In Memoriam: Entertainment Industry Celebrity Deaths

[Pallas]

20 hours ago, Macbeth said:

The Primcess Bride and All the President's Men both brilliant.

And both from completely different universes.

 

And Butch makes three. 

[Macbeth]

2 hours ago, Pallas said:

And Butch makes three. 

How could I forget about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.  Great movie.

Thanks Pallas!

[spiderpig]

14 hours ago, Macbeth said:

How could I forget about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.  Great movie.

Thanks Pallas!

"The fall will probably kill ya".

[BW Manilowe]

From Variety: Wayne Maunder, 1960’s Western Star, Dies at 80

[Popples]

LFO Singer Devin Lima dies at 41, due to adrenal cancer.

With Rich dying eight years ago, there's only one member left. Even though "Summer Girls" was the biggest hit, "Don't Wanna Kiss You Goodnight" was my favorite of theirs.

[BW Manilowe]

Wrong thread. Sorry!

Edited November 21, 2018 by BW Manilowe

[Annber03]

Sad to hear that about Devin Lima. I'd forgotten that another member of that group passed away a number of years back-also from cancer. Once again we say, fuck cancer. 

I only knew their "Summer Girls" song, myself, but I did like it back in the day. 

[Enero]

Sorry to hear about Devin. 

I was a fan of LFO back in the day. I have their first album which was pretty good. I liked almost every song on that album.

Its so odd that both him and Rich died from cancer and at young ages too. Kind of makes me wonder if it was just the universe randomly pointing and happening to land on these guys who were once apart of the same group or if there was something in the environment they shared when apart of LFO that caused this. 

Anyway, RIP Devin. 

[BetterButter]

Director Nicolas Roeg dies aged 90

[BW Manilowe]

From Billboard: Scott English, Producer, ‘Brandy’ Songwriter, Dead at 81

His song “Brandy” was the song that became “Mandy”, the first #1 hit for both singer Barry Manilow & Clive Davis’ then-fledging record label, Arista Records.

[BetterButter]

Ricky Jay, Master Magician and Actor in ‘Deadwood,’ ‘Boogie Nights,’ Dies at 70

[Mindthinkr]

23 minutes ago, BetterButter said:

Ricky Jay, Master Magician and Actor in ‘Deadwood,’ ‘Boogie Nights,’ Dies at 70

I was very heartbroken when I heard this. RIP talented man. 

[spiderpig]

2 minutes ago, Mindthinkr said:

I was very heartbroken when I heard this. RIP talented man. 

Didn't one if my favorite screenwriters David Mamet include him in most of his films?

[Mindthinkr]

9 hours ago, spiderpig said:

Didn't one if my favorite screenwriters David Mamet include him in most of his films?

I don’t know, but you can go onto IMDB and see a complete listing of his work. I’m rewatching him in Deadwood right now and there are lots of great stories and tributes out there on Twitter. He was very unassuming and humble. 

[xaxat]

First Harry Anderson and now Ricky Jay. Not a good year for magic. 

15 hours ago, spiderpig said:

Didn't one if my favorite screenwriters David Mamet include him in most of his films?

Back in the nineties Mamet went on a heist/con movie run and Jay was in several of them. Usually playing someone in on the con. Spanish Prisoner, House of Games, Heist. . .

[BetterButter]

Bernardo Bertolucci, Oscar-Winning Italian Director of 'The Last Emperor,' Dies at 77

[BW Manilowe]

From People: Oprah Winfrey’s Mom, Vernita Lee, Dies at Age 83 on Thanksgiving

The interesting thing is, if you Google her, where they list people associated with her, Oprah’s longtime companion Steadman Graham is listed as Ms. Lee’s son-in-law. As we all know, the couple got engaged but never actually married.

Edited November 26, 2018 by BW Manilowe
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[VCRTracking]

RIP to Ricky Jay. I always loved when he was on talk shows doing card tricks and he was always such a cool presence in movies like David Mamet and Paul Thomas Anderson movies.

1993 The New Yorker article on Ricky: "Secrets of the Magus"

I've only seen one Bertollucci movie, Last Tango in Paris, after reading Pauline Kael's famous rave review. It has one of the best acting moments I've seen in a movie in the scene where Marlon Brando is over the body of his wife who had committed suicide:

[ratgirlagogo]

On 11/24/2018 at 9:11 PM, BetterButter said:

Ricky Jay, Master Magician and Actor in ‘Deadwood,’ ‘Boogie Nights,’ Dies at 70

OMG, I had the biggest crush in the Western world on him.  Met him more than once, including before he was really famous, and I was always so overcome and tongue-tied I could barely speak to him.   Can't deal.  Can't deal at all.

Edited November 27, 2018 by ratgirlagogo

[ratgirlagogo]

On 11/25/2018 at 7:45 AM, Mindthinkr said:

He was very unassuming and humble. 

Actually he was neither.  He was serenely aware of his own awesomeness and  for those who didn't understand that - he was way too classy to say anything about it.

ETA: this was supposed to go into the previous post but it didn't.  Anti-magic at work.

Edited November 27, 2018 by ratgirlagogo

[BetterButter]

‘SpongeBob Squarepants’ Creator Stephen Hillenburg Dies at 57

[Annber03]

Dang, that sucks. 57 is too young to go. 

[MissAlmond]

1 hour ago, BetterButter said:

‘SpongeBob Squarepants’ Creator Stephen Hillenburg Dies at 5

Well, DAMN!  I was nowhere near being a kid when SpongeBob came out but still watched it.  R.I.P. Mr. Hillenburg.

