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The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Gallimaufry => Topic started by: Ocicat on April 19, 2011, 10:44:49 PM
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Doctor Who has lost his most famous companion. Sarah Jane passed on today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110419_01/Elisabeth_Sladen
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IO9 also has a very nice obituary: http://io9.com/#!5793664
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I was thinking of getting dressed up like Andy Pandy and whistling "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me Bow-Wow" - that episode broke my heart when I was a kid.
Bye Lis, you were great!
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(http://www.dorktower.com/images/comics/DorkTower942.gif)
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Eldon Davis, creator of Googie architecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googie_architecture).
Joanne Siegel, 93, American widow of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, model for Lois Lane.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n5lj2t5g1JY/TV4o9wkR_DI/AAAAAAAAAs0/qegaXvDh2Wo/s1600/siegel.jpg)
From show business:
Anne Francis
- who played Mirand... er, I mean, Altaira in Forbidden Planet.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1u1upv75IF0/TDoWrsWTnqI/AAAAAAAABf0/kIYKW3ES82c/s1600/Forbidden_Planet+Anne+Francis.jpg)
Pete Postlethwaite
(http://www.unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Pete-Postlethwaite.jpg)
One of my favourite character actors.
[Yvette Vickers reference with Allison Hayes photo consigned to Minitrue memory hole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole).
Duckspeaking research assistant shall be sent to camp for self-criticism, then to Room 101.]
Elizabeth Taylor
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cde-aaqfKGM/Ses8s3HlyfI/AAAAAAAAAYM/S7ZaxR-Q2Tw/s400/Annex+-+Taylor,+Elizabeth+%28Cleopatra%29_02.jpg)
Dorothy Lena Young (1907 – 2011) - widow of Harry Houdini
Owsley Stanley, 76, American-born Australian underground LSD chemist and sound engineer (Grateful Dead)
Jane Russell
(http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/37/3779/S13IF00Z/posters/jane-russell.jpg)
Kenneth Mars
(http://www.oimag.com/iwave/images/36/o-rest-in-peace-kenneth-mars.jpg)
Tura Satana
(http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/Tura-Satana-%20Faster-Pussycat.jpg)
She was best known for her role as "Varla" in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.
Suzannah York
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_07ZCTLt21Co/TTMwoHE25TI/AAAAAAAAFKE/lNv4vSoAYuI/s400/susannah%2Byork.jpg)
(http://www.premiere.fr/var/premiere/storage/images/cinema/news-cinema/susannah-york-la-mere-de-superman-est-morte/37489419-1-fre-FR/Susannah-York-la-mere-de-Superman-est-morte_image_article_paysage_new.jpg) as Super Mom "Lara"
Gerry Rafferty
Singer-songwriter. See "Baker Street" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkS169P_Eeo
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Yvette "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" Vickers
(http://files.nuclearmediallc.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/2011/05/attack-of-the-fifty-foot-woman-3.jpg)
Doubly tragic, as:
Her neighbor became concerned after noticing a large pile of yellowing mail in her mailbox as well as spider webs across her front door. Her body was found inside her home on April 27, 2011. The exact date of her death is unknown. Authorities indicated, however, that the mummified state of her body suggested Vickers could have been dead for nearly a year.
That's a picture of Allyson Hayes, not Yvette Vickers.
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That's a picture of Allyson Hayes, not Yvette Vickers.
Ooh. Doubleplusungood. See correction above.
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That's a picture of Allyson Hayes, not Yvette Vickers.
Ooh. Doubleplusungood. See correction above.
Here's a pic of her.
(http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/cheesecake/yvettevickers/yvettevickers11.jpg)
Starred in crap, but was excellent in that crap. Very underrated, her 1959 Playboy spread was shot by Russ Meyer. Her dad and mom were moderately famous jazz musicians and she was one of the first hip-beatnick types to transition to cinema with a little name recognition. Made crud like Attack of the Giant Leeches watchable, even enjoyable. We all die alone, sadly, a shame she had few enough connections that for 8+ months no one knew she was gone.
