Brock Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Carla Laemmle, actress and mainstay of many a groovy documentary on old Hollywood in recent years, has died at 104: http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-et-mn-carla-laemmle-dies-20140613-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 What a shame. I've seen her in a few recent documentaries and her mind seemed to be in surprisingly good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickee Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Carla Laemmle was a dynamic, sweet, soft-spoken lady that I had to good fortune to meet on several occasions. The fact that she was scheduled to be at an autograph show next month, showed her zest to meet new people. Here's a shot taken earlier this year with one of her close pals, actor/producer Tom Tangen. Peace, dear lady. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 After long legal battles and what sounds like a lot of suffering, legendary DJ and Scooby Doo actor Casey Kasem has died at 82. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted June 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Yeah, just heard it on the news, always listened to him when I was younger, actor on Scooby Doo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 He was the voice of Shaggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Yeah, heard that now on the many in memoriam bits on talk shows, sorry, never saw that show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Mary Rodgers, daughter of Richard Rodgers and composer of Once Upon a Mattress, has died at the age of 83. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/192885-Mary-Rodgers-Composer-of-Once-Upon-a-Mattress-and-Daughter-of-Broadway-Royalty-Dies-at-83 Mary Rodgers is responsible for my favorite quote in a magazine profile. A few years ago New York Magazine contacted her to interview her on a story they were doing on Arthur Laurents. Mary responded, "Call me back when he's dead." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 On a lighter note -- did they ever do a follow-up after he croaked? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 On a lighter note -- did they ever do a follow-up after he croaked? lol She was their first call. Mary declined to comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Meshach Taylor from Designing Women has died at 67. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted June 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 That sure was quick, the family must have let out that statement as they knew it was just a matter of time, very little time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Second World War hero (and Olympian) Louis Zamperini, subject of the upcoming film Unbroken directed by Angelina Jolie, has died at 97. What a shame he didn't live to see the movie complete. He seemed so proud of it: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wwii-hero-unbroken-subject-louis-716524 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UybaOdAVdw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenorman Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 deaths today:: Harry James, 1983; Theodore Offenbecker, 1992; Roberta Sherwood, 1999; Katy Jurado, 2002; and Amzie Strickland Behrens, 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Jackie Lynn Taylor, the child actress who appeared alongside Lucy in the Tehnicolour element of Kid Millions, has died at 88: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/05/05/6381002/jackie-lynn-taylor-fries-tv-host.html Dickie Jones, another kid in this number, died yesterday. He has a very impressive list of credits from a child actor well through adulthood, notably voicing the title character in Disney's Pinocchio: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427934/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Prolific actress Rosemary Murphy, featured in such movies as To Kill a Mockingbird, Any Wednesday, and Julia, has died at the age of 89. http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/385192 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 A fine actress, I've seen most of her work, well, except for Broadway. Hated her so when she was able to get Liz Montgomery's rapist off in the terrific Case of Rape. Saw Mockingbird just last week. Well executed projects with a sensational actress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Famed opera singer and occasional actress Licia Albanese has die at the grand ole' age of 105: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/arts/music/licia-albanese-exalted-soprano-is-dead-at-105.html?&_r=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted August 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 I know you would take issue with this Brock. There's this website that said there were only five superstar legends still alive and it listed Olivia De Havilland and Kirk Douglas as well as two others, now that Bacall had just died. But he refuses to include Luise Reiner saying nobody would know of her event though she's like 104 or something and has two Oscars. When I mentioned this to someone, they said, what about Bette White, but I think he's only listing superstar MOVIE star legends from the olden days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, the last surviving Mitford Sister, died today at 94. :( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29348946 If you haven't already done so, read "The Sisters" by Mary S. Lovell -- one of the juiciest historical bios ever, focusing on Deborah and her five sisters. Books of their letters are also great, hilarious reads too, complete with cameos from just about all the who's-who of the 20th century, including a lot of Kennedys. (Deborah was Kathleen Kennedy's sister-in-law and a good friend of JFK. Not so much Jackie, however.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Don Keefer, who played Doris Singleton's husband on Angel, played Grandpa Hunt in Lucy and Desi: Before the Laughter, and appeared with Lucie in Who is the Black Dahlia? has died at the age of 98. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/27/arts/don-keefer-actor-who-had-bad-thoughts-on-twilight-zone-dies-at-98.html?referrer= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 He was also the janitor in Creepshow and the last survivor of the original cast of Death of a Salesmam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenorman Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Jamie: IMDb says 9/7; is that correct, or 9/27, today? TX....loving you, JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Jamie: IMDb says 9/7; is that correct, or 9/27, today? TX....loving you, JK He died September 7, but it looks like it took a few weeks for his death to hit the press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenorman Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 TX, HC....Loving you, JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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