 25, 1984 -- buried on January 2, 1985 in Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, Wednesday, February 11, 05:46:20pm More info on death of Ritari -- from Ancestry.Com, Wednesday, February 11, 06:38:48pm Buddy Bruce (real name Buddy Bruce Stoops) lead guitarist for The Champs (NT) On Tequila died July 1, 2014 age 84 according to TulsaWorld.com Wednesday, February 11, 04:48:50pm 8 Obit -- ., Monday, February 09, 12:53:03pm "Tequila" -- The Champs, Monday, February 09, 12:55:21pm "Train to Nowhere" -- The Champs, Monday, February 09, 12:57:49pm Not listed in Wikipedia -- sorry, Wednesday, February 11, 03:47:54pm Upon further review, he WAS a Champ and WAS on that session -- Wikipedia should be named Wickedpedia ... Brian Williams might as well be its editor, Wednesday, February 11, 03:53:51pm He was a studio musician on the "Tequila" recording, but never toured as a "Champ" (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 11, 04:48:07pm Later Champs were Glen Campbell, & Seals & Crofts (NT) -- ,, Wednesday, February 11, 04:48:50pm Bill Enyart, Football player (Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders) Dead at 67 Wednesday, February 11, 02:04:39pm 1 ARCHIVE: February 11, 2012 ~Award-winning Singer Actress Whitney Houston, in fact, Guinness World Records cites her as the most awarded female act of all time, dies at 49. ... Today, 3 years after her death, daughter Bobbi Kristina fights for her life. Wednesday, February 11, 01:58:22pm 2 The denial train rolls on: Whitney's former sister-in-law Leolah Brown, insisting the Bobbi Kristina is improving. ... -- Jeez, give up the ghost, lady. Let the poor girl go to her mom, already!, Wednesday, February 11, 01:58:22pm ARCHIVE: February 10, 2014 ~ONE year ago, Shirley Temple-Black, film/TV actress, singer, dancer and public servant, most famous as Hollywood's #1 box-office star from 1935-1938, dies at age 85. ... Bio & VIDEO tributes of her life ... Wednesday, February 11, 01:49:29pm 7 She ran for congress in 1967 & lost (NT) -- One of the few times a celeb seeking public office lost an election, Wednesday, February 11, 11:58:05am Ralph Waite and Nancy Kulp both lost Congressional elections (NT) -- Harris, Wednesday, February 11, 12:33:43pm I remember that Buddy Ebsen actually did ads for Kulp's opponant! (NT) -- !, Wednesday, February 11, 12:44:44pm Clay Aiken just lost (NT) -- Thank God, Wednesday, February 11, 12:50:09pm Though in the mid-1980s actor Fred 'Gopher' Grandy own the GOP Congressional seat in Iowa. (NT) -- ...BUT a decade later, LOST a GOP Governors race in the Primaries., Wednesday, February 11, 01:44:01pm FUN FACT: Grandy was roommate of David Eisenhower (grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower) at Phillips Exeter Academy, in New Hampshire. (NT) -- ...Years later Grandy was Eisenhower's BEST MAN in his wedding to Julie Nixon, in 1968!, Wednesday, February 11, 01:49:29pm Don't know who the happy fella' in pic for Wednesday is, but I'll bet (NT) he knew where everything he had, was. Wednesday, February 11, 12:04:44pm 7 Joe Franklin -- Talk Show Pioneer, Wednesday, February 11, 06:18:20am Chron, was Franklin's show shown in LA? (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 11, 06:21:55am I only heard of Joe's show in New York! (NT) -- Great lil guy!, Wednesday, February 11, 08:49:23am Oh. May he rest in peace. His show was pretty um slow (NT) -- Catch on youtube, Wednesday, February 11, 09:05:06am Joe Franklin interview with Luise Rainier -- 1981, Wednesday, February 11, 09:11:33am Apparently, Franklin's show was occasionally syndicated in Los Angeles, but not for very long or successfully. (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 11, 12:04:44pm Healthwatch: San Diego local TV sports anchor Kyle Kraska shot multiple times outside home. Disgruntled house handyman arrested. ... USAToday link Wednesday, February 11, 11:59:22am 2 A Texas TV weatherman was shot last Dec. (NT) -- What's goin' on?, Wednesday, February 11, 11:59:22am Archive: Jim Varney, Feb. 10, 2000 Actor Wednesday, February 11, 11:57:07am 4 My God, has it been 15 years already?! (NT) -- !, Tuesday, February 10, 05:10:16pm The Simpson's episode he did aired just last night. (NT) -- "Know what I mean?" - Buckeye, Tuesday, February 10, 09:28:51pm That episode, "Bart Carny" aired Jan. 11, 1998 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 11, 11:57:07am Joe Simenic, legendary baseball researcher 91 Wednesday, February 11, 10:08:15am 1 BREAKING: White House confirms that Kayla Mueller is dead. (NT) Tragic. Wednesday, February 11, 06:18:17am 8 American ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller, 26, the Arizona aid worker held captive by the terrorist group was killed by Jordanian bombers. ... -- NBCNews, Tuesday, February 10, 11:43:13am It doesn't say the Jordanian bombs killed her. They don't know yet. I don't believe ISIS. Why should I? They probably killed her months ago. -- Teller, Tuesday, February 10, 11:54:11am She was apparently still alive in Nov., 2014 (NT) -- Her parents recieved a letter from her at that time, Tuesday, February 10, 12:17:08pm So Sad... -- Der Bingle, Tuesday, February 10, 04:12:03pm I agree. Anybody going there knows (or should know) the risks. You can't help these people. As Ron White says, "You can't fix stupid". (NT) -- Teller, Tuesday, February 10, 10:20:10pm I have to agree with your posts on this subject. (NT) -- Not sure if it's stupidity or martyr syndrome., Tuesday, February 10, 10:20:44pm Unless, of course, they go there because they honestly believe they are making a diffrence. If so, THAT is more courageous--much more than anonymous judgments being made on an internet chat board! (NT) -- Jess Sayin', Wednesday, February 11, 06:18:17am ARCHIVE: February 10, 1998 ~Hollywood canine actor 'Buddy', best remembered in the 1997 family hit film, "Air Bud", dies of cancer, at age 12. ... Bio & VIDEO ... Tuesday, February 10, 10:57:03pm 1 Mike "Bossman" Hardin owner of Hoddad's restaurant in San Diego (NT) and Oceanside ca found dead in hotel room last week; Listed at various sites Tuesday, February 10, 05:33:26pm 3 Mo' info- -- Link, Tuesday, February 10, 04:50:33pm He was 56 -- Tom D., Tuesday, February 10, 05:33:26pm Tim Curry, Musician, actor (not the "Rocky Horror" actor) Has died Tuesday, February 10, 05:05:10pm 2 "Since I Lost My Baby" -- Tim Curry Trio, Tuesday, February 10, 05:05:10pm Bryant Crenshaw, Actor ("Gummo") Dead at 42 (hit by truck) Tuesday, February 10, 05:01:39pm 1 Happy 102nd Birthday! Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe, Actor Vladimir Zeldin is 100, '48 Olympic Athlete Gretchen Hehenberger is 97, Politician Arpad Goncz is 93, (NT) jlp Tuesday, February 10, 04:57:53pm 11 Historic Consultant Simha Rotem is 90, Actress Kerima turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Tuesday, February 10, 04:39:49am Actor Robert Wagner is 85 today. (NT) -- Sharon, Tuesday, February 10, 05:43:28am Other birthdays, Feb. 10- (NT) -- Ha, Tuesday, February 10, 12:14:27pm Oops, hit the button too early! -- Other birthdays, Feb. 10-, Tuesday, February 10, 12:15:24pm 'Walk Don't Run" -- The Ventures, Tuesday, February 10, 04:33:50pm "Killing Me Softly" -- Roberta Flack, Tuesday, February 10, 04:52:33pm "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" -- Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Tuesday, February 10, 04:55:49pm "Hawaii 5-0 Theme" -- Ventures, Tuesday, February 10, 04:57:53pm Cozi TV is showing Wagner's old TV show, "It Takes A Thief" (NT) -- Alexander Mundy, Tuesday, February 10, 12:16:21pm Opera singer Leontyne Price is 88, mountaineers Jim & Lou Whittaker are 86, writer Richard Schickel is 82, poet Fleur Adcock is 81, composer Theodore Antoniou is 80 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 10, 01:02:14pm OT: Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show Announced it at tonight's broadcast Tuesday, February 10, 04:53:47pm 2 Well, he's hosted since 1999 (NT) -- That's a long gig!, Tuesday, February 10, 04:53:47pm Ed Sabol, founder of NFL Films Dies at 98 Tuesday, February 10, 04:16:58pm 4 Outlived son Steve by 2 years (NT) -- ., Monday, February 09, 03:53:01pm Pic (w/ Steve) -- Link, Monday, February 09, 03:56:29pm At the time of son Steve Sobol's death weeks before his 70th birthday, he was on the rare list of being survived by BOTH parents. Dad Ed's death yesterday at 98, leaved matriarch Audrey, age 98. (NT) -- Besides his widow of 74 years, Audrey, Ed Sabol is now survived by daughter Blair., Tuesday, February 10, 04:16:58pm O/T - Joan Rivers wins a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album (NT) Joins Amy Winehouse, Ray Charles, George Carlin, Elvis, Notorious BIG as other posthumous winners Tuesday, February 10, 03:38:43pm 16 Well, it was good to know Glen Campbell won his final Grammy, before his time went up. He's been struggling with Alzheimers for some time, now. -- The tune Campbell earned the Grammy for, was ironically entitled, ""I'm Not Gonna Miss You,", Monday, February 09, 02:13:59am Kinda 'awwwwwkwarrrd' to see Joan Rivers OMITTED from 'Im Memoriam' segment, and just hours AFTER she posthumously wins Grammy! (NT) -- -DOH!, Monday, February 09, 02:18:03am Here's full list of those honored in GRAMMYS 2015 In Memoriam, last night. ... -- List, Monday, February 09, 02:22:38am And no mention of Albeth Paris (NT) -- Only Sherell is left, Monday, February 09, 05:52:48pm No mention of Larry Ramos of The Association. (NT) -- Or Bob Crewe!, Tuesday, February 10, 06:12:02am I completely agree (NT) -- Robin Williams and Ruby Dee were honored - very awkward, Monday, February 09, 06:49:37am I agree. But NO, Ruby Dee wasn't honored in this recording award. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 09, 08:47:11am Yes she was - in 2007 -- But in my defense I actually did my research before commenting, Monday, February 09, 08:54:44am Ruby Dee was in the In Memoriam (NT) -- ., Monday, February 09, 08:56:29am The GRAMMY 'In Memoriam' list above IS complete, and Ruby Dee is not on it. Just sayin (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 09, 10:18:35pm Ruby Dee is at 2:15. (NT) -- Chron what is the problem lately ?, Tuesday, February 10, 10:41:51am Anonymous, you are absolutely correct. After reviewing the footage agin, Miss Dee was indeed honored on Grammys. ... -- theChronicler, Tuesday, February 10, 10:45:05am Here is the Grammy video of "In Memoriam" ...... -- Ed Tracey, Monday, February 09, 11:18:11am Link missing😁😳 (NT) -- Thx, Tuesday, February 10, 09:38:10am Explanation of Joan Rivers snub -- Lame, Tuesday, February 10, 03:38:43pm Archive: David Wayne, Feb. 9, 1995 Actor Tuesday, February 10, 02:01:57pm 7 The Mad Hatter on "Batman" (NT) -- ., Monday, February 09, 12:08:56pm Co- starred with Marilyn Monroe 4 times (NT) -- More than any other actor, Monday, February 09, 12:09:50pm I liked his TZ epsode "Escape Claude" playing hypochondriac Walter Bedeker, who makes a deal with the devil for eternal life... -- ., Monday, February 09, 12:13:38pm Son Timothy drowned in 1970 (NT) -- Another celeb to outlive a child, Monday, February 09, 03:53:45pm Long remembered as Ellery Queen's dad (NT) -- Outlived Jim Hutton 15 years, Tuesday, February 10, 12:10:19pm True. Later he resumed the TV character of 'Big Daddy' Deverou on GOLDEN GIRLS when actor Murray Hamilton died. (NT) -- David played Rue McClanahan's TV father., Tuesday, February 10, 02:01:57pm Maude Wangberg, Nebraska's oldest resident Dead at 109 Tuesday, February 10, 01:59:50pm 2 She was born the same day as Henry Fonda- May 16, 1905 (NT) -- Who was also from Nebraska!, Tuesday, February 10, 01:59:50pm Healthwatch: Comic book writer Marv Wolfman Fell, broke hip Tuesday, February 10, 12:50:36pm 1 Healthwatch: Comic book writer Len Wein (Creator of "Wolverine" & "Swamp Thing") Having triple bypass surgery Tuesday, February 10, 12:48:32pm 1 Healthwatch Update: Reports indicate Bobbi Kristina life support to be 'unplugged; February 11th Third Anniversary of Mothers Death Tuesday, February 10, 12:43:14pm 5 The fact that this is being choreographed is pretty unseemly (NT) -- But then a scumbag like Bobby Brown is involved, so ..., Tuesday, February 10, 11:27:05am I called it a week ago. ... -- theChronicler, Tuesday, February 10, 11:31:37am sadly.... I saw it going this way too.... only because it involved Bobby Brown....But its fitting for her really... I hopes she finds happiness and peace now..... (NT) -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Tuesday, February 10, 12:39:21pm As usual, a lawyer just issued a statement saying that it isn't true that life support will be removed tomorrow -- My guess is, she'gonna linger like Ariel Sharon, Tuesday, February 10, 12:43:14pm Joseph Langdell, Oldest living survivor of USS Arizona, bombed at Pearl Harbor Dead at 100 Tuesday, February 10, 12:22:58pm 6 Death leaves 8 survivors of Arizona bombing (NT) -- ., Monday, February 09, 03:58:59pm Asst. Sec of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt was in attendence when construction began on the USS Arizona n 1914 (NT) -- 27 years later, it was bombed during his Presidency, Monday, February 09, 04:02:37pm From the subject of the post, I thought he'd gone back and got bombed again! (NT) -- Russ, Monday, February 09, 07:40:06pm Russ, I had two thoughts about the wording. First, I thought he bombed, like put on a show that didn't do well, or that he was bombed, as drinking too much. Sometimes word selection DOES matter! (NT) -- A fine sailor who was part of the Greatest Generation, Tuesday, February 10, 12:01:22pm You're right, I should've posted "USS Arizona, which was bombed at Pearl Harbor" (NT) -- !, Tuesday, February 10, 12:22:58pm Kenji Ekuan, Designed iconic soy sauce bottle Dead at 85 Tuesday, February 10, 12:21:37pm 2 Pic -- ., Tuesday, February 10, 12:21:37pm Archive: Bill Haley, Feb. 9, 1981 Musician Tuesday, February 10, 12:12:50pm 2 "Rock Around The Clock" -- Bill Haley & the Comets, Tuesday, February 10, 12:12:50pm Dr. John Shea, renowned surgeon, performed the first stapedectomy of the human ear. Appeared on Life Magazine cover. Husband of former Miss America 1960. Dies at 90 Tuesday, February 10, 12:09:36pm 4 His wife Lynda Lee Mead, Miss America 1960 and Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959 were college friends at the University of Mississippi. (NT) -- ., Monday, February 09, 09:43:05pm What are the odds of two Miss America's, two years in a row, living in the same small sorority house at the University of Mississippi. (NT) -- It's a small world after all., Monday, February 09, 10:00:06pm Not as small as you might think. One girl was probably inspired to enter the pageant after her friend's success (NT) -- "If she can do it, I can!", Tuesday, February 10, 12:09:36pm OT: ARCHIVE: February 8, 1915 ~It's 100 years ago, Silent Film, "Birth Of A Nation", though considered a technical masterpiece, the most racist in cinema history, debuted on this date, a century ago! I guess there's no film festival event this weekend, honoring this notorious turkey. Tuesday, February 10, 11:50:27am 20 Turkey? This is where the movies began (NT) -- both as an art and as a business, Sunday, February 08, 08:22:31am Art? Absolutely. Griffith's use of camera and editing revolutionized filmmaking for generations to come. -- But 100 later, his hate and ignorance, overwhelms any aesthetic achievement, here., Sunday, February 08, 09:09:28am Years ago, I rented that film ....... -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, February 08, 09:17:20am Movies do reflect the attitudes of the times (NT) -- and eras, Sunday, February 08, 12:01:30pm Except when racist storytellers depict races of peoples as animals, to suit his twisted sense of 'America' and its history. ... -- Interesting take from guest writer, on the film's 'legacy', in this week's Hollywood Reported. ..., Sunday, February 08, 12:48:48pm Birth Of A Nation's true legacy is even after 100 years it creates great politcal debate (NT) -- Lemnpiper ( Orphans of the Storm , Intolerance , Broken Blossoms ), Sunday, February 08, 01:09:57pm There's some truth to that. But its true legacy, is its cinematic visual achievement. A century later, one must TRY to look beyond (yet recognize) Griffith's ugly slants and appreciate the aesthetics. (NT) -- Much like Nazi lovers Charles Lindbergh and Henry Ford., Sunday, February 08, 01:18:11pm Of course, that's what they also say about "Triumph of the Will" (NT) -- Leni Reifenstahl's valentine to Hitler, Sunday, February 08, 01:27:06pm I imagine Lillian Gish was the last surviving star who appeared in "Birth of a Nation" (NT) -- She died Feb. 27, 1993, at 99, Monday, February 09, 04:32:09pm Gish was the last credited star of the film, but Mary Wynn (1902-2001) was the last surviving cast member of "Birth of a Nation." (NT) -- Lgevirtz, Monday, February 09, 06:43:55pm Wow, imagine living 86 years after you appeared in a film?? Though ppl like deHavilland is going on 76 years after "Gone With The Wind"! (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 09, 10:15:44pm Dorothy Morrison was in1923's The Champeen and she is still alive (NT) -- Lemnpiper (wont surprise me if her film isnt the oldest with a still living actor in the cast), Monday, February 09, 10:48:10pm I think it would be Baby Peggy (NT) -- Diana Serra Cary, Tuesday, February 10, 07:03:39am I think you nailed it! -Baby Peggy, who is now 96, appeared in her first film in 1921 -94 years ago! Her documentary "Baby Peggy, the Elephant in the Room", made a few years ago was fascinating! ... -- theChronicler, Tuesday, February 10, 11:39:39am That honor goes to Actress Fay McKenzie (Station Content) (1918) (NT) -- jlp, Tuesday, February 10, 07:55:38am Fay McKenzie will be 97 on Feb. 19. -- Lgevirtz, Tuesday, February 10, 08:18:50am Wow! THAT is amazing! (NT) -- theChronicler, Tuesday, February 10, 11:40:17am Here's a 2011 Picture and article on her -- Link, Tuesday, February 10, 11:50:27am BREAKING: Bruce Jenner involved in fatal car accident; one passenger reported dead. (NT) More news forthcoming Monday, February 09, 07:18:08pm 20 Bruce Jenner In Horrible Car Crash One Person Dead -- Read more:, Saturday, February 07, 03:55:48pm Women can't drive. (NT) -- Dick, Saturday, February 07, 04:08:54pm Jenner was once married to Linda Thompson, onetime girlfriend of Elvis Presley -- And here's some trivia..., Saturday, February 07, 04:23:59pm And he's both man and woman! (NT) -- Yikes!, Saturday, February 07, 04:44:40pm Apparently it was a 4-car accident that killed one. Reportedly chased by FIVE Paparazzi. Jenner, among 8, who had minor injures. ... -- The woman driving white sedan was killed, after Jenner plowed into the back of her car., Saturday, February 07, 04:29:38pm Looks like a HUGE pay-day for victims, likely out of upcoming HUGE Diane Sawyer 'coming-out' interview he $old. (NT) -- It appears Jenner was negligent, but reportedly passed a field sobriety test. Blood test to follow., Saturday, February 07, 04:33:11pm I wondered if the papparazzi was involved -- Like with Princess Diana!, Saturday, February 07, 04:46:59pm I wonder why a 65 year old man would want to become a woman -- He must have severe psychological problems, Saturday, February 07, 04:48:45pm He's always looked a tad feminine to me-facially anyway. (NT) -- Forest, Saturday, February 07, 04:55:00pm I'm ignorant of the whole transgender thing, too. They say they're trapped in a body of the opposite sex ... (NT) -- ...yet they are still ATTRACTED-TO the opposite sex?? -I don't get it!, Saturday, February 07, 05:26:04pm Sexual behavior and Gender -- guitargirl, Saturday, February 07, 06:14:57pm "...I hope that this helps with your confusion." -Well, no, the subject is as ambiguous as before. Basically of what I read, this condition is interpretive of many things, to the many people involved? (NT) -- Bottom line: It seems, there IS no clear definition when it comes to sexual transition. I'm lost., Saturday, February 07, 07:42:50pm It seems to me, if a man is feeling feminine, with EVERYTHING that goes with that? Then he MUST be attracted to men! (NT) -- And if not, what woman would want a man, who feels/acts like a woman??, Saturday, February 07, 07:45:27pm ♫ ♫ "Girls were girls, and men were men". ♫ ♫ (NT) -- Archie Bunker, Saturday, February 07, 08:15:18pm Actually, Goils were goils (NT) -- Queens accent, Saturday, February 07, 09:39:55pm The late news here in LA is saying Jenner's vehicle was in the middle of a 3 car smash up. A Prius hit him, he hit the white Lexus and pushed into an oncoming Hummer2. (NT) -- Sheriffs claim Jenner never mentioned Paparazzi to them - Buckeye, Saturday, February 07, 09:43:06pm Woman killed in crash id'd as Kim Howe, 69 -- A neighbor of the Kardashians, Monday, February 09, 01:14:55pm OK Guitargirl... -- question, Monday, February 09, 03:03:48pm Well here goes... -- guitargirl, Monday, February 09, 06:31:35pm Happy 102nd Birthday! Famed Horse Trainer John A. Nerud, Politician Thanat Khorman is 101, Actor/Comedian Woody Woodbury is 91, Actor David Butler is 90, Actor Sammy Resnick turns 90. (NT) jlp Monday, February 09, 05:20:32pm 7 Former CBS reporter Roger Mudd is 87 today -- Other birthdays, Feb.9-, Monday, February 09, 11:33:50am Roger Mudd is related to Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned for conspiracy in the Lincoln assassination (NT) -- "His name is Mudd", Monday, February 09, 11:35:06am Philosopher John B. Cobb is 90, artist Robert Morris is 84, painter Gerhard Richter is 83, actress Ronnie Claire Edwards is 82, hockey exec. John Ziegler is 81, writer Lionel Fanthorpe is 80 (NT) -- ., Monday, February 09, 11:41:08am "Hello Stranger" -- Barbara Lewis, Monday, February 09, 04:06:08pm "It Might As Well Rain Until September " -- Carole King, Monday, February 09, 04:07:23pm "Who Put the Bomp" -- Barry Mann (76 today), Monday, February 09, 05:20:32pm Rex Ray, Artist, graphic