DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Matt Crunk]

Really hated to hear about Clancy passing, especially at such a relatively young age. Lucky for me I'm so far behind on his books (currently about one quarter through The Bear and The Dragon) I'll still be reading Clancy for years to come.

 

[rue]

A.C. Lyles dies Friday.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...ran-hollywood-producer-ac-lyles-dies/2898169/

Now his ghost is posting on here :eeek:

 

[dhermann1]

Scott Carpenter, one of the original 7 Mercury Astronauts, has died. http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/10/mercury-scott-carpenter-obituary-appreciation/

 

[Formeruser012523]

Character actor Ed Lauter.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...elevision-dies-at-74-20131016,0,1862861.story

 

[Gregg Axley]

Hal Needham.
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, and Stuntman.
Mostly known for Smokey & The Bandit, and Cannonball Run.
Also a fellow Tennessean at least for a short while.
He invented and introduced to the film industry, the air ram, air bag, the car cannon turnover, the nitrogen ratchet, rocket power and The Shotmaker Camera Car to make stunts safer and yet more spectacular at the same time.
He will be missed.

 

[KilroyCD]

Marcia Wallace has passed away at age 70. http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=836174#scpshrjwfbs

 

[St.Ignatz]

Lou Reed.

 

[Touchofevil]

Lou Reed.

Too young. Sad.

 

[GHT]

A tad early, but I know that many of you will remember where you were and what you were doing on Friday 22nd November, 1963. It will be 50 years ago this month that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of The United States of America was assassinated. This morning, on the way to work, I heard a moving tribute to him, and how the news flashed around the globe. I remember where I was, and what I was doing. I shall collect my thoughts and post them nearer the date. Hearing that on the radio, brought on a deep sadness. It felt the same as it does for someone that you know. 50 years, and it still feels raw.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

A tad early, but I know that many of you will remember where you were and what you were doing on Friday 22nd November, 1963. It will be 50 years ago this month that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of The United States of America was assassinated. This morning, on the way to work, I heard a moving tribute to him, and how the news flashed around the globe. I remember where I was, and what I was doing. I shall collect my thoughts and post them nearer the date. Hearing that on the radio, brought on a deep sadness. It felt the same as it does for someone that you know. 50 years, and it still feels raw.

I was sick with a cold and stayed home from high school the day that it happened. Laying on the couch I watched all the newscasts about it on TV as the events unfolded. Then next was the shooting of Oswald on TV. Those events left a heavy sadness lingering over most everyone here in the States. It wasn't unusual for someone to just burst out crying during the months afterwards. For many/most of us it took years to even come to grips with.
HD

 

[Formeruser012523]

Actor Paul Walker.

http://variety.com/2013/film/people-news/obituaries-people-news/paul-walker-dead-1200904389/

 

[gtdean48]

Stunned. My brother in law was working on FF7

 

[Two Types]

Sad to see the death of the last of the Gainsborough Girls: Jean Kent.

She started her career as a 'dancer' at the Windmill Theatre, made 45 films, and died yesterday aged 92.

A much under rated actress who obviously didn't take herself too seriously:

With Stewart Granger in The Magic Bow

'Bye Jean!!

 

[Formeruser012523]

Stunned. My brother in law was working on FF7

:eeek: Hope he keeps safe on the set.

So sad. One of my friends thought this news was a hoax. Unfortunately, not.

 

[Gregg Axley]

:eeek: Hope he keeps safe on the set.

So sad. One of my friends thought this news was a hoax. Unfortunately, not.

+1

 

[vintageTink]

It's really too bad about Paul Walker. He was young.

 

[Gregg Axley]

He wasn't a film legend, or a musician, but he was very important in the world of whiskey, Jack Daniels to be specific.
Angelo Lucchesi passed away earlier today, a kind man and friend of the family.
One of 4 people to have the rights to "sign" a bottle of Jack Daniels, and on his 90th birthday, Jack Daniels produced x amount of bottles in his honor, and of course Angelo signed them.
Here is how he got his start with the company, and an interesting story about Frank Sinatra, from an interview with Vegas magazine...
[QUOTE
Still on the road as a traveling ambassador for Jack Daniel’s, 91-year-old Angelo Lucchesi got his start with the whisky brand back in 1953—he was their very first sales person. Lucky for us, the veteran salesman and whisky aficionado recently made a stop in Vegas. And, even luckier, he was in the mood to reminisce on the good old days, when he spent much of his time in Vegas keeping his friend Frank Sinatra’s liquor cabinet full of Jack's Tennessee whisky.

How did you first meet Sinatra?
ANGELO LUCCHESI: Nashville was part of my sales territory. A guy’s uncle I knew, Jimmy, was Frank Sinatra’s right hand man. One day [Jimmy] said he found out Sinatra was at the Copacabana and couldn’t find any Jack Daniel’s. I saw our national sales manager, who loved Sinatra, and talked to him. Two weeks later I was sitting in the den with my wife; the phone rings and [a voice says], “Hey, I love you for the rest of my life.” It was Mr. Sinatra. He said to me, “Kid, I am going to give you two numbers. Keep these close to your heart. If you ever need me, just pick up the phone.”

How did your friendship grow from there?
AL: Him and his wife, Barbara, started a clinic for abused children 26 years ago in Palm Springs. I didn’t see him but maybe once a year in Vegas, but when we started co-sponsoring their charity event, the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament, I would see him twice a year, and I would talk to him on the phone about once a month. He became a true friend. I never lived in Vegas, but I started coming here around 1954. I would hang out with him and maybe Sammy Davis. Dean Martin would say he was going to bed, and he would go up and watch TV. He was a Scotch drinker.


Angelo Lucchesi 90th Birthday Limited Edition Jack Daniel's

What kind of person a was Sinatra?
AL: He was appreciative for anything you did for him. I gave him a fountain pen made from the oak the Jack Daniel’s whisky comes out of and he said, “How did you know I needed a fountain pen!”

His secretary would tell me that if he was reading the newspaper and read about a tragedy, he would tell her, “Send them $50,000.” He never went under $25,000.

What other fond memories do you have of him?
AL: When I was with him, I couldn’t pay for anything. I stopped drinking and I was scared he was going to ask me to take a drink—and that I would take it. So I went to his dressing room and I said, “Frances, I need to tell you something. I stopped drinking.” He didn’t give me a chance to say anything else, and he didn’t ask me why. He said, “Great! More for me.”

And he always drank Jack Daniel’s.
AL: He would say, “Jack Daniel’s is a nectar of the Gods” and “Show me a better whiskey than Jack Daniel’s.”

Beyond getting to know Sinatra, what other moments stand out in your long career with Jack Daniel’s?
AL: It took me 90 years to get it, but last year they came out with a commemorative bottle for me, the Jack Daniel’s Angelo Lucchesi 90th Birthday Limited Edition Bottle. On the back it had my association with the company and my tribute to Frank Sinatra. They made 6,000 cases. They asked me my favorite charities. I have a lot, but chose Barbara Sinatra Children’s Hospital and St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital—the company gave each of them $40,000.

Read more at http://vegasmagazine.com/the-latest...vet-on-supplying-sinatra#dL5liLkMhil8S39R.99][/QUOTE]

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

Nelson Mandela.

 

[Widebrim]

^^Man, I'm surprised nobody posted his name earlier.

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

^^Man, I'm surprised nobody posted his name earlier.

Yes so was I, perhaps it's on another thread.