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ABC news cannot get competent journalists?
From what ?Quote:
In 2011 he became seriously ill
And what did he die from ?
What cycle ? Who's trapping them ?Quote:
"I feel he was trapped in the same cycle of bad health that so many Indigenous people are trapped in."
^ who had contracted Hepatitis B as a child, causing liver
and kidney disease — had not recently accessed renal treatment.
He was also in Yothu Yindi
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Barbara Sinatra, activist and widow of Frank, dies at 90
Barbara Sinatra, the philanthropist and widow of singer Frank Sinatra, has died at the age of 90, a spokesperson said.
John Thoresen, director of the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center, said Mrs Sinatra had died of natural causes.
She passed away at home in Rancho Mirage, California, surrounded by family and friends, he said.
The former model and Las Vegas showgirl was a committed, high-profile advocate for abused children.
In 1986, she and Frank set up the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center in Rancho Mirage, near Palm Springs. The non-profit facility provides therapy for children who have been physically, sexually and emotionally abused.
"Barbara started raising funds for it in 1985 with Frank's support," Mr Thoresen said. "It opened in 1986, and since that time over 20,000 children have received beneficial therapy here.
"There are several child advocacy centres like it around the country, [but] this one is probably most recognised."
Barbara Sinatra, activist and widow of Frank, dies at 90 - BBC News
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Looks like Frankie's eyeing off another gal....
Les Murray, the voice of football in Australia, dies aged 71
Australian football icon and SBS commentator Les Murray has died aged 71.
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Murray was a trailblazer for the game in Australia, and his voice became synonymous with the round-ball game for Australian fans.
He began work for SBS in 1980 as a Hungarian subtitle writer, before moving into coverage of football.
By the 1986 World Cup, he was the host of the network's football coverage.
He would stay and thrive in this position for decades, covering World Cups and Australian qualifiers until 2014.
His long-time partner on air, former Socceroo Craig Foster, described Murray as "a football colossus", saying he left a lasting legacy.
In a statement, SBS said Murray was a much-loved colleague who "left a unique legacy".
"SBS is sad to advise that earlier today Les Murray passed away after a long period of illness.
"Les will be remembered not just for his 35-year contribution to football in Australia, but for being a much-loved colleague, mentor and friend who has left a unique legacy.
"To say he will be sorely missed is an understatement.
"Many Australians know Les as Mr Football, who began working with SBS when it launched as a television broadcaster in 1980. His role went far beyond being a football commentator.
"The growth, popularity and success of football in Australia today is absolutely a reflection of his passion and advocacy for the game that he loved.
"We pass on our deepest sympathies to his family, including his partner Maria and his daughters Tania and Natalie.
"They ask that their privacy is respected during this difficult time."
YouTube: SBS's 2014 tribute to Les Murray
SBS managing director Michael Ebeid said Murray was an inspiration to many.
"No-one better embodied what SBS represents than Les Murray. From humble refugee origins, he became one of Australia's most recognised and loved sporting identities," Mr Ebeid said in a statement.
"Not just a football icon, but a great Australian story and an inspiration to many, to say that his contribution to SBS and to football was enormous, doesn't do it justice.
"This is a devastating loss for all of us at SBS.
"Our thoughts are with his family and all who loved him."
Former Socceroos defender Robbie Slater tweeted it is "difficult to believe you're gone", describing Murray's death as a massive loss for the game in Australia.
Another former Socceroo-turned-commentator, Mark Bosnich, also described it as "a sad day for many".
'People wanted to hear what Les Murray had to say'
Les Murray signs a football in Sydney
Photo: Les Murray signs an autograph in Sydney in 2012. (AAP: Andrea Francolini)
Grandstand football commentator Ned Hall said Murray's legacy would live on, and his words carried massive authority for football fans Down Under.
"I think just having his presence there in latter years when he stepped down and retired from full-time work at SBS, he would still be a regular contributor for them. People wanted to hear what Les Murray had to say," Hall said.
"I think SBS will look a lot poorer for not having Les Murray around. He's still synonymous with it.
Les Murray, the voice of football in Australia, dies aged 71 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Sad to hear this.
What a great bloke.
RIP Les
^ Jesus he will be a loss.
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Sam Shepard,
Pulitzer-Winning Playwright
and Actor, Is Dead at 73
Sam Shepard, the celebrated avant-garde playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky. He was 73.
A spokesman for the Shepard family said the cause was complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
One of the most important and influential early writers in the Off Broadway movement, Mr. Shepard captured and chronicled the darker sides of American family life in plays like “Buried Child,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1979, and “Curse of the Starving Class” and “A Lie of the Mind.”
He was widely regarded as one of the most original voices of his generation, winning praise from critics for his searing portraits of spouses, siblings and lovers struggling with issues of identity, failure and the fleeting nature of the American dream. He was nominated for two other Pulitzers, for “True West” and “Fool for Love,” which both received Broadway productions.