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Dolores Fuller. Bit actress and one time star of Ed Wood films (and his girlfriend) died from complications of a stroke. She was 88. She also wrote a bunch of songs for Elvis Presley movies.
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I see nobody's posted Osama bin Laden yet....
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I don't think anyone is counting that as a "loss". :P
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I don't think anyone is counting that as a "loss". :P
Point taken.
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Randy "Macho Man" Savage dead at 58 (http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ycn-8508663)
Savage had a heart attack behind the wheel of his jeep and was killed in the resulting car crash.
He was an awesome heel and a great performer. Pro wrestling lost one of its greats today. I don't really watch wrestling anymore, but I have fond childhood memories of his feud with Hulk Hogan. :(
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Jackie Cooper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Cooper)
Started in movies at age 3, was one of the "Our Gang" gang, nominated for "Best Actor" Oscar at age 9, played Perry White in Superman I, II, III, and IV.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Jackie_Cooper_in_Gallant_Sons_trailer.jpg/200px-Jackie_Cooper_in_Gallant_Sons_trailer.jpg)
(nice hat, btw)
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Jeff Conway (http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-27/entertainment/jeff.conaway.dead_1_opiate-drew-pinsky-addiction?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ).
First G'Kar, then Doctor Franklin, now Zack Allen. The Babylon 5 body count rises again.
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Fantasy novelist Joel Rosenberg (http://io9.com/5808377/rip-joel-rosenberg-fantasy-author-and-gun-rights-advocate)
I really liked those books when I was younger.
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Jeff Conway (http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-27/entertainment/jeff.conaway.dead_1_opiate-drew-pinsky-addiction?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ).
First G'Kar, then Doctor Franklin, now Zack Allen. The Babylon 5 body count rises again.
Geez. That's a really harsh way to go.
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James Arness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arness)
(http://images.hollywood.com/site/jamesarness.jpg)
Best known for his role in TV's "Gunsmoke" as the laid-back Marshal Matt Dillon.
Also as (1951) "The Thing":
(http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID9888/images/21_tvland_halloween_photo_gallery_the_thing_from_another_world_james_arness-1.jpg)
I guess you couldn't say he was always typecast.
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Randy "Macho Man" Savage dead at 58 (http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ycn-8508663)
Savage had a heart attack behind the wheel of his jeep and was killed in the resulting car crash.
He was an awesome heel and a great performer. Pro wrestling lost one of its greats today. I don't really watch wrestling anymore, but I have fond childhood memories of his feud with Hulk Hogan. :(
I am disheartened by the loss of a such a talented wrestler, actor and rapper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAMqcHym03I
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Clarence Clemons (http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=653840&ocid=ansent11). :-[
I think I'm going to spend the rest of the day listening to Springsteen...
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Peter Falk :( (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/24/peter-falk-1927-2011.html)
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Peter Falk :( (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/24/peter-falk-1927-2011.html)
Ah, crap. Man, he was good. RIP.
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Oh noooooes! I haven't seen Columbo, but I just saw Wings of Desire and he was awesome in that!
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We just lost Gene Colan, comic book artist most famous for the Tomb of Dracula series from the 70's, that brought us the character of Blade among other things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Colan
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Peter Falk :( (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/24/peter-falk-1927-2011.html)
Ah, crap. Man, he was good. RIP.
Grampa from The Princess Bride? :-[
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Peter Falk :( (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/24/peter-falk-1927-2011.html)
Ah, crap. Man, he was good. RIP.
Grampa from The Princess Bride? :-[
The very guy
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Peter Falk :( (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/24/peter-falk-1927-2011.html)
Ah, crap. Man, he was good. RIP.
Grampa from The Princess Bride? :-[
The very guy
That's where I know him from too. "When I was a kid, television was called books." Loved him in that.