The Celebrity Obituary Thread

[Lin Sunderland]

RIP Chad.

I will admit to having a real crush on him in the 1970s.   

[The Schofield Kid]

R. G. Armstrong has passed away. He was 95. I can't find any reports from the main newspapers though.

http://studiocity.patch.com/articles/studio-city-actor-r-g-armstrong-dies

[LCat]

Nooooooo! Not Chad Everett! Heartthrob to heartbreak!

LCat

[Lin Sunderland]

RIP  Mr Armstrong. 

I think I remember him in a Bonanza and a few other TV movies.

[The Schofield Kid]

Gore Vidal, the elegant, acerbic all-around man of letters who presided with a certain relish over what he declared to be the end of American civilization, died on Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, where he moved in 2003, after years of living in Ravello, Italy. He was 86.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/books/gore-vidal-elegant-writer-dies-at-86.html?pagewanted=all

[LCat]

RIP, Gore Vidal.

[Lin Sunderland]

RIP Gore Vidal.

Such a prolific writer.

[higashimori]

 Japanese actress Keiko Tsushima who was in Akira Kurosawa's " Seven Samurai " (1952) died 1 August.  She was 86.
And Isuzu Yamada who worked with Kurosawa died on July 9 in Tokyo. She was 95.

 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/movies/isuzu-yamada-actress-who-worked-with-kurosawa-dies-at-95.html

 R.I.P. Mme Keiko Tsushima.
 R.I.P. Mme Isuzu Yamada.

[The Schofield Kid]

John Finnegan who costarred in several Columbo episodes among many other roles has passed away aged 85. Baseball fans may remember him from his role in The Natural.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/02/local/la-me-passings-20120802

[Lin Sunderland]

RIP John Finnegan.

[Lin Sunderland]

Geoffrey Hughes who stared in Coronation Street, Heartbeat, Keeping Up Appearances and many other UK TV dramas and comedies has died aged 68.

He often played the loveable rouge.  Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances was one of his best.




http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jul/28/geoffrey-hughes-dies-aged-68

[Gant]

It was sad reading of his death Lin.. He also provided Paul McCartney's  voice for the film Yellow Submarine..

[LCat]

Japanese actress Keiko Tsushima who was in Akira Kurosawa's " Seven Samurai " (1952) died 1 August.  She was 86.
And Isuzu Yamada who worked with Kurosawa died on July 9 in Tokyo. She was 95.

 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/movies/isuzu-yamada-actress-who-worked-with-kurosawa-dies-at-95.html

 R.I.P. Mme Keiko Tsushima.
 R.I.P. Mme Isuzu Yamada.

I saw Seven Samurai  when I was a kid, but not in 1952. My father took me. That was some movie!

RIP, Mmes Tsushima and Yamada.

[dane with no name]

Japanese actress Keiko Tsushima who was in Akira Kurosawa's " Seven Samurai " (1952) died 1 August.  She was 86.
And Isuzu Yamada who worked with Kurosawa died on July 9 in Tokyo. She was 95.

 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/movies/isuzu-yamada-actress-who-worked-with-kurosawa-dies-at-95.html

 R.I.P. Mme Keiko Tsushima.
 R.I.P. Mme Isuzu Yamada.

Considering how male dominated japanese movies seem to be (from an outsiders viewpiont), it's amazing that she managed to stay such a strong and imposing figure and had such an impressive career.
Truly a talented actress

[The Schofield Kid]

Marvin Hamlisch, Film and Stage Maestro, Dies at 68


 

Marvin Hamlisch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who imbued his movie and Broadway scores with pizazz and panache and often found his songs in the upper reaches of the pop charts, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 68 and lived in New York.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/arts/music/marvin-hamlisch-composer-dies-at-68.html

[Lin Sunderland]

I was sad to hear this news today.  He was still young.

RIP Marvin

[Lin Sunderland]

I was also saddened to read Robert Hughes had died. 
He was an art critic who wrote in many papers and magazines. He also wrote the best selling book The Fatal Shore.
Born in Australia Robert finally moved to New York.
RIP Robert.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184861/Robert-Hughes-Australian-art-critic-author-The-Fatal-Shore-dies-aged-74-long-illness.html

[LCat]

I was also saddened to read Robert Hughes had died. 
He was an art critic who wrote in many papers and magazines. He also wrote the best selling book The Fatal Shore.
Born in Australia Robert finally moved to New York.
RIP Robert.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184861/Robert-Hughes-Australian-art-critic-author-The-Fatal-Shore-dies-aged-74-long-illness.html

My mom gave me The Fatal Shore to read a long time ago, but I didn't have a chance to read it. RIP, Robert Hughes.

[higashimori]

 " ET and Alien special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi dies "

 

Renowned Italian special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi, who created ET the Extra Terrestrial, has died aged 86 after a long illness.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19219081

 

 R.I.P. Maestro Rambaldi.

[Lin Sunderland]

Professor Sir Bernard  Lovell  has died at 98.  

Sir Bernard Lovell founded Jodrell Bank Observatory.   When I was at college he was a real hero of mine. Such am amazing man with so much knowledge.  How I wish I could have met him.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184949/Sir-Bernard-Lovell-founded-Jodrell-Bank-Observatory-dies-aged-98.html

RIP Sir Bernard.