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In Memoriam: Entertainment Industry Celebrity Deaths

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This thread is for deaths of celebrities in the entertainment business only. No notices about politicians, please. 

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Spartan Girl

Spartan Girl

On 9/14/2022 at 10:22 AM, MissAlmond said:

Actor Irene Papas who starred in Z, Zorba the Greek, and The Guns of Navarone has died, age 93. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/movies/irene-papas-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/14/1122908972/irene-papas-died

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/irene-papas-dead-greek-actress-hollywood-fame-1235220338/

https://www.barrons.com/news/majestic-greek-zorba-star-irene-papas-dies-at-93-01663152008?tesla=y

Aw man, she did a ton of adaptations of Greek tragedies, but I remember her the most as Anticlea from The Odyssey miniseries. The was she just walked into the ocean has stayed with me since I was 10.

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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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Olivia Newton-John Has Died At 73

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12 hours ago, MissAlmond said:

Actor/screenwriter Mark Miller who played Professor Jim Nash on the TV series Please Don't Eat the Daisies and wrote the screenplay for the film A Walk in the Clouds has died, age 97. 

https://deadline.com/2022/09/mark-miller-dead-please-dont-eat-the-daisies-actor-1235119129/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mark-miller-dead-please-dont-eat-daisies-1235220657/

And Penelope Ann Miller's dad.   I loveloveloved Please Don't Eat the Daisies.

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13 hours ago, MissAlmond said:

Actor/screenwriter Mark Miller who played Professor Jim Nash on the TV series Please Don't Eat the Daisies and wrote the screenplay for the film A Walk in the Clouds has died, age 97. 

https://deadline.com/2022/09/mark-miller-dead-please-dont-eat-the-daisies-actor-1235119129/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mark-miller-dead-please-dont-eat-daisies-1235220657/

While many think it was just a show about a somewhat chaotic household with four growing boys and a HUGE sheepdog, I think Mr. Miller helped give it some extra depth playing this college professor who not only kept his cool in this midst of all this chaos, but (being the child of academics) I liked that he was  hands-on father, a friend to his wife and was supportive of her literary ambitions (instead of trying to stifle them due to the four sons), and was someone that his neighbors were happy to have had for a friend. All-in-all, a rare positive example of a well-rounded educator  on sitcoms that usually had them as nothing more than stuffed shirts and foils.

I don't know how much of that was via the scripts and how much was via Mr. Miller's persona fleshing things out, but he definitely was a plus to the series.

97 is an excellent age to reach. Thanks for the memories and RIP, Mr. Miller.

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And Mark Miller was Jerome Greenwood in the fourth-season episode of The Streets of San Francisco called "The Cat's Paw" (OAD Thursday, December 4, 1975 on ABC); incidentally, The Streets of San Francisco itself now celebrates its 50th anniversary today, Sept. 16, 2022.

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Oh no I really liked Mantel as a writer. Her Thomas Cromwell series probably gets the most buzz--and I did like it--but my favorite is actually A Place of Greater Safety, an earlier novel about the 3 main architects of the French Revolution. When I was in college, I took a class on the French Revolution from a professor who was a specialist in the time period and he suggested the book to me as one of the most historically accurate. He was one of my favorite professors and passed away a couple of years ago himself. My first instinct on hearing the news about Mantel was to want to send him an email. :(

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2 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

She was a magnificently icy bitch as Nurse Ratched. And let’s not forget she played the grandmother in the first movie adaptation of Flowers in the Attic.

And Kai Winn on Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Louise Fletcher could really play passive-aggressive power grubbers like no one else.

I've always loved the story of how Fletcher got the part of Nurse Ratched, because she was far from Milos Forman's first choice. Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, and Colleen Dewhurst had all turned it down, so Fletcher had to work twice as hard and really prove herself, and it paid off beautifully.

So to all you actors out there, professional or amateur, never be ashamed that you weren't the director's first choice. If you're fortunate enough to get chosen, be so good that they'll regret not thinking of you first!

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My husband is so bummed by the death of Pharaoh Sanders so guess what we have been listening to all day?  He is a major jazz lover.  Our first date was a Sonny Rollins outdoor concert.   And he has tried to make a point of seeing as many jazz greats in person as he could.  Our first anniversary was seeing McCoy Tyner and Max Roach at the Iridium in NYC.  So he is super bummed that he didn't get an opportunity to see Mr. Sanders play live.

RIP Mr Sanders.

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I was sad to hear about Louise Fletcher. I know she is most known for One flies over the cuckoo's nest but to me her performance as Kai Winn is Star Trek: DS9 was amazing and a very rememberable part of the show. She made me hate her so much, which shows how talented she was. As the character in my opinion is one of the best villain's as unfortunately there are real people like her. 

Anyhow, RIP Louise Fletcher. 

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I recently watched an old Perry Mason from 1960 "The Case of the Mythical Monkeys", and his client falsely accused of murder looked so familiar. It wasn't until 15 minutes in I realized it was Louise Fletcher. It was so strange seeing her young and innocent! The only non evil role I seen her in was in Neil Simon's Sam Spade parody "The Cheap Detective" with Peter Falk.

