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In Memoriam: Entertainment Industry Celebrity Deaths

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5 minutes ago, BW Manilowe said:

From CNN: Legendary Jazz Singer Nancy Wilson Dead at 81

What a talent! I loved Nancy Wilson's voice. It was so smooth. I enjoyed her appearance(s) as Martin's mother on the Cosby Show. She sang and it was glorious. You can find the clip on YT.

Rest in peace, Nancy

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Bastet
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Piss up a rope, Val Kilmer.  If your physical illness got so bad that your life utterly sucked and no end to that suffering was in sight, so that suicide was or seemed to be the best of the available

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BetterButter
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Olivia Newton-John Has Died At 73

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On 14. 12. 2018. at 12:13 PM, SimoneS said:

Exactly. I lived through that scandal which went on for years. It wasn't just confined to the tabloids. Sondra Locke was not just a talented actress, she was an extremely courageous woman who took on both Eastwood who attempted to destroy her personally and Warner Brothers which conspired with him to destroy her professionally. She refused to be a doormat and slink away. She took them to court and won huge settlements. I was just reading how she won against WB on appeal forcing them to settle and that her case is in contract law textbooks. I always remember that Sondra Locke was extremely proud that she forced Eastwood and WB to face consequences for mistreating her. She should be respected for both her talent and personal integrity. Rest in peace, Sondra.

This is all news to me, but mad respect to Sondra Locke. Good for her for sticking to her guns. 

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praeceptrix

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Good article on the sexist obituary for Ms. Locke

https://jezebel.com/this-is-how-a-woman-gets-written-out-of-her-own-obituar-1831097072?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1cEOhHih5jrXGEX5kepNwm4W1vE56EODvRyfV3ozGGiDIC-pUyBTY9cX4

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roamyn

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33 minutes ago, praeceptrix said:

Good article on the sexist obituary for Ms. Locke

https://jezebel.com/this-is-how-a-woman-gets-written-out-of-her-own-obituar-1831097072?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1cEOhHih5jrXGEX5kepNwm4W1vE56EODvRyfV3ozGGiDIC-pUyBTY9cX4

Thank you for posting this.  It’s a shame any obit (and this article, tho to be fair this is a rebuttal), can’t just focus on the loss of a beautiful, talented, strong woman.

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biakbiak

biakbiak

4 hours ago, roamyn said:

Thank you for posting this.  It’s a shame any obit (and this article, tho to be fair this is a rebuttal), can’t just focus on the loss of a beautiful, talented, strong woman.

Seriously, one would have after all the backlash to Melissa Mathison’s obituary that defined the Oscar nominated screenwriter for one of the most beloved movies of all time E.T., in addition to Black Stallion and other films and a long career of activism by who her ex husband was and not who she was publications would reassess how they write obits particularly for women but I am not surprised that nothing has changed but THR obit was even more disgusting given their relationship and that it went beyond the headline.

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Blergh

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On 12/13/2018 at 4:57 PM, BetterButter said:

Oscar Nominee Sondra Locke, Dead at 74

 It says in this article that Miss Locke died November 3rd but nowhere is it mentioned why there was a month's delay in public notification of her passing. I  recall Beth Howland (Vera on Alice) dying in December, 2015 but it not being reported until May 24,2016- with her widower Charles Kimbrough (Jim Dial on Murphy Brown) giving the explanation that she wouldn't have wanted the fuss. So  does anyone have any idea why an entire month went by (in this 'Net age) before Miss Locke's passing became public knowledge?

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3 minutes ago, Blergh said:

 It says in this article that Miss Locke died November 3rd but nowhere is it mentioned why there was a month's delay in public notification of her passing. I  recall Beth Howland (Vera on Alice) dying in December, 2015 but it not being reported until May 24,2016- with her widower Charles Kimbrough (Jim Dial on Murphy Brown) giving the explanation that she wouldn't have wanted the fuss. So  does anyone have any idea why an entire month went by (in this 'Net age) before Miss Locke's passing became public knowledge?

She wasn’t a very public person and I believe her next of kin is her husband who she married in 1967 and never consummated because he is gay, so maybe he didn’t feel the need to announce anything though he apparently was the one who contacted authorities.

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42 minutes ago, biakbiak said:

She wasn’t a very public person and I believe her next of kin is her husband who she married in 1967 and never consummated because he is gay, so maybe he didn’t feel the need to announce anything though he apparently was the one who contacted authorities.

I suppose that's possible. However; I would think her next of kin have either made the announcement roughly a week after her Miss Locke's demise (which would have given her next of kin and closest personal friends plenty of time to be notified and for there to have been some kind of private memorial) or, at the very least, whoever opted to wait over a month would have at least explained WHY when delivering news of her death.  I could be completely off here but it just seems a bit fishy to me that they'd not disclosed the death sooner and/or given an explanation as to why there wasn't earlier discloser. 

