Milestone Moments: All The Celebrity Vitals

[AgentRXS]

The end of an era. Another civil rights activist gone. RIP Mr. Brown.

[Blergh]

6 hours ago, BetterButter said:

All-time great running back Jim Brown dies at 87

I wonder how Ms. Steinem will react to the news.  One can't say he lived a blah or tranquil life.

[Jaded]

This is the Deadspin article that she has screenshots of in her tweets.
 

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Edited May 20, 2023 by Jaded

[Jaded]

 

[shapeshifter]

Today is Cher's birthday. 🎂

[AstridM]

On 5/19/2023 at 7:07 AM, Superclam said:

Smiths bassist Andy Rourke passed at the age of 59. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65644596

Nooooo! 😢😢😂

[Blergh]

4 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

Today is Cher's birthday. 🎂

Who better to help her celebrate her 77th[?!] than Cookie! I'd like to imagine they've met! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

[shapeshifter]

11 minutes ago, Blergh said:

Who better to help her celebrate her 77th[?!] than Cookie! I'd like to imagine they've met! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Maybe, even though Cookie wasn't in the skits:

 

[Bethany]

Martin Amis, era-defining British novelist, dies aged 73

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Martin Amis, the influential author of era-defining novels including Money and London Fields, and the memoir Experience, has died at the age of 73 at his home at Lake Worth in Florida . His wife Isabel Fonseca said that the cause was cancer of the oesophagus.

Amis was among the celebrated group of novelists including Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan and Julian Barnes, whose works defined the British literary scene in the 1980s.

 

[Angeltoes]

1 hour ago, shapeshifter said:

Maybe, even though Cookie wasn't in the skits:

 

That's Cher?  At first glance I thought it was Frenchie from Grease!

[MissAlmond]

Actor Helmut Berger who starred in such films as The Damned and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis has died, age 78. 

https://deadline.com/2023/05/helmut-berger-dead-obituary-actor-luchino-visconti-films-1235372456/

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/helmut-berger-dead-dies-1235618509/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/19/helmut-berger-star-of-visconti-the-damned-dies-aged-78

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/19/helmut-berger-dead/

Edited May 22, 2023 by MissAlmond

[Constant Viewer]

Ray Stevenson passed away. He was Titus Pullo in Rome

[badhaggis]

7 minutes ago, Constant Viewer said:

Ray Stevenson passed away. He was Titus Pullo in Rome

This is such a shock he was only 58! 

[Zella]

Oh no I loved him in Rome. 13! 

[WritinMan]

1 hour ago, Constant Viewer said:

Ray Stevenson passed away. He was Titus Pullo in Rome

Ahhhhh....crap. I always liked Stevenson.

[dwmarch]

I liked Stevenson's take on The Punisher in the fantastically gory, over the top Punisher: War Zone. Also loved his villain character in Big Game, where he is hunting President Samuel L. Jackson and a kid who is doing his coming-of-age ceremony. I'm looking forward to seeing Stevenson in Ahsoka and I'm sad we won't see him in anything else.

[magdalene]

For me his Titus Pullo was one of the great characters.  If you haven't seen Rome and him in it you are missing out.  Only 58 - what a loss!

[BooksRule]

17 hours ago, Constant Viewer said:

Ray Stevenson passed away. He was Titus Pullo in Rome

His face was familiar and so was his name, but I couldn't think of what movies or TV shows I had seen him in, so I looked him up.  I knew him as Marcus from the 'Divergent' movies and as Volstagg in the Thor movies.  58 is definitely way too young.

Edited May 23, 2023 by BooksRule
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[Spartan Girl]

18 hours ago, Constant Viewer said:

Ray Stevenson passed away. He was Titus Pullo in Rome

Not Volstagg of Thor’s Warriors Three!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[SunnyBeBe]

Buffett shared an update on his condition that caused him to cancel a concert.  It sounds promising.

https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/05/jimmy-buffett-shares-health-update-after-hospitalization-postponed-show.html

 

 

[supposebly]

19 hours ago, Constant Viewer said:

Ray Stevenson passed away. He was Titus Pullo in Rome

I just saw. He had such screen presence! He was only a few years older than I am. I always hoped he would have a bigger career.

Thirteen!

Titus Pullo forced to fight in the arena

Lucius saving his ass

[Tippi]

I loved Ray Stevenson as Titus Pullo in Rome.  I'm a sucker for a great friendship story, and Pullo and Vorenus were right up there with Kirk and Spock, and Lucy and Ethel for me.

He was also mighty fine in the otherwise dreary season 7 of Dexter.

[BookEater]

He was so good in Rome and I loved him in Black Sails too; the best Edward Teach/Blackbeard imo.

It's going to be bittersweet watching him in Ahsoka now, he looked so great in the trailer.

[MissAlmond]

News is breaking that Tina Turner has died at 83. Will update with links.

First update: Will post later as more information becomes available. R.I.P. Ms. Turner!

https://news.sky.com/story/tina-turner-dies-aged-83-12888593

https://deadline.com/2023/05/tina-turner-dead-obituary-rock-soul-singer-was-83-1235378614/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tina-turner-dead-obit-192002/

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by MissAlmond

[Crashcourse]

Shit!  I just read about it online. 