Mr. Shepard was also an accomplished actor, nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role in “The Right Stuff.” His most recent work was in the Netflix show “Bloodline,” where he appeared as the character of Robert Rayburn. He also appeared on New York stages, winning strong reviews for his performance in the Off Broadway production of Caryl Churchill’s “A Number” in 2004.
Working at Off Broadway landmarks like La MaMa and Caffe Cino, Mr. Shepard almost immediately received critical acclaim upon embarking on his career, winning Obie Awards for “Chicago” and “Icarus’s Mother” in 1965 and then “Red Cross” and “La Turista” in 1966. He would win seven more.
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Jeanne Moreau, 23.1.28 - 31.7.17
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I salute you, sir.
KEN WILKINSON, BATTLE OF BRITAIN SPITFIRE PILOT, DIES AT 99
BY JILL LAWLESS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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LONDON (AP) -- Ken Wilkinson, one of the last survivors of "The Few" - the band of pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain - has died. He was 99.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust said Wilkinson died Monday. The group said he was "a true gentleman who we shall miss dearly."
Born in 1918, Wilkinson flew a Spitfire fighter plane during the 1940 air battle between Britain and its allies and Nazi Germany.
Between July and October, German bombers pounded Britain's ports, airfields and cities in a bid to destroy its defenses in preparation for either an invasion or a surrender. France had already fallen to Adolf Hitler, and the British army had been evacuated in disarray from Dunkirk.
Royal Air Force crews, many in their teens or 20s, inflicted heavy losses on the Germans and prevented invasion, but at a high price. Of almost 3,000 British and Allied airmen who flew in the battle, more than 544 were killed. Another 800 died before the end of the war in 1945.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill later said of the battle: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Wilkinson told The Associated Press in 2010 that the possibility of defeat never crossed his mind.
"We were cocky. Stupidly cocky, if you like," he said. "We just didn't envisage defeat. Some people may have been killed and so forth, but basically we knew we were going to win."
Air Chief Marshal Stephen Hillier, head of the Royal Air Force, said Wilkinson and his comrades "represented an extraordinary generation to whom we owe a great debt that should never be forgotten."
After the war Wilkinson became a chartered surveyor and was active in the Battle of Britain veterans' group.
He made headlines in 2015 for light-heartedly telling off helicopter pilot Prince William for flying "choppers" instead of "proper airplanes."
Wilkinson is survived by his daughter Penny and a grandson.
News from The Associated Press
Robert Hardy dead: British actor who starred in Harry Potter and All Creatures Great and Small dies aged 91
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British Actor Robert Hardy, known for his roles in the Harry Potter films and All Creatures Great and Small, has died aged 91.
His family announced the death on Thursday evening, paying tribute to a "tremendous life" and a "giant career".
A statement shared by his children Emma, Justine and Paul read: "Dad is also remembered as a meticulous linguist, a fine artist, a lover of music and a champion of literature, as well as a highly respected historian, and a leading specialist on the longbow. He was an essential part of the team that raised the great Tudor warship The Mary Rose.
"Gruff, elegant, twinkly, and always dignified, he is celebrated by all who knew him and loved him, and everyone who enjoyed his work."
They added: "We are immensely grateful to the team at Denville Hall for the tender care they gave during his last weeks."
Mr Hardy was known for playing Siegfried Farnon in BBC series All Creatures Great and Small, and the Minister For Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films.
His career, which spanned more seven decades, also included stage roles in various Shakespeare plays as well as playing Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt.
The Bafta-nominated star, from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, was also awarded a CBE for his services to acting in the Queen's 1981 birthday honours.
Within minutes of the announcement of his death, a Tweet from London's Westminster Abbey read: "Robert Hardy read from Henry the Fifth at our 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt service in 2015. RIP."
The British Film Institute (BFI) posted: "We're sad to hear Robert Hardy, best known for roles in the Harry Potter films & TV series All Creatures Great And Small, has died aged 91."
His former Oxford school, Magdelen College, added: "Sad news breaking that Magdalen alumnus Robert Hardy (1944) has died at the age of 91."
Denville Hall, where the actor spent his last days, is a retirement home for professional actors based in Hillingdon, west London.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/r...-a3603536.html
Oops that means another actor is due:
Hywel Bennett, best known as Shelley in hit sitcom, has died aged 73
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The actor Hywel Bennett, best known for his role in the hit 1980s sitcom Shelley, has died at the age of 73, his former agent has confirmed.
Bennett, who played James Shelley in the series about a “professional freelance layabout”, rose to fame in the 1960s, first appearing as Rynian in Doctor Who in 1965.
