The Celebrity Obituary Thread

[Lin Sunderland]

Thanks I did listen to the song and I was left covered in goosebumps.   The only other person who could do that to me was John Denver.

[KC]

Lin, I moved your post about Troy Kennedy-Martin up to Eastwood News (with a new title), because of the Kelly's Heroes connection (Kennedy-Martin, a screenwriter, penned the script for Kelly's Heroes shortly after his big breakthrough, the script for The Italian Job. He died this month at the age of 77.)

I'll repeat here the link Lin posted to a career summary on the BBC site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A17526008

[The Schofield Kid]

AUSTRALIAN television great Don Lane has passed away in Sydney.
The American-born Lane, best known for his work on the hugely successful Don Lane Show, had recently battled Alzheimer's Disease and is believed to have died at an Eastern suburbs care facility.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,26245573-5013560,00.html

[Southern cat]

I always watched his show with Bert.

R.I.P. Don

[Tang Lung]

An era has ended :

Dr No is dead......Wiseman was last surviving 60s Bond villain 

[KC]

An era has ended :

Dr No is dead......Wiseman was last surviving 60s Bond villain 

That would be Joseph Wiseman. He was 91.

R.I.P.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-joseph-wiseman21-2009oct21,0,5479879.story

[Lin Sunderland]

RIP  Joseph Wiseman.   He was wonderful as Dr. No.

[KC]

Here's a man whose name is not well-known (not to me at least) but who did a lot of good for all humanity: Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, orthopedist and inventor of a non-surgical cure for clubfoot.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/health/research/24ponseti.html

May he, too, rest in peace.

[Lin Sunderland]

Edward Woodward died this week agaed 79 .    Rest in peace.

His movie The Wicker Man was well know, however he made some fantastic tv series.




http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8362367.stm      Link

[Gant]

Sad to hear of Edward Woodwood's passing..

The Wickerman's one of those movies once seen, never forgotten.

[The Schofield Kid]

Richard Todd, dashing actor and real-life hero on D-Day, dies age 90

Near the end of his life Richard Todd, the actor who has died aged 90, was asked what it meant to be British. “To me,” he said, “it means fairness, good sense, decency, kindness, politeness.”

To that list he might have added heroism, and a certain understatement. Todd, the star who embodied all those virtues, may be best known now for his performance in The Dam Busters and a series of other war films in which matinee idol good looks and a stiff upper lip helped to defeat the Nazis.

timesonline

[Lin Sunderland]

He was the perfect actor to play the English man in uniform.    I enjoyed his movies.   RIP Richard.

[KC]

Jennifer Jones, five-time Oscar nominee, died today at the age of 90.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/movies/18jones.html



R.I.P.

[Gant]

Thats sad.. she was gorgeous..and a great actress...

[higashimori]

 Very sad news....  Rest in peace, Jennifer.  

                    

[Lin Sunderland]

That is so sad she was so lovely.

Rest In Peace Jennifer.

[Brendan]

Film writer Dan O'Bannon died a few days ago. He's most notable for writing the first Alien movie.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091218/en_nm/us_obannon_1

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639321/

[Christopher]

Brittany Murphy died today at age 32.

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1320994/

[-satu-]

  She was so young.. Sad news. RIP Brittany.

[Lin Sunderland]

She was far too young.  It is so sad. Rest in peace Brittany.