DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Kirk H.]

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

Yes they were. The first film that I remember seeing him in was Dillinger with Warren Oates and Ben Johnson. Very versatile actor.

 

[Zombie_61]

Artist Basil Gogos, arguably best known for his paintings used on the covers of Famous Monsters of Filmland, Creepy, and Eerie magazines in the 1960s and 70s, died on September 14th at the age of 78.

 

[Frunobulax]

Harry Dean Stanton, 91.

 

[Worf]

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

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

Played "Pretzel Logic" in his honor last night....

Worf

 

[MisterCairo]

I was never a fan of "pro" wrestling, but my best friend is a fanatic, so I know about Bobby Heenan, dead at 73, throat cancer:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bobby-heenan-dies-wrestling-1.4294811

 

[Frunobulax]

I was never a fan of "pro" wrestling, but my best friend is a fanatic, so I know about Bobby Heenan, dead at 73, throat cancer:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bobby-heenan-dies-wrestling-1.4294811

Saw that earlier. He was a helluva comedian.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[jlee562]

Man, Bobby Heenan was a comedic genius in his own right, and it's a shame that his talent wasn't widely recognized outside the wrestling industry.

 

[Bamaboots]

Music producer Johnny Sandlin dead at 72. An important man in developing the Southern rock sound. I lived in his home town at one time and had the good fortune to meet him. RIP.

http://www.al.com/entertainment/ind..._home?li_source=base&li_medium=default-widget

 

[MisterCairo]

Jake "Raging Bull" Lamotta has died, aged 95:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/jake-lamotta-raging-bull-dies-1.4298394

https://i.cbc.ca/1.3778624.15059225...n/derivatives/original_620/lamotta-cerdan.jpg

 

[scotrace]

Amazing to have survived getting beaten up so severely to such a long life.

 

[MisterCairo]

Former pro football player and character actor Bernie Casey has died, aged 78:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-casey-bernie-nfl-actor-1.4300155

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4300157.15060020...en/derivatives/16x9_620/obit-bernie-casey.jpg

I remember him most as the black fraternity (Lamda Lamda Lamda - or Tri-Lam) leader who had to let the nerds join in Revenge of the Nerds!

 

[Worf]

Former pro football player and character actor Bernie Casey has died, aged 78:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-casey-bernie-nfl-actor-1.4300155

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4300157.15060020...en/derivatives/16x9_620/obit-bernie-casey.jpg

I remember him most as the black fraternity (Lamda Lamda Lamda - or Tri-Lam) leader who had to let the nerds join in Revenge of the Nerds!

Lot's of memories for me. "Brian's Song", "I'm Gonna Get You Suckha!", "Gargoyles" etc... Good football player but a better actor.

Worf

 

[vitanola]

Played "Pretzel Logic" in his honor last night....

Worf

In his memory:

 

[MisterCairo]

Charles Bradley, the "Screaming Eagle" of soul, has died from stomach cancer, aged only 68:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/charles-bradley-dead-1.4304293

 

[Tiki Tom]

Lillian Ross has passed away at 99. RIP.

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-me-lillian-ross-obituary-snap-20170920-story.html

 

[BobHufford]

Hugh Hefner dead at 91...

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/hugh-hefner-iconic-founder-of-playboy-has-died-at-age-91.html

 

[MisterCairo]

Lillian Ross has passed away at 99. RIP.

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-me-lillian-ross-obituary-snap-20170920-story.html

Hugh Hefner dead at 91...

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/hugh-hefner-iconic-founder-of-playboy-has-died-at-age-91.html

Some people you think will live forever...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/hugh-hefner-obit-1.4310875

 

[LizzieMaine]

Hefner was someone whose impact will be hard to really assess. We all know what he did for a living, but leaving that aside, he was also a major force in funding film preservation work -- he was a genuine movie fan, and spent a great deal of money to preserve films that would otherwise have disappeared, especially hundreds of late 1920s-early 1930s musical and vaudeville shorts that exist now as an irreplaceable record of a lost form of entertainment. And he was, believe it or not, probably the world's biggest Al Bowlly fan -- which suggests that however crass his other tastes may have been, he did know good crooning when he heard it.

 

[Harp]

Some people you think will live forever...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/hugh-hefner-obit-1.4310875

Hefner as libertarian espoused a philosophy at variance with the Chicago political machine, led by Mayor Daley and its cardinal archbishop chaplaincy,
and found exile to more morally relaxed libertine Los Angeles; though the Playboy corporate headquarters remained secured to Chicago concrete.
Iconic Illini emblematic of the 1960s whose time long since passed before his decease.

 

[Worf]

Hefner, there was more to the man than met the eye at times. "Playboy After Dark" was ground breaking. Musician's of all color and stripe could and would come by and perform. Saw Nina Simone for the first time on his program... I was floored. He also integrated his clubs LOOOONG before other's did.

Worf