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10 hours ago, Fool to cry said:

I recently watched an old Perry Mason from 1960 "The Case of the Mythical Monkeys", and his client falsely accused of murder looked so familiar. It wasn't until 15 minutes in I realized it was Louise Fletcher. It was so strange seeing her young and innocent! The only non evil role I seen her in was in Neil Simon's Sam Spade parody "The Cheap Detective" with Peter Falk.

I remember one of her non-villainous roles from the "Barrel Bear" episode of Wonderfalls, where she and Rue McClanahan both claimed to be the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

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13 hours ago, Fool to cry said:

I recently watched an old Perry Mason from 1960 "The Case of the Mythical Monkeys", and his client falsely accused of murder looked so familiar. It wasn't until 15 minutes in I realized it was Louise Fletcher. It was so strange seeing her young and innocent! The only non evil role I seen her in was in Neil Simon's Sam Spade parody "The Cheap Detective" with Peter Falk.

2 hours ago, Lugal said:

I remember one of her non-villainous roles from the "Barrel Bear" episode of Wonderfalls, where she and Rue McClanahan both claimed to be the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Ms. Fletcher also played a warm, supportive character in the 2000 gay-themed dramedy Big Eden. It's about a NYC artist (Arye Gross) who returns to his Montana hometown to help care for the ailing grandfather who raised him, to revisit past relationships and discover his family. It co-stars Tim DeKay (White Collar), Eric Schweig (The Last of the Mohicans), Veanne Cox (You've Got Mail), and the late George Coe and Nan Martin. Fletcher wonderfully portrays a sincere and loving old friend of the family, and the town's moral compass. Well worth a watch to see her play the antithesis of Nurse Ratched.

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Dale McRaven who created Mork & Mindy and Perfect Strangers and wrote for such shows as The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Odd Couple has died, age 83.

https://deadline.com/2022/09/dale-mcraven-dies-mork-mindy-perfect-strangers-creator-dick-van-dyke-show-1235126936/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dale-mcraven-mork-mindy-perfect-strangers-1235227274/

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/dale-mcraven-dead-perfect-strangers-mork-and-mindy-1235383251/

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12 minutes ago, Bastet said:

I love "Gangsta's Paradise".  The movie was awful, but I love the song.

Are you familiar with the song he sampled, Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise?” For anyone who is not, I highly recommend checking out Stevie Wonder’s album “Songs in the Key of Life.” It’s a true masterpiece. Pure joy.
 

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The news about Coolio stunned me.  “Gangsta’s Paradise”: haunting & soul-stirring; got under my skin the first time I heard it (“Tell me why are we, so blind to see/That the ones we hurt, are you and me?”)

I’m so sorry for his family and friends.  So strange that this past week I’ve been listening to the Commodores & “Nightshift”, over and over.  To quote: “I bet you’re singin’ proud/I bet you’ll pull a crowd”.  
 
 

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Spartan Girl

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56 minutes ago, MissAlmond said:

Learned of Coolio's death from a Muppet tweet of all places.  What a shock. R.I.P. Coolio.

In fairness, it was a very sweet tribute. And yes, I remember that episode of Muppets Tonight—put it on streaming already, Disney+!
 

It must be said that Gangsta’s Paradise was the one good moment in The Green Hornet:

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GHScorpiosRule

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13 hours ago, Popples said:

"Gangsta's Paradise" was the first rap song I ever learned all the words to. RIP

Nooo! I loved Coolio! He just seemed so...cool. I remember there was someone...I'm blanking...courier, I think, at one of my old jobs, who was a doppleganger for Coolio. I love, will always love "Gangsta Paradise"

11 hours ago, Vermicious Knid said:

Well of course how could this not be posted?

I'd totally forgotten that Carol Brady Florence Henderson was in this.

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We get at least one more Coolio performance, due to the huge lead time for animation. Appearing as Kwanzaabot again for the new season of Futurama.
 

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Coolio appeared in three episodes of the original series (including the direct-to-DVD movie Bender’s Big Score) as Kwanzaabot, the robotic patron saint of the celebration of African-American culture in the show’s far-future world. It was, like many of the projects Coolio took on over the years, a role that blended his well-known sense of humor with his musical talents, rapping such memorable lines as “I’m fighting back for Kwanzaa so the children won’t miss it. I’m confused about its meaning, but I know it when they diss it.”

According to Cohen, Coolio returned to the studio just a few weeks ago to record more dialogue, as well as a new song, for the Futurama revival, which was originally announced (along with a healthy dose of drama about returning cast members) as a Hulu project earlier this year. Cohen also says that the episode in question will be dedicated to Coolio, saying, “Coolio was one of my favorite guests. He was always totally upbeat and genuinely enjoyed coming in to record as his character Kwanzaabot.”

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magicdog

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15 hours ago, AimingforYoko said:

Is it me, or do rappers seem to have a similar life expectancy as professional wrestlers? (Not counting the ones who died violently)

It's not your imagination.  Most rappers are in a culture that often leads to an early grave.

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truthaboutluv

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9 hours ago, magicdog said:

It's not your imagination.  Most rappers are in a culture that often leads to an early grave.

There are many rappers who've lived long lives and yes, some who died young, just as there are many rock stars who lived long and very many who died young. 

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