DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Antje]

Patrick Swayze

he died at the age of 57,
I always used to have a girly crush on him
wow I loved dirty dancing.
RIP Patrick

 

[Prairie Dog]

As far as films from the 80's go, Dirty Dancing certainly can be categorized as a classic of that decade. Kudos to Patrick Swayze for having brought the athletic dancer (ala Gene Kelly) back to the screen. :eusa_clap

"Nobody messes with Baby!" ~ Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze)

 

[Lady Day]

RIP Patrick, a gorgeous man.

I loved him in Ghost and Dirty Dancing, also in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, in which he portrayed a drag queen. He was the most personable man in drag since Tootsie.

karol

I *adored* him in To Wong Foo, and man could he work that 50s vintage.

LD

 

[MrBern]

Henry Gibson

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/arts/17gibson.html?_r=1&hp

 

[K.D. Lightner]

I just read that Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul & Mary fame died at the age of 72.

I loved that group when I was in college, saw them perform in 1968.

RIP Mary.

karol

 

[Foofoogal]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090917/ap_on_en_mu/us_obit_mary_travers

RIP

 

[Antje]

I just read that Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul & Mary fame died at the age of 72.

I loved that group when I was in college, saw them perform in 1968.

RIP Mary.

karol

I heard it just a sec ago, such sad news

 

[BegintheBeguine]

My favorite Jim Carroll song is I want the angel.

 

[MisterCairo]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/arts/17gibson.html?_r=1&hp

Illinois Nazis. I hate Illinois Nazis.

Thanks for the laughs!

 

[MrBern]

GAP founder

Don Fisher, the Gap’s Founder, Dies at 81

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/business/29fisher.html?hpw

The founding of the first Gap store is recounted in company lore. In the mid-1960s, Mr. Fisher started a business buying and refurbishing old hotels, and when he bought one in Sacramento, he leased space to a blue jeans salesman from Levi’s, who used it for a showroom. When Mr. Fisher tried to buy a pair for himself there, however, he could not find a pair with a 31-inch inseam. Nor could he find a pair of that size in San Francisco department stores, which stocked Levi’s with 30-inch and 32-inch inseams but not 31.

That, according to the company Web site, was the “Aha!” moment: “ ‘What if,’ Don had mused, ‘someone put together all the styles, colors and sizes Levi Strauss had to offer in one store?’ ”

 

[Diamondback]

William Safire. Love him or hate him, there's no denying he called it as he saw it and was a master of language usage.

In pace requiescat.

 

[Kid Mac]

The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Lucy Vodden of 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090928/ap_on_en_mu/eu_britain_beatles_lucy_4

 

[Doctor Strange]

Photographer Irving Penn

A giant in fashion and portraiture...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/arts/design/08penn.html

 

[Spitfire]

Thank you Irving Penn for all the pictures that you left in my mind and heart.
R.I.P.

 

[MsStabby]

Irving Penn

 

[HadleyH]

Thank you Irving Penn for all the pictures that you left in my mind and heart.
R.I.P.

OMG Spitfire you scared me !!!! for a second there i thought it was Sophia who had passed away!!!!!

 

[Foofoogal]

you and me both Hadley. About fainted.

 

[Spitfire]

Terribly sorry girls. No - luckily - Sophia is still here. More beautifull and vibrant than ever.
I just love this Penn picture. One of his finest.

 

[MisterCairo]

One of Stratford, Ontario's greatest actors has died:

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/story/2009/10/07/douglas-campbell.html

 

[59Lark]

great actor , the great detective.

this gentleman played the great detective a series that played in the 1980s here in canada and the cbc has now sold in china, and the chinese will be seeing his greatness now for a few years. the alexander graham bell homestead in brantford ont had a vhs tape with this actor portaying bell and he strolled through the brantford woods behind his home like bell would have and he spoke a poem or story bell wrote and it was timeless and i barely remember it, unfortunately the museum copy of that tape became worn out and they cant replace it. this has been a canadian moment. 59lark