DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[MisterCairo]

Oh my goodness, this is sad news. Rutger Hauer, one of my favourite actors, has died, aged 75 after a " brief illness". Dammit, dammit, dammit...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rutger...atty-cause-of-death-short-illness-2019-07-24/

When Blade Runner came out, I was fifteen, and man did I want to be like Roy Batty. Not Dekker, not the Edward James Olmos character (cool though he was), but Batty as portrayed by Hauer.

 

[Paradoxical]

When Blade Runner came out, I was fifteen, and man did I want to be like Roy Batty. Not Dekker, not the Edward James Olmos character (cool though he was), but Batty as portrayed by Hauer.

Batty's "tears in the rain" monologue, man... it brings tears to my eyes, every... single... time.

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., "Harley"

 

[GHT]

Who will promote Guinness now? So many famous actors end up on British TV in adverts. Currently the most annoying avert is that which portrays Harvey Keitel, in full evening dress, selling car and other insurance.
Did you know that the late Mickey Rooney would come to the UK, in his dotage, to appear in pantomime?

 

[Lean'n'mean]

A fews days late, American voice actress, Russi Taylor, best known as the voice of Minnie Mouse & several characters in 'The Simpsons', died on the 26th, aged 75. Funny enough, she was married to Wayne Allwine, (until his death in 2009) who was none other than the voice of Mickey Mouse.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Celebrated Broadway director Hal Prince:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/theater/hal-prince-dead.html

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Oscar winning American documentary filmmaker, D.A. Pennebaker, died on the 1st August, aged 94. Among his historical contributions to American culture & politics was the immortalization of the young Bob Dylan in ' Don't Look Back' filmed in 1965. He adopted the 'cinema vérité' method of filming, handheld cameras & lack of narration.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Texas, Jeeeesus!

 

[Lean'n'mean]

American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University, Toni Morrison, died yesterday (5th) She was 88.

 

[MisterCairo]

Peyton Place star and Mr. Goodwrench, Barry Coe, has died, aged 84:

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/barry-coe-dies-peyton-place-200004139.html

 

[Bamaboots]

The way I'll always remember him. RIP Captain America.

 

[Frunobulax]

The way I'll always remember him. RIP Captain America.

No kidding? I hadn't heard.

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[Hurricane Jack]

The way I'll always remember him. RIP Captain America.

May Wyatt & Billy ride on in infamy forever. My glass is held high.

 

[Rmccamey]

Hells bells.

Peter, it was a magic carpet ride for one who was born to be wild. It's been good to know you. I'm sad for your passing but glad to know the shiny side will be up for you from now on.

 

[OldStrummer]

'Roger Rabbit' animator Richard Williams dead at 86

Triple Oscar and triple Bafta winner, Richard Williams, the animator best known for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "The Pink Panther" died yesterday, August 16, 2019. He also worked on the James Bond film "Casino Royale" and was a voice actor and author.

 

[Trenchfriend]

RIP, Peter Fonda...

 

[Tiki Tom]

James Leavelle, the detective who was handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald as he was shot dead by Jack Ruby has died at the age of 99. Leavelle died Thursday at a hospital in Denver. The former Dallas homicide detective was handcuffed to Oswald as he was led through a police station basement on Nov. 24, 1963, two days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Ruby, a nightclub owner, stepped out of the crowd and fired a fatal shot at Oswald. The moment was captured in one of the most famous photographs of all time which showed Leavelle in his white stetson reacting with shock.

 

[MisterCairo]

Actor Carol Lynley, perhaps best known for The Poseidon Adventure in 1972, has died from a heart attack, aged 77:

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainm...ar-dies-at-77/ar-AAGRQq4?li=AAggFp5&ocid=iehp

 

[MisterCairo]

Could not have happened to a nicer guy, and about time:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/robert-mugabe-zimbabwe-leader-obituary-1.5272802

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., Peter Lindbergh.