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Milestone Moments: All The Celebrity Vitals


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4 hours ago, Dimity said:

I don't have a link right now but I've just heard that the British actress, Pauline Quirke (perhaps best known for Birds of a Feather) has retired from acting due to a dementia diagnosis.  I feel so badly for her.  She's only 65.

Prunella Scales is another Gen-X British TV icon that has dementia :'(

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30 minutes ago, SVNBob said:

Idea:  A sitcom starring these four about a grief support group for the survivors of the deceased.

Titled "Last Ones Standing"

You wonder what the Drummond penthouse is like to visit now in the DS universe given only Willis and Sam would be there (according to the cameo in the final ep of TFPOBA, Arnold Jackson was pushing thirty and still living with his adopted father).

By "now", Willis would have inherited ownership of his dad's company (which may still own the radio station in Hello, Larry! brought about by that DS/HL crossover storyline, as many stations in the real world are still owned by the same company as decades earlier or a direct descendent).

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On 1/23/2025 at 8:33 AM, tearknee said:

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Tempus Fugit... 

I wonder if anyone can beat Keith Thibodeaux's 'LOS' record? Billed as 'Richard Keith' he'd played Lucy and Ricky's drumming sensation son 'Little Ricky' from the time he was four. Now at age 74, Mr. Thibodeaux has   been the last surviving regular cast member of I Love Lucy (and the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour)since Lucy herself got her reward in 1989- 35 years ago! Of course, it helped that he was a preschooler while the rest of the cast was zooming if not already past their 40's during the show!

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Fawlty Towers is something Gen-X grew up with. I suspect that you know that that was what I meant from the context, given Birds of a Feather is the same.

3 hours ago, Blergh said:

I wonder if anyone can beat Keith Thibodeaux's 'LOS' record? Billed as 'Richard Keith' he'd played Lucy and Ricky's drumming sensation son 'Little Ricky' from the time he was four. Now at age 74, Mr. Thibodeaux has   been the last surviving regular cast member of I Love Lucy (and the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour)since Lucy herself got her reward in 1989- 35 years ago! Of course, it helped that he was a preschooler while the rest of the cast was zooming if not already past their 40's during the show!

With less drinking and smoking you will likely see in coming decades the "adults who played adults" lasting longer than the adult cast of TV's classic era did after their shows were over.

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6 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

Paul Reubens came out in upcoming self-made documentary “Pee-Wee as Himself”

I want to see this. I don’t know if he knew he was dying when he made it, but kudos to him for getting the last say in coming out. Literally.

I heard about that and want to see it too. I mean as a kid who was a big fan, any suggestions of him being gay would have gone right over my head. But looking back now the Playhouse Christmas Special had k.d. Lang, Little Richard, Cher and Joan Rivers as guest stars. And regular episodes had Tito, the jacked, shirtless lifeguard. It couldn't have been more obvious.

Although coming out as gay in the 80's would have probably been a career killer, especially once he started doing a kids show. I read somewhere once that he was also a heavy smoker and during the 80's he had someone on staff to make sure he was never smoking when kids were around or when there were photographers, because he thought that would hurt his image with the kids. I can imagine he would have felt the same about his sexuality.

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Former MTV VJ and Radio Host Matt Pinfield Suffers Massive Stroke

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According to TMZ, the former Columbia Records executive and radio show host suffered a stroke on Jan. 6 after enduring various health struggles over the years. The 63-year-old is now apparently incompetent, and his daughter Jessica filed for conservatorship to manage his health and financial decisions over concerns that his girlfriend will withdraw his money.

I remember he always had these wild, over the top stories about rock stars. He seemed like a fun guy :(.

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