The Celebrity Obituary Thread

[higashimori]

 " Cosmopolitan, Helen Gurley Brown, Who Gave ‘Single Girl’ a Life in Full, Dies at 90

 By MARGALIT FOX
 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/business/media/helen-gurley-brown-who-gave-cosmopolitan-its-purr-is-dead-at-90.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

 

Helen Gurley Brown, who as the author of “Sex and the Single Girl” shocked early-1960s America with the news that unmarried women not only had sex but thoroughly enjoyed it — and who as the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine spent the next three decades telling those women precisely how to enjoy it even more — died on Monday in Manhattan. She was 90, though parts of her were considerably younger.

 

 R.I.P. Mme Gurley Brown.

[AKA23]

" Cosmopolitan, Helen Gurley Brown, Who Gave ‘Single Girl’ a Life in Full, Dies at 90

 By MARGALIT FOX
 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/business/media/helen-gurley-brown-who-gave-cosmopolitan-its-purr-is-dead-at-90.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

 
 

 R.I.P. Mme Gurley Brown.

I'm not familiar with her work, but from that article, it sounds to me like she was part of the problem rather than the solution to many of the ills that plague our society. The cavalier attitude towards sexuality that she seemed to promote through her work doesn't sound to me like a good thing. 

[Lin Sunderland]

RIP Helen.

She wrote one of the most successful book, "Sex and The Single Girl"  and edited Cosmopolitan for over 30 years.  In the 1960's she may have been controversial but by the end of the 70s nearly all of her comments in her book were considered normal.   

[Jed Cooper]

I feel like a rep. for The Sweathogs...

Us Cooper kids sure got a kick out of Welcome Back, Kotter back in the day.  Happy Days, The Donny & Marie Show, etc.

Actor Ron Palillo Dies

The guy on the right is doing his best Elvis impression!



I don't believe anybody posted about Robert Hegyes.  Surprising that Cheetah's passing got recognition, but not Mr. Hegyes.

Late, but here it is:  Robert Hegyes Dies At 60



Rest in peace, sirs.

[Lin Sunderland]

Rest In Peace both of you guys. You made me laugh many times over.

I loved Welcome Back Kotter and Happy Days.  Even my Dad wouldn't miss Happy Days if he could help it. 

[The Schofield Kid]

I don't believe anybody posted about Robert Hegyes.  Surprising that Cheetah's passing got recognition, but not Mr. Hegyes.

It's the same with a lot of celebrities though. I may not know their name and if someone asked me what Robert Hegyes was best remembered for, for a million dollars, I couldn't answer them. If they showed me a picture, then I'd recognise him.

[Jed Cooper]

It's the same with a lot of celebrities though. I may not know their name and if someone asked me what Robert Hegyes was best remembered for, for a million dollars, I couldn't answer them. If they showed me a picture, then I'd recognise him.

Just pointing out my surprise that a monkey's passing (albeit celebrity) got recognition over Mr. Hegyes.  I reckon we can't keep track of all celebrities, though and some are bound to fall through the cracks.

[KC]

I never heard of about half the people who are memorialized in here, and their pictures don't help.

[Jed Cooper]

I never heard of about half the people who are memorialized in here, and their pictures don't help.

Still, just an observation is all.

To keep on topic, Elvis Presley died today.  Oh, 35 years ago....but still....

...and this is what he looked like 56 years ago...in 1956. 

[KC]

Well, no more birthdays for him, then.

[Jed Cooper]

Well, no more birthdays for him, then.

You wouldn't know that if you're ever in Memphis on January 8....  

[LCat]

I''m posting this late, but better late than never:

RIP, Elizabeth Catlett, Sculptor:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/arts/design/elizabeth-catlett-sculptor-with-eye-on-social-issues-dies-at-96.html?_r=1

RIP to the 2 Sweathogs....(I'm really getting up there in age!) They were all dreamboats in their way...

LCat

[davytriumph]

Tragic news,

Tony Scott RIP



http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/film-maker-scott-bridge-death-043330943.html

[KC]

^ I just head that on the radio. Shocking and sad.

Here's another story, from the New York Times:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/director-tony-scott-jumps-to-his-death-from-los-angeles-bridge/

R.I.P.

[The Schofield Kid]

That is a shock. Just read it here and then heard it on the tv.

RIP Tony Scott.

[higashimori]

 Very tragic......

 R.I.P. Tony Scott.

[higashimori]

 " San Francisco singer Scott McKenzie dies at 73 "

 Musician whose San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) was Summer of Love anthem dies in Los Angeles

 By James Meikle

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/aug/20/scott-mckenzie-dies-san-francisco?newsfeed=true

 
 R.I.P. Scott.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bch1_Ep5M1s

[Lin Sunderland]

RIP Scott.
Being a hippy his song has always been an anthem to our group.


RIP Tony Scott.

Such dreadful news.  I only heard about it last night when I got home.  So very sad.

[The Schofield Kid]

Phyllis Diller passed away through the week aged 95.

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/entertainment-news-and-reviews/2012/aug/23/phyllis-diller-trail-blazer-barrier-breaker-multi-/

[dane with no name]

R.I.P. Neil Armstrong


The man every boy wanted to be.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-neil-armstrong-article-20120825,0,130019.story

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html