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On 12/30/2023 at 12:53 PM, ebk57 said:

Maurice Hines has died.

I saw him way back in Eubie and Sophisticated Ladies.  He was spectacular. 

This clip isn't very clear, but here he is with Gregory at the Tonys in 1979.

 

 

I don’t know why it didn’t click for me at the time, but my then 9 year old nephew had the opportunity to tap with Maurice Hines in the last show he did (Tappin’ Thru Life).  I got to meet him when I attended one of the performances at the Delaware Theater Company and a nicer man you could not meet.  He was so very sweet to my nephew.  

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Miss Johns had an interesting life (as per wiki)! She had been born in (of all places) Pretoria, South Africa while her British theatrical parents were touring there. Sadly, her only child, British actor Gareth Forwood  (by her 1st of 4 spouses) died of a heart attack in 2007 at age 62 but she has a surviving grandson and three great-grandchildren!

Yes, that's one sad part of getting way up in years when one outlives most if not all of one's loved ones.

Regardless, she left an unforgettable impression! RIP, Miss Johns!

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4 hours ago, ABay said:

She was great in A Little Night Music.

And The Court Jester! That movie is a delight, and even better? Johns's character Jean is on the side of good... and is more fun and interesting than Angela Lansbury's scheming princess.Take note, writers! The good guys don't have to be boring!

Ms. Johns was one of a kind, and she will definitely be missed.

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26 minutes ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

And The Court Jester! That movie is a delight, and even better? Johns's character Jean is on the side of good... and is more fun and interesting than Angela Lansbury's scheming princess.Take note, writers! The good guys don't have to be boring!

Listennnn...!  The choke hold those Danny Kaye movies had on me back in the day.  I still remember the mnemonic of them knowing which drink had the poison: "The Pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle. The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!"

The Court Jester was great and Glynis Johns was luminous in it.  RIP MS. Johns.

 

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https://news.yahoo.com/david-soul-actor-best-known-174342279.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

I was always into Hutch, though Starsky was sexy too.

Fave eppy was 'The Fix', when mobsters got Hutch hooked on he-ron.

Loved Don't Give Up On Us and Black Bean Soup.

Sighs....all my fave tv stars of yesteryear are going, going, gone.

Rest well, sir!!

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3 hours ago, Yogisbooboo64 said:

https://news.yahoo.com/david-soul-actor-best-known-174342279.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

I was always into Hutch, though Starsky was sexy too.

My online Fandom name is Hutchlover.  Even tho I'm no longer in the S&H Fandom that much, I pride myself on being the original Hutchlover from when the internet was new.

When I saw the news this evening I burst into tears.  😭

I loved his music, his acting, his activism, his passion for life - which sometimes got him in trouble.

God Rest David.  Your family, friends & fans will miss you so much.

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4 hours ago, BetterButter said:

Oh man. She was only 69.

I always kind of respected the way she did that diving scene, strutting over to the pool and exuding confidence. These days, the movie would have put her in the skimpiest bikini, but she didn’t need that to make guys sweat. I thought she was going to write a memoir about her Caddyshack experiences, but I guess that’s not  going to happen now.

In happier news: Halle Bailey had a baby. Twitter had been obsessing about her pregnancy for months, and she never confirmed it up til now, and I respect her for basically saying that her body and baby was nobody’s business, and she’d announce it when she was damn well ready. Good for her.

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1 hour ago, Miss Anne Thrope said:

Yikes, I didn't realize Sherman and Soul had a spouse in common!  Filing this for future trivia reference. 

Bobby married her first and they had two sons.  David claimed he fell in love with her, while watching them.  When Bobby & Patti divorced, David divorced his wife Karen (who he met on the HCTB set), and they had three sons - Brandon, Timothy & Andrew.

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Daytime Emmy winning producer/writer Bridget Dobson who co-created the daytime drama Santa Barbara with her husband Jerome, as well as a co-head writer for As the World Turns, The Guiding Light, and General Hospital has died, age 85.

https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/713465/santa-barbara-creator-bridget-dobson-dead/

https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/01/rip-bridget-dobson-co-creator-co-head-writer-santa-barbara-dies-at-85

https://michaelfairmantv.com/bridget-dobson-co-creator-co-head-writer-santa-barbara-dead/2024/01/07/

 

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2 hours ago, roamyn said:

Bobby married her first and they had two sons.  David claimed he fell in love with her, while watching them.  When Bobby & Patti divorced, David divorced his wife Karen (who he met on the HCTB set), and they had three sons - Brandon, Timothy & Andrew.

Good lord, that's some drama.  

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Aisha Harris of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour wrote an entire article about her love of TCM's In Memorium montage.

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Over time, however, TCM has become the gold standard for these sorts of exercises, understanding that to achieve an effective in memoriam, you have to strike just the right balance between sentimentality, fond remembrance and aesthetics.