[Picture It. Sicily]

Add fuck ALS to the list....

[nodorothyparker]

Hillenburg has left me unexpectedly gutted.  Spongebob is such an exquisite mix of sweetness and knowing absurdity and it's been on in the background of my kids' entire childhoods.  We honestly never knew if the autistic child would ever talk and when he finally did relatively late, it was Spongebob he started out repeating.  

[AntiBeeSpray]

11 hours ago, Annber03 said:

Dang, that sucks. 57 is too young to go. 

Word. RIP sir.  :(

[Spartan Girl]

I hope they do some kind of tribute on SpongeBob.

[Popples]

WWII veteran, activist, and "World's Oldest Rebel" Harry Leslie Smith dies at 95.

[AntiBeeSpray]

RIP sir, and thanks for your kindness and your service.

[andromeda331]

4 hours ago, Popples said:

WWII veteran, activist, and "World's Oldest Rebel" Harry Leslie Smith dies at 95.

Thank you for your service. Rest in Peace.

[BetterButter]

Gloria Katz, 'American Graffiti' Writer and 'Star Wars' Script Doctor, Dies at 76

[andromeda331]

24 minutes ago, BetterButter said:

Gloria Katz, 'American Graffiti' Writer and 'Star Wars' Script Doctor, Dies at 76

That's too bad.

[VCRTracking]

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[BetterButter]

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[Mittengirl]

My local news has just posted that Pres. George H.W. Bush has died, but I don’t see it anywhere else.

Now CNN is reporting it as well.

Edited December 1, 2018 by Mittengirl

[Annber03]

Yep, just saw it on CBS here as well. 

May he rest in peace.

[Jaded]

2 minutes ago, Mittengirl said:

My local news has just posted that Pres. George H.W. Bush has died, but I don’t see it anywhere else.

Now CNN is reporting it as well.

CBS broke into The Late Show's airing to report it too. They already had a long mini video tribute. I imagine they've had it ready for awhile now though.

[legaleagle53]

And people are already talking about it on Twitter.

I figured it was just a matter of time after Barbara Bush passed away what, a couple of months ago?

Rest in peace, Mr. President.

Edited December 1, 2018 by legaleagle53

[HazelEyes4325]

Not a surprise and he lived a full life, but still sad.

George HW Bush spoke at my college commencement.  It was actually one of his more famous post-presidential speeches as it was where he announced he had left the NRA and called them all Jack-booted thugs.  I will always remember when all of us graduates assembled at the Wren Building to begin our march across campus to W&M Hall (where commencement actually happened) and he made a surprise appearance to give us all a pep talk, a more "personal" commencement speech, and a promise that he wouldn't talk too long.

I didn't always agree with him, but I always respected him.  RIP Mr. President.

[roamyn]

I’m surprised he lasted as long as he did w/o his beautiful wife.  He lived a long, fulfilling life and spent it in service to his country.  Thank you, Sir and RIP.

Edited December 1, 2018 by roamyn

[BW Manilowe]

28 minutes ago, Mittengirl said:

My local news has just posted that Pres. George H.W. Bush has died, but I don’t see it anywhere else.

Now CNN is reporting it as well.

I just got an Apple News notification on my iPhone about it. MSNBC is reporting on it & says they got the news about 45 minutes ago.

[BW Manilowe]

It’s weird. For some reason President Bush 41 popped into my head earlier tonight; but earlier than in the timeframe between now & when MSNBC says they got word that he passed. I think I’d call that more a coincidence than a premonition about his passing or something else happening to him though.

[VCRTracking]

[Spartan Girl]

I knew it was only a matter of time after Barbara. Like others have already said, I didn't always agree with him (or even like him sometimes), but I respected him. RIP

[doodlebug]

6 hours ago, HazelEyes4325 said:

George HW Bush spoke at my college commencement.  It was actually one of his more famous post-presidential speeches as it was where he announced he had left the NRA and called them all Jack-booted thugs.  I

President Bush 41 also gave the commencement address at Ohio State when I graduated. Alas, he was VP at the time and the President was pushing his ‘Star Wars’ defense system so the topic of his speech was ‘What if the Russians drop a nuke on The Oval?’. I like your speech better, but I’m sure he didn’t choose the theme, he was a good soldier even then.  OSU has about 7000 graduating that day so we didn’t get the private pep talk., either.

George H W Bush was a man of decency and integrity.  We could use more like him.

[crazycatlady58]

46 minutes ago, doodlebug said:

President Bush 41 also gave the commencement address at Ohio State when I graduated. Alas, he was VP at the time and the President was pushing his ‘Star Wars’ defense system so the topic of his speech was ‘What if the Russians drop a nuke on The Oval?’. I like your speech better, but I’m sure he didn’t choose the theme, he was a good soldier even then.  OSU has about 7000 graduating that day so we didn’t get the private pep talk., either.

George H W Bush was a man of decency and integrity.  We could use more like him.

May his memory be eternal. 

[merylinkid]

RIP Sir.   We have the Watch.

[Calvada]

George HW Bush was not a perfect man (can't help remembering the Willie Horton ad of his 1988 presidential campaign) but I cheered when he left the NRA after they referred to federal law enforcement as "jack-booted thugs" and also cheered when he blasted David Duke as unfit for public office.  Overall, I think Bush 41 was a decent, caring person.  From The New Yorker:  George H. W. Bush is likely to be remembered as the last President of the republic not to have been intensely despised by a significant portion of its population.  Sadly, this may be true.  

Love that cartoon that is out, showing Barbara and Robin meeting him at the gates of Heaven.  CAVU