DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[HadleyH]

Jane Russell

http://www.kcoy.com/global/story.asp?s=14158234

RIP Jane Russell

 

[Heather]

Awww Jane Russell...this news makes me sad....

 

[rue]

There's a lot of happy men in Heaven right now

Rest in peace Jane.

 

[Heather]

lol@rue That's cute! Your probably right! ;-)

 

[Amy Jeanne]

It has not sunk in yet that Jane is dead. Jane is immortal. Jane is my husband's favourite pinup girl (old or modern!). It's weird -- I printed off a picture of her last week and mailed it to him at boot camp -- he just got it today!

 

[Tiller]

Boy, Frank Buckles and Jane Russel both gone? It is indeed a sad day.

 

[Lincsong]

I didn't realize Jane Russel was a couple years older than my Dad.

 

[Widebrim]

Jane Russell was very involved in a Hollywood Christian group that not only held regular Bible studies, but performed many charitable acts.

Regarding Mr. Buckles, truly the end of link for us Americans with the War to End All Wars...

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Jane Russell was very involved in a Hollywood Christian group that not only held regular Bible studies, but performed many charitable acts.

I think the good news is that she was up and at 'em, vibrant and active according to all reports until just a couple weeks ago. She reportedly said she wanted to die in the saddle, so to speak, and did. Considering she was 87 at the 2009 Academy Awards, she looked remarkable in photos and videos on the red carpet.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

So very true, I found out at work today and all I said was 'Yup, it's the end of an era.'

Regarding Mr. Buckles, truly the end of link for us Americans with the War to End All Wars...

 

[St.Ignatz]

RIP to the Last Man Standing.

 

[LordBest]

How sad, that leaves just two Great War survivors left, inevitable yet oddly disturbing.

 

[Chas]

I think the good news is that she was up and at 'em, vibrant and active according to all reports until just a couple weeks ago. She reportedly said she wanted to die in the saddle, so to speak, and did. Considering she was 87 at the 2009 Academy Awards, she looked remarkable in photos and videos on the red carpet.

Best to go at the top of your game. Sad to hear it, but I'd rather that someone I've always liked to go quickly rather than suffer.

Adios, Jane. You were tops.

 

[Atterbury Dodd]

So very true, I found out at work today and all I said was 'Yup, it's the end of an era.'

It's the end of the human face of what was called the "Lost Generation". Men (and women) that were not defined by the events that they took part in, but something else far more intangible. From the first flight of the airplane, to the atomic bomb, and man on the moon, many of them lived through a century that has an aura that may never be matched again in history. Men like Frank Buckles were ordinary people in there time. And yet, there is no one so fitting to represent the men of that generation as Frank Woodruff Buckles.

 

[Miss Golightly]

RIP Jane

 

[Edward]

RIP to the Last Man Standing.

Uhm..... 1917??? It started a lot earlier than that! I presume this is a US campaign medal (hence 'AEF'), so 1917 dates to the US entry into the Great War... Interesting it's marked "World War". I had the impression that "World War" came much later, along with the "First World War" and "World War One" appellations; clearly not in the US. I wonder, then, did this terminology enter English English as an Americanism?

 

[BinkieBaumont]

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Brava!

 

[Black Dahlia]

RIP Jane Russell.

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[Widebrim]

Uhm..... 1917??? It started a lot earlier than that! I presume this is a US campaign medal (hence 'AEF'), so 1917 dates to the US entry into the Great War... Interesting it's marked "World War". I had the impression that "World War" came much later, along with the "First World War" and "World War One" appellations; clearly not in the US. I wonder, then, did this terminology enter English English as an Americanism?

We also originally used the term Great War, Edward; the phrase "World War" came later. Regarding 1917, that is qualified by the reference to the AEF, which was organized in that year. What I don't like is when I see (here in the States) references to WWII being dated as 1941-45 (with no mention of American entry), as though nothing was happening the previous two years.

 

[LizzieMaine]

"World War" was being used as early as 1919 -- Francis March's "History Of The World War" was published that year, and was the most common one-volume book on the war to be found in Golden Era homes. So the term was certainly used and recognized in the US very early on.