Sound is crucial. With TCM's memorials, the song selections are certainly sad and wistful and lamenting, capturing some sort of universal feeling about being young once or wishing to go back to "the night we met" – but they're not instantly recognizable funeral songbook standards...

And unbeholden to the time constraints of live TV and the vanity of live musicians in accompaniment, these videos also seem to include a greater mix of marquee names, character performers, filmmakers, and craftspeople, and each gets their moment. Sure, some of those moments are drawn out longer than others and each person's placement within the mix isn't without its politics...

Inevitably, this combo of sound, image, and memory will leave me utterly moved to tears or near-tears, even if the beats at this point have become familiar to any longtime TCM fan. I think it also probably stems from the way this template really echoes the medium it's honoring, and understands that the power of montage is in its persuasiveness and ability to stir up feelings when done thoughtfully. I don't think any awards show in memoriam has made me feel this way, and I'm not sure any can.

 

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It has been reported in legit media outlets that the coroner has ruled Sinead O'Connor's July, 2023 cause of death as 'natural causes'  but with no other information to be forthcoming.

I suppose that might be more comforting to her loved ones than accidental death, suicide or murder but it's odd that they refuse to say what the 'natural cause' WAS.

At least some questions have been cleared up even if others are left unanswered.

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7 hours ago, Blergh said:

I suppose that might be more comforting to her loved ones than accidental death, suicide or murder but it's odd that they refuse to say what the 'natural cause' WAS.

Is it? It seems to me that death by natural causes falls under privacy concerns and that statements by officials give minimal information so that a person’s medical information isn’t made public. The details generally come from leaks and reporters obtaining official reports that are public record. 
I’m sure the family members have all the available details but, sadly, sometimes the exact cause can’t be determined. 

4 hours ago, Dani said:

Is it? It seems to me that death by natural causes falls under privacy concerns and that statements by officials give minimal information so that a person’s medical information isn’t made public. The details generally come from leaks and reporters obtaining official reports that are public record. 
I’m sure the family members have all the available details but, sadly, sometimes the exact cause can’t be determined. 

In the US at least, death certificates are public records. Is that not the case in Ireland?

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Author Terry Bisson has died.

https://locusmag.com/2024/01/terry-bisson-1942-2024/

I'm a big fan of his story "Bears Discover Fire."

His story "They're Made of Meat" got turned into a short film.  Pretty sure it got shown on the SYFY channel back when it was still the SciFi Channel and had a regular short film program.  Or possibly I'm misremembering where I saw it.  

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6 minutes ago, Vermicious Knid said:

Oh, he finished the sequel to A Canticle for Leibowitz. I have them both. If you have never heard of it, it's one of the seminal novels of science fiction that's just not well known outside the genre.

I've never read it, but my undergrad sociology professor referenced it a lot. In point of fact, I have no memory whatsoever 15 years later of the point he was making every time he talked about it, but I do remember how much he obviously enjoyed the book. LOL He was a really nice guy, and his palpable  enthusiasm always made me want to read it, though sci fi isn't usually my thing. 

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On 1/10/2024 at 2:47 PM, AstridM said:

In the US at least, death certificates are public records. Is that not the case in Ireland?

Actually they are not always public records.  Depends on the state.  Birth, marriage and death records are not public in New York State.  And they withhold the cause of death except when distributed to next of kin.  If given out for a probate proceeding, for example, it won't have cause of death.  Even people who are entitled to get the records have a hard time accessing them at times.  It's all about concealing embarrassing information.  In working on legal matters I have come across two cases of "shotgun weddings" where the parents had been lying to the children for years about the true date.

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1 hour ago, MissAlmond said:

R.I.P. Bill Hayes. There was a time when, even if you didn't watch a particular soap opera, you had an awareness of who a show's stars were. Such was the case with Bill Hayes as Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives.

Actor Bryan Cranston left the following tribute to Hayes in Deadline's comment section:

 

That was lovely. Thank you for sharing.

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On 1/4/2024 at 6:10 PM, ABay said:

She was great in A Little Night Music.

I absolutely adore A Little Night Music. While many point out Send in the Clowns, my favorite is this exchange from You Must Meet My Wife where Len Cariou's Fredrik explains to Johns' Desiree his marriage to a much younger woman:

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FREDRIK:
She flutters.

DESIREE:
How charming.

FREDRIK:
She twitters.

DESIREE:
My word!

FREDRIK:
She floats.

DESIREE:
Isn't that alarming?
What is she, a bird?

FREDRIK:
She makes me feel I'm--what?--

DESIREE:
A very old man.

FREDRIK:
Yes--no!

R.I.P. Ms. Johns.

 

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8 hours ago, MissAlmond said:

Actor Joyce Randolph who played Trixie Norton on the television series The Honeymooners and was the last surviving member of the main cast has died, age 99.

Sad news, but 99 was a good run!  I actually worked with her son, Randy Charles years ago. He was the VP of Marketing for a few years at the newspaper where I worked, and I'd occasionally have meetings or work on projects with him and his team.

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