DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Frunobulax]

The rich and famous feel sad today. Robin Leach has died, aged 76,

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainm...famous’-host-dead-at-76/ar-BBMo7mu?ocid=ientp



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"Champagne dreams and caviar kisses." For many years, Mr. Leach would come to Dayton for the Air Show. There was a time when a local broadcast station would cover the entire thing on Saturday from about 11AM until 4:30-5:00. Mr. Leach sat in the host/color commentator seat for many of those years. He was a consummate professional announcer and very entertaining.


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[Doctor Strange]

What an awful weekend... now Neil Simon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/obituaries/neil-simon-dead.html

 

[MisterCairo]

Unless I am missing something while accessing from my BlackBerry, how is it possible that it takes a Canadian to note that John McCain has died, aged 81? Surely to god this isn't a political commentary...

 

[3fingers]

Many of the deaths listed here are not well covered in the media.
Like him or not, McCain's will be covered ad nauseam for days.
As far as the political commentary here goes, why sail into torpedo water if there isn't a compelling reason to?

 

[Doctor Strange]

John McCain was definitely included in my "What an awful weekend..." above.

 

[MisterCairo]

This is a thread for notable passings. It is not limited to the obscure. Spare me. And damn the torpedoes...

Many of the deaths listed here are not well covered in the media.
Like him or not, McCain's will be covered ad nauseam for days.
As far as the political commentary here goes, why sail into torpedo water if there isn't a compelling reason to?

 

[Formeruser012523]

This is a thread for notable passings. It is not limited to the obscure. Spare me. And damn the torpedoes...

Agreed. Wasn't sure I should mention it, myself, either, because politics. But, whether I liked him or not, he most definitely had my respect.

 

[vitanola]

Neil Simon passed last weekend at the age of ninety-one.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I posted about Neil Simon here yesterday.

A couple of interesting pieces mostly about how the culture changed under him and his style of comedy was left behind:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/theater/neil-simon-appraisal.html

http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/losing-neil-simon-a-writer-from-a-lost-time.html

 

[LizzieMaine]

I think as long as human beings remain human beings there'll be a place for the kind of sincere character comedy that Neil Simon represented. He and George S. Kaufman will still be performed, somewhere , by someone, as long as there's an English language.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Marie Severin, a Marvel comics stalwart, one of the very few notable women in the field in the silver and bronze ages:

https://www.newsfromme.com/2018/08/30/marie-severin-r-i-p/

https://news.avclub.com/r-i-p-marie-severin-frequently-unsung-marvel-comics-l-1828729298

http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/marvel-comics-legend-marie-severin-dies-at-89.html

 

[Worf]

Marie Severin, a Marvel comics stalwart, one of the very few notable women in the field in the silver and bronze ages:

https://www.newsfromme.com/2018/08/30/marie-severin-r-i-p/

https://news.avclub.com/r-i-p-marie-severin-frequently-unsung-marvel-comics-l-1828729298

http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/marvel-comics-legend-marie-severin-dies-at-89.html

Her, Ditko... sigh my past is slipping away...

Worf

 

[LizzieMaine]

1940s starlet Gloria Jean has died at the age of 92. She was only thirteen years old and already a trained operatic soprano when Universal signed her to be "the next Deanna Durbin." Instead she turned out to be a reliable female lead opposite such disparate personalities as Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields, Olsen and Johnson, and Groucho Marx. Her career faded out in the 1950s, although she worked sporadically in television into the following decade, but she enjoyed a bit of a revival in the 1990s as a popular guest at nostalgia conventions and film screenings.

(Contrary to old Bill's image, they got along just fine.)

 

[MisterCairo]

British actor Jacqueline Pearce, known for roles in Dr. Who, How to Get Ahead in Advertising and several children's programs, has died of cancer at age 74:

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainm...r-who-star-dies-aged-74/ar-BBMQZLv?ocid=ientp

 

[MisterCairo]

Heard that Burt Reynolds had died, but also hearing this is an elaborate internet hoax - any confirmation one way or t'other?

 

[AmateisGal]

His manager has confirmed it, so, no hoax.

RIP Burt. Loved Smokey and the Bandit. I also liked his role in Mystery, Alaska.

 

[MisterCairo]

Well, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has it - sad news indeed...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/burt-reynolds-death-obit-1.4813254

 

[Frunobulax]

Apparently, the widow of Charlton Heston has passed on. She is the speaker of a quote I use to this day:

Interviewer: During your long marriage, have you ever contemplated divorce?
Mrs. Heston: No, not at all. Murder? Yes, divorce? No.


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[Fading Fast]

Burt Reynolds just passed away at 82:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a...the-age-of-82-2018-09-06?mod=newsviewer_click

 

[Trenchfriend]

Bye, "Moustache Reynolds".