DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[MisterCairo]

God speed, Oscar Goldman:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-anderson-richard-1.4271475

Richard Anderson, best known as Oscar Goldman from The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, has died at the ripe old age of 91.

 

[seres]

Richard Anderson's filmography on IMDB shows 188 roles over 69 years... what an accomplished actor. RIP, Richard

 

[Harp]

God speed, Oscar Goldman:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-anderson-richard-1.4271475

Richard Anderson... has died at the ripe old age of 91.

I can recall two memorable roles of his from television. First, in The Rifleman he played a friend of Lucas McCain's, who showed at Norfolk to rob its bank.
The other role as a criminal-turned-physician in The Big Valley, a character who made a life changing decision in prison. RIP.

 

[MisterCairo]

From the 40 Year-Old Virgin:

• Andy: It's all right.
  
  
• Cal: Is that the Six Million Dollar Man's boss?
  
  
• Andy: It's Oscar Goldman.
  
  
• Cal: Why do you have that?
  
  
• Andy: That's worth a lot of money. That's much more valuable than Steve Austin.
  
  
  
  
  

 

[LizzieMaine]

Edgy 1950s comedian Shelly Berman has died at the age of 92. One of the "new breed" of standup performers to come along in the latter half of the fifties, Berman was probably the first comic to make his own personal psychological insecurities grist for his material. He was not the sort of performer who dished up lappy gags for Grandma, but neither was he a fierce critic of the social scene like Mort Sahl or Lenny Bruce -- instead he was the precursor to the Woody Allen type of comedian who mined his own emotional vulnerability for laughs. There was only really a very narrow window of time where the American zeitgeist could have created this type of comedian, and Berman fell precisely in the middle of it.

 

[MisterCairo]

I just read about Shelley Berman too. A true pioneer.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/shelley-berman-dead-1.4273335

 

[Doctor Strange]

The departing musicians continue... Walter Becker of Steely Dan:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/arts/music/walter-becker-dead-steely-dan.html

 

[Frunobulax]

The departing musicians continue... Walter Becker of Steely Dan:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/arts/music/walter-becker-dead-steely-dan.html

67 is pretty young these days.

 

[Nobert]

Berman, explaining his use of the word 'sterwardi:'

Stewardi is, of course, the plural of 'stewardess...' there are several words that I think should be spelled differently. For example, I think the plural of 'yo-yo' should be 'yo-yi.' Or, how about one Sheriff, but several Sheriffim? One blouse, but two blice, one Kleenex, but several Kleeneces. One goof but a group of geef...two jackii.

 

[HudsonHawk]

My favorite country singer Don Williams has passed away. To me, Williams' songs represented a true Southerm gentleman. Not a loud-mouthed, hell raising redneck, but a man who was intelligent and well read, whose thoughts were measured and earnest.

Williams was 78

 

[Bamaboots]

My favorite country singer Don Williams has passed away. To me, Williams' songs represented a true Southerm gentleman. Not a loud-mouthed, hell raising redneck, but a man who was intelligent and well read, whose thoughts were measured and earnest.

Williams was 78

Kind of eerie HH that I was in the local Cavendars yesterday and engaged in a conversation with a gentleman in the parking lot about hats. He began to tell me that for awhile he had been trying to duplicate the look of Don Williams hat, the one displayed above in your post. He even grabbed it from his truck to show me and tell me how he had been working on it. I'll be damned.

 

[Bamaboots]

Troy Gentry, of the country duo Mongomery Gentry, has died in a helicopter crash in NJ. 50 YOA.

 

[MisterCairo]

Troy Gentry, of the country duo Mongomery Gentry, has died in a helicopter crash in NJ. 50 YOA.

Just read about this too:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-troy-gentry-1.4281709

 

[Kirk H.]

sad day in Country Music for sure......

 

[Doctor Strange]

Comics writer/editor Len Wein, whose influence on our current entertainment scene (e.g., he created Wolverine and other "new" X-Men) is major:

http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/wolverine-and-swamp-thing-co-creator-len-wein-dead-at-69.html

http://www.newsfromme.com/2017/09/10/len-wein-r-p/

 

[Kirk H.]

Frank Vincent, Mob Boss Phil Leotardo on 'The Sopranos,' Dies at 78

 

[MisterCairo]

Sad to hear indeed.

http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.co...ent-dies-after-surgery-following-heart-attack

http://storage.stratfordbeaconheral...L.jpg?quality=80&size=650x&stmp=1505351788761

 

[MisterCairo]

Loved Husker Du as a teen and young man. This is the sad prompt for me to return to their sound...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/grant-hart-husker-du-obit-1.4289166

Grant Hart from influential band Husker Du has died, aged only 56, from liver cancer.

 

[Kirk H.]

Harry Dean Stanton, ‘Big Love,’ ‘Twin Peaks’ Star, Dies at 91

 

[Bamaboots]

Harry Dean Stanton, ‘Big Love,’ ‘Twin Peaks’ Star, Dies at 91

Loved his work. Westerns were some of his best. He was great in the "Missouri Breaks".