DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[jamespowers]

Well, Team Knight Rider won't be missed.

http://youtu.be/8jk8dhYQqoA

 

[LizzieMaine]

Broadcast newsman Richard C. Hottelet has died at 97. The last surviving orignal "Murrow Boy," he was best known for his in-person coverage of the invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge for CBS radio, but he was also assigned to Germany by the United Press in the last months before the US entered the war, and was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941 as a suspected American spy. He was a guest of Herr Himmler for more than six months before the US arranged his release.

After the war Hottelet became CBS's UN correspondent, a position he held until his retirement in 1985.

 

[Formeruser012523]

Producer Arthur Gardner

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-arthur-gardner-20141221-story.html

 

[Giftmacher]

Joe Cocker has died at 70. May he rest in Peace
https://www.yahoo.com/music/s/joe-cocker-dies-70-192107501.html

 

[Sharpsburg]

Thanks for sharing that, Lizzie. I had not heard. Considering the sorry state of journalism today, we can really appreciate the heavy lifting done by the pioneers, est. the Morrows boys.

Broadcast newsman Richard C. Hottelet has died at 97. The last surviving orignal "Murrow Boy," he was best known for his in-person coverage of the invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge for CBS radio, but he was also assigned to Germany by the United Press in the last months before the US entered the war, and was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941 as a suspected American spy. He was a guest of Herr Himmler for more than six months before the US arranged his release.

After the war Hottelet became CBS's UN correspondent, a position he held until his retirement in 1985.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Oldest-surviving Oscar winner Luise Ranier has died at the age of 104. She earned two consecutive Best Actress Academy Awards, as Anna Held in "The Great Ziegfeld" in 1936 and then in 1937 she won again for her role as O-Lan in "The Good Earth." She was the first performer ever to earn two consecutive Oscars.

Her passing leaves 98-year-old Olivia DeHavilland as the oldest surviving leading lady of the Era.

 

[Sharpsburg]

Edward Hermann, aka the voice of FDR to many of us, has passed.

https://www.facebook.com/topic/Edwa...ce=whfrt&position=1&trqid=6099126777179347268

 

[DecoDame]

RIP Luise Ranier. Makes me realize I don't think I've ever seen a movie with her in it, strangely enough. I'll remedy that for the New Year. She always struck me as a very elegant lady.

And I remember watching Edward Herrmann throughout my life, most recently on The Good Wife. Will miss seeing him.

 

[HadleyH]

Oldest-surviving Oscar winner Luise Ranier has died at the age of 104. She earned two consecutive Best Actress Academy Awards, as Anna Held in "The Great Ziegfeld" in 1936 and then in 1937 she won again for her role as O-Lan in "The Good Earth." She was the first performer ever to earn two consecutive Oscars.

Her passing leaves 98-year-old Olivia DeHavilland as the oldest surviving leading lady of the Era.

Luise Ranier.... what an amazing life, what a great actress ....."The Good Earth" a classic that film....

RIP Luise.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Mario Cuomo died today...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lost-giant-former-new-york-gov-mario-cuomo-dies-n278256

 

[Sharpsburg]

Donna Douglas, who played, Ellie Mae Clampett died aged 81. OMG Ellie Mae is as old as granny - I am too old!

 

[scotrace]

Mario Cuomo died today...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lost-giant-former-new-york-gov-mario-cuomo-dies-n278256

He was in it for the right reasons. "We push 'em up."

 

[jamespowers]

Donna Douglas, who played, Ellie Mae Clampett died aged 81. OMG Ellie Mae is as old as granny - I am too old!

Yes but Ellie Mae was much better looking than Granny. :eyebrows:

 

[carouselvic]

Ellie was loaded for bear....RIP

Donna Douglas, who played, Ellie Mae Clampett died aged 81. OMG Ellie Mae is as old as granny - I am too old!

 

[carouselvic]

RIP jimmy Dickens

 

[HadleyH]

Goodbye Elly May......

That only leaves one alive from that TV series:Max Baer Jr.

 

[hatophile]

RIP jimmy Dickens

+1, a great little character.

 

[jamespowers]

Goodbye Elly May......

That only leaves one alive from that TV series:Max Baer Jr.

The boxer's son.
Looks a little different now:

Born just a few miles from where I am now---if that.
His grand parents lived in the same city I do just a few houses down from me.

 

[dh66]

The man obviously knows a thing or two about how to handle a mustache!

R.I.P. Ellie Mae

 

[Worf]

Mario Cuomo died today...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lost-giant-former-new-york-gov-mario-cuomo-dies-n278256

Working in the Capital 33 years come April, I've watched literally, Governor's come and go. Mario lived in the Mansion, in Albany, few Governors ever do. He'd play pick up ball down in the park weekly in the summers. You always felt you could go up to him shake his hand and talk to him like a man. His son is everything his Dad never was, cruel, petty, vindictive, amoral and distant. This isn't anecdotal this is from watching both men with my own two eyes. He'll be missed.

Worf