designer Dead at 58 Monday, February 09, 05:13:17pm 1 Melanie Tem, Horror & Fantasy author Dead at 65 Monday, February 09, 04:05:02pm 2 Pic -- Link, Monday, February 09, 04:05:02pm BAFTA In Memoriam List Nicely done Monday, February 09, 02:46:25pm 9 I can't understand why these film tributes leave out Rod Taylor yet they honor Richard Kiel who never had a topped billed starring role in a film. (NT) -- ., Monday, February 09, 08:39:34am I saw, and though it was a good, I felt the 'in memoriam' list was a bit skimpy. -Glaring misses were no Shirley Temple, NOT EVEN Brits Bob Hoskins AND Sit Richard Attenborogh(??), to name a few! (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 09, 08:44:56am Temple and Hoskins were honored last year (NT) -- Attenborough had a huge stand-alone tribute this year, Monday, February 09, 08:55:47am How could Bob Hoskins be honored last year? The BAFTA Award show was February 16, 2014. Bob Hoskins died April 29, 2014. (NT) -- ., Monday, February 09, 09:02:08am They are on this video here -- Is this different from the other in memoriam?, Monday, February 09, 09:23:56am Why *WOULD* Shirley Temple be honored? She was mainly an American phenomenon, and had stopped acting BEFORE BAFTA was even created! (NT) -- Wasn't a member, either., Monday, February 09, 11:48:28am Well except that BAFTA led tribute with Mickey Rooney picture!! (NT) -- DUH, Monday, February 09, 02:43:32pm I'm sorry, I don't understand your poorly-worded comment. (NT) -- Please explain in more intelligible language., Monday, February 09, 02:46:25pm Film noir actress Lizabeth Scott dies at 92 Betty Monday, February 09, 01:46:38pm 17 Loved her in Dead Reckoning with Humphrey Bogart (NT) -- And Loving You with Elvis Presley, Friday, February 06, 02:47:28pm This is a biggy for Hollywood Golden Age fans! (NT) -- Scott was one of queens of film noir era. Sad., Friday, February 06, 02:49:45pm She was from my hometown here in Scranton, PA. (NT) -- RIP, Friday, February 06, 03:22:49pm Wow, they kept this under wraps for a week. She died in January! -Boy, January had a LOT of 'notables' death for one month! ~Here's MORE on the death of Lizbeth Scott. ... -- Hollywood Reporter Obit link, Friday, February 06, 05:22:34pm Well, Kirk Douglas has outlived another leading lady (NT) -- They were both in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" (1946), Friday, February 06, 05:32:30pm She was in "Scare Dtiff" (1953) with Martin & Lewis -- Link to Imdb, Friday, February 06, 05:33:13pm Make that "Scared Stiff" (NT) -- Dizz Lexic, Friday, February 06, 05:33:42pm Apparently, she never married (NT) -- No spouses listed at Wiki or Imdb, Friday, February 06, 05:39:39pm She also starred in the 1957 film "Loving You" with Elvis Presley and Dolores Hart who left Hollywood to become a clostered nun. (NT) -- ., Friday, February 06, 05:51:24pm Oddly, Scott herself said she too wanted to be a nun, early in her life. -BUT, she was once engaged to a Texas oil man, but he up and died on her! ... -- Interesting story., Friday, February 06, 05:58:39pm She attended the same catholic high school and college that I attended. Marywood University. Lots of nuns there st might have influenced her. (NT) -- Mother Superior, Friday, February 06, 06:03:49pm Pretty sure she lived her life as an out lesbian (NT) -- Rip, Friday, February 06, 10:33:52pm In 1955, Confidential magazine hinted Scott was a lesbian. She sued (NT) -- A mistrial was declared when the jury couldn't reach a verdict, Saturday, February 07, 12:44:33pm She was wonderful in "Too Late For Tears" with Arthur Kennedy and Don Defore. A film noir classic. (NT) -- Ted G., Saturday, February 07, 10:40:08am Great film! Re-issued as "Killer Bait" in 1955, it had various edit cuts since. In 2014 a restored 35mm print premiered, restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Film Noir Foundation. ... -- It tells a story about a woman who steals $60,000 and goes on a killing crime spree. -Pretty cool!, Saturday, February 07, 10:48:32am TCM Remembers video -- Link, Monday, February 09, 01:46:38pm Rene Lavand, Magician Dead at 86 Monday, February 09, 01:38:51pm 1 Darryl Mason, aka Dot-A-Rock, Member of pioneering hip-hop group the Fantastic Five Has died Monday, February 09, 12:04:51pm 1 Joe Voci, TV exec. worked on "The Wonder Years", "Designing Women", "Murphy Brown" Dead at 51 Monday, February 09, 12:00:52pm 1 Unconfirmed from oldiesmusic.com: Richard Davis of the Willows died Link Monday, February 09, 11:39:03am 4 It's true found this -- He was 79, Saturday, February 07, 06:36:16pm "Church Bells May Ring" -- The Willows, Saturday, February 07, 06:44:07pm Here is the list of the names and dates listed for The Willows -- AKA The Five Willows, Monday, February 09, 11:39:03am BREAKING: CNN reporting that Bobbie Christina Brown, Whitney Houston's daughter, has been found dead in a bathtub. (NT) Tragic parallel of mother's demise Monday, February 09, 10:55:50am 36 Sorry, Bobbi Kristina Brown (NT) -- Wasn't sure of the spelling., Saturday, January 31, 10:21:02am Here's a link; it's old time-wise. -- ., Saturday, January 31, 10:23:37am Healthwatch: Bobbi Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston found unresponsive in bathtub. ... -- CNN, Saturday, January 31, 10:41:18am Erroneous reports of her death. Bobbi Kristina Brown was administered CPR and is ALIVE in Atlanta hospital. ... -- Prognosis unknown, for now., Saturday, January 31, 10:34:06am Wonder if it is The Anniversary Effect in motion here (NT) -- Sure seems like it could be, Saturday, January 31, 10:58:50am Sounds morbid, BUT if Bobbi's new husband let her 'slip away' unconscious in tub, he would have inherited Whitney's millions (up to $100M). ~Just sayin. -- Bobbi, 21, and husband Nick Gordon's 1st wedding anniversary was 2 weeks ago., Saturday, January 31, 10:59:51am I doubt it. With that much money involved, he signed off any claim. (NT) -- this isnt your normal estate and trust, Saturday, January 31, 12:07:28pm But I read she married with NO prenup! As widower, isn't he legal beneficiary? (NT) -- Now what?, Saturday, January 31, 03:29:47pm She ain't out of the woods yet.. -- Reportedly in a coma, Sunday, February 01, 05:51:27am Word around is there is no hope (NT) -- Sadly, Sunday, February 01, 11:11:26am If she's on a ventilator, with no brain activity? (NT) -- ...Then it's payday for hubby Nick., Sunday, February 01, 11:20:23am To the person suggesting the theory her hubby did it: have you seen the "recent photos" of her? -- I couldn't believe she was 21. (WARNING--disturbing pic), Sunday, February 01, 11:22:21am All the photo shows, is not that she's sickly, ...only ugly. -Thanks, Bobby. (NT) -- I don't think anyone here suggested husband did anything. her train-wreck past is documented., Sunday, February 01, 11:30:26am Bobby Brown's birthday is Feb. 5 (NT) -- May spend it preparing daughter's funeral, Sunday, February 01, 12:17:26pm Brown has 4 other kids beside Bobby Kristina (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 01, 12:21:44pm Yes, but Bobbi was the only legitimate child. The rest are bastard children that he never took care of. (NT) -- Sad but true., Sunday, February 01, 12:27:17pm I don't think Bobbi is unattractive...look at pictures of her when she was younger. A beautiful young lady. (NT) -- Here, she's got that junkie look, and looks 40., Sunday, February 01, 12:23:31pm You'd think they could have gotten proper dental work (NT) -- Of course, they were both sorry excuses for parents, Sunday, February 01, 01:19:18pm Why do you have to be so rude?? Its a tragic event and heaven forbid it happens to one of your kids. -- guitargirl, Sunday, February 01, 08:11:15pm What's so rude about posting a picture of a woman who is fighting for her life and showing how sickly looking she was a week before the incident? -- And I doubt your real name is "guitargirl", Monday, February 02, 05:46:18am I am not any holier than anyone else, but calling someone ugly is mean. -- guitargirl Sandra Spiker, Monday, February 02, 07:55:08am Looks like (NT) -- heroine, Sunday, February 01, 01:14:16pm Just heard it mentioned on Hot 97 that she was declared brain dead this morning, life support had been removed, and that she died about an hour ago. (NT) -- Sad end to a young life., Sunday, February 01, 02:55:01pm Very sad indeed! I'm sure her father isn't shedding many tears (NT) -- -, Sunday, February 01, 02:58:32pm Maybe family waiting another week or so, to let her go (mother’s death date) -Here’s an “insider” report on the weeks/hours leading to Bobbi’s discovery in the tub? ... -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 01, 08:54:49pm This is almost like living through the Anna Nicole Smith nightmare (NT) -- Oy, Sunday, February 01, 09:26:17pm From what I can find on the net, she is alive but breathing with help from a ventilator. I can find no reports she has died or been declared "brain dead." (NT) -- Buckeye, Sunday, February 01, 09:35:59pm New reports reveal Bobbi Kristina Brown was moved on Sunday, to new hospital, closer to her residence. ... -- theChronicler, Monday, February 02, 01:11:57am This is really turning out to be a very bizarre story! (NT) -- Weirdest celeb death of the year?, Monday, February 02, 07:48:29am Anybody have a clue as to why they would change hospitals? (NT) -- Xz, Monday, February 02, 08:43:20am There might have been a security breach over the weekend. New location may be easier to control. -I can imagine the paps are buzzing there! -- theChronicler, Monday, February 02, 08:52:08am No doubt they'll keep her hooked up long after the plug should've been pulled (NT) -- ., Monday, February 02, 12:13:22pm Concerns over Bobbi Kristina's estate emerge as police investigate possible foul play -- Checking for leeches, Monday, February 09, 10:00:55am I hope we don't have another Sunny von Bülow situation here. (NT) -- 28 years in a vegetative state., Monday, February 09, 10:54:22am Interesting - Sunny's father was 70 when she was born (NT) -- -, Monday, February 09, 10:55:50am Abram Weinrib, Holocaust Survivor Dies at 102 Sunday, February 08, 09:14:13pm 4 Pic -- ., Tuesday, January 06, 10:22:57am Such (NT) -- a smile, Tuesday, January 06, 07:19:54pm Rip (NT) -- Sir, Sunday, February 08, 09:14:13pm Happy 102nd Birthday! Author/Writer Konstadinos Despotopoulos, Politician Lona Murowatz is 96, Philosopher Hans Albert is 94, Poet Lisel Mueller is 91, Politician Khamtai Siphandon turns 91. (NT) jlp Sunday, February 08, 06:56:22pm 12 Actor Jack Lemmon was born 90 years ago today, in Newton, MASS. -- Turns out, there were MANY notable film actors born in Lemmon's hometown., Sunday, February 08, 09:31:06am And the late, great (late-start) character actor Burt Mustin was born on this date, 129 years ago -in 1885! -- In 1951, Mustin made his screen debut at age 67, in Reagan western, "The Last Outpost" (1951)!, Sunday, February 08, 09:54:18am James Dean would've been 84 today (NT) -- ,, Sunday, February 08, 11:36:27am Actually Burt Mustin was born 1884 -- Link to young pictures inside, Sunday, February 08, 02:13:39pm I heard that studio execs wanted Jack Lemmon to call himself "John Lennon" (NT) -- He declined, Sunday, February 08, 11:33:57am Composer-conductor John Williams is 83 today -- Other birthdays, Feb. 8-, Sunday, February 08, 11:36:00am Actor Jack Larson is 87, actor Claude Rich is 86, British politician Elspeth Howe is 83, singer Elly Ameling is 82 (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 08, 11:39:59am Who knew Jimmy Olson was gay? (NT) -- "Jeepers, Mr. Kent", Sunday, February 08, 03:05:22pm FUN FACT: John Williams' former mother-in-law was Hollywood character actress Lurene Tuttle! Williams was left widowed after Tuttle's daughter actress Barbara Ruick, drank herself to death, in 1974. -- Apparently Williams went through hard times in marriage with Ruick, which produced 3 children., Sunday, February 08, 12:58:09pm This isn't a list of people born there; many were only residents at one time or another (NT) -- However, the fig newton cookie is named after Lemmon's hometown, Sunday, February 08, 06:49:55pm Although a number of people on the list were born there. (NT) -- The place has had a lot of famous residents as well as famous people born there, Sunday, February 08, 06:56:22pm Jaws actress 109? Colt Sunday, February 08, 05:54:48pm 7 It's nice to have no date of death (NT) -- Nosferatu, Tuesday, January 06, 07:24:03am Particularly if one is alive. -- ., Tuesday, January 06, 09:36:14am I don't know if this is her, but this lady writing for the Martha's Vineyard Gazette in 2007 (where "Jaws" was filmed) says her mother, Peggy Scott, is dead -- Link, Tuesday, January 06, 03:00:07pm Apparently died under the name Margaret C. Scott (1-21-1905-6-1-1994) age 89 (NT) -- Look online at Chilmark Massachusetts death records, Tuesday, January 06, 03:53:35pm And of course Tony has a picture of her on his website (link inside) -- Russ, Tuesday, January 06, 06:57:01pm Age 89, wow! In contrast, poor former child actor Chris Rebello in that film classic, JAWS (1975), died 15 years ago. Rebello (a Martha's Vineyard native) who played Chief Brody's older son 'Mike' ... -- ...died of a heart attack 15 years ago. He was only 37. -, Sunday, February 08, 05:54:48pm Today's photo, 'Little' Jimmy Dickens Country Music Legend Sunday, February 08, 02:12:23pm 6 Bless his lil heart. "Friend" Hank Williams wrote "Hey Good Lookin'" for Dickens. The song took 20 minutes to write, while they both were 'on the road' together. ... (NT) -- ...A week later Hank cut the song himself, jokingly telling Dickens, "That song's too good for you!", Sunday, February 08, 09:20:02am Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting? (NT) -- talk about going over like a lead balloon!, Sunday, February 08, 12:06:11pm No, get your mind out of gutter. The suggestion was that he screwed his friend out of a hit song. (NT) -- Sheesh. The Homo-erotic saturated obsessed individuals we live with, now!, Sunday, February 08, 12:37:16pm Um, he's calling him "good lookin' " and wanting time with him. (NT) -- not so far off, Sunday, February 08, 02:10:29pm PS-and YOU didn't have any problem getting my (NT) -- referral, Sunday, February 08, 02:12:23pm TV Producer/Writer Edward DeBlasio Dies at 88 Sunday, February 08, 01:40:27pm 2 IMDb -- Link, Sunday, February 08, 01:40:27pm Dean Smith, former UNC men's basketball He was 83 Sunday, February 08, 11:34:29am 4 Retired as the winningest coach in college basketball history (NT) -- Russ, Sunday, February 08, 09:07:07am A true legend of College Basketball. You don't have to be a fan of North Carolina sports to appreciate his impact on the game. (NT) -- Buckeye, Sunday, February 08, 09:54:35am Pic -- ., Sunday, February 08, 11:34:29am Christine Valmy, who fled Romania to open the first US skin-care facility, age 88 .... Ed Tracey Sunday, February 08, 11:28:48am 2 Pic -- ., Sunday, February 08, 11:28:48am Former Pro Golfer Billy Casper Dies at 85 Sunday, February 08, 11:26:25am 5 Oops -- Meant 83, Saturday, February 07, 06:52:38pm One of the underrated greats of golf. (NT) -- RIP, Saturday, February 07, 06:54:32pm 7th all time in PGA wins (NT) -- Russ, Saturday, February 07, 08:43:10pm Pic -- ., Sunday, February 08, 11:26:25am ARCHIVE: February 8, 2011 ~Marvin Sease, unsung R&B artist, remembered for his sexually-charged songs, died on this date, at age 65. ... Bio link ... Sunday, February 08, 10:49:09am 1 ARCHIVE: Here is the story of unassuming everyday American Tessie McNamara (April 10, 1892 - February 8, 1971), who in 1917 became a real-life heroine, saving 1,400 lives. ... This is her story. ... Sunday, February 08, 10:22:30am 1 Carl J. Rubino, Served as Lawyer in Quiz-Show Scandal, 100, Is Dead NY Times Sunday, February 08, 12:50:41am 7 Amazing that the two participants are still alive! (NT) -- ., Friday, February 06, 06:52:01am Van Doren was only 32 when the scandal hit (NT) -- That means he's "only" 88, Friday, February 06, 07:19:46am A few years ago Steeple wanted a rematch. I am not sure if he was kidding or not. (NT) -- Scitea, Friday, February 06, 02:15:26pm Stempel (NT) -- Scitea, Friday, February 06, 02:16:21pm When the show premeired, the producers of Who Wants To Be A Millionare wanted a rematch between him and Van Doren. He rightly told them to f**k off. (NT) -- Has no desire to cash in on his infamy., Sunday, February 08, 12:50:41am Vivienne Nearing, who defeated Van Doren but was herself convicted of perjury in the case, died 7/4/2007, at 81 -- obitchecker, Saturday, February 07, 10:00:50pm Photo? Who is that? (NT) Looks like Lauren Bacall but she died months ago... Sunday, February 08, 12:46:39am 3 Lizabeth Scott? (NT) -- .., Saturday, February 07, 10:45:09pm Thanks! (NT) -- There is a strong Bacall resemblance,, Sunday, February 08, 12:46:39am Ralph Kiner (10/27/22 to 2/6/14) Rockin' Robin (Where's that yr. go?) Saturday, February 07, 10:03:49pm 3 ARCHIVE: February 6, 2014 ~Ralph Kiner, Baseball Hall of Famer, and Voice of the Mets, and who belted more home runs than anyone else over his 10-year career, dies at 91. ... -- Obit, Friday, February 06, 12:11:30am He had to retire due to back problems at only 32, but lived to 91, longer than most baseball players. (NT) -- obitchecker, Saturday, February 07, 10:03:49pm OT: who was the Gone with the Wind picture, (NT) about 2 weeks ago? Saturday, February 07, 09:54:41pm 10 Alicia Rhett who played India Wilkes was one - I forget the other. (NT) -- Sharon, Monday, February 02, 09:28:16am Mary Anderson (NT) -- There is a thread down below discussing it, Monday, February 02, 10:11:03am Yesterday would've been Alicia Rhett's 100th birthday (NT) -- She died in Jan, 2014, at 98, Monday, February 02, 12:06:45pm ARCHIVE: February 1, 1915 ~Happy belated 100th Birthday to actress/artist Alicia Rhett, best remembered as ' India Wilkes', sister of 'Ashley Wilkes' in the film classic, "Gone With The Wind"! ... -- Rhett died just 30 days before her 99th birthday!, Friday, February 06, 11:40:41pm If Olivia DeHavilland lives to June 4, 2015, she will have the disctinction of taking Rhett's unofficial record as being the oldest-living principal player of classic film, "Gone With the Wind". ... -- Ironically, Shep Houghton, the oldest actor who APPEARED in the iconic film, will be 101, that day!, Friday, February 06, 11:54:13pm Also interesting is that Leslie Howard, who played Ashley Wilkes, the brother and husband of these 2 ladies, has been dead nearly 72 years! (NT) -- Russ, Saturday, February 07, 08:00:16am He was on plane shot down by the Nazis. (NT) -- obitchecker, Saturday, February 07, 09:54:41pm Olivia DeHavilland was 15 months older than sister Joan Fontaine, & she's outlived her 14 months (NT) -- So far, Saturday, February 07, 12:24:34pm Last year was the centennial of "Superman" George Reeves' birth (NT) -- He played Brent Tarleton in GWTW, Saturday, February 07, 05:41:24pm Anne Moody, Civil Rights activist, writer ("Coming of Age in Mississippi") Dead at 74 Saturday, February 07, 06:47:51pm 1 Norm Drucker, One of pro basketball’s most prominent referees Dead at 94 Saturday, February 07, 06:46:10pm 1 Raymond C.A. Purl, father of actress Linda Purl Just missed his 100th birthday Saturday, February 07, 05:23:19pm 3 Linda Purl was married briefly to Desi Arnaz, Jr. (NT) -- Desi's wife just died recently, Saturday, February 07, 04:17:40pm Boy I honestly can NOT remember SO many celebs (or celeb-adjacents) who died at 98 and up, within this last year! -List of some ... -- Just of the 100 year olds that died -Herb Jeffries, Joe Langdell, Robert Kinoshita, among many, Saturday, February 07, 05:23:19pm Happy 103rd Birthday! Political Matriarch Roberta McCain, Politician Sheila Kaul is 100, Educator W. Wilbert Welch is 97, Singer Oscar Brand is 95. (NT) jlp Saturday, February 07, 04:51:25pm 6 Politician Catherine Small Long is 91, Actress Silvija Bardh turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, February 07, 10:12:12am ARCHIVE: February 7, 1915 ~HAPPY 100th to comic actor Eddie Bracken, remembered for his boyish comedic roles like 'Norval Jones' in 1944's The Miracle of Morgan's Creek", but to younger audiences ... -- ...as 'Roy Walley' in 1983's "National Lampoon's Vacation"!, Saturday, February 07, 11:53:37am Other birthdays, Feb. 7- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, February 07, 12:29:47pm Singer, actress Juliette Gréco is 88, musician Dave Shepherd is 86, ex- US Sen. Herb Kohl is 80 (NT) -- ., Saturday, February 07, 12:32:08pm Miguel Ferrer is 60 today. He hasn't looked well on "NCI Los Angeles" lately (NT) -- Hope he's OK!, Saturday, February 07, 04:51:25pm Stewart Stern, Oscar nominated and Emmy winning screenwriter. Wrote "Rebel Without A Cause" Dies at 92 Saturday, February 07, 04:49:19pm 8 Rebel Without A Cause was on TCM today (NT) -- For Oscar month, Friday, February 06, 03:48:27pm I just watched "Rebel" today! (NT) -- !, Friday, February 06, 05:25:55pm Confirmed -- With Link, Friday, February 06, 04:16:02pm Imdb -- Link, Friday, February 06, 05:26:58pm His uncle was Adolph Zukor (1973- 1976) founder of Paramount Pictures (NT) -- ., Friday, February 06, 05:28:39pm That should be 1873-1976. Obviously a typo. (NT) -- Lgevirtz, Saturday, February 07, 04:47:14pm Yup, he lived to be 103! (NT) -- Good catch!, Saturday, February 07, 04:49:19pm Happy 98th Birthday! Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Crime Boss John Franzese is 98, Engineer Arnold Spielberg is 98, Cricketer Lindsay Tuckett is 97, (NT) jlp Saturday, February 07, 12:23:03pm 18 Politician Jocelyn Burdick is 93, Actor Patrick Macnee is 93, Cinematographer Haskell Wexler is 93, Writer Louis Cha is 91, Composer Sam Nestico is 91.Cinematographer Agim Furtuzi turns 90 (NT) -- jlp, Friday, February 06, 05:38:43am I will check to make sure he didnt wish a happy bday to a dead person (NT) -- like he did yesterday LOL, Friday, February 06, 06:09:14am  (NT) -- , Friday, February 06, 08:05:57am I know her health isn't good, but I'd like to see Zsa Zsa make it to 100. No Batman Villain has done so, She'll pass Eli Wallach if she makes it to August 25th. -- Estelle Winwood made it to 101 but wasn't a main villain, Friday, February 06, 09:04:57am Zsa Zsa has outlived younger sister Eva by nearly 20 years (NT) -- ., Friday, February 06, 12:04:39pm Actor Rip Torn is 84. Actress Mamie Van Doren is 84. -- Other birthdays, Feb. 6-, Friday, February 06, 12:12:35pm TV host Denis Norden is 93, writer Jin Yong is 91, writer Donald Mitchell is 90, economist Allan Meltzer is 87, actor Pierre Brice is 86, writer Valentin Yanin is 86, journalist Lionel Blue is 85 (NT) -- Physicist Jun Kondo is 85, Friday, February 06, 12:24:11pm J. Howard Marshall III, Stepson of Anna Nicole Smith, is 79 (NT) -- ., Friday, February 06, 12:24:55pm a 98 yr. old crime boss is a term you don't see every day (NT) -- wWDI, Friday, February 06, 01:46:34pm Is Arnold the father of Steven the director? (NT) -- Scitea, Friday, February 06, 02:07:57pm Yes, & Steven's mother Leah is also still alive at 94 (NT) -- His parents divorced years ago, Friday, February 06, 02:28:14pm Yes and Steven Spielberg is blessed to still have both parents at age 68! (NT) -- Michael Douglas and George Bush are other 60+ ppl with living parents!, Friday, February 06, 02:31:46pm I think Princess Yasuko Konoe is the only 70+ year old (NT) -- With both parents alive, Friday, February 06, 02:33:55pm Douglas is already 70. Amazing. (NT) -- Scitea, Friday, February 06, 02:34:26pm So is singer Gary Lewis. He's 69, father Jerry is 88, mother Patty is 93 (NT) -- ., Friday, February 06, 02:36:45pm Speaking of Gary and father Jerry, I was watching Lewis' 1965 film, "Family Jewels". Oddly, there's a scene where he just pulls a record out, plays it and sits down -that's it. Really awkward. ... -- ...Until you realize it's a shameless plug for son Gary's new hit tune at the time!, Friday, February 06, 08:00:25pm I always liked that scene. It's a proud dad plugging his son's record! (NT) -- !, Saturday, February 07, 12:23:03pm Archive; Killer Joe Piro, Feb. 5, 1989 Dancer Saturday, February 07, 12:22:01pm 2 "Killer Joe" -- The Rocky Fellers, Saturday, February 07, 12:22:01pm OT: Dad Refuses to Give Up Newborn Son With Down Syndrome So Wife Divorces Him Saturday, February 07, 10:40:26am 5 Dad sounds great. Mom will likely regret abandoning her son, later. (NT) -- But boy, God deals some unexpected hands, sometimes., Friday, February 06, 01:40:01pm Not to be a killjoy, but... -- Steph, Saturday, February 07, 10:21:04am Let him have the moment. He deserves the attention. (NT) -- -, Saturday, February 07, 10:29:38am That's exactly WHY it's a news story, because these circumstances are rarely reported. (NT) -- Besides, this story is about one man's dilemma, not all men., Saturday, February 07, 10:40:26am Singer, Anita Darian, background singer on “The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Dies at 87 Saturday, February 07, 10:37:16am 2 Awee-ma-NO-wayyyy! Love that song! ... -- MORE on Darian's life & career. ..., Saturday, February 07, 10:37:16am Healthwatch: Diamond Dallas Page Subglottic Stenosis Saturday, February 07, 10:10:28am 1 ARCHIVE: February 6, 1998 ~FALCO, Austrian pop/rock musician & rapper, best remembered for international hits "Rock Me Amadeus" & "Der Kommissar", died in a drunken car wreck in the Caribbean. ... Remembered also for having one of the most elaborate of celeb gravesites. ... Saturday, February 07, 06:33:30am 6 That same day, Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys died at 51 -- Brian's outlived 2 younger brothers, Friday, February 06, 12:10:28pm "God Only Knows" -- Beach Boys, Friday, February 06, 05:36:49pm He was my favorite (NT) -- Beach boy, Friday, February 06, 06:07:51pm On the day Dennis Wilson killed himself in a drunken state, on December 28, 1983, two OTHER notables shared the obit headlines that day, with Wilson ... (NT) -- ...Golf legend Jimmy Demaret, and Hollywood actor William Demarest!, Friday, February 06, 06:18:56pm Beloved Beach Boys matriarch Audree died of kidney failure, just 8 weeks before son Carl, who died of cancer. Her ashes scattered just yards from Carl's grave. ... -- In contrast, much hated Wilson patriarch, Murry lies in unmarked grave across town for 40+ years., Friday, February 06, 06:10:57pm Val Logsdon Fitch, 1980 Nobel Prize Laureate for Physics Dies at 91 according to Princeton University press release Friday, February 06, 05:34:46pm 2 Pic -- ., Friday, February 06, 05:34:46pm Archive: George VI died 2/6/1952 succeeded by daughter Elizabeth who will break Queen Victoria's record in September. Sharon Friday, February 06, 05:25:07pm 2 If Edward hadn't abdicated, he would've been King until 1972 (NT) -- When he died at 77, Friday, February 06, 05:25:07pm Woman in China cuts off cheating husband's penis...TWICE! ... The second time was in OR recovery room aftet surgery. Friday, February 06, 04:20:18pm 3 Double your pleasure, double your fun. (NT) -- Doublemint Twins., Friday, February 06, 03:51:38pm Two wangs don't make a wife (NT) -- Rearry Funny, Friday, February 06, 04:20:18pm Mike Runnels, New Mexico politician (Lt. Gov. 1983-87) Dead at 69 Friday, February 06, 02:28:52pm 4 Father, Harold Runnels (1924- 1980) was a US congressman 1971- 80 (NT) -- ., Friday, February 06, 12:32:27pm Bad day for politicians today. (NT) -- Three already gone before mid afternoon., Friday, February 06, 12:40:00pm Just a coincidence, no morbid curse is at play here. (NT) -- Move along, folks, let's be rational, Friday, February 06, 02:28:52pm National Enquirer says Phil Donahue is fading, has lost will to live since son died last year James Donahue died last year at 51 Friday, February 06, 02:10:45pm 7 Found this obit of James Donahue -- He died last Aug., Friday, February 06, 12:48:33pm Wow, how did this slip under the media wire? (NT) -- After all, Donahue was daytime talk royalty -pre Oprah., Friday, February 06, 12:53:23pm He looked fine at The White House a few weeks ago when Marlo Thomas received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (NT) -- ., Friday, February 06, 01:03:06pm I think the National Enquirer got this one wrong, this time. (NT) -- Yellow journalism, Friday, February 06, 01:27:56pm Here's a pic of Phil & Marlo from last Nov. -- Link, Friday, February 06, 01:33:46pm Looks pretty well here. (NT) -- Scitea, Friday, February 06, 02:10:45pm Healthwatch: Singer Dionne Warwick hospitalized for 2 weeks after shower fall Cousin of Whitney Houston (& Bobbi Kristina) Friday, February 06, 01:35:14pm 3 That family should be considering sponge baths by now! ...And has Bobbi Kristina's grandmother Cissy even shown up at the hospital yet? (NT) -- I read she hasn't even been to hospital yet?, Friday, February 06, 01:30:33pm Cissy heading to hospital today -- Link, Friday, February 06, 01:35:14pm Healthwatch Update: Bobbi Kristina Brown Taken Off Life Support Death Imminent Friday, February 06, 01:26:44pm 10 I thought they'd at least wait a day or 2 after Bobby Brown's birthday (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 05, 01:36:47pm Reuters is saying she is still on life support -- Sharon, Thursday, February 05, 01:38:08pm I'm sure she has but it may take a day or two for her to die. (NT) -- the longer Bobby Brown prolongs this, the worse off for all., Thursday, February 05, 01:39:19pm Death doesn't occur quickly you could take three days (NT) -- Xz, Thursday, February 05, 02:59:21pm Matter Of Time -- Der Bingle, Thursday, February 05, 06:21:04pm ABC News reported the news of Bobbi off ventilator is erroneous. -Personally, I think it's true. -- Though most news sources concur the family will wait after the weekend., Thursday, February 05, 07:03:17pm News reports this morning say, that some of the extended Brown family members who gathered in Atlanta to say goodbye to Bobbi Kristina, were in a nearby hotel brawl last night. ... -- Sad., Friday, February 06, 10:19:23am Bobby Brown: "I can't pull the plug" -- Looks like Bobbi Kristina's gonna linger for awhile, Friday, February 06, 12:43:41pm Lol, now Bobby Brown is "God-driven"?? When he doing drugs in front of his daughter throughout her young life, and fathering bastard kids in/after his marriage with 5 mothers (in all)? ... (NT) -- Where was "Pastor Brown" then? ...please., Friday, February 06, 01:26:44pm Marisa Del Frate, Italian singer, actress Dead at 83 Friday, February 06, 12:29:49pm 2 Pic -- Link, Friday, February 06, 12:29:49pm ISIS Claims Kayla Mueller, American Female Hostage, Is Dead She was 26, held captive since Aug., 2013 Friday, February 06, 12:17:28pm 1 Healthwatch: D. Michael Collins, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio Critical condition after heart attack Friday, February 06, 12:14:42pm 7 When I saw on the news "Michael Collins critical after heart attack" I thought it was the Apollo 11 astronaut (NT) -- ., Monday, February 02, 12:11:48pm Rocket & I are originally from Toledo. (NT) -- And NO, we're not going back! - Buckeye, Monday, February 02, 09:22:15pm I always associate Toledo with Corp. Klinger on "MASH" (NT) -- Radar, Tuesday, February 03, 11:19:13am My father was a huge fan of Tony Packo's cafe' often mentioned by Klinger in the series. I used to send for pickles and cheeses for him for Christmas as a present. (NT) -- Buckeye, Tuesday, February 03, 09:34:29pm He has just died this afternoon at age 70 (NT) -- Toledo Blade Newspaper reporting, Friday, February 06, 12:11:38pm Obit -- Link, Friday, February 06, 12:14:42pm Deathwatch: US Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R, Miss) Moved to hospice, "No further treatment is possible" Friday, February 06, 12:08:02pm 4 He has just died today at age 56. (NT) -- CNN, Friday, February 06, 10:34:13am Obit -- Link, Friday, February 06, 12:07:17pm Congressional bio -- ., Friday, February 06, 12:08:02pm Marion Billings, Longtime Publicist for Martin Scorsese Dead at 91 Friday, February 06, 12:06:01pm 9 Imdb -- Link, Thursday, February 05, 01:44:26pm Scorcese was co-director of the 1970 documentary on Woodstock (NT) -- Won an Oscar for Best Doc, Thursday, February 05, 02:33:48pm Scorsese was one of the first directors to score his films with pop music, rather than with orchestrated music (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 05, 04:25:21pm 'The graduate' had to be one of the first. (NT) -- Tony, Thursday, February 05, 07:21:26pm The 1969 film, "Easy Rider" did it too! ... -- Links, Thursday, February 05, 08:17:24pm Uh, no, it goes all the way back to the 1950s and rock and roll films. (NT) -- Not even close, Friday, February 06, 06:52:46am I'll bet it goes back earlier than that; eg, when jazz and big band music were used (NT) -- and the silent era when the pianist played popular music (might not be considered scoring though), Friday, February 06, 09:12:50am I wasn't referring to quickie rock & roll films of the 50's that cashed in on the craze. I meant films that weren't about music, having a pop music soundtrack (NT) -- ., Friday, February 06, 12:06:01pm Joe Langdell USS Arizona's oldest survivor Dies at 100 Friday, February 06, 12:02:41pm 2 Pic -- ., Friday, February 06, 12:02:41pm Family Trolls Seattle Seahawks’ ‘Lousy Play Calling’ in Man’s Obituary Died Shortly After the Super Bowl Friday, February 06, 11:20:34am 3 More ... -- Link, Friday, February 06, 10:22:23am Gee, I wish I'd posted that article (NT) -- Oh, wait, I did, Friday, February 06, 11:20:34am Charlie Sifford (legendary golfer) 1922-2015 Rockin' Robin Thursday, February 05, 11:39:38pm 8 Sifford was a mentor to gold great Tiger Woods, referring to him affectionately as his 'grandfather'. Woods named his son Charlie, after the pro golf champ. -MORE on tribute to sports pioneer. ... -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 04, 10:05:20am He just received the Presidental Medal of Freedom at the White House a few months ago. (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 04, 10:13:59am "Legendary" is a stretch! (NT) -- Chris, Wednesday, February 04, 10:26:33am Let me school you. ...Whenever you're the FIRST in anything, overcoming monumental obstacles? ....You are "legendary"! He helped DEsegregate an institution like the PGA. The Jackie Robinson of golf! (NT) -- Reading is fundamental on social culture of America., Wednesday, February 04, 11:45:12am Here's more. ... -- Rockin' Robin, Thursday, February 05, 11:39:38pm Charlie Sifford, First Black PGA Tour Member, Dead At 92. ... -- Link, Wednesday, February 04, 12:04:03pm Pic ... -- ., Wednesday, February 04, 12:04:39pm Archive: Louis Jordan, Feb. 4, 1975 Musician Thursday, February 05, 06:40:06pm 6 "Caldonia" -- Louis Jordan, Wednesday, February 04, 01:05:47pm Not to be confused with French-born Hollywood film actor Louis Jourdan, who is still living at 93. -- More on musician Louis Jordan, PLUS his classic "Beans and Cornbread". ..., Wednesday, February 04, 01:36:25pm Just bought a 2-CD set -- JJ, Wednesday, February 04, 04:34:44pm "Five Guys Named Moe" -- Louis Jordan, Wednesday, February 04, 04:40:10pm Point Of No Return -- Louis Jordan singing the Gene McDaniels Hit, Thursday, February 05, 06:40:06pm Richard Bonehill, Actor ("Empire Strikes Back", "Return of the Jedi") Dead at 67 Thursday, February 05, 06:39:59pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Thursday, February 05, 06:39:59pm Happy 99th Birthday! Primatologist Milton Thiago de Mello, Production Designer Ken Adam is 94, Actor Jack Dabdoub turns 90. (NT) jlp Thursday, February 05, 05:06:16pm 15 Sadly, Dabdoub just died -- link inside, Thursday, February 05, 08:32:07am Looks like a simple Google search would have revealed his Obit. (NT) -- LOL, Thursday, February 05, 09:01:56am Wasn't mentioned here. Thanks will request update on IMDb (my source) (NT) -- jlp, Thursday, February 05, 09:30:46am Today would have been the centennial birthday of the late Audrey Lawson-Johnson, the last survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, who died in 2011, at age 95. ... -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 05, 10:12:23am Also observing a 100th Birthday today, is the late screenwriter Frances Kavanaugh-Hecker, who wrote more scripts for western movies than any woman in Hollywood, died in 2009. ... -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 05, 11:10:49am Other birthdays, Feb. 5- -- Happy birthdays!, Thursday, February 05, 11:37:22am Baseball player Al Worthington is 86, sportscaster Don Cherry is 81, baseball player Hank Aaron is 81, actor Stuart Damon is 78, journalist Jane Bryant Quinn is 76 (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 05, 12:04:43pm Jane Bryant Quinn is the step-mother of former MTV VJ Martha Quinn (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 05, 12:05:22pm Sakari Momoi, World's oldest man, celebrates 112th birthday -- ., Thursday, February 05, 12:15:20pm "Black & White" -- Three Dog Night, Thursday, February 05, 01:47:42pm "Gimmee Some Money"- The Thamesmen -- Aka, Spinal Tap, Thursday, February 05, 01:53:46pm Drummer Hal Blaine is 86 today -- Here's "Topsy '65", Thursday, February 05, 04:46:36pm "Money" -- Barrett Strong (74 today), Thursday, February 05, 04:47:38pm The last recorded man who was born in 1800s, Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013), reached the oldest age on record for a man, -116 years and 54 days! -- Coincidentally, also Japanese., Thursday, February 05, 05:06:16pm Actress/Singer Mary Healy Dies at 96 Thursday, February 05, 05:04:54pm 6 IMDb -- Link, Wednesday, February 04, 05:15:42pm Husband was Peter Lind Hayes (1915- 98) (NT) -- They were both in "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T", Wednesday, February 04, 06:51:26pm Here are VIDEO clips of Hayes & Healy on TV's "What's My Line" in 1955 & 1958. ... -- Link, Wednesday, February 04, 07:15:54pm Last year her adopted daughter did a 'one-woman show' about her birth mother and adoptive mother -- Todd, Wednesday, February 04, 11:40:47pm Here's Mary in a 1941 Soundie -- Video Link, Thursday, February 05, 05:04:54pm Robert Blees, TV & film writer, producer Dead at 96 Thursday, February 05, 04:44:39pm 2 Wrote the screenplay to "High School Confidential" (1958) -- Link to Imdb, Thursday, February 05, 04:44:39pm Vic Howe, Hockey player, younger brother of Gordie Howe Dead at 85 Thursday, February 05, 02:28:56pm 7 Pic of Vic & Gordie Howe -- Link, Thursday, February 05, 11:45:34am I wonder if Gordie Howe is the reason so many Canadians are named "Gord" (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 05, 11:46:13am Gordie Howe will be 87 next month, despite recent stroke and the life-saving miraculous stem cell procedure done, that brought him back from paralysis. Son Dr. Murray Howe explains. ... -- ...God willing., Thursday, February 05, 12:10:50pm Ok...I came up with Gordon Lightfoot and Gordie Tapp...who else? (NT) -- TOBY, Thursday, February 05, 12:32:47pm Here's some more... -- Link, Thursday, February 05, 01:01:12pm Gordie was supposed to be honored in Saskatoon this weekend (NT) -- A sad homecoming, Thursday, February 05, 02:28:56pm Sir Martin Gilbert, historian and biographer dies aged 78 Sherlock Thursday, February 05, 01:37:50pm 3 Pic -- ., Thursday, February 05, 11:34:46am That pic isn't The Martin Gilbert. -- Sherlock, Thursday, February 05, 01:37:50pm Healthwatch: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Hospitalized (blood clot) Thursday, February 05, 01:15:44pm 4 Of note: Listed as a potential presidential candidate for 2016. (NT) -- On the wiki list., Thursday, February 05, 12:01:10pm Must be as a very dark horse (NT) -- I've heard nothing about him running, Thursday, February 05, 12:17:08pm Here's the source; granted, you'd have to take it for what it's worth. -- Link/comment., Thursday, February 05, 01:15:44pm Walter Liedtke, Curator at Metropolitan Museum of Art, One of several victims of NY train crash He was 69 Thursday, February 05, 01:03:27pm 1 UPDATE: Doctors say there is little they can do for Bobbi Kristina Brown. Close source reveals, “They’ve left it up to the family as to how long they want to keep her alive.” ... FoxNews.com Thursday, February 05, 12:15:03pm 10 If that's the case, then it looks like the decision lies with her father Bobby Brown, as they have confirmed this week, that Bobbi Kristina was never legally married. ... -- I guess P.O.S. Bobby will get Whitney's money, after all., Thursday, February 05, 12:10:41am too lengthy to have on the outside see inside for questions...... -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Thursday, February 05, 02:52:02am I'd be very surprised if there's a will. Her closest relative would the be her father. (NT) -- Assuming no marriage., Thursday, February 05, 03:37:10am So...Who's going to be very wealthy? (NT) -- Whatever skank Bobby ends up with. That's who., Thursday, February 05, 03:39:34am Apparently there was some kind of trust fund . . . -- terri, Thursday, February 05, 10:05:34am If there is a trust, there would also be contingencies built-in in the event of her death. (NT) -- This could then exclude Mr. Brown; especially in the absence of a will., Thursday, February 05, 12:15:03pm '...It's Time to Let Her Go' doctors tell father Bobby Brown, who faces his 46th birthday today, with tough decisions. ... -- Sources say wants to wait until after the weekend., Thursday, February 05, 11:25:05am Ya, it probably messes up his birthday party plans. (NT) -- But ...it's his prerogative., Thursday, February 05, 11:26:11am Sad days for family. (NT) -- I'm sure lawyers are scrambling, too?, Thursday, February 05, 12:13:44pm ARCHIVE: February 5, 1995 ~Actor Doug McClure whose career in film and television extended from the 1950s to the 1990s, died of cancer on this date, at age 59. ... Bio link Thursday, February 05, 12:01:31pm 2 McClure appeared in Twilight Zone's "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" episode, was the series' THIRD episode aired. (NT) -- Original air date October 9, 1959., Thursday, February 05, 12:01:31pm Wes Cooley, Oregon congressman whose career ended in scandal Dead at 82 Thursday, February 05, 11:53:05am 2 Conggressional bio -- ., Thursday, February 05, 11:53:05am Donald Newbury, Executed, One of the "Texas Seven" who escaped from prison in 2000 Texas Thursday, February 05, 11:48:21am 1 Singer Don Covay? Mercy Thursday, February 05, 11:41:20am 17 Also reported on oldiesmusic.com -- Link, Saturday, January 31, 09:29:04pm "I Was Checkin' Out She Was Checkin' In" -- Don Covay, Saturday, January 31, 10:18:06pm "Mercy, Mercy" (Not to be confused with "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy") -- Don Covay, Saturday, January 31, 10:23:18pm that says "reportedly passed away" -- he doesn't know for sure, either., Sunday, February 01, 05:28:53am I know that's why I said it was being reported. -- I never claimed there was anything legit about it., Sunday, February 01, 07:07:37am "Believe it or Not" -- Don Covay, Sunday, February 01, 12:15:01pm Sometimes it takes awhile for the news to get out. NY Times finally has an obit today for Rose Marie McCoy, whose death was reported here a week ago (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 01, 12:23:20pm "Switchin' in the Kitchen" -- Don Covay, Sunday, February 01, 01:30:06pm Obit -- Link, Sunday, February 01, 06:54:24pm another "reportedly" (NT) -- doesn't anyone have any concrete proof??, Sunday, February 01, 08:28:40pm Maybe you ought to consider a job a as a coroner, as that's about the only way you will ever get "concrete proof" (NT) -- *, Sunday, February 01, 11:26:26pm Don't know if this link has been posted but it says a family friend has confirmed his passing. -- Link, Monday, February 02, 08:51:04am Several music blogs are reporting this; so far no (major) mainstream news organization. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Monday, February 02, 05:50:09pm Until now .... Washington Post obituary (the city where he grew up) ..... -- Ed Tracey, Tuesday, February 03, 04:21:50pm According to Rolling Stone, Covay was 78 years old. ... -- ...not 76., Thursday, February 05, 11:14:58am Another musician who shaved some years off his age (NT) -- ., Thursday, February 05, 11:41:20am Happy 104th Birthday! Artist Kazuya Naka, Writer Masashige Narusawa is 90, Actress Ann Jillian turns 65. (NT) jlp Thursday, February 05, 12:15:28am 6 Actress Katharine Ross is 75. Actor Tom Selleck is 70 -- Other birthdays, Jan. 29-, Thursday, January 29, 12:11:52pm Tom Selleck is only 5 years younger than Len Cariou, who plays his father on "Blue Bloods" (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 29, 12:12:36pm Guitarist Franco Cerri is 89, actor Peter Byrne is 87, Judge George Ross Anderson is 86, writer Christopher Collier is 85, composer Leslie Bricusse is 84, photographer Fred Jüssi is 80 (NT) -- Biologist Roger Payne is 80, Thursday, January 29, 12:29:10pm Today, W.C. Fields would've been 135 (1-29-1880-12-25-1946) (NT) -- Findagrave listed illegitimate son William Rexford Fields Morris died November 28,2014 age 97., Thursday, January 29, 01:04:39pm Happy Belated Birthday (January 29) to our 'Mr.X'! (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, February 05, 12:15:28am Archive: Liberace, Feb. 4, 1987 Flamboyant pianist Wednesday, February 04, 05:26:19pm 3 In the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Hyde & Hare" (1955) Bugs sits down at a piano & says "I wish my brother George was here". It's an allusion to Liberace, who would often pine for his brother on his TV show -- ., Wednesday, February 04, 04:45:34pm In their first show after his death, SNL opened with Phil Hartman as him playing piano in heaven -- That was as far as they went with it..., Wednesday, February 04, 05:26:19pm Remembering Karen Carpenter…. Rockin' Robin Wednesday, February 04, 04:58:40pm 10 I used to work in their hometown -Downey (after her death/but while Richard still resided). Daily, I used to pass the apartment houses they owned -the 'Only Just Begun' & 'Close To You' Apts. ... -- theChronicler, Tuesday, February 03, 08:45:22pm Oddly, two DECADES after Karen's death, brother Richard moved from Downey to new home in Thousand Oaks (50 miles), taking his sister with him, exhuming her body for the move! ... -- theChronicler, Tuesday, February 03, 08:52:42pm Still hard to believe what happened to her (NT) -- :(, Tuesday, February 03, 09:32:51pm Hard to believe that Karen is now dead, almost as long a time period, as she was alive -32 years! Her songs still get me. Though Luther's "Superstar" IMO, is superior, her original still hits me. ... -- theChronicler, Wednesday, February 04, 12:23:28am Fun Fact: Leon Russell wrote this song about "Sweet Sweet Connie," a notorious groupie from Arkansas. (NT) -- Also in "We're An American Band', Wednesday, February 04, 06:40:23am My fav too, and about the only Carpenters song that aged well. (NT) -- Russ, Wednesday, February 04, 04:58:40pm eternally beautiful (NT) -- wWDI, Wednesday, February 04, 12:02:00am I believe Carpenter committed suicide. Her "anorexia-related" death was a polite way to cover up the truth and protect her image. (NT) -- IIRC she died the day her divorce was finalized., Wednesday, February 04, 06:41:43am In the early 1960s, their mom Agnes Carpenter used to dispense qualudes to her teens to sleep! (NT) -- Yikes!, Wednesday, February 04, 12:14:16pm Happy 104th Birthday! Writer Kinpara Masako, Artist Jean Chabot is 101, Politician Clive Bossom is 97, Actress Janet Waldo is 97, Actor Raymond Baillet is 96, Writer Krystyna Berwinska is 96, (NT) jlp Wednesday, February 04, 04:17:18pm 12 Mathematician Lotfi A. Zadeh is 94, Journalist Bernard Kalb is 93, Politician Belisario Betancur is 92, Actor Gerald Sim is 90, Actress Sonja Povsic turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Wednesday, February 04, 05:24:15am Other birthdays, Feb.4- -- Happy birthdays!, Wednesday, February 04, 11:53:30am Actor Gerald Sim, 90 today, is the brother-in- law of the late actor/ director Richard Attenborough (NT) -- His sister, Sheila Sim, 92, is Attenborough's widow, Wednesday, February 04, 12:31:25pm Actor- director Jerry Adler is 86, British politician Stan Newens is 85, ex- Pres. of Argentina Isabel Martínez de Perón is 84, baseball player Shirley Burkovich is 82, artist Mary Frank is 82 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 04, 12:34:11pm HAPPY Centennial to the late songwriters Norman Wisdom ("White Cliffs of Dover"), and Ray Evans ("Mona Lisa"), also TV's Perry Mason DA 'Hamilton Burger', actor William Talman, who are all 100 today! -- Learn more ..., Wednesday, February 04, 12:03:02pm William Hopper ("Paul Drake") & William Talman ("Hamilton Burger') were born only a week or so apart (NT) -- Both died in their early 50's, Wednesday, February 04, 12:10:32pm Anyone remember Talman's sex scandal that got him yanked from 'Mason'?... -- ?, Wednesday, February 04, 12:17:20pm It seems that Talman's first wife, actress Lynne Carter, is still alive at 96 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 04, 12:26:34pm William Talman anti- smoking ad, 1968 -- He beat Yul Brynner by 17 years!, Wednesday, February 04, 12:28:03pm Coincidentally, Talman's TV co-star Ray Collins, best remembered by his fans as ‘Lt. Arthur Tragg,’ the aging Perry Mason homicide detective, are buried just yards from each other! -- Links, Wednesday, February 04, 01:43:05pm "No Price Tag"- The Spiders -- Alice Cooper's first band, 1966, Wednesday, February 04, 04:17:18pm Monica Scattini, Italian actress Dead at 59 Wednesday, February 04, 12:21:06pm 2 Pic -- ., Wednesday, February 04, 12:21:06pm Archive: Boris Karloff, Feb. 2, 1969 Horror great Wednesday, February 04, 12:09:28pm 15 Boris Karloff talks 'Frankenstein' in rare 1963 interview -- Link, Monday, February 02, 04:44:12pm Can you name TWO cartoons Karloff narrated? (NT) -- I can, Monday, February 02, 05:57:09pm "The Grinch" was one (NT) -- Can't think of the other, Monday, February 02, 06:40:06pm When told by a friend that Bobby Pickett, who recorded the hit song "Monster Mash", was a big fan of his, Karloff replied, "Tell him I enjoy his record very much." (NT) -- Pickett considered that the greatest compliment he'd ever gotten, Monday, February 02, 06:49:36pm The other Karloff-narrated cartoon was 1958's "The Juggler Of Our Lady" (NT) -- Theatrical short produced by Terrytoons (Mighty Mouse, Heckle & Jeckle, etc.), Monday, February 02, 07:51:36pm Karloff also narrated a cartoon version of "Peter & the Wolf" (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 03, 11:18:04am As a kid, as a newly found appreciator of film, the name 'Karloff' was the first name-to-recognition to an actor, in my young life. Karloff, in my eyes, now and forever an icon. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 02, 08:40:10pm Of many film/TV projects Karloff did, it was his voice that stood out. -A great example came in 1967's B-effort, "Targets" and his telling of John O'Hara's "Appointment in Samarra". Just the best! ... -- theChronicler, Monday, February 02, 10:28:53pm "Targets" was Karloff's last great film. He basically plays himself, an aging horror actor who comes to realize his old films have nothing on the horrors of the modern world -- Byron Orlock, Tuesday, February 03, 11:37:59am Also in the TARGETS scene posted in the video clip above, it's a younger Sandy Baron (1930-2001), who best remembered as ... -- ...Jerry's parents' nemesis neighbor at their Del Boca Vista retirement community., Tuesday, February 03, 02:25:06pm Baron took his name from Barron's Bookstore which we both shopped at (25 years or so apart) for our textbooks at Brooklyn College. (NT) -- Scitea, Wednesday, February 04, 06:05:29am Can you imagine how different his career would have been had he used his real name, William Pratt? (NT) -- obitchecker, Tuesday, February 03, 09:03:52pm I always thought it would've been cool if Bela Lugosi's son had married Boris Karloff's daughter (NT) -- ., Wednesday, February 04, 12:00:35pm Have you SEEN Karloff's daughter? ... -- Though a handsome woman. Sadly, got her dad's smarmy looks., Wednesday, February 04, 12:09:28pm Norman Yemm, Australian actor Dead at 82 Wednesday, February 04, 12:08:52pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Wednesday, February 04, 12:08:52pm Happy 101st Birthday! Actress Mary Carlisle, Ret. WW2 Colonel Stuart Archer is 100, Poet Martin Greenberg is 97, Physician Henry Heimlich is 95, Actor Shelly Berman is 90, (NT) jlp Wednesday, February 04, 11:56:54am 15 Camera Operator Kazimierz Madejski turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Tuesday, February 03, 04:40:38am Carlisle is the only surviving WAMPUS Baby Star left today. (NT) -- jlp, Tuesday, February 03, 07:03:46am Here's VIDEO of Carlisle career. ... -- Her first film was 92 years ago, retiring from screen 72 years ago!, Tuesday, February 03, 11:16:27am Shelley Berman, 90 today, is another celebrity to outlive a child (NT) -- Son Joshua died at 12 in 1977 (brain tumor), Tuesday, February 03, 11:34:47am Other birthdays, Feb. 3- -- Happy birthdays!, Tuesday, February 03, 11:39:07am "Brand New Key" -- Melanie, Tuesday, February 03, 11:46:06am "All Day & All of the Night" -- The Kinks, Tuesday, February 03, 01:59:56pm Writer Kenneth Anger is 88, singer Val Doonican is 88, painter Gillian Ayres is 85, ex- US Sen. Paul Sarbanes is 82 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 03, 11:46:44am Writer/filmmaker Kenneth Anger, who is 88 today, wrote the Bible of photographic, gossip books, "Hollywood Babylon" ... (NT) -- ...a 'must have' book in any "old Hollywood film" buff's library., Tuesday, February 03, 02:04:31pm Here she is in 2014 -- just before her 100th Birthday, Tuesday, February 03, 11:53:38am Fantastic memory. (NT) -- Scitea, Wednesday, February 04, 06:01:35am Recent interview with Mary Carlisle -- ., Wednesday, February 04, 08:22:11am Sorry link doesn't work anymore (NT) -- :(, Wednesday, February 04, 08:23:25am It's say they removed link. (NT) -- I remember it from last year., Wednesday, February 04, 10:14:31am Frank Borghi, goalkeeper of the 1950 major USA upset victory over England in the World Cup, aged 89 ....... Ed Tracey Wednesday, February 04, 11:52:17am 2 Pic -- ., Wednesday, February 04, 11:52:17am Pilot dies due to taking selfies in cockpit Darwin Candidate? Wednesday, February 04, 06:48:46am 6 Foolish? Yes. Darwin? No. (NT) -- Being foolish is simply not enough for a DA, Tuesday, February 03, 05:18:47pm I'm sure the ones that hand out the Darwin Awards each year would disagree with you. -- Glad to know your such an expert on them, he was stupid and foolish, Tuesday, February 03, 05:38:46pm So doesn't doing dumb things, get you the Darwin nomination?? (NT) -- Seems the pilot would be a candidate. Explain please?, Tuesday, February 03, 05:52:46pm Why don't you READ the rules? People take selfies. It's foolish to do so, but it's not something that will inherently KILL you in doing so. -- Reading is fundamental., Wednesday, February 04, 06:45:10am ALSO. He killed someone. Any accident that claims another person's life is instantly disqualified. -- Says so in the rules, yo., Wednesday, February 04, 06:48:46am So Since I would never report an inaccurate report if I can help it what is the "real" deal on Kristina Brown is she? or is she not brain dead? noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran) Tuesday, February 03, 09:27:43pm 26 I suspect they were holding information until her grandmother could get there. (NT) -- Sharon, Monday, February 02, 04:59:19am If I was a betting man? (NT) -- ...I would say her brain has gone to the skittles rainbow., Monday, February 02, 05:21:41am Sounds cold, but she lives(d?) in a world of fame, big money, and gossip. Life support keeps her fresh until (NT) -- plans can be made ., Monday, February 02, 06:41:20am verification -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Monday, February 02, 12:51:56pm Sad, reading those tweets. Poor kid. Just a victim to dumbass dysfunctional parents. She deserved better. (NT) -- Recntly deceased Francesca Hilton was also a victim of dysfunctional folks. Sad., Monday, February 02, 01:09:51pm I really object to them being called "victims". Most people should only have handed to them what they have... (NT) -- And then just blow it. Money...Good health...who needs it? Right?, Monday, February 02, 01:20:45pm You seem to know little of Psychology, provincial in thinking money/'health' equals well-adjustment and happiness. Dysfunctional childhood of course can be overcome. (NT) -- Dysfunctional childhood of course can be overcome. But she just didn't have time., Monday, February 02, 01:31:17pm Yeah...That's what I said. (NT) -- OK., Monday, February 02, 01:38:33pm I am living proof...................... -- guitargirl, Monday, February 02, 01:34:27pm Reminds me of famed film quote ... -- Sophia, Monday, February 02, 01:40:20pm Bobbi Kristina Doing Significantly Better -- TMZ report (link), Monday, February 02, 01:22:24pm The 'take away' from article ..."she was deprived of oxygen for anywhere between 2 to 5 minutes while she was submerged in a tub, doctors fear neurological damage." (NT) -- Doesn't sound medically promising., Monday, February 02, 01:35:15pm It's likely this is another 'Jackie Wilson situation', here. He lasted a decade like this. Sad. (NT) -- BUT, $he'll be better cared for, than Jackie., Monday, February 02, 01:46:06pm CBS News: Family told to prepare for the worst. A source close to the family says her father and husband have been advised by doctors to prepare for the worst ... -- ... and the longer she remains in the coma, the more likely she will not regain consciousness., Monday, February 02, 03:14:11pm Bobbi Kristina Brown Recovery Would Be a Miracle, Says Source -- Link, Monday, February 02, 04:37:37pm I'm sure I'm not alone thinking it'd be relatively difficult to end up 'face down' in a bathtub. (NT) -- That would take some effort., Monday, February 02, 06:09:05pm Be a little drunk, fall and hit your head, or just pass out (NT) -- not so hard, Monday, February 02, 06:54:09pm No offense but this family should stay away from bathtubs and should shower only (NT) -- ., Monday, February 02, 07:10:09pm Considering Bobbi Kristina has the frame of a large child, in the tub she could've turned to one side in a drunken state, and pass out, rolling over in the process. (NT) -- The whole thing sounds pretty sad, and pathetic. I hope she finds peace, soon., Monday, February 02, 08:32:57pm TMZ reporting that Brown's family confirms drugs found in search of house. (NT) -- No big surprise, Tuesday, February 03, 08:35:21am It's revealed the man accompanying Bobbi's husband, when they discovered her in the tub, was arrested on drug charges a couple of weeks ago. ... -- Maxwell Lomas was arrested Jan. 14 charged w/possession of drugs/firearm with intent to distribute., Tuesday, February 03, 09:28:25am Kristina Has been moved AGAIN......... -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Tuesday, February 03, 02:18:02pm No she wasn't. The move was yesterday -only once. (NT) -- You misunderstood., Tuesday, February 03, 02:27:13pm I really hate when a news station reports something two days in a row...... and doesnt even say its being repeated sorry gang.....really am trying to stay on top of this...... (NT) -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Tuesday, February 03, 04:31:55pm Actually, the new location of the hospital Bobbi Kristina was transported, was left largely unreported, until late today. She is now (as of Tuesday February 3) at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. (NT) -- theChronicler, Tuesday, February 03, 09:27:43pm Archive: Chris Kyle, Feb. 2, 2013 American sniper Tuesday, February 03, 09:15:40pm 2 ARCHIVE: February 2, 2013 ~Sad, he didn't live to see his life put on big screen. -More on the Life & career of Chris Kyle. ... -- theChronicler, Tuesday, February 03, 09:15:40pm February 3, 1959 -- "The Day The Music Died" Rockin' Robin Tuesday, February 03, 09:06:33pm 13 I hate when someone tells me I need to understand something, it's their way of saying they know more about the subject than you do. (NT) -- How can you fully understand the circumstances if you weren't there?, Monday, February 02, 10:31:52pm I fully understand the circumstances..because I WAS there -- Rockin' Robin, Tuesday, February 03, 07:50:52am "You Can't Argue With A Sick Mind" ... -- Rockin' Robin, Tuesday, February 03, 09:19:45am I was there...in 1992 -- Rory B, Tuesday, February 03, 08:10:41am That's great news! -- Rockin' Robin, Tuesday, February 03, 09:37:48am "Peggy Sue" -- Buddy Holly, Tuesday, February 03, 11:26:31am "Ooh My Head" -- Ritchie Valens, Tuesday, February 03, 11:28:13am "Chantilly Lace" -- Big Bopper, Tuesday, February 03, 11:30:06am Pic of Roger Peterson -- Pilot, Tuesday, February 03, 11:32:51am I did Meet Bobby Vee -- Rory B, Tuesday, February 03, 02:01:55pm I wonder if this article from the NY Daily News about Maria Holly was the one that made Don McLean cry in Feb. 1959... -- Link, Tuesday, February 03, 04:40:44pm He couldn't remember if he cried, but something touched him deep inside. (NT) -- obitchecker, Tuesday, February 03, 09:06:33pm Healthwatch: Radio host, movie critic Michael Medved Throat cancer Tuesday, February 03, 04:46:59pm 2 Wrote "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time" published in 1978 (NT) -- One of the first books to compile a "worst of film" list, Tuesday, February 03, 04:46:59pm Eddie ‘The Kydd’ Rendini, Guitarist for Cold & Darwin’s Waiting Room Has died Tuesday, February 03, 04:44:40pm 1 BREAKING: Hot 97 reporting that Suge Knight has been rushed to the hospital after massive heart attack. (NT) Was leaving courthouse after vehicular manslaughter case Tuesday, February 03, 02:41:58pm 4 Dying would be a good move on his part (NT) -- He's in danger of getting the "3 Strikes" law, Tuesday, February 03, 01:31:55pm Wow! You people are going to have to post links, or check rumors before posting. "Massive heart attack"?? NEWS sources report he had "anxiety attack". Com'mon ppl. ... -- NBCNews.com link, Tuesday, February 03, 01:52:34pm Tell it to the radio DJ's who are reporting these things. (NT) -- I'm just passing on what I heard., Tuesday, February 03, 02:41:58pm Johnny Goodman, TV producer ("The Saint") Dead at 87 Tuesday, February 03, 02:16:22pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, February 03, 02:16:22pm Rapper Dominic Newton, aka the Jacka, shot dead He was 37 Tuesday, February 03, 02:04:00pm 3 'Newton'? ...'shot'? ...in E.Oakland? (NT) -- Any relation to former Black Panther founder Huey Newton?, Tuesday, February 03, 11:55:38am Doubtful, though anything's possible. (NT) -- You'd think any relation to the Black Panther founder would've been mentioned, Tuesday, February 03, 02:04:00pm Radio Shack, 94 Russ Tuesday, February 03, 02:01:32pm 2 Amazon, like Sprint, mulls acquiring RadioShack stores, who are going out of business since its start in 1921. ... -- Link, Tuesday, February 03, 02:01:32pm Ailing author Harper Lee to publish 2nd novel after 55 years in seclusion. Sequel to "To Kill A Mockingbird" Tuesday, February 03, 01:53:59pm 2 Mo' info ... -- R.I.F., Tuesday, February 03, 01:53:59pm Today's photos: Alicia Rhett and Mary Anderson (NT) Both were in GWTW. Just watched Anderson in Lifeboat - she was great Tuesday, February 03, 01:12:00pm 7 Absolutely great film! Hitchcock did some of his best efforts in "Lifeboat" (1944), of which Anderson was its sole cast member left, until her death last year. (NT) -- And alicia Rhett was the oldest surviving GWTW member, until her death at 98, last year., Thursday, January 22, 07:19:25pm That's a really nice picture of Mary. -- obitchecker, Friday, January 23, 10:49:42pm I'd forgotten Anderson was the sister of actor James Anderson, known for playing creepy roles, memorably as Mayella's brother 'Robert E. Lee "Bob" Ewell' in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). ... -- theChronicler, Monday, February 02, 10:38:58am Speaking of "To Kill a Mockingbird", Harper Lee is publishing a sequel- after 55 years! (NT) -- It's the 88 year old's 2nd book!, Tuesday, February 03, 11:22:06am True! The 'new' novel "Go Set a Watchman" was written in the 1950s BEFORE "Mockingbird", but an editor found the childhood memories in 'Watchman' more compelling to publish first in 'Mockingbird'. ... -- Publisher says Lee likely NOT to do any publicity for the book., Tuesday, February 03, 11:42:38am Oh, boy! A long-lost NEW novel from Truman Capote! (NT) -- I can't wait to read it!, Tuesday, February 03, 01:12:00pm Monty Oum, Animator for RoosterTeeth Dead at 33 Tuesday, February 03, 11:42:07am 1 Healthwatch: Linsey Godfrey, 'Bold and the Beautiful' actress hit by car Both Legs Broken Tuesday, February 03, 11:17:23am 2 Wonder if she'll appear on the show in a cast & with crutches? (NT) -- ., Tuesday, February 03, 11:17:23am Peter Gabriel Music Video and "Pee-Wee's Playhouse Director Stephen R. Johnson (1952-2015) Directed "Steam", "Sledgehammer" & "Big Time" Tuesday, February 03, 11:11:17am 4 IMDb -- Link, Tuesday, February 03, 08:06:37am "Sledgehammer" -- Link, Tuesday, February 03, 08:08:32am Johnson directed Oingo Boingo video "Just Another Day", the song from their 1985 "Dead Man's Party" LP. ... -- Also directed 17 "PeeWee Playhouse" TV episodes., Tuesday, February 03, 11:11:17am Actress Sandy Balson Dies at 84 Tuesday, February 03, 07:51:38am 2 IMDb -- Link, Friday, January 23, 01:43:40am Battle for Robin Williams Estate - I think we all knew this was coming sooner or later. Sharon Tuesday, February 03, 06:15:22am 1 Archive: Gene Kelly, Feb. 2, 1996 Actor, dancer Monday, February 02, 06:51:18pm 3 "Singing In The Rain" -- Gene Kelly, Monday, February 02, 04:31:11pm Pic of Gene Kelly with Boris Karloff, Henry Fonda, Ronald Reagan, & Jane Wyman -- Link, Monday, February 02, 06:51:18pm Happy 98th Birthday! Politician Do Muoi, Dancer/Choreographer Yuriko is 95, Baseball's Red Schendienst is 92, Columnist Liz Smith is 92, Actress Gloria Marlen is 90, Speed Skater Jan Uitham turns 90. (NT) jlp Monday, February 02, 04:31:36pm 6 Other birthdays, Feb. 2-- -- Happy birthdays!, Monday, February 02, 12:03:05pm Ex- Pres. of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is 89, Dutch politician Dries van Agt is 84, actor Glynn Edwards is 84, Canadian politician John Paul Harney is 84, writer Judith Viorst is 84 (NT) -- Actor Robert Mandan is 83, scientist Evgeny Velikhov is 80, Monday, February 02, 12:19:47pm “Wooden Ships” ... -- Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Monday, February 02, 04:30:17pm "Marrakesh Express" ... -- Crosby & Nash, Monday, February 02, 04:31:00pm "Look Through Any Window" ... -- The Hollies, Monday, February 02, 04:31:36pm Today's photo: Rod Taylor and Anita Ekberg (NT) Once engaged, died days apart Monday, February 02, 04:28:12pm 8 Died days apart, kinda like Shelly Winters and ex-hubby Anthony Franciosa, in January 2006. