DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Heather]

Watch All About Eve with Bette Davis - Celeste was Karen, Margo's best friend.

Oh, of COURSE! *slaps forehead* I can see it now. Funny, cuz I thought she looked familiar!

 

[Mario]

John Lord of Deep Purple has died at 71... RIP. Great musician.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18864409

Just a few days ago after watching a Dr. John concert her in Berlin I was having a chat with a friend about Jon Lord and what he might be doing these days. This is not the answer I was hoping for.

 

[dhermann1]

Celeste Holm was also paired with Frank Sinatra in High Society. She had a heck of a career.

 

[dhermann1]

Country Music Star Kitty Wells has died at age 92.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/16/female-country-superstar-kitty-wells-dies-at-2/
Reading her obit, I see she was married for 73 years. Now that's an accomplishment.

 

[skyvue]

The great Isuzu Yamada died on July 9 at the age of 95. Ms. Yamada's career was an impressive one, spanning more than seventy years over eight decades and including work in classical and contemprary theatre, motion pictures and television.

In the cinema, Ms. Yamada worked with the greatest directors Japanese cinema has produced, including Mikio Naruse, Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, and Kenji Mizoguchi.

Her best-remembered role may have been as Lady Macbeth in Kurosawa's classic THRONE OF BLOOD (pictured below).

 

[Sharpsburg]

So long, Ms. Kitty Wells. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120716/us-obit-wells/

The one time i saw here perform was in the truly pathetic side-show carnival some ten years ago. Seemed such as ignomineous end to a once great career!

It still isn't God who made honky-tonk angels!

RIP

 

[AtomicEraTom]

God may not have made them, but he has another Honky Tonk Angel up in Heaven. There's certain names that come to mind when you think of the ladies of Country-Western. Kitty Wells is always in the top ten, easy.

 

[flat-top]

Donald J Sobol, Encyclopedia Brown author:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/books/donald-j-sobol-creator-of-encyclopedia-brown-dies-at-87.html

These were my favorite books as a kid.

 

[WH1]

Sounds like he would have been a good one to spend some time with. I would like to see the documentary mentioned in the article.

Michael Abney-Hastings the 14th Earl of Loudoun died at 69. If history had taken another turn, he could have been king of England but lived out his life in country Australia.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/obit...-who-could-have-been-king-20120705-21jwz.html
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...es-in-jerilderie/story-fncyva0b-1226419025573

"I reckon I might send Lizzie (Queen Elizabeth II) a bill for back rent. The old girl's family have been living in my ****** castle for the last 500 years," he said.

 

[dhermann1]

Simon Ward, star of "Young Winston", has passed away at 70. The film, "Young Winston", is based on Churchill's book, "My Early Life", and is a very well done and accurate portrayal of the great man's early adventures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18951504

 

[dhermann1]

This is really sad. Sally Ride, America's first woman astronaut, dead of pancreatic cancer.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sa...n-woman-astronaut-fly-space/story?id=16840463

 

[sheeplady]

This is really sad. Sally Ride, America's first woman astronaut, dead of pancreatic cancer.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sa...n-woman-astronaut-fly-space/story?id=16840463

She was young too. I know that she was a great inspiration to many young women in the sciences and engineering.

 

[carouselvic]

Former Head Mouseketeer Ginny Tyler dies at age 86

http://www.issaquahpress.com/2012/0...yler-voice-artist-and-issaquah-resident-dies/

 

[Amy Jeanne]

RIP GEORGE JEFFERSON (Sherman Hemsley). Boooooo!

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20614528,00.html

 

[ButteMT61]

RIP GEORGE JEFFERSON (Sherman Hemsley). Boooooo!

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20614528,00.html

Was just coming to post this. Yeah, big BOO! Loved that show as a kid. RIP Sherman.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I bet "George Jefferson's" idea of Heaven is anyplace that's not next door to Archie Bunker. But seriously, it's a shame. I think I heard he was 75? Too young these days.

 

[skyvue]

Chad Everett, star of TV's MEDICAL CENTER, has died, too. He was also 75.

 

[hatophile]

This is a bad week

 

[ButteMT61]

Frank Inn, animal trainer extraordinaire.
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/27/155949615/the-trainer-who-created-four-legged-stars
One of many unsung heros of film and TV.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

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Certainly not a nationally notable passing, but I recently lost a friend of mine. George was an interesting guy, who cared about local history. He was also a Vietnam veteran. George loved to tell stories about how in his day, living around here was like "American Graffiti." In my teens, he always gave me tips for little tricks when it came to working on vintage cars.

Sadly, in our heat wave, he was one of the people we lost. I'm really gonna miss him.