DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Widebrim]

James Arness, who played Marshall Dillon on TV's Gunsmoke from 1954 to 1973, has died. He was the QUINTESSENTIAL frontier marshall, cleaning up old Dodge City. He also played the monster in "The Thing".
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20499957,00.html

Obit didn't mention that he was at Anzio and was wounded there.

 

[Doctor Strange]

The New York Times obit does:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/arts/television/james-arness-marshal-on-gunsmoke-dies-at-88.html

 

[TCMfan25]

RIP James Arness!

Dodge City got a bit worse without you... :cry:[video=youtube;-EXq8rhsy84]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EXq8rhsy84[/video]

 

[RBH]

Rest in peace Matthew.......

[video=youtube;HAkH9O9Fnco]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAkH9O9Fnco[/video]

 

[hillbillylost]

Loss of another American Legend...

 

[jdbenson]

Andrew Gold - So long, lonely boy...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/arts/music/andrew-gold-singer-and-songwriter-dies-at-59.html

 

[TCMfan25]

On June 22, 1987 Fred Astaire died at 88 of Pneumonia, the same day June 22, 1969 Judy Garland died at 47 of a drug overdose. In 1948 they were the leading roles in "The Easter Parade" musical film, interestingly enough they passed away on the same day this month...

 

[Bluebird Marsha]

USAF MG John R. Alison, WWII fighter ace and member of the Flying Tigers died June 6th.

In late 1940, then-Lt. Alison was picked to give a demonstration of the Curtiss P-40 fighter plane in Washington for a group of Chinese military attaches and for Flying Tigers leader Chennault.
Lt. Alison spent less than two minutes in the air buzzing in tight circles only feet above the ground.
When he landed, the Chinese pointed to the P-40 and said, “We need 100 of these.”
“No,” Chennault said, pointing to the daring pilot, “you need 100 of these.”

Obituary: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-r-alison-daring-wwii-ace-who-led-burma-invasion-dies-at-98/2011/06/07/AGZgdXLH_story.html

 

[Mae Croft]

Wally Boag (born in 1920), of the original Golden Horseshoe Revue (possibly only a celebrity to me) passed on June 3rd. Already sorely missed.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Gunnar Fischer, the masterful b/w cinematographer of Ingmar Bergman's fifties films - Smiles of a Summer Night, The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, etc. He was 100 years old!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/arts/gunnar-fischer-a-cinematographer-for-bergman-dies-at-100.html

 

[Story]

One of the last authentic heroes of World War II is gone. Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, a legend to his generation, died early yesterday in Worcestershire at the age of 96.
Paddy’, as he was universally known and beloved, spent two years as a British agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Crete. His most celebrated exploit, in April 1944, was to kidnap the commander of the German 22nd Division, General Heinrich Kreipe, a story romantically portrayed in the 1957 movie Ill Met By Moonlight, with Paddy played by Dirk Bogarde.
The SOE team and their Cretan guerrilla companions marched the general, evading furious German pursuit, to a beach from which the Royal Navy spirited them to Egypt.
Paddy received a richly-deserved DSO, but the Cretan experience was only one chapter in a lifetime devoted to the pursuit of adventure, learning and romance.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rt-stole-Nazi--heart-woman.html#ixzz1PMHHPUVz

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Clarence Clemons:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/18/clarence-clemons-best-saxophone-solos_n_879868.html

 

[Terry "The Hat"]

Clarence Clemons:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/18/clarence-clemons-best-saxophone-solos_n_879868.html

Yes, not only did he play a Mean Sax but he knew how to wear a Fedora!

 

[Story]

— James Downey Jr., who survived the infamous Bataan Death March in 1942 and became an inspiration to his family, died Monday. He was 96 years old.

Downey served with the Army's 26th Cavalry Philippine Scouts, a decorated unit that still rode horses into battle in the early days of World War II. Half-Filipino by birth, his mother was of Philippine and Spanish heritage and his father was from Augusta County, a cavalry officer who fought in the Spanish-American War.

http://www.wtkr.com/news/dp-nws-bataan-death-march-obit-20110620,0,2935352.story

 

[Doctor Strange]

Legendary comic book artist Gene Colan, the master of shadows.

Obit by Mark Evanier:

http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2011_06_23.html#020849

Many great covers by Colan:

http://www.coverbrowser.com/search?q=Gene+Colan

 

[AmateisGal]

Peter Falk passed away today at the age of 83.

RIP, Columbo!

 

[Justin B]

RIP Peter Falk...the rumpled detective himself.

 

[Miss Golightly]

"Just one more thing....."

RIP Peter Falk

 

[djd]

I'll miss him. Loved his performance in The Princess Bride

 

[AmateisGal]

I'll miss him. Loved his performance in The Princess Bride

Me, too!