The next two decades saw the Carmarthenshire-born actor take roles in shows including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Sweeney and Malice Aforethought, before becoming the familiar face of the hit sitcom that ran for five years from 1979. It made a four-year comeback in 1988 with The Return of Shelley.
More recent viewers will recognise Bennett from his five-year stint as Peter Baxter in police drama The Bill, while soap fans will remember his 2003 appearance as gangland boss Jack Dalton in EastEnders.
He also featured in episodes of Last of the Summer Wine and in the Dennis Potter mini-series Karaoke and Cold Lazarus.
After a long career in theatre and film, his last known role was as Reggie Conway in The Last Detective in 2007.
On his stage debut in 1959 he played the female lead Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, while his big screen credits include The Virgin Soldiers (1969), Anyone For Sex? (1973), A Mind To Kill (1991) and Nasty Neighbours (1999).
In 1970 he married the TV presenter Cathy McGowan – now partner of singer Michael Ball – and the pair had a daughter together before separating in 1988.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...s-died-aged-73
Jeff Brotman, Co-Founder Of Costco, Passes Away Unexpectedly At 74
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It was Bernard Brotman, founder of a store called Bernie's Men's World in Tacoma, Wash., who got his son, Jeff, started in retail. The senior Brotman had a keen eye, and when he spotted Price Club, a discount retailer in southern California, he told his son, "You should do this."
Jeff Brotman, who had trained as an attorney, checked it out. Price Club, owned by Sol Price and his sons, was located in a warehouse that had once been an airplane hangar owned by Howard Hughes. Price was looking for a buyer, and when Walmart decided to pass on the opportunity, the Brotmans moved in. One of the executives was Jim Sinegal; he and Jeff Brotman became a team that transformed American retailing.
As it happens, three enterprises based in Seattle within the past 30 years play an outsize role in what America eats and drinks. In addition to Costco, there's Amazon and Starbucks. (Brotman was a backer of Howard Schultz in the early days of Starbucks.) Costco today has 727 locations (real estate was Brotman's forte), 118,000 employees and revenues of $119 billion.
Brotman and Sinegal are both billionnaires (though not as may billions as Schultz or Amazon founder Jeff Bezos).
And Costco has prospered, with 50 million members. It's the nation's largest seller of organic produce; a major supplier of fresh meat, seafood and poultry; it has a massive private-label ("Kirkland") business for its clothing lines, canned goods and liquor. It sells $4 billion a year worth of wine.
Jeff Brotman was 74 when he passed away unexpectedly this week. "We are devastated," said his brother, Michael. He hadn't been ill, and appears to have died in his sleep. The company has not announced who will succeed him as chairman.
The names "Jeff and Susan Brotman" are (discreetly) displayed on doorways and walls of major cultural institutions around Seattle (symphony, art museum, hospitals, colleges, etc.), but he will be remembered as much for his insistence on the common touch: Costco's $1.50 hotdog.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronaldh.../#686b2f5fa979
Haruo Nakajima, actor who played original Godzilla, dies at 88
TOKYO - Haruo Nakajima, the actor who stomped in a rubber suit to portray the original 1954 Godzilla, helping to make the Japanese monster an iconic symbol of the nuclear era, has died. He was 88.
Nakajima’s daughter Sonoe Nakajima told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he had been hospitalized last month and died of pneumonia Monday.
Haruo Nakajima was a stunt actor in samurai films when he was approached to take the role of Godzilla, which may be Japan’s most successful cultural export. Some fans prefer Nakajima’s version over some Hollywood depictions which they say make the fire-breathing lizard an evil-looking animal.
Vivacious and energetic in a 2014 interview with The Associated Press, Nakajima said he invented the character from scratch, and developed it by going to a zoo to study how elephants and bears moved. He said it was important to show the pathos of the creature, which could only smash everything in its way.
“If Godzilla can’t walk properly, it’s nothing but a freak show,” he said at his suburban Tokyo apartment, proudly sitting among sepia-toned photos of him as a young man and Godzilla figures.
He recalled that the rubber suit he wore was so hot, especially under the glaring lights of the movie set, that the sweat he wrung from his shirt would fill half a bucket.
In the original movie, directed by Ishiro Honda with an unforgettable score by Akira Ifukube, Godzilla surfaces from the Pacific Ocean suddenly, a mutation as a result of nuclear testing in the area.
The Toho classic, which went on to become a mega-series and inspired Hollywood spinoffs, struck a chord with postwar Japan, the only nation in the world to suffer atomic bombing, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II.
Nakajima said the theme of his Godzilla was grand and complex, addressing universal human problems, as it spoke to a Japan that still remembered wartime suffering.
“It’s not some cowboy movie,” he said.
Although recent Godzilla films use computer graphics, the latest Japanese Godzilla remake, released last year, went back to using a human actor, Mansai Nomura, a specialist in the traditional theater of Kyogen