DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Foofoogal]

RIP Eddie.

Married to 3 of the most beautiful women in the world. He must of had something. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

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RIP, Robert Truax

Rocket pioneer Robert C. Truax has died at the age of 93

Perhaps this is the wrong forum to post such news, but when I think of rockets (I was born in the Space Age) I think of the '50s and '60s. Nice suits back then, and hats were widely worn.

Truax championed the idea of cheaper and more widely-available access to space. He lived long enough to see the beginning of private space flight.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Gloria Stuart

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id8b4313a40c3bc112152835a276603e9

 

[skyvue]

Gloria Stuart

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id8b4313a40c3bc112152835a276603e9

Oh, no, that breaks my heart, though she lived a nice, long life.

I got to meet Ms. Stuart some years ago and found her delightful. She was my personal connection to the golden age of Hollywood, even though we'd only spoken a couple of times ten years ago. But she knew so many of the greats personally -- Bogart, the Marx Bros., and so many others.

She will be missed.

I think I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but a few days after Stuart's 100th birthday in July, I posted at Cladrite Radio an interview I did with her 11 years ago. I'll post the URL here again, for anyone who'd like to give it a look:

http://cladriteradio.com/archives/1792

 

[Tomasso]

George Blanda

 

[HadleyH]

Good bye Gloria Stuart.

 

[dhermann1]

George Blanda

George Blanda, the hero of all old guys, has died at age 83. He had a successful career as a quarterback, and stayed in the game for years as a place kicker. He retired finally a month short of his 49th birthday.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5622590

 

[Nik Taylor]

Buddy Collette, jazz musician, bandleader and civil rights advocate, died on Sept. 19 in Los Angeles. The 89-year-old's daughter, Cheryl Collette-White, told the Los Angeles Times that the cause of death was due to respiratory problems.

While not widely known unlike his jazz contemporaries, Collette played with Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington from the time he was a teen in the 1930s. He continued performing up until 1998 when his career was cut short after he suffered a stroke.

Born William Marcel Collette in Los Angeles on Aug. 6, 1921, Collette grew up with music all around him as his father was a pianist and his mother sang. He formed his first group at the age of 12 and convinced his young bandmate Charles Mingus to trade in his cello for a bass.
http://www.spinner.com/2010/09/28/buddy-collette-dead/

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[Doctor Strange]

Film director Arthur Penn, most famous for Bonnie and Clyde, but he also did lots of other excellent films and plays:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/movies/30penn.html

 

[Feraud]

R.I.P. Greg Giraldo.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

R.I.P Tony Curtis

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment...-dies-aged-85-20100930-15z6c.html?from=smh_sb

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[Danny Ocean]

Tony Curtis RIP.

Very sad news indeed, another legend departs us.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11443271

 

[Edward]

I love Some Like it Hot. I can only imagine how daring the cross dressing element must have been to the mainstream of the early Fifties.

 

[Mugwump]

We'll miss you, Tony...

 

[cookie]

Tony Curtis RIP.

Very sad news indeed, another legend departs us.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11443271

At 57 it is like watching your childhood slip away...

 

[Doctor Strange]

I love Some Like it Hot. I can only imagine how daring the cross dressing element must have been to the mainstream of the early Fifties.

Actually, if you think about it, there's a LONG history of cross-dressing in farce, from Charlie's Aunt to Bugs Bunny, so it didn't get much notice. The film - which is from 1959, not the early 50s - was a big hit, but its subversive messages about gender flew over most audiences' heads at the time.

Curtis was nearly the last of the old-line stars, and a much better and more versatile actor than he's usually given credit for. Though he did plenty of schlock too, he made some great films... The Defiant Ones, Sweet Smell of Success, Some Like It Hot, Spartacus - plus campy fun like Houdini, The Vikings and The Great Race.

 

[melancholy baby]

Tony Curtis

In my best Judy Garland...
You made me love you...
I didn't wanna do it...
I didn't wanna do it...
You know you made me love you...

 

[skyvue]

Actually, if you think about it, there's a LONG history of cross-dressing in farce, from Charlie's Aunt to Bugs Bunny, so it didn't get much notice.

I'm sure you were referring only to film and are aware of the fact that the cross-dressing tradition goes back for centuries in the theatre.

In Shakespeare's time, you had boys and young men playing all the women characters, which is a different kettle of fish, of course, but then, in certain of his plays, you had young men playing female characters who are pretending to be men.

The mind boggles.

 

[Mocheman]

R.I.P. Greg Giraldo.

Greg Giraldo was aces. True comedian.

 

[Feraud]

The prolifiic writer/producer Stephen J. Cannell passed away.