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5 minutes ago, Blergh said:

I suppose that's possible. However; I would think her next of kin have either made the announcement roughly a week after her Miss Locke's demise (which would have given her next of kin and closest personal friends plenty of time to be notified and for there to have been some kind of private memorial) or, at the very least, whoever opted to wait over a month would have at least explained WHY when delivering news of her death.  I could be completely off here but it just seems a bit fishy to me that they'd not disclosed the death sooner and/or given an explanation as to why there wasn't earlier discloser. 

Someone found the death certificate that is public infornation there was no public announcement from anyone in her life. 

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1 hour ago, kariyaki said:

Yeah, I was going to say what likely happened is that her next of kin made no announcement at all and it was someone in the press eventually picking up on it.

Based on the way she’s been treated by the Hollywood press, I could imagine Ms. Locke specifically requesting that the press not be notified of her passing.

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14 minutes ago, BW Manilowe said:

I just got a Breaking News notification on my iPhone that actress/director Penny Marshall has died at age 75. Details to come...

So sad; I grew up loving Laverne, and A League of Their Own is one of my favorite movies.  Her publicist said the cause of death was complications of diabetes.  Here's Variety's obituary.  And The Hollywood Reporter.

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8 minutes ago, Bastet said:

So sad; I grew up loving Laverne, and A League of Their Own is one of my favorite movies.  Her publicist said the cause of death was complications of diabetes.  Here's Variety's obituary.  And The Hollywood Reporter.

And here’s the obit from the Los Angeles Times.

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2 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:

Shit shit shit. I liked her movies. I didn't even know she was sick. Diabetes sucks.

Say hi to Leia for us, Laverne. And Garry.

Penny was also an incredibly talented director with 'Big', 'Awakenings' and 'A League of their Own' amongst her credits.  A very talented and versatile artist.

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Just now, Mindthinkr said:

I loved her directorial premier Jumping Jack Flash with Whoopi Goldberg.

Me too; a friend and I just watched that again recently during one of our movie nights and laughed our asses off. 

I really like the picture of Marshall Ava DuVernay used in her memorial tweet:

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roamyn

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I wasn't a big fan of Laverne & Shirley (even for the time it was corny), but as a director - and having to fight to be the director she wanted to be, and eventually became - she was fabulous.  I always thought her & Rob Reiner could've made the Man O'War of talented comedians/directors.  

RIP, Ms. Marshall.  

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By the way, one more reason to admire Penny Marshall - I always thought she was hilarious as Myrna, Oscar's secretary on The Odd Couple, and when the show years later did a reunion movie after Jack Klugman was recovering from throat cancer, she clearly had no hesitation jumping in and doing a hilarious re-appearance in character.  Not sure what year that was but I'm sure she made time to help out Jack and the rest of the crew.

Rest in peace, Penny and Garry.

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Bastet

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We'll see how long it takes Tuner Classic Movies to update its TCM Remembers 2018.  They put one together every year (always exponentially better than the Oscars' In Memoriam segment), and leave room to edit in any deaths that occur between the time it's released and the end of the year; they can replace stock footage with photos of new deaths without screwing up the total running time being synced to the music.  This year's just came out a few days ago.  Here it is as it stands now:

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I was about 9 or 10 when Happy Days/ Laverne & Shirley when on. I was a huge HD fan-- I literally wanted to be BE Fonzie ! Not quite as big of a fan of L & S but I still liked it a lot. I haven't seen either one of the shows for years ( and they probably wouldn't hold up now or be very dated), but they were a big part of my younger years, and I will always have fond memories of the shows.

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She was a trailblazer. Her directing style was just amazing. I loved BIG...and in college, we were given an assignment to take a favorite scene from a favorite movie and recreate it..dialogue, feel, shot for shot remake of the scene. I picked the scene where Josh reveals his adult self to Billy...and spent over an hour writing all the details and angles...for that five minutes of screentime, it took an hour's worth of notes and study and five hours of shooting to make it right...and my effort sucked big time. I knew I was NOT meant for that line of work...

After that assignment, I had a new appreciation for my favorite movie..and for directors at large. BIG will always be a movie that helps me through horrible times of my life...Penny Marshall gave me that solace..and I will forever be awed by her gift and grateful for her vision...Rest In Peace...your legacy is with us now!

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Do you hear that "tap, tap, tap" noise?  That's fate chiseling away at my childhood and teen years.

I have two coworkers who are always together so in my head they are nicknamed Laverne and Shirley.  This afternoon (before the news about Penny came out) that caused me to think of my favorite joke from the show.

Shirley was stating she was going to find a rich man and get married.  Laverne said they only thing rich guys wanted from them was vodeo-do-do.  

Shirley:  I don't vodeo-do-do.

Laverne:  Oh, you vodeo-do-do.

Shirley:  (indignantly) I DON'T vodeo-do-do!

Laverne:  Well, you vodeo.

Shirley (after a long pause):  Once.  And I'd been going steady for a year.

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