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Error, forum threads exceeds limit. Message database may be damaged. Admin should try rebuilding. Subject Author Date Msgs Actor Ben Rawnsley Dies at 85 Friday, September 21, 07:02:57am 2 IMDb -- -, Friday, September 21, 07:02:57am Tran Dai Quang, current President of Vietnam Dies at 61 Friday, September 21, 05:45:34am 1 Emmy in memoriam Full list inside Friday, September 21, 05:14:07am 26 They included a politician and a comedy club owner, but left out Nanette Fabray, who won several Emmys. Ridiculous!! (NT) -- Disgusted, Monday, September 17, 07:52:45pm The biggest omission, in terms of Emmy winners, was sound editor Douglas Grindstaff, who had 5 wins and 14 nominations. -- But unlike Fabray, he was included in the Creative Arts Emmys In Memoriam (VIDEO LINK):, Tuesday, September 18, 08:07:26am Also missed: Harry Dean Stanton, Anne Jefferys, John Hillerman, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Campanella, Clint Walker (NT) -- Tim O'Connor, Earle Hyman...to name a few., Monday, September 17, 07:56:23pm Lest we forget "ROOT's" Olivia Cole, "3rd Rock from the Sun" co-star Elmarie Wendel, "SOAP's" Robert Mandan & Donnelly Rhodes, "CSI's" Pamela Gidley, Reality star 'Old ManHarrison', and Chuck McCann, and Roger Perry, and Louise Latham, and Robert Wolders, and Bradford Dillman, and Allyn Ann McLerie in COUNTLESS TV of the 1960-80s! NO Rance Howard in EVERYTHING! ...AND NO Connie Sawyer, who died at 105! -- And BOTH from "Peyton Place" Tim O'Connor & Dorothy Malone!, Tuesday, September 18, 02:47:55am Olivia Cole was an EMMY winner, too! ... -- Sheeesh!, Tuesday, September 18, 02:49:55am Just a thought - we could bombard their Twitter feed with photos of the people they missed? (NT) -- Sharon, Tuesday, September 18, 04:43:56am Poor Dorothy Malone......forgotten from the Oscar memoriam as well (NT) -- Sherlock, Tuesday, September 18, 05:14:03am Sadly, The British TV Show Stars Got Snubbed As Well -- David S., Tuesday, September 18, 06:58:15am Most of them, frankly, had no chance. But before you burn down the Academy, bear in mind that they're already inundated by complaints (NT) -- because someone named Mac Miller wasn't included., Tuesday, September 18, 07:58:30am Mac Miller had NOTHING to do with TV, did he? (NT) -- ...And while we're at it......McCAIN included??? ...wft., Tuesday, September 18, 10:17:51am I Called It That John McCain Would Be Included -- David S., Tuesday, September 18, 11:28:05am Mac Miller had a reality show on MTV. -- The fact is, the ceremony just doesn't have the time to honor every single person who dies in a given year., Tuesday, September 18, 11:48:45am True, they can't list everyone, but their choice should be more reasonable, logical, and judicious. (NT) -- Disgusted, Tuesday, September 18, 11:54:30am It's all about fame. I mean, Aretha did a fair amount of TV--even some acting -- but to make her the focus of the segment?, Tuesday, September 18, 12:21:43pm I Am Surprise Morgana King Was not Mentioned -- David S., Wednesday, September 19, 09:18:38am Why on Earth should she be? She was merely a guest on the shows; the Emmys are meant for those who are actively and rigorously involved in TV production. She was just a singer who appeared on television shows (NT) -- Seriously, some people need to be realistic, Thursday, September 20, 05:02:13am She Also Acted On Some TV Shows, TV Movies And Daytime -- David S., Thursday, September 20, 05:43:11am No, David, that wasn't a new thing. It was simply a recut version of the official movies and made into a miniseries; King only had three one time only role TV acting credits in a 60+ year career -- She would not have been appropriate for the Emmy memorial reel, Thursday, September 20, 09:50:01am They can play a hymn throughout the segment (NT) -- but they can't show a picture of Billy Graham?, Friday, September 21, 05:14:07am I think they went for quality over quantity this year. (NT) -- Better production values, but way fewer people, avoiding names unfamiliar to current audiences., Tuesday, September 18, 12:32:20pm I think we can ALL agree that the broadcast wants to be 'mainly' relevant to youthful audiences nowadays, and some our our finest (even connected) veterans like Rance Howard, are dissed. BUT ... (NT) -- ...I draw the line when EMMY WINNERS are omitted over lesser honorees! Disgusted!, Tuesday, September 18, 02:17:38pm Someone--perhaps they're reading this now--made an interesting edit to the Emmy Wikipedia page. -- I'll post it here before it's deleted:, Tuesday, September 18, 05:20:16pm Here is EMMY website FULL 'In Memoriam's list. ... -- Link, Wednesday, September 19, 10:27:51am IMO, ANY list televised should be of EMMY recipients FIRST! (NT) -- The rest is B.S. -thank you., Wednesday, September 19, 10:29:01am Actors/actress/musicians/Game Show/Reality/Wrestlers Missing From In Memoriam -- David S., Thursday, September 20, 02:15:20am Poppi Kramer, Comedian and Biggest Loser winner Dies at 46 Friday, September 21, 04:57:58am 9 More reliable source please. (NT) -- Thank you, Friday, July 27, 12:57:56pm There is no other other reliable source The family has not released date or place of death. (NT) -- Only friends on social media have statements about her passing., Friday, July 27, 01:29:23pm In 2006, Kramer lost 117 pounds (50.4 percent of her starting weight of 232), and was the first woman to win a prize on the series. (NT) -- Sadly, by 2014 she regained almost 80% of the weight. She eventually decided to have bariatric surgery., Friday, July 27, 02:45:09pm Is there a cause of death yet? (NT) -- Rip sweet lady, Saturday, July 28, 01:46:49pm Sad how many of these weight loss contestants don't embrace the physical program of healthier lifestyle after all that effort. (NT) -- But then again, much is psychological, which is why the TV series failed, too., Saturday, July 28, 01:51:20pm She loved being happy, healthy, and excercizing -- Anon., Thursday, September 20, 10:57:12pm Sleep, well. (NT) -- RIP, Friday, September 21, 12:31:43am Obit -- David S., Friday, September 21, 04:57:58am ARCHIVE: September 21, 1973 ~Actress Diana Sands, versatile stage & screen player, best remembered as 'Beneatha Younger' Sidney Poitier's sister in the original stage and film versions of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" (1961), dies after acclaimed career and rising star, before her life was cute too short, by cancer at age 39. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, September 21, 02:58:47am 1 Mohammed Karim Lamrani 1919-2018 Moroccan three time former prime minister. Fredrik Andersson Thursday, September 20, 11:26:33pm 1 Sept.21st~ Happy 112th Birthday! Supercentenarian Helen White, Philosopher Mario Bunge is 99, Politician Kin Yong-ju is 98, Racecar Driver Kenneth McAlpine is 98, Actress Mary Ellen St, Aubin is 98, (NT) jlp Thursday, September 20, 09:04:42pm 2 Artist Gaylen C. Hansen is 98, Politician Linwood Holton is 95, Actress Joan Hotchkis is 91, Asst.Director Lucian Mardare is 90, Actor Mojmir Heger turns 90 (NT) -- jlp, Thursday, September 20, 09:04:42pm Drummer Jerry Wiggins (Buck Owens And The Buckaroos) Dies at 73. Husband of country singer Susan Raye Thursday, September 20, 08:34:51pm 3 "Jackson" - Buck Owens & Susan Raye (Jerry Wiggins on drums) -- Link, Sunday, July 08, 01:56:31am Sorry for the liss -- Scott Berry, Thursday, September 20, 08:34:51pm Archive: Leonard Skinner, Sept. 20, 2010 Inspired name of Rock band Thursday, September 20, 06:39:45pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 20, 1988 ~It was 30 years ago, UK-born rotund actor Roy Kinnear, 54, best known and appreciated in both dramatic and comedic roles, like "The Hill", and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", dies a day after a fatal horse-riding accident on set of a film, led to internal bleeding and subsequent heart failure. ... Bio & PHOTOS Thursday, September 20, 05:56:57pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 20, 1793 ~Fletcher Christian, 28, Master's mate on board the infamous HMS Bounty during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789, leading to the mutiny on the Bounty, seizing command of the ship from Bligh on April 28, 1789, was later likely murdered while marooned on Pitcairn Island. Christian portrayed notably in American films by Clark Gable, and Marlon Brando. ... Bio & PHOTOS Thursday, September 20, 05:14:08pm 1 OT: Thought folks might like to see some recent pics of Kirk Douglas, 101 Link Thursday, September 20, 02:20:49pm 3 Nice to see him getting around. But to be honest, once I read stories of his alleged rape of Natale Wood in the 1950s, my impression of him has been tarnished. (NT) -- Sad when your idols fall., Thursday, September 20, 02:12:04pm Here are recent pics of his 99-year old wife. -- She's not looking so great..., Thursday, September 20, 02:20:49pm Father of NBA star Richard Jefferson killed in drive-by shooting Compton, Calif. Thursday, September 20, 12:59:20pm 2 He was "struck multiple times in the torso". Sounds like a 'hit' to me. (NT) -- Though you rarely see a sexagenarian target!, Thursday, September 20, 12:59:20pm ARCHIVE: September 20, 1973 ~It's crazy to know it's now 45 years since folk and rock singer-songwriter Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash. The 30 year old musician earned popularity with hits like, "Time In A Bottle", "Operator", and "Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown" -which reachede #1, just months before his death in private plane crash. … Bio & PHOTOS Thursday, September 20, 12:54:20pm 1 Archive: Travis Barker & DJ AM plane crash, Sept. 19, 2008 4 died, they survived (DJ AM died a year later) Thursday, September 20, 12:41:42pm 1 Healthwatch: Guitarist Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band "Critical but stable" condition after fall Thursday, September 20, 11:55:13am 1 Archive: Nappy Brown, Sept. 20, 2008 Singer Thursday, September 20, 11:43:48am 2 "Don't Be Angry" -- Nappy Brown, Thursday, September 20, 11:43:48am Sept. 20th~Happy 99th Birthday! Businessman Jack Baskin, WW2 Figure Leon Comber is 97, Visionary Justo Gallego Martinez is 93, Actress Lillian Kassan is 90, Director Miodrag Paskuci turns 90. (NT) jlp Thursday, September 20, 11:35:13am 9 Sept. 20th~Happy Birthday! Actor Malachy McCourt (87) Actress Sophia Loren (84) Actress Karen Sharpe (84) Actor Newell Alexander (83) Actor Pepper Martin (82) Writer George R.R. Martin (70) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, September 19, 09:32:17pm Karen Sharpe was married to Director/Producer Stanley Kramer from 1966 until this death in 2001. (NT) -- -, Thursday, September 20, 10:32:58am Actor/writer Malachy McCourt, 87, is the last of the McCourt brothers of Limerick, Ireland, including Mike, Alphie, and eldest brother Pulitzer-honored writer Frank McCourt of "Angela's Ashes" tome. -I loved their documentary "The McCourts of Limerick". … -- Bio & VIDEOS, Thursday, September 20, 11:04:01am ARCHIVE: September 20, 1880 ~It was 138 years ago today, one of America's most prolific femme fatale serial killer women was born. Louise Peete, though short and plump, her southern charm seemed to exude a fatal attraction to men, leaving a trail of death and manipulation in her wake -to even the people closest to her! ... -- Bio & PHOTOS, Thursday, September 20, 10:52:05am She resembles Aunt Bee (NT) -- Gomer, Thursday, September 20, 11:09:30am Other birthdays, Sept. 20- -- Happy birthdays!, Thursday, September 20, 11:10:26am In contrast, it was a century ago, Dr. Charles Howard Wright was born. Dr. Wright served as chair of Detroit's African Medical Education Fund, and the Museum of African American History board of directors, who personally delivered over 7,000 babies born in Detroit and New York. ~Happy 100th! ... -- Dr. Wright died in 2002, at age 83., Thursday, September 20, 11:27:57am Martial artist Takayuki Kubota is 84, politician David Marquand is 84, football player Jim Taylor is 83, writer Andrew Davies is 82, politician Birgitta Dahl is 81, politician Geoffrey Dear is 81, businessman Robert L. Gerry III is 81, soldier Garry Johnson is 81, singer Jane Manning is 80 (NT) -- ., Thursday, September 20, 11:35:13am Robert Venturi, Architect Dead at 93 Thursday, September 20, 11:18:10am 1 Venisha Brown, daughter of the "Godfather of Soul" dies of pneumonia after long battles with drug abuse. Dies at 53 Thursday, September 20, 11:07:44am 2 Pic -- ., Thursday, September 20, 11:07:44am John Bullock, voice coach and father of Sandra Bullock Dies at 93 Thursday, September 20, 11:06:46am 2 Her mother Helga died in 2000, at 58 (NT) -- ., Thursday, September 20, 11:06:46am Mass shooting at Rite Aid distribution center in Maryland leaves multiple fatalities. . Thursday, September 20, 11:04:00am 3 Comes one day after mass shooting at a Wisconsin software company left 4 wounded, one dead -- ., Thursday, September 20, 08:28:35am Shooter was a woman (NT) -- That's unusual, Thursday, September 20, 11:04:00am Marilyn Lloyd, (D) Tennessee. U.S. Representative 1975-1995 Dies at 89 Thursday, September 20, 11:03:09am 2 Congressional bio -- ., Thursday, September 20, 11:03:09am Archive: Danny Flores, Sept. 19, 2006 Musician Thursday, September 20, 11:01:16am 3 "Tequila" -- The Champs, Wednesday, September 19, 05:08:24pm "Train to Nowhere" (original "A side" of 'Tequila") -- The Champs, Thursday, September 20, 11:01:16am Actor & Stuntman Jack N. Young Dies at 91 Thursday, September 20, 10:15:58am 4 IMDb -- -, Friday, September 14, 09:42:57am Wow, this guy did stunts for some of the most famous Westerns of the 40's & 50's! (NT) -- ., Friday, September 14, 11:08:39am Hollywood Reporter Obit -- Inside, Thursday, September 20, 10:15:58am Jack N Young - Stuntman who doubled for Clark Gable dead at 91 Hollywood Reporter Thursday, September 20, 10:12:01am 2 Nice tribute! (NT) -- Thanks., Thursday, September 20, 10:12:01am Actor & Director Richard Stefanik Dies at 69 Wednesday, September 19, 07:10:31pm 2 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, September 19, 07:10:31pm Sept.19th~Happy 100th Birthday! Politician Joseph Zeller, Politician Ali Nakhjavani is 99, Businessman Willard Kinzie is 99, Sportswriter Roger Angell is 98, Businessman Morton Mandell is 97, Writer Hasso Plotze is 97, Politician Andre Chandernagor is 97, (NT) jlp Wednesday, September 19, 06:18:02pm 10 Physicist Masatoshi Koshiba is 92, TV Host James Lipton is 92, Gov't. Official Harold Brown is 91, Actress Rosemary Harris is 91, Actor Sherrill Luke is 90, Actor Kåre Santesson turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Tuesday, September 18, 09:07:49pm Lordy, TV's Batman ADAM WEST would have been 90, today! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Wednesday, September 19, 05:47:34am Sept.19th~Happy Birthday! Actor David McCallum (85) Actor/Singer Paul Williams (78) Actor Randolph Mantooth (73) Actor Richard Marcus (73) Actor Jeremy Irons (70) Actor Ernie Sabella (69) Actor Scott Colomby (66) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, September 19, 10:37:00am Other birthdays, Sept. 19- -- Happy birthdays!, Wednesday, September 19, 11:39:10am Actor, TV host Pete Murray is 93, economist Subroto is 90, writer Gilles Archambault is 85, politician Austin Mitchell is 84, ex- US Sen. Robert C. Krueger is 83, football player Abner Haynes is 81 (NT) -- ,, Wednesday, September 19, 11:54:31am "Little Latin Lupe Lu" -- Righteous Bros., Wednesday, September 19, 05:03:45pm "Band of Gold" -- Freda Payne, Wednesday, September 19, 05:05:20pm MAMAS & PAPAS member Cass Elliot would have been 77 today! -Sadly, the zoftig singer died of heart failure at age 32, in 1974. ... -- Bio & PHOTOS, Wednesday, September 19, 06:07:50pm (Not so) FUN FACT: Cass Elliot died in Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place (later Curzon Square), Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London, which was on loan from singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson... (NT) -- ..Four years later, The Who's drummer Keith Moon died in the SAME room, ALSO aged 32 years!, Wednesday, September 19, 06:18:02pm Bill Gable, Radio DJ Dead at 69 Wednesday, September 19, 05:42:04pm 2 Bill Gable on the radio, 1979 -- Link, Wednesday, September 19, 05:42:04pm Archive: Orville Redenbacher, Sept. 19, 1995 Popcorn man Wednesday, September 19, 05:06:18pm 3 Orville Redenbacher ad from 1985 -- Link, Wednesday, September 19, 03:41:44pm FUN FACT: Orville popped his kernel in his whirlpool tub in his condo! (NT) -- "True, ...or my name isn't Orville Redenbacher!", Wednesday, September 19, 05:06:18pm OT: Here's an article about the current state of Chevy Chase & hs career Hint: It ain't good Wednesday, September 19, 04:55:53pm 1 Archive: Ann Doran, Sept. 19, 2000 Actress Wednesday, September 19, 03:48:59pm 2 Pic (w/ James Dean) -- From "Rebel Without a Cause", Wednesday, September 19, 03:48:59pm Healthwatch: Ex- US Rep. John Dingell ( longest serving member of Congress in its history) Heart attack Wednesday, September 19, 03:44:59pm 2 Father, Rep. John Dingell, Sr. died Sept. 19, 1955, at 61 (NT) -- Father & son repped their Michigan district from 1933- 2015, Wednesday, September 19, 03:44:59pm Archive: Gram Parsons, Sept. 19, 1973 Musician Wednesday, September 19, 03:38:39pm 1 Archive: Red Foley, Sept. 19, 1968 Country singer Wednesday, September 19, 03:36:42pm 2 "Crazy Little Guitar Man" -- Red Foley, Wednesday, September 19, 03:36:42pm Jon Borge, Chicago cop convicted of torturing suspects Dead at 70 Wednesday, September 19, 03:28:58pm 1 Sue England, movie (Funny Face) and tv actress .. March 19, 2018 ...link and pictures .. Wednesday, September 19, 03:25:54pm 5 She was in several "Petty Mason" episodes (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 19, 11:34:02am PHOTO ... -- Link, Wednesday, September 19, 02:35:18pm Why are you posting these again? (NT) -- We already knew she died?, Wednesday, September 19, 03:16:32pm Is there a published obit, somewhere? (NT) -- ?, Wednesday, September 19, 03:25:54pm Dave Barrett, CBS News radio reporter Dead at 63 Wednesday, September 19, 03:25:47pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 19, 1969 ~Veteran actor Rex Ingram, who graduated from the Northwestern University medical school in 1919 and was the first African-American man to receive a Phi Beta Kappa key from Northwestern University, earned an acclaimed 50+ year screen career, known in later years for his substantial roles, playing both God (in The Green Pastures) and the Devil (in Cabin in the Sky), dies of heart failure at 73. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, September 19, 03:24:54pm 1 British Actress, Pamela Ann Davy .. didn't see it posted here ..;. link.. Wednesday, September 19, 03:04:02pm 4 she fought Mrs Peel in a memorable (NT) -- Avengers episode, Wednesday, September 19, 07:33:12am Here 'tis ... -- VIDEO from "The Avengers" S5 episode 'The Living Dead' ..., Wednesday, September 19, 02:33:47pm God I love Diana Rigg AKA Mrs. Peel (NT) -- TMZ, Wednesday, September 19, 03:04:02pm Question: Was death/obit of character actress Gloria LeRoy ever posted here?? ... She died in May 2018, so are there any published obituaries? Wednesday, September 19, 02:16:44pm 5 Yes! The Passing was postes many week ago together with Dewey Martin, Wynn Irwin, Lee Delano, Theo Lehmann and many others (NT) -- Source: SAG (like actor foundation) magazine obituaries, Wednesday, September 19, 11:27:29am Mentioned, but no published obituaries?? (NT) -- Curious?, Wednesday, September 19, 11:40:37am No - also for actor Dewey Martin no obituaries published like Los Angeles Times, Variety, Hollywood Reporter (NT) -- It's a shame, Wednesday, September 19, 01:40:04pm Hey Rhett, how about some HR love for these fallen artists? (NT) -- A published obit from SOMEWHERE would be in order. ~Thanks., Wednesday, September 19, 02:16:44pm Keith Nord, Football player (Minn. Vikings) Dead at 61 Wednesday, September 19, 11:42:03am 1 Gamil Ratib, Egyptian-French actor had roles in "Trapeze" and "Lawrence of Arabia." Dies at 91 Wednesday, September 19, 11:36:51am 2 Imdb -- Link, Wednesday, September 19, 11:36:51am Today Picture is of course Meeno Peluce Voyages Wednesday, September 19, 11:35:10am 5 not funny (NT) -- .., Wednesday, September 19, 07:31:35am I guess it's the actress who shot death by the police many weeks ago (NT) -- no name avalible, Wednesday, September 19, 09:40:19am Actress Vanessa Marquez, 49, former "ER" TV series actress shot and killed by police after pulling out BB gun during a welfare check. ... -- Link, Wednesday, September 19, 10:14:42am Boy! yes, a little bit - look like Meeno Peluce but isn't Meeno Peluce - it's Vaness Marquez who was killed by police many weeks ago. (NT) -- in L.A., Wednesday, September 19, 11:35:10am Denis Norden, British radio and TV writer and presenter Dies at 96 Wednesday, September 19, 11:32:35am 2 Imdb (wrote the screenplay for the film "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell") -- Link, Wednesday, September 19, 11:32:35am Dancer & Choreographer Arthur Mitchell Dies at 84 Wednesday, September 19, 10:06:58am 2 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, September 19, 10:06:58am Annette Michelson, Pioneering Film Critic Dies at 95 Wednesday, September 19, 08:43:42am 2 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, September 19, 08:43:42am Zienia Merton, longtime British actress. Death announced on twitter by her agent Barry Langford Dies at 73 Tuesday, September 18, 11:18:56pm 7 Starred in the British Sci-Fi series "Space: 1999" with Martin Landau (NT) -- ., Friday, September 14, 07:34:17am PHOTOS ... -- Link, Friday, September 14, 10:11:01am Imdb -- ., Friday, September 14, 11:10:11am Tribute -- Link, Friday, September 14, 11:12:38am Obituary -Dr Who News -- Fredrik Andersson, Sunday, September 16, 11:51:13pm Obituary - The Guardian -- Fredrik Andersson, Tuesday, September 18, 11:18:56pm Shirley Schutter, Iowa grandmother dies after she pulls her car out onto the highway and collides with truck driven by her grandson Dies at 88 Tuesday, September 18, 07:58:05pm 1 Ira Sabin, Founder of JazzTimes magazine Dead at 90 Tuesday, September 18, 06:18:02pm 1 Donahue Wildman, Dubbed "The fittest man in America over 75" Dead at 83 Tuesday, September 18, 06:17:00pm 1 James B. Thayer, WW 2 hero, father of KISS guitarist Dead at 96 Tuesday, September 18, 06:13:47pm 1 Alan Abel, Hoaxer Extraordinaire Dead at 94 Tuesday, September 18, 05:23:32pm 3 Pic -- Link, Tuesday, September 18, 01:38:18pm Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, September 18, 05:23:32pm OT: What did you think of Betty White's appearance on the Emmys? (NT) ? Tuesday, September 18, 04:54:38pm 15 I thought she looked/sounded terrific! -Here 'tis ... -- Especially for 96!, Tuesday, September 18, 12:21:33am I mean she looks very good and is in good conditons for her old age of 96 she goes to 97 in many months... -- well her voice - she was very touched - about the standing ovations, Tuesday, September 18, 01:12:15am What a gracious speech! And no wheelchair/walker and still showed so much clarity that they let her have her time. (NT) -- Keep going Betty!!, Tuesday, September 18, 05:00:17am She seemed a bit off to me. She's always been so sharp...it was almost like she was having an anxiety attack. (NT) -- She looked great though. And at 96, she deserved every bit if that standing ovation., Tuesday, September 18, 06:57:21am She came across as being very confused to me. -- Physically still strong, but it was sad to see her slip, even at her age., Tuesday, September 18, 09:12:46am Betty was awesome, but didn't THIS guy steal the show? ... -- And nobody outside that building, knew his name!, Tuesday, September 18, 07:47:31am Who would marry a guy with that haircut? (NT) -- It's been the talk of my office this morning. How embarrassing!, Tuesday, September 18, 07:49:21am He's "fugly money". Besides, he seems like a real Mensch! (NT) -- Mozel!, Tuesday, September 18, 10:14:13am Out of Curiosity who ELSE could be left from 1949 era TV ? (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Tuesday, September 18, 12:55:44pm Earliest I can go back is Phyllis Coates, she played Lois Lane on Superman back in 1952 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 18, 01:21:59pm Coates was briefly married to famed DGA Award-winning TV director Richard L. Bare, who died a few years back, a few months before his 102nd birthday! Coates was the 2nd of his 5(!) wives! ... -- Coates, now 91, herself was married 4(!) times, had a kid with each ...except with Bare., Tuesday, September 18, 01:59:58pm Cloris Leachman was on some early TV anthologies (NT) -- Lemnpiper (what about kid actors from tv shows back then?), Tuesday, September 18, 04:06:01pm Like Leachman, another 1950's TV LASSIE alum, actress June Lockhart, is another nonagenarian still with us. (NT) -- Leachman is 92, Lockhart is 93., Tuesday, September 18, 04:54:38pm Boy, it's amazing how many ppl are blasting this poor guy from revealing his personal affections on national TV. (NT) -- I had not idea how many were turned off by this special EMMY moment? ...Haters gotta hate., Tuesday, September 18, 02:05:56pm Sept.18th~Happy 100th Birthday! Actress Renee LeCalm, Anatonist Johannes W. Rohen is 97, Academician Nermin Abadan Unat is 97, Actress Helga Marlo is 97, Politician Al Quie is 95, Actress Franke Grund is 90, Actress Patricia Roe turns 90. (NT) jlp Tuesday, September 18, 04:45:14pm 15 No - Frauke Grund and Helga Marlo both German actors are died many years ago! (NT) -- no happy Birthday today, Tuesday, September 18, 01:32:31am Incorrect, both Grund and Marlo are listed in IMDb.com, as LIVING. (NT) -- Unless you offer a published link otherwise?, Tuesday, September 18, 02:09:01am Sept.18th~Happy Birthday! Actor William O'Malley (87) Actor Robert Blake (85) Singer Frankie Avalon (79) Actor Fred Willard (79) Actor Gailard Sartain (72) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, September 18, 04:35:48am It's Frauke not FRANKE! (NT) -- Too funny!, Tuesday, September 18, 08:01:32am Well then Happy Birthday Frauke Avalon! (NT) -- Russ, Tuesday, September 18, 12:41:08pm Yes two funny (NT) -- (NT), Tuesday, September 18, 08:37:03am Seems like we just had a big didcussion about how old Fred Willard was (NT) -- 85 or 79?, Tuesday, September 18, 11:21:58am "discussion" not "didcussion" (NT) -- LOL!!, Tuesday, September 18, 11:22:38am Singer Jimmie Rodgers is 85. Actor Eddie Jones is 84 -- Other birthdays, Sept. 18-, Tuesday, September 18, 11:23:48am Golfer Bob Toski is 92, hockey coach Scotty Bowman is 85, sculptor Mark di Suvero is 85, writer Christopher Ricks is 85, psychologist Neil Clark Warren is 84, hockey player Ralph Backstrom is 81 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 18, 01:35:08pm "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" -- Jimmie Rodgers, Tuesday, September 18, 04:42:02pm "Dede Dinah" -- Frankie Avalon, Tuesday, September 18, 04:43:02pm "Dust in the Wind" -- Kansas, Tuesday, September 18, 04:44:06pm "Don't You Want Me" -- Human League, Tuesday, September 18, 04:45:14pm Archive: Charlie Foxx, Sept. 18, 1998 Musician Tuesday, September 18, 04:40:26pm 2 "Mockingbird" -- Inez & Charlie Foxx, Tuesday, September 18, 04:40:26pm Iris Acker, Actress, TV host Dead at 88 Tuesday, September 18, 04:35:50pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, September 18, 04:35:50pm Archive: Franchot Tone, Sept. 18, 1968 Actor Tuesday, September 18, 04:34:50pm 2 Pic (w/ Jonathan Harris) -- From "The Twilight Zone", Tuesday, September 18, 04:34:50pm Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, Childhood friend of Queen Elizabeth Dead at 92 Tuesday, September 18, 04:27:14pm 3 Her brother William (d.1944) was married to JFK's sister Kathleen. (NT) -- Sharon, Tuesday, September 18, 03:18:09pm They were married 4 months, he was killed in battle on Sept. 9, 1944 -- Kathleen died in a 1948 plane crash, Tuesday, September 18, 04:27:14pm ARCHIVE: September 18, 1941 ~Fred Karno, English theatre impresario of British music hall of early 20th century, credited with popularizing the custard-pie-in-the-face gag, grooming young comic actors like Stan Laurel, and Charlie Chaplin, dies at 75, of diabetes. ... Bio & PHOTOS Tuesday, September 18, 03:47:45pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 18, 2004 ~Russ Meyers, campy film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, photographer, and actor, known primarily for writing and directing a series of popular sexploitation films; busty features like "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!", and "Vixen!", dies at 82 of pneumonia. ... Bio & PHOTOS Tuesday, September 18, 03:23:12pm 2 Wow, I never heard of his "legit" Hollywood Meyer film "The Seven Minutes", before! Philip Carey, Yvonne DeCarlo, and veteran actors John Carradine and Jay C. Flippen ...in his wheelchair (his last film)! (NT) -- Yikes! What a mess!, Tuesday, September 18, 03:23:12pm MMA Fighter Norifumi 'Kid' Yamamoto dies of cancer He was 41 Tuesday, September 18, 01:39:52pm 1 Maartin Allcock, Musician (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Robert Plant) Dead at 61 Tuesday, September 18, 01:28:29pm 1 Stephen Jeffreys, Playwright ("The Libertine", later a film) Dead at 68 Tuesday, September 18, 01:24:20pm 1 Celia Barquín, golfer at Iowa State recently crowned European Ladies' Amateur champion, found murdered at 22 Russ Tuesday, September 18, 11:27:10am 2 Pic -- ., Tuesday, September 18, 11:27:10am Bob Morales, Ritchie Valens older brother passes away. Played by Esai Morales in the 1987 film “La Bamba,” Ksat News Tuesday, September 18, 11:17:28am 3 Pic of Bob & Ritchie as kids -- Link, Tuesday, September 18, 11:16:14am Trivia: Esai Morales, who played older brother Bob in "La Bamba", is actually YOUNGER than Lou Diamond Phillips, who played Ritchie! (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 18, 11:17:28am Pasquale Buba, Film Editor on George Romero Movies Dead at 72 Monday, September 17, 04:14:00pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Monday, September 17, 04:14:00pm Sept.17th~Happy 104th Birthday! Journalist Lambert Mascarenhas, Politician Henry Pearce is 101, Actress Reiko Mishima is 100,Cinematographer Helmut Ashley is 99, Producer Agnes Delahaie is 98, Politician Roger H. Zion is 97, Costume Designer Erika Thomasberger is 97, Businessman David Oreck is 95, Actress Neelam is 90 (NT) jlp Monday, September 17, 02:29:28pm 6 Sept.17th~Happy Birthday! Actress Pat Crowley (85) Actor Bruce Spence (73) Actress Cassandra Peterson (67) Actress Lynne Griffin (66) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, September 16, 10:15:51pm Question: Is Actress Pat Crowley, 85, and actor Mark Miller, 93, the last (or perhaps oldest) of the TV marrieds of 1960s TV sitcom? ... -- Both played mom & dad to Nash family, on TV's "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" which ran from 1965-1967, based on the 1957 book by Jean Kerr!, Monday, September 17, 03:04:20am Singer LaMonte McLemore of the Fifth Dimension is 83 today -- Other birthdays, Sept. 17-, Monday, September 17, 01:46:26pm Connie Stevens & Ron Harper (both alive)were married couple on Wendy & Me 1964 (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Monday, September 17, 02:29:28pm ARCHIVE: September 16, 1978 ~It was 40 years ago today, TV's Mork & Mindy" debuted, starring the late Robin Williams! ... -- VIDEO, Monday, September 17, 02:04:15pm ARCHIVE: September 17, 1997 ~Red Skelton, American comedy entertainer, best known for his national radio and television acts between 1937 and 1971, dies at 84, after decades of popular acclaim. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, September 17, 01:55:34pm 3 (Not so) FUN FACT: Skelton was another celeb who was born after his father's death. (NT) -- Others include, President Bill Clinton, Sam Donaldson, and R&B singer Alexander O'Neal, among others., Monday, September 17, 01:54:40pm So heartbroken was Red Skelton's wife Georgia, that she suffered (some say w/booze) mourning her son Richard's 1958 death by leukemia for many years thereafter. ... (NT) -- The final nail came when Red divorced her in 1973. Just 3 years later, on the 18th anniversary of Richard's death, Georgia shot herself in the head -it was Mother's Day., Monday, September 17, 01:55:34pm ARCHIVE: August 24, 1978 ~It was 40 years ago today, famed bandleader, songwriter, singer, actor trumpeter Louis Prima, 65, died in his native New Orleans of pneumonia after three years in a coma that followed surgery for a brain tumor. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, September 17, 01:49:34pm 17 On that same day, actress Pat Paterson-Boyer, 68, wife of actor Charles Boyer, also dies of a brain tumor. Her famous husband unable to live without her, killed himself 2 days later. Their deaths came nearly 13 years after their suicide of their only child Michael, 21. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Friday, August 24, 02:01:35pm On that same day, more tragedy came when Stacy Keith Sutherland, guitarist for local-Austin band "The 13th Floor Elevators", who had a national Billboard No. 55 hit in 1966, was shot dead by his wife in a domestic dispute! ... -- Link, Friday, August 24, 07:40:05pm " Slip Inside This House" ... -- 13th Floor Elevators, Saturday, August 25, 10:40:26am Sad Stacy Keith Sutherland dies at 32, and his mother made it to the ripe old age of 99! ... -- Mother Sybil Sutherland died in 2014., Saturday, August 25, 12:05:07pm Guess I'll have to play some Prima tonight! (NT) -- "I'm just a gigilo, & everywhere I go...", Friday, August 24, 02:08:00pm When "4th Dimension" by Kids See Ghosts featuring Louis Prima debuted at #42 for the week of June 23, 2018, Prima became the artist with the longest overall span of singles on the Hot 100 – (NT) -- 57 years, 130 days on account of his single "Wonderland by Night" which appeared at #89 on the Hot 100, dated February 13, 1961, Friday, August 24, 08:22:28pm ARCHIVE: August 26, 1978 ~It was 40 years ago today, Hollywood star Charles Boyer ODd just 2 days after cancer death of his beloved wife actress Patricia Paterson, and just two days BEFORE his 79th birthday! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Sunday, August 26, 05:00:09am Question: Other than actor Brian Keith, is there another celeb who committed suicide, after the suicide of a child? (NT) -- Son Michael Charles Boyer, 21, shot himself to death in 1965., Sunday, August 26, 05:02:19am Anna Nicole Smith? (NT) -- Not suicide per se, but she followed him in dying the same way, Sunday, August 26, 10:35:15am The same with actress Brenda Benet, who killed herself one year after the sudden death (acute epiglottitis) of her 6 year old son. (NT) -- Sad., Sunday, August 26, 11:20:44am In the reverse, actress Dana Plato killed herself in 1999, and 11 years later (nearly to the day), her son Tyler, 25, shot himself to death. (NT) -- But I'm stumped as to celeb/offspring suicides., Sunday, August 26, 11:31:53am Same with Sid Vicious and his mother. It surfaced years after Sid's 1978 death, that while Vicious was awaiting trial for imminent murder conviction (allegedly killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen), his mother purposely gave her son a 'hot shot' of herion overdose, killing him, as to spare him from prison. Soon after his death, it was ruled a suicide. -- Mother Anne Beverley, died in 1996., Monday, September 17, 01:24:04pm And, so heartbroken was Red Skelton's wife Georgia, that she suffered (some say w/booze) mourning her son Richard's 1958 death by leukemia for many years thereafter. ... -- The final nail came when Red divorced her in 1973. Just 3 years later, on the 18th anniversary of Richard's death, Georgia shot herself in the head -it was Mother's Day., Monday, September 17, 01:49:34pm I can think of a few celeb spouses kill themselves after spouse suicides (Ross Alexander, etc). (NT) -- ...But I can't think of celeb suicides, after kid's suicide., Sunday, August 26, 11:33:50am From TV's "Let's Make A Deal", Jay Stewart killed himself 7 years after his daughter committed suicide. (NT) -- Sad., Monday, September 17, 11:07:34am Actually according to New Orleans he was born in 1910. and was 67 when he died. (NT) -- Age 66 was listed on his obituaries which were false., Monday, September 17, 11:57:01am R&N Saxophonist Big Jay McNeely Dies at 91 Monday, September 17, 01:44:37pm 2 "There Is Something On Your Mind" -- Big Jay McNeely, Monday, September 17, 01:44:37pm ARCHIVE: September 17, 1989 ~Jovial Jay Stewart, 71, who was Monty Hall's man-Friday for many years of TV's LET'S MAKE A DEAL, as he assisted and announced games and prizes, takes his own life after years of physical affects of carrying all those boxes! ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, September 17, 11:09:43am 2 He would have 100 last week. (NT) -- Sad to outlive a daughter (both suicides)., Monday, September 17, 11:09:43am Does anyone kow why all the posts here from July are all gone? (NT) Just wondering Monday, September 17, 10:26:46am 3 Damn, Voy! (NT) -- They have their own rules/ways., Saturday, September 15, 09:49:58pm They are in the Bermuda Julyangle! (NT) -- (my day job is secure so far), Monday, September 17, 10:26:46am Gloria Jean, Actress ("Never Give a Sucker an Even Break") Dead at 92 Monday, September 17, 10:22:09am 11 Scene from "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" -- Godfrey Daniel, Monday, September 03, 11:15:28am Death comes just DAYS after death of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" co-star Susan Miller, who died August 26, at age 98! (NT) -- Sleep well., Monday, September 03, 11:30:43am Imdb -- Link, Monday, September 03, 11:38:24am Here's a classic scene w/Gloria Jean & W.C.Fields in the timeless comedy "Never Give A Sucker An Even Break"! -Funny 77 years ago, and will be funny 77 years from now! ... -- VIDEO, Monday, September 03, 01:15:05pm Here's a clip with both Gloria Jean and Susan MIller! Too funny! ... -- VIDEO, Monday, September 03, 01:24:51pm I don't understand...that's the same clip I posted above (NT) -- Godfrey Daniel, Monday, September 03, 04:11:03pm Here she is introducing some of her films on youtube -- Link, Monday, September 03, 05:52:08pm I know. It was so good I had to post it twice! (NT) -- Classic Fields!, Monday, September 03, 06:00:32pm Hollywood Reporter obit -- Link, Tuesday, September 04, 10:53:37am Recent PHOTO ... -- RIP, Monday, September 17, 10:22:09am Jazz Musician Max Bennett Dies at 90 Monday, September 17, 07:29:33am 3 Pic -- Link, Sunday, September 16, 06:23:24pm IMDb -- -, Monday, September 17, 07:29:33am Healthwatch: Matthew Perry ("Friends") Hospitalized for the last 3 months Monday, September 17, 06:07:47am 6 Three months?? Maybe a Diverticulitis proceedure gone awry? (NT) -- I hope he on a stedy recovery., Sunday, September 16, 05:50:36pm It hasn't been his three months (NT) -- or even his three years., Sunday, September 16, 07:50:39pm His intestines exploded. -- Natl Enquirer, Sunday, September 16, 06:29:56pm Or too many opioids?? Note to addicts: Make sure to offset your habit, with lots of diuretics! (NT) -- Dr. X. Lax, Sunday, September 16, 06:39:29pm That must have been very messy. -- Yuck, Monday, September 17, 06:07:47am ARCHIVE: September 16, 2002 ~Veteran character actor James Gregory, known primarily for his dramatic roles in films like "The Manchurian Candidate", and the menacing heavily made-up ape in "Planet of the Ape" film series, but fondly remembered best as 'Deputy Inspector Luger' on TV's "Barney Miller", dies at 90. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, September 16, 08:01:12pm 2 He was in the first TZ episode "Where is Everybody?" with Earl Holliman. (NT) -- R.I.P., Sunday, September 16, 08:01:12pm ARCHIVE: September 16, 1977 ~Maria Callas, American-born Greek soprano, one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century, whose bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations marveled millions for generations, dies at 53, of heart failure via obuse of sleeping meds. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, September 16, 07:01:18pm 2 It's been said, that Callas would play her own recordings at her own dinner parties, and remind her guests, "...Isn't that the most beautiful sound in the world?" (NT) -- She really was the diva of divas!, Sunday, September 16, 07:01:18pm ARCHIVE: September 16, 2009 ~Mary Travers, one-third of the famed American folk group artists 'Peter, Paul, & Mary" (with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey), one of the most successful folk music groups of the 1960s, dies at 72 of leukemia. ... Bio & PHOTOS Sunday, September 16, 06:57:31pm 2 Fittin' epitaph ... -- PHOTO, Sunday, September 16, 06:57:31pm Ryen Aleman, Survived the shooting at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., only to die weeks later in a car accident He was 25 Sunday, September 16, 05:19:28pm 2 Here's an interview Aleman did after the shooting -- Link, Sunday, September 16, 05:19:28pm Lou Lippa, Actor, director, playwright Dead at 90 Sunday, September 16, 05:12:10pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Sunday, September 16, 05:12:10pm Willis Casey, Former San Francisco Police Chief Dead at 80 Sunday, September 16, 05:06:29pm 1 Warwick Estevam Kerr, Engineer, geneticist, entomologist Dead at 96 Sunday, September 16, 05:03:51pm 1 Lee Delano, Hollywood character actor, whose 30+ screen career developed in dramatic roles, remembered for comedic performances in Mel Brooks films "Silent Movie" (1976), "High Anxiety" (1977), "History of the World: Part I" (1981), and others, dies at 86. ... Died October 2017. Sunday, September 16, 04:16:19pm 3 I've got "High Anxiety" taped (NT) -- I'll have to watch it tonight, Sunday, September 16, 02:53:21pm In "H.A.", Delano portrayed orderly 'Norton' in the phych ward, who got half his mustache ripped off by one of the patients! Too funny! (NT) -- Professor Lilloman, Sunday, September 16, 04:16:19pm OT: Found this fun VIDEO of character actress Connie Sawyer's memorial service from last Spring! ... Good watch, great end! Sunday, September 16, 02:29:30pm 1 Pic for Saturday, Sept. 15: Nipsy Russell. (NT) Forest Sunday, September 16, 01:44:17pm 8 When he died, most obituaries said he was 80 or 82, when in fact he was actualy 87. (NT) -- Another one to shave a few years off., Saturday, September 15, 10:08:51am Aside from Russell and Arnold Stang, any other MEN who lied about their age? (NT) -- Stang claimed 1925 as his DOB, but he was actually born in 1918., Saturday, September 15, 10:09:29am Steve Landesberg -- scoobie, Saturday, September 15, 10:19:37am Al Lewis claimed to be born in 1910, turned out he was actually born in 1923 (NT) -- One of the few celebs who claimed to be older!, Saturday, September 15, 11:17:01am I remember that first 'Det. Dietrich' BM episode, in the scene with Abe Vigoda ('Det. Fish') who asks "You must be a lot older than you look?" (NT) -- Landesberg responds, "I am. ...I'm 28.", Saturday, September 15, 12:37:03pm Jack Larsen from 1950s "Superman" said he was born in 1933...turned out to be 1928 (NT) -- Died 2015 at 87, Saturday, September 15, 02:43:50pm George Raft claimed to be born in 1895 as is listed on his tombstone. (NT) -- However the 1910 census and New York City birth records show he was born in 1901. He was 79., Sunday, September 16, 01:44:17pm Randy Edwards, Appeared on History Channel's "Swamp People" Killed in a car crash Sunday, September 16, 11:04:48am 2 PHOTO ... -- Link, Sunday, September 16, 11:04:48am ARCHIVE: September 16, 1983 ~Florence Owens Thompson, the famed, though reluctant photographic subject of Dorothea Lange's famous photo "Migrant Mother" (1936), an iconic image of a 32 year old mother's "face of the Great Depression", dies at 83, after years of coming to terms with her unsolicited notoriety. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, September 16, 11:02:35am 1 Sept. 16th~Happy 112th Birthday! Supercentenarian Grace Jones, Actress Branka Veseinivic is 100, Football's Earle Parsons is 97, (NT) jlp Sunday, September 16, 10:58:44am 5 Director Siro Marcellini is 97, Actor Leo G. Morrell is 97, Director Albert Quendler is 97, Actress Janis Paige is 96, Actor Morgan Woodward is 93, Actor Tony Powell turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, September 15, 09:04:49pm Sept. 16th~Happy Birthday! Actor George Chakiris (84) Actress Linda Miller (76) Actor Ed Begley Jr. (69) Actor Mickey Rourke (66) Actor Kurt Fuller (65) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, September 16, 10:19:38am Other birthdays, Sept. 16- -- Happy birthdays!, Sunday, September 16, 10:32:15am Britain's oldest person, Grace Jones, 112, reveals her secret to a long life -- It's whiskey!, Sunday, September 16, 10:58:44am Kirin Kiki, Japanese actress Dead at 75 Sunday, September 16, 10:38:05am 1 british actor Dudley Sutton has died at 85 Sunday, September 16, 03:54:37am 7 VERY well know, recognizable quirky-looking character in UK, and veteran in countless roles in 50 years. He seemed the Brit equivilent to America's Michael J. Pollard. ... -- PHOTO, Saturday, September 15, 03:37:55pm IMDd ... -- Link, Saturday, September 15, 03:39:22pm His ex- wife, actress Marjorie Steele, died last January at 87 (NT) -- She was previously married to millionaire Huntington Hartford, Saturday, September 15, 05:25:03pm He Stars In Cockneys Vs Zombies -- David S., Sunday, September 16, 02:33:48am He Should Be On Boothill Website Since He Was In The Town Called Hell -- David S., Sunday, September 16, 02:36:00am I always loved him on "Lovejoy." (NT) -- Rest easy, Tinker ..., Sunday, September 16, 03:52:15am British sctress Jill Melford. Died? Denis Sunday, September 16, 03:25:14am 1 Archive: George Wallace, Sept. 13, 1998 Alabama Governor, Pres. candidate Saturday, September 15, 09:32:49pm 4 This video has the only picture I've ever seen of Arthur Bremer taken after 1972 -- Link, Thursday, September 13, 06:13:52pm The night he died, the TNT biopic on his life won a bunch of Emmy's (NT) -- Gary Sinise played him, Saturday, September 15, 08:32:30pm EMMYs that night earned the miniseries top honors, as well as both leads Sinise, and Ware Winningham as wife #1 'Lurleen Wallace'. -VIDEO ... -- And a young Angelina Jolie earned a Supporting nod as Wallace wife #2, 'Cornelia Wallace'., Saturday, September 15, 09:32:49pm Sept.11th~Happy 97th Birthday! Businessman George Joseph, Politician Andre Petit is 97, Activist Charles Evers is 96, Songwriter Alan Bergman is 93,Cinematographer Mikhail Gykhberg is 90, Director Edoardo Bruno is 90, Actor Earl Holliman turns 90. (NT) jlp Saturday, September 15, 07:18:07pm 13 Sept.11th~Happy Birthday! Actor Charles Dierkop (82) Actor Don Quine (80) Director Brian De Palma (78) Actor Felton Perry (73) Actress Julie Payne (72) Actor Michael Sacks (70) Actress Amy Madigan (68) (NT) -- Colt, Monday, September 10, 10:08:56pm Other birthdays, Sept. 11- -- Happy birthdays!, Tuesday, September 11, 11:15:03am Athlete Peter Anderson is 86, ex- US Sen. Bob Packwood is 86, Judge Margaret Booth is 85, tennis player Nicola Pietrangeli is 85, pianist Oliver Jones is 84, composer Arvo Pärt is 83, astronaut Robert Crippen is 81, Queen Paola of Belgium is 81, scientist Brian F. G. Johnson is 80 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 11, 11:33:44am FUN FACT: Earl Holliman, 90, and Charles Dierkop, 82, of TV's "Police Woman" BOTH share birthdays today! (NT) -- Earl Holliman was TWILIGHT ZONE's FIRST lead in its first episode, "Where Is Everybody?" [October 2, 1959]., Tuesday, September 11, 11:56:25am Another FUN FACT: Actor Earl Holliman was born AFTER the death of his father! (NT) -- Other of that list -President Clinton, Sam Donaldson , Red Skelton, John Clark Gable, Tyrone Power Jr, R&B singer Alexander O'Neal, among others., Tuesday, September 11, 12:07:58pm Dennis Tufano, lead singer of the Buckinghams, is 73 today -- Here's “Kind Of A Drag”, Tuesday, September 11, 04:20:10pm Dennis Tufano is not 73 -- Cathy, Wednesday, September 12, 07:21:22am He is not 73 he's 72 -- deno, Wednesday, September 12, 01:48:56pm Thanks. (NT) -- Noted., Wednesday, September 12, 02:32:09pm Rutherford B. Hayes (NT) -- They Called him Rutherfraud, Wednesday, September 12, 07:18:52pm Rutherford Hayes -- Stephen Urbaniak, Saturday, September 15, 06:26:27pm "Sittin' And a Gabbin'" - Earl Holliman (Link) -- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - Earl Holliman (Link), Saturday, September 15, 07:18:07pm Peter Donat, Actor Who Played a Panoply of Roles, Dead at 90 NY Times Saturday, September 15, 06:20:35pm 14 Word of the DAY: "Panoply"; n; ...a complete or impressive collection of things. (NT) -- I learned a new one today., Friday, September 14, 06:11:16pm Imdb -- Link, Friday, September 14, 06:58:13pm Nephew of actor Robert Donat (1905- 1958) (NT) -- He was married to actress Michael Learned ("The Waltons") from 1956- 72, Friday, September 14, 07:00:00pm Another one from "Murder, She Wrote". (NT) -- R.I.P, Friday, September 14, 08:07:28pm He once played an old love interest of Olivia Walton on "The Waltons" playing opposite his ex-wife. (NT) -- ., Friday, September 14, 08:13:21pm Is any other hetero guy here, also have a problem with having a wife named "Michael"? (NT) -- ...Talk amongst yourselves., Friday, September 14, 08:49:39pm Says you. I'm pretty sure your the only one with the problem. And stop discriminating people based on names. (NT) -- How would you like it if you're name was Cody and I made fun of you, Saturday, September 15, 06:20:35pm Was In delta County, USA As John McCain JR, The X-files as Fox Mulder's Dad, and In The Godfather Part 2 (NT) -- David S., Saturday, September 15, 02:05:11am FUN FACT: Peter Donat's real-life son actor Lucas Donat played Bill Holden's teen son 'Mark' in "Damien: Omen II", when 'Damien' (Jonathan Scott-Taylor) who is his cousin, blows a gasket in Donat's brain, killing him! ... -- Here's the scene! ..., Saturday, September 15, 02:34:53am Actor Peter Donat seemed to be in so many Hollywood projects from the 1960s through the 2000s. He was Michael Douglas' perplexed lawyer in THE GAME (1997). -But was in MANY things. ... -- PHOTOS, Saturday, September 15, 02:47:30am Here is Donat in the famous Senate Hearing 'Frank Pentangelo' testimony scene in "Godfather II" (1974). .. -- VIDEO, Saturday, September 15, 03:02:08am In that scene posted above, the FBI agent seated behind 'Pentangeli' (Michael Z. Gazzo) was Harry Dean Stanton, who died ONE year ago today. (NT) -- RIP, Saturday, September 15, 10:45:47am WOW! I nearly fell out of my chair. What an incredible coincidence!!! (NT) -- ONE year exactly!!!, Saturday, September 15, 11:15:31am Healthwatch: Olivia Newton-John Cancels concert dates Saturday, September 15, 06:17:34pm 16 She's battled breast cancer before--Maybe they can giver her the "Brave Last Days" treatment, since that ironically tends to give that person about 5 more years (NT) -- "Some sources on the web-they may or not be reliable"-LOL, Wednesday, August 29, 09:34:45am Just last week, she attended the GREASE 40th anniversary reunion screening. Sad. ... -- Godspeed, Sandy., Wednesday, August 29, 10:09:48am She turns 70 (!) next month (NT) -- ., Wednesday, August 29, 10:27:32am Wrong! She cancelled two SPEAKING appearances -- due to scheduling conflicts with promotion of her new book, Wednesday, August 29, 10:50:04am I'm glad the cancer reports are erroneous. (NT) -- Godspeed., Wednesday, August 29, 11:39:34am Healthwatch: Olivia Newton-John ... -- Battling Cancer for a Third Time, Wednesday, September 12, 11:22:04am She turns 70, in 2 weeks. (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 12, 11:23:22am I hope she fairs well this round of therapy. (NT) -- I'd like to see her at a GREASE 50th anniversary!, Wednesday, September 12, 11:41:45am I want to see her at Grease,s 100th anniversary. (NT) -- Don't you., Thursday, September 13, 08:17:28am I saw "Grease" in a theater in Sept. 1978 -- 40 years ago this month, Thursday, September 13, 11:31:59am They should make a Grease 2. Or a Grease remake. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Friday, September 14, 07:23:18am "Grease 2" came out in 1982 (NT) -- It starred a young Michelle Pfeiffer, Friday, September 14, 11:07:03am I saw "Grease 2" (NT) -- It blew chunks., Saturday, September 15, 03:21:31pm My sister loved it & watched it over & over until I tried to strangle her! (NT) -- We still laugh about it, Saturday, September 15, 05:18:43pm She won't be at Grease's 100th anniversary because she won't be alive then. (NT) -- Also spelling is fundamental., Saturday, September 15, 06:17:34pm Archive: Sid Luft, Sept. 15, 2005 Film producer, 3rd husband of Judy Garland Saturday, September 15, 05:34:17pm 1 Sept.15th~Happy 101st Birthday! Educator Carola B. Eisenberg, Scientist Yuan-Cheng Fung is 99, Screenwriter Norma Barzman is 98, Olympic Athlete Willy Otto Jordan is 98, (NT) jlp Saturday, September 15, 05:31:06pm 7 Olympic Athlete Avils Rydstrom is 97, Diplomat Clive Rose is 97,Actor Forrest Compton is 93, Mathematician Jean-Pierre Derre is 92,Poet Carlos German Belli is 91, Comedian Norm Crosby is 91, (NT) -- jlp, Friday, September 14, 09:04:14pm Painter Margaret Keane is 91, Cinematographer Giuseppe Pinori is 90, Actor Henry Silva is 90, (NT) -- jlp, Friday, September 14, 09:04:46pm FUN FACT: Actor Henry Silva (90 today) is the last of the original "Ocean's 11" gang, of the 1960 Sinatra caper classic film! ... -- Crew PHOTO, Saturday, September 15, 02:53:31am Sept.15th~Happy Birthday! Actor Donald O'Brien (88) Actor Henry Darrow (85) Actor Tommy Lee Jones (72) Actress Judith Ridley (72) Director Oliver Stone (72) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, September 14, 10:23:13pm Other birthdays, Sept. 15- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, September 15, 11:15:32am Nobel awarded physicist Murray Gell-Mann is 89, politician Mümtaz Soysal is 89, TV host Brian Henderson is 87, writer Tomie dePaola is 84, politician Fred Nile is 84, tennis player Ashley Cooper is 82, ex- Pres. of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa is 81 (NT) -- Nobel awarded economist Robert Lucas Jr. is 81, baseball player Gaylord Perry is 80, Saturday, September 15, 05:31:06pm ARCHIVE: September 15, 1885 ~JUMBO, 25, known as "Jumbo the Elephant" and "Jumbo the Circus Elephant", was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan, killed by train attempting to assist younger elephant. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, September 15, 03:29:33pm 1 Healthwatch: Hawaiian Princess Abigail Kawânanakoa ruled mentally unfit to manage financial affairs - she's 92 Saturday, September 15, 12:29:03pm 1 Beverly Bentley, Actress, Game Show model, and wife of Norman Mailer (1963-'80) Dies at 88 Saturday, September 15, 11:55:32am 4 Imdb -- Link, Saturday, September 15, 11:20:54am She was in "Scent of Mystery", the first film produced in "Smell -O- Vision" (NT) -- ., Saturday, September 15, 11:23:49am Mailer's wife #4 Bentley was pretty gutsy lady to take on the crazy Norman Mailer, especially after he stabbed wife #2 Adele Morales! ... -- Bentley was married to Mailer (and starred as his beleaguered wife) at the time of his maniacal drunken film effort "Maidstone"!, Saturday, September 15, 11:55:32am ARCHIVE: September 15, 2011 ~Cute, tiny, and prolific little old lady Canadian-born Hollywood actress Frances Bay, who began her screen career at 59, and best remembered as Adam Sandler's loving grandmother in the hit comedy "Happy Gilmore", and cantacerous "marble-rye lady" on TV's "Seinfeld", dies at 92. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, September 15, 11:38:24am 1 David Yallop, Crime writer Dead at 81 Saturday, September 15, 11:34:19am 3 Imdb -- Link, Saturday, September 15, 11:33:07am He wrote "The Day The Laughter Stopped", a biography of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (NT) -- Very good book, Saturday, September 15, 11:34:19am Frank Serafine, Hollywood sound engineer, dies after being hit by a car He was 65 Saturday, September 15, 11:27:18am 2 Imdb -- Link, Saturday, September 15, 11:27:18am Evelyn Rodriguez run over as she prepared her daughter's memorial Her daughter was killed by MS-13 Saturday, September 15, 11:14:54am 1 ARCHIVE: September 15, 1963 ~It was 55 years ago a white supremacist terrorist bombed Montgomery, Alabama's 16th Street Baptist Church, killing 4 little girls, inadvertantly excellerating the Civil Right Movement into legistlative/social action. ... Backstory Saturday, September 15, 10:43:24am 1 ARCHIVE: September 14, 2009 ~Actor Henry Gibson, best-known as a cast member on TV's "Laugh-In", and the voice of 'Wilbur' in 1973's "Charlotte's Web", as well as other diverse performances in "The Blues Brothers", and "Magnolia", and whose death from cancer at 73, was overshadowed by death of film star Patrick Swayze on the same day. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, September 15, 10:25:23am 4 Jody Powell, Press Secretary for Jimmy Carter, died the same day, at 65 (NT) -- Carter was 19 years older, has outlived him 9 years (so far), Friday, September 14, 06:07:11pm ARCHIVE: September 14, 2009 ~Actor, dancer, singer, songwriter Patrick Swayze, gained fame with appearances in films during the 1980s, popular for playing tough guys and romantic male leads in films of the 1990s/90s, like "Dirty Dancing" (1987), "Ghost" (1990), and "Point Break" (1991), dies at 57, after battle with liver/pancreatic cancer. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Friday, September 14, 07:22:03pm Swayze loved his ciggys, didn't he? (NT) -- But we'll never know what 'caused' the liver cancer, for sure., Saturday, September 15, 10:25:23am Archive: Perez Prado, Sept. 14, 1989 Bandleder Saturday, September 15, 05:40:49am 3 "Mambo Number 5" -- Perez Prado, Friday, September 14, 06:03:13pm "Patricia" (NT) -- Perez Prado, Saturday, September 15, 05:40:49am TV Writer & Producer Thad Mumford ... ...Dies at 67. Friday, September 14, 07:45:24pm 4 IMDb ... -- Link, Friday, September 14, 07:29:54pm He wrote the last episode of "MASH". (NT) -- "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" -aired Feb.28, 1983., Friday, September 14, 07:32:54pm FUN FACT: Prolific pioneering African-American TV writer-producer, Mumford worked on shows ranging from “MASH” to “The Electric Company” to “Blue’s Clues, as well as “Maude,” “Good Times,” “ALF,” “The Cosby Show,” “A Different World,” “Home Improvement,” and “Judging Amy”! ... -- Here's VIDEO of Mumford and writing partner Dan Wilcox, on thier career ..., Friday, September 14, 07:45:24pm Archive: LaWanda Page, Sept. 14, 2002 Sanford & Son's "Aunt Esther" Friday, September 14, 06:10:44pm 2 Daughter Clara Johnson died June 4, 2006, at 69 (NT) -- ., Friday, September 14, 06:10:44pm Sept.14th~Happy 106th Birthday! Journalist Edward von Falz-Fein, Playwright Eric Bentley is 102, Diplomat James George is 100, Politician Victor Garber is 99, Olympic Athlete Hans Pfann is 98, (NT) jlp Friday, September 14, 06:00:05pm 7 Football's Don Johnson is 98, Lawyer A.Jean de Grandpre is 97, Painter Siri Berg is 97, Actress Fay Chaldecott is 90, Poilitican Dick Clark is 90, Actor Jan Kramer is 90, Actress Julie Robinson is 90, (NT) -- jlp, Thursday, September 13, 09:09:48pm Jurist Zvonimir Separovic is 90, Biologist Huberto Maturana turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Thursday, September 13, 09:10:15pm Sept.14th~Happy Birthday! Actress Joyce Taylor (86) Actor Walter Koenig (82) Actress Judy Lang (78) Actor Sam Neill (71) Actor Wayne Doba (68) (NT) -- Colt, Thursday, September 13, 10:15:34pm Actress Zoe Caldwell is 85 today -- Other birthdays, Sept. 14-, Friday, September 14, 11:06:13am Hockey coach Harry Sinden is 86, politician John Tembo is 86, Nobel Prize awarded physician Ferid Murad is 82, painter Lucas Samaras is 82, musician Joseph Jarman is 81, architect Renzo Piano is 81 (NT) -- ., Friday, September 14, 01:12:39pm "Gone" -- Joey Heatherton, Friday, September 14, 06:00:05pm Archive: 2 of Roy Orbison's sons killed in a fire, Sept. 14, 1968 His wife had died 2 years earlier Friday, September 14, 05:58:31pm 1 ADMIN NOTE: Prayers for those suffering through Hurricane Florence, which hit landfall in Myrtle Beach SC, where I have family, myself. (NT) theChronicler Friday, September 14, 04:32:56pm 4 Hope Teller's OK. He lives in North Carolina (NT) -- Also my uncle Larry in Raliegh, Friday, September 14, 01:13:58pm I'm too far inland for now. -- Teller, Friday, September 14, 03:56:03pm Hoping for the best ... for you-and-yours. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Friday, September 14, 04:32:56pm OT: Chinese actress Fan Bingbing (has appeared in "X- Men" & "Iron Man" films) missing Hasn't been seen in public for months Friday, September 14, 04:26:10pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 14, 1982 ~Hollywood actress Grace Kelly, whose brief 6-year screen career culminated in two Academy Award 'Best Actress' nominations, earning the honor for "Country Girl" in 1954, but soon left Hollywood to become real-life Princess after marrying Prince Ranier of Monoco in 1956, later dying at 52, after suffering stroke while driving. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, September 14, 12:34:19pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 14, 1836 ~Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr Jr., serving during Thomas Jefferson's first term [1801–1805], and the ONLY sitting VP to commit murder by shooting his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a famous duel in 1804, dies 30+ years after the infamous act, at age 80 years old after a debilitating stroke. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, September 14, 12:34:05pm 2 Had one child, a daughter named Theodosia. During the winter of 1812–1813, Theodosia was lost with the schooner Patriot off the Carolinas, either murdered by pirates or shipwrecked in a storm. (NT) -- ., Friday, September 14, 12:34:05pm ARCHIVE: September 14, 1984 ~Janet Gaynor, Hollywood star Janet Gaynor, whose acclaimed early career earned her the very FIRST Academy Award for Best Actress in 1928, but memorably remembered for originating the role of 'Vicky Lester' in 1937's "A Star Is Born", dies at 84, from auto accident sustained 2 years earlier. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, September 14, 11:51:52am 5 What do Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, & Lady Gaga all have in common? (NT) -- ?, Friday, September 14, 11:17:30am Is it the same thing that Fredric March, James Mason, Kris Kristofferson & Bradley Cooper have in common? (NT) -- ??, Friday, September 14, 11:25:46am Yep! (NT) -- ., Friday, September 14, 11:38:26am It's a shame Elvis turned down the role as 'Norman' opposite Streisand in 1976 version, as the drug-addled rock musician who kills himself. (NT) -- ...Oops, too close for comfort?, Friday, September 14, 11:51:52am Jim Houston, Football player (Cleveland Browns) Dead at 80 Friday, September 14, 11:19:54am 1 Actress Marin Mazzie Dies at 57 Friday, September 14, 10:33:46am 5 IMDb & IBDB -- -, Thursday, September 13, 12:37:17pm NY Times obituary link .... -- Ed Tracey, Thursday, September 13, 02:16:06pm She was huge on Broadway, and was a three-time Tony Award nominee (NT) -- She was married to actor/singer Jason Danieley, Thursday, September 13, 06:55:16pm A big loss to musical theater fans. She was a beautiful woman with a glorious voice who sparkled on Broadway in the "Kiss Me Kate" revival and "Ragtime," among others. (NT) -- egee33, Friday, September 14, 10:33:46am Rita Jitendra, Indian academic dies on live TV NY Post Friday, September 14, 10:04:32am 2 Rita Jitendra, renowned professor dies mid-sentence during live TV broadcast. ... -- India, Friday, September 14, 10:04:32am John Wilcock, Co- founder of the Village Voice ... ...Dead at 91. Friday, September 14, 04:19:31am 2 It was recently announced that the Village Voice will cease publication. (NT) -- RIP, Friday, September 14, 04:19:31am Actor/Director Donald Monat Dies at 90 Friday, September 14, 02:52:51am 2 IMDb -- -, Friday, September 14, 02:52:51am Archive: Raymond Burr, Sept. 12, 1993 Actor Thursday, September 13, 05:03:50pm 7 25 years! (NT) -- !, Wednesday, September 12, 12:30:11pm Here's the opening to the only episode of the original run of Perry Mason that was filmed in color -- "The Case of the Twice Told Twist " (aired Feb. 27, 1966), Wednesday, September 12, 12:39:02pm One of the few actors "outed" as gay, AFTER his death. (NT) -- Paul Winfield and Jon Polito were a couple others., Wednesday, September 12, 03:41:33pm Wasn't Ron Glass also a post-mortem outing? (NT) -- Or was it already known, Thursday, September 13, 04:52:10pm I don't think he was ever outted, in life. (NT) -- NO partner was ever associated with the Barney Miller actor., Thursday, September 13, 04:53:40pm A recent one that shocked me was "posthumously outted" actor Jon Polito! ... -- He wasn't even on the radar, with those outside the business!, Thursday, September 13, 05:03:50pm Archive: Philip Ober, Sept. 13, 1982 Actor Thursday, September 13, 04:56:07pm 4 Married to Vivian Vance from 1941- 1959 (NT) -- He appeared on "I Love Lucy" playing studio head Dore Schary, Thursday, September 13, 04:47:13pm Here's Ober with Cary Grant in "North by Northwest" -- Link, Thursday, September 13, 04:49:44pm Didn't he smack Vivian around? (NT) -- Seems one account indicated that, Thursday, September 13, 04:56:07pm Actress Jane Fischer Dies at 90 Thursday, September 13, 04:51:42pm 2 IMDb Link -- R.I.P, Thursday, September 13, 04:51:42pm ARCHIVE: September 13, 1977 ~Famed UK-born conductor Leopold Stokowski, considered one of 20th century's preeminent men of performance of classical music, many remember as silhouetted frontman orchestrating the soundtrack in Disney's FANTASIA, dies at 95 after long distinguished career. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, September 13, 04:51:27pm 3 I remember a Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs pretended to be a famous conductor & the audience was whispering excitedly "Leopold! Leopold!" -- ., Thursday, September 13, 01:27:44pm After a disasterous marriage to thug Pat DiCicco, 21 year old socialite Gloria Vanderbilt married 58(!) year old Leopold Stokowski in 1945, in a marriage that lasted a decade before divorcing, producing 2 children. (NT) -- Stokowski sons (Leopold Stanislaus Stokowski/August 22, 1950 and Christopher Stokowski/January 31, 1952) are estranged from their 94 year old mother., Thursday, September 13, 04:51:27pm OT: Actress Carole Cook (94) and husband Actor Tom Troupe (90) - both looking amazing, are interviewed by TMZ in Los Angeles and get political... Video link Inside Thursday, September 13, 04:46:08pm 18 God love 'Grandma Helen'! I've loved Cooke since "...Mr. Limpet"! -- She's awesome!, Monday, September 10, 12:42:52pm I don't understand why everybody seems to feel obligated to state their personal beliefs everywhere, all the (NT) -- time these days. Very bad manners., Monday, September 10, 02:40:10pm who cares she is 94 she earned it (NT) -- Colt, Monday, September 10, 02:54:54pm I agree. The man who displayed a Trump political banner in the middle of a Broadway show has terribly bad manners. (NT) -- Deplorable!, Monday, September 10, 03:18:24pm Nonsense. Last I checked America's not a 'police state' stifling one's opinion in public. (NT) -- ....Unless you write an Op-Ed in NYTimes....that could be "TREASON"! -lol, Monday, September 10, 03:35:46pm Would you want to go to a concert expecting music and, instead, listen to your favorite band blather on about their personal beliefs? (NT) -- me neither-there's a time and place., Monday, September 10, 04:34:19pm Well, if you are referring to Cooke, her comments came on the street, leaving a local eartery. -Reading is fundamental. (NT) -- As for the nutty political demonstration with the banner during a stage performance? ...Yes, tacky., Monday, September 10, 04:40:31pm I believe I said "everybody", reading is fundamental. (NT) -- just more selfishness in our self centered society of late, Monday, September 10, 04:49:51pm If she said that about Obama this would have been deleted already (NT) -- Double standard, Monday, September 10, 05:12:55pm And she would have been branded a racist (NT) -- for making positive comments about Booth., Wednesday, September 12, 11:32:49am There was actually a large statue of John Wilkes Booth at the entrance to the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. It wasn't removed until last year. (NT) -- Why in the world would they have an assassins statue there?, Wednesday, September 12, 04:33:46pm Actually, it stood behind a group of other figures, "watching" Lincoln and his family. -- Here's a news story about it's removal:, Wednesday, September 12, 05:56:23pm Ya, he is kinda creepy standing in the back, lurking. ... -- Pic, Wednesday, September 12, 06:29:51pm According to the article the Lincoln Museum once sold bobblehead John Wilkes Booth souvenirs. (NT) -- Now that's bizarrely tacky., Wednesday, September 12, 07:30:05pm Well, he was shot in the head and his spinal cord severed (NT) -- so they were just being anatomically correct., Thursday, September 13, 12:34:30pm No worse than salt and pepper shakers of JFK's head (NT) -- With the appropriate holes, Thursday, September 13, 04:46:08pm ARCHIVE: September 13, 2015 ~Moses Malone, Pro basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995, dies at 60, suddenly of heart failure. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, September 13, 04:44:13pm 3 Another celeb who "checked out" in hotel! (NT) -- Another celeb whose death completely passed me by. I wonder if he was overshadowed that week, by another's?, Thursday, September 13, 12:54:37pm I'd also forgotten he'd died. (NT) -- RIP, Thursday, September 13, 04:44:13pm Producer Leon Bleiberg Dies at 85 Thursday, September 13, 04:39:42pm 4 IMDb -- -, Thursday, September 13, 10:30:19am He produced three pictures in the 60s, including serving as associate producer for 1963s The Gun Hawk. (NT) -- with Rory Calhoun and Ruta Lee., Thursday, September 13, 04:35:47pm Seems he was a podiatrist who dabbled in film producing for a few years (NT) -- ., Thursday, September 13, 04:39:42pm Sept.13th~Happy 99th Birthday! Philosopher Mary Midgley, WW2 Figure Lou Conter is 97, Costume Designer Monique Plotin is 90, Composer Lubus Sluka is 90, Actor Jochen Stern turns 90. (NT) jlp Thursday, September 13, 04:38:35pm 9 Sept.13th~Happy Birthday! Actress Barbara Bain (87) Actor Gene Dynarski (85) Actor Joe E. Tata (82) Actress Jacqueline Bisset (74) Singer Peter Cetera (74) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, September 12, 09:11:28pm Producer Frank Marshall (72) Actor Clyde Kusatsu (70) Actress Kathleen Lloyd (70) Actress Jean Smart (67) Actress Ann Dusenberry (65) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, September 12, 09:13:04pm ARCHIVE: September 13, 1918 ~A century ago Joseph & Rose Kennedy welcomed their 1st-born daughter Rose Marie ("Rosemary") Kennedy, likely born within the Aspergers Spectrum (as it would be diagnosed today), but was inhumanly lobotomized at age 23, by exclusive orders of her father, as not to embarrass the Kennedy reputation, leaving Rosemary mentally reverted to a young child, until her death in 2005, at age 86. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Thursday, September 13, 03:45:15am Actress Eileen Fulton is 85, TV producer Fred Silverman is 81 -- Other birthdays, Sept. 13-, Thursday, September 13, 11:12:29am "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" premiered on Sept. 13. 1993 (NT) -- 25 years ago today, Thursday, September 13, 11:26:31am Now Conan's on a 4th-rate network. Sad. (NT) -- But at least he'$ getting paid., Thursday, September 13, 12:28:01pm Hockey player, coach Emile Francis is 92, actress Laura Cardoso is 91, tennis player Robert Bédard is 87, politician Marjorie Jackson-Nelson is 87, cinematographer Rein Maran is 87, tennis player, coach Tony Pickard is 84, activist Stefano Delle Chiaie is 82, animator Don Bluth is 81 (NT) -- ,, Thursday, September 13, 04:34:26pm Pop musician, arranger, conductor Ray Charles (not the blind R & B singer) was born 100 years ago today (died 2015) -- Bio, Thursday, September 13, 04:38:35pm Country star Alan Jackson's son-in-law dies in boating accident Florida Thursday, September 13, 02:28:10pm 2 PHOTO of the Selecmans on their wedding day. ... -- They would have been married a year, next month., Thursday, September 13, 02:28:10pm 😢 Archive: September 12, 2003 ~On this day 15 years ago, we lost one of the greatest country music singers who ever lived...JOHNNY CASH. He was most famous for "Folsom Prison Blues" and "A Boy Named Sue" and was inducted into the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. (NT) May he rest in piece. And never be forgotten. Thursday, September 13, 01:09:58pm 16 Bio & PHOTO ... -- Link, Wednesday, September 12, 09:39:59am (Not so) FUN FACT: Cash died just 2 hours-15min after actor John Ritter, but because of DST timeline, on two separate days. (NT) -- Ritter died at 10:45pmPST ...Cash died 2:00amCT., Wednesday, September 12, 10:11:20am Technically that's 4 hours after John Ritter not 2. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Wednesday, September 12, 12:05:48pm Actually, Ritter died 10:45pmPST (12:45amCT), and Cash at 2:00CT = 1hr-15min. -- Reading and MATH is fundamental!, Wednesday, September 12, 12:36:49pm FUN FACT: John Ritter's famous singing cowboy dad Tex Ritter, appeard in SIX TV Specials with ...Johnny Cash! (NT) -- Tex died in 1974., Wednesday, September 12, 01:27:50pm Pronunciation is fundamental too. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Thursday, September 13, 08:15:03am I love those 2 songs, but I think he was known just as much for "I Walk the Line" and "Ring of Fire" among other hits. (NT) -- R.I.P. Johnny, Wednesday, September 12, 12:53:36pm Johnny's biggest hit was "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (Link) -- My favorite though is "Thing Called Love" which was written by Jerry Reed. (Link), Wednesday, September 12, 01:00:21pm I have no idea where you get the notion that the song was his biggest hit, as it most certainly was NOT. (NT) -- He had many hits bigger than this one, Wednesday, September 12, 07:03:17pm Chart wise it was the biggest hit of his career, it spent 10 weeks at #1. The next closest was "Guess Things Happen That Way" with 8 weeks then "Ring of Fire" with 7. (NT) -- By the way, my source is the Top Country Singles 1944-1993 by Joel Whitburn. If he's wrong then let him know., Wednesday, September 12, 07:21:35pm Here's another source that backs up what Billboard says. -- Link, Wednesday, September 12, 07:35:30pm Funny how an artist's worst song is often their biggest hit (NT) -- Go figure, Thursday, September 13, 11:15:08am Like Paper Lace's biggest hit "Billy Don't Be a Hero", IMO the nails-on-the-board worst! It hit # 1 in UK and down unda. (NT) -- Voted #8 on Rolling Stone magazine's readers' poll of "10 Worst Songs of the 1970s.", Thursday, September 13, 12:33:26pm And the mega-talented Rosemary Clooney's biggest hit was the banjo-pickin "This Ole House"! Yeeesh! -IMO, other stinkos were "Botch-a-Me" (#2), and "Mambo Italiano" (#10 / #1 in UK), though the excellent "Hey There" did hit #1 ... -- Even though IMO, TENDERLY (#17), blows 'em out of the water., Thursday, September 13, 12:51:53pm Granted, "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" wasn't the best hit he ever recorded, but I wouldn't call it the worst either. (NT) -- My vote for worst song being an artist's biggest hit goes to "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John, Thursday, September 13, 01:09:58pm Healthwatch: Pyotr Verzilov, Member of Russian band Pussy Riot Hospitalized, feared poisoned Thursday, September 13, 11:29:57am 1 Billy O’Dell, Baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves) Dead at 85 Thursday, September 13, 11:21:19am 2 Pic -- ., Thursday, September 13, 11:21:19am ARCHIVE: September 13, 1996 ~It was 22 years ago (unbelievable) prolific entertainer Tupac Shakur, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, amassing over 75 million estimated global sales, dies days after suffering mutliple gunshot wounds, at age 25. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, September 13, 11:14:09am 1 Pic for Thursday, Sept. 13 -Rosemary Kennedy. (NT) Forest Thursday, September 13, 10:14:32am 1 MC Overlord, doyen and visionary of the Austin Texas hip-hop scene Dead from unspecified cancer Thursday, September 13, 09:16:32am 1 I want to know who this gorgeous woman in the Sept. 12th pic is!? (NT) I don't recognize her. Thursday, September 13, 02:55:05am 2 Actress Fenella Fielding. (NT) -- R.I.P., Thursday, September 13, 02:55:05am Thelma Taylor, grandmother of Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman, dies at 92. Otsegolectric98 Wednesday, September 12, 11:22:30pm 1 Sept.12th~Happy 100th Birthday! Religious Figure Ephraim Einhorn, Painter Bachir Yelles is 97, Strategist Andrew Marshall is 97, Production Manager Bernardo Ballester is 97, Actor Freddie Jones turns 91, (NT) jlp Wednesday, September 12, 06:42:10pm 9 Sept.12th~Happy Birthday! Actor Ian Holm (87) Actress Anne Helm (80) Actress Linda Gray (78) Actor Bruce Mahler (68) Actor Joe Pantoliano (67) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, September 11, 09:24:25pm Fast and Furious star Paul Walker would've been 45 today. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Wednesday, September 12, 08:41:21am Other birthdays, Sept. 12- -- Happy birthdays!, Wednesday, September 12, 11:14:56am Singer Mathé Altéry is 91, painter Robert Irwin is 90, composer Larry Austin is 88, philosopher Jaegwon Kim is 84, sculptor Richard Hunt is 83, boxer George Chuvalo is 81, politician Wes Hall is 81 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 12, 11:28:58am I just saw Ian Holm again in "Lord of the Rings" last week. (NT) -- I had no idea he was that old -87., Wednesday, September 12, 11:39:35am Ian Holm was awarded a Tony in 1967 (NT) -- He's been around a long time, Wednesday, September 12, 12:25:40pm "Midnight At The Oasis" -- Maria Muldaur, Wednesday, September 12, 04:14:37pm They're running "Robin and Marian" (1976) a lot on cable this month! (NT) -- Holm portrayed 'King John' in a brief role., Wednesday, September 12, 06:42:10pm ARCHIVE: September 12, 1951 ~This is the account of near-unknown, and forgotten-to-time Korea-War U.S. Sergeant Frederick William Mausert III, who posthumously was awarded the Medal of Honor, earning the honor after sacrificing his life after repeated acts of heroism in Korea campaign, was KIA at tender age of 21. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, September 12, 06:33:23pm 2 Boy, he looks like a baby! (NT) -- Guts of an ironman, though!, Wednesday, September 12, 06:33:23pm Ellen Caldwell, daughter of actress Joan Leslie (1925-2015) Dies at 67 Wednesday, September 12, 04:39:22pm 4 Leslie was married to obstetrician William Caldwell for 50 years and had identical twin daughters, Patrice and Ellen who -- both eventually became teachers., Wednesday, September 12, 12:54:42pm Also survived by her Aunt Betty Brodel age 98. (NT) -- TMZ, Wednesday, September 12, 03:11:22pm Photo: Mother & Daughter -- inside..., Wednesday, September 12, 04:39:22pm Actress Mela Hudson Dies at 31 Wednesday, September 12, 04:21:23pm 3 IMDb link -- R.I.P., Wednesday, September 12, 04:19:23pm "suddenly and unexpectedly" (NT) -- Code for suicide?, Wednesday, September 12, 04:21:23pm Diane Leather Charles, First Woman to Break 5-Minute Mile Dead at 85 Wednesday, September 12, 04:19:39pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 12, 1953 ~It was 65 years ago, veteran stage/screen actor Lewis Stone, whose career began in 1910s, boasting a reputation of 40+ year career, in nearly 200 roles, earning an Oscar nomination in 1930 for semi-silent film "The Patriot", but best known for his role as 'Judge Hardy' in the "Andy Hardy" film series of the 1930's/40s, dies at 73, while chasing teen delinquents off his property. … Bio & PHOTOS Wednesday, September 12, 04:11:42pm 2 The book "Hollywood Babylon" has a picture of Stone's body lying on a sidewalk after his heart attack (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 12, 04:11:42pm Archive - Actor Bob Swain dies at 70 Died Oct 4, 2017, but wasn't mentioned here. Wednesday, September 12, 04:10:08pm 3 Another one from 'Murder, She Wrote." -- Link to IMDb, Wednesday, September 12, 01:09:27pm Played Andy Warhol in "Death Becomes Her" (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 12, 04:10:08pm Former San Antonia Spurs assistant Don Newman dead at 60. Mysanantonio.com Wednesday, September 12, 03:46:11pm 1 Barbara Gould, model and actress in long running commercials Dies at 81 Wednesday, September 12, 02:08:34pm 1 Archive: Tom Ewell, Sept. 12, 1994 Actor Wednesday, September 12, 12:56:48pm 4 Scene from "The Seven Year Itch" -- Guess which one, Wednesday, September 12, 12:35:27pm Amazingly, Ewell, 85, was the OLDEST male celeb to be survived by a parent!... -- Mom Martine died 4 years later, at age 109!, Wednesday, September 12, 12:41:37pm Oldest female celeb outlived by a parent: singer Connie Haines, 87, outlived by her 109 year old mother (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 12, 12:56:48pm Actress Margaret Campbell Lake Dies at 73 Wednesday, September 12, 12:37:48pm 2 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, September 12, 12:37:48pm Actor Earl Lynn Nelson Dies at 76 Wednesday, September 12, 12:31:05pm 2 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, September 12, 12:31:05pm Actor Sam Sherrill Dies at 90 Wednesday, September 12, 12:06:16pm 2 IMDb link -- R.I.P., Wednesday, September 12, 12:06:16pm Archive: John Sylvester White, Sept. 11, 1988 Character actor Wednesday, September 12, 11:19:28am 3 Pic (w/ Gabe Kaplan) -- From "Welcome Back Kotter", Tuesday, September 11, 04:29:35pm White was only in his 50's during Kotter's run (NT) -- He seemed at least a decade older, Wednesday, September 12, 11:19:28am ARCHIVE: September 12, 1992 ~Actor Anthony Perkins, Academy Award (Best Supporting Actor) nominated for his 2nd film, "Friendly Persuasion" (1959), but is best known for his role/performance as 'Norman Bates' in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960), dies at 60, after AIDS diagnosis. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, September 12, 11:16:28am 2 His wife Berry Berenson was killed 9 years later on 9-11 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 12, 11:16:28am OT: Author of the book "How to Murder Your Husband arrested for.....wait for it.....wait for it.....murdering her husband. ... I Ron Ick Wednesday, September 12, 11:02:32am 1 ARCHIVE: September 11, 2003 ~It's been 15 years now since Hollywood lost acclaimed comic actor John Ritter, whose career spanned many comic film and TV roles, best remembered as 'Jack Tripper' on TV's "Three's Company", though he excelled in many projects thereafter, dies of sudden aortic dissection at 64. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, September 12, 08:30:34am 8 Johnny Cash died with a couple hours of Ritter (NT) -- Ritter once said Cash was his favorite singer, Tuesday, September 11, 11:19:57am You mean 54, not 64. (NT) -- obitchecker, Tuesday, September 11, 06:25:41pm I did mean 54. My apologies. -(Not so) FUN FACT: Ritter died in the hospital, where he was born! ... (NT) -- ...And sadly died on his daughter's 5th birthday! ...And one day before his wife actress Amy Yasbeck's birthday! Saaaad., Tuesday, September 11, 07:00:50pm You have an odd sense of humor if you think those are FUN facts. (NT) -- Think before you write., Tuesday, September 11, 07:15:48pm DUH! I prefaced with (Not so) FUN FACT, silly! -Here's another FUN FACT: Ritter's little daughter Stella is no more. SHE is now a HE. ....Another"gender bender transitioned" celeb baby. ... -- The former Stella Ritter is now Noah Lee Ritter!, Tuesday, September 11, 07:41:08pm Recent pic of Ritter's new "son"... -- Link, Tuesday, September 11, 11:26:57pm Did you not see the "Not so" that he wrote before he wrote "FUN fact"? (NT) -- You need your eyes checked obviously., Wednesday, September 12, 08:30:34am TCM Remembers Burt Reynolds ... VIDEO Wednesday, September 12, 04:02:00am 9 TV HEADS UP: And starting Monday, Sept. 10, eveyday at 1pm, METV is airing a Burt Reynolds GUNSMOKE episode daily (same time), all week. ... -- Mark your DVRs!, Sunday, September 09, 10:18:50pm GET-TV Salutes Burt Reynolds with "Hawk" & "Dan August" -- Info inside, Monday, September 10, 03:50:13am Anyone remember an "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Burt was in? (NT) -- Two kidnappers hijack a tanker in the hot desert, later die of thirst. Turns out the tanker was full of water, Monday, September 10, 10:40:51am Why give away the ending? You could very easily have told the plot of the episode without spoiling it. (NT) -- The episode is titled "Escape to Sonoita.", Monday, September 10, 10:57:00am Sorry, "Spoiler Alerts" don't apply after 60 years! (NT) -- There's gotta be a limit!, Monday, September 10, 11:32:14am Yes, the episode "Escape to Sonoita" aired June 1960. ... -- His co-star in the episode was Harry Dean Stanton, who died ONE year ago this week!, Monday, September 10, 10:57:04am I saw that first Gunsmoke episode today with Reynolds ('Quint'), and with the late Angela Clarke & Bill Zuckert as his parents! It was Reynold's 1st Gnsmoke -hard to believe he did 50 IN ALL! ... (NT) -- FUN FACT: Burt Reynolds (way) later named his adopted son 'Quint' after his Gunsmoke character!, Monday, September 10, 07:08:01pm TCM Movie Tribute: Burt Reynolds on Dec. 26 -- Movies inside, Wednesday, September 12, 04:02:00am Several places reporting Fenella Fielding British actress known for Carry on and The Prisoner amongst others has passed on at 90 Was reported to have suffered a stroke on 8/28 Tuesday, September 11, 11:07:23pm 8 Second actress from the "Carry On" films to die recently (NT) -- Liz Fraser died a few days ago, Tuesday, September 11, 12:30:10pm Facebook link -- R.I.P, Tuesday, September 11, 12:31:57pm Fenella Fielding suffered a severe stroke two weeks ago. ... -- Link, Tuesday, September 11, 12:41:06pm She was starring in a new TV series called "Conditions" about anarchy in a mental hospital set for release in 2019. Many episodes have already been filmed. (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 11, 12:49:31pm Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, September 11, 01:09:04pm Being a big fan of The prisoner. (NT) -- I remember her best as the voice in the loud speaker telling the villagers about their daily activities., Tuesday, September 11, 02:07:07pm Obituary - The Guardian -- Fredrik Andersson, Tuesday, September 11, 11:07:23pm Archive: Lorne Greene, Sept. 11, 1987 Actor Tuesday, September 11, 05:11:44pm 3 "Ringo" -- Lorne Greene, Tuesday, September 11, 04:20:58pm I remember when Lorne Greene played Ava Gardner's father in 1974's EARTHQUAKE ...and he's only 7 years older than she was! -- DOH!, Tuesday, September 11, 05:11:44pm Archive: Dane Clark, Sept. 11, 1998 Actor Tuesday, September 11, 04:28:00pm 2 Pic (w/ Buddy Ebsen) -- From TZ episode "The Prime Mover", Tuesday, September 11, 04:28:00pm Oliver Hoare, art dealer lover of Princess Diana Dies at 73 Tuesday, September 11, 04:17:35pm 3 Was once caught half naked in the palace by the royal family guards during a fire alarm (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 11, 04:15:47pm What a Hoare! (NT) -- !, Tuesday, September 11, 04:17:35pm ARCHIVE: September 11, 1994 ~Jessica Tandy, English-born Broadway/Hollywood actress, who appeared in over 100 stage productions, and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, originating the TONY-winning performance on Broadway as 'Blanche DuBois' in "A Streetcar Named Desire", and remembered in films like "The Birds", and "Cocoon", dies at 85. ... Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, September 11, 02:27:38pm 1 OT: Sally Field claims she was molested by her step- father, actor Jock Mahoney Reveals in memoir "In Pieces" Tuesday, September 11, 02:14:41pm 4 Not a surprise. He seemed a bit of a deuche. -Her mom married Mahoney when Sally was 13, in 1959 (according to IMDb) ...about 7 years after the birth of their daughter Princess Mahoney! The marriage lasted though the 1960s, until divorcing in 1968. (NT) -- Mother Margaret, 89, died on daughter Sally Field's 65th birthday, in 2011. Mahoney, 70, died in 1989., Tuesday, September 11, 12:19:41pm Mahoney the second Tarzan actor to molest stepdaughter. (NT) -- Cheryl Crane daughter of Lana Turner was molested by stepfather Tarzan actor Lex Barker., Tuesday, September 11, 02:09:57pm I wonder if memories of Burt Reynolds fared well, in her memoirs? (NT) -- We will see., Tuesday, September 11, 02:14:41pm OT: Found this poignant story on TV's "CBS Sunday Morning" on the late, great athlete Arthur Ashe. VIDEO Tuesday, September 11, 01:56:45pm 1 Oliver Hoare reported lover of Princess Di dies of cancer. UK Express Tuesday, September 11, 01:47:48pm 1 Lawrence J. DeNardis, Former U.S. congressman, UNH president Dead at 80 Tuesday, September 11, 01:21:31pm 2 Congressional bio -- ., Tuesday, September 11, 01:21:31pm Johnny Strike - frontman of SF punk band Crime dead at 70 KQED Tuesday, September 11, 01:14:30pm 3 Weird to think that some punk musicians are now around 70 years old! (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 11, 12:28:52pm "Hot Wire My Heart" -- Crime, Tuesday, September 11, 01:14:30pm Archive: Cliff Robertson, Sept. 10, 2011 Actor Tuesday, September 11, 11:47:37am 6 Played the villian "Shame" on "Batman" (NT) -- ., Monday, September 10, 11:22:25am His most famous role was as a ventriloquist who does a switcheroo with his dummy on "The Twilight Zone" (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 11, 11:13:15am Cliff Robertson is my favorite actor and that was a great episode, but I'd say that "Charly" or "PT 109" was his most famous role. (NT) -- I actually like his TZ episode "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim" more than "The Dummy.", Tuesday, September 11, 11:28:43am Robertson played Hugh Hefner in the Dorothy Stratten bio "Star 80" (NT) -- Hefner outlved Robertson by 6 years, Tuesday, September 11, 11:38:49am FUN FACT: Robertson and wife Dina Merrill were one of the very few who would visit recluse heiress Barbara Hutton (Merrill's cousin) in her lofty apartment at the Bevery Wilshire Hotel in her last years. Robertson said she basically was surviving on Coca-Cola and cigarettes, before her death in 1979. ... -- VIDEO, Tuesday, September 11, 11:47:37am ARCHIVE: September 11, 2010 ~Kevin McCarthy, veteran actor who gave over 200 TV/film performances, best remembered in the lead in the horror sci-fi classic, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956), but whose career rivaled any in the business, dies at 96. ... Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, September 11, 11:37:21am 4 Actor Harold Gould died the same day (NT) -- R.I.P to both., Tuesday, September 11, 11:13:24am ARCHIVE: September 11, 2010 ~Actor Harold Gould, veteran of stage, and countless film/TV roles, likley best remembered as recurring character 'Martin Morgenstern', beloved father on TV's "Rhoda", dies at 86. ... -- McCarthy died the same day as veteran actor Harold Gould., Tuesday, September 11, 11:22:56am Trivia: Harold Gould played Howard Cunningham in the "Happy Days" pilot that aired on "Love American Style" (NT) -- Tom Bosley replaced him for the series, Tuesday, September 11, 11:37:21am Daniel Kaiser-Kueblboeck, 33, German pop singer presumed dead after jumping overboard a cruise ship Russ Tuesday, September 11, 11:17:59am 3 Bad link (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 11, 09:58:53am Try this- -- Link, Tuesday, September 11, 11:17:59am Baseball Player Paul Stuffel (Philadelphia Phillies) Dies at 91 Tuesday, September 11, 10:58:43am 2 Baseball cards -- ., Tuesday, September 11, 10:58:43am OT: We often talk here about the oldest celeb with parents still living, comedian Lewis Black is 70, & both his parents are alive at 100 years old! Link Tuesday, September 11, 10:15:45am 9 Cool! ~Nice find! (NT) -- I thought Prince Charles had the record for oldest living parents., Sunday, September 09, 10:09:15pm This is an Excellent find , well done! (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Monday, September 10, 04:00:19pm He wished them a 70th anniversary on Twitter (NT) -- back in 2016, Monday, September 10, 04:38:06pm God bless em! -Here's a PHOTO of the Blacks from Twitter ... -- Link, Monday, September 10, 07:22:56pm Amazing! (NT) -- A first for a celeb?, Tuesday, September 11, 10:12:21am When director Steven Spielberg was 70, his mother died at age 97, in February 2017 ...just 2 weeks after his father's 100th birthday! (NT) -- Dad Arnold Spielberg is still living, at age 101!, Tuesday, September 11, 10:15:45am I actually can't think of another celeb whose parents BOTH reached 100 together! ... -- Closest I can recall, actor Frankie Thomas (TV's Space Cadet) was 68 when his dad hit 100 (mom was 90, at the time). But when mom hit 100, dad was dead a decade!, Tuesday, September 11, 10:09:14am Healthwatch: Tim Conway seriously ill with dementia. Now requires 24-hour skilled nursing home care People Magazine Tuesday, September 11, 09:54:02am 10 Looks kind of sad, lost and confused in that picture. Hope his family gets their act together to get him proper care. (NT) -- ., Friday, August 24, 09:08:51pm Arguably this is Tim Conway's FUNNIEST performance EVER on TV! ... -- Hint: Or course it's with Harvey Korman., Friday, August 24, 10:48:32pm I figured something was wrong when he didn't take part in the Carol Burnett 50th anniversary reunion show last year (NT) -- ., Saturday, August 25, 12:24:26pm Sad his last project was "Chip and Bernie Save Christmas with Dorf " in 2016. (NT) -- Yeeesh., Saturday, August 25, 02:06:26pm Well, even in his younger days he was doing stuff like "McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force" (NT) -- ., Saturday, August 25, 02:13:37pm Tim Conway -- Stephen Urbaniak, Monday, August 27, 03:10:13pm I saw it, too. I think it was called, "Surprised By Love". -- PHOTO, Monday, August 27, 03:54:17pm Do you think he might've taken that role knowing secretly what he was about to go through, as a last farewell to his fans (NT) -- Would be curious to know, Tuesday, August 28, 11:03:47am No, sadly he didn't retire. He was compelled to end with "Chip and Bernie Save Christmas with Dorf". (NT) -- Shame., Tuesday, August 28, 11:12:55am Kenny Shopsin, raconteur and beloved curmudgeonly owner of famous New York City eating establishment Shopsin's. He was 76 Tuesday, September 11, 04:58:36am 1 OT Question: Is there any TV show or movie that has at least four main cast members above the age of 86 still living? (NT) ...apart from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Tuesday, September 11, 04:48:11am 16 St Elsewhere has 3 cast members still living over the age of 86. -- Another cast member is just 83., Sunday, September 09, 06:53:30am The 4 main cast members of "Police Woman" has got to be getting up there (NT) -- but I haven't checked their ages, Sunday, September 09, 08:16:22am TV's POLICE WOMAN's cast consists of only 4 cast members in all 91 episodes. But only 3 are 80+ years and older ~Angie Dickinson, 83, and Earl Holliman and Charles Dierkop, who BOTH have birthday's this Tuesday! (NT) -- Holliman will be 90, and Dierkop will be 82 on Tuesday., Sunday, September 09, 10:06:54am My favorite show The Virginian is getting very close to this. But only 3 are up their close to that age. Clu Gulager (89) Gary Clarke (85) James Drury (84) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, September 09, 10:34:07am Angie is 86, not 83. -- obitchecker, Monday, September 10, 09:40:12pm I can think of a few movies that come CLOSE, but either only have three or the cast member is a year or two younger. (NT) -- Close, though!, Sunday, September 09, 10:33:04am The Original Star Trek is getting close William Shatner (87) Nichelle Nichols (85) Walter Koenig (81) George Takei (81) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, September 09, 11:06:09am There seems to be such a high volume of celebs at old ages you would there would be at least one show or movie (NT) -- that would fit the parameters - strange, Monday, September 10, 06:34:32am What about "The Carol Burnett Show" with Carol Burnett (85), Tim Conway (84), Dick Van Dyke (92), and Lyle Waggoner (83) (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Monday, September 10, 08:26:08am What about it? (NT) -- How did this thread get so long, when only one post has mentioned a show that fits the definition?, Monday, September 10, 08:42:10am What do you mean "What about it" it's hard to find people who fit that description! I'm not a cop. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Monday, September 10, 10:56:53am FOCUS on the original ? (NT) -- (NT), Monday, September 10, 09:33:04am ...lighten up, Francis. (NT) -- S.Hulka, Monday, September 10, 10:11:00am Just goes to show you (NT) -- even in those days it was unusual to do a show about a bunch of people over 30., Monday, September 10, 11:28:18pm Is Paris Burning? probably comes closest .With stars Kirk Douglas (100), Jean-Paul Belmondo (85 as of now), Jean-Louis Trintignant (87), Michel Piccoli (92), and Leslie Caron (87) (NT) -- A 1966 film about WWII that featured all star European cast, Tuesday, September 11, 04:48:11am Chelsi Smith, model, TV host, singer, Miss Texas 1995, Miss USA 1995, Miss Universe 1995 Dies at 45 Monday, September 10, 11:08:43pm 8 Full article -- R.I.P, Saturday, September 08, 11:16:24pm Her mother Mary Trimble has announced her death on Facebook after an apparent long battle with liver cancer. (NT) -- ., Saturday, September 08, 11:24:42pm Imdb -- Link, Sunday, September 09, 11:06:32am Chelsi Smith crowned Miss USA 1995 -- Link, Sunday, September 09, 12:06:52pm This is really sad. Is she the youngest Miss Universe to die? -- obitchecker, Monday, September 10, 09:59:02pm Yes...see my message below -- Miss Universe, Monday, September 10, 11:06:35pm I meant to say Hillevi Rombin was 62, Not 52 (NT) -- Miss Sweden, Monday, September 10, 11:08:43pm TV HEADS-UP: On October 20th HBO will premiere biopic "My Dinner with Hervé", on the life and career of late diminutive French actor Herve Villechaize, portrayed by great actor Peter Dinklage! -And look for Andy Garcia as 'Ricardo Montalban'! ... TRAILER Monday, September 10, 07:37:29pm 2 Although Villechaize's career wasn't BIG (pun intended), I'm sure his bigger-than-life private life should be an interesting view! -I wonder if they'll depict his sad end? ... -- "...Da plane! Da plane!", Monday, September 10, 07:37:29pm ARCHIVE: September 10, 1965 ~Actor Bobby Jordan, who began his career as a child on NY stage, and eventually found fame in Hollywood areprising Broadway's "Dead End" (1937), which led to a films series in the 1930s/40s until WWII, when his career wained, dies at 42 of the drink. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, September 10, 07:32:40pm 2 I believe Jordan was the FIRST of the 'Dead End' actors to die (1965). (NT) -- And I think actor Bernard Punsly ('Milty'/'Ape') was the LAST to die (2004), and had become a physician after WWII, retiring as chief of staff in the South Bay Hospital in Redondo Beach, CA., Monday, September 10, 07:32:40pm Helen Turner, One of New Jersey's oldest residents Dead at 111 Monday, September 10, 07:01:32pm 1 Fashion Blogger Kyrzayda Rodriguez dies less than a year after being diagnosed with cancer She was 40 Monday, September 10, 06:56:15pm 1 Sept.10th~Happy 107th Birthday! Actress Renee Simonot, Businessman Victor Oristano is 102, Magistrate Ena Collymore-Woodstock is 101, Mathematician C.R. Rao is 98, Football's Dick Danehe is 98, Herpetologist Robert F. Inger is 98, Mathematician Conway Berners-Lee is 97, (NT) jlp Monday, September 10, 05:40:45pm 8 Silent Film Actress Doris Oelze is 97, Writer Uri Avnery is 95, Actor David S. Howard truns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, September 09, 09:04:17pm Sept.10th~Happy Birthday! Actor Philip Baker Hall (87) Actor Spencer Milligan (81) Actor Greg Mullavey (79) Wrestler Superstar Billy Graham (75) Actress Judy Geeson (70) Guitarist Joe Perry (68) Actress Amy Irving (65) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, September 09, 09:50:35pm This says Greg Mullavey is 85, not 79 -- Other birthdays, Sept. 10-, Monday, September 10, 10:10:42am Cleric Dick Lucas is 93, politician Roch Bolduc is 90, phlosopher Jean Vanier is 90, writer Isabel Colegate is 87, writer Bo Goldman is 86, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is 85, composer Larry Sitsky is 84, wrestler John Francis Walker is 84, writer Mary Oliver is 83, ecologist Jared Diamond is 81 (NT) -- Radio- TV host David Hamilton is 80, Monday, September 10, 10:18:50am were are you getting your info on Greg Mullavey being 85? Everywhere I am checking says he is born in 1939 (NT) -- Colt, Monday, September 10, 11:35:03am It's from the AP. And yes, every other source lists him as 79 (NT) -- Dunno where AP got the 1933 birthdate, Monday, September 10, 12:06:46pm "Roses & Rainbows" -- Denny Hutton, Monday, September 10, 05:40:45pm Adam Clymer, Political Reporter, Editor and Pollster Dead at 81 Monday, September 10, 04:37:51pm 1 Sound Effects Editor Bruce Barris Dies at 60 Monday, September 10, 02:29:44pm 2 IMDb link -- R.I.P., Monday, September 10, 02:29:44pm Mike Lee, Brought the Olympic games to London in 2012 Dead at 61 Monday, September 10, 11:17:57am 1 Rene Bajeux, Acclaimed French chef in New Orleans Dead at 61 Monday, September 10, 11:16:16am 1 Erik Hauri, Scientist who found water on the moon Dead at 52 Monday, September 10, 11:15:02am 1 Rapper Mac Miller Dead at 26 - Apparent Overdose Monday, September 10, 08:30:21am 19 This is actually big in the business. Last May, in a DUI case, he wrapped his SUV around utility pole, around time he broke up with Ariana Grande. He was also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. ... -- PHOTO, Friday, September 07, 02:04:15pm Just last night, Mac posted video of a record player and you hear his song, "So it Goes," which includes lyrics, "Nine lives, never, die, f*** a heaven, I'm still gettin' high." ... -- Sad, Friday, September 07, 02:15:32pm Had a hit song called "Donald Trump." The third Trump related death in 24 hours if you count Jason Hairston and Richard DeVos. (NT) -- ., Friday, September 07, 03:19:04pm You're trying WAY too hard to make a connection that simply isn't there. (NT) -- It's getting tiresome., Friday, September 07, 03:54:36pm "Donald Trump" -- Mac Miller, Friday, September 07, 03:57:41pm Pic (w/ Ariana Grande, who he dated for awhile) -- Link, Friday, September 07, 03:59:28pm Now idiots are twitter/instagram harassing Ariana, for dumping Mac after 2 years of trying to help him w/his drug abuse -in vain. -- "I am not a babysitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they need to be." -Ariana Grande, Saturday, September 08, 01:29:14pm She knew him better than anyone else. She knew his struggles. She could have tried harder. (NT) -- Her statement is a sad attempt to limit her role in his demise., Saturday, September 08, 03:24:15pm You don't think after 2 years (not MONTHS), Ariana didn't try to help into rehab?? (NT) -- Some people you can't help. Enough and move on., Saturday, September 08, 04:05:40pm That was a statement after his DUI not his death (NT) -- ., Saturday, September 08, 04:06:49pm She did her time adult babysitting. (NT) -- Move on., Saturday, September 08, 04:38:45pm She had a responsibility, and she failed miserably. Every professional will tell you not to abandon someone at their weakest point (NT) -- End of story., Saturday, September 08, 04:52:07pm Lol...you got jokes. So go down with sinking ship?? ....um, no. (NT) -- Go ahead, waste your life -of which you obvipously know nothing of., Saturday, September 08, 05:18:24pm Perhaps you should worry more about spelling words correctly rather than offering your opinion which clearly is at conflict with those of medical professionals. (NT) -- Cheers!, Saturday, September 08, 05:44:41pm Miller wrote a song about Trump. DeVos bought his daughter-in-law a post in Trump's Cabinet. Hairston is a close friend, hunting partner of Trump Jr. (NT) -- A blind man can see the Trump connections., Friday, September 07, 04:48:35pm He was just 4 months shy of membership In "27 Club". (NT) -- Sad end., Friday, September 07, 04:04:25pm Imdb -- Link, Friday, September 07, 04:06:19pm Was in an episode of my favorite show, Ridiculousness. The videos of people in that show are hilarious. Some of them are idiotic though. Like the one where some guy jumped off a jumped off the roof to get in the pool and hit the cement floor surrounding the pool. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Monday, September 10, 08:30:21am actress Liz Fraser Dead at 88 Monday, September 10, 07:47:54am 6 Imdb -- Link, Thursday, September 06, 01:33:30pm PHOTOS of the popular UK actress ... -- Link, Thursday, September 06, 01:46:25pm Obituaries from Telegraph and Herald Scotland. -- Fredrik Andersson, Thursday, September 06, 11:16:06pm Obituary from Hollywood Reporter -- Fredrik Andersson, Sunday, September 09, 11:30:59pm I'm confused, why is that when I click the really long link and go straight to article, the link I get from the same site is the much shorter one posted below? -- The link should be the same for anyone who goes to the site., Monday, September 10, 07:47:54am Édouard Aidans 1930-2018 Belgian comics artist Fredrik Andersson Sunday, September 09, 11:28:05pm 1 Actor Bill Daily, “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Bob Newhart Show” Dies at 91 Sunday, September 09, 07:38:09pm 20 He was also a double bassist, saying he once got a big compliment from jazz great Ray Brown. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Friday, September 07, 09:07:28pm That's a shame, but he lived good, long life. A solid actor. ~RIP (NT) -- NEWHART LIVES!, Friday, September 07, 09:29:20pm Full article -- R.I.P, Friday, September 07, 09:50:17pm PHOTO ... -- Link, Friday, September 07, 10:00:52pm It seems now that summer's over, the celeb obits are rolling steady, now. (NT) -- RIP, Friday, September 07, 10:24:53pm Charlotte Rae, Aretha, Robin Leach, McCain, Neil Simon, and Burt Reynolds in the past month (NT) -- Whose Next?, Friday, September 07, 11:42:01pm A personal favorite - this is a sad one. But loved the comment that he loved every sunset and every meal. (NT) -- I will think about that today - could definitely do better in that area., Saturday, September 08, 06:06:00am He never ate one of my Mom's meals - YUCK! -- Der Bingle, Saturday, September 08, 09:53:57am I swear I missed this!! (NT) -- Please delete my other post!, Saturday, September 08, 11:41:57am Bill Daily, Actor ("I Dream of Jeannie", "Bob Newhart Show"). ... -- Dead at 91, Saturday, September 08, 12:01:57pm IMDb ... -- Link, Saturday, September 08, 12:03:26pm Bill Daily talks a bot about playing t he bass, at one of th last "I Dream Of Jeanne" reunion conventions ... -- VIDEO, Saturday, September 08, 12:52:43pm One of my favorite "Bob Newhart Show" bits ... -- "...more moo-goo to go!", Saturday, September 08, 01:02:36pm Also had a recurring role (NT) -- In the t.v. show Alf., Saturday, September 08, 01:34:03pm Co- starred with Debbie Reynolds on the shortlived series "Aloha Paradise" (NT) -- Ran for 2 months in 1981, Saturday, September 08, 02:33:32pm I Think That Only Leaves Barbara Eden From I Dream of Jeanie (NT) -- David S., Saturday, September 08, 10:46:40pm True, other than Eden, 87, ...all regulars gone -Larry Hagman (1931-2012), Bill Daily (1927-2018), Hayden Rorke (1910-1987), Emmaline Henry (1928-1979), Barton MacLane (1902-1969), Vinton Hayworth (1906-1970)! (NT) -- Unless you count Jeannie's evil fraternal twin sister, Jeannie II ...she's in retirement., Sunday, September 09, 03:32:46am Here's my favorite Bill Daily moment from "I Dream of Jeannie" -- With a special guest star!, Sunday, September 09, 11:18:51am if you Count the TV Reunion Movie, Nelson and Jeannie Had A Son -- David S., Sunday, September 09, 07:38:09pm Sept. 9th~Happy 100th Birthday! Actress Tatyana Babanina, Football Coach Leo Traiter is 99, Politician Reby Cary is 98, Politician Karl Lang is 98, Profressor Waclaw Szybalski is 97, (NT) jlp Sunday, September 09, 06:45:48pm 10 Historian Bernard Bailyn is 96, Resistance Fighter Manolis Glezos is 96,Musician Marcel Zaniny is 95, Actress Sylvia Miles is 94, Gov't Official Charles Duncan jr. is 92, Journalist Gaston Durnez is 90, . (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, September 08, 09:06:35pm ARCHIVE: September 9, 1918 ~It was 100 years ago today, sports analyst commentator Jimmy "The GreeK" Snyder was born! ... -- Snyder died in 1996, at age 77., Sunday, September 09, 04:06:43am Actress Joanne Moore Jordan is 90, Production Designer Ivan Vanicek turns 90 (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, September 08, 09:07:05pm Sept. 9th~Happy Birthday! Actor Nadim Sawalha (83) Actor Bill Raymond (80) Actor Art LaFleur (75) Actor David Emge (72) Actress Angela Cartwright (66) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, September 09, 10:37:54am This says Sylvia Miles is 84, not 94 (which is correct?) -- Other birthdays, Sept. 9-, Sunday, September 09, 11:10:20am My money is on 94 -both Wiki and IMDb staes birthdate as 1924. -I love Sylvia Miles, but she looked 50 as the 'cougar' in "Midnight Cowboy"! I loved her best in 1988's "Crossing Delancey". ... -- PHOTO, Sunday, September 09, 11:22:05am Dig this- Sylvia Miles's husband, Ted Brown (1924- 2005) filled in as "Bison Bill" on "Howdy Doody" for several months after Buffalo Bob Smith suffered a heart attack! (NT) -- ,, Sunday, September 09, 11:46:54am Last year Miles info was released, I even posted it on here. She is 94 -- Colt (Link Inside), Sunday, September 09, 01:09:55pm Scientist Warwick Estevam Kerr is 96, LDS Pres. Russell M. Nelson is 94, writer Yusuf al-Qaradawi is 92, composer Stu Phillips is 89, Archbishop Francis Carroll is 88, politician Shirley Summerskill is 87, politician William Bradshaw is 82, politician Alí Rodríguez Araque is 81, ex- US Rep. Buck McKeon is 80 (NT) -- ., Sunday, September 09, 06:45:48pm ARCHIVE: September 9, 1975 ~John McGiver, owl-faced character actor who was prolific in both dramatic ("The Manchurian Candidate"), and comedic ("Fitzwilly") film roles, as well as countless TV guest appearances in the 1960s/70s including his own series, "Many Happy Returns", dies after sudden heart attack ay 61. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, September 09, 04:02:43pm 6 Was in the TZ episode "The Bard" with Burt Reynolds (NT) -- His other TZ episode, "Sounds and Silences " didn't appear in syndication for over 20 years due to a lawsuit, Sunday, September 09, 01:11:29pm Beacause of Burt's death, METV is airing "The Bard" tonight. (NT) -- "No Time Like the Past" was originally scheduled to air., Sunday, September 09, 02:49:36pm And starting Monday, Sept. 10, eveyday at 1pm, METV is airing a Burt Reynolds GUNSMOKE episode daily (same time), all week. ... -- Mark your DVRs!, Sunday, September 09, 03:23:14pm Oops, meant because. (NT) -- Thanks., Sunday, September 09, 03:26:37pm Anyone remember Burt's first TV series, "Riverboat"? -- Apparently, Burt & Darren mcgavin didn't get along!, Sunday, September 09, 04:02:43pm ARCHIVE: September 9, 1978 ~It was 40 years ago today, Hollywood lost one of its great producing figures when studio head Jack Warner (one fourth of the WARNER BROS studio founding siblings), and its longest-working exec, dies after years of debilitating strokes, at age 86. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, September 09, 03:58:19pm 3 Last year, hard-nosed Warner was portrayed by actor Stanley Tucci in TV-miniseries "FEUD". ... -- VIDEO, Sunday, September 09, 02:20:46pm Told that Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California, Warner said "No, Bob Cummings for governor, Ronald Reagan as his best friend!" (NT) -- ., Sunday, September 09, 03:58:19pm Wallace Tripp, Cartoonist Dead at 78 Sunday, September 09, 03:55:15pm 1 Actress Jeanna Michaels Dies at 62 Sunday, September 09, 01:59:31pm 5 IMDb Link -- R.I.P, Saturday, September 08, 12:42:18pm PHOTO ... -- Link, Saturday, September 08, 12:44:16pm She was a regular on the soap operas. Santa Barbara, The Young and the Restless and General Hospital. (NT) -- Also had recurring roles on Dallas and Hunter., Saturday, September 08, 01:43:26pm She played Bobby Ewings secretary in "Dallas"from 1978-1981 -- Betty, Sunday, September 09, 01:59:31pm Joseph Schindelman, Illustrator of "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" Dead at 95 Sunday, September 09, 01:14:18pm 1 Healthwatch: Gene Cornish, guitarist for the Rascals Collapsed onstage Sunday, September 09, 01:09:08pm 2 Didn't know he was a a member of Joey Dee and the Starliters before the Young Rascals (NT) -- Learn something new!, Sunday, September 09, 01:09:08pm Archive: Spring Byington, Sept. 7, 1971 Actress Sunday, September 09, 12:54:56pm 7 I always remember her appearance on "Dennis the Menace" (NT) -- Played herself in episode "Dennis' Birthday" aired on 02/19/1961, Friday, September 07, 05:47:57pm I clutched my pearls years ago, the first time I read Byington was a member of the "Hollywood Sewing Circle"! ... -- ...that's a lesbian to you and me., Friday, September 07, 07:09:45pm She played "J. Pauline Spaghetti" on Batman (NT) -- Which had its share of gay guest stars, Sunday, September 09, 06:36:12am I think Batman, Bewitched, & Frasier were the most "gay freindly" shows (NT) -- At least they had the most gay actors, Sunday, September 09, 11:08:20am Yes, certainly of the earliest show "regulars", I think BEWITCHED took the cake ...Dick Sargeant, Agnes Moorehead, Maurice Evans, and Paul Lynde. (NT) -- "Oh my stars!", Sunday, September 09, 12:49:46pm One of the show's leading directors R. Robert Rosenbaum, died earlier this year. -- Was it mentioned here?, Sunday, September 09, 12:54:56pm Singer, Donald McGuire, the last of "The Hilltoppers" Dies at 86 Sunday, September 09, 11:04:28am 3 Billy Vaughn (1919- 1991) was also a member of the Hilltoppers (NT) -- Went on to solo fame as a recording artist, Sunday, September 09, 11:01:59am Here's the Hilltoppers on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1952 -- Performing 'Trying", Sunday, September 09, 11:04:28am ARCHIVE: September 8, 1991 ~Actor Brad Davis, began his career in off-Broadway plays, which soon brought notice to Holywood, cast in acclaimed TV efforts in "Sybil", and "Roots", leading to his the lead in 1978's "Midnight Express", which earned him a Golden Globe, but commits suicide at 41, after AIDS diagnosis. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, September 09, 10:53:14am 1 Sept.8th~Happy 100th Birthday! Musician Bill Graham, Art Collector Meda Mladkova is 99, Economist Lyndon LaRouche turns 96. (NT) jlp Saturday, September 08, 07:26:12pm 6 Other birthdays, Sept. 8- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, September 08, 11:43:31am Activist Jacqueline Ceballos is 93, mathematician Marguerite Frank is 89, conductor Christoph von Dohnányi is 89, singer Asha Bhosle is 85, writer Michael Frayn is 85, politician Rodrigue Biron is 84, politician Bernard Donoughue is 84 (NT) -- Admiral Roy Newman is 82, politician Edna Adan Ismail is 81, sailor Kenichi Horie is 80, ex- US Sen. Sam Nunn is 80, Saturday, September 08, 04:28:32pm "Brimful of Asha"- Cornershop -- Tribute to Asha Bhosle, Saturday, September 08, 04:30:28pm "Laugh, Laugh " -- Beau Brummels, Saturday, September 08, 04:58:29pm Sept.8th~Happy Birthday! Actor Mario Adorf (88) Actor Louis Mahoney (80) (NT) -- Colt, Saturday, September 08, 07:26:12pm Leo J. Clarke, TV producer ( 'It's Garry Shandling's Show' ) Dead at 60 Saturday, September 08, 04:56:52pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Saturday, September 08, 04:56:52pm Archive - Actress Gladys Holland dies at 94 Died Oct 21, 2017, no update at Boot Hill or IMDb Saturday, September 08, 02:37:49pm 2 IMDb Link -- R.I.P, Saturday, September 08, 02:37:49pm Actor John Bennes dies at 84. Died Feb 1, 2018. Don't know if it was posted here and there's no update at IMDb. Saturday, September 08, 02:29:52pm 3 IMDb Link -- R.I.P, Saturday, September 08, 12:02:37pm Pic -- Link, Saturday, September 08, 02:29:52pm Actor Lee Moore Dies at 89 Saturday, September 08, 12:11:51pm 5 IMDb Link -- R.I.P, Saturday, September 08, 12:47:04am I think Imdb has confused him with another actor (NT) -- Unless he played a character named Benny 'The Buzzard' Nelson at the age of 10, Saturday, September 08, 11:32:07am No, it is correct. (NT) -- ., Saturday, September 08, 12:05:56pm Yes it looks like there is confusion and two names have been merged incorrectly. (NT) -- Anyone know how to update or separate the two?, Saturday, September 08, 12:11:51pm ARCHIVE: September 8, 1977 ~Zero Mostel, brilliant stage, screen actor, singer and comedian, best known originating Broadway's 'Tevye' (Fiddler on the Roof), and 'Pseudolus' (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), and films like "The Producers" (1968), and "The Front" (1976), both of which were award-nominated performances, dies at 62. … Bio & PHOTO Saturday, September 08, 12:00:42pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 8, 1997 ~Recognizable veteran character 'late-bloomer' actress Helen Shaw, gained popularity late in life in both TV and film, best known for playing a kindly old woman on such shows as "Diff'rent Strokes", and "Highway to Heaven", and films like "Twilight Zone; The Movie" (1983) her film debut, and "Parenthood" (1989) her last film, dies at 100 years old! ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, September 08, 11:19:34am 2 "late bloomer" and "gained popularity late in life" essentially convey the same meaning. (NT) -- Jess' saying, Saturday, September 08, 11:19:34am Peter Benson, British actor Dies at 75 Saturday, September 08, 10:06:50am 3 Starred on the British TV series "Heartbeat" for 14 years. ... -- IMBd link..., Saturday, September 08, 09:58:32am PHOTOS ... -- Link, Saturday, September 08, 10:06:50am Samuel Bodman, United States Secretary of Energy 2005-2009 Dies at 79 Friday, September 07, 08:23:33pm 3 The 1st death of a George W. Bush Cabinet member (NT) -- ., Friday, September 07, 06:08:29pm Pic (w/ Pres. George W. Bush) -- Link, Friday, September 07, 08:23:33pm ARCHIVE: September 7, 1951 ~Strikingly beautiful Dominican-born Hollywood actress Maria Montez, whose brief career included exotic roles in lush films like "Arabian Nights" (1942), soon earned her unofficial title as "Queen of Technicolor" before her sudden death at 39, found in her bathtub. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, September 07, 07:42:17pm 3 Daughter Tina Aumont died in 2006, at 60 (NT) -- ., Friday, September 07, 05:22:09pm Tina looked as stunning as her mother! (NT) -- An embolism claims Tina at only 60, so anyone know if she abused boozed?, Friday, September 07, 07:42:17pm Sept.7th~Happy 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Josefa Santos Gonzalez, Doolittle Pilot Richard E. Cole is 103, Architect Kathe Menzel-Jordan is 102, Chef Marda Heather is 102, Politician Joan Neiman is 98, Actress Agi Prandhoff turns 97. (NT) jlp Friday, September 07, 06:44:39pm 9 ARCHIVE: September 7, 1918 ~It was 100 years ago, one of Hollywood's reluctant, late-in-life character players was born, -local Kansas City actor Al Christy, who started late in acting, never had a BIG break to fame, but whose 'claim to fame' came finally as one of the "documentary elderly couples" in 1989's "When Harry Met Sally"! Christy died in 1995. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Friday, September 07, 10:42:53am Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 88 today -- Other birthdays, Sept. 7-, Friday, September 07, 11:28:55am Jurist Claire L'Heureux-Dubé is 91, attorney Berl Bernhard is 89, diplomat William Andreas Brown is 88, painter Mary Bauermeister is 84, ex- Pres. of Senegal Abdou Diouf is 83, economist Toshihiko Fukui is 83, politician Apostolos Kaklamanis is 82, politician Oleg Lobov is 81, businessman John T. Dillon is 80, journalist Susan Stamberg is 80 (NT) -- ,, Friday, September 07, 11:42:26am "Airegin" -- Sonny Rollins, Friday, September 07, 01:10:57pm "I Will Survive" -- Gloria Gaynor, Friday, September 07, 01:11:45pm "Le Freak" -- Chic, Friday, September 07, 01:12:41pm "Brass in Pocket" -- The Pretenders, Friday, September 07, 01:13:50pm Sept.7th~Happy Birthday! Director Dario Argento (78) Director Luigi Cozzi (71) Actress Susan Blakely (70) Singer Gloria Gaynor (69) Singer Chrissie Hynde (67) Actress Julie Kavner (67) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, September 07, 06:44:39pm Archive: Keith Moon, Sept. 7, 1978 Who drummer Friday, September 07, 05:50:53pm 2 "My Generation" -- The Who, Friday, September 07, 05:50:53pm Archive: Everett Drksen, Sept. 7, 1969 US Senator Friday, September 07, 05:27:19pm 3 "Wild Thing" -- Senator Everett, Friday, September 07, 05:25:20pm "Oh you gallant Wild Thing!" (NT) -- I love that!, Friday, September 07, 05:27:19pm Healthwatch: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange "Extremely poor health" Friday, September 07, 03:40:26pm 2 Is there any legal or diplomatic reason why doctors can't go into the Ecuadorian Embassy and treat Assange? (NT) -- Trump likes Assange for the wikileaks in 2016, so he'll try to protect him from the US court system., Friday, September 07, 03:40:26pm Dallas police officer kills a man in his own apartment. The female officer came home from work and entered his apartment thinking it was hers. . Friday, September 07, 03:30:45pm 1 Mayor of small North Carolina town murdered Wife also murdered Friday, September 07, 12:50:00pm 1 News anchor goes on air with a terrible story- her own daughter died of a drug overdose South Dakota Friday, September 07, 12:47:59pm 1 Gilles Pelletier, Quebec, Canadian actor Dies at 93 Friday, September 07, 11:34:44am 2 Imdb -- Link, Friday, September 07, 11:34:44am Will Jordan, actor, comedian, impersonator Dies at 91 Friday, September 07, 11:17:26am 4 I remember Will Jordan as the go-to Ed Sullivan impersonator. -Terrific impressionist! -- VIDEO, Thursday, September 06, 08:37:44pm Here is Jordan in intro of Billy Joel music video for "Tell Her About It". ... -- VIDEO, Friday, September 07, 04:27:26am He also played Ed Sullivan in "The Buddy Holly Story" & "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" -- Link to Imdb, Friday, September 07, 11:17:26am Jason Hairston, Football player (San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos) Dead at 47 Friday, September 07, 11:17:22am 4 Pic (w/ Donald Trump) -- Link, Thursday, September 06, 11:50:39am Now labeled a suicide. (NT) -- ., Friday, September 07, 11:06:09am You'd think he would stick around considering the Trump's created an $80,000 government taxpayer funded job for him. (NT) -- ., Friday, September 07, 11:17:22am Joseph Lasorda, killed after a car crash with a police cruiser. Was the brother of Tommy Lasorda Dies at 83 Friday, September 07, 11:09:02am 2 Full article -- R.I.P., Friday, September 07, 11:09:02am Was the death of Christine Joanne Carilas Andrews (widow of actor Steve Forrest) posted here? She died on Dec 11, 2017 and was another from "Tattletales" Friday, September 07, 12:06:10am 2 It was not. Thanks for sharing! (NT) -- But I can't find an obit., Friday, September 07, 12:06:10am Healthwatch: Wife and young son of a British scientist Sam Williams, are fighting for their lives in hospital after being viciously attacked by a giraffe at a wildlife reserve. ... South Africa Thursday, September 06, 08:32:10pm 3 Sorry to hear about this, especially about the little boy but (NT) -- giraffes are WILD animals and need to be given their space, Thursday, September 06, 05:51:57pm The poor giraffe was likely trying to protect her nearby calf. (NT) -- Sometimes the balance of humans and the wild, don't mix ...especially when you invade THEIR domain., Thursday, September 06, 08:32:10pm Burt Reynolds dead at 82 Hollywood Reporter Thursday, September 06, 08:25:25pm 26 Always recall his appearing on the Tonight Show with "home movies" .... he entertained people for many years. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Thursday, September 06, 12:09:05pm Burt Reynolds dies at 82. ... -- Firefighter Fred, Thursday, September 06, 12:15:38pm Sounds like he went quickly. Know his health wasn't great and he sure looked different in older age. (NT) -- made some fun movies. is Newly the only one left from Gunsmoke (yep, that's what I thought of first), Thursday, September 06, 12:17:47pm "Boogie Nights" was his last hurrah (NT) -- RIP to a true legend!!, Thursday, September 06, 12:19:23pm I wonder if he completed shooting on Tarnatino's "Manson era" film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" as old 'George Spahn', due out next year? (NT) -- I hope he did!, Thursday, September 06, 12:23:54pm Was the Number 1 box-office attraction for a five-years back in the 70s. (NT) -- That's saying something, Thursday, September 06, 12:28:00pm No he didn't -- Der Bingle, Thursday, September 06, 12:40:19pm On "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", principal photography began on June 18. ... (NT) -- Let's hope Tarantino had the forethought of starting with Reynolds, due to failing health?, Thursday, September 06, 12:53:40pm Starred in the tv series "Evening Shade" (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Thursday, September 06, 01:10:05pm First wife Judy Carne died on Sept. 3, 2015, at 76. (NT) -- They were married 1963- 65., Thursday, September 06, 01:44:48pm Tonight ET reported Reynolds did a table reading on Tarantino film in June... (NT) -- ... but no filming was done yet., Thursday, September 06, 07:36:50pm He was in the TZ episode "The Bard" -- Link to IMDb, Thursday, September 06, 02:16:16pm "The Bard" was the last hour long episode of the Twilight Zone (NT) -- Show reverted to half an hour for it's last season, Thursday, September 06, 04:33:34pm Deserves the full article, not just a link. -- R.I.P. Burt, Thursday, September 06, 01:58:19pm He and Eddie Murphy made the same mistake, which helped send their careers into the weeds (NT) -- Making the same movie over and over and over and..., Thursday, September 06, 02:25:29pm "Mistake"? I say strategic. Their works were not Merchant/Ivory or lovers of James Austin, but CHOSE the money-grab with action anf family comedies! (NT) -- They $urvived the biz very well, particularly Murphy who got into producer chair., Thursday, September 06, 03:10:33pm Jane's older brother from Texas... (NT) -- Emma, Thursday, September 06, 03:18:19pm "Beverly Hills Cop" is a better film than any Merchant Ivory film (NT) -- They were the epitome of Classics Illustrated Filmmaking, Thursday, September 06, 03:46:53pm Burt Reynolds reportedly turned down leads in “Die Hard”, James Bond series, "One Flew Over The CooKoo's Nest", “Terms of Endearment", "Pretty Woman", among others! ... (NT) -- ...And his biggest boner....turned down 'Hans Solo' in STAR WARS!, Thursday, September 06, 05:29:40pm One of the biggest stars of the 1970's and 80's. And one of the most notable deaths of 2018 (NT) -- He seemed to be everywhere when I was growing up; I officially feel old, Thursday, September 06, 02:38:36pm That Leaves Sally Fields and Mike Henry ( Junior) From Smokey And The Bandit As Main Stars -- David S., Thursday, September 06, 04:53:12pm Paul Williams is still living. (NT) -- !, Thursday, September 06, 04:59:32pm Don't forget Paul Williams from " Smokey And The Bandit " (NT) -- He's still alive, turns 78 this month, Thursday, September 06, 05:00:37pm Burt's life was exactly half over the day "Smokey & the Bandit" was released (NT) -- May 27, 1977, Thursday, September 06, 05:48:46pm This one sucks, big fan. I was excited to see him almost being in that new Quentin film. I noticed Clu Gulager has been added to the cast he is even older then Burt. I think Gulager should takes Burts role who knows how much time he has left? (NT) -- Colt, Thursday, September 06, 08:25:25pm Actor Stanley Anderson Dies: ‘Spider-Man’ & ‘Seinfeld’ dies at 78. ... Died June 24th. Thursday, September 06, 05:18:47pm 6 IMDb ... -- Link, Thursday, September 06, 10:44:54am Played the Judge in the final episode of "Seinfeld". (NT) -- I recently saw it again for the first time in 20 years., Thursday, September 06, 10:45:40am True, he was the judge who threw them all in clink. -I remember Anderson best as Drew Carey's father on TV's "The Drew Carey Show". ... -- Link, Thursday, September 06, 10:49:07am Another 1990's TV Dad Died, Number 3 This Year. ... -- David S., Thursday, September 06, 10:51:50am I think your count's a little low. (NT) -- Harry Anderson (Dave's World) comes immediately to mind., Thursday, September 06, 05:18:47pm Singer Don Gardner has died at 87 Posted by Bettye LaVette on Facebook Thursday, September 06, 05:09:30pm 4 "I Need Your Loving" -- Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford, Thursday, September 06, 11:18:39am Singing partner Dee Dee Ford (NT) -- Died in 1972 at age 36., Thursday, September 06, 11:57:18am Do you have a link to verify that? (NT) -- obitchecker, Thursday, September 06, 05:09:30pm Tom Rickman, Screenwriter on Burt Reynolds film 'Hooper' and 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' Dead at 78 Thursday, September 06, 04:41:51pm 2 Also wrote another Burt Reynolds film, "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings" -- Link to Imdb, Thursday, September 06, 04:41:51pm Sept.6~Happy 105th Birthday! Actress Julie Gibson, Psychologist Lawrence LeShan is 98, Politician Wadie P. Deddeh is 98, Teacher/Holocaust Survivor Andree Geulen-Herscovici is 97, Politician David Petel is 97, Architect Lyubow Usava is 97, Writer Andrea Camilleri is 93, Actress Brenda Hogan turns 90. (NT) jlp Thursday, September 06, 04:24:10pm 6 Sept.6~Happy Birthday! Guitarist Roger Waters (75) Actor Jane Curtin (71) Director Tommy Lee Wallace (69) Actress Anne Lockhart (65) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, September 05, 09:25:03pm Comedian JoAnne Worley is 83 today -- Other birthdays, Sept. 6-, Thursday, September 06, 11:12:17am Architect Fumihiko Maki is 90, golfer Dow Finsterwald is 89, US Rep. Sandy Levin is 87, spy Colin McColl is 86, cartonist Sergio Aragonés is 81, musician Joan Tower is 80 (NT) -- ., Thursday, September 06, 11:45:46am "Money" -- Pink Floyd, Thursday, September 06, 04:24:10pm Lordy, Anne Lockhart is another senior citizen celeb now, whose mother actress JUNE Lockhart (now age 93) is still living! ... -- PHOTOS, Thursday, September 06, 11:52:50am Stan Brock, ‘Wild Kingdom’ co-host R.I.P. Thursday, September 06, 03:48:35pm 2 IMDb -- Link, Thursday, September 06, 03:48:35pm TRAGIC: inquest announces cause of death of the Cranberries' lead singer Dolores O'Riordan Drowned in bathtub after passing out drunk Thursday, September 06, 01:18:36pm 6 Shades of Whitney Houston, which leads me to ask the question: What other celebs have died in this manner? (NT) -- I can't think of any, Thursday, September 06, 09:48:34am To be clear, I'm not talking about people found dead in bathtubs, I'm talking about people whose cause of death was drowning from passing out drunk or stoned in the bathtub (NT) -- Just looking for death by drowning in bathtubs, Thursday, September 06, 09:50:52am Actress Maria Montez, and singer Jim Morrison come to mind. (NT) -- And I think Orville Redenbacher drowned in his hotbub!, Thursday, September 06, 10:40:21am Yes Orville Redenbacher suffered a heart attack in his spa tub. (NT) -- Autopsy showed cause of death was drowning., Thursday, September 06, 12:13:42pm Morrison's cause of death was a drug-related heart attack. (NT) -- Though he was found in the tub., Thursday, September 06, 01:18:36pm ARCHIVE: September 6, 1978 ~Harry Wilson, British-born Hollywood character actor who appeared in over 300 films from 1928 to 1965, known for his ruddy distinctive facial features, who he proudly proclaimed himself "Hollywood's ugliest man", best remembered as 'henchman' in films like "One Million B.C.", and "Some Like It Hot", dies at 80 in the Actors Country Hospital. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, September 06, 12:49:48pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 6, 1974 ~Otto Kruger, stage/TV/film actor, known for portraying distinguished roles as diplomats and power movers, best remembered for steller performances in noir classics "Saboteur", and "711 Ocean Drive", dies on his 89th birthday. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, September 06, 12:11:07pm 1 Flo Allen, Agent for Rock Hudson and Manager for Denzel Washington Dead at 88 Thursday, September 06, 11:53:46am 1 Amway Co-Founder and Betsy's Father-in-Law Richard DeVos Dies at 92 Thursday, September 06, 11:23:22am 2 Pic (w/ Pres. Ford) -- Link, Thursday, September 06, 11:23:22am OT: "Gilligan's Island" actress Dawn Wells battling ill health, money woes Link Thursday, September 06, 09:24:45am 7 She turns 80 next month (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 05, 05:22:34pm She's 80 years old! Lordy! (NT) -- The estate of G.I. producer Sherwood Schwartz should pony up the ca$h, since he cut the cast out of residual$! I'm sure G.I. revenue is $200k/monthly., Wednesday, September 05, 05:38:00pm At one time, she had a velcro-fastened clothing line called "Wishing Wells" - for those with arthritis, mobility issues, etc. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Wednesday, September 05, 06:08:03pm My understanding again from the behind the scenes books written about the series, is that the cast was given a choice: more money now and no residuals or less cash but residuals... (NT) -- Bob Denver was one of the few who took the residuals as I recall., Wednesday, September 05, 09:40:50pm Can you image if you were a cast member on the uber-silly "Gilligan's Island", and had an option for less money, but future residual$?? ...Any sane person would have said, "No dude, pay me my cash NOW"! (NT) -- Whoulda thunk folks would be into its nostalgia, later?, Wednesday, September 05, 11:41:49pm Agreed. Or that there would one day be cable and satellite TV offering viewers literally hundreds of channels and thus, making content even as trivial as Gilligan a show that's almost never gone off the air... (NT) -- Whoda' thunk it!?!, Thursday, September 06, 09:24:45am Actor, Dewey Martin, known for "The Desperate Hours" Dies at 94 Thursday, September 06, 07:04:44am 38 I'm having a very difficult time believing this one. (NT) -- Absolutely no verifiable sources have reported this., Wednesday, August 22, 07:40:42am An official union publication lists the death of a 94-year-old member? (NT) -- You're right, that's too much to swallow., Wednesday, August 22, 07:59:20am The second link is also showing that Kate Murtagh died on Sept 10, 2017 (NT) -- The source isn't questionable, it's the fact that nothing else can be found is what I'm mad about., Wednesday, August 22, 08:11:43am also SAG-Member actress Gloria LeRoy reported death since 26.05.2018 (NT) -- nt, Wednesday, August 22, 08:58:06am Death date... -- Tracey, Monday, September 03, 06:51:37pm Kate Murtagh Dies -- Bill Doty, Thursday, September 06, 07:04:44am Dewey Martin a veteran actor passed away many months ago and no obituaries?? (NT) -- It's a shame, Wednesday, August 22, 09:11:29am Seems sketchy sources for an obituary. (NT) -- This may be a hoax?, Wednesday, August 22, 10:12:56am Few remember he was married to Peggy Lee a year years in the 1950s. I remember him as 'Hal Griffin' Bogie's jail bird brother as they escape prison! I also remember Martin from TZ episode "I Shot an Arrow into the Air", playing a "doomed" astronaut. -- PHOTO, Wednesday, August 22, 10:33:20am Hoax? His name is in the official magazine of his union the Screen Actors Guild with death date. (NT) -- ., Wednesday, August 22, 10:37:07am He hasn't had a role in over 40 years. Veteran actor for a time long ago. (NT) -- Family probably forgot he was an actor by now., Wednesday, August 22, 10:39:47am the death date listed is 3-9-2018. Find a grave says march 2018. (NT) -- Find a grave says he was scattered at sea., Wednesday, August 22, 11:41:17am Apparently he was a very private man. (NT) -- Who disappeared from Hollywood in the 1970's., Wednesday, August 22, 11:42:47am Dewey Martin, Gloria Leroy and Marta DuBois (NT) -- Are all now listed at Western Boot Hill, Wednesday, August 22, 12:47:23pm also Gives a date of death for Harry Landers 9-10-17 awsome (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, August 22, 04:26:06pm Two more I thought were still alive Adrian Ricard (1924-2016) and Theodore Lehmann (1922-2018) -- Colt (Link Inside), Wednesday, August 22, 05:13:47pm Martin was the last adult cast member of Bogie's last "gangster" film, "The Desperate Hours"! ... -- List, Wednesday, August 22, 05:11:21pm Dewey martin -- Becksy, Wednesday, August 22, 08:27:42pm also I found 3 more actors on the list Lee Delano (1931-2017) Wynn Irwinn (1932-2018) Joseph Hoover (1932-2018) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, August 22, 08:36:08pm When did Wynn Irwin die? I have seen nothing and can find nothing. -- Bernard M, Wednesday, August 22, 09:02:29pm here the link he is on the list 2-15-2018 -- Colt (Link Inside), Wednesday, August 22, 09:13:24pm Wow....talk about under the radar... -- Bernard M, Wednesday, August 22, 09:32:38pm Beeson Carroll (1934 -2018), who played "Hot Lips" Houlihans husband Donald Penobscott, also seems to have passed away unnoticed. He apparently passed away on March 15, 2018. -- Fredrik Andersson, Thursday, August 23, 01:15:43am In case someone doesn't know who Penobscott is, I am talking about M. A. S. H. -- Fredrik Andersson, Thursday, August 23, 01:19:40am Linda Meiklejohn (died 7/3/17) played Lt. Leslie Scorch in several early episodes. -- IMDb Link:, Thursday, August 23, 07:23:20am Here is a PHOTO of actor Beeson Carroll, who appeared as the FIRST 'Donald Penobscott' on TV's MASH in 1977, BUT actor Mike Henry took over the role in soon after! ... -- Dueling Penobscotts, Thursday, August 23, 08:18:54pm American actress Sue England (1928-2018), also seems to have passed away. She died on March 19, 2018. -- Fredrik Andersson, Thursday, August 23, 02:25:07am Sue England was born in 1930 according to her daughter's facebook page -- Links, Thursday, August 23, 04:51:57am Here's a link to the SAG-AFTRA In Memoriam page for spring of 2018 which covers deaths reported to them from Nov 1, 2017 - Feb 28, 2018. Don't know if any of these were missed by us or not. -- Click the third page in the bottom row, Thursday, August 23, 07:42:34am Isnt Kate Murtagh the waitress on Supertramp's Breakfast in America LP cover? (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Thursday, August 23, 10:49:39am That's her! (NT) -- She also played Zelda Gooberman in the TZ episode "Mr Garrity And the Graves", Thursday, August 23, 10:53:44am Okay, I checked it. I don't see anybody that stands out, that the board missed (Nov.2017 to Feb. 2018). (NT) -- Ken M., Thursday, August 23, 02:04:06pm I'm sorry, but I did not see Kate Murtagh's name on the memoriam list? (NT) -- Did I miss something?, Thursday, August 23, 02:13:45pm Well, I checked Wiki and reviewed the SAG report, and she indeed died last November, without mention. Sad. I also remember her well from TZ episode "Mr. Garrity and the Graves" -PHOTO ... -- And I'm sure I would have remembered if posted here., Thursday, August 23, 02:31:57pm Another actor I've had a very hard time finding any info on is John Newton. SAG-AFTRA shows he died on Nov 28, 2012. Granted, they're are other John Newtons out there, but since SAG rules state that no 2 members can share the same name I'm convinced it's him. ... -- Link (In Memoriam starts on page 50)., Thursday, August 23, 02:02:14pm Fred Buch is on that list I loved him in Shock Waves. Fred Buch (1940-2012) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, August 24, 12:10:10am Last survivor from the cast of "The Thing From Another World?" (NT) -- Sherlock, Friday, August 24, 11:20:00am Christopher Lawford nephew of JFK and General Hospital Actor dead at 63 FOX News Thursday, September 06, 04:41:30am 9 Link to Imdb -- ., Wednesday, September 05, 12:18:42pm Father Peter Lawford died in 1984 at 61, mother Pat Kennedy Lawford died in 2006, at 82 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 05, 12:19:44pm Did a fine job as a supporting character in "The Worlds Fastest Indian" back in 2005 (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Wednesday, September 05, 03:41:14pm I remember Chris did interviews in the early 1980s, after his father's death, sharing gruesome stories how father & son partied together. (NT) -- He told pretty gross accounts of his father's disheveled hygiene toward the end of his drug days/death., Wednesday, September 05, 04:10:15pm All My Children Was His Longest Run Character -- David S., Wednesday, September 05, 04:39:42pm He appeared in "Thhirten Days" which was about the Cuban missle crisis during his uncle's Presidency (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 05, 05:19:48pm At first I thought it said Christopher Lambert (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Wednesday, September 05, 06:45:13pm FUN FACT: In the mid/late 1950s, the Lawfords (Peter & Pat) were close friends with producer Sid Luft and wife Judy Garland, in Santa Monica, CA. -So close were the couples ... (NT) -- ...BOTH Judy and Pat gave birth to their respective sons Joey Luft, and Chris Lawford at the SAME hospital ...and on the SAME day!, Thursday, September 06, 04:40:56am According to The Hollywood Reporter. Charleton Heston's widow (NT) Lydia Clarke Heston has died at 95. Can anyone find the link. Wednesday, September 05, 04:20:08pm 5 Lydia Clarke Heston, Actress and Wife of Charlton Heston, Dies at 95 -- Link, Wednesday, September 05, 02:32:06pm Imdb -- Link, Wednesday, September 05, 02:40:03pm Sad, they had a great marriage. Very rare in hollywood (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, September 05, 03:58:47pm OT: Charlton Heston has the ODDEST final resting place, where his ashes are placed - a wonky dirty looking area behind a church in Pacific Palisades, CA... -- VIDEO, Wednesday, September 05, 04:20:08pm ARCHIVE: September 4, 1995 ~Actor John Megna, whose best remembered juvenile performance came in the role of 'Dill' in the 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird", the character was based on writer Truman Capote, childhood friend of TKAM author Harper Lee, dies of complications of AIDS, at age 42. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, September 05, 11:16:54am 1 ARCHIVE: September 5, 1988 ~It was 30 years ago today, the world lost one of James Bond's great nemesis in 'Auric Goldfinger', or at least the man who brought him to life on the big screen...actor Gert Fröbe, who died of a sudden heart attack, at age 75. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, September 05, 10:45:32am 3 "Goldfinger"- Shirley Bassey -- The greatest Bond theme of them all, Wednesday, September 05, 10:37:09am Due to Fröbe's former membership in the Nazi Party, the film was initially banned in Israel … (NT) -- ...until the Jewish family he had protected during the war came forward and thanked him for saving their lives., Wednesday, September 05, 10:45:32am Jeb J Rosebrook, Film, TV writer (Junior Bonner; Waltons; The Black Hole) Dead at 83 Wednesday, September 05, 10:42:49am 2 He wrote a TV movie I still remember, "I Will Fight No More Forever" about Chief Joseph -- Link to Imdb, Wednesday, September 05, 10:42:49am Ian Jones - expert on Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly, who co-wrote 'Ned Kelly' starring Mick Jagger, dies at 86 DialMForMovies. Wednesday, September 05, 10:38:28am 2 Ned Kelly is kind of the Jesse James of Australia (NT) -- ., Wednesday, September 05, 10:38:28am Sept.5th~Happy 110th Birthday! Composer Cecilia Seghizzi, Music Executive Art Rupe is 101, Politician Jane Ellen Usher is 101, Physicist Carten Bresch is 97, Actress Else Buddle is 97, Economist Paul Volcker is 91, (NT) jlp Wednesday, September 05, 10:35:07am 7 Actress Irissa Cooper is 90, Actor Abhimanyu Sharma is 90, Football's Duane Putnam is 90, Musician Jorge Milchberg turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Tuesday, September 04, 09:06:08pm Sept.5th~Happy Birthday! Comedian Bob Newhart (89) Actress Carol Lawrence (86) Actor William Devane (79) Actor George Lazenby (79) Actress Raquel Welch (78) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, September 04, 10:43:01pm Director Werner Herzog (76) Actress Lone Fleming (73) Actor Dennis Dugan (72) Actor Scott H. Reiniger (70) Actor Michael Keaton (67) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, September 04, 10:44:50pm FUN FACT: Actor Michael Keaton was born "Michael Douglas", but changed his stage name for obvious reasons. (NT) -- In the 1990s, the two actors appeared on the same three TV projects., Wednesday, September 05, 01:00:17am Composer Cecilia Seghizzi...A New Celebrity Supercentenarian -- (NT), Wednesday, September 05, 05:10:52am Other birthdays, Sept. 5- -- Happy birthdays!, Wednesday, September 05, 10:35:07am ARCHIVE: September 4, 1975 ~Hollywood character film/radio/TV/voice actor WALTER TETLEY, whose hormonal condition prevented his voice from maturing, made casting popular as adolescent/teen roles particularly on radio shows "Gildersleve", and "The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show", and well into TV, notably as the animated 'Sherman' in TV's kids series "Peabody's Improbable History", dies at 60 of stomach cancer. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, September 05, 10:33:31am 2 The very next day, Squeaky Fromme pointed pistol at Pres. Ford (NT) -- Coincidence?, Wednesday, September 05, 10:33:31am OT: Just found this list of Celebs Who Vanished And Are Still Missing Today! ... Thought you might find this interesting? Wednesday, September 05, 05:16:48am 1 Sept.4th~Happy 97th Birthday! Professor Paul A. Libby, Director Theodor Gradler is 97, Politician Robert J. Lagomarsino is 92, Producer Jerome Hellman is 90, Labor Leader Tom Donahue turns 90. (NT) jlp Tuesday, September 04, 05:28:09pm 6 Sept.4th~Happy Birthday! Actress Mitzi Gaynor (87) Actress Jennifer Salt (74) Actor Michael Berryman (70) Actress Stefania Casini (70) Actor Alan Blumenfeld (66) Actor Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs (65) (NT) -- Colt, Monday, September 03, 09:26:34pm actress Mitzi Gaynor is 87, actor Lawrence Hilton Jacobs is 65, actor Damon Wayans is 58, baseball player Mike Piaza is 49 (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Tuesday, September 04, 07:32:29am Other birthdays, Sept. 4- -- Happy birthdays!, Tuesday, September 04, 10:52:18am Chemist Antonios Trakatellis is 87, ex- Gov. of Puerto Rico Carlos Romero Barceló is 86, football coach Vince Dooley is 86, filmmaker Jan Švankmajer is 84, swimmer Dawn Fraser is 81, athlete Les Allen is 81 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 04, 10:58:04am Singer Sonny Charles is 78 today -- Here's "Black Pearl", Tuesday, September 04, 05:28:09pm Archive: Joan Rivers, Sept. 4, 2014 Comedian, producer, TV host Tuesday, September 04, 05:10:08pm 2 Daughter Melissa Rivers filed a malpractice lawsuit against the clinic and doctors performing surgery on her mother, which was later $ettled for an undisclo$ed amount in May 2016, with the doctor$ accepting responsibility. (NT) -- I wonder if the $ettlement was eight figure$??, Tuesday, September 04, 05:10:08pm ARCHIVE: September 4, 2006 ~Steve Irwin, 44, Australian zookeeper, conservationist, and TV personality, dubbed "The Crocodile Hunter", whose internationally broadcast TV series introduced wildlife to his audience with folksy Aussie enthusiasm, is killed by a stingray while diving on location off Queensland, for his documentary series "Ocean's Deadliest". … Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, September 04, 05:05:53pm 2 Interesting. I never really knew all the details of his death. -Crikey! (NT) -- Now I know the stingray likely felt attacked., Tuesday, September 04, 05:05:53pm Canadian Actor & Screenwriter Peter Jobin Dies at 74 Tuesday, September 04, 04:04:07pm 6 IMDb -- -, Tuesday, September 04, 12:24:06pm I'm confused as to how you found this one. (NT) -- It's not on the legacy.com site., Tuesday, September 04, 01:21:09pm How does this matter, again? (NT) -- BTW, I didn't post original., Tuesday, September 04, 02:36:08pm Someone gets butt hurt if they are not the first to find and post something. They also scream and cry about the credibility of sources, calling things hoaxes that are not reported in AP wires. (NT) -- Kind of a sad life, if you ask me, Tuesday, September 04, 03:55:45pm It's on legacy now, they must have a delay before adding obits to their site. (NT) -- Definitely wasn't there when this topic was started., Tuesday, September 04, 04:04:07pm Healthwatch: Actress Daveigh Chase ("The Ring", "Donnie Darko") Arrested on a drug charge Tuesday, September 04, 04:01:49pm 3 How is this a HealthWatch? (NT) -- Seriously…, Tuesday, September 04, 03:57:00pm Uh, because drugs are not good for your health.... (NT) -- ., Tuesday, September 04, 04:01:49pm Robert Jenkins, Big Band musician who composed ad jingles Dead at 80 Tuesday, September 04, 11:47:05am 1 Archive: Hervé Villechaize, Sept. 4, 1993 Diminutive actor Tuesday, September 04, 11:22:19am 3 25 years! (NT) -- !, Tuesday, September 04, 11:01:33am The details of his sad end. ... -- Poor guy., Tuesday, September 04, 11:22:19am Willie Rogers, last surviving Tuskegee airmen Dead at 101 Tuesday, September 04, 11:04:20am 7 Really? ...Last? (NT) -- Humm?, Monday, September 03, 03:04:10pm Full obit -- Link, Monday, September 03, 03:31:18pm These obits are dated 2016! (NT) -- (NT), Monday, September 03, 03:37:38pm There are only 4 Tuskegee airmen left. They are Gene Derricotte, Alvin Joseph Downing, Alexander Jefferson, and Charles E. McGee. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Monday, September 03, 08:17:17pm Alvin Joseph Downing 1916-2000 -- Wikipedia, Tuesday, September 04, 03:52:22am Then make that 3 Tuskegee airmen left (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Tuesday, September 04, 11:04:20am Archive: Dottie West, Sept. 4, 1991 Country singer Tuesday, September 04, 10:59:46am 1 Vibeke Skofterud, Former Olympic champion, dies in jet-skiing accident She was 38 Tuesday, September 04, 08:43:08am 2 This adds to a myiad of tragic happnings in Norwegian Sport the last years -- Knut Holt, Tuesday, September 04, 08:43:08am O.T. Fellow actors defend Geoffrey Owens after Fox News runs a story about him working as a grocery bagger at Trader Joe's in New Jersey He's also appeared steadily in film and television in recent years Tuesday, September 04, 07:26:30am 4 He's a graduate of Yale, his dad was a former U.S. Congressman and he has appeared in dozens of film and TV roles since "The Cosby Show." (NT) -- Maybe he just enjoys doing something different., Monday, September 03, 08:07:22pm Well, bless him for throwing pride out window, and doing what he has to do. It's just that his appearance is so sloven-looking. -- Pic, Monday, September 03, 10:41:32pm Actress Gloria Jean purportedly drew similar attention when she was found working in a restaurant after her career faded. -- I don't know whether Hollywood rushed to "defend" her, but it did lead to some acting gigs., Tuesday, September 04, 07:26:30am Archive: Bob Denver, Sept. 2, 2005 "Gilligan" Tuesday, September 04, 06:03:55am 8 "Ho Daddy!" -- Bob Denver, Sunday, September 02, 06:08:42pm Where did they get that information? -- About "Gunsmoke"?, Sunday, September 02, 07:10:56pm The story that Gilligan's Island was canceled so the network had a full hour to run Gunsmoke is in every single book i've read on the making of the show. Including the one by Sherwood Schwartz himself. -- And he ought to know., Sunday, September 02, 11:44:38pm Yes. -- Because shows on the brink of cancellation are often doubled in length., Monday, September 03, 07:47:38am Anyone remember "Dusty's Trail"? -- It was basically "Gilligan Out West", Monday, September 03, 11:11:21am Why, just because Bob Denver was joined by a crusty mentor, an intellectual, two babes and a rich couple? (NT) -- What gave you that idea?, Tuesday, September 04, 06:03:55am According to Schwartz's book there was a half-hour open slot behind Gilligan the network was looking to fill. When the head of the network found out they'd canceled Gunsmoke.. (NT) -- he told them to kill Gilligan to get a full hour to reinstate it., Monday, September 03, 07:34:54pm Sept.3rd~Happy 100th Birthday! Translator Frances M. Lopez-Morillas, Actress Mira Bedenk is 97, Actor Miroslav Olejnicek is 97, Writer Alison Lurie is 92, Actress Irene Papas is 92, Director Serge Bourguignon is 90, Actress Pilar Wayne (widow of John Wayne) turns 90. (NT) jlp Monday, September 03, 07:37:29pm 6 Other birthdays, Sept. 3- -- Happy birthdays!, Monday, September 03, 11:05:13am Actress Helen Wagner was born 100 years ago today (died 2010) -- Was on "As the World Turns" for 50 years, Monday, September 03, 12:40:06pm Here's Helen Wagner on "As the World Turns" on Nov. 22, 1963 -- Interrupted by a special news bulletin, Monday, September 03, 12:43:42pm Mobster Whitey Bulger is 89, artist Armand Vaillancourt is 89, basketball coach Dick Motta is 87, athlete Basil Butcher is 85, racer Helmut Clasen is 83, ex- Pres. of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is 82, writer Sarah Bradford is 80 (NT) -- Playwright Caryl Churchill is 80, Nobel awarded chemist Ryôji Noyori is 80, Monday, September 03, 04:27:52pm Sept.3rd~Happy Birthday! Actor Steve Rowland (86) Actress Valerie Perrine (75) (NT) -- Colt, Monday, September 03, 07:37:29pm Stanley Morgan, British author and actor Dies at 88 Monday, September 03, 06:05:18pm 3 Was in "Dr. No" -- Link to Imdb, Monday, September 03, 05:37:03pm PHOTOS ... -- Link, Monday, September 03, 06:05:18pm Inspirational Speaker Claire Wineland Dies at 21 Monday, September 03, 04:21:44pm 2 Pic -- ., Monday, September 03, 04:21:44pm Actress Jacqueline Pearce Dies at 74 Monday, September 03, 04:15:43pm 5 IMDb link -- R.I.P., Monday, September 03, 01:19:02pm PHOTOS -THEN & NOW ... -- Link, Monday, September 03, 02:13:35pm Was In A 1968 Jerry Lewis Film (NT) -- David S., Monday, September 03, 02:31:35pm "Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River ", to be specific -- Here's a pic witrh Jerry Lewis, Monday, September 03, 04:15:43pm Conway Savage, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds pianist Dies at 58 Monday, September 03, 04:13:06pm 2 "Red Right Hand" -- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Monday, September 03, 04:13:06pm OT: Bella Thorne's house broken into, thieves steal more than 150000 dollars of loot. Link Monday, September 03, 02:58:15pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 3, 2012 ~Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, hugely-framed supporting player known for films like "The Whole Nine Yards", "Armageddon", and best known for his Academy-Award nominated performance as beleaguered death row inmate 'John Coffey' in 1999's "The Green Mile", dies of heart attack, after 6 week stay in hospital. … Bio & PHOTO Monday, September 03, 12:49:30pm 3 Sad to say he was dating Omarosa at the time of his death (NT) -- ., Monday, September 03, 12:36:02pm ...She probably caused it. (NT) -- Yeeesh., Monday, September 03, 12:49:30pm Katyna Ranieri, Italian actress and singer. Performed on Ed Sullivan, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson Shows Dies at 93 Monday, September 03, 11:09:00am 2 "The Torch" -- Katyna Ranieri, Monday, September 03, 11:09:00am Tuskegee Airman Wally Higgins Dies at 92 Monday, September 03, 11:06:37am 3 PHOTO ... -- Link, Monday, September 03, 04:40:28am Can't be too many of them left (NT) -- The war ended 73 years ago, Monday, September 03, 11:06:37am Actor Sam Smiley Dies at 87 Monday, September 03, 11:03:51am 3 IMDb link -- R.I.P., Monday, September 03, 12:12:28am Was in "The Untouchables" (NT) -- Costner film, not the TV series, Monday, September 03, 11:03:51am Robert Martin, Tuskegee Airman Dead at 99 Monday, September 03, 02:58:36am 2 PHOTO ... -- link, Sunday, August 05, 04:03:10am OT: FUN FACT: Noticed something remarkable about Hitchcock films. ... Tony Sunday, September 02, 07:47:53pm 3 Wel, most were pretty young at the time (late 20's, early 30's) (NT) -- ., Saturday, September 01, 10:17:27am Plus, they got plenty of exercise during the movie shoots (NT) -- Since Hitch was chasing them around looking for a piece..., Sunday, September 02, 07:47:53pm OT: OMG! I put the DVR to record Aretha Franklin's funeral set for 3 hours, but knowing black CHURCH funerals I extended another 2 hours. ....IT's now PASSED 6 HOURS! Will it ever end?? Sunday, September 02, 07:44:12pm 14 I turned it off. It's such a trashy service. (NT) -- They have no respect. It's like a really, really bad audition!!, Friday, August 31, 01:37:15pm I dunno know what you watched, but it was star-studded with brilliant performances -Smokey Robinson, Ariana Grande, Clarke Sisters, Faith Hill, etc w/great eulogies by Clinton and Cicely Tyson and many others. -Other than being a LONG service, it is quite the beautiful event. (NT) -- It's the BIGGEST Celebration of Life/Funeral of an entertainer, I have ever seen -and I've seen 'em all!, Friday, August 31, 02:24:22pm I don’t know what that was but it wasn’t a funeral. (NT) -- It was a circus sideshow with a corpse lying there, Sunday, September 02, 07:24:57am Yes, an AME service will be quite different than an Episcopal service for a Navy veteran ... and both are part of this diverse land of ours. (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Sunday, September 02, 10:18:56am McCain's was dignified, traditional, and everyone wore appropriate clothing. (NT) -- Franklin's was...not so much., Sunday, September 02, 12:43:57pm Represented two very formidable prominent Americans of two different cultures. ~God Bless America. (NT) -- Different strokes, for different folks., Sunday, September 02, 01:18:12pm And the two biggest race baiters and attention hogs were (NT) -- front and center. Way tacky., Saturday, September 01, 08:37:07am It was a bit too much for me too. I prefer traditional services. (NT) -- To each his own, I guess., Friday, August 31, 02:42:44pm I just checked this morning and right now they're saying this service is about halfway over (NT) -- Talk about getting your money's worth!, Saturday, September 01, 07:41:13am The services were impressive, but too damn long. SO many left before the end, where the back pews were visibly -and embarrasingly- empty, having to let in 1,000 street fans to fill seats. The Preacher had to ask ppl to stay in seats before the commital blessings ending! -Sometimes more, IS less. (NT) -- AND the 100+ Cadillacs outside, were a bit much., Saturday, September 01, 12:57:02pm Now the preacher is under fire for inappropriate behavior & joke! -- RG, Sunday, September 02, 12:14:47pm I knew as soon as I seen it, he'd get hell from PC police. (NT) -- But then again, if it was on the other foot, hell would still be paid -likely worse., Sunday, September 02, 01:20:37pm Bill Clinton fell asleep at Coretta Scott King's funeral (NT) -- Since that also went on forever, Sunday, September 02, 07:44:12pm Tina Grimmie, Mother of murdered singer Christina Grimmie Has died (cancer) Sunday, September 02, 07:29:12pm 2 Sad (NT) -- Russ, Sunday, September 02, 07:29:12pm Robert 'Dancin' ' Perkins, Chicago Blues musician Dead at 86 Sunday, September 02, 06:48:52pm 2 On stage- -- Link, Sunday, September 02, 06:48:52pm ARCHIVE: September 2, 1982 ~Jay Novello, Hollywood radio, film, TV character actor, whose 40 year career found success in countless performances, mainly in ethnic types, sometimes Spanish, Greek or Mexican but usually Italian roles of the 1950s/60s/70 TV guest appearances, dies at 78. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, September 02, 06:23:50pm 1 Sept.2nd~Happy 99th Birthday! Dancer Marge Champion, Politician Andre Delahaye is 98, Journalist Monica Echeverria is 98, Poet Shukrullo is 97, Politician Daniel arap Moi is 94, Actor Shin Hamano turns 90. (NT) jlp Sunday, September 02, 05:34:21pm 13 Was just reading about Marge Champion. I never knew her last husband was killed after walking into a helicopter blade. (NT) -- :-(, Saturday, September 01, 09:41:49pm Yes, Marge Champion was widow of director Boris Sagal, who was on location of the miniseries World War III, when he was partially decapitated. (NT) -- Boris's daughters (with late wife Sara), are Katey ("Married With Children"), and the Jean and Liz Sagal twins!, Sunday, September 02, 12:30:28am Singer Jimmy Clanton is 80 today -- Other birthdays, Sept. 2-, Sunday, September 02, 11:04:41am Writer Allen Drury was born 100 years ago today (died 1998. on his 80th birthday) -- Wrote "Advise & Consent", Sunday, September 02, 11:20:10am Tennis player Rex Hartwig s 89, ex- US Sen. Alan Simpson is 87, singer Sam Gooden is 84, horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas is 83, ex- Commissioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth is 81, diplomat Leonard Appleyard is 80, TV host Ernie Sigley is 80 (NT) -- ., Sunday, September 02, 11:25:53am Jimmy Clanton Story. Autograph related. If it bothers you move along. -- Nik, Sunday, September 02, 11:33:07am Great memory, Nik. ~Thanx for sharing! (NT) -- theChronicler, Sunday, September 02, 01:27:01pm "Just a Dream" -- Jimmy Clanton, Sunday, September 02, 04:11:01pm Lordy, actress Linda Purl is 63?? -- One time wife of Desi Arnaz Jr., Sunday, September 02, 04:16:09pm Desi's last wife Amy died of cancer in 2015, after 28 years of marriage. (NT) -- BOTH Desi and Linda Purl are both single now, any news of them dating?, Sunday, September 02, 04:36:26pm Purl's 2nd husband, William Broyles Jr., was screenwriter on "Apollo 13" & other films. (NT) -- Her 3rd husband, Alexander Cary, produced TV's "Homeland"., Sunday, September 02, 04:37:26pm Sept.2nd~Happy Birthday! Actor Michael Dante (87) Actor Kenneth Tsang (83) Actress Mary Jo Catlett (80) Actor Clarence Felder (80) Actor Harry Northup (78) Actor Rosanna DeSoto (68) Actor Mark Harmon (67) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, September 02, 05:34:21pm Archive: Bill Melendez, Sept. 2, 2008 Animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters Sunday, September 02, 05:13:16pm 1 John McCain buried next to his best friend where his decades of public service began in Maryland. ... United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, MD. Sunday, September 02, 04:35:14pm 1 Nate Kehner, aka Nate Hatred, Pro wrestler Killed in car accident Sunday, September 02, 04:16:24pm 1 John McCain Has Died News is Breaking Now Sunday, September 02, 04:09:56pm 32 Finally, finally at Peace. ~Thank you for your service. (NT) -- Sleep well., Saturday, August 25, 05:39:43pm Confirmed... -- Source, Saturday, August 25, 05:41:26pm So, you felt necessary to "confirm" it... -- even though it was sourced in the original post..., Sunday, August 26, 08:57:13am The original post had zero details at time of posting. It was later updated with info after I posted my link. (NT) -- That's why, Sunday, August 26, 10:09:47am An amazing man. RIP (NT) -- Russ, Saturday, August 25, 05:43:48pm Too bad Americans didn't elect McCain President when they had the chance. (NT) -- Sam L., Saturday, August 25, 06:12:07pm John McCain's finest moment. Putting the loony, racist in their place. ... -- ., Saturday, August 25, 10:55:10pm I remember that Arab hating lady in red. Saturday Night Live had a lot of fun at her expense. (NT) -- ., Saturday, August 25, 10:56:14pm CNN reports he left instructions for three funerals in Arizona, The National Cathedral and Annapolis. Requests that Donald Trump not attend his funeral but wants eulogies from Obama and Bush. (NT) -- ., Saturday, August 25, 05:47:54pm Lol on him! -Let's hope Trump keeps 'radio silent' on the passing, or limit to one sentence! (NT) -- After Trump's consistent insults to McCain's military record, let's hope he stays off Twitter today!, Saturday, August 25, 05:56:51pm Survived by his 106 year old mother (NT) -- RIP, Saturday, August 25, 05:57:27pm Dies 9 years to-the-day after colleague/friend Ted Kennedy ... (NT) -- ...who died of exactly the same type of brain tumor., Saturday, August 25, 06:02:46pm Both Ted Kennedy & McCain's mothers lived over 100. (NT) -- Rose Kennedy died in 1995 at 104., Saturday, August 25, 06:10:10pm Has Kennedy's death been Confirmed? (NT) -- The original post had zero details at time of posting., Sunday, September 02, 02:18:47pm Democrats in favor of stripping Senator Russell's name off of the Senate Office building and renaming it after McCain. Senator Russell was a southern democratic bigot from Georgia who opposed civil rights. (NT) -- per CNN, Saturday, August 25, 06:40:03pm RIP John McCain. Heres a interview with him a year ago. -- Otsegolectric98, Saturday, August 25, 07:42:38pm Judging by how they look, I don't expect past Republican Presidential nominees George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole to be around much longer. (NT) -- Both frail and unwell in advanced age., Saturday, August 25, 07:48:06pm Question: did Trump ONLY order flags at half staff at the White House and not anywhere else? (NT) -- With Barbara Bush, his half staff order was wider, I believe, Saturday, August 25, 10:50:36pm Flags are lowered by presidential proclamation, and it's up to the president to decide who gets that honor. -- By executive order and tradition, sitting senators who die in office have flags lowered in their honor from their date of death until their burial., Saturday, August 25, 11:13:18pm Flags were lowered after Sonny Bono splattered his brains into a tree (NT) -- Since he died in office, Sunday, August 26, 08:28:21pm Not sure why my post was deleted but he outlived all GOP presidential nominess since 1988 (NT) -- HW Bush, Dole, Bush, Romney, Trump, Sunday, August 26, 06:45:04am How has he outlived them when he's dead and they're not? (NT) -- Confused about your post, Sunday, August 26, 08:56:13am You are 100% correct (NT) -- I meant that he predeceased them - Apologies and thank you, Sunday, August 26, 09:44:55am Oh, and you originally posted your "fact post" on the dead Nazi thread. (NT) -- Open eyes next time., Sunday, August 26, 09:49:00am That's not true (NT) -- And it's interesting how my original post was deleted in 30 minutes but these insults can be left for days, Monday, August 27, 11:38:52am Amazing coincidence -- Firefighter Fred, Sunday, August 26, 11:03:58am Joins the ranks of great Senators like Daniel Webster & Henry Clay, who never became President (NT) -- /, Sunday, August 26, 05:52:39pm With McCain's death, Tom Carper of Delaware, 71, is the last Vietnam veteran in the Senate (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 28, 10:30:46am John McCain Be In Memorial Reels At The Emmy's This Year? -- David S., Friday, August 31, 03:54:24pm In case you wondered if the woman who called Obama an "Arab" is still alive, apparently she is (NT) -- She's Gayle Quinnell, 85, of Eden Prairie, Mn., Sunday, September 02, 11:12:25am Senile old woman should stay lost in the collective ether. (NT) -- Alzheimers is real., Sunday, September 02, 04:09:56pm Mike Kennedy, longtime drummer for country music star George Strait Dies in car crash at age 59 Sunday, September 02, 12:36:06pm 1 Healthwatch: Kaare Vedvik of the Baltimore Ravens Hospitalized, suffering from "upper body injuries" Sunday, September 02, 11:15:06am 1 Margit Sandemo 1924-2018 Norwegian-Swedish author. "The Legend of the Ice People" Fredrik Andersson Sunday, September 02, 03:47:31am 1 Who was yesterday’s (Friday) pic? A guy in a Western. Don’t know today’s either (NT) Mr. X Sunday, September 02, 12:22:44am 9 Yesterday...Dewey Martin (NT) -- TMZ, Saturday, September 01, 07:26:13am Who is pictures today? (NT) -- X, Saturday, September 01, 09:26:23am He worked a lot in 1970s American TV. -Oddly, I remember him best from an old "All In The Family" episode with the great character actress Nita Talbot, one of the few episodes shot on different set (subway). ... -- VIDEO, Saturday, September 01, 10:56:41am It's cool to see that clip. -Hard to believe that "Angry Black Man" (Richard Lawson) in that scene, is now Beyonce's STEPFATHER! ... -- Ripley, Saturday, September 01, 11:09:26am Oops, forgot to post the actor is indeed Wynn Irwin. (NT) -- RIP, Saturday, September 01, 11:18:00am Wynn Irwin 1932-2018 (NT) -- TMZ, Saturday, September 01, 11:12:09am About today's (Sept. 1) pic, is it Wynn Irwin from "Lotsa Luck"? (NT) -- Sure looks to me like him., Sunday, September 02, 12:22:44am Peter Frame, New York City ballet dancer at teacher commits suicide Dies at 61 Saturday, September 01, 08:50:47pm 3 One of the highlights of his career was restaging some works by dance choreographer Paul Taylor. Mr. Taylor his teacher and friend died 24 hours before his suicide. (NT) -- ., Saturday, September 01, 08:17:37pm He probably missed Paul Taylor alot. (NT) -- That's what drove him to it., Saturday, September 01, 08:50:47pm Archive: Jerry Reed, Sept. 1, 2008 Singer, actor Saturday, September 01, 06:52:56pm 3 "Mr. Whiz" -- Jerry Reed, Saturday, September 01, 06:51:59pm "Heart Appeal" -- Jerry Reed, Saturday, September 01, 06:52:56pm Carole Shelley, Tony Award winning actress Dies at 79 Saturday, September 01, 06:52:54pm 6 Had roles in both the original stage and film versions of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple." (NT) -- ., Saturday, September 01, 04:18:23pm Wonder how many actors there are who appeared in the stage, film and TV version of a particular work? (NT) -- Carole and John Fiedler appeared in all versions of "The Odd Couple.", Saturday, September 01, 04:44:16pm Won the Tony Award for Lead actress in a play in a rare tie vote with Constance Cummings. (NT) -- The Elephant Man never forgets, Saturday, September 01, 04:59:45pm Imdb (she lent her voice to the Disney cartoon "Robin Hood") -- Link, Saturday, September 01, 05:34:42pm Here's "The Odd Couple's", Pigeon Sisters, Carole Shelley & Monica Evans at this years TCM Film Festival -- Link, Saturday, September 01, 06:52:54pm Sept.1st~Happy 104th Birthday! Photojournalist Tsuneko Sasamoto, Cricketer Hirendranath Sadhu is 103, Educator Phyliss Wallbank is 100, Actress Maria Isabel de Oliveira is 100, Baseball's (AAGPBL) Gladys Davis is 99, (NT) jlp Saturday, September 01, 06:47:34pm 10 Developer David Wolkowsky is 99, Professor Wu Ningkun is 98,Writer Madeline Chapsal is 93,Physicist Roy J. Glauber is 93, Actress Allene Roberts is 90, Actor George Maharis turns 90 (NT) -- jlp, Friday, August 31, 09:09:28pm Other birthdays, Sept. 1- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, September 01, 10:15:55am Rapper/Actress, Chanel West Coast is 30 today. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Saturday, September 01, 04:10:56pm Cartoonist Nicholas Garland is 83, conductor Seiji Ozawa is 83, golfer Al Geiberger is 81, painter Allen Jones is 81, attorney Alan Dershowitz is 80 (NT) -- ., Saturday, September 01, 05:38:00pm Sept.1st~Happy Birthday! Actress Lily Tomlin (79) Actor Jed Mills (77) Actor Don Stroud (75) Actor Beau Starr (74) Actress Susan Backlinie (72) Singer Barry Gibb (72) Actress Mary Louise Weller (72) (NT) -- Colt, Saturday, September 01, 05:51:40pm Actress Peggy Walton-Walker (70) Actor Mwako Cumbuka (68) Actor Beau Billingslea (65) Actor Will Nye  (65) (NT) -- Colt, Saturday, September 01, 05:55:11pm "Tighten Up" -- Archie Bell & The Drells, Saturday, September 01, 06:45:10pm "New York Mining Disaster 1941" -- Bee Gees, Saturday, September 01, 06:46:26pm "Conga" -- Gloria Estefan, Miami Sound Machine, Saturday, September 01, 06:47:34pm Randy Weston, Jazz pianist, composer Dead at 92 Saturday, September 01, 05:57:55pm 2 His most famous tune, "Hi-Fly" (that Lambert, Hendricks & Ross later developed a vocal version of) ... -- Ed Tracey, Saturday, September 01, 05:57:55pm Archive: Dennis O'Keefe, Aug. 31, 1968 Actor Saturday, September 01, 05:45:47pm 6 Dennis O'Keefe commercial for Camel cigarettes -- He died of lung cancer, Friday, August 31, 04:21:51pm Ironic O'Keefe died ONE day after actor William Talman, who did ANTI-cigarettes commercials weeks before his death. Both men were from neighboring midwest northern states (MI/IA). (NT) -- Live by the sword ..., Friday, August 31, 06:12:58pm And both were buried in neighboring cemetery plots. -- Well, if Michigan and Iowa can be considered neighboring states ..., Friday, August 31, 09:12:37pm Actually, O'Keefe was scattered at sea. Talman at Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn. ... -- Link, Saturday, September 01, 12:47:47pm How far out at sea? (NT) -- For what it's worth, the two men were born about 500 miles apart., Saturday, September 01, 05:45:47pm Ellie Mannette, Father of the Modern Steel Drum Dead at 90 Saturday, September 01, 05:41:55pm 1 ARCHIVE: September 1, 1894 ~'Boston' Corbett, 62, former Union soldier, who became reluctant folk hero of history, as the man who shot President Abraham Lincoln's assasin John Wilkes Booth, dies when his home burned to the ground in Minnesota's Great Hinckley Fire of 1894. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, September 01, 05:31:05pm 3 I hadn't realized Corbett and others were ordered NOT to shoot Booth, but Corbett shot him anyway. When asked by his officers WHY he disobeyed orders, his response was only, "Providence directed me". (NT) -- He was immediately arrested and faced court martial, but acquitted, claiming self defense., Saturday, September 01, 02:18:20pm Boston Corbett & Jack Ruby (NT) -- 2 assassins of assassins, Saturday, September 01, 05:31:05pm Family Friends and Dignitaries gather to eulogies Sen. John McCain, at Washington National Cathedral, in emotional ceremonies to bid farewell. ... VIDEO Saturday, September 01, 05:14:23pm 6 Daughter Meagan McCain's eulogy was one of the best written, that I've experienced. (NT) -- If she ever had aspirations in politics, she's certainly proven herself a seasoned orator, IMO., Saturday, September 01, 02:22:57pm She will probably inherit her father's Senate seat (NT) -- assuming he left a will., Saturday, September 01, 02:33:15pm Unless she's suddenly stricken to serve in politics, and leave lucrative million $$ TV gig, I doubt the newly married will be moving to DC anytime soon. (NT) -- Her mother is more likely to take seat, but I've read no interest, to date., Saturday, September 01, 03:11:39pm It won’t be Cindy - in another era, yes. But in an election year in a divided country, thinking Gov will pick tenured politician. (NT) -- Rip Sen McCain, Saturday, September 01, 04:41:08pm The governor should appoint Roberta. She'd probably get something accomplished. (NT) -- Strom Thurmond, Saturday, September 01, 05:14:23pm ARCHIVE: September 1, 2013 ~Tommy Morrison, pro boxer/actor, whose Morrison had 19 wins and no losses, 15 by knockout, and starred as antagonist in Stallone's "Rocky V", dies after long battle with AIDS at 44. ... Thoughout career he claimed his was great-nephew of John Wayne. Saturday, September 01, 12:22:13pm 1 ARCHIVE: August 31, 1969 ~Pro boxer Rocky Marciano, who held the world heavyweight title from 1952 to 1956, retiring undefeated as champion, was killed as passenger in small private plane, along with its pilot, and Marciano friend Frankie Farrell, 28, the oldest son of longtime Lew Farrell. Marciano was 46. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, September 01, 11:16:21am 2 Marciano died ONE day before his birthday. -He would have been 95, today (Sept. 1). (NT) -- Sadly, Marciano was decapitated in the crash., Saturday, September 01, 11:16:21am Iosif Kobzon, Singer dubbed "The Russian Sinatra" Dead at 80 Saturday, September 01, 10:24:16am 1 Sinead McNamara, Australian model, killed in boating accident Greece Saturday, September 01, 10:22:26am 1 Actress Susan Brown (86) played Gail Baldwin on "General Hospital" Sharon Saturday, September 01, 10:20:45am 3 Another one from "Murder She Wrote" -- Link to Imdb, Friday, August 31, 06:37:26pm Variety obit -- Link, Saturday, September 01, 10:20:45am Olive Boar, oldest person in Britain Dies at 113 Saturday, September 01, 10:19:00am 2 Born just 3 years after the death of Queen Victoria (NT) -- ., Saturday, September 01, 10:19:00am Paul Taylor, American dance choreographer He was 88 Saturday, September 01, 10:14:21am 4 Paul Taylor, modern dancer. ... -- Dead at 88., Friday, August 31, 04:39:00am Oh NO! I loved his dancers on the Jackie Gleason Show (NT) -- Raymo, Friday, August 31, 08:03:46pm I wondered if he was related to June Taylor (NT) -- /, Saturday, September 01, 10:14:21am Aug.31st~Happy 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Tsukimi Kishi, Conductor Everett Lee is 102, Painter Michel Ciry is 99, Chemist Drago Grdenic is 99, Cinematographer Rafael Pacheco is 97, Politician Ted Schwinden is 93, Journalist Miguel Ors is 90. (NT) jlp Saturday, September 01, 10:13:41am 9 Actor Warren Berlinger is 81 today -- Other birthdays, Aug. 31-, Friday, August 31, 10:08:14am Composer Alan Jay Lerner was born 100 years ago today (died 1986) -- Link to Bio, Friday, August 31, 03:08:20pm Ex- Sec. of Labor Raymond J. Donovan is 88, journalist Allan Fotheringham is 86, Archbishop Eusebius J. Beltran is 84, painter Bryan Organ is 83, baseball player, manager Frank Robinson is 83, journalist, politician Martin Bell is 80 (NT) -- ., Friday, August 31, 03:14:00pm "Blue Money" -- Van Morrison, Friday, August 31, 04:15:54pm "Real Wild Child" -- Ivan (Jerry Allison), Friday, August 31, 04:17:06pm Aug.31st~Happy Birthday! Actor Ronn Carroll (83) Actress Rosenda Monteros (83) Actor Larry Hankin (78) Actor Richard Gere (69) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, August 31, 04:22:13pm He was a lyricist (NT) -- unless you meant he composes lyrics, Friday, August 31, 07:10:24pm "Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer" (NT) -- How Wikipedia describes him, Saturday, September 01, 10:13:41am Vanessa Marquez, former "ER" TV series actress shot and killed by police after pulling out BB gun during a welfare check She was 49 Friday, August 31, 06:19:37pm 11 Full article -- R.I.P., Friday, August 31, 07:07:52am IMDb -- Link, Friday, August 31, 07:08:42am Interestingly, she had a role in the film "Maniac Cop 3" about cops using excessive force. (NT) -- ., Friday, August 31, 07:39:19am The police left one of their police dogs in a 100 degree patrol car yesterday to die. (NT) -- Most of these cops aren't playing with full decks either., Friday, August 31, 08:52:58am What exactly was this woman's crime? Having a legal BB gun and having a seizure in her own home? (NT) -- She wasn't even the one who called the police., Friday, August 31, 09:46:02am A call was made by landlady, because of Marquez history with medical issues. At some point Marquez became "combative" after some time of trying to administer aid, and it's alleged she reached for a BB gun she had (likely kept for home protection), and cops shot her in the chest. (NT) -- A full investigation is underway., Friday, August 31, 10:30:56am TMZ says she was in mid-seizure when police arrived. Police were on the scene for 90 minutes before the BB incident. (NT) -- Who was on duty, Barney Fife?, Friday, August 31, 11:23:03am This all comes a year after she accused George Clooney of blacklisting her. She appeared in the "Seinfeld" episode "The Cheever Letters" (Originally aired on oct. 28, 1992). Has several videos on YouTube. ... -- Apparently was a singer as well., Friday, August 31, 10:16:34am also this incident makes me question her sanity and reliability on her accusations. Its sad she died but from what I reading sounds like she wasn't all there. So her attacks on clooney aren't very reliable (NT) -- colt, Friday, August 31, 05:03:06pm Other than recurring role on TV's ER, I remember her as one of the nerdy kids in the inner-city school drama (Escalante biopic) "Stand and Deliver" (film debut). -So sad. ... -- Age 49 is way too young., Friday, August 31, 06:19:37pm Leo Thalassites, Longest-serving active police officer in the U.S Dead at 92 Friday, August 31, 04:14:15pm 1 ARCHIVE: August 31, 1948 ~It was 70 years ago tday, former child actor Billy "Froggy" Laughlin, 16, best known as member of film series "Our Gang", was killed by a speeding truck, while Laughlin delivered newspapers on his motor scooter. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, August 31, 01:53:46pm 4 Paul Baumen, the 25 year old trucker who crashed into Froggy, died himself in a 1965 accident (NT) -- ., Friday, August 31, 11:31:30am Where did you find this info? (NT) -- Curious., Friday, August 31, 12:49:32pm Find a Grave. -- ., Friday, August 31, 01:53:46pm Archive: On Aug. 31, 1888, the body of Mary Ann Nichols is found in Buck's Row, London, allegedly the first victim of the unidentified serial killer known as... ...Jack the Ripper Friday, August 31, 01:53:20pm 2 What a horrific death ... -- Link, Friday, August 31, 01:53:20pm The Village Voice, alternative newspaper folding after 63 years Russ Friday, August 31, 01:30:15pm 2 It is being renamed The Village Voiceless (NT) -- (I am keepmg my day job), Friday, August 31, 01:30:15pm James Mirrlees, Nobel prize-winning economist Dead at 82 Friday, August 31, 12:06:33pm 1 ARCHIVE: August 31, 1997 ~Diana Spencer ~Princess of Wales, Dodi Fayed and their driver Henri Paul were killed after wreckless road chase in Paris, trying to outrun paprazzi in pursuit. ... Backstory Friday, August 31, 11:22:30am 1 Mom of 5 dies in crash; boyfriend says he cut brake lines to make crack pipe Scranton, Pa. Thursday, August 30, 06:36:49pm 3 The boyfriend should either rot in prison or get the electric chair for what he did. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Thursday, August 30, 05:53:55pm This lady was supposed to be a key witness in a big trial coming up involving prison guard abuse at the county prison. (NT) -- The timing of her death is suspicious on many levels., Thursday, August 30, 06:36:49pm Aug.30th~Happy 99th Birthday! WW2 Figure Joachim Ronneberg, Animator Leonid Shvartsman is 98, Actress Evelyne Kraft is 97, Tennis Player Vic Selxas is 95, Writer Laurent de Brunhoff is 93, Actor Bill Daily turns 91. (NT) jlp Thursday, August 30, 06:00:36pm 9 Aug.30th~Happy Birthday! Actress Elizabeth Ashley (79) Actor R.A. Dow (77) Writer Robert Crumb (75) Actress Peggy Lipton (72) Comedian Lewis Black (70) Actor Timothy Bottoms (67) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, August 29, 09:54:24pm ARCHIVE: August 30, 1918 ~It was a century ago today, Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams, "The Kid", was born in San Diego, CA. ~Happy 100th Kid! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Thursday, August 30, 05:00:31am I just saw actress Elizabeth Ashley in a cameo from "Oceans Eight", earlier this year. (NT) -- She looked good as one of the mums of the gals in the heist, along with Marlo Thomas, Dana Ivey, and Mary Louise Wilson., Thursday, August 30, 10:18:47am The entertainer Hager twins were born on this day 77 years ago, today. ... -- Jim Hager died in May 2008, and twin brother Jon died about 6 months later -both heart failure., Thursday, August 30, 10:28:13am Other birthdays, Aug. 30- -- Happy birthdays!, Thursday, August 30, 03:07:17pm Elizabeth Ashley, 79 today, originated the role of 'Corie Bratter' in Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" on Broadway. ... -- She was on the cover of Life magazine's issue dated Nov. 22, 1963., Thursday, August 30, 06:00:36pm PBS did a great "American Masters" on Ted Williams recently (NT) -- "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived", Thursday, August 30, 03:15:39pm Ya I saw that, and was disappointed to discover another childhood hero was a deuchbag, denied and was ashamed of his Mexican-born mother, his whole life. -- A secret he tried to hide, throughout his career., Thursday, August 30, 05:37:41pm OT ~LIVE-STREAM Heads UP: Netflix releases 2nd Season of Emmy Award-nominated sreies OZARK, on Friday August 31! -If you haven't seen it, I recommend this series, especially for you all in the more rural parts of the country -very telling of the community in there! ... Backstory Thursday, August 30, 05:49:20pm 1 Ron Anderson, Ad exec. ("Pork. The Other White Meat") Dead at 82 Thursday, August 30, 03:17:04pm 1 Gary Friedrich, comic book writer, comics include "Hulk" and "Ghost Rider" Dead at 75 Thursday, August 30, 02:59:51pm 1 ARCHIVE: August 30, 1968 ~It was 50 years ago today, actor William Talman, whose role as 'District Attorney Hamilton Burger' on TV's "Perry Mason", made him a household recognizable Hollywood player, dies after very public bout with cancer, the first to do TV anti-smoking PSAs before his death at 53. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, August 30, 02:59:42pm 5 Wow, who knew Hamilton Berger was a swinger playa?? (NT) -- Ahead of the sexual revolution, before it was a thing!, Thursday, August 30, 11:54:02am Here is 53 year old Bill Talman with his young family (he married a woman in her early 30s), in anti-tobacco TV ad one month before his death, and ALSO a recent interview by his young son Tim, who also became an actor. ... -- VIDEOS, Thursday, August 30, 12:29:31pm Talman made his anti-moking ad 17 years before Yul Brynner made his (NT) -- /, Thursday, August 30, 02:58:40pm Asked why Hamilton Burger always lost to Perry Mason, Talman said "You only see the cases I try on Saturday night" (NT) -- ., Thursday, August 30, 02:59:42pm ARCHIVE: August 30, 1970 ~Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian-born American clothing manufacturer who witnessed the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and reluctantly became a key figure in his film documentation of the 1963 event, dies of stomach cancer at age 65. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, August 30, 02:56:47pm 2 Filmed the most famous home movie of all time (NT) -- Good thing his secretary made him go back & get his camera, Thursday, August 30, 02:56:47pm ARCHIVE: August 30, 1993 ~Richard Jordan, stage, screen, and television actor, whose distinguished and prolific career included acclaimed roles (usually as heavys) in films "Logan's Run", "Interiors", "The Mean Seasons", and his posthumous swan song performance in film, "Gettysburg", as 'Gen. Lewis "Lo" Armistead', dies at only 56, after battle w/brain cancer. ... Bio & PHOTO Thursday, August 30, 01:56:56pm 3 Hard to believe it's 25 years, now! Solid actor. (NT) -- He was terrific in anything he did, lest we forget steller stage career, as well., Thursday, August 30, 11:10:00am Very nice bio and pix - he was a great favorite of mine! (NT) -- Danny(Louisville), Thursday, August 30, 01:56:56pm Actor Carl Walker Dies at 61 Thursday, August 30, 01:20:40pm 3 IMDb link -- R.I.P., Thursday, August 30, 12:49:29pm Apparently, Walker was a New Orleans-local actor/director, who had little to do with Hollywood, though he had a recurring role on several episodes on HBO's "Treme" series, in the role of 'Donald'. ... -- PHOTO, Thursday, August 30, 01:20:40pm Actor Fredd Wayne Dies at 94 Thursday, August 30, 12:57:06pm 20 IMDb -- -, Monday, August 27, 01:39:03pm Sad news, indeed. He was in a TON of memorable appearced on American TV in the 1950s, 60s, 70s -notably classic "Twilight Zone" ("The Arrival", "Twenty Two"), and "Bewitched" ('Benjamin Franklin') episodes, among countless others. -PHOTOS ... -- Only Noah Keen is left from classic TZ episode "The Arrival"!, Monday, August 27, 01:54:49pm Here is Fredd Wayne appearing at TZ Conventions in the past ... -- Link, Monday, August 27, 02:10:49pm I mostly remember his appearance as Ben Franklin in "Bewitched" -- "If he isn't Ben Franklin, he ought to be", Monday, August 27, 02:14:53pm Besides Bewitch, He Played Ben Franklin on Three Other Shows -- David S., Tuesday, August 28, 06:39:46pm BTW, actor Noah Keen will be 98 years old in October! ... -- Longest surviving TZ actor?, Monday, August 27, 02:15:25pm Nope, that would be Nehemiah Persoff, 99! (NT) -- ., Monday, August 27, 02:17:53pm BINGO! You are correct! -- I think the oldest all-time TZ actor was Estelle Winwood at 101., Monday, August 27, 02:31:41pm Nope! Charles Lane was at 102. (NT) -- R.I.P. Fredd, Monday, August 27, 02:38:52pm True, Lane, who was in TZ episode "Mr. Bevis" (1960), lived to 102! (NT) -- "Mr. Bevis" star Orson Bean is living, at 90!, Monday, August 27, 03:47:27pm Actor Norman Lloyd was in many "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episodes of that era ....too bad he did not do one TZ episode. (NT) -- He would have had the record at 103 -so far., Monday, August 27, 03:50:18pm It really is amazing how many TZ "leads" are stil living now passed 90+ years! ... (NT) -- ...Earl Holliman (very 1st episode) is 90 in 3 weeks, Nehemiah Persoff, 99, Richard Erdman 93, Michael Constantine 91, H. M. Wynant 91, Orson Bean 90, among others!, Monday, August 27, 11:38:21pm Peter Mark Richman 91, is another still living if TZ alum ("The Fear"), Robert Duvall 87 ("Miniature"), and Ann Blyth 90 ("Queen of the Nile") are a few leads still with us. (NT) -- And of course Billy Mumy was a child lead still with us at age 64., Tuesday, August 28, 06:28:01pm The current longest surviving TZ star overall is Marsha Hunt at 100. (NT) -- Nehemiah is the oldest among actors., Monday, August 27, 02:59:50pm Connie Sawyer might be longest-lived Twight Zone actress. (NT) -- She lived to 105!, Monday, August 27, 03:17:14pm She was never on the show. (NT) -- At least not the original series,, Monday, August 27, 03:27:21pm I think Connie might be the longest loved actor who appeared on Murder, She Wrote. (NT) -- That will be a tough one to beat., Thursday, August 30, 12:57:06pm Another legend gone! I hope the Hollywood Reporter gives him the epitaph he deserves. (NT) -- Fredrik Andersson, Monday, August 27, 11:20:51pm Hollywood Reporter obit -- Link, Tuesday, August 28, 12:55:05pm William J. Nealon, became the longest serving U.S. district court judge in American history on Tuesday. Was appointed by JFK in 1962 Dies at 95 Thursday, August 30, 12:16:20pm 2 Last judicial appointee of President Kennedy who was still on the bench. (NT) -- ., Thursday, August 30, 12:16:20pm Archive: Lee Marvin, Aug. 29, 1987 Actor Thursday, August 30, 10:09:28am 5 "Wand'rin Star " -- Lee Marvin, Wednesday, August 29, 02:30:34pm I always liked the one description of him about his looks (NT) -- 'He was born old", Thursday, August 30, 05:24:48am Fighting in the Battle of Saipan during WW 2 at the age of 20 would age a man (NT) -- ., Thursday, August 30, 09:52:25am That, and steady flow of booze and ciggys for 50 years. -Does this look like a future Hollywood star? -PHOTO ... -- Jess Sayin, Thursday, August 30, 10:09:28am Marie Severin, cocreator of Spider Woman She was 89 Thursday, August 30, 09:09:51am 1 Silvano Campeggi, designed the posters for Gone With The Wind, Casablanca, Singing In The Rain, An American In Paris, West Side Story, many more Dead at 95 Wednesday, August 29, 06:00:39pm 3 Are there good movie posters anymore? (NT) -- They all seem to be head shots of the stars, Wednesday, August 29, 04:52:27pm Campeggi death comes just 3 months after death of American illustrator Bill Gold, 97, who created legendary classic film reissues with "Casablanca", "My Fair Lady", "The Sting", "Ordinary People", "Platoon", and "Unforgiven", among others. ... -- RIP, Wednesday, August 29, 06:00:39pm Aug.29th~Happy 108th Birthday! Resistance Fighter Georges Loinger, Physicist Clemens C.J. Roothaan is 100, Dancer Sono Osato is 99, WW2 Figure Sara Payne Hayden is 99, Educator Thelma C.Davidson is 98, . (NT) jlp Wednesday, August 29, 02:46:36pm 8 Politician Archibald Mogwe is 97, Politician Arlo Hullinger is 97, Politician Hanns Theis is 97, Designer Iris Apfel is 97, Actress Lorraine Cote is 97, Actress Betty Lynn is 92, Writer Herbert Meier turns 90 (NT) -- jlp, Tuesday, August 28, 09:04:13pm Aug.29th~Happy Birthday! Director William Friedkin (83) Actor Elliott Gould (80) Director Joel Schumacher (79) Actress Ellen Geer (77) Actress Toni Kalem (68) Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh (66) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, August 28, 10:57:49pm Lordy! Lil Michael Jackson of the Jackson 5, would have been 60 today! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Wednesday, August 29, 03:14:34am Other birthdays, Aug. 29- -- Happy birthdays!, Wednesday, August 29, 10:26:39am Historian Helene Ahrweiler is 92, journalist- politician Lise Payette is 87, politician Arnold Koller is 85, psychologist László Garai is 83, ex- NJ Gov. James Florio is 81, writer Angela Huth is 80, athlete Christian Müller is 80, ex- Sec. of the Treasury Robert Rubin is 80 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, August 29, 10:35:53am John McCain would've been 82 today (NT) -- /, Wednesday, August 29, 10:36:37am On this date in 1958, George Harrison joins the Quarrymen. 8 years later to the day in 1966, the Beatles last concert is held in San Francisco (NT) -- ., Wednesday, August 29, 02:46:36pm Leslie "Lazy Lester" Johnson, legendary blues harmonica Player, from stomach cancer at the age of 85 Source: his manager Wednesday, August 29, 02:42:41pm 3 The late, great "Lazy Lester" on TV ad for GEICO ... -- RIP, Thursday, August 23, 01:07:53am "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter"- Lazy Lester -- Later covered by the Kinks, Wednesday, August 29, 02:42:41pm Found true birth and death dates. For big band singer and actress Susan Miller. Susan Miller real name Marilyn Miller born 6-17-1921-died 12-5-2009 under the name Marilyn Rohrkaste. Susan Miller is also listed on her tombstone. Wednesday, August 29, 02:34:12pm 6 She is best remembered for her role as Margaret Dumont's daughter -- Who has never kissed a man in Never Give A Sucker An Even Break., Monday, August 13, 04:34:32pm I also looked into the two Susan Miller's. Both were in entertainment. one from Baltimore Md. One from Scranton Pa. (NT) -- The one from Scranton Pa. appears to be the right one., Wednesday, August 29, 11:25:57am According to IMDB and The Obit Patrol, Susan Miller died August 26, 2018 in Phoenix Az., at age 98. (NT) -- Gloria Jean is now the last survivor of Never Give a Sucker an Even Break., Wednesday, August 29, 12:29:58pm PHOTO of Miller with W.C.Fields ... -- BTW, Gloria Jean is now 92., Wednesday, August 29, 12:40:45pm IMDb and obit patrol aren't well known for being credible sources. (NT) -- Something more solid would be nice., Wednesday, August 29, 02:34:12pm ARCHIVE: August 29, 2007 ~Richard Jewell, falsely accused security guard, who while working at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park 1996 Summer Olympics, found bag of pipe bombs in the crowd, warning authorities and saving lives, though later erroneously fingered terrorist, dies of heart attack at 44, after years of trying to clear his name. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, August 29, 02:11:05pm 2 Anyone know of the biopic Jonah Hill was going to make based on Marie Brenner's 1997 Vanity Fair article "American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell" ... (NT) -- ...and with Leonardo DiCaprio set to play his attorney?, Wednesday, August 29, 02:11:05pm ARCHIVE: August 29, 1982 ~Ingrid Bergman, Academy Award-winning Swedish-born Hollywood actress, whose career in European and American films earned her 3 Academy Awards, 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, 4 Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award, loses battle with cancer on her 67th birthday. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, August 29, 01:43:59pm 2 Other notables who have died on their birthdays ... -- List, Wednesday, August 29, 01:43:59pm Actor Bob Drew R.I.P. Wednesday, August 29, 10:53:48am 4 IMDb -- Link, Wednesday, August 29, 10:36:04am He's also credited at Imdb as "Robert Drew" -- Another link, Wednesday, August 29, 10:40:52am He was Bill Cullen's stand-in on "I've Got a Secret" -- and was featured, along with other backstage crew members, on the 12th anniversary show., Wednesday, August 29, 10:53:48am Tatyana Kuznetsova, Cosmonaut, youngest person ever selected for a spaceflight program Dead at 77 Wednesday, August 29, 10:30:51am 1 Tony Hiller, British songwriter Dead at 91 Wednesday, August 29, 10:24:46am 2 "United We Stand" -- Brotherhood of Man, Wednesday, August 29, 10:24:46am Neil Simon, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning playwright. ... Dies at 91. Tuesday, August 28, 10:13:11pm 30 Now Elaine Joyce is widow to TWO talented men. ... -- PHOTO, Sunday, August 26, 09:58:08am The 1971 film of Plaza Suite starred Barbara Harris (NT) -- who died 5 days ago, Sunday, August 26, 09:59:25am FUN FACT: In 2004, Simon received a kidney transplant donated by Bill Eveans, his publicist! (NT) -- The gift likely afforded Simon over a decade more longevity., Sunday, August 26, 10:04:22am Another FUN FACT: In his prolific peak, In 1966 Simon had four shows playing in Broadway theaters at the same time: 'Sweet Charity', 'The Star-Spangled Girl', 'The Odd Couple', and 'Barefoot in the Park'! (NT) -- $$$$$$$$, Sunday, August 26, 10:25:01am He scored more combined Tony and Oscar nominations than any other writer ever, and was the first living playwright to have a Broadway theater named after him. (NT) -- egee33, Sunday, August 26, 10:05:24am Huge death. One of the most prolific playwrights of the last half of the 20th century. (NT) -- No doubt will have a special Broadway tribute., Sunday, August 26, 10:04:57am Wonder if they delayed death announcement yesterday due to McCain coverage. (NT) -- ., Sunday, August 26, 10:09:15am No, probably because he died today ...not yesterday. (NT) -- Reading is fundamental., Sunday, August 26, 10:17:08am First 3 early obits out said he died on Saturday. Looks like he died shortly after midnight. (NT) -- ., Sunday, August 26, 01:46:53pm Neil Simon dead at 91. ... -- Broadwayworld & Variety Obituary w/PHOTO, Sunday, August 26, 10:15:41am My favorite Simon quote …"When it's 100 degrees in New York, it's only 72 in Los Angeles. When it's 20 in New York, it's only 72 in Los Angeles. However, there are six million interesting people in New York ...and only 72 in Los Angeles." (NT) -- Truly a one of our most epigrammatic writers. -RIP, Sunday, August 26, 10:35:16am FUN FACT: Simon, widowed in July 1973, but very soon after (October) married actress Marsha Mason after 22-day courtship, and was basis of his play "Chapter Two" (later made into 1979 film). ... -- In the film, widowed 'George' (James Caan) impulsively marries after whirlwind courtship to 'Jennie' ...played by real-life Simon wife Mason!, Sunday, August 26, 01:00:13pm Neil Simon's IMDb Page -- David S., Sunday, August 26, 01:08:38pm Neil Simon's IBDb Page ... -- Link, Sunday, August 26, 01:29:57pm I've been watching repeats of "The Odd Couple" -- What a great show!, Sunday, August 26, 02:22:41pm Simon hated the show (NT) -- mostly because he had nothing to do with it and got no money from it, Sunday, August 26, 02:30:08pm If TV series used his title, storyline, and characters, AND his name on credits (which they did) ...he got paid! -- $$$$$, Monday, August 27, 03:09:45am He said in his book that he got ripped off and got no residuals (NT) -- Tony, Tuesday, August 28, 11:54:02am He Was Credited For The Last The Odd Couple On CBs Starring Matthew Perry -- David S., Tuesday, August 28, 06:44:21pm Murder By Death (1976) (NT) -- Incredible Cast!, Sunday, August 26, 02:55:12pm One of MY personal favorites was "The Sunshine Boys" w/Matthau and Burns. (NT) -- Imagine if first choice Jack Benny would have played 'Lewis'? But cancer-sick Benny died before production began., Sunday, August 26, 06:43:30pm Wasn't Simon on the writing staff of "Your Show of Shows"? (NT) -- What a talented room that was!, Monday, August 27, 09:41:28am Indeed he was (NT) -- I think Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner are the only survivors of that crew now, Monday, August 27, 09:45:06am True. Lest we forget, a young Woody Allen wrote briefly for "The Sid Caesar Show". (NT) -- What a wealth of funny, they left behind., Monday, August 27, 11:16:08am The Matthau and Burns roles were create on on Broadway by Jack Albertson and Sam Levene (NT) -- Albertson was doing "Chico and the Man" when the movie was made, Tuesday, August 28, 10:51:22am Wrong. The play starred Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison and Art Carney as Felix Ungar. (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 28, 11:11:36am I was talking about The Sunshine Boys (NT) -- not The Odd Couple, Tuesday, August 28, 11:29:48am Sorry. My bad. (NT) -- /, Tuesday, August 28, 12:06:16pm His first play “Come Blow your Horn” (1961) took him three years to complete. (NT) -- It ran 678 performances on Broadway., Tuesday, August 28, 10:13:11pm O.T. Aretha Franklin mourned at public viewing . Tuesday, August 28, 07:56:44pm 2 I've never seen a corpse in a coffin with feet folded over each other. (NT) -- Looks comfy, but I would have gotten better fitting shoes., Tuesday, August 28, 10:01:31am Barrie Dunsmore, Longtime ABC News reporter Dead at 79 Tuesday, August 28, 05:41:13pm 1 Archive: John Huston, Aug. 28, 1987 Director, writer, actor Tuesday, August 28, 04:06:16pm 1 Archive: Ruth Gordon, Aug. 28, 1985 Actress Tuesday, August 28, 04:04:32pm 1 Aug.28th~Happy Birthday! Actor Sonny Shroyer (83) Actor Martin West (81) Actor Ken Jenkins (78) Actor Hugo Stiglitz (78) Actor David Soul (75) (NT) Colt Tuesday, August 28, 04:02:36pm 5 Aug.28th~Happy 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Iris Westman, Diplomar Hubert Meller is 105, Professor Cleonice Berardinelli is 102, Illustrator Margaret Stones is 98, Rugby Player Elie Brousse is 97, Engineer Roger Beteille is 97, (NT) -- jlp, Monday, August 27, 09:06:10pm Actress Magda Matosic is 90, Director Katja Georgi turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Monday, August 27, 09:07:54pm Actress Marla Adams (”The Young and the Restless”) is 80 today -- Other birthdays, Aug. 28-, Tuesday, August 28, 10:24:10am Writer Philip Purser is 93, actor Windsor Davies is 88, producer- director Tito Capobianco is 87, scientist Yakir Aharonov is 86, baseball umpire Don Denkinger is 82, scientist Warren M. Washington is 82, journalist Maurizio Costanzo is 80, ex- PM of Canada Paul Martin is 80 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 28, 04:02:36pm ARCHIVE: August 28, 1978 ~Actor, novelist, and playwright Robert Shaw, whose 30+ year career garnered acclaimed honors like Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA award nominations, best known for films "A Man for All Seasons", "The Sting", and "Jaws", suffered heart attack while driving near his home, dying as he stepped a few feet from his car. ... Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, August 28, 03:59:35pm 3 40 years! That "Indianapolis" speech in "Jaws" is still so compelling (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 28, 03:50:27pm Shaw was nearly one of the few celebs who died behind the wheel w/o crash...but he took a few steps. What a talent he was! (NT) -- Imagine the work he'd left, if he'd lived?, Tuesday, August 28, 03:59:35pm ARCHIVE: August 28, 1976 ~It was 42 years ago today, former child actress Anissa Jones was found dead of an OD, after night of heavy partying, the actress whose best known as 'Buffy' in TV's "Family Affair", was only 18 years old. ... Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, August 28, 03:12:41pm 3 Just think, she'd be 60 years old now (NT) -- sad, Tuesday, August 28, 12:07:13pm Jones' TV co-stars Kathy Garver and (near-unrecognizable John Whitaker) open up on Anissa's last days and controlling stage mother who likely led daughter to death. ... -- VIDEO, Tuesday, August 28, 03:12:41pm Healthwatch: Actress Maura Tierney injured when vehicle hits her bike Marina Del Ray, Calif. Tuesday, August 28, 10:43:58am 1 Healthwatch: Actor Al Strobel ("Twin Peaks") Heart attack Tuesday, August 28, 10:41:38am 1 John Asher, the longtime face of Churchill Downs Dead at 62 Tuesday, August 28, 10:36:58am 1 Murray Westgate, Canadian character actor Dies at 100 Tuesday, August 28, 10:26:19am 2 Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, August 28, 10:26:19am Barbara Russell, Comedian, actress Dead at 85 Monday, August 27, 11:23:56pm 3 She played a zombie in George Romero's "Day of the Dead". ... -- Link to IMDb..., Monday, August 27, 04:44:07pm FUN FACT: Russell was a local Pittsburgh-area actress who appeared in the very first episode of 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'. -- PHOTO, Monday, August 27, 11:23:56pm Susan Watanabe, TV writer, activist Dead at 49 Monday, August 27, 04:15:09pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Monday, August 27, 04:15:09pm Christina Carlin-Kraft, Model (Playboy, Maxim, Vanity Fair, Victoria's Secret) Dead at 36 (murdered) Monday, August 27, 04:05:53pm 1 Aug.27th~Happy 100th Birthday! Actor Stefan Rogulski, Actor/Dancer Roy Damron is 97, Politician Abang Muhammad Salahuddin is 97, Politician Bernard Atha is 90, Politician Peter Boross turns 90. (NT) jlp Monday, August 27, 02:20:23pm 5 Aug.27th~Happy Birthday! Actor Harrison Page (77) Actress Tuesday Weld (75) Actor G.W. Bailey (74) Actress Barbara Bach (71) Wrestler Sgt Slaughter (70) Actor Charles Fleischer (68) Actor Paul Reubens (66) Actor Peter Stormare (65) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, August 26, 09:15:39pm Bluegrass singer-banjo player J.D. Crowe is 81. Singer- actor Tommy Sands is 81 -- Other birthdays, Aug. 27-, Monday, August 27, 09:39:52am FUN FACT: Tommy Sands was one-time son-in-law of Frank Sinatra! Married Nancy Sinatra from 1960-1965, ending badly. (NT) -- Afterwards, Frank allegedly saw to it that Tommy's blooming career went permanently on the rocks., Monday, August 27, 11:22:41am "The Worryin' Kind" -- Tommy Sands, Monday, August 27, 02:20:23pm ARCHIVE: August 27, 1990 ~Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dallas-born musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, and one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s, is killed in a helicopter crash at age 35, along with members of Eric Clapton's touring entourage, and its pilot. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, August 27, 02:19:10pm 2 "Pipeline" -- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Dick Dale, Monday, August 27, 02:19:10pm ARCHIVE: August 27, 1980 ~Doug Kenney, writer and actor who co-founded the magazine National Lampoon, originating forces of what was to become known during the 1970s as the "new wave" of comedy: a dark, irreverent style of humor, kills himself at 33, falling from Hawaii's Hanapepe Lookout. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, August 27, 02:16:55pm 2 "What the Hell we s'pose to do, you moron?!" -- Stork, "Animal House", Monday, August 27, 02:16:55pm ARCHIVE: August 27, 2004 ~Zoftig actress Susan Peretz, best known for comic roles, but arguably most memorably remembered as Sonny's exasperating wife 'Angie' in 1975's "Dog Day Afternoon", along with many TV appearances like "Barney Miller", "ER", L.A. Law", and "Married with Children", among others, dies of cancer at age 64. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, August 27, 01:21:58pm 1 Leonard Boswell, Ex- Congressman from Iowa Dead at 84 Monday, August 27, 11:19:10am 5 Congressional bio -- ., Friday, August 17, 06:08:30pm His wife Dody Boswell now dies 8 days after him -- ., Saturday, August 25, 03:46:05pm Died a few hours before her husband's funeral was set to begin. They were buried side by side. (NT) -- ., Saturday, August 25, 03:48:56pm Bea Benaderet's husband died while getting ready for Bea's funeral. -- October 1968., Monday, August 27, 11:19:10am JUST IN : Another mass shooting, this time at Madden video game tournament in Jacksonville, FL, leaving reported 4 dead, including a suspect. ... God Bless America Monday, August 27, 11:10:52am 4 Luckily, it occurred in a gun-free zone (NT) -- or it could have been a full-scale shootout., Sunday, August 26, 06:50:26pm Anything that's metal shouldn't be allowed in public places. Also INSTALL metal detectors. That'll solve the problem. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Monday, August 27, 10:46:14am That might help. (NT) -- Guns and bruised egos of boys don't mix., Monday, August 27, 11:10:52am OT: Jakiw Palij, 95, likely the last known Nazi war crime suspect living in the U.S., finally DEPORTED to Germany, capping a decade-long fight led against the aging Queens NY resident. ... Palij, member of WWII Nazi's elite SS corps, worked in Poland's Trawniki concentration camp, training soldiers to round up Jews for extermination. Monday, August 27, 11:09:42am 12 This is a very controversial topic. In my opinion, he's too old and I'll to be deported. (NT) -- I know many will say it doesn't matter, but to me, it's not appropriate for a man his age to be uprooted, Friday, August 24, 03:59:41pm Imagine if the US was still prosecuting Confederate guards from Andersonville prison in 1938 (NT) -- ., Friday, August 24, 04:09:16pm Uh ohh, somebody needs a history lessonnn. ...Ya know who could NOT grow old to be deported? The 12,000 jews in that ONE camp where Palij trained others to gas chambers -that included men, women, children, and other 95 year olds who born in 1848, only to be exterminated by scum like Palij. -- Good riddance to bad rubbish. The regret is that he wasn't extradicted to Isreal for trial and hanging., Friday, August 24, 05:30:38pm Yeah, we'll agree to disagree on this one. We all can read, some of us just move on with life. -- If you think it's ok to deport a 95 year old, so be it. I believe in forgiveness., Friday, August 24, 05:47:00pm Some things can be forgiven, but not something as monstrous as the Holocaust. (NT) -- egee33, Saturday, August 25, 06:45:41pm Plus, it's not for you to forgive a crime that happened to so many others to whom you have no connection! (NT) -- Sam L., Saturday, August 25, 08:01:25pm I choose to forgive. If you can't do the same, that's on you. (NT) -- Spare me the drama., Saturday, August 25, 09:40:10pm If you show no compassion for the victims of the Holocaust, then that's your problem. (NT) -- Sam L., Saturday, August 25, 09:52:22pm Many Poles are opposed to the use of the term "Polish concentration camp..." They feel it makes it sound as if the camp were run by Poles which of course, none were. (NT) -- The Nazi's simply built them on captured Polish soil...., Sunday, August 26, 11:50:05am You wouldn't forgive if it was your family (NT) -- I'm sure, Sunday, August 26, 05:21:51pm ADMIN NOTE: I agree. Out of respect for this board's original moderator, this is an 'anti-sympathy' zone for Nazis. Period. Move along. (NT) -- theChronicler, Monday, August 27, 11:09:42am Circus Matriach Rosa Bouglione 1910-2018 Dead at 107 Monday, August 27, 06:01:12am 1 Actress Ada Lynn Dies at 91 Sunday, August 26, 07:31:24pm 5 IMDb Link -- R.I.P, Sunday, August 26, 01:08:45pm Is anyone else still living from "Heidi" (1937) and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938)? (NT) -- ...I noticed that she was in both., Sunday, August 26, 01:25:17pm Played Oswald's mother in "JFK" (NT) -- ., Sunday, August 26, 02:19:53pm Apparently she appeared on "America's Got Talent" in 2007 as a "Singer/Comedienne" (NT) -- Russ, Sunday, August 26, 07:31:24pm Archive: Ellie Greenwich, Aug. 26, 2009 Songwriter Sunday, August 26, 05:56:58pm 1 Aug.26th~Happy 105th Birthday! Writer Boris Pahor, Writer Hutton Gibson is 100, Sociologist Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz is 100, Mathematician Katherine Johnson is 100, Monarch Prem Tinsulanonda is 98, (NT) jlp Sunday, August 26, 05:54:31pm 6 Politician Richard Wurbs is 98, Composer Emil Cadkin is 98,Writer Sangharakshita is 93, Architect Balkrishna Doshi is 91, Socialite Mari Carman Taibo is 90, Cinematographer Vera Stinglova is 90. (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, August 25, 09:07:34pm Other birthdays, Aug. 26- -- Happy birthdays!, Sunday, August 26, 02:17:34pm Politician Tom Fink is 90, athlete Joe Solomon is 88, basketball player Tom Heinsohn is 84, athlete- politician Kevin Ryan is 84, drummer Jet Black is 80 (NT) -- ., Sunday, August 26, 04:39:08pm Hutton Gibson, 100 today, is the father of Mel Gibson (NT) -- ., Sunday, August 26, 04:40:15pm "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" -- Vic Dana, Sunday, August 26, 05:54:31pm Steve Musulin, Former pro wrestler Dead at 67 Sunday, August 26, 05:29:35pm 2 Remember him as Steve Travis (NT) -- RIP, Sunday, August 26, 05:29:35pm ARCHIVE: August 26, 1983 ~It was 35 years ago, stage and screen lost actor Mike Kellin, known for his coarse-featured face, tired eyes and flat, monotone voice, best remembered in films like "Midnight Express", and TV work in "Twilight Zone", and "Barney Miller", dies of cancer, at age 61. ... Bio & PHOTO Sunday, August 26, 02:35:01pm 1 Archive: Laura Branigan Aug. 26, 2004 (NT) Sunday, August 26, 09:45:43am 2 Gloria -- Gloria, Sunday, August 26, 09:45:43am Lyric McHenry, Former ‘EJNYC’ Star Dead at 26 Sunday, August 26, 03:29:58am 2 So incredibly sad. Many now say it was a herion OD found sprawled on a Bronx sidewalk ...now reporting she was pregnant. -More on her recent small memorial service. ... -- McHenry’s dad Doug McHenry, is Hollywood producer behind the films “New Jack City” and “Jason’s Lyric"., Sunday, August 26, 03:29:58am Healthwatch: Dickey Betts, founding member of the Allman Brothers Suffers a mild stroke at home in Florida Saturday, August 25, 05:39:24pm 1 Archive: Ted Kennedy, Aug. 25, 2009 US Senator Saturday, August 25, 05:38:23pm 3 Died from the same thing currently ailing John McCain- brain cancer (NT) -- ., Saturday, August 25, 02:17:31pm They died exactly nine years apart (NT) -- RIP to both, Saturday, August 25, 05:38:23pm Health Watch: John McCain Discontinuing Medical Treatment Saturday, August 25, 05:27:10pm 10 Mother Roberta just made it halfway through her 106th year earlier this month. (NT) -- ., Friday, August 24, 10:23:02am John turns 82 next Wednesday, August 29th. (NT) -- I wonder if he will make it., Friday, August 24, 10:48:41am Even the reporters relating the news seemed very sad (NT) -- This is truly a good, decent man of character & courage, Friday, August 24, 11:29:05am "Disgusting" "Shameful" "Dirty" "Rotten" "I prefer soldiers who weren't captured." (NT) -- Our President's ongoing twitter tribute to decorated war veteran John McCain, Friday, August 24, 11:54:01am I wonder what Trump will say after he passes (NT) -- ., Friday, August 24, 12:19:45pm McCain's mother "106 and 'Spunky' — Knows Her Son is Gravely Ill, Says Friend" -- People Magazine - link inside., Friday, August 24, 01:21:39pm Deathwatch: John McCain -- Near death., Friday, August 24, 01:56:26pm John has an older sister, Sandy, 84 (NT) -- ., Friday, August 24, 02:06:21pm He died -- Tony, Saturday, August 25, 05:27:10pm Scott Landis, U.S. Army pilot dies in single engine plane crash after spreading deceased father's ashes in the sky . Saturday, August 25, 04:49:51pm 2 Full obit text -- R.I.P, Saturday, August 25, 04:49:51pm Archive: Truman Capote, Aug. 25, 1984 Writer Saturday, August 25, 02:51:44pm 2 Capote's among the few celebs to have his remains stolen (from a friend's possesion), but ultimately returned. ... -- But had since, been on quite the journey ...AGAIN., Saturday, August 25, 02:51:44pm Aug.25th~Happy 100th Birthday! Olympic Athlete Enrique Mendizabal, Author Sara Corrin is 100, Writer Henry J. Abraham is 97, Olympic Athlete Kurt Ucko is 97, Editor Jason Epstein is 90, Actress Shirley Rastatter is 90, Educator Barbara Speake is 90. (NT) jlp Saturday, August 25, 02:29:44pm 7 Aug.25th~Happy Birthday! Actor Sean Connery (88) TV Host Regis Philbin (87) Actor Tom Skerritt (85) Director Hugh Hudson (82) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, August 24, 09:51:48pm Director John Badham (79) Actor Anthony Heald (74) Actress Mink Stole (71) Actor John Savage (69) Singer Gene Simmons (69) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, August 24, 09:54:50pm Actor Page Johnson is 88, musician Wayne Shorter is 85 -- Other birtdays, Aug. 25-, Saturday, August 25, 12:22:08pm Actor Richard Greene was born 100 years ago today (died 1985) -- Played "Robin Hood" on TV, Saturday, August 25, 02:04:51pm Football player John "Kayo" Dottley is 90, composer Karl Korte is 90, Nobel awarded scientist Herbert Kroemer is 90, diplomat Crispin Tickell is 88, politician Lise Bacon is 84, politician Eddie Ilarde is 84, writer Charles Wright is 83, singer Jimmy Hannan is 81, writer Virginia Euwer Wolff is 81, writer Frederick Forsyth is 80 (NT) -- ., Saturday, August 25, 02:12:18pm ARCHIVE: August 25, 1918 ~It was a century ago today, Leonard Bernstein, famed composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist, was born the son of Ukrainian Jewish parents in Lawrence, MA. -Happy 100th! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Saturday, August 25, 02:29:44pm Archive: Alfred Kinsey, Aug. 25, 1956 Sex researcher Saturday, August 25, 02:24:20pm 1 Archive: Aaliyah, Aug. 25, 2001 Singer, actress Saturday, August 25, 02:19:32pm 1 Kyle Pavone, vocalist for rock band We Came as Romans, dies at 28 Russ Saturday, August 25, 02:03:55pm 2 link -- Russ, Saturday, August 25, 02:03:55pm ARCHIVE: August 25, 1965 ~Dr Archibald Wright “Moonlight” Graham, small town physician, whose brief baseball career was loosely based in the noted film, "Field of Dreams", with actor Burt Lancaster portraying 'Doc Graham' in the film. Poetic licence was taken a bit from Graham's life, who died after a life as doctor and instructor, at age 89. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, August 25, 12:01:54pm 1 Lindsay Kemp, British dancer, choreographer, actor, mime Dies at 80 Saturday, August 25, 10:28:06am 2 Lindsay Kemp -- Me, Saturday, August 25, 10:28:06am OT: The late, Baseball great Mickey Mantle's 1964 World Series jersey sold at auction for $1.32M. ... Link Saturday, August 25, 06:58:06am 4 Yanks lost that Series 4-3 to Cardinals, ending dynasty. (NT) -- Bob Gibson, Friday, August 24, 04:18:16am That series didn't end the dynasty--they has gotten swept in the series to the Dodgers the years before (NT) -- Plus, they fired Yogi Berra as manager after the 1964 WS, Friday, August 24, 06:33:52pm Obviously, '63 didn't end the Yankee Dynasty - viz., they went back to the Series in '64. (NT) -- Ken Boyer, Saturday, August 25, 06:58:06am Archive: E. G. Marshall, Aug. 24, 1998 Character actor Friday, August 24, 10:39:26pm 4 Here's E G Marshall in "12 Angry Men" -- One of the greatest ensemble films ever made, Friday, August 24, 04:22:31pm Can anyone else recall such a riveting, memorable film (60 years now) that took place 99% of the film shot entirely in ONE small room? Rookie film director Sidney Lumet was KNOWN for his economy of shooting space ("Fail Safe", "...Orient Express", etc)! (NT) -- Another film using tight spaces was "Diary of Anne Frank" (1959) ...but even that attic was bigger than that damn jury room! lol, Friday, August 24, 10:36:10pm Marshall was the 9th, of the 12 jurors to die by 1998. (NT) -- Actor Joseph Sweeney (Juror #9) was the first to die (d.1963) of the cast ...Jack Klugman (Juror #5) was the last to died (d.2012)., Friday, August 24, 10:39:26pm Aug.23rd~Happy 105th Birthday! Writer G. Venkatasubbiah, Pharmacist/Activist Olech Sliwinski is 102, Biochemist Marjorie G. Horning is 101, Scientist Bernard Fisher is 100, Detectice Jim Leavelle is 98, Actor Jack Manderville is 97, (NT) jlp Friday, August 24, 07:21:34pm 7 Economist Robert Solow is 94, Pianist Martial Solal turns 91. (NT) -- jlp, Wednesday, August 22, 09:03:38pm Aug.23rd~Happy Birthday! Actress Vera Miles (89) Actress Marian Collier (87) Actress Barbara Eden (87) Actress Jeramie Rain (70) Actress Shelley Long (69) Singer Rick Springfield (69) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, August 22, 09:18:37pm Barbara Eden is 87?? Omg, she looks good. (NT) -- ., Thursday, August 23, 10:58:38am Humorist Mark Russell is 86 today -- Other birthdays, Aug. 23-, Thursday, August 23, 11:28:51am My post was deleted yesterday for reasons unknown. It's Jack Mandeville not Manderville (NT) -- You can look at IMDB to verify., Friday, August 24, 06:07:26pm Indeed, it IS Jack Mandeville, though a link would have been appreciated then to provide fact, posted. ... -- Thanks, Friday, August 24, 07:21:34pm George Andrie, NFL player with Dallas Cowboys from 1962-1972 Dies at 78 Friday, August 24, 06:39:53pm 4 George Andrie, american football player (Dallas Cowboys). ... -- Dies at 78, Wednesday, August 22, 10:38:27am PHOTO ... -- Link, Wednesday, August 22, 10:40:07am Scored the Cowboys first touchdown in the 1967 classic Ice Bowl (NT) -- Returned Bart Starr's fumble for a TD, Friday, August 24, 06:39:53pm Aug.24th~Happy 103rd Birthday! Businessman/Founder of Mammoth Ski Resort, Politician J. Paul Taylor is 98, Politician George W. Blair is 97, Journalist Sidney Rittenberg is 97, Psychologist Wilbert J. McKeachie is 97, Economist Harry Markowitz is 91, Cinematographer Jose Pavek is 90, Artist Joe Tilson turns 90. (NT) jlp Friday, August 24, 05:58:04pm 6 Aug.24th~Happy Birthday! Actor William Morgan Sheppard (86) Actress Connie Mason (81) Actress Ronee Blakley (73) WWF Vince McMahon (73) Actress Anne Archer (71) Actor Joe Regalbuto (69) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, August 24, 12:57:18am Guitarist Mason Williams is 80 today -- Other birthdays, Aug. 24-, Friday, August 24, 11:35:55am "Classical Gas" -- Mason Williams, Friday, August 24, 11:37:10am Writer David Ireland is 91, writer Betty Dodson is 89, writer A. S. Byatt is 82, writer Susan Sheehan is 81, musician David Freiberg is 80, ex- US Sen. Max Cleland is 76, ex- Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is 63 (NT) -- ., Friday, August 24, 04:16:27pm "Have You Seen Her" -- The Chi-Lites, Friday, August 24, 05:58:04pm Lisa Flemming, 700Lb woman who starred in an episode of "My 600Lb Life" Dies at 50 Friday, August 24, 04:40:28pm 5 Sad, sad way to die. It's the second former My 600-Lb. Life participant to die this month. (NT) -- James “L.B.” Bonner, 30, was found dead in a ditch with a gunshot wound 22 days ago., Friday, August 24, 10:28:18am Hope I never get that plump (NT) -- RIP, Friday, August 24, 11:38:42am She got help only after maggots were found, in folds of her fat. (NT) -- Pathetically sad., Friday, August 24, 02:04:36pm Her heart gave out. She was quite a character. (NT) -- Rip, Friday, August 24, 04:40:28pm Archive: Julie Harris, Aug. 24, 2013 Actress Friday, August 24, 04:27:48pm 2 Julie Harris & James Dean in "East of Eden" -- Link, Friday, August 24, 04:27:48pm George Walker, composer, (Lilacs) and Pulitzer Prize recipient Dead at 96 Friday, August 24, 02:27:40pm 1 OT: Here is an updated mugshot of Mark David Chapman, killer of music legend John Lennon, looking very different 38 years later. ... PHOTO Friday, August 24, 01:57:43pm 4 Mark David Chapman, 63, denied parole for 10th time! ... -- Eligible again in 2020., Friday, August 24, 05:42:14am Hope he dies in prison! (NT) -- Scumbag should never walk free, Friday, August 24, 11:30:43am No argument from me. (NT) -- John Lennon was the best., Friday, August 24, 01:57:43pm Singer-golfer Don Cherry reported dead by the co-writer of his autobiography Friday, August 24, 01:11:54pm 13 When that page comes up, click NEWS AND INFO on the left (NT) -- ., Monday, August 20, 04:57:40pm "Band of Gold" -- Don Cherry, Monday, August 20, 05:07:00pm Buchahan & Goodman used the opening of "Band of Gold" on their record "The Flying Saucer, Part 2" -- ., Monday, August 20, 05:09:17pm Thanks a lot for making my WIFE cry. She loves Don Cherry. Don't believe this prankster guys. Its a HOAX. (NT) -- I can't find any info. You should be ashamed of yourself. I'm very disappointed in you., Monday, August 20, 05:33:38pm Not a prankster. Appears to be true. Don's official website was apparently taken down. (NT) -- I for one hope it is NOT true. But do not be so quick to judge., Monday, August 20, 05:42:25pm Found this...looks like he died on April 4, 2018 -- More inside, Monday, August 20, 06:19:05pm The cousin of Don's wife Francine, namely Alana Hayden, posted this message on Facebook -- ., Monday, August 20, 08:29:54pm "Ghost Town" and "Thinking Of You" -- Don Cherry, Thursday, August 23, 09:46:27pm Wikipedia now lists the information (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 21, 10:42:38am NY Times obit -- Link, Tuesday, August 21, 11:38:41am His son Stephen, 41 was killed in 9/11, he worked in Cantor Fitzgerald. (NT) -- Left behind 4 children., Tuesday, August 21, 12:58:17pm Good Singer -- Der Bingle, Tuesday, August 21, 04:12:31pm Robin Leach, host of "The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" Dies at 76 Friday, August 24, 12:51:34pm 7 Here's to champagne wishes and caviar dreams. (NT) -- Rest in Peace, Robin, Friday, August 24, 08:51:20am Full obit -- R.I.P., Friday, August 24, 09:08:41am Leach died 5 days before his 77th birthday! (NT) -- I wonder if the he may have been related to former Brit film star Cary Grant (Archie Leach)?, Friday, August 24, 10:39:46am Leach shared a birthday with John McCain (NT) -- Who announced today he's ending medical treatment, Friday, August 24, 11:32:29am Imdb -- Link, Friday, August 24, 11:33:48am Pic (w/ Donald Trump) -- I had a feeling there'd be a pic of them together, Friday, August 24, 12:51:34pm Russ Heath, Comic book artist (Men of War, Little Annie Fanny, G.I. Combat) Dead at 91 Friday, August 24, 11:45:04am 1 Robert H. Ferrell, Historian, wrote several bios of Harry S Truman Dead at 97 Friday, August 24, 11:42:03am 2 He shared the same birthday with Truman- May 8th (NT) -- ., Friday, August 24, 11:42:03am Norbert David Larky, creator of color television and the color test pattern Dies at 90 Friday, August 24, 12:52:38am 1 Ed King, who co-wrote 'Sweet Home Alabama', dies at 68 wWDI Thursday, August 23, 06:47:32pm 5 Also a member of the Strawberry Alarm Clock -- Here's " Incense & Peppermints", Thursday, August 23, 11:23:56am More on Ed King -- Rob Durkee, Thursday, August 23, 11:50:07am He played bass and guitar with both Strawberry Alarm Clock and Lynyrd Skynyrd. (NT) -- Ken M., Thursday, August 23, 12:00:34pm "In the Building"- The Sixpence -- Pre- Strawberry Alarm Clock, Thursday, August 23, 06:47:32pm ARCHIVE: August 20, 2001 ~It was 17 years ago tonight, our Barbara launched our first "Obits & Memoriam" concept board, leaving a legacy of like-minded people to a shared forum, which now lives on in her memory! ~Sleep well, Barbara. (NT) theChronicler Thursday, August 23, 03:55:23am 3 First major obit- actress Kathleen Freeman on Aug. 23, 2001 (NT) -- Followed 2 days later by Aaliyah, Monday, August 20, 11:27:39am True...ARCHIVE: August 23, 2001 ~Kathleen Freeman, film, television, voice actress, and stage character actress, whose career spanned more than 50 years, portraying acerbic maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors, died shortly after her Broadway run in "The Full Monty", at age 82. ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Thursday, August 23, 03:55:23am OT: "Big Bang Theory" ending after 12 seasons Jim Parsons ready to say goodbye Wednesday, August 22, 06:44:39pm 1 Charles Blackman, Austrian painter Dead at 90 Wednesday, August 22, 06:35:29pm 1 Aug.22nd~Happy 105th Birthday! Animator Milton Quon, Bussinessman Raymond G. Perelman is 101, Chemist Martin Pope is 100, Actress Honor Blackman is 93, Actress Ann Walford is 90, Politician Nikolai Leonov is 90, Actor Artto Hammaren turns 90. (NT) jlp Wednesday, August 22, 05:22:29pm 10 Aug.22nd~Happy Birthday! Actor Geoffrey Horne (85) Actress Valerie Harper (79) Actor Robert Wall  (79) Actress Cindy Williams (71) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, August 21, 10:22:11pm Valerie Harper sees another birthday. It's been over 5 years now since she was apparently told she had only months to live. (NT) -- Happy Birthday Rhoda!, Wednesday, August 22, 07:10:50am Micheline Presle is 96 (NT) -- jude, Wednesday, August 22, 03:34:37am Genarians.com finally added Ruthie Tompson to its site (NT) -- But no Milton Quon...not sure why, Wednesday, August 22, 06:39:27am Journalist Morton Dean is 83 today -- Other birthdays, Aug. 22-, Wednesday, August 22, 02:30:28pm Journalist Mary McGrory was born 100 years ago today (died 2004) -- Was on Nixon's "Enemies List", Wednesday, August 22, 04:58:24pm "Mona Lisa" -- Carl Mann (76 today), Wednesday, August 22, 05:04:19pm "Leader of the Laundromat"- The Detergents -- Ron Dante, 73 today, Wednesday, August 22, 05:05:45pm "Let's Dance"- David Marks & the Marksmen" ... -- David Marks is 71 today!, Wednesday, August 22, 05:22:29pm Archive: Nick Ashford, Aug. 22, 2011 Singer-songwriter (Ashford & Simpson) Wednesday, August 22, 05:16:47pm 2 "Solid" -- Ashford & Simpson, Wednesday, August 22, 05:16:47pm Archive: Jerry Leiber, Aug 22, 2011 Songwriter (Leiber & Stoller) Wednesday, August 22, 05:16:41pm 3 "Hound Dog" -- Big Mama Thornton, Wednesday, August 22, 05:12:08pm Died the same day as another famed songwriter Nickolas Ashford (Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Your Precious Love", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", and "You're All I Need to Get By", etc) -- RIP, Wednesday, August 22, 05:16:41pm ARCHIVE: August 22, 1977 ~Sebastian Cabot, veteran actor of film and TV in a 30 year career, though best known as 'Dr. Carl Hyatt' in TV's "Checkmate", and best remembered as the gentleman's gentleman, 'Giles French' on TV's "Family Affair", dies after a series of strokes, at age 59. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, August 22, 04:54:36pm 2 He was the third celeb to die in that week (NT) -- After Elvis & Groucho, Wednesday, August 22, 04:54:36pm Actress, Marta Dubois, 65, of "McBride" & "Magnum P.I." Died in May don't remember seeing it? Wednesday, August 22, 02:28:54pm 6 I don't understand how you found this one. I've been doing an exhaustive search for obits using practically every keyword and phrase known to man and this didn't come up. (NT) -- I'm confused as to why I didn't find it., Tuesday, August 21, 08:35:15pm Just saw her the other night (NT) -- as Danny's fiancee on "The King of Queens", Tuesday, August 21, 09:53:47pm PHOTO from Magnum ... -- Link, Tuesday, August 21, 10:08:44pm Another from "Murder She Wrote" -- IMDB, Wednesday, August 22, 07:22:39am Here's the opening cresits to the TV show "Tales of the Gold Monkey" -- Link, Wednesday, August 22, 02:28:54pm Chris Champion, professional wrestler Dead at 57 Wednesday, August 22, 02:23:37pm 2 Full obit -- Link, Wednesday, August 22, 02:23:37pm Archive - Former child actor Mickey Little dies at 75 This one was not mentioned here and no updates at IMDb or Boot Hill. Wednesday, August 22, 01:25:46pm 2 Died Oct 24, 2017 -- Link to IMDb, Wednesday, August 22, 01:25:46pm Antonio "Popeye" Francis, Britain's Got Talent contestant. Was found after laying on the floor unconscious for six days after suffering a stroke Dies at 54 Wednesday, August 22, 11:17:21am 2 This is so incredibly sad. SO sad to read how he suffered so. ... -- Here is his appearance on TV's "Britain's Got Talent"., Wednesday, August 22, 11:17:21am Producer Craig Zadan Dies at 69 Wednesday, August 22, 11:11:09am 6 IMDb link -- R.I.P., Tuesday, August 21, 06:23:17pm Produced "Footloose" & "Chicago" (NT) -- RIP, Tuesday, August 21, 07:00:14pm Craig Zadan, american film producer, (Footloose, Hairspray, Chicago). ... -- Dead at 69., Wednesday, August 22, 11:07:10am PHOTO ... -- Link, Wednesday, August 22, 11:08:04am One of the driving forces behind the recent live musicals (NT) -- (Sound of Music, Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, etc), Wednesday, August 22, 11:11:09am ARCHIVE: August 21, 1994 ~Danitra Vance, comedian and actress best known as a cast member (first black female) on TV's "Saturday Night Live" during its 11th season, and the 3rd of its alum to die young (cancer), at only age 40. Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, August 22, 11:05:05am 1 Spencer P. Jones, New Zealand singer and guitarist (The Johnnys) (Beasts of Bourbon) and Sacred Cowboy) Dead at 61 Wednesday, August 22, 10:10:03am 1 Barbara Harris, Oscar nominated actress of film and stage Dies at 83 Wednesday, August 22, 08:26:09am 13 Starred in Alfred Hitchcock's last film, "Family Plot" & the original "Freaky Friday" (NT) -- RIP, Tuesday, August 21, 12:09:23pm Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, August 21, 12:10:32pm Full obit -- R.I.P., Tuesday, August 21, 12:16:55pm Her most famous role was in the 1979 Disney movie The North Avenue Irregulars (NT) -- As Vickie, Tuesday, August 21, 12:13:43pm What gives you that idea? (NT) -- Not even close., Tuesday, August 21, 12:17:44pm Actually this appears to be the same person. (NT) -- Who said that was the most famous film of actor Edward Hermann., Tuesday, August 21, 12:30:47pm Hollywood Reporter obit -- ., Tuesday, August 21, 12:20:47pm She liked to star in long titled films. "Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me" "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You In The Closet and I'm Feelin So Sad" (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 21, 12:46:49pm She won a Tony as Best Actress in a musical for "The Apple Tree," and was nominated for "On a Clear Day," in the role Streisand played in the movie. (NT) -- egee33, Tuesday, August 21, 12:55:35pm Sad news. -I loved her in SO many films -both lead and supposting...."A Thousand Clowns", "Family Plot", Freaky Friday", "Plaza Suite", "Peggy Sue Got Married", among others. ... -- PHOTOS, Tuesday, August 21, 02:22:53pm Freaky Friday star Barbara Harris dies at age 83 after extended battle with lung cancer. ... -- Ronny G, Wednesday, August 22, 03:42:45am She had a small part in the 1988 classic "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (NT) -- Tony, Wednesday, August 22, 08:26:09am Mollie Tibbetts, Missing Iowa student, found dead She was 20 Wednesday, August 22, 07:51:56am 2 So sad to read this. Her wealthy parents raised a reward of nearly $400,000, but sad she's found dead. -PHOTO ... -- I know there are thousands go missing every year, but this was public with a lot of press., Tuesday, August 21, 02:29:03pm Brian Murray, Tony Award nominated actor of stage, TV, film Dies at 80 Wednesday, August 22, 03:44:38am 5 Looked a lot like Peter Ustinov in his later years. (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 21, 01:30:29pm He directed the Broadway revival of "Blithe Spirit" in 1987. Actress Geraldine Page died in the middle of the shows run. (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 21, 01:42:34pm Awww! Loved him in Caddyshack! (NT) -- Condolences to Bill, Tuesday, August 21, 09:10:14pm Hardy-Har ...wrong Brian. (NT) -- YAwnn, Wednesday, August 22, 03:44:38am R.I.P. (1931-2018)....California's ORCHARD Supply Hardware stores to close by year’s end. ... Link Wednesday, August 22, 12:06:46am 1 Dean Stone, former Major League Baseball pitcher Dies at 87 Tuesday, August 21, 07:59:08pm 4 Full obit -- R.I.P., Tuesday, August 21, 06:34:03pm Whitey Ford and Irv Noren are now the last survivors of the entire 1954 All-Star roster (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 21, 06:41:32pm Don't Forget... -- Matthew, Tuesday, August 21, 07:59:08pm Cassandra Cline, teacher. The first person killed by an alligator in South Carolina in nearly 50 years Dies at 45 Tuesday, August 21, 07:35:32pm 4 Saved her pet dog who escaped. -- ., Tuesday, August 21, 03:29:55pm Curious... (NT) -- What breed was it?, Tuesday, August 21, 06:49:05pm Shetland Sheepdog (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 21, 07:35:32pm Film Editor John Carter Dies at 95 Tuesday, August 21, 07:16:48pm 3 IMDb -- -, Tuesday, August 21, 09:44:02am Was film editor on Karate Kid Part III. (NT) -- also Sister Act 2., Tuesday, August 21, 07:16:48pm Rochelle Hayes Skala dies at 66 Daughter of screenwriter John Michael Hayes (died, 2008) Tuesday, August 21, 07:12:51pm 2 Her father wrote 4 Hitchcock films (including "Rear Window") (NT) -- Her brother, Garrett Michael Hayes, ran for Governor of Georgia in 2002 & 2006, Tuesday, August 21, 07:12:51pm Danny Pearson, american R&B singer Dies at 61 Tuesday, August 21, 07:02:57pm 4 Full article -- R.I.P., Tuesday, August 21, 06:10:54pm Full obit text (corrected) -- R.I.P., Tuesday, August 21, 06:39:18pm "What's Your Sign Girl?" -- Danny Pearson, Tuesday, August 21, 07:02:57pm Singer Jeanie Greene Dies at 75 Tuesday, August 21, 07:01:49pm 3 Songs include "River of No Return", "Your Cheating Heart", and "Don't Make Me Stop Loving You" (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Tuesday, August 21, 04:29:33pm "Sure as Sin" -- Jeanie Greene, Tuesday, August 21, 07:01:49pm Actor Dave Loring Dies at 88 Tuesday, August 21, 06:19:32pm 7 IMDb -- -, Tuesday, August 21, 09:21:00am I'm not convinced the IMDb link is for the same David Loring (NT) -- No mention of him being an actor anywhere in the obit, only that he was a camerman, Tuesday, August 21, 09:35:43am If you click on "see full bio" on his IMDB page, the same spouse is listed "Jeannine Marlowe Kime" (NT) -- It's him., Tuesday, August 21, 09:39:35am Yes, and the obit mentions "camerman" in TV, yet no technical credits are listed at his IMDb page? (NT) -- Odd., Tuesday, August 21, 09:53:03am He was in "Ready for Love" in 1934, then did a few 1960s series: Combat, Burke's Law (NT) -- Gomer Pyle, etc., Tuesday, August 21, 04:36:20pm You're right, but IMDb has gotten people with the same name confused before. (NT) -- I believe they have done so in this case., Tuesday, August 21, 06:19:32pm Louis Gambaccini, american civil servant, founding member of NJ Transit Dead at 87 Tuesday, August 21, 04:24:01pm 1 Motown session guitarist Eddie Willis Dies at 82 Tuesday, August 21, 04:20:48pm 3 "Fever in the Funkhouse" -- Eddie Willis guitar licks, Monday, August 20, 05:12:10pm Eddie Willis, American studio guitarist (The Funk Brothers). ... -- Dies at 82., Tuesday, August 21, 04:20:48pm ARCHIVE: August 21, 2010 ~American EMMY Award-winning TV journalist HAROLD DOW, whose career spanned 30+ years with CBS, dies suddenly of an asthma attack at age 62. ... Bio & PHOTOS Tuesday, August 21, 04:12:34pm 3 Another notable to die behind the wheel of his car, with a crash. (NT) -- RIP, Tuesday, August 21, 10:30:27am Davy Jones, Hank Williams, Jean Seberg, Bobby Fuller, Thelma Todd, and actor Olaf Hytten died of a heart attack in his car in the 20th Century Fox Studio Parkin lot, in 1955, among others. (NT) -- In 1993, Jazz saxophonist Bob Cooper pulled off freeway and suffered fatal heart attack behind the wheel., Tuesday, August 21, 04:12:34pm Glen Chin, American actor Dies at 70 Tuesday, August 21, 03:29:15pm 7 Played the chubby Asian who morphs into Tyra Banks in Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video (NT) -- ., Monday, August 20, 08:40:44am Here 'tis ... -- GIF, Monday, August 20, 10:32:24am IMDb -- -, Monday, August 20, 09:37:32am Was in Seinfeld episode "The Opera" & the film "Natural Born Killers" (NT) -- ., Monday, August 20, 11:31:39am Natural Born Killers actor, Glen Chin ... -- Dead at 70., Tuesday, August 21, 03:29:15pm Also in "50 First Dates." -- ., Tuesday, August 21, 03:29:00pm Villano 111, professional wrestler (AAA, CMLL, UWA) Dead at 66 Tuesday, August 21, 03:21:36pm 1 Stefan Karl Stefansson, Icelandic actor Dies at 42 Tuesday, August 21, 02:03:10pm 3 Starred on the children's TV series "LazyTown" which was run on American television. -- ., Tuesday, August 21, 01:00:51pm Not Robbie Rotten!!! (NT) -- RIP, Tuesday, August 21, 02:03:10pm OT: Betty White Retrospective Premiers Tonight on PBS ‘Golden Girl’ of television! Tuesday, August 21, 01:53:54pm 1 Vivian Matalon, Tony-Winning Director Dies at 88 Tuesday, August 21, 01:36:13pm 2 IMDb & IBDB -- -, Tuesday, August 21, 01:36:13pm Author Stefan Kanfer, who wrote books on Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx, Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart Dies at 85 Tuesday, August 21, 01:23:20pm 4 IMDB & Bibliography -- -, Tuesday, August 21, 09:58:49am I loved that guy. (NT) -- I read all his bios., Tuesday, August 21, 12:37:19pm A few years back, I read "Ball of Fire," his biography on Lucy. (NT) -- It was well-written, and enjoyable, but given that her story has been told dozens of times, I didn't learn much., Tuesday, August 21, 01:23:20pm Aug.21at~Happy 101st Birthday! Activist Esther Cooper Jackson, Religious Figure Sister Jean is 99, Painter Olga de Chica is 97, Politician Lawrence Lindemer is 97, Actor Carlos Nieto is 97, Baseball's Vince Paveskovich is 97, Cameraman Kenneth J. Withers turns 90. (NT) jlp Tuesday, August 21, 11:29:25am 4 Aug.21st~Happy Birthday! Director Melvin Van Peebles (86) Actor Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward (80) Singer Kenny Rogers (80) Actor Clarence Williams III (79) Director Peter Weir (74) Actress Patty McCormack (73) (NT) -- Colt, Monday, August 20, 09:31:27pm Other birthdays, Aug. 21- -- Happy birthdays!, Tuesday, August 21, 11:15:13am Writer X. J. Kennedy is 89, Judge James K. Logan is 89, singer Janet Baker is 85, Nobel awarded physicist John L. Hall is 84, painter Radish Tordia is 82, ex- Pres. of Ecuador Gustavo Noboa is 81, ex- Gov. of Alaska Steve Cowper is 80 (NT) -- Judge Ilana D. Rovner is 80, athlete Mike Weston is 80, Tuesday, August 21, 11:29:25am Aug.19th~Happy 104th Birthday! Psychiatrist Margaret Morgan Lawrence, Actress Helen Shingler is 99, Politician Jonas Algirdas Antanaitis is 97, Businessman Arthur Rock is 92, Politician Jim Broyhill is 91, (NT) jlp Tuesday, August 21, 10:06:08am 11 Actor L.Q. Jones is 91, Actress Zdenka Hersak is 90, Actress Lei IIima is 90, Producer Harris Katleman is 90, Singer Lars Lonndahl is 90, Actor Edgar Mandel is 90, Actor Boris Mirus is 90 ,Actress Klari Ban turns 90\ (NT) -- jlp, Saturday, August 18, 09:08:21pm Aug.19th~Happy Birthday! Actress Marianne Koch (87) Actress Debra Paget (85) Director Alan Metter (85) Actor Robert Towers (82) Actress Diana Muldaur (80) (NT) -- Colt, Saturday, August 18, 09:14:24pm Actress Jill St. John (78) Actor Lung Ti (72) Actor Gerald McRaney (71) Actor Jonathan Frakes (66) (NT) -- Colt, Saturday, August 18, 09:16:21pm Among TV's top shocking moments was Ms. Muldaur's (Uh...) final appearance on "LA Law" -- Character Rosalind Shays fell to her death by stepping into an empty elevator shaft. Episode #16/Season 5, Sunday, August 19, 09:26:12am Other birthdays, Aug. 19- -- Happy birthdays!, Sunday, August 19, 11:41:00am "Bad to Me" -- Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Sunday, August 19, 04:28:10pm "White Room" -- Cream, Sunday, August 19, 04:29:00pm "I Can See Clearly Now" -- Johnny Nash, Sunday, August 19, 04:29:53pm "Brandy" -- Looking Glass, Sunday, August 19, 04:30:54pm I know veteran actor L.Q. Jones did a LOT of screen roles since the 1950s, but one of my favorite (and subtle) performances, was in 1997's THE EDGE, with Anthony Hopkins! ... -- VIDEO, Tuesday, August 21, 10:06:08am ARCHIVE: August 20, 1965 ~Jonathan Myrick Daniels, white Episcopal seminarian, whose peaceful protests for civil rights activism and human rights of Jim Crow South, lead to the clergyman to take the shotgun bullets for a black teen protester at his side, killing him instantly, nearly cutting him in two by the blast, saving the teens life. His murderer was acquitted. ... Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, August 21, 03:26:58am 3 His story should have been told for years now, with at least a biopic. Sad he's now relegated as an civil rights era asterisk. (NT) -- He was an incredible human being., Monday, August 20, 09:04:15pm The racist pig who gunned the seminarian down, lived a long, fat, unscatherd life in Alabama to age 86. -- Rot, Tuesday, August 21, 03:26:58am Doug Rose pilot of the jet car Green Mamba killed in crash. He was 80. Autoweek.com Monday, August 20, 07:45:13pm 1 Healthwatch: Singer Ian Tyson (Ian & Sylvia) 'Serious medical situation' Monday, August 20, 05:55:56pm 1 Aug.20th~Happy 102nd Birthday! Chemist George Rosenkranz, Screenwriter Walter Bernstein is 99, Professor Earle F. Zeigler is 99, Holocaust Survivor Boris Braun is 98, Cartoonist Jurgen Kieger is 97, Politician Frank Guarini is 94, (NT) jlp Monday, August 20, 05:51:28pm 8 Actor Luciano De Crescenzo is 90, Actor Bernard Dec turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Sunday, August 19, 09:03:38pm Aug.20th~Happy Birthday! Director Buddy Van Horn (89) Promoter Don King (87) Actor William O'Connell (85) Actor Paul Hampton (81) Actor Cosimo Cinieri (80) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, August 19, 09:24:35pm Actor Sam Chew Jr. (76) Newscaster Connie Chung (72) Actor Ray Wise (71) Singer Robert Plant (70) Actor Patrick Kilpatrick (69) Actor Peter Horton (65) (NT) -- Colt, Sunday, August 19, 09:26:38pm Other birthdays, Aug. 20- -- Happy birthdays!, Monday, August 20, 11:29:17am Archaeologist John Boardman is 91, boxing promoter Don King is 87, ex- US Sen. George J. Mitchell is 85, writer Tom Mangold is 84, ex- US Rep. Ron Paul is 83, Nobel awarded chemist Hideki Shirakawa is 82, composer Stelvio Cipriani is 81, film director Andrei Konchalovsky is 81, chemist Peter Day is 80 (NT) -- Politician Alain Vivien is 80, Monday, August 20, 11:43:30am ARCHIVE: August 20, 1918 ~JACQUELINE SUSANN, best-selling author, whose first novel, "Valley of the Dolls" (1966), is one of the best-selling books in publishing history, and who's the first author to have three consecutive #1 novels on The New York Times Best Seller List, was born on this date 100 years ago, today! ... -- Bio & PHOTO, Monday, August 20, 02:11:16pm "Good Times Bad Times "- Led Zeppelin -- Robert Plant, 70 today!, Monday, August 20, 05:51:28pm Joe Landrum, Baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) Dead at 89 Monday, August 20, 05:18:38pm 2 Son Bill Landrum, 61, aalso pitched for the Majors (NT) -- ., Monday, August 20, 05:18:38pm Ray Emory, Pearl Harbor survivor Dead at 97 Monday, August 20, 05:15:36pm 1 Doc Edwards, american baseball player and coach (Cleveland Indians) Dies at 81 Monday, August 20, 05:13:57pm 2 Baseball card -- Link, Monday, August 20, 05:13:57pm Actor & Stuntman Chuck Henson Dies at 87 Monday, August 20, 05:04:52pm 4 IMDb -- -, Monday, August 20, 11:10:24am He performed stunts in 'Stir Crazy' with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor (NT) -- and in 'The Quick and the Dead' with Gene Hackman, Monday, August 20, 12:24:42pm Was probably in the rodeo scene in "Stir Crazy" (NT) -- Since he was a rodeo clown, Monday, August 20, 05:04:52pm Actor & Musician Jack Costanzo Dies at 98 Monday, August 20, 03:06:49pm 4 IMDb -- -, Monday, August 20, 11:02:52am "Peter Gunn Mambo"- Jack Costanzo -- I've got a few Jack Costanzo albums, Monday, August 20, 11:33:57am It appears that his death leaves Jane Powell (89) and Peggy McIntyre (86) as last surviving cast members from 1953s "Small Town Girl." -- Link to imdb, Monday, August 20, 03:06:49pm ARCHIVE: August 20, 1946 ~RAGS RAGLAND, Hollywood comedian and character actor, known for his many comic roles as steller 'second bananas' in MGM comedies of the 1940s, whose beloved reputation with friends and collegues hit the industry hard, dies 3 days before his 41st birthday, of uremia, after a long battle with booze. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, August 20, 01:20:58pm 2 According to bio, it looks like he abandoned his son and wife in Kentucky in 1926, shortly after his son's birth. His former wife later died in 1953, at age 46. -Rags son went on to marry young, have huge family, settling in Indiana. (NT) -- Rag's son John died at 65 in 1990, leaving behind 10 kids, 28 grandkids, and 22 great-grandkids!, Monday, August 20, 01:20:58pm Hilary Lister, Record-breaking disabled sailor Dead at 46 Monday, August 20, 12:21:41pm 1 ARCHIVE: August 20, 1989 ~Businessman Jose & Kitty Menendez were killed by their adult sons, culminating in a sensational and drawn out murder trials, which ultimately found their sons 'Guilty' of 1st degree murder of their parents. ... Backstory Monday, August 20, 12:08:03pm 3 Both Erik & Lyle got married in prison (NT) -- Some women are attracted to murderers, Monday, August 20, 11:37:21am After seeing the case last year on TV's NBC "Law & Order True Crime" miniseries, it opened my eyes (due to testimony and family witness accounts) to how creepy dad Jose Menendez was. ... -- Considering accounts from his own family members, I believe he was molesting his sons. -Though not (necessarily) justifying murder., Monday, August 20, 12:08:03pm ARCHIVE: August 20, 2017 ~It was a year ago, we lost funnyman Jerry Lewis, comedian, actor, singer, headliner, director, producer, screenwriter and humanitarian, known widely for his slapstick humor in film, TV, stage and radio, nicknamed the "King of Comedy", dies after long battle w/cardiac disease, at 91. ... Bio & PHOTO Monday, August 20, 11:35:03am 2 The day before, comedian Dick Gregory died (NT) -- ., Monday, August 20, 11:35:03am RIP: As of August 20th Findagrave.com will discontinue their old format, for a newly designed look. -Examples ... I, for one, will miss the user-friendly older format. Monday, August 20, 10:54:21am 4 They've been using this "new" format for some time now -- I don't like it, Tuesday, August 14, 04:27:46pm I've seen the "new" format for some time now, too. But as of next week, we will no longer have the OPTION to use older format. (NT) -- I'll miss it., Wednesday, August 15, 02:54:20am The old format is no more ... (NT) -- ...starting today. -RIP, Monday, August 20, 10:54:21am Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Was Indian Prime Minister 3 times Dead at 93 Monday, August 20, 10:05:03am 3 Pic (w/ Pres. Bill Clinton) -- Link, Friday, August 17, 04:02:55pm Wow, I turn my computer off for 36 hours, and the former leader of the world's largest democracy dies. -- Serves me right!, Friday, August 17, 06:01:27pm Aretha Franklin has now passed on..... noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran) Monday, August 20, 08:30:08am 28 In her Honor...... -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Thursday, August 16, 10:17:14am Once again I'm unable to block Twitter from coming up with Google search for news about this. (NT) -- I refuse to acknowledge that worthless site as a credible news source., Thursday, August 16, 10:18:08am The "Queen of Soul" and the "King of Rock & Roll" both died on August 16th. (NT) -- Rest in peace., Thursday, August 16, 10:19:06am So did Babe Ruth. (NT) -- The Sultan of swat., Thursday, August 16, 10:20:46am Did Aretha ever have any interactions with Elvis throughout their careers? (NT) -- ., Thursday, August 16, 10:34:26am Aretha was born in Memphis, Elvis died in Memphis (NT) -- ., Thursday, August 16, 11:31:42am UPDATE: Aretha Franklin, famous Queen of Souls dies at 76. ... -- Jim Rutherford, Thursday, August 16, 10:20:01am What a talent - what a life! (NT) -- A strong voice for over 50 years - was a part of so much!, Thursday, August 16, 10:21:33am CNN reports Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, has died. … -- She was 76., Thursday, August 16, 10:38:36am Here is Aretha in one of her rare gems ..."I'm Your Speed" (1978). ... -- She's up there now, in the greatest choir ever!, Thursday, August 16, 10:53:26am Many obituaries are calling her the "greatest vocalist in the history of American popular music" (NT) -- She was talented, but "greatest...history" is an incredible stretch, Thursday, August 16, 11:37:25am I loved Aretha. -But, it's all a matter of taste and opinion. I never liked "greatest lists". -Ella? Sarah? Maria Callas? Too many great talents. (NT) -- All in the ear of the beholder., Thursday, August 16, 11:44:00am Maria Callas was from the opera world, not popular music. If one specifies post rock/R&B era, I think that is a plausible argument (each to their own taste, as you note). (NT) -- Ed Tracey, Thursday, August 16, 02:49:46pm If maybe some here are not familiar with her legacy in vocal range or UNDERRATED piano skills, check this songbook of classics, as some of MY favorite Aretha tunes -for different reasons. … -- theChronicler, Thursday, August 16, 03:27:47pm "Think" by Aretha Franklin With Matt "Guitar" Murphy In Blues Brothers. ... -- David S., Thursday, August 16, 05:50:59pm Many know Guitar Murphy was her screen husband, but didja' know her one-time REAL-LIFE husband was actor Glynn Turman, star of "Cooley High" (1975), and remembered best as 'Col. Taylor' on TV's "A Different World"?? ... -- PHOTO, Thursday, August 16, 06:19:39pm Yes, she was the queen and she has my respect! (NT) -- Doc Rock, Friday, August 17, 06:26:19am Argument over Aretha Franklin leads to shooting in Virginia -- ., Friday, August 17, 09:43:14am The shooting was sparked by an argument over whether Berry played Franklin in a film?! ...Berry did not. -- Didn't anyone have GOOGLE?? sheesh., Friday, August 17, 10:38:39am I knew Franklin's father died after a shooting, but I didn't realize he was in a coma for 5 YEARS! -- I'm sure Aretha will be buried with her parents, at Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery., Friday, August 17, 11:09:01am I also didn't realize that C.L.Franklin impregnated a 12–year–old girl in his New Salem Baptist Church congregation in 1940. (She soon gave birth to a son several days after her 13th birthday). ... -- Two years after the 1952 death of his wife, a 12 year old Aretha too was pregnant -and then again a year later! ...humm?, Friday, August 17, 11:14:59am Aretha refused to ever be interview of her early pregnancies. ...No wonder there was never a Franklin biopic! Messsyyyyy. (NT) -- I hear one is in the works though, with Jennifer Hudson., Friday, August 17, 11:35:50am I certainly don't begrudge the coverage Aretha's death is getting, I just wonder why artists of similar influence don't get near the coverage (NT) -- ., Friday, August 17, 11:52:52am Well, just how many iconic "artists of similar influence" are there? (NT) -- Aretha's legacy is a rare one., Friday, August 17, 12:23:35pm In any case, it should be a HUGE funeral! (NT) -- Star-studded, I'm sure., Friday, August 17, 03:28:18pm There are no similar artist -- Toi, Monday, August 20, 08:30:08am "The DayIs Past and Gone"... -- Aretha Franklin in one of her most stirring Gospel classics., Saturday, August 18, 03:55:37am Polly Copsey, member of The Lewis Family singers Dies at 81 Monday, August 20, 08:03:40am 1 Archive: Tony Jackson, Aug. 18, 2003 Member of the Searchers Sunday, August 19, 07:34:57pm 4 "Needles & Pins" -- The Searchers, Saturday, August 18, 04:26:32pm "Fortune Teller" -- Tony Jackson & The Vibrations, Saturday, August 18, 04:27:38pm Co-written by Sonny Bono -- BobW, Sunday, August 19, 07:34:57pm Amelia Weaver, girl who's battle with epilepsy lead to the legalization of medical marijuana in Minnesota Dies at 12 Sunday, August 19, 03:46:18pm 2 Peace. -- Glen James Hausfeld, Sunday, August 19, 03:46:18pm Devin Davis, Wife of Korn frontman Jonathan Davis, dead at 39 Otsegolectric98 Sunday, August 19, 08:38:42am 5 Pic of the happy couple -- Link, Saturday, August 18, 11:58:41am Looks like she did some porn -- Link to Imdb, Saturday, August 18, 12:15:42pm Your point? Haven't we all. -- Ed Dosh, Sunday, August 19, 08:10:23am Very sad story. Davis was barred by her husband from seeing their children and was last seen at a sober home. Great kids names - Pirate and Zeppelin. (NT) -- Russ, Sunday, August 19, 08:38:42am Kofi Annan 1938-2018 Former UN General Secretary, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Fredrik Andersson Sunday, August 19, 05:33:16am 2 Pic (w/ Pres. Bill Clinton) -- Link, Saturday, August 18, 12:00:04pm Ronnie Moore 1933-2018 Speedway world champion 1954 and 1959. Fredrik Andersson Sunday, August 19, 03:25:53am 1 Archive: Persis Khambatta, Aug. 18, 1998 Actress Saturday, August 18, 04:32:13pm 2 Here she is getting her head shaved for "Star Trek- the Motion Picture" -- Link, Saturday, August 18, 04:32:13pm Paul Naumoff, Football player (Detroit Lions) Dead at 73 Saturday, August 18, 04:21:52pm 1 ARCHIVE: August 18, 1992 ~Chris McCandless, American itinerant hiker/traveler, whose free, lone spirit pushed him into the wild to be "at one" in the Alaskan outback, where he was found starved to death at 24, in his makeshift camp. His story became a published book, "Into the Wild" (1996), and later acclaimed film of the same name in 2007. … Bio & PHOTO Saturday, August 18, 01:15:26pm 1 ARCHIVE: August 16, 1949 ~Margaret Mitchell, author of one of the most popular novels of 20th century America, penning her sole literary tome, the American Civil War-era epic, "Gone with the Wind", enjoyed stardom for a decade before her sudden death in a pedestrian road accident at age 48, in her beloved Atlanta. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, August 18, 01:12:41pm 18 Hugh Gravitt, the man convicted of manslaughter for drunk driving leading to death of Mitchell, claimed he was not drunk, and lived under scrutiny until his 1994 death. ... -- Gravitt's daughter wrote a book, "Death of Margaret Mitchell; The Tragedy Behind Gone With The Wind", desputing DUI., Thursday, August 16, 02:30:41pm Others who only wrote one major book- J. D. Salinger, Ralph Ellison, Harper Lee (NT) -- When you've written the best, why write another?, Friday, August 17, 11:47:19am FYI: Harper Lee wrote TWO books. (NT) -- To Kill A Mockingbird (1960) and Go Set A Watchman (2014)., Friday, August 17, 02:40:48pm Good to know (NT) -- in case anyone starts a list of authors who wrote TWO books who only wrote one major book., Friday, August 17, 02:54:12pm J. D Salinger only wrote one book? Um...no. He wrote several and if you're discounting his short stories then he wrote NO books, as the catcher in the Rye was a collection of short stories reconstituted into one story (NT) -- Gee, some people need to use hey search engine before trying to sound smart, Friday, August 17, 03:46:32pm Go Set A Watchman has now been recognized by literary scholars as nothing more than an early draft of Mockingbird, possibly published by an unscrupulous caretaker who may have done so in a case of elder abuse! (NT) -- Fascinating but true, Friday, August 17, 03:52:44pm "Go Set A Watchman" was published BEFORE Lee died, and was aware of the release. Investigators for the state of Alabama DID interviewed Lee in response to a suspicion of elder abuse in relation to the publication of the book. -- ...However, by April 2015 the investigation had found that the claims were UNfounded., Friday, August 17, 04:10:07pm A rough draft of an already published novel does not constitute a new book, though. The text was so poorly received, is rightfully being ignored, and hardly counts as a "Second" novel (NT) -- It's a terrible book; I read it and it made no impression on me, Friday, August 17, 04:18:34pm I always thought Truman Capote wrote "Mockingbird" (NT) -- ., Friday, August 17, 06:01:12pm You do realize that there's is something called a computer. (NT) -- Use it., Friday, August 17, 07:08:42pm That person isn't being ignorant of literature; they are addressing a long-standing rumor that Capote wrote the book and gave it to Harper Lee in order to repay a debt to her -- It's something I've never really bought, but…, Friday, August 17, 07:47:19pm John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces (NT) -- *, Friday, August 17, 08:08:27pm Actually, that was his SECOND book; he wrote one before it called The Neon Bible. (NT) -- He wrote it as a teenager, was published in 1989., Saturday, August 18, 02:16:04am Anna Sewell wrote Black Beauty which was released in 1877. (NT) -- Her only book. Others include Edgar Allen Poe (Short stories) and Oscar Wilde ( Dorian Gray), Saturday, August 18, 11:04:32am I really like Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls) and Old Yeller (Fred Gipson). (NT) -- Does that count?, Saturday, August 18, 11:07:35am You're trying way too hard to participate; Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe don't count because they wrote dozens of things other than novels, whereas Sewell, Mitchell, Lee, and Toole -- But thanks for playing, Saturday, August 18, 01:10:39pm ... Only ever published one or two books (NT) -- Forgot to complete my thought, sorry, Saturday, August 18, 01:12:41pm ARCHIVE: August 18, 1990 ~B.F. Skinner, American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher, who considered free will an illusion and human action dependent on consequences of previous actions, dies at 86. ... Bio & PHOTO Saturday, August 18, 12:59:24pm 1 Simonne Kerr, "Britain’s Got Talent" finalist, stabbed to death She was 31 Saturday, August 18, 12:36:04pm 2 Details ... -- VIDEO, Saturday, August 18, 12:36:04pm Aug.18th~Happy 99th Birthday! Dancer Frances Wessells, Politician Mervyn Lee is 98, Cricketer David Lacy-Scott is 98, Poet Frederic Jacques Temple is 97, Actress Galina Korotkevich is 97, Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter is 91, (NT) jlp Saturday, August 18, 12:10:43pm 7 Actress Michele Nadal turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Friday, August 17, 09:03:54pm Viscount Montgomery of Alamein is 90 (NT) -- jude, Saturday, August 18, 08:47:38am Aug.18th~Happy Birthday! Director Roman Polanski (85) Actor Joe Tornatore (84) Actor Robert Redford (82) Actor Martin Mull (75) Actress Teri McMinn (67) (NT) -- Colt, Friday, August 17, 09:14:46pm Roman Polanski & the late Vincent Bugliosi were both born on Aug. 18th (NT) -- A year apart, Saturday, August 18, 12:01:20pm Other birthdays, Aug. 18- -- Happy birthdays!, Saturday, August 18, 12:02:49pm Rosalynn Carter, 91 today, is the 6th longest lived First Lady -- The five older are..., Saturday, August 18, 12:10:43pm Kurt Walker, Hockey player (Maple Leafs) Dead at 64 Saturday, August 18, 12:06:10pm 1 Funeral set for Aretha Franklin's funeral will be held Aug. 30 in her hometown of Detroit, at Greater Grace Temple, where she sang for Rosa Parks funeral in 2005 ... The evening before there will be public viewings will take place Aug. 28-29 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Saturday, August 18, 10:51:23am 1 David McReynolds, Longtime Peace Activist, ran for President in 1980 on the Socialist ticket Dead at 88 Friday, August 17, 06:07:36pm 1 ARCHIVE: August 17, 1980 ~Baby Azaria Chamberlain, the 2-month-old baby girl who was killed by a dingo on the night of 17 August 1980 on a family camping trip to Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territory. Her body was never found. ... "...The dingo's got my baby!" Friday, August 17, 06:00:20pm 2 The father, Michael Chamberlain, died last year at 72 (NT) -- Mother Lindy is still alive at 70, Friday, August 17, 06:00:20pm Aug.17th~Happy 97th Birthday~ Actress Lucille Marsh, Artist Carlos Cruz-Diez is 95, Politician Jiang Zemin turns 92. (NT) jlp Friday, August 17, 01:22:28pm 6 Aug.17th~Happy Birthday Actress Julianna McCarthy (89) Director Nicolas Gessner (87) Actress Sondra Blake (82) Actor Robert De Niro (75) Actress Jennifer Rhodes (71) Actor Robert Joy (67) (NT) -- Colt, Thursday, August 16, 09:28:26pm editor and literary patron Jane Gunther is 102 (NT) -- jude, Friday, August 17, 05:48:01am Other birthdays, Aug. 17- -- Happy birthdays!, Friday, August 17, 11:49:12am Actress Evelyn Ankers was born 100 years ago today (died 1985). ... -- Appeared in several Horror pictures., Friday, August 17, 01:13:38pm Yes, I remember Ankers very well from those early horror flicks, like 1941s "The Wolf Man" with Lon Chaney Jr. ... -- "...Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.", Friday, August 17, 01:22:28pm ARCHIVE: August 17, 1979 ~Vivian Vance, Kansas-born stage, film, TV actress, best known as one of screen's greatest 'straight-women' 'Ethel Mertz, sidekick to Lucille Ball on the classic TV sitcom "I Love Lucy", as well as other Ball projects, dies after long battle with cancer, at age 70. ... Bio & PHOTO Friday, August 17, 12:22:03pm 1 Max Lomas - found Bobbi Kristina dead in bathtub dies from overdose himself. TMZ Friday, August 17, 10:31:25am 2 I feel Bobbi's ex boyfriend Nick Gordon will end up the same way, soon. (NT) -- He's just as messed up as Bobbi & Max!, Friday, August 17, 10:31:25am Actress Jennifer Echols Dies at 63 Friday, August 17, 07:21:27am 4 IMDb link -- R.I.P., Thursday, August 16, 04:28:50pm Today I remember her as one of Gena Rowland's nurses in "The Notebook". .... -- PHOTO, Thursday, August 16, 06:21:18pm "Jennifer Eccles" -- The Hollies, Friday, August 17, 07:21:27am Correction Afriend Friday, August 17, 07:18:11am 1 Jill Janus, lead vocalist of the heavy metal band "Huntress" dies of apparent suicide after battling mental illness, alcoholism, uterine cancer She was 43 Friday, August 17, 06:35:16am 8 Sounds like the case of Darby Crash killed himself on the day of John Lennon's (NT) -- murder. Became an after thought.Jill Janus kills herself on the day Aretha Franklin dies. Becomes an After Thought., Thursday, August 16, 01:15:18pm Apparently she died August 14, 2018. (NT) -- Her death was reported today., Thursday, August 16, 01:30:01pm "Sorrow" -- Huntress, Thursday, August 16, 05:01:55pm She will never be an afterthought as virtually nobody has heard of the band. I looked at their SoundScan records and all total for their entire history, they ever sold more than 5000 to 6000 records -- She was really just a local band singer, nothing more, nothing less., Thursday, August 16, 09:00:12pm For a local band singer she got full obits on Fox News, ABC News, People Magazine and every British newspaper (NT) -- They've had national and international concerts and one of their albums charted at number 12 in their type of music., Friday, August 17, 04:23:19am The fact that I'd never heard of her means nothing. But I'll bet most of those news sources had never run a story on her during her lifetime. (NT) -- When music figures die, editors tend to run obits lest they appear unhip. Throw suicide in the mix, and there's a virtual obligation to cover it., Friday, August 17, 06:35:16am A local band? They've had concerts in 48 states, every province in Canada, Germany, France, England, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland (NT) -- Their type of music caters to a small audience. But they are hardly local in their genre of music., Friday, August 17, 04:39:13am Dave Dave, formerly known as David Rothenberg subject of the 1988 movie DAVID died July 15th David Thursday, August 16, 10:01:41pm 11 David as a six year old child was burned over 90 percent of his body by his father (NT) -- I remember this horrific case, Monday, August 13, 04:21:38pm Such a sad story, but also an inspirational one in that he overcame his horrific burns to become a noted artist. (NT) -- egee33, Monday, August 13, 07:27:28pm I absolutely remember this case 35 years, as it happened a few miles from my home at the time. The motel is still there. At times the media would do update interviews w/David throughout the 1990s. Sad to read the news, but hope he's at peace now. His father was paroled in 1993, and is now serving lengthy term on felony weapons possession. ... -- theChronicler, Tuesday, August 14, 02:45:58am Confirmed via social media ... -- Links ..., Tuesday, August 14, 01:15:34pm Las Vegas Journal obit -- Link, Thursday, August 16, 11:35:26am I hope he truly rests in peace, now. (NT) -- Sleep well., Thursday, August 16, 11:45:36am Confirned via social media? (NT) -- It was already confirmed in the first post., Thursday, August 16, 12:10:52pm Social media IS legit, in lieu of forthcoming published obituary. (NT) -- Verified Facebook/Instagram always good source in a pinch!, Thursday, August 16, 12:37:15pm Police are investigating the mysterious death of DAVE DAVE -- David, Thursday, August 16, 09:38:39pm What an intense story. What a horrific ordeal. (NT) -- God bless., Thursday, August 16, 10:01:41pm Eduard Upinsky, Russian author (most famous for his book “Uncle Fedya and his dog and his cat”) Dead at 80 Thursday, August 16, 08:37:29pm 1 Aug.16th~Happy 103rd Birthday! Olympic Athlete John Lysak, Actor Lajos Soos is 100, Activist Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit is 99, Playwright Jean-Pierre Gredy is 98, \ (NT) jlp Thursday, August 16, 08:15:36pm 9 Actress Ann Blyth is 90, Photojournalist Ara Guler is 90, Writer Anthony Price is 90, Actor Mike Robelo turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Wednesday, August 15, 09:04:41pm Aug.16th~Happy Birthday! Actor Gary Clarke (85) Actress Julie Newmar (85) Actor John Standing (84) Actor Anthony Charnota (82) Actress Lorraine Gary (81) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, August 15, 10:01:09pm Actor George Eastman (76) Actor Bob Balaban (73) Actress Mirta Miller (70) Actor Reginald VelJohnson (66) TV Host Kathie Lee Gifford (65) Actress Caitlin O'Heaney (65) (NT) -- Colt, Wednesday, August 15, 10:03:34pm Actress-singer Ketty Lester is 84. Actress Anita Gillette is 82. -- Other birthdays, Aug. 16-, Thursday, August 16, 11:30:06am Loved Anita Gillette in "Moonstruck". ... -- "...Birds fly to the stars - I guess...", Thursday, August 16, 11:50:24am Gillette is on celeb list who endured death of a grandchild. (NT) -- Guy Madison, Mercedes McCambridge, Dick Van Dyke, among many others., Thursday, August 16, 12:09:08pm "Borderline" -- Madonna (60 today!), Thursday, August 16, 05:28:07pm Here is backstory on the auto accident death of Anita Gillette's granddaughter 15 years ago. ... -- Backstory, Thursday, August 16, 08:15:36pm Healthwatch: Aretha Franklin "Gravely Ill" Thursday, August 16, 05:33:58pm 40 Confession time: she was the unidentified major celebrity I mentioned a few weeks ago, as I heard through reliable sources that hospice care had been called in. I don't mean to be too coy about my information; it really seemed at the time that death was imminent (NT) -- I'm glad it wasn't, but this news is not surprising, either., Sunday, August 12, 10:58:58pm If she passess, this may just be one of the biggest, if not the biggest death of 2018 (NT) -- Other candidates at this point?, Sunday, August 12, 11:13:46pm Barbara Bush and Billy Graham are much more significant, (NT) -- Franklin was great, but far from the biggest, Monday, August 13, 01:19:25am Barbara Bush wasn't significant (NT) -- She was married to someone significant, Monday, August 13, 06:14:07am While I disagree with your marginalization of the late First Lady, she will forever be in the history books. Franklin will be forgotten within a generation or two of her death, remembered by only a small handful (NT) -- She was just an entertaine and her passing not as significant as a FLOTUS, Monday, August 13, 06:51:24am Yeah because Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald were forgotten (NT) -- right...., Monday, August 13, 06:55:56am The “Queen of Soul” not significant? Focus...Focus...Focus (NT) -- (NT), Monday, August 13, 07:05:10am I never said she was not significant. What I did say was her passing will NOT be the MOST significant passing this year, as other more notable and significant have already passed away (NT) -- Reading is fundamental, Monday, August 13, 07:28:43am You all are lumping entertainers with political and religious figures - a bit of a broad stroke? (NT) -- How about Franklin’s passing will be a big loss from entertainment industry, one of the biggest of the year..., Monday, August 13, 08:53:36am On this point, you are correct. But the OP's assertion that she would be the most notable death of the year so far overall is absurd. (NT) -- ., Monday, August 13, 09:07:35am "Hey 19, that's 'Retha Franklin -- She don't remember, Queen of Soul", Monday, August 13, 11:36:55am Franklin's death just being reported by Fox News Radio (NT) -- But, ironically, only the second-most notable death today., Thursday, August 16, 07:02:11am People Magazine now reporting that her death is "imminent." -- Link, Monday, August 13, 12:05:55pm So sad. Death will come just 8 weeks after her big screen husband "Blues Brothers" Guitarist Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, who died in June, at age 88. ... -- PHOTO, Monday, August 13, 12:23:31pm Aretha with King Curtis (who was murdered 47 years ago today) -- wWDI, Monday, August 13, 12:51:20pm BREAKING: just heard on 1010 WINS the DJ announced Aretha Franklin, the Queen of soul, has died (NT) -- She was 76, Monday, August 13, 01:56:54pm I checked that station, some local news papers, and CNN (NT) -- nobody has anything posted, Monday, August 13, 02:09:10pm I just checked on 1010WINS radio site, and they have NO announcement, as of 5:20pmEST. (NT) -- Likely hoax, Monday, August 13, 02:22:06pm There is usually a lag between what is said on the air and what goes on their website, as they are, after all, an all news station themselves. (NT) -- So who knows…, Monday, August 13, 02:29:02pm Don Lemon On CNN Said Aretha Is In Hospice Care (NT) -- David S., Monday, August 13, 09:10:56pm What is your favortite Aretha Franklin song? (NT) -- I cant decide, Monday, August 13, 02:40:02pm "Chain of Fools" by far my fav of hers (NT) -- Lemnpiper, Monday, August 13, 02:51:40pm I grew up on Aretha. Her songbook is the touchstones in my life. I can rattle off two dozen prolific performances by THE Diva of all Divas. So I can not choose one favorite, only dictated on what mood I'm in at any given day. -BUT with that said THIS iconic performance resonates for ME today ... -- Too beautiful for words; flawless ..., Monday, August 13, 04:10:29pm I'm sure we can look forward to someone griping about headstones or who didn't show up at her funeral (NT) -- Since that's always a popular pastime, Monday, August 13, 03:43:29pm Trust and believe that will not happen. She will be honored with full Gospell celeb turnout, with fitting epitaph to follow at her graveside! (NT) -- Fo sho!, Monday, August 13, 03:54:24pm Aretha Franklin -- Brown, Monday, August 13, 10:34:48pm TMZ reporting Aretha down to 86lbs.and surrounded by her kids. (NT) -- Sad end., Tuesday, August 14, 12:03:45am My fav Aretha song - "If Ever a Love There Was" with Levi Stubbs - so BEAUTIFUL. ... -- Danny(Louisville), Thursday, August 16, 05:18:44am The LIVE performance Aretha did a few years back honoring Carole King at Kennedy Honors, bring President Obama to tears. ... -- VIDEO, Thursday, August 16, 05:23:17am They are saying her death is imminent. (NT) -- Kat, Thursday, August 16, 07:05:01am She has now passed on..... -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Thursday, August 16, 07:12:48am In her Honor...... -- noopyandthezoo (Janet Doran), Thursday, August 16, 07:22:39am Once again I'm unable to block Twitter from coming up with Google search for news about this. (NT) -- I refuse to acknowledge that worthless site as a credible news source., Thursday, August 16, 07:43:29am The "Queen of Soul" and the "King of Rock & Roll" both died on August 16th (NT) -- Rest in peace..., Thursday, August 16, 07:38:12am UPDATE: Aretha Franklin, famous Queen of Souls dies at 76 -- Jim Rutherford, Thursday, August 16, 07:44:02am It's already been updated. (NT) -- R.I.P., Thursday, August 16, 07:45:59am So did Babe Ruth (NT) -- The Sultan of swat, Thursday, August 16, 07:44:21am What a talent - what a life. (NT) -- A strong voice for over 50 years - was a part of so much!, Thursday, August 16, 08:15:57am Think By Aretha Franklin With Matt "Guitar" Murphy In Blues Brothers -- David S., Thursday, August 16, 05:33:58pm Archive: George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Aug. 16, 1948 Greatest baseball player of all time Thursday, August 16, 12:15:11pm 1 Archive: Robert Johnson, Aug. 16, 1938 Blues singer Thursday, August 16, 11:39:01am 2 "Crossroad" -- Robert johnson, Thursday, August 16, 11:39:01am Actor Art Lynch Dies at 63 Thursday, August 16, 10:20:10am 2 IMDb -- -, Thursday, August 16, 10:20:10am Dr. Peter Fisher, Queen Elizabeth's personal doctor Killed in Bicycle Crash Thursday, August 16, 10:01:15am 3 So both George Bush and Queen Elizabeth doctors both died bicycle related deaths. (NT) -- Jim Rutherford, Thursday, August 16, 09:55:48am National Enquirer reports today that Prince Philip is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. (NT) -- Enquirer was the first to report Aretha Franklin's pancreatic cancer back in 2016, Thursday, August 16, 10:01:15am Tony-Nominated Actor Mark Baker Dies at 71 Playbill Thursday, August 16, 09:36:17am 1 Archive: Jerry Wexler, Aug. 15, 2008 Music producer Thursday, August 16, 09:29:50am 2 WOW! 10 years and a day before Aretha (NT) -- TOBY, Thursday, August 16, 09:29:50am Fox News reporting Aretha Franklin has died Age 76 Thursday, August 16, 07:11:08am 1 Aretha Franklin Dead at age 76 Thursday, August 16, 07:11:02am 1 Elena Shushunova, Russian Olympic gymnast; All-Around champion in 1988 She was 49 Thursday, August 16, 06:37:16am 1 Aug.15th~Happy 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Hester Ford, Masters Athlete Donald Pellmann is 103, Actor Jay Ward is 97, Businessman S.Daniel Abrahams is 94, Director Nicolas Roeg is 90, Cameraman Ivo Belec is 90, Director Leopold Beskodarnyy is 90 (NT) jlp Wednesday, August 15, 05:46:20pm 7 Aug.15th~Happy Birthday! Actress Abby Dalton (86) Actress Lori Nelson (85) Actor Mike Henry (82) Actress Pat Priest (82) Actress Nina Shipman (80) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, August 14, 10:43:27pm Actor Michael J. Reynolds (79) Actress Barbara Bouchet (75) Actress Ann Ryerson (69) Actress Tess Harper (68) Actress Gaylen Ross (68) (NT) -- Colt, Tuesday, August 14, 10:45:52pm Other birthdays, Aug. 15- -- Happy birthfdays!, Wednesday, August 15, 12:37:51pm Writer Sami Michael is 92, Judge Oliver Popplewell is 91, athlete Reginald Scarlett is 84, Sup. Ct. Justice Stephen Breyer is 80, musician Stix Hooper is 80, US Rep. Maxine Waters is 80 (NT) -- ., Wednesday, August 15, 12:53:26pm Attorney Vernon Jordan is 83 today (NT) -- ., Wednesday, August 15, 04:35:53pm On Aug. 15, 1958, Buddy Holly marries Maria Elena Santiago in Lubbock, Texas -- 60 years ago today, Wednesday, August 15, 05:46:20pm Archive: Ernie Bushmiller, Aug. 15, 1982 Cartoonist ("Nancy") Wednesday, August 15, 04:51:27pm 1 OT: Cool Video of Old Stars attending the Premiere of 'Cavalcade' from Jan. 12, 1933 Link Wednesday, August 15, 04:50:08pm 1 Healthwatch: Ex- US Sen. Norm Coleman Says his cancer is back, at an advanced stage Wednesday, August 15, 04:47:45pm 2 Coleman lost an extremely close race to Al Franken in 2008 (NT) -- The legal battle took over 8 mos., Wednesday, August 15, 04:47:45pm Herbert Sperling, Drug Boss Tied to French Connection Case Dead at 79 Wednesday, August 15, 04:41:37pm 1 Healthwatch: Nichelle Nichols diagnosed with moderate progressive dementia The Star Trek actress is 85 Wednesday, August 15, 04:37:08pm 7 Her brother died in the Heaven's Gate mass suicide, which had an odd Star Trek fetish (NT) -- Nichelle was an occasional visitor, Sunday, August 12, 12:42:08am FUN FACT: Nichelle Nichols and Shatner performed the first interracial kiss on TV -albeit forced (coerced). ... -- Though I think Spock had him beat by a minute, him being a Vulcan, and all., Sunday, August 12, 12:56:49am Episode, "Plato's Stepchildren", aired on Nov. 22, 1968 (NT) -- ., Sunday, August 12, 11:37:51am I personally disagree -- Brooks, Wednesday, August 15, 01:43:52pm Ya, but didn't that HO kiss BOTH Jonny Quest and Hadji ...on their cheeks? ... -- ...Doesn't count., Wednesday, August 15, 02:52:04pm How about when Desi would kiss Lucy on "I Love Lucy"? (NT) -- Fred Mertz, Wednesday, August 15, 04:37:08pm Facebook & Twitter reporting death of Singer & 'Godfather' Actress Morgana King Hopefully something more reliable is released. Wednesday, August 15, 02:55:51pm 18 IMDb -- -, Tuesday, August 14, 10:52:21am I believe that the Morgana King death is incorrect. Most of the social media posts announcing her death say that celebrity author James Gavin announced her death on twitter. But there is no such posting on Gavin's twitter page. (NT) -- I was the one who first posted the question about her death yesterday., Tuesday, August 14, 01:00:53pm Obituaries from Hollywood Reporter and LA Times -- Fredrik Andersson, Wednesday, August 15, 12:01:28am Found this from the Facebook page of John Hoglund who seems to know her. ... -- Seems legit, Wednesday, August 15, 12:52:52am If she died on Aug. 12th, she would've died on John Cazale's birthday. (NT) -- He played her son Fredo in "The Godfather"., Wednesday, August 15, 12:53:59am According to the Washington Post, King died March 22 ... -- Link, Wednesday, August 15, 12:55:32am March 22nd? Wow! (NT) -- Nearly 5 mos. ago!, Wednesday, August 15, 12:56:32am RIP ...Yep, it's the real deal. King died March 22nd, in Palm Springs, Calif. Her death, which had not previously been reported, was confirmed by the Riverside County coroner’s office. -PHOTO ... -- She was 87., Wednesday, August 15, 01:02:42am FUN FACT: Wow, Morgana King was only 6 months older (almost to-the-day), than her screen "son" Robert Duvall. (NT) -- RIP, Wednesday, August 15, 01:08:36am I was actually a fan of King's unique Jazz vocal stylings when I was young. I STILL have her "Taste Of Honey" CD somewhere. .... -- "A Taste of Honey", Wednesday, August 15, 01:22:41am You know what's weird? I distinctly remember posts in March about her passing, but were deleted as being a hoax. That's why when these appeared I thought it weird as I thought she was already dead. This has happened twice before on the board -- Remember these incidents?, Wednesday, August 15, 09:43:00am All posts of a deaths, MUST be backed up by a source, whether it be legit or social media. (NT) -- Otherwise "rumor" posts get deleted., Wednesday, August 15, 10:52:03am I understand that, but that isn't my point. I was just pointing out the occasions when what we ultimately dismissed as false did indeed turn out to be true. -- I wish you wouldn't constantly be scolding in your tone, Wednesday, August 15, 11:50:56am I had no hostile tone, nor was I "scolding", only stating fact. -- Sorry if you took offense., Wednesday, August 15, 11:59:36am But it isn't a rumor if it actually happened and is not reported directly in the mainstream media, just mentioned on personal Facebook pages. (NT) -- Gee, how dense can you get?, Wednesday, August 15, 12:15:26pm Hey, so I want to apologize for being a little testy, but this is a subject that really gets under my skin. -- Let me explain…, Wednesday, August 15, 02:40:25pm Who's dense??. -RE-READ MY original post ...All posts of a deaths, MUST be backed up by a source, whether it be legit or SOCIAL MEDIA. (NT) -- ...Otherwise "rumor" posts get deleted., Wednesday, August 15, 02:55:51pm Aaron Cox, minor league pitcher and brother-in-law of Mike Trout, dies at 24 Russ Wednesday, August 15, 01:51:13pm 1 Archive: Will Rogers, Aug. 15, 1935 Humorist Wednesday, August 15, 12:57:10pm 1 Canadian Actor Albert Millaire Dies at 83 Wednesday, August 15, 12:47:06pm 2 Imdb -- ., Wednesday, August 15, 12:47:06pm Actress Janet Hargreaves Dies at 81 Wednesday, August 15, 12:44:14pm 3 IMDb -- -, Wednesday, August 15, 09:10:59am Pic -- Link, Wednesday, August 15, 12:44:14pm Archive - Actress Sallie Janes (died, 2017) Link below No mention at IMDb, I found it while reading her husband's obit. Wednesday, August 15, 12:41:06pm 3 IMDb link -- R.I.P., Wednesday, August 15, 12:48:23am Here's some pics of her from "Mary Hartman" -- Link, Wednesday, August 15, 12:41:06pm Healthwatch: Joe Biden cancels engagements and unable to travel due to "doctor's orders." . Wednesday, August 15, 12:12:10pm 3 Well, there goes his 2020 election chances. (NT) -- I guess he's off the list., Wednesday, August 15, 10:32:25am with the healthcare these politicians get, don't count on it. (NT) -- RBG, Wednesday, August 15, 12:12:10pm ARCHIVE: August 15, 1995 ~John Cameron Swayze, news commentator and game show panelist of the 1940s/1950s who later became best known as a product spokesman, known for his pitch phrase, "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking", dies at 89. ... Bio & PHOTO Wednesday, August 15, 11:56:19am 1 John Kennedy, Baseball Player Dies at 77 Wednesday, August 15, 10:20:24am 1 Randy Rampage, bass player and founding member of legendary Canadian first generation punk band D.O,A. He was 58 Wednesday, August 15, 05:47:20am 1 Actress Helen Burns Dies at 101 Wednesday, August 15, 02:30:20am 2 IMDb link -- R.I.P., Wednesday, August 15, 02:30:20am Guitarist/Singer James Quill Smith (Pollution) Dies at 74 Tuesday, August 14, 07:37:12pm 1 ARCHIVE: August 14, 1958 ~It was 60 years today, one of the darkest days in Elvis Presley's life when his beloved mother Gladys dies at 59, of a heart attack brought on by acute hepatitis. ... Bio & PHOTO Tuesday, August 14, 07:23:45pm 12 Gladys died at 46, not 59 (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 14, 11:51:30am Thanks. (NT) -- Sorry for typo., Tuesday, August 14, 12:22:49pm There are those who speculate Presley committed suicide, out of depression because of the anniversary of his mother's death two days prior and the finalization of his divorce from Priscilla the anniversary of which was that week is well (NT) -- Jon Dos Pesos, Tuesday, August 14, 01:16:16pm I can't believe Elvis would kill himself. He loved little Lisa Marie too much (NT) -- She was visiting him the day he died, Tuesday, August 14, 01:18:03pm He loved her so much, that he ODd in the toilet, not far from her bedroom? (NT) -- Addiction has no conscience., Tuesday, August 14, 01:27:19pm Well, I don't want to be too pedantic, but his cause of death had little to do with drugs directly; is excessive weight, tempered with the heart strain caused by a bowel movement of a man with a unchecked heart disease is what killed him (NT) -- He had a serious drug problem, yes, but he did not OD out right, Tuesday, August 14, 02:51:37pm Were there drugs found in system at time of death? (NT) -- C, Tuesday, August 14, 03:27:48pm Nothing that would lead to that conclusion over drug overdose (NT) -- It was erroneously reported OD at the time, Tuesday, August 14, 04:57:00pm According to Dr. Eric Muirhead, a pathologist who helped perform the autopsy, his body contained a total of 14 drugs, including 10 times the normal dosage of codeine and toxic levels of methaqualone (ludes). ... -- Details ..., Tuesday, August 14, 06:32:34pm Too many fried peanut-butter-and-banana sandwiches (NT) -- Arteries clogged to the max, Tuesday, August 14, 07:02:58pm You know who else likes those sandwiches? Fellow Tupelo native Brian Dozier. -- The Dodgers' second baseman underwent cardiac tests after leaving Monday's game with dizziness., Tuesday, August 14, 07:23:45pm Rowland Perkins, Founded Creative Artists Agency, TV, film producer Dead at 84 Tuesday, August 14, 06:20:42pm 2 Imdb -- Link, Tuesday, August 14, 06:20:42pm Reggie Oliver, Quarterback of the 1971 Marshall Univ. football team (featured in film "We Are Marshall") Dead at 66 Tuesday, August 14, 06:13:20pm 1 Blue Miller, Musician, producer Dead at 66 Tuesday, August 14, 04:40:04pm 2 "High Rollin'" (got to # 20 on the Billboard Country chart) -- Gibson/Miller Band, Tuesday, August 14, 04:40:04pm Amber Tatro, Center of landmark Supreme Court ruling for disabled students Dead at 42 Tuesday, August 14, 04:34:35pm 2 Pic -- ., Tuesday, August 14, 04:34:35pm Aug.14th~Happy Birthday! Actor Eduardo Fajardo (94) Actor Richard Lee-Sung (88) Actress Candace Hilligoss (83) Director James Fargo (80) Actor Robert Viharo (76) Actor Steve Martin (73) Actor Antonio Fargas (72) Actor Lou Wagner (70) Director Jim Wynorski (68) (NT) Colt Tuesday, August 14, 04:29:00pm 8 Aug.14th~Happy 98th Birthday! Musicologist Maria Teresa Linares Savio, Cinematographer Vuko Karanovic is 97, Producer Audrey Geisel is 97, Journalist Kuldeep Nayyar is 95, Lyrcist Lee Adams is 94, Writer Russell Baker is 93, Pianist Manfred Clynes is 93,\ (NT) -- jlp, Monday, August 13, 09:04:31pm Writer Lina Wertmuller is 90, Race Car Driver Sal Tovella turns 90. (NT) -- jlp, Monday, August 13, 09:05:11pm Singer Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts is 80 today -- Other birthdays, Aug. 14-, Tuesday, August 14, 11:44:31am Judge Edward Leavy is 89, writer Frederic Raphael is 87, ex- US Rep. James V. Hansen is 86, Nobel awarded chemist Richard R. Ernst is 85, actor Vernon Dobtcheff is 84, football player John Brodie is 83, businessman George Feldenkreis is 83 (NT) -- Director James Fargo is 80, Tuesday, August 14, 12:52:27pm "Summer Breeze" -- Seals & Croft, Tuesday, August 14, 01:21:42pm 1967's "Two for the Road" has 3 of the four principal actors alive (NT) -- as well as Producer Director Stanley Donen and writer Frederic Raphael, Tuesday, August 14, 02:05:28pm I herad that "Two For the Road' is the first film in which the "F word" is spoken (NT) -- ., Tuesday, August 14, 04:29:00pm Ian "Doc" Dean, Wrestler Dead at 48 Tuesday, August 14, 11:57:41am 1 ARCHIVE; August 14, 2006 ~Bruno Kirby, actor, singer, voice artist, chef, and comedian, known for his roles in "City Slickers", "The Godfather Part II", and "When Harry Met Sally" dies of leukemia at age 57. ... theChronicler Tuesday, August 14, 11:54:38am 2 Father Bruce Kirby is still alive at 90 (NT) -- Bruce & Bruno appear together in a 1974 episode of "Columbo", Tuesday, August 14, 11:54:38am Actor Mark Baker Dies at 71 Tuesday, August 14, 11:48:46am 3 IMDb & IBDB -- -, Tuesday, August 14, 10:45:04am He was the voice of Raggedy Andy in a 1977 cartoon -- Here's some clips, Tuesday, August 14, 11:48:46am Genova/Italia: Morendi-Bridge collapsed ... More than 35 deaths, so far. Tuesday, August 14, 10:35:02am 2 A 200-yard section of the 55 year old Morandi Bridge collapsed over an industrial zone, sending tons of twisted steel and concrete debris onto warehouses below! ... -- Those are horrific pictures!, Tuesday, August 14, 10:35:02am Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, WWF pro wrestler Dies at 63 Tuesday, August 14, 03:03:05am 3 Confirmed -- Obit and link, Monday, August 13, 08:53:13am He was big in the 1980s, sadly died from a fall at his home. -PHOTO ... -- His brother-in-law was Bret “Hit Man” Hart, of the famed 'Hart' wrestling dynasty., Tuesday, August 14, 03:03:05am