[Bethany]

Oh man.  That is not news I wanted to hear today 😢.  RIP Ms. Turner.

[AgentRXS]

Noooo! She was such an inspiration to me! RIP Queen Tina. Your legacy is unmatched. 

[merylinkid]

DAMMIT

2023 sucks.

She is dancing her way through the pearly gates and St. Peter is rocking along with her.  

(Ike is elsewhere thank you very much).

[DearEvette]

Aw.  RIP Tina.  I saw her documentary last year and was impressed by her all over again.

[Spartan Girl]

Gutted. I am GUTTED.

I  just saw the Tina musical last month and it was phenomenal. “River Deep, Mountain High” is one of my favorite songs.

It sucks to lose her now. I’m so glad that she was able not only to prove all the racists and ageists wrong with a comeback that proved she was nowhere near past her prime, but also that she escaped Satan Ike and was able to live a full life and find the love she deserved.

RIP to the Queen of Rock and Roll. You were simply the best.

Edited May 24, 2023 by Spartan Girl

[Browncoat]

Aw, man, this one hurts!  Tina was awesome!

[Enigma X]

Tina was the Queen of Rock! RIP.

[Mr. Sparkle]

I just got 5 messages within a minute. What a great voice. 

Her live "River Deep Mountain High" is amazing. 

[SunnyBeBe]

I’m sad to hear Tina Turner has died.  She was one of a kind.  There were so many things to love about her.  I saw her in concert in 2000 in NC.  What a thrill!  I’ll be having a Tina Turner marathon this weekend.  💐🩷

[jah1986]

Total gut punch, I was not expecting to hear this at all today. I loved Tina Turner, what a loss. Saw her as part of Divas Live in NYC years ago, she was great, Simply The Best.

Edited May 24, 2023 by jah1986
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[Mindthinkr]

I saw the musical Tina on Broadway at was amazed at the life she led. It’s truly a sad day for rock and roll fans. She was a gem. 💔

[Bookish Jen]

I thought Tina would be around forever. She was such a force of nature.

 

[bluegirl147]

7 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:

 I saw her in concert in 2000 in NC.

I saw her same year in Pittsburgh.  Joe Cocker was her opening act.

There will never be another Tina.

[Bastet]

Dammit!  I have been to a lot of concerts in my life, so when the thread in Music asking about our favorites was created, I had a hard time narrowing it down to a list.  But Tina Turner in New Orleans - with Lionel Ritchie as the opening act - made the cut.

Edited May 24, 2023 by Bastet

[Popples]

I am so shocked to hear Tina Turner is gone. This is my favorite moment of hers. 

 

[voiceover]

There’s a story I remember about her turning down the role of Shug inThe Color Purple.

Allow for time & memory here, but she said something to the effect of, “I don’t have to play the part.  I lived the life.”

Tina!  “Do I love you? my oh my/River deep, mountain high/If I ever lost you, would I cry?…”.

RIP, Queen.

eta: So this just pinged: Whoopi Goldberg (already cast as Celie) responded to the casting rumor thusly: “If I gotta kiss a woman, let it be Tina Turner!”)

Edited May 24, 2023 by voiceover

[CountryGirl]

I am heartbroken to hear that the Queen of Rock and Roll is gone. 

Tina was an icon on so many levels, the voice, the moves, the songs, those legs, her magnetic, unforgettable presence, and surviving going to literal hell and back. 

RIP, Anna Mae -  you were simply THE BEST! ❤️

[Bethany]

1 hour ago, Spartan Girl said:

It sucks to lose her now. I’m so glad that she was able not only to prove all the racists and ageists wrong with a comeback that proved she was nowhere near past her prime, but also that she escaped Satan Ike and was able to live a full life and find the love she deserved.

Absolutely  and truly one of the best examples of living well being the best revenge.  She was truly amazing and those legs!!  My god.  

[CountryGirl]

1 hour ago, DearEvette said:

Aw.  RIP Tina.  I saw her documentary last year and was impressed by her all over again.

Same. Although I was annoyed at there being too much discussion of Ike. What more was there to be said at this point? She deserved to be the sole focus, not sharing the spotlight with the specter of her abusive, miserable excuse for a human being ex.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Damn, damn, damn.

[Bastet]

17 minutes ago, CountryGirl said:

Same. Although I was annoyed at there being too much discussion of Ike.

I have been pleased to see that things have improved some since the media got called out for putting way too much emphasis on Humphrey Bogart in Lauren Bacall's obituaries, and usually including him in the opening sentence or even headline, that Ike tends not to be mentioned until several paragraphs in on Tina's.

[Anela]

 

[Crashcourse]

Took my mom to see Tina in the mid 90s, and Chris Isaak was the opening act.  I had to go through a lot to get tickets because they were selling like wildfire.  My mom never forgot that show.  

[WendyCR72]

I am absolutely stunned that someone as vital and alive as Tina Turner was is now gone. And while I know her career started with Ike, I am of the generation (X, baby!) that was there with her renaissance in the '80s, and she was fire!

This is one of my favorite performances of hers from 1985:

And, apparently, they reunited in 1999 to do it again!

Rest in peace, Tina! Heaven got a LOT more fun today...

[BookEater]

It's hard to believe she's gone, she almost seemed immortal. Rest in peace Tina, you were an absolute mensch 💔