Celebrity Deaths

[MV/Liberace!]

https://twitter.com/PageSix/status/824670435791007744

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

https://twitter.com/PageSix/status/824670435791007744

That was darn considerate of him.

I finally figure out your avatar. Hope you've been wetting your beak to your satisfaction.

[MV/Liberace!]

That was darn considerate of him.

I finally figure out your avatar. Hope you've been wetting your beak to your satisfaction.

this is all too violent for me.

[trostol]

Mike Connors of Mannix has solved his last case

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/mike-connors-dead-dies-joe-mannix-1201971140/

[Ciardelo]

Mike Connors of Mannix has solved his last case

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/mike-connors-dead-dies-joe-mannix-1201971140/

Awe, I grew up watching that show.  I wonder if "Longstreet" is still alive?

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Mike Connors of Mannix has solved his last case

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/mike-connors-dead-dies-joe-mannix-1201971140/

Geez, I thought he died in the nineties. It's the Mannixdela Effect!

Born Krekor Ohanian, he was billed as Touch Connors in several movies early in his career, including one called "Swamp Diamonds," which I only know because it was featured in an MST3K episode.

[Morgus]

I wonder if "Longstreet" is still alive?

Unfortunately no, actor James Franciscus (TV's Longstreet the blind detective and astronaut Brent in Beneath the Planet of the Apes) died back in 1991 at age 57:
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/10/obituaries/james-franciscus-is-dead-at-57-played-lead-roles-on-tv-series.html

[21st Century Man]

This is not turning out to be a good week for TV icons.  RIP Touch.  A personal favorite was Roger Corman's The Day The World Ended.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUTNhFR7WMc

[Ciardelo]

Unfortunately no, actor James Franciscus (TV's Longstreet the blind detective and astronaut Brent in Beneath the Planet of the Apes) died back in 1991 at age 57:
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/10/obituaries/james-franciscus-is-dead-at-57-played-lead-roles-on-tv-series.html

Awe, I liked him. Although I probably remember the Mad Magazine parody of the TV show "Longstreet" more than the actual show. Thanks for the update

[Jackstar]

Gold Bars Worth $800,000 Owned By Prince


Not merely a musical genius.

[trostol]

looks like the Alien got him finally..RIP Mr Ollivander

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/john-hurt-elephant-man-actor-dead-at-77-w463515

[Dr. MD MD]

looks like the Alien got him finally..RIP Mr Ollivander

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/john-hurt-elephant-man-actor-dead-at-77-w463515

He was one of the great modern actors. People know him from that sensational scene from Alien but he was also really great in the 1984 version of 1984.

[Rix Gins]

Perry Mason's Della is gone at 94.  RIP Barbara Hale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Hale


Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale in the CBS-TV series, Perry Mason (1958) Wikimedia


William Hopper, Barbara Hale and Frank Sully in Perry Mason (1958) Wikimedia

[albrecht]

Perry Mason's Della is gone at 94.  RIP Barbara Hale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Hale


Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale in the CBS-TV series, Perry Mason (1958) Wikimedia


William Hopper, Barbara Hale and Frank Sully in Perry Mason (1958) Wikimedia

Fuck. Sad. Watching Perry on MeTV right now. 

[Walks_At_Night]

John Hurt died today as well.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/entertainment/john-hurt-obit/

Remember sneaking into Alien as a kid and flipping out when the alien burst out of his gut.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

The first time I saw John Hurt was as Caligula in I, Claudius, and he was every bit as deranged as Malcolm McDowell was in the train wreck Penthouse version. That's one Helen Mirren, who was anything but shy about displaying her attributes in movies before she became a venerable Dame, probably regrets.

It was also the first time I saw Patrick Stewart, although I didn't know it at the time. I still can't decide if those tousled locks are real, though. Thoughts?



 

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Perry Mason's Della is gone at 94.  RIP Barbara Hale.

I just saw her in a pre-Perry sci-fi movie, and didn't realize she'd been as alive as Mike Conners for the past twenty years. She was a very classy looking woman, and there was a point in my thirties, which I didn't recognize at the time, when she stopped looking like one of my mom's boring lady friends and I suddenly was regarding her in an entirely different way. The same thing happened with Barbara Billingsley.

[Étouffée]

The first time I saw John Hurt was as Caligula in I, Claudius...

John Hurt's Caligula made evil depravity fun.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

John Hurt's Caligula made evil depravity fun.

John Rhys Davies was also pretty convincing as the gleefully sadistic guy who made sure Patrick Stewart's character's last moments were especially uncomfortable. Cheers, Crawdad! 

[Jackstar]

Eva Longoria has packed on hella flab. I'm not posting direct pictures out of respect for the death of her career.

[Étouffée]

John Rhys Davies was also pretty convincing as the gleefully sadistic guy who made sure Patrick Stewart's character's last moments were especially uncomfortable. Cheers, Crawdad!

Cheers, RGG!

A while back I found some Italian website that had the I, Claidius series, all except for one episode, that seemed to be blocked. That episode, of course, was the infamous one featuring Caligula's horse, Incitatus.

Everyone was great, in that brilliant series.  I think it was a wig, by the way.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Cheers, RGG!

A while back I found some Italian website that had the I, Claidius series, all except for one episode, that seemed to be blocked. That episode, of course, was the infamous one featuring Caligula's horse, Incitatus.

Everyone was great, in that brilliant series.  I think it was a wig, by the way.

It's too bad there isn't a Masterpiece Theater on-demand channel. I wouldn't mind seeing it again, because it's been so long I've forgotten most of it.

[21st Century Man]

I'm a bit late into the game.  I missed this weekend's news and didn't know John Hurt had died.  Just last night, I watched The Osterman Weekend for the first time and he was wickedly marvelous in that film.  I had also recently watched I, Claudius too.  One of the few great actors of the modern era.  Practically the only actors today that I respect are the British ones that started out on the stage.

Anyway, RIP, John.  You will be missed.  Also want to pay my respects to Barbara Hale.  RIP, Barbara.  Here's a funny scene from the Osterman Weekend where Hurt improvises pretending to be a weatherman.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvR1UQ5_gmI

[ShayP]

John Wetton died of colon cancer, at the age of 67, on the 31st of January.

He's most famously known as being the front man and bassist for the group Asia.  He also gained success with King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, among others.

[paladin1991]

Shit, i'm almost afraid to open this thread anymore.  I'm afraid that I'm gonna start seeing bellgabbers names in here. 


"This just in.  Falkie2013, the Grifter,  has died.     Again."

[Ciardelo]

Namco’s founder and ‘father of Pac-Man’ dies at 91

Masaya Nakamura led company during arcade gaming’s first great boom

[Dr. MD MD]

Namco’s founder and ‘father of Pac-Man’ dies at 91

Masaya Nakamura led company during arcade gaming’s first great boom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jFIYViVOQo

[paladin1991]

Professor Irwin Corey dies at 102.


Shit.


I didn't know he was still alive.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Professor Irwin Corey dies at 102.


Shit.


I didn't know he was still alive.

He was definitely one of a kind. I thought he'd been dead for a long time until I saw a story about him a couple of years ago. It mentioned that despite living in a three million dollar house, he'd spent years panhandling unrecognized in Manhattan and had collected hundreds of thousands of dollars he donated to charity.  Farewell to "the world's foremost authority."

[Unquenchable Angst]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-FIc2L7QGU&list=PLE83BDAB3DD9A59A4&index=1

Irwin Corey