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, February 02, 10:41:52am Boy, Taylor and Ekberg are classic examples of two beautiful people, who DID-NOT-AGE-WELL. (NT) -- Odd happenstance -kind of like two good-looking people having an ugly baby. It happens., Monday, February 02, 10:50:16am A prime example is Ryan O' Neal & Farrah Fawcett's kid Redmond (NT) -- Boy, that guy is ugly!, Monday, February 02, 12:08:32pm Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel (NT) -- Unfortunately, their kid got HIS looks, Monday, February 02, 12:10:13pm True about one ugly parent = ugly kid. One word ... (NT) -- ...Bobby Brown., Monday, February 02, 01:21:11pm Today would've been Farrah's 68th birthday. & Christie Brinkley is 61 today (NT) -- !, Monday, February 02, 04:28:12pm They lived to be 83 and 84! That's aging pretty well. If you mean they didn't retain their youthful beauty - true. -- The Happy Reaper, Monday, February 02, 03:22:45pm Actor Than Wyenn 1919-2015 Monday, February 02, 04:24:00pm 11 IMDb -- Link, Sunday, February 01, 07:14:13am Hollywood Reporter OBIT -- -, Sunday, February 01, 12:14:47pm Was in TZ episode "Execution" with Russell Johnson (NT) -- Old West bad guy gets what's comig to him, Sunday, February 01, 12:19:12pm "Execution" had one of the most ridiculous fight scenes in TV history. -- The small-statured Paul Johnson (Wyenn) killing tough-guy Joe Caswell (Albert Salmi) made no sense, Sunday, February 01, 01:57:27pm How about the fight scene in the Star Trek episode "Wolf in the Fold" where a much larger stuntman fills in for the diminutive John Fiedler? (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 01, 02:00:27pm That's one of a few episodes of the original series I haven't seen yet. -- Just never got around to watching them all, Sunday, February 01, 02:06:24pm Wyenn died 2 weeks after Johnson's year anniversary of his death. I remember Wyenn from MANY TV series of the 1960/70s. But the TZ episode is a standout. Weird story, but here it is ... -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 01, 08:25:12pm He had quite the resume (NT) -- appeared in many, many shows!, Sunday, February 01, 05:21:50pm From everything I've read he seemed like a really nice person -- A 71-year marriage is definitely something to be proud of, Sunday, February 01, 05:43:55pm TZ episode "Execution" airs tonight on the SYFY channel. (NT) -- ., Monday, February 02, 04:24:00pm Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died 1 year ago today (NT) Time sure flies, eh? Monday, February 02, 01:41:54pm 1 Dave Bergman, Baseball player (Detroit Tigers) Dead at 61 Monday, February 02, 01:17:29pm 2 Baseball card -- Link, Monday, February 02, 01:17:29pm Healthwatch: Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel Enters rehab Monday, February 02, 12:14:50pm 1 Archive: John Vernon, Feb. 1, 2005 Character actor Monday, February 02, 12:03:59pm 2 Long remembered as Dean Wormer in "Animal House" (NT) -- "Fat, drunk & stupid is no way to go through life, son", Monday, February 02, 12:03:59pm Katherine Coughlin, Rhode Island Supercentenarian Dies at 111 Monday, February 02, 11:25:46am 1 Actor Ricardo Medina Jr. arrested for murder Has appeared in "Power Rangers" Monday, February 02, 10:56:12am 2 Sounds like it MAY be 'justifiable homicide'? This is the first 'death by sword' I've read about, in a while. (NT) -- Don't do drugs, kids., Monday, February 02, 10:56:12am Marie Jensen, Denmark's oldest person Dead at 110 Monday, February 02, 10:40:08am 1 Andy Johns, legendary rock and roll producer He was 61 Monday, February 02, 06:47:11am 6 That article is nearly 2-years-old -- Was it not posted here already?, Sunday, February 01, 04:42:12pm It's been trending on Facebook. Apparently another prankster's attempt to bring a dead story back to life. I've seen it on my FB feed as well. (NT) -- Don't hate the messenger too much; it happens., Sunday, February 01, 06:02:34pm No hate towards the messenger -- Probably didn't notice the date, I've done the same thing myself, Sunday, February 01, 06:10:04pm No worries--I've wondered about this phenomenon. I can understand pranksters making hoax death reports--but getting old, legit obits to trend as if they just happend...well, I don't get that at all. (NT) -- Maybe i'm too old to understand "the kids" today., Monday, February 02, 06:47:11am As noted, the younger brother of Glyn Johns. Mick Abrahams (of Blodwyn Pig) gave him a good deal of credit for their (short-lived) success. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, February 01, 04:42:25pm Ann Mara, Giants co-owner Dead at 85 (injuries from fall) Sunday, February 01, 11:30:43pm 8 Died one month after a fall (NT) -- Elderly + Falls = Prepare for Funeral, Sunday, February 01, 09:14:47am Football matriarch dies on Super Bowl Sunday (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 01, 01:20:29pm 11 children and 43 grandchildren - wow. God bless her! (NT) -- She and her husband were good people by all accounts., Sunday, February 01, 03:55:33pm Grand-daughter is actress Rooney Mara -- IMDb Link, Sunday, February 01, 04:02:27pm Rooney's sister Kate Mara is also an actress -- ., Sunday, February 01, 04:33:26pm Thanks, the obit at legacy.com made no mention of Kate -- Link, Sunday, February 01, 04:40:33pm Granddaughter actress Rooney Mara was absolutely sublime in her performance in 2011's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", and earned the 'Best Actress' nod a few years ago! ... -- theChronicler, Sunday, February 01, 11:30:43pm Actor Tomislav Tom Lincir Dies at 99 Sunday, February 01, 06:10:16pm 3 Imdb -- -, Sunday, February 01, 02:28:44pm Appeared in 'International Squadron' with Ronald Reagan (NT) -- -, Sunday, February 01, 06:10:16pm Mark Dana 1920-2015 (Actor) Colt Sunday, February 01, 04:28:45pm 3 He was in "The Silver Chalice", Paul Newman's first film (NT) -- He died on what would've been Newman's 90th birthday, Sunday, February 01, 04:23:26pm Pic -- Link, Sunday, February 01, 04:28:45pm Actress/Singer Valerie Stevenson 1962-2015 Sunday, February 01, 02:29:18pm 3 "Kiss Me Red" - Dreams -- Link, Sunday, February 01, 02:27:52pm IMDb -- Link, Sunday, February 01, 02:29:18pm British actress Geraldine McEwan dies aged 82 (NT) Sherlock Sunday, February 01, 01:43:13pm 10 NOTE: In the future, please post link, or at least the source from which you report news. -Thank you. (NT) -- theChronicler, Saturday, January 31, 10:39:30am Link -- BBC, Saturday, January 31, 10:56:26am She played Miss Marple -- Link to Imdb, Saturday, January 31, 12:23:00pm She starred in a TV series based on the film " The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (NT) -- Rod McKuen wrote the song "Jean", heard in the film, Saturday, January 31, 12:28:51pm Pic (1952) -- Link, Saturday, January 31, 04:36:45pm Unlike 'Hercule Poirot' played by actor David Suchet (from 1989-2013), there were 3 actresses who played 'Miss Jane Marple'. (NT) -- ...Joan Hickson (1984-1992), Geraldine McEwan (2004-2009) and Julia McKenzie (2009-2013)., Saturday, January 31, 07:19:53pm My there WERE many actresses who played the legendary literary figure ... -- List, Saturday, January 31, 07:27:11pm I'll always remember Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 01, 12:10:59pm Cassandra on an eposide of "Red Dwarf" -- Teller, Sunday, February 01, 01:43:13pm Sandy Socolow, Walter Cronkite's "right hand," dies at 86 Link Sunday, February 01, 01:16:39pm 2 Pic -- ., Sunday, February 01, 01:16:39pm OT: Olivia de Havilland article in Entertainment Weekly Link Sunday, February 01, 12:47:11pm 12 I can't remember entertainment EVER, SO celebs living to (near) 100! Last year losing Juanita Moore, Eli Wallach, Alicia Rhett, Carla Laemmle, Luise Rainer, Iva Withers, Herb Jeffreys, Don Keefer etc! (NT) -- LIVING! DeHavilland, Norman Lloyd, Lupita Tovar, Kirk Douglas, "Professor" Irwin Corey, etc, Friday, January 30, 07:18:24pm Also, Mary Carlisle, 100, Director Richard L. Bare, 101 (NT) -- and Patricia Morison will be 100 in March, Saturday, January 31, 04:25:52am I'd forgotten Bare was still around. He directed nearly ALL of "Gren Acres" episodes. Also forget he was once married to TV's 'Lois Lane' Phyllis Coates, about 70 years ago! (NT) -- Amazing Bare will be 102, in August!, Saturday, January 31, 10:12:38am Last week Coates turned 88! -And although divorced nearly 65 years ago, here is Richard L. Bare and Phyllis Coates at a fan Q&A, just a couple years ago! ... -- VIDEO Link, Saturday, January 31, 10:17:07am I wonder if that is a record for longest divorce (NT) -- 65 years is quite awhile, Saturday, January 31, 01:28:55pm Kirk Douglas & Diana Dill divorced in 1951 (NT) -- 64 years ago, Saturday, January 31, 01:50:36pm Actually, according to IMdB, Bare and Coates were divorced 66 years ago, last week! (NT) -- In contrast, Norman & Peggy Lloyd's 75 year marriage was Hollywood's longest!, Saturday, January 31, 07:34:49pm Until recent years, centenarians Bob Hope and wife Dolores' union was also considered one of Hollywood's longest marriages... (NT) -- ...until it was unearthed, that there is NO shred of evidence that the two were ever married!, Saturday, January 31, 07:37:42pm Maybe that's why bob felt he could cheat on Dolores ith impunity -- If they were never married!, Sunday, February 01, 12:36:13pm This is news to me! No evidence they were ever married?? (NT) -- -, Sunday, February 01, 12:44:04pm A recent book by Richard Zoglin says that no marriage certificate for Bob & Dolores has ever turned up (NT) -- Not even a wedding photo, Sunday, February 01, 12:47:11pm Happy 102nd Birthday! Association Official Erich Schulze, Writer Jeanne De Funes is 101. Cinematographer Ion Cosma is 100, Scientist Gordon Hobday is 99, Politician Carlos Fayt is 97, (NT) jlp Sunday, February 01, 12:29:34pm 4 Director Lela Swift is 96, Major Gen. Homer I. Lewis is 96, Actor Peter Sallis is 94, Political Scientist Alfred Grosser is 90, Actor Stuart Whitman turns 87. (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, February 01, 05:14:37am Singer Bob Shane (The Kingston Trio) is 81 today -- Other birthdays, Feb. 1-, Sunday, February 01, 12:12:07pm Writer Patricia Robins is 94, physicist Sam Edwards is 87, British politician Peter Tapsell is 85, writer Nicolae Breban is 81, wrestler Dory Dixon is 80 (NT) -- ., Sunday, February 01, 12:29:34pm Jazz Singer Marilyn Holderfield Dies at 77 Sunday, February 01, 12:16:14pm 2 Pic. -- ., Sunday, February 01, 12:16:14pm TODAY's pics: Rusty White and Michele Gibson Pierson. Greatly missed. Teller Saturday, January 31, 10:05:04pm 6 RIP... I miss them both. (NT) -- Harris, Friday, January 30, 04:16:46pm A nice tribute to end the months of 2014 loses. (NT) -- Never forgotten., Friday, January 30, 04:18:00pm Micki was a rascal and Rusty quite a character .... -- Jean, Friday, January 30, 07:09:01pm I miss them too. (NT) -- And I feel they would be on board to place marker for our Barbara, too!, Friday, January 30, 07:26:34pm Agreed with Rusty & Micki. Also want to mention Stephen Coles at GRG who passed in 2014. I know a lot of us have visited his website over the years. -- Russ, Saturday, January 31, 10:05:04pm The late Junior Seau among 6 elected to the Pro Football HOF Russ Saturday, January 31, 09:51:13pm 1 Eddie Bell, Drag performer known as Cookie Dough Dead at 51 Saturday, January 31, 05:07:39pm 2 Gone way too (NT) -- young, Saturday, January 31, 05:07:39pm Happy 103rd Birthday! Politician Garibaldo Benifei, Actor/Comedian Irving Benson is 101, Politician Ali Barraud is 97, Writer Benoite Groult is 95, (NT) jlp Saturday, January 31, 04:43:05pm 7 Actress Carol Channing is 94, Historian John Lukacs is 91, Businessman A. Alfred Taubman turns 91. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, January 31, 05:25:06am Other birthdays, Jan. 31- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, January 31, 12:18:36pm TV host Garry Moore was born 100 years ago today (died 1993) -- Bio, Saturday, January 31, 12:30:28pm Scientist Eric Ash is 87, scientist Irma Wyman is 87, lawyer Lloyd Hand is 86, diplomat H. Allen Holmes is 82, racer Ernesto Brambilla is 81, Nobel winning writer Kenzaburô Ôe is 80 (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 31, 12:38:06pm "That's the Way I Like It" -- KC & the Sunshine Band, Saturday, January 31, 04:42:04pm "Anarchy in the UK" -- The Sex Pistols, Saturday, January 31, 04:43:05pm Carl Djerassi, Developer of birth control pill Dead at 91 Saturday, January 31, 04:35:33pm 2 Pic -- ., Saturday, January 31, 04:35:33pm Richard von Weizsäcker, Ex- President of Germany Dead at 94 Saturday, January 31, 04:34:59pm 2 Pic (w/ Ronald Reagan & Helmut Schmidt) -- Link, Saturday, January 31, 04:34:59pm Happy 96th Birthday! Physician Pacifico Marcos, Director Michael Anderson is 95, Actress Dorothy Malone is 91, Football's Bump Elliott turns 90. (NT) jlp Saturday, January 31, 12:21:13pm 10 Actor Gene Hackman is 85 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 30-, Friday, January 30, 12:05:57pm Producer, director Harold Prince is 87, writer Shirley Hazzard is 84, writer Ted Honderich is 82, actress Elsa Martinelli is 80 (NT) -- ., Friday, January 30, 12:19:41pm There were rumors this week that Gene Hackman had died -- He didn't, Friday, January 30, 05:08:28pm Jesus, Hackman is nearly 90? He started his screen career late. Unusual a film leading man from the 1970s, isn't that old! DeNiro, Pacino, and Harrison Ford are barely in their 70s. (NT) -- Where has the time gone?, Friday, January 30, 07:06:24pm Well, not nearly. He still had five years to go. (NT) -- Scitea, Saturday, January 31, 06:50:43am Pacino will be 75 in the spring so not barely into his 70s. (NT) -- Scitea, Saturday, January 31, 06:52:38am NY Daily News has nice article today, celebrating Hackman's career. ... -- Link, Saturday, January 31, 10:07:22am I'll say it again, it's too bad that Hackman's cinematic swan song will be ""Welcome to Mooseport" (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 31, 12:21:13pm "Count On Me" - Jefferson Starship & "Hearts" - Marty Balin -- Links, Friday, January 30, 07:07:42pm Healthwatch: Actor Robbie Coltrane Hospitalized Saturday, January 31, 12:17:14pm 4 God bless him. Loved him as 'Hagrid'. But my ALL time favorite performance was a small one, ... -- ...the forgotten American comedy, "Let it Ride" (1989). ~Stealing ever scene!, Friday, January 30, 07:25:41pm I liked him in "Nuns on the Run" - that movie just cracks me up! (NT) -- Sharon, Saturday, January 31, 05:18:11am I wonder if "Nuns on the Run" inspired "Sister Act"? (NT) -- Whoopi, Saturday, January 31, 12:17:14pm Rocky Bridges, Baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Reds, Cardinals, others) Dead at 87 Saturday, January 31, 12:15:29pm 3 Pic -- ., Friday, January 30, 05:00:16pm I wonder how many guys are left who played for "Da Bums" (NT) -- As the Brooklyn Dodgers were known, Saturday, January 31, 12:15:29pm Charlie Williams, pitcher traded to S.F. Giants for Willie Mays 67 Saturday, January 31, 09:49:10am 1 Healthwatch?:The latest Enquirer says Chevy Chase has "9 months to live" (NT) Since he supposedly weighs 320 Saturday, January 31, 09:35:24am 7 He does look rather "portly" in this pic -- Link, Friday, January 30, 12:08:30pm OT: Question: Chase adopted the name CHEVY CHASE. Where did the location name originate? (NT) -- I know the name has been used since early 20th century?, Friday, January 30, 07:28:55pm Well there is a town in MD named Chevy Chase- Maybe he noticed it and liked it (NT) -- Darren, Saturday, January 31, 05:51:18am According to Wikipedia... -- The name was taken from an absorbed plot of land., Saturday, January 31, 08:39:44am His last series Community was filmed on our lot. Although Chevy's issues with the Producer are well documented he was always polite and talkative to me. No one on the lot ever had an issue with him. (NT) -- I wish him the best - Buckeye, Saturday, January 31, 09:34:22am Oh, and he certainly didn't look anywhere near 320 the last time I saw him. (NT) -- Buckeye, Saturday, January 31, 09:35:24am Healthwatch: NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson Suffered a stroke Saturday, January 31, 05:32:21am 3 Fred Lorenzen isn't doing to well either. -- Dementia, Friday, January 30, 04:33:30pm I have a diecast replica of his Holman-Moody car -- Firefighter Fred, Saturday, January 31, 05:32:21am REMEMBRANCE: January 27, 1945 ~Holocaust survivors gathered along with several world leaders today to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation by the Soviet Red Army. ... The infamous camp in Poland was where more than 1 million people, mostly Jews, were killed. Friday, January 30, 07:21:07pm 9 How can Germany ever be forgiven for the Holocaust? (NT) -- HOW?, Thursday, January 29, 12:10:21pm The same way we can forgive America for slavery and Native-American atrocities. ...We learn from it, and move on from it, never to repeat. (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, January 29, 12:36:24pm Have we learned from it? -- Teller, Thursday, January 29, 01:09:12pm Hitler and other Nazis can't be forgiven, Germany is not just Hitler and the Nazis.. -- obitchecker, Thursday, January 29, 09:19:12pm There's a book titled "Hitler's Willing Executioners" that argues that ordinary Germans were more than willing to do Hitler's atrocities (NT) -- ., Friday, January 30, 12:04:37pm Much like Americans and the CENTURIES of systematic practices of slavery. -- More than a few Founding Fathers of America, for generations, owned humans as slaves., Friday, January 30, 04:21:24pm And yet, America was the first civilized country in the West to outlaw it. So yeah, we're SOOOOO evil. (NT) -- Take this political discussion ELSEWHERE., Friday, January 30, 04:56:31pm I don't believe it is evil. (NT) -- But its history sure was at times! You can't deny., Friday, January 30, 07:21:07pm Healthwatch: Val Kilmer Hospitalized with throat tumor Friday, January 30, 05:12:44pm 1 Ruth Manchester, Fashion designer Dead at 93 Friday, January 30, 04:51:21pm 1 Andrew Fischer, Father of 1st Known Surviving US Quintuplets Dead at 89 Friday, January 30, 04:43:15pm 3 The Fischer Quints & parents -- Andrew Fischer was around 39 when this picture was taken, Friday, January 30, 01:06:34pm That's sad. But at least he lived a long life. Unlike the poor guy Ben Van Houten, 39, father of sextuplets, who died last year, setting up trampoline for his kids! -- Van Houten was only 39., Friday, January 30, 04:43:15pm Poet & Songwriter Rod McKuen Dies at 81 Friday, January 30, 03:02:49pm 14 I just heard this song last night! -- "Oliver Twist", Thursday, January 29, 03:39:40pm "The Mummy"- Bob & Dor (Dor was Rod McKuen) -- ., Thursday, January 29, 03:40:46pm "The Beat Generation" -- Bob & Dor, Thursday, January 29, 03:41:29pm Didn't Like Rod McKuen Much -- Der Bingle, Thursday, January 29, 06:20:06pm Nor was I a fan ... but anyone who wrote songs that were performed by Johnny Cash, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker and Dolly Parton had to have something special. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Thursday, January 29, 06:50:36pm "Seasons In the Sun" written by Rod McKuen -- Terry Jacks, Thursday, January 29, 07:50:40pm Rod McKuen also wrote "Jean" for Oliver in 1969 -- Rob Durkee, Thursday, January 29, 11:07:40pm Uh...no, he did not write it. Rod McKuen TRANSLATED it into English. It was written by Jacques Brel. Brel approved of McKuen's translation. (NT) -- Just has to be pointed out., Friday, January 30, 03:02:49pm I interviewed Rod 82 days ago: it may have been his final interview -- Ronnie Allen, Thursday, January 29, 08:42:03pm Wow, that is a pretty good distinction. I think the last time I saw him was his appearance on the screen review of friend Elaine Stritch's "At Liberty", in 2002. (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, January 29, 11:01:50pm Baby, Its Cold Outside by Petula Clark & Rod McKuen -- Link, Friday, January 30, 03:28:28am Which songs did he compose the melody as opposed to writing the lyrics (NT) -- "Seasons in the Sun" was a Jacques Brel translation, Friday, January 30, 05:24:05am "Jean" (NT) -- from "The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, Friday, January 30, 12:47:09pm David Ryall, British actor Dead at 79 Friday, January 30, 02:23:30pm 2 Apparently, he died a month ago (NT) -- Sorry if already posted, Friday, January 30, 02:23:30pm Robert Ladd, Executed Texas Friday, January 30, 12:13:33pm 1 Bernice Gordon, legendary crossword puzzle writer Dies at 101 Friday, January 30, 11:19:49am 2 Now she's 6 down and 4 across. (NT) -- Puzzled, Friday, January 30, 11:19:49am Terry Carter, actor with roles in the TV series Battlestar Galactica and McCloud killed in hit and run accident at age 86. Apparently killed by Death Row Records mogul Suge Knight Friday, January 30, 10:57:11am 9 No link provided -- Here's one, Friday, January 30, 07:55:19am Photo -- Sharon, Friday, January 30, 08:07:29am Also injured was actor/former bloods gangbanger Cle Shaheed Sloan, best known as 'Bones' head drug dealer in finale 'the Jungle' scene in Denzel Washington's "Training Day". ... -- theChronicler, Friday, January 30, 08:50:05am Apparently, this was a hoax, misunderstanding or very poorly reported story. (NT) -- ., Friday, January 30, 10:01:53am Well I saw it on the late news last night, hearing a witness say "Suge Knight killed Terry Carter with his truck". ...NO, this is no hoax! lol Knight was arerested for murder this morning. -- theChronicler, Friday, January 30, 10:46:01am The 'hoax' is that the fatality victim Tery Carter' was NOT the octogenarian actor, but a local mechanic friend of Knight. ... -- theChronicler, Friday, January 30, 10:54:11am Link ... -- Link, Friday, January 30, 10:55:59am The Terry Carter, actor (in his 80) is alive ... -- Colt, Friday, January 30, 10:57:11am Today's Picture: Alice Herz-Sommer (NT) An Inspiration to All Friday, January 30, 08:56:18am 4 What a sweet lady she was. Sommer died at age 110, just one week before the documentary "The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life" won 'Best Documentary' at last year's 86th Academy Awards. (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, January 29, 04:42:26pm Good thing she was found to be ... (NT) -- ..."useful" in the camps., Friday, January 30, 08:52:08am Wow, Sommer was age 40(!) when she was liberated from Nazi camps! Sadly, her husband died of typhus in Dachau camp, just six weeks before that camp was liberated. (NT) -- Their son Raphael, an accomplished cellist and conductor, died of a stroke in 2001, aged 64., Friday, January 30, 08:56:18am Neil Levang, longtime musician on The Lawrence Welk Show and provided music for dozens of films and TV shows Dies at 83 Friday, January 30, 05:34:21am 5 Pic -- ., Thursday, January 29, 12:17:41pm "Ghost Riders In The Sky" -- Neil LeVang, Thursday, January 29, 12:25:21pm He played on "Freak Out", The Mothers of Invention's first album! (NT) -- RIP, Thursday, January 29, 07:09:52pm I've long held that the musicians don't care what genre of music they're playing, and work is work (NT) -- it's the fans that get all bent out of shape, Friday, January 30, 05:34:21am OT: Actor Joel Gey comes out as gay Father of Jenifer Grey Thursday, January 29, 03:33:40pm 3 Geez, 82 years old, ...it's about time! But we always knew who he was. (NT) -- But daughter Jennifer? After her nose job, I couldn't pick her out in a lineup!, Wednesday, January 28, 07:30:54pm Little Freudian slip on the initial post (NT) -- ^^^, Thursday, January 29, 01:18:52pm Bill Guisewite, father of 'Cathy' cartoonist Dead at 94 Thursday, January 29, 01:36:51pm 1 Rose Marie McCoy, Songwriter (Elvis' "Trying To Get To You" and "I Beg Of You" ) Dead at 92 Thursday, January 29, 12:50:35pm 6 "Dippin' in My Business" -- Rose Marie McCoy, Monday, January 26, 04:48:18pm "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" -- Ike & Tina Turner, Monday, January 26, 05:04:12pm I haven't seen any mainstream press about this (NT) -- There was a Rose Marie McCoy who died earlier this month - not the real McCoy though, Tuesday, January 27, 10:57:46am Obituary finally published -- Died in Champaign, IL, Thursday, January 29, 09:34:49am "Tryin' to Get to You" -- The Eagles, 1954 (obviously, not the 70's "Take it Easy" group), Thursday, January 29, 12:50:35pm Chen Yu-lung, Killed in accident on set of Martin Scorsese's latest film Taiwan Thursday, January 29, 12:46:27pm 1 Animator/Director Phil Robinson RIP Thursday, January 29, 12:30:26pm 3 IMDb -- Link, Thursday, January 29, 12:30:19pm Imdb -- Link, Thursday, January 29, 12:30:26pm Lt. Col. Edward Saylor (Doolittle Raiders) Dies at 94 Thursday, January 29, 12:23:59pm 2 Pic. -- RIP, sir, Thursday, January 29, 12:23:59pm Colleen McCullough, author of The Thorn Birds, dies wWDI Thursday, January 29, 12:22:32pm 4 She was 77. (NT) -- Russ, Thursday, January 29, 09:36:03am Pic -- ., Thursday, January 29, 12:15:18pm Her book "Tim" was filmed in 1979 starring Mel Gibson (NT) -- One of his earliest roles, Thursday, January 29, 12:22:32pm Lotte Hass, Austrian diver and underwater filmmaker Dead at 86 Thursday, January 29, 12:20:17pm 2 Pic (w/ husband Hans) -- Link, Thursday, January 29, 12:20:17pm Mercy Haystead, British actress of 1950's television and film dies at 84 Hollywood Reporter Thursday, January 29, 12:14:05pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Thursday, January 29, 12:14:05pm OT: Will Bill Cosby ever respond directly to the charges by multiple women? And is his former reputation and future career irreperally shattered? Thursday, January 29, 10:13:39am 16 You may not realize it--as it's never been mentioned in the press coverage--but many of these women sued him and got a nice cash settlement. (NT) -- Don't believe them when they say it's not done for money., Saturday, December 20, 11:51:12am And here's the unpleasant truth... -- ., Saturday, December 20, 12:01:04pm So 20+ women over 30+ years are nothing but liers, whores, golddiggers and opportunists? -- The Happy Reaper, Saturday, December 20, 02:07:54pm Just my luck, the only time I come here and find Reaper defending a black man ...and he's a rapist. ~Oh, Lawd! (NT) -- Please fear the reaperrr., Tuesday, January 27, 09:46:18pm Well I wont be defending your reading comprehension skills anytime soon. -- The Happy Reaper, Thursday, January 29, 03:40:58am I think you have it twisted. That should read ... -- Only a few claimed that one., Saturday, December 20, 03:21:12pm JUST IN (Jan.2015): Add another accuser to rape case. Longtime wife of Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr, film exec/philanthropist Cindra Ladd claims was drugged and raped by Cosby, years ago. ... -- Link, Tuesday, January 27, 12:27:49pm How the hell was he able to get away with it, for DECADES? (NT) -- It boggles the mind!, Tuesday, January 27, 12:29:08pm You have no idea how the elite lives. When you have money and power, much is turned a blind eye. (NT) -- They're have been notables who've gotten away (with unwitting public) with murder -literally., Tuesday, January 27, 12:32:25pm Then again, several of these women have settled in the past for a ca$h $ettlement. (NT) -- But that fact's conveniently left out of news coverage., Tuesday, January 27, 04:35:36pm How Cosby Got Away With It ... -- guitargirl, Tuesday, January 27, 02:03:46pm Well stated. -- theChronicler, Tuesday, January 27, 02:05:44pm Thanks Chron...I appreciate that. (NT) -- guitargirl, Tuesday, January 27, 05:18:24pm Guitargirl agree with Chron very well stated and agree 100 %....... (NT) -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Thursday, January 29, 02:58:48am Thank you Janet....I appreciate your kind words. (NT) -- guitargirl, Thursday, January 29, 10:13:39am Geraldine Doucet, Canadian actress and singer Dead at 85 Wednesday, January 28, 09:22:55pm 2 I well recall her husband Roger singing the national athems at the Montreal Forum. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Wednesday, January 28, 09:22:55pm Happy 99th Birthday! Art Historian Florentine Mutherich, Politician Hyun Soong-jong is 96, Actress Anne Jeffreys is 92, Guitarist Robert Bain is 91, Religious Figure Ugo De Censi is 91, (NT) jlp Wednesday, January 28, 08:57:28pm 14 Resistance Fighter/Poet Armand Gatti is 91, CIA Agent James McCord is 91, Actress Joan Leslie turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Monday, January 26, 04:18:42am Cool! Happy 90th to Joan Leslie. We just saw 1942's "The Male Animal" on TCM with Joan and screen big sister Olivia deHavilland -who's now 98! -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 11:09:33am Sportscaster- actor Bob Uecker is 80 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 26-, Monday, January 26, 11:44:51am Actor William Hopper was born 100 years ago today (died 1970) -- "Paul Drake" on "Perry Mason", Monday, January 26, 11:54:32am Theologian David Jenkins is 90, cartoonist Jules Feiffer is 86, sculptor Napoleon Abueva is 85, cyclist Ercole Baldini is 82, publisher Roger Landry is 81 (NT) -- ., Monday, January 26, 11:58:42am Hopper's father actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer DeWolf Hopper was born in 1858! -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 12:26:32pm Eddie Van Halen is 60 today! -- Wow!, Monday, January 26, 12:52:54pm "Mr. Big Stuff" -- Jean Knight, Monday, January 26, 04:50:21pm "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" -- Wham!, Monday, January 26, 04:51:52pm William Hopper's widow, Jeanette, died in Oct., 2008, in El Monte, Calif. (NT) -- ., Monday, January 26, 01:08:29pm William Hopper's screen wife Rochelle Hudson ("Rebel Without a Cause"), LIKE Hopper, died at age 55. Hopper died on her 54th birthday in 1970. Hudson would die days from his birthdate (January), too. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 02:18:47pm Speaking of Anne Jeffreys, here in California we had a great local PBS series w/Huell Howser. Here's a great special he did called, "The Two Anns". ... -- theChronicler, Wednesday, January 28, 07:59:40pm Nice interview. (NT) -- Thanks for sharing it., Wednesday, January 28, 08:57:28pm Happy 104th Birthday! Politician John van Hulst, Japanologist Patrick Lennox Tierney is 101,Bandleader Niels Foss i s99, Politician Ciro Domenico Kroon is 99, Actress Scotty Bloch turns 90. (NT) jlp Wednesday, January 28, 08:06:52pm 7 Scotty Bloch is the second actress named Scotty to turn 90 this month (NT) -- Katherine Scottie MacGregor is also 90, Wednesday, January 28, 07:04:50am Actor Alan Alda is 79 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 28-, Wednesday, January 28, 12:04:07pm Painter George Papassavas is 91, writer Vera Williams is 88, sculptor Claes Oldenburg is 86, writer Roy Clarke is 85, film director Jack Hill is 82, writer David Lodge is 80 (NT) -- Actor Nicholas Pryor is 80, Wednesday, January 28, 12:27:39pm Alan Alda, yet another 'celeb kid' who's pushing 80!! (NT) -- I read yesterday that Alan Ladd Jr. is 77! His dad killed himself at 50., Wednesday, January 28, 02:30:19pm Here's Alan Alda in "Purlie Victorious" (1963) -- A decade before "MASH"!, Wednesday, January 28, 04:07:36pm He had a brief cameo (no lines) in the first episode of George C. Scott's one season drama "East Side West Side" (NT) -- Also in 1963, Wednesday, January 28, 08:06:52pm On this date in 1977, comedian Freddie Prinze (star of "Chico & the Man") shot himself. He died the next day (NT) First celeb death to really affect me Wednesday, January 28, 07:05:40pm 3 Hard to believe he was only 22, when he died. -His son Freddie Jr. (b.1976) has gone above and beyond to keep his father's heritage and legacy, alive! (NT) -- theChronicler, Wednesday, January 28, 05:32:08pm Father Karl Preutzel died in 1979. Mother Maria died in 2013, at 92 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, January 28, 07:05:40pm Here's some trivia- Pawel Czolgosz, father of McKinley assassin Leon Czolgosz, outlived his son over 40 years, dying in 1944 aged 101! One of Leon's sisters died in 1976, at 100! Wednesday, January 28, 07:01:31pm 1 Broadway Producer Peter Neufeld Dies at 78 Wednesday, January 28, 06:50:11pm 2 IBDb -- Link, Wednesday, January 28, 06:50:11pm On this date in 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take off (NT) 29 years ago! Wednesday, January 28, 05:56:29pm 4 . We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God." (NT) -- Ronald Reagan, Wednesday, January 28, 04:09:47pm Actually, it was written by Peggy Noonan, who came up with the speech. She also wrote, Bush's "Read my lips: no new taxes" during his 1988 presidential run. (NT) -- Later worked as a consultant on the TV drama, "The West Wing"., Wednesday, January 28, 05:56:29pm I remember that day -- Der Bingle, Wednesday, January 28, 04:44:56pm Kel Nagle, Australian golfer who defeated Arnold Palmer by 1 stroke to win The British Open in 1960 dies at 94. Australian media reporting Wednesday, January 28, 04:18:53pm 2 Pic -- ., Wednesday, January 28, 04:18:53pm Archive: Hal Smith, Jan. 28, 1994 Character actor Wednesday, January 28, 04:18:11pm 4 Gotta love 'Otis the town drunk'! ... -- Smith was great at what he did., Wednesday, January 28, 02:33:45pm He was "Calver Weems" in "The Ghost & Mr. Chicken" (NT) -- Luther thought he was dead!, Wednesday, January 28, 04:17:36pm Burt mustin was in "Mr Chicken", too (NT) -- Played "Mr. Delagondo", Wednesday, January 28, 04:18:11pm Archive: Burt Mustin, Jan. 28, 1977 Elderly character actor Wednesday, January 28, 04:13:15pm 4 I just saw him on Dragnet as an elderly burglar (NT) -- !, Wednesday, January 28, 12:08:24pm God love Burt Mustin, began his acting career at 67!! ...One of my favorite roles came in Burt's last, as 'Arthur' in TV's "Phyllis". He was dead a month after classic episode aired (Dec. 1976)! ... -- theChronicler, Wednesday, January 28, 02:53:26pm And Judith Lowry, who Mustin "married" on "Phyllis", died before the episode even aired! (NT) -- She died Nov. 29, 1976- episode aired in Dec., Wednesday, January 28, 04:13:15pm Yves Chauvin, Received 2005 Nobel Prize for Chemistry Dies at 84 Wednesday, January 28, 04:10:41pm 3 Two Nobel Laureates have died in the last 24 hours. :-( (NT) -- ., Wednesday, January 28, 02:40:15pm Pic -- ., Wednesday, January 28, 04:10:41pm John Myers, ex- Congressman from Indiana Dead at 87 Wednesday, January 28, 12:15:25pm 3 Congressional bio -- ., Wednesday, January 28, 12:14:51pm Pretty skimpy obit, considering he was in Congrress for 30 years (NT) -- ., Wednesday, January 28, 12:15:25pm Warren Hill, Executed for killing fellow inmate Georgia Wednesday, January 28, 12:11:01pm 1 L.D. Cox, Survivor of USS Indianapolis sinking, dies at 88 only 35/317 survivors remain Wednesday, January 28, 11:17:17am 2 Well it's that time, again. ... -- Cue QUINT, Wednesday, January 28, 11:17:17am UPDATE....... Dad is Home Came home yesterday FINALLY...... Yippee....... (NT) noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran) Wednesday, January 28, 04:09:12am 2 Very good news... Wishing him a speedy recovery (NT) -- Harris, Wednesday, January 28, 04:09:12am Any East coasters toughing out the storm? (NT) stay safe Wednesday, January 28, 03:11:48am 21 I'm right on the fringe here in the Poconos in Northeast Pennsylvania.. (NT) -- So far, so good. But we aren't getting the worst of it., Monday, January 26, 06:03:50pm So far so good -- Cher (Brooklyn NY), Monday, January 26, 07:23:30pm The wind is really picking up here in Taunton, MA (NT) -- -, Monday, January 26, 07:43:51pm There is a strange clear liquid falling from the skies here in Los Angeles. So far, no deaths. (NT) -- Buckeye, Monday, January 26, 09:17:13pm Lol (NT) -- ☔️, Monday, January 26, 09:38:33pm Storm was a pussycat (NT) -- Not what they thought. Ordinary snow storm (Brooklyn NY), Tuesday, January 27, 04:17:44am NYC didn't get much (NT) -- Boston was and continues to be hit hard., Tuesday, January 27, 05:27:33am You mean it was just media hype? (NT) -- When has that ever happened before..., Tuesday, January 27, 05:48:13am Buckeye, hope it helps the drought conditions a bit. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Tuesday, January 27, 06:04:08am They always claim it's never enough Ed. When it rains they warn of mudslides. When it doesn't they warn of wildfires. It's a wonder anyone wants to live out here. (NT) -- Buckeye, Tuesday, January 27, 09:18:07pm Not really happy - going to have to drive to work - all secondary roads. Don't know what it will be like. Local traffic is a joke! (NT) -- Sharon, Tuesday, January 27, 04:49:49am So true. The media hype was outrageous! -- and don't give me 'storms change directions very quickly', Tuesday, January 27, 06:07:25am I'm a bit further inland, and so we're doing all right .... -- Ed Tracey, Tuesday, January 27, 06:07:59am We're in western PA; we tend to mostly luck-out. It can get very unpleasant, but we're equipped for it since it's a regular thing. (NT) -- We rarely experience 3 ft. of snow, however. Last yr: Maybe 15-20" + drifting., Tuesday, January 27, 06:30:33am I agree too many complainers about precautionary alerts. But gotta love you New Englanders. ~A hardy bunch! -- theChronicler, Tuesday, January 27, 10:59:44am Things are a mess here in Boston. (NT) -- Ted G., Tuesday, January 27, 07:09:28am Ocean breach reported in Rhode Island and Massachusettes. (NT) -- High tide at 5pm, reported to be a rough one!, Tuesday, January 27, 11:42:14am Weird weather. It's sunny and 70 here in KC. (NT) -- Russ, Tuesday, January 27, 09:47:41pm Portland, Maine: 21.5 inches -- Loren, Wednesday, January 28, 02:07:19am well we were supposed to get it but we were disappointed..... but thats ok but the other may be going up north to help out ( he is an electrician) (NT) -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Wednesday, January 28, 03:11:48am In 1978 Scottsdale, Arizona Bob Crane was murdered. Another crime happened there then that took 30 years to solve! The Happy Reaper Wednesday, January 28, 02:48:54am 1 Nobel laureate and laser inventor Charles Townes dies ... ...at age 99. Tuesday, January 27, 09:13:16pm 5 Townes won the Nobel for Physics in 1964, same year Martin Luther King was awarded the prize for Peace. (NT) -- ., Tuesday, January 27, 08:25:51pm What is the earliest year now where someone is still living who won a Nobel Prize? (NT) -- Any idea?, Tuesday, January 27, 08:26:12pm Looks like the earliest living recipients may be Chen-Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, who shared the Physics Prize in 1957 -- Harris, Tuesday, January 27, 09:13:16pm I assume there aren't many Nobel Prize winners left from the 1960's. (NT) -- ., Tuesday, January 27, 08:26:28pm Luke Martin, Jr., Father was a slave, fought in the Civil War! Dead at 97 Tuesday, January 27, 07:41:32pm 3 His father was born in 1836! (NT) -- Wow!, Tuesday, January 27, 06:54:48pm "179 years after his father was born" (NT) -- That really is amazing, Tuesday, January 27, 07:41:32pm Musician John Bilezikjian Dies at 66 Tuesday, January 27, 04:30:49pm 5 John Bilezikjian on the oud -- ., Tuesday, January 27, 04:08:31pm You pretty much have the market cornered if you can master an unusual musical instrument (NT) -- ,, Tuesday, January 27, 04:09:16pm Ravi Shankar and Zamfir come to mind. (NT) -- And they played?, Tuesday, January 27, 04:18:24pm The sitar & the pan flute! (NT) -- !, Tuesday, January 27, 04:30:49pm Vadim Dorofeyev, Russian actor, dies fighting for ISIS He was 31 Tuesday, January 27, 02:50:04pm 2 Allah Akbar (NT) -- You scum, Tuesday, January 27, 02:50:04pm Healthwatch: Richard Simmons Where is he? Tuesday, January 27, 02:17:09pm 2 Friends filed 'elder abuse' charges w/county. Investigators visited a well-spirited healthy Simmons at his home. Other than a persistent limp (knee injury), ALL checked out 100%, TMZ reports. ... -- theChronicler, Tuesday, January 27, 02:17:09pm Archive: William Nolde, Jan. 27, 1973 Last US soldier killed in Vietnam War Tuesday, January 27, 01:39:43pm 2 First US soldiers killed in Vietnam- Army Major Dale R. Buis and Master Sergeant Chester M. Ovnand, July 8, 1959 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, January 27, 01:39:43pm Michael Lambert, Ireland's oldest man Dead at 107 Tuesday, January 27, 12:44:11pm 1 Gunshots fired at city council meeting, 2 police officers shot, gunman killed New Hope, Minn. Tuesday, January 27, 12:43:34pm 2 Shooting at Two Cops Shot Inside New Hope, Minnesota, City Hall After Ceremony. Shooter killed. ... -- VIDEO Link, Tuesday, January 27, 12:43:34pm Healthwatch: Golf Hall of Famer Charlie Sifford Suffers stroke Tuesday, January 27, 12:39:57pm 1 Marshall Schlom, Script Supervisor for Hitchcock, Kramer and Nichols Dead at 86 Tuesday, January 27, 12:35:19pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, January 27, 12:35:19pm Bob Bardo, TV producer (Dick Clark Productions) Dead at 71 Tuesday, January 27, 12:32:23pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, January 27, 12:32:23pm Happy 100th Birthday! Actress Maria Salome, Politician Gabriel Paul is 97, Actress Holly Betaudier turns 90. (NT) jlp Tuesday, January 27, 12:29:47pm 5 Actor James Cromwell (“Babe”) is 75 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 27-, Tuesday, January 27, 11:59:25am Actor Brian Rix is 91, actor Michael Craig is 87, German politician Hans Modrow is 87, businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed is 86, inventor Nigel Vinson is 84, French politician Édith Cresson is 81 (NT) -- Racer George Follmer is 81, writer Gillian Beer is 80, Tuesday, January 27, 12:15:41pm Mohamed Al-Fayed is the father of Dodi Al-Fayed (killed in car wreck with Princess Diana). (NT) -- ., Tuesday, January 27, 12:29:14pm Hard to believe his son has been dead nearly 20 years! (NT) -- Time marches on., Tuesday, January 27, 12:29:47pm Christopher “Kit” Carson, Chief of staff for radio host Rush Limbaugh Dead at 56 Tuesday, January 27, 12:07:17pm 1 Joe Franklin, longtime NYC radio and TV host who helped originate the talk show format has died at age 88. (NT) Just heard on a NYC radio station. Haven't seen anything official yet. Tuesday, January 27, 12:03:03pm 25 He was a true TV pioneer; his show ran from 1950-1993. -- Lgevirtz, Saturday, January 24, 07:12:07pm Conducted over 300,000 interviews. Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, John Belushi got their first TV exposure on his show. (NT) -- Even had a cameo role in Ghostbusters. Rest in Peace., Saturday, January 24, 07:35:31pm Obituary -- Der Bingle, Saturday, January 24, 07:38:48pm That's a BLOG, not an Obit. (NT) -- And nationally recognized news sources??, Saturday, January 24, 07:40:36pm True. The "blog" states no details on death (ie;place/cause of death, survivors, etc) (NT) -- Smells like hoax., Saturday, January 24, 07:42:28pm I Think It Will Come Out As True -- Der Bingle, Saturday, January 24, 07:49:28pm Another Source -- Der Bingle, Saturday, January 24, 07:51:54pm That source is known for posting false info. -- Wiki doesn't allow them to used as a reference., Saturday, January 24, 08:01:14pm Back Up On WIKI -- Der Bingle, Saturday, January 24, 08:03:47pm Gone again, If the clown posting this provides a reliable source I'll leave it alone. -- If true TMZ would be all over it. All I'm seeing is blogs & Facebook, Saturday, January 24, 08:19:58pm Sounds like you're just wanting attention. (NT) -- Kinda pathetic, if ya ask me., Sunday, January 25, 11:59:46am Wow, that's a fantastic BLOG! (NT) -- PS) BTW, last night, I just saw Franklin in Woody Allen's BROADWAY DANNY ROSE!, Tuesday, January 27, 12:03:03pm CONFIRMED: New York Daily News article -- Official enough?, Saturday, January 24, 08:16:28pm Thank you -- Works for me, Saturday, January 24, 08:20:51pm I have lived in Brooklyn for 66 years and I have never heard of this guy (NT) -- I guess everyone wants to be a celebrity in death., Saturday, January 24, 09:11:09pm How much does a Brooklyn cave cost to live in? (NT) -- How out of touch can you be?, Saturday, January 24, 09:28:13pm Billy Crystal famously impersonated Franklin on SNL in the 80's. (NT) -- The world knew who Franklin was even if they never heard of him before., Sunday, January 25, 05:26:47am Billy speaks of Joe Franklin on DAVID LETTERMAN (1984) with impression! -FUNNY ... -- theChronicler, Sunday, January 25, 11:41:26am You have to be joking; he was an institution and had a somewhat campy following (NT) -- He also had a long running radio show, Memory Lane, on WOR 710in NY, Sunday, January 25, 04:03:15pm I grew up in California, and I even remember Franklin’s latenight talk on cable’s WOR. He had record for the longest continuously running TV talk show in history (WJZ/WOR1950-93)! ~Fun show ...... -- theChronicler, Sunday, January 25, 11:30:30am Likewise, I've lived on the West Coast my whole life, & I've heard of Joe Franklin (NT) -- RIP, Sunday, January 25, 12:32:32pm Franklin was in "Ghostbusters" playing himself -- Link to Imdb, Sunday, January 25, 12:34:00pm In the film "The Aristocrats" (2005) Sarah Silverman told a joke about Joe Franklin raping her when she was a child. Franklin sued her (NT) -- They settled out of court, Sunday, January 25, 12:38:12pm The Ramones on the Joe Franklin Show, 1988 -- Link, Sunday, January 25, 02:06:50pm Cops: Ex-Fox producer kills himself outside NYC headquarters Worked at an Austin, TX affiliate Tuesday, January 27, 08:09:11am 2 If you have time, you should watch (listen to) his lengthy youtubes on the subject of his firing. (NT) -- Kind'a interesting stuff. {The link was on mediaite}, Tuesday, January 27, 08:09:11am Today's pic: Jeremiah Denton (former Vietnam POW and Alabama senator) (NT) RIP Tuesday, January 27, 07:48:23am 1 Singer Demis Roussos dies aged 68 Sherlock Tuesday, January 27, 07:28:11am 5 Obit -- BBC, Monday, January 26, 11:41:33am Charted one song in the US, "That Once In A Lifetime", #47 in 1978 -- Russ, Monday, January 26, 04:45:39pm Not to be confused with Motown's Ron Miller & Orlando Murden song "For Once in My Life". Or the Goffin, King & Spector song, "Just Once in My Life". -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 05:01:07pm Was one of the hostages on the TWA Flight 847 in 1985 (NT) -- Sherlock, Tuesday, January 27, 07:28:11am OT: Here are the last 5 people born in the 1800's Link Tuesday, January 27, 03:49:06am 4 Just goes to show, the women will bury us guys, everytime. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 12:28:08pm That's our reward for puttin' up with y'all ;} (NT) -- a few peaceful years, Monday, January 26, 05:52:50pm That's our penalty for thinking with our schlongs... (NT) -- Mr. X, Tuesday, January 27, 03:49:06am Bill Monbouquette, Pitched for the Boston Red Sox Dead at 78 Monday, January 26, 08:13:21pm 3 Seems to be a trend: signing someone to a 1-day contract so they can officially retire as a member of an organization. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Monday, January 26, 07:04:16pm A truly dumb trend (NT) -- Like a divorced person signing a one-day marriage certificate, Monday, January 26, 08:13:21pm OT: Actress Debbie Reynolds to receive SAG Lifetime Achievement Award jlp Monday, January 26, 06:26:31pm 10 Well deserved! (NT) -- Lgevirtz, Sunday, January 25, 04:00:35pm Did not seem her normal self during her acceptance speech. Seemed tired, unprepared and confused. (NT) -- Hope she is feeling ok., Monday, January 26, 07:22:39am I agree. She'll be 83 soon, and seemed very slowed and uneasy. I'm afraid time finally caught up the the unsinkable Debbie Reynolds. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 10:12:08am Yes - I'm afraid I have to agree as well. I was expecting feisty Debbie but she did seem uneasy. (NT) -- Sharon, Monday, January 26, 10:52:06am Uneasy, and don't forget, repeated herself a few times. Poor thing. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 12:29:39pm Perhaps too much celebration at the table? (NT) -- NT, Monday, January 26, 10:20:51am Wow - I just watched the clip. She seemed so out of it (NT) -- senile or Alzheimers?, Monday, January 26, 10:46:58am Nah, like mentioned above, it might have been a lil 'liquid courage' celebration from the table? But she seems time marching for Tammy. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 11:00:18am I met her in 1987. She was absolutely lovely. (NT) -- Lovely, Monday, January 26, 06:26:31pm Awwww-today's pic Clarissa Dickson Wright the last of The Two Fat Ladies, youngest person to 'pass the bar' in The UK and a personal fav-died 15 March 2014 (NT) TOBY Monday, January 26, 06:12:37pm 8 Saw that show a few times, They were a riot. (NT) -- Teller, Monday, January 26, 02:12:46pm I suspect she drank heavily (like her father) throughout her life, looking much older beyond her 66 years, at time of death. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 02:22:16pm Wow, reading her bio, she had QUITE the life and career. Her father a surgeon, she inherited million$ after her parents' deaths, only to become homeless later! ... -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 02:28:59pm She looked awful. Alcohol + English genetics = pic: -- The Happy Reaper, Monday, January 26, 03:41:54pm I've seen worse. (NT) -- Teller, Monday, January 26, 04:43:24pm Once again, money isn't everything (NT) -- (but it sure as heck helps!), Monday, January 26, 05:49:33pm But liquor is quicker? Wright once claimed that, during her alcoholic years, she had sex with a public official, behind the Speaker's chair in the House of Commons! ...Where's my hurl bucket?? (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 06:12:37pm Octavio Orduno, Oldest bicyclist in Long Beach, Ca., if not the world Dead at 106 Monday, January 26, 05:02:38pm 2 Riding his bike on his 104th birthday -- Link, Monday, January 26, 05:02:38pm William Geoghegan, Gave RFK Stadium its name Dead at 90 Monday, January 26, 02:06:50pm 1 Fatema Qadib, Egypt's oldest person Dead at 114 Monday, January 26, 01:12:20pm 1 Paul Serrano, Musician, recording engineer Dead at 82 Monday, January 26, 12:55:57pm 1 Healthwatch: Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (Nation's longest serving Governor) Hospitalized Monday, January 26, 11:47:15am 1 Buddy, Ritchie and Jape death being investigated Rory B Monday, January 26, 11:39:15am 4 Speaking of Buddy Holly, here's a recently discovered interview from 1958 -- Even hardcore fans never heard it before!, Sunday, January 25, 04:38:47pm This isn't a conspiracy theory. It's just an explanation of what might have caused the accident. (NT) -- Learn what "conspiracy theory means," please. Thanks., Sunday, January 25, 05:44:24pm He says he's heard some conspiracy theories about the crash. He doesn't say that this is one, just something new (NT) -- Your reading comprehension skills obviously need improvement, Monday, January 26, 11:39:15am SAG In Memoriam list Mitch Monday, January 26, 11:32:51am 7 Not in: Richard Bull, Martha Hyer, Bob Hastings, Ken Weatherwax (NT) -- Donna Douglas, Rod Taylor & Anita Ekberg...to recent?, Sunday, January 25, 07:07:59pm Too recent? Luise Rainer made the list. Do you have to be a SAG member to be an actor? -- Sharon, Monday, January 26, 05:14:36am No, there's always the complainers who want the most obscure people recognized for everything in every list everywhere. (NT) -- Life just doesn't work that way., Monday, January 26, 05:56:31am The cut off date for inclusion is probably December 31. Luise Rainer died December 30, Donna, Rod and Anita died the following week. (NT) -- They will be honored next year., Monday, January 26, 06:05:32am That dog don't hunt. ...Last year's SAG Memoriam ceremony (1/18/2014) included Joseph Ruskin (12/28), James Avery (12/31), Juanita Moore (1/1), and Carmen Zapata (1/5)! (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, January 26, 10:44:42am Rod Taylor and Richard Bull acted extensively in the last 5 decades. No excuse for their omittance. But they included Luise Rainer who had 3 acting jobs in the last 60 years. (NT) -- Not saying Luise shouldn't be there, but other people deserve the honor just as much., Monday, January 26, 11:32:51am Happy 93rd Birthday! Geneticist Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Actress Ellen Vogel is 93, Pharmacologist Arvid Carlsson is 92, Cinematographer Ivan Barnett is 90, (NT) jlp Sunday, January 25, 07:40:38pm 6 Actress Jadranka Stilin is 90, Production Sec. Vicky Fuggle is 90, Pianist Barbara Carroll turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, January 25, 04:40:47am Actor Dean Jones is 84 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 25-, Sunday, January 25, 12:26:01pm Canadian politician Jérôme Choquette is 87, writer Robert Faurisson is 86, musician Benny Golson is 86, ex- US Sen. Conrad Burns is 80, ex- Pres. of Portugal António Ramalho Eanes is 80 (NT) -- Actor Gregory Sierra is 74, Sunday, January 25, 12:45:12pm Jazz sax great Benny Golson, 86, is one of only TWO survivors (with Sonny Rollins, 84) of the 57 notables, in the iconic Art Kane photo, "A Great Day in Harlem" [1958]. ... -- theChronicler, Sunday, January 25, 07:34:09pm I often wonder why at nearly age 70, photographer Kane killed himself just days after a documentary about his iconic photo was nominated for an Oscar? Booze, health problems? Love issues? (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, January 25, 07:40:38pm Archive: Ava Gardner, Jan. 25, 1990 Actress Sunday, January 25, 07:05:23pm 3 Was in "Ghosts on the Loose" (1943) starring the Bowery Boys & Bela Lugosi (NT) -- Within a few years, she was o- starring with Clark Gable!, Sunday, January 25, 01:17:19pm I remember when Ava died alone, leaving me thinking, it's sad she died childless, having aborted Sinatra's baby during their marriage. (NT) -- That kid might have been a comfort to her in her old age., Sunday, January 25, 07:05:23pm Actor Robert Boon 1916-2015 Sunday, January 25, 04:02:03pm 15 IMDb -- Link, Sunday, January 25, 06:32:31am I assume that he was the oldest living Twilight Zone actor. (NT) -- Rod, Sunday, January 25, 10:05:36am Yes, he was and before him it was Don Keefer -- The oldest now is June Foray, Sunday, January 25, 10:47:15am Was in TZ episodes "Death's Head Revisted" & "Mute" (NT) -- Also in a film I was just thinking about recently- "Verboten!", Sunday, January 25, 12:27:57pm "Deaths-Head Revisited" was the only episode without an American actor, Robert Boon (Dutch), Joseph Schildkraut (Austrian), Oscar Beregi (Hungarian), Karen Verne (German), Ben Wright (English) -- TZ Fanatic, Sunday, January 25, 01:02:27pm Lol. Yea, ok. (NT) -- -, Sunday, January 25, 03:05:35pm You obviously found something funny. -- Please share it with us., Sunday, January 25, 03:11:17pm Perhaps it was the incredibly false claim made by a 'fan' (NT) -- there are all kinds of people here, lol., Sunday, January 25, 03:22:22pm Exactly how was it false? There are no credited American actors in that episode. IMDb says 2 uncredited ones appear but those claims have not been proven. -- Name one other episode without an American actor in the cast., Sunday, January 25, 03:31:16pm On a technicality, you could include "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" -- I don't count this one because it wasn't an actual TZ episode, Sunday, January 25, 03:43:02pm Not been proven by whom? We all know how accurate IMDB is. (NT) -- Admit it, you made a claim that cannot be substantiated., Sunday, January 25, 03:58:01pm I'll admit that with the way I originally worded it. -- Let me rephrase that, It's the only one with no credited American actor., Sunday, January 25, 04:02:03pm PHOTOS ... -- theChronicler, Sunday, January 25, 11:33:13am Boon was in "Queen of Blood" (1966) notable as one of Basil Rathbone's last films (NT) -- Dennis Hopper was in it too!, Sunday, January 25, 01:11:32pm Archive: Ray Peterson, Jan. 25, 2005 Singer Sunday, January 25, 01:36:51pm 2 "Tell Laura I Love Her" -- Ray Peterson, Sunday, January 25, 01:36:51pm Fridays photo- I don't know his name but isnt he the Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle until the 1970's because he didnt know WWII had ended? (NT) Darren Sunday, January 25, 12:30:43pm 12 It's Hiroo Onoda -- Todd, Friday, January 23, 09:57:53pm You are correct, Darren. In 1974, Hiroo Onoda's former commander traveled from Japan to a Philippine island to personally issue orders relieving him from duty ...from WWII. -- theChronicler, Saturday, January 24, 07:26:47am Not long after Onoda's discovery, The SIx Million Dollar Man aired a similar episode with character actor John Fujioka in a similar role. Fujioka turns 90 this June. (NT) -- TOBY, Saturday, January 24, 11:54:16am Don't forget Gilligan's island did an episode with the same theme! (NT) -- "So Sorry, My Island Now", Saturday, January 24, 12:11:44pm How can one use the same theme when the story was a decade away from being broken? (NT) -- Just curious how that works, Saturday, January 24, 12:47:47pm Because the Gilligan's Island writers saw into the future (NT) -- That's how that works, Saturday, January 24, 01:10:00pm DUH! Because for decades prior, there were forgotten WWII Japanese soldier hold-outs all along the South Pacific. -Fascinating topic. Onoda was the LAST Japanese holdout. ... -- LINK, Saturday, January 24, 02:38:49pm I remember that "Gilligan's Island" episode with ITALIAN-American actor Vito Scotti in the stereotypical buck-toothed part. Seems the 60s loved casting non-Asian in racist characature depictions. ... -- It smacks of Micky Rooney in "Breakfast at Tiffany" and Alec Guiness in "A Majority of One"!, Sunday, January 25, 12:10:42am How is that racist? (NT) -- its an act., Sunday, January 25, 05:22:55am Most are ugly stereotypes. (NT) -- Much like whites doing black face., Sunday, January 25, 11:43:35am Wanna see a really ugly Asian stereotype? -- Even worse because it was aimed at children!, Sunday, January 25, 12:30:43pm OT: Freda Rosen - she played Rita in the Honeymooners' "Alice And The Blonde" classic episode Anything definitive on her status? Sunday, January 25, 12:21:05pm 3 I guess the answer is -- nothing is definitive about her status, Sunday, January 25, 11:38:05am Freda was the widow of writer Arnie Rosen (NT) -- According to public records she lives in Beverly Hills Ca. birthdate Oct. 31, 1928, Sunday, January 25, 12:21:05pm Healthwatch: Author Ruth Rendell Critical condition after a stroke Sunday, January 25, 01:38:05am 1 Amy Arnaz, wife of Desi Jr and daughter in law of Lucille Ball has died Betty Saturday, January 24, 11:51:32pm 30 Rest in peace and without pain🎈 (NT) -- Cher, Friday, January 23, 02:46:51pm So sad. She must have been so young (NT) -- Desi Jr. turned 62 on Monday, Friday, January 23, 02:47:17pm Desi was born on the same day that Lucy "gave birth" to Little Ricky on I Love Lucy (NT) -- Eisenhower was inaugurated the next day, Friday, January 23, 03:32:53pm Desi Jr.'s first wife was actress Linda Purl (NT) -- They were married less than 2 years, Friday, January 23, 04:02:14pm He dated Patty Duke for a while, and when she got pregnant, she hinted it might be Desi's (NT) -- Which pissed off Lucy, Friday, January 23, 06:36:40pm I watched an episode of Password Plus last night with Lucille Ball, Desi Jr and Betty White. LB got real crusty in her old age. She was totally snubbing a 60's something BW (NT) -- TOBY, Friday, January 23, 07:35:41pm Probably why she was too stubborn to change the format of her 1986 sitcom that flopped (NT) -- She was 75 while trying to act like she did 30 years before, Friday, January 23, 07:46:56pm Say what you want, but Lucy was the best thing that ever happened to TV. (NT) -- To call her a legend isnt enough., Friday, January 23, 07:58:20pm In what capacity was she the greatest? There was like, 10 shows back then. (NT) -- TOBY, Saturday, January 24, 11:58:16am Yeah, but how many of those shows are still watched today? (NT) -- Not much call for ""My Little Margie"!, Saturday, January 24, 12:13:36pm TOBY, you may not like her but you cant disagres that she was a TV legend. (NT) -- did you get the show in Canada?, Saturday, January 24, 01:22:57pm Desi Arnaz Was The Best Thing -- Der Bingle, Saturday, January 24, 12:37:09pm Has anyone ever heard Lucill Balls' radio show, "My Favorite Husband" in which Richard Denning played her spouse? (NT) -- Show ran from 1948- 1951, Saturday, January 24, 12:44:21pm I agree. Lucy was the best. No one has even come close. (NT) -- Burnett is often compared, but she isnt even in the Top Ten, Saturday, January 24, 01:20:46pm Tina Fey? (NT) -- son, you have a lot to learn LOL, Saturday, January 24, 01:21:41pm How can Carol Burnett not be in the top 10? -- She's easily top 3 as far as I'm concerned., Saturday, January 24, 01:34:25pm She tried too hard to be Lucy and she failed. (NT) -- hair, physical comedy, etc., Saturday, January 24, 02:52:13pm Failed? Only one of the great female comedic talents in history. (NT) -- How ignorant., Saturday, January 24, 03:06:30pm Like most failures, her show lasted 11 years (NT) -- LOL, Saturday, January 24, 03:15:11pm TV Guide ranked Lucy #2. It ranked Burnett #22. (NT) -- enough said., Saturday, January 24, 04:12:04pm TOBY, I am surprised to hear you of all people are not a fan of Lucy. -- isnt she a gay icon or is that just Judy Garland?, Saturday, January 24, 04:15:03pm Tiny Fey Is Funnier -- Der Bingle, Saturday, January 24, 04:22:22pm You cannot compare two women from such different generations. (NT) -- You couldnt even say 'pregnant' in 1953., Saturday, January 24, 04:26:23pm Sure I Can -- Der Bingle, Saturday, January 24, 06:37:03pm I guess TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly, People, Time, etc., are all wrong. (NT) -- LOL, Saturday, January 24, 07:37:10pm Very true ..."two women from such different generations", but MORESO, the fact Lucy did NONE of her own writing AND always questioned if the content was indeed 'funny' -going back to I LOVE LUCY? ... -- Notorious for having NO sense of humor in life, but was GREAT as comic actor!, Saturday, January 24, 11:51:32pm Apparently, she was suffering from a brain tumor -- -, Saturday, January 24, 07:20:14pm Ernie Banks - Mr. Cub Dead at 83 Saturday, January 24, 09:29:34pm 9 CBS News -- :-(, Friday, January 23, 08:21:25pm A happy warrior, indeed. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Friday, January 23, 08:29:01pm Sad to hear this. He certainly was Mr. Cub in the '50s and '60s. (NT) -- obitchecker, Friday, January 23, 10:51:26pm His mother, Essie Banks died in 2009 at 97 (NT) -- Ernie was 78 then, Saturday, January 24, 07:18:32am Pic -- ., Saturday, January 24, 12:03:59pm Imdb -- Link, Saturday, January 24, 12:20:42pm Longtime fan Bill Murray gave his son the middle name Banks (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 24, 05:11:46pm Homer Banks Murray to be exact (NT) -- Mr. Cub had 512 of them, Saturday, January 24, 09:29:34pm Frank Mazzola, Film Editor and ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ Actor Dead at 79 Saturday, January 24, 05:57:22pm 6 Imdb -- Link, Wednesday, January 21, 12:30:09pm Suffering from dementia, he was reported missing for several days last year -- sad, Wednesday, January 21, 12:32:06pm And the roll of people who worked with James Dean grows smaller (NT) -- Mazzola had a small role in "East of Eden" as well, Thursday, January 22, 12:05:41pm James Dean 24, Nick Adams 36, Sal Mineo 37, Natalie Wood 43, Williams Hopper & Rochelle Hudson (Wood's screen parents) BOTH died at 55! (NT) -- theChronicler (Corey Allen), Thursday, January 22, 12:17:14pm Rebel without a Cause Deaths -- Tim, Saturday, January 24, 05:57:22pm Happy 112th Birthday! Supercentenarian Vincenza Balassone-Colucci, Educator Daphne Lorraine Gum is 99, Sailor/Professor Marvin Creamer is 99, Actor Jerry Maren is 95, (NT) jlp Saturday, January 24, 05:15:36pm 10 Test Pilot Bob Hoover is 93, Painter Genevieve Asse is 92, Obstetrician Catherine Hamlin is 91, Politician Robert Kastenmeier is 91,Writer Richard Rohmer turns 91. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, January 24, 04:22:52am Please post them all in one post jlp, stop bumping your posts.. (NT) -- Chukka cann, Saturday, January 24, 08:39:17am He can't Chunkka. Only allows 200 character per post. (NT) -- jess tellin ya, Saturday, January 24, 09:11:51am Other birthdays, Jan. 24- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, January 24, 12:06:08pm Writer Desmond Morris is 87, actor Terence Bayler is 85, painter Mahmoud Farshchian is 85, comic book artist John Romita is 85, writer Jaan Puhvel is 83, writer Bamber Gascoigne is 80 (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 24, 12:24:45pm "Ahab the Arab" -- Ray Stevens, Saturday, January 24, 01:45:31pm "Tell it Like it Is" -- Aaron Neville, Saturday, January 24, 01:46:34pm "Solitary Man" -- Neil Diamond, Saturday, January 24, 01:47:13pm "Goodbye Baby" -- Jack Scott (79 today), Saturday, January 24, 05:15:36pm Barrie Ingham, actor and voice of ‘Great Mouse Detective Dies at 83 Saturday, January 24, 05:13:01pm 4 IMDb -- Link, Saturday, January 24, 05:00:43pm Appeared on a lot of US TV shows in the '80's (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 24, 05:09:54pm Barrie Ingham Showreel -- Link, Saturday, January 24, 05:13:01pm Toller Cranston, figure skater and painter He was 65 Saturday, January 24, 03:31:19pm 2 Pic -- ., Saturday, January 24, 03:31:19pm Anime Voice Actor Rome Elliot Dies at 45 Saturday, January 24, 01:29:58pm 2 IMDb -- Link, Saturday, January 24, 01:29:58pm Mark Mansfield, Child actor turned CIA spokesman Dead at 56 Saturday, January 24, 01:17:55pm 1 Father Ye Yaomin, China's oldest priest Dead at 105 Saturday, January 24, 01:12:36pm 1 Archive: Larry Fine, Jan. 24, 1975 Stooge Saturday, January 24, 12:27:43pm 2 I remember hearing the news of Larry's death, & then, only a few months later, Moe was gone as well (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 24, 12:27:43pm Ann Mara, Matriarch of the NY Giants Hospitalized after a fall Saturday, January 24, 12:18:12pm 1 C.J. Bascaglia, guitarist and producer for the band Green Jelly/Green Jello (NT) Has died at 51. according to the site www.geeksofdoom.com Saturday, January 24, 12:15:29pm 2 "Three Little Pigs" -- Green Jelly, Saturday, January 24, 12:15:29pm Leatrice Joy Gilbert Fountain, Author and daughter of silent film stars John Gilbert and Leatrice Joy (NT) Has died according the site lastgoddessblogspot.com. She was 90 Saturday, January 24, 12:10:41pm 3 Her FB Page has numerous condolences as well -- Mitch, Saturday, January 24, 11:51:16am Wrote a good book about her dad John Gilbert titled "Dark Star" (NT) -- RIP, Saturday, January 24, 12:10:41pm PBA Hall of Fame charter member Chuck Pezzano Dies at 86 Saturday, January 24, 12:07:50pm 2 Pic -- ., Saturday, January 24, 12:07:50pm Jean Lindenmann, a co-discoverer of interferon, age 90 ..... Ed Tracey Saturday, January 24, 12:06:56pm 2 Pic -- ., Saturday, January 24, 12:06:56pm Ted O'Connell, Guitarist with the Treble Makers Dead at 57 Saturday, January 24, 12:04:47pm 5 "The Treblemakers Vs the Doomsday Device" -- Link, Wednesday, January 07, 01:01:58pm Ted O'Connell, Guitarist with the Treble Makers -- Peter Brooks (Saddened and Shocked), Friday, January 23, 06:25:03pm I'm saddened and shocked that the email I just sent you bounced. (NT) -- Why is that?, Saturday, January 24, 08:56:03am Because the e- mails ALWAYS bounce on these phony sympathy messages (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 24, 12:04:47pm Today's Archive: 24th January 1965, Sir Winston Churchill dies aged 90 Sherlock Saturday, January 24, 12:01:19pm 2 Daughter Diana committed suicide in Oct. 1963 at 54, son Randolph died at 57 on June 6, 1968 (same day RFK died) (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 24, 12:01:19pm OT: IMDB page on oldies living actress is NOT updated with Luise Rainer and Joan Fontaine Jess saying Saturday, January 24, 11:38:20am 6 The page was last updated - 11 Jul 2013 (NT) -- Duh!!!!! Totally useless page therefore, Saturday, January 24, 09:46:44am Use my list -- Colt, Saturday, January 24, 09:54:48am Great list, Colt. (NT) -- Thanks for sharing., Saturday, January 24, 10:15:21am I posted the initial messages. (NT) -- Thanks, Colt!, Saturday, January 24, 10:29:55am Pretty cool link. So it lists the OLDEST entertainment figures, still living? (NT) -- I see ol' Lupita and Connie near the top!, Saturday, January 24, 11:38:20am Tommy Mason, Pro-Bowl running back, first Minnesota Vikings draft pick in 1961 75 Saturday, January 24, 10:02:26am 7 Football card -- ., Thursday, January 22, 05:00:48pm He was briefly married to gymnast Cathy Rigby (NT) -- She competed in the Olympics for the U.S., Thursday, January 22, 07:19:39pm From 1972-1981 (NT) -- They had two sons, Friday, January 23, 11:34:11am Imdb says Mason & Rigby were married on Jan. 20, 1973 (day Nixon was sworn in for a 2nd term) (NT) -- So, Mason died just after what would've been their 42nd anniversary, Friday, January 23, 12:23:06pm They got divorced a few years later (NT) -- She was the second of his FOUR wives, Friday, January 23, 12:38:52pm I've also read they were married 1975-1985, and that she met her second husband the same year she was divorced-- (NT) -- Is that what ended the marriage?, Saturday, January 24, 10:02:26am Saudi King Abdullah dies aged 91 . Saturday, January 24, 10:00:47am 14 What is the protocol for this funeral in terms of who attends? I believe everyone for Prince Charles to Dick Cheney attended the last royal Islamic funeral in 2005. (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 22, 04:10:03pm Send Cheney again (NT) -- LOL, Thursday, January 22, 04:33:36pm Oil and gas prices will be rising tomorrow. Oil companies will say to much uncertainty in the region now. (NT) -- Emir, Thursday, January 22, 04:51:01pm Well, I just filled up today, so I'm good for now (NT) -- $1.61, Thursday, January 22, 07:20:21pm Where? (NT) -- ., Friday, January 23, 07:07:48am Northern Ohio (NT) -- Get it while it's low, Friday, January 23, 09:37:53am I remember the King from those infamously embarrasing pics where George W. and he were holding hands and kissing him on the mouth. -- PHOTO, Thursday, January 22, 07:53:17pm What's embarrassing about them? He was following custom and protocol. (NT) -- Nothing wrong with honoring another culture's traditions., Friday, January 23, 06:14:21am Queen Elizabeth is now the oldest monarch in the world. (NT) -- she turns 89 in April, Friday, January 23, 11:05:59am Monday will mark 23,000 days since she became Queen. (NT) -- Charles in waiting., Friday, January 23, 11:45:36am Speaking of Elizabeth, she passes up her great- great grandmother Victoria as longest reigning British Monarch in Sept. 2015. ... -- Victoria died Jan. 22, 1901, after 63 years, 7 mos. on the throne., Friday, January 23, 01:55:09pm I'm sure they'll have a big celebration. (NT) -- God save the Queen!, Friday, January 23, 01:55:44pm King Abdullah was buried Friday afternoon in an unmarked grave, his body shrouded in a simple beige cloth without a coffin. .... -- Burial was in line with Islamic tradition that all people -even kings are equal in death before God., Friday, January 23, 08:00:31pm SkyMall, 25 Russ Saturday, January 24, 08:47:52am 1 Vince Camuto, 78, Founder of Nine West NY Times Saturday, January 24, 03:30:59am 1 Composer/Orchestrator Norman Henry Mamey Dies at 66 Saturday, January 24, 12:49:45am 2 IMDb -- Link, Saturday, January 24, 12:49:45am Director/Producer Richard F. McWhorter Dies at 100 Saturday, January 24, 12:43:17am 2 IMDb -- Link, Saturday, January 24, 12:43:17am Happy 109th Birthday! 1906 SF Quake survivor William Del Monte, Asst. Dir, Roy Parkinson is 99, Resistance Fighter/Historian Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brillhac is 98, (NT) jlp Friday, January 23, 11:15:05pm 19 Hockey's Elmer Lach is 97, Composer Sid Ramin is 96, Religious Figure Jan Chryzostom Korec is 91, Writer Vangelis Goufas turns 90. (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 22, 10:48:58am Just how many 1906 S.F. Quake survivors, are still around? (NT) -- It WAS a 109 years ago!, Thursday, January 22, 10:50:17am Only 2 or 3, at most! (NT) -- Ruth Newman's another one, Thursday, January 22, 12:11:26pm Actress Piper Laurie is 83 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 22-, Thursday, January 22, 12:18:31pm Actress Diana Dill is 92 today. Mother of Michael Douglas, 70 (NT) -- Ex- husband Kirk Doughlas is 98, Thursday, January 22, 12:35:09pm British politician Betty Lockwood is 91, lawyer Alan Grieve is 87, athlete Galina Zybina is 84, Chef Graham Kerr ("The Galloping Gourmet") is 81 (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 22, 12:38:32pm Just saw her again in THE HUSTLER, last weekend. She was great, and earned the Oscar nod that year! -Sophia won though, for TWO WOMEN. (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, January 22, 12:36:14pm After "The Hustler", Laurie didn't appear in another film until "Carrie" (1976)- 15 years later! (NT) -- !, Thursday, January 22, 12:40:36pm A tribute to her talent, she was nominated for Oscars for both performances! A 3rd nod came a decade later in "Children of a Lesser God", and won an Emmy that same year in "Promise" (1986). (NT) -- Appeared in 1995's THE GRASS HARP, w/CARRIE film-daughter Sissy Spacek -this time playing sisters!, Thursday, January 22, 02:41:49pm That reminds me of when Tom Hanks & Sally Field played boyfriend- girlfriend in "Punchline", & several years later. played mother- son in "Forrest Gump"! (NT) -- !, Thursday, January 22, 04:53:59pm Laura Dern was just nominated for an Oscar playing Reese Witherspoon's mother (NT) -- There's only nine years difference, Thursday, January 22, 07:17:46pm I saw Grass Harp and the Carrie connection never dawned on me (NT) -- Nell Carter was also in that movie - she died 12 years ago today, Friday, January 23, 11:15:05pm The only other SF Quake of 1906 survivor still alive is Ruth Newman, age 113. (NT) -- Lgevirtz, Thursday, January 22, 01:39:48pm Ruth Newman is not among the verified supercentenarians (NT) -- she has not supplied adequate proof - many believe her to be much younger, Thursday, January 22, 01:41:09pm DelMonte is creeping upon the world's oldest men. (NT) -- scitea, Thursday, January 22, 02:45:24pm William DelMonte is probably the last living person who was a millionaire and lost it all in the 1929 Stock Market Crash (NT) -- Darren, Thursday, January 22, 07:09:00pm Irving Kahn (also 109) was an investor (NT) -- but actually doubled his money during the crash of '29, Thursday, January 22, 07:52:20pm Edythe Kirchmaier is 107 -- cameron, Thursday, January 22, 07:56:27pm OT: Greta Van Susteren, Rev. Franklin Graham among the passengers when elevator suddenly plunges 4 floors Hanoi Friday, January 23, 04:09:55pm 3 Wonder if Greta's chin shifted to the other side (NT) -- Rev. Graham probably blurted out, "Holy sh**", Friday, January 23, 12:38:10pm Video -- Link, Friday, January 23, 03:08:03pm Tangerine Dream Founder Edgar Froese Dies at 70 Friday, January 23, 04:00:02pm 2 "Mothers Of Rain" -- Tangerine Dream, Friday, January 23, 04:00:02pm Happy 101st Birthday! Football's Jim Freeman, Burlesque Dancer Betty Rowland is 99, Photojournalist David Douglas Duncan is 99, Politician Ten Koko Sonoda is 96, (NT) jlp Friday, January 23, 12:29:15pm 6 Architect Gottfried Bohm is 95, Sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga is 94, '52 Olympic Athlete Horace Ashenfelter is 92, Poster Designer Silvano Campeggi is 92, (NT) -- jlp, Friday, January 23, 05:23:11am Conservationist Luc Hoffmann is 92, Actress/Director Jeanne Moreau turns 87. (NT) -- jlp, Friday, January 23, 05:24:36am Actress Chita Rivera is 82 today -- Other birthdays, Jan. 23-, Friday, January 23, 12:14:28pm Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart was born 100 years ago today (died 1985) -- Said he couldn't define porn, but "Knew it when he saw it", Friday, January 23, 12:25:49pm Writer Phillip Knightley is 86, Nobel winning chemist John Polanyi is 86, athlete Bill Sharpe is 83, educator, activist Robert Parris Moses is 80, Opera singer Teresa Zylis-Gara is 80 (NT) -- ., Friday, January 23, 12:29:15pm Ian Allen, Former Negativland Member Dead at 56 Friday, January 23, 12:19:30pm 1 OT: I just discovered that many Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts are on Youtube! (NT) A Great Find for Me! Friday, January 23, 11:12:35am 8 This is a fantastic find! (NT) -- Wonder if a lot of Columbo episodes and "Twilight Zones" are on YouTube., Friday, January 23, 09:16:43am Why not share the link (NT) -- ?, Friday, January 23, 09:36:45am There isn't just one link - go to Youtube and search "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast" (NT) -- dozens will show and they're all complete roasts., Friday, January 23, 10:06:23am My FAVORITE was always Foster Brooks. God bless his tipsy soul. ... -- LINKS, Friday, January 23, 10:45:46am He was always my least favorite. I thought his drunken bit got old very quickly. (NT) -- But, he was a good comedian nonetheless., Friday, January 23, 10:46:20am Thanks. (NT) -- ., Friday, January 23, 10:48:49am I always loved Red Buttons "...Never Gotta Dinner" schtick. .... -- ., Friday, January 23, 11:12:35am Stan Irwin, Producer, manager (Johnny Carson) Dead at 94 Friday, January 23, 11:10:56am 3 He did the voice of Lou Costello in the Abbott & Costello cartoons of the late 60's -- Bud Abbott did his own voice, Thursday, January 22, 05:14:01pm I used to watch those cartoons when I was a kid (NT) -- I had wondered if he was still alive., Friday, January 23, 11:10:56am Joe Dowell ("Wooden Heart") turns 75 Rockin' Robin Thursday, January 22, 10:26:56pm 1 OT: This week's Entertainment Weekly has a great interview with Olivia DeHavilland, 98 Sadly, she's another celeb who outlived a child Thursday, January 22, 07:17:41pm 2 Same issue has a great article on the late Mr. Blackwell (NT) -- Claimed he had sex with Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, & Tyrone Power!, Thursday, January 22, 07:17:41pm This pic of LBJ talking to Walter Cronkite was taken on Jan. 12, 1973 10 days later, he was dead Thursday, January 22, 07:16:39pm 13 This page has a pic of LBJ at Dolph Briscoe's inaugeration as Texas Gov. on Jan. 16, 1973 -- Unfortunately, the pic is pretty small, Wednesday, January 21, 01:34:23pm I always thought the psychological affect LBJ went through was fascinating. In the end, haunted by the war and its young protesters, he grew hair long and wore beads! Here's last public speach. ... -- VIDEO shows LBJ in much heart pain, popping nitro pills. Died 5 weeks later., Wednesday, January 21, 03:22:59pm in his final days LBJ would listen to "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel repeatedly while agonizing over his legacy; worrying that he would only be remembered for the Vietnam war (NT) -- ., Wednesday, January 21, 04:59:20pm LBJ speaks to Richard Nixon on Jan. 2, 1973 -- Says he "feels pretty good", Wednesday, January 21, 05:03:27pm The fact that he died just as the Vietnam War was ending is incredibly ironic (NT) -- Considering it ended his Presidency, Wednesday, January 21, 08:45:31pm LBJ was to ill to attend Nixon's inauguration (NT) -- he died two days later., Thursday, January 22, 07:10:11am In the 10 years from 1963- 73, five Presidents died (JFK, Hoover, Ike, Truman, & LBJ) in the 42 years since then, 3 have died- (Nixon, Reagan, & Ford) (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 22, 12:02:19pm LBJ died just ONE day before the Paris Peace Accords ending the Vietnam War, ...just 2 days after what would have been the end to his 2nd term, had he run and been reelected in 1968! (NT) -- theChronicler, Thursday, January 22, 12:06:11pm Henry Kissinger said he called LBJ a few days before he died to tell him the peace treaty was going to be signed (NT) -- So, Johnson knew the war was ending, Thursday, January 22, 12:17:24pm Humphrey could have been president for under 2 days (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Thursday, January 22, 07:12:18pm No, because Johnson died 2 days AFTER his term would've ended (NT) -- Of course, if he'd run again in 1968, the stress of the job might've killed him before 1973!, Thursday, January 22, 07:16:15pm More than likely, he would have run in 1972 (NT) -- Then HE would have died in office in 1978, Thursday, January 22, 07:16:39pm Peggy Charren, Advocate for children's TV Dead at 86 Thursday, January 22, 05:07:22pm 1 Ruth Manchester, Mother of singer Melissa Manchester Dead at 93 Thursday, January 22, 04:47:47pm 1 Arnold Prieto, Killer of 3, executed Texas Thursday, January 22, 01:47:09pm 1 QUESTION: Dead rock and roll bands Please read Thursday, January 22, 01:25:45pm 41 Four Tops and Temptations (NT) -- Come to mind, Friday, January 16, 08:45:53am Abdul "Duke" Fakir of the Four Tops is still alive (NT) -- Last survivivng member, Friday, January 16, 12:22:18pm And Otis Williams of the Temptations is still alive (NT) -- ., Friday, January 16, 12:23:14pm Ramones (NT) -- Erik, Friday, January 16, 09:24:48am Aren't all of the original founding members of Canned Heat dead? (NT) -- I seem to recall reading that somewhere., Friday, January 16, 10:35:27am Drummer Fito De La Parra is still alive, as is bassist Larry Taylor (don't know if he was an original member, though). (NT) -- Ted G., Saturday, January 17, 10:16:10am Larry Taylor was indeed an original member - de la Parra joined for the 2nd Canned Heat album. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, January 18, 05:30:22pm Amazingly, aren't all of Buddy Holly's Crickets still living? (NT) -- I think they're all 75+!, Friday, January 16, 10:47:40am The Four Tops and The Temptations have one original member living. (NT) -- Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor ,drummers Frank Cook and Aldolfo Fita de la Parra are still alive., Friday, January 16, 11:19:57am Nicki Sullivan, one of Holly's Crickets, died in 2004 -- He was 66, Friday, January 16, 11:22:35am Here's a rock group where all the members are dead -- Inside, Friday, January 16, 11:23:30am That group never had any charted records. (NT) -- Jess saying, Friday, January 16, 12:19:28pm OK, that was pretty funny. (NT) -- <Permanently stoned., Friday, January 16, 01:41:16pm Don and Juan ("What;'s Your Name" and McFadden and Whitehead ("Ain't No Stopping Us Now") (NT) -- All deceased, Friday, January 16, 12:20:52pm All three members of The Jimi Hendrix Experience are deceased (NT) -- ., Friday, January 16, 12:24:41pm From Ruby and the Romantics, only Ruby survives ..... (NT) -- and all female Orlons are dead: Stephen Caldwell is still with us, Friday, January 16, 12:23:59pm The original Platters are all dead (NT) -- Last was Herb Reed in 2012, Friday, January 16, 01:28:27pm Also all of the "classic" Coasters? (NT) -- I think so., Friday, January 16, 01:35:23pm Leon Hughes of The Coasters is alive (NT) -- He's 85, Friday, January 16, 01:43:16pm The Four Aces, Four Freshman, The Moonglows, (NT) -- The Kalin Twins and Mickey & Sylvia are dead, Friday, January 16, 01:58:10pm One of the "classic" Coasters? (NT) -- What hit was he in? Duh., Friday, January 16, 03:12:12pm QUESTION: What rock band from the 1950's has all it's original members, still living? (NT) -- TRIVIA: And who was the first Rock 'n Roll fatality?, Friday, January 16, 01:43:09pm Johnny Ace died 1954. And The Fleetwoods are all living (NT) -- now well into their 70s, Friday, January 16, 01:59:36pm My dad talks to The Fleetwoods Gary Troxel occasionally on the phone- always gets a Christmas Card from him too- (NT) -- Darren, Friday, January 16, 02:58:16pm Gary was active in fighting for grandparents' rights after his son-in-law won custody of his grandchild and cut off contact with Gary and his wife. Unfortunately, SCOTUS sided with the son-in-law. (NT) -- obitchecker, Tuesday, January 20, 08:48:47pm Wow, I'd forgotten about The Fleetwoods! They were the first group in the world to have multiple No. 1 Hits top The Billboard Hot 100 in a single year! (NT) -- Also the first mixed-gender trio ever with more than one No. 1 hit!, Saturday, January 17, 02:25:03am Anyone know the status on Lee Andrews and the Hearts? Not that many years ago, all were still living and on a revival special. -- obitchecker, Tuesday, January 20, 08:53:42pm Les Paul and Mary (NT) -- Ford, Friday, January 16, 05:47:42pm The Browns. Jim Ed, Maxine and Bonnie are still here. (NT) -- Ted G., Saturday, January 17, 10:18:02am Prayers for Jim Ed, who is battling lung cancer (NT) -- ., Saturday, January 17, 10:19:34am The Chords and the Silhouettes are all deceased -- Rockin' Robin, Sunday, January 18, 08:56:00pm Speaking of Silhouettes, there's the group called the Rays who recorded "Silhouettes" (NT) -- Lead singer Hal Miller is the only surviving member of that group, Monday, January 19, 10:08:56am Four Preps: only one Prep is still standing - lad singer Bruce Belland (NT) -- ., Monday, January 19, 08:52:05am They were all lad (male) singers but I meant LEAD singer (NT) -- I shall now head to Typo Prison, which is 26 miles away, Monday, January 19, 10:07:33am the Paris Sisters trio - only Sherrell is still with us (NT) -- Priscilla died a few years ago; Albeth died a few weeks ago, Monday, January 19, 10:12:13am Here's a few more 50s / 60s groups... -- list inside, Monday, January 19, 12:39:12pm 3/4 of Badfinger are gone (Joey Molland is the sole survivor) and everyone who's ever been in Spanky and Our Gang are gone (six people) except for Spanky and drummer John Seiter. (NT) -- Ted G., Tuesday, January 20, 10:02:37pm 3/4 of The Mama & the Papas are also gone -- Only Michelle Phillips is left, Tuesday, January 20, 10:15:59pm Is Ron from Badfinger alive? Because that'd make him the only survivor from the original lineup (NT) -- Joey joined after their first record so isn't an original member, Thursday, January 22, 08:10:10am Yes, Ron Griffiths is still alive. He was said to have been ousted from the band due to a rift with bassist Tom Evans. (NT) -- Ted G., Thursday, January 22, 01:25:45pm Violetta Degtiareva, Russian tennis player Dead at 23 Thursday, January 22, 01:03:16pm 2 Was primed to be the next (NT) -- Anna Kournakova., Thursday, January 22, 01:03:16pm Pauline Yates, British actress Dead at 85 Thursday, January 22, 12:32:13pm 3 Imdb -- Link, Thursday, January 22, 12:30:30pm Boy, there's a lot of British TV shows I've heard of, but never seen..."Dixon of Dock Green", "Z Cars", "Coronation Street"... & "Dr. Who" (NT) -- ., Thursday, January 22, 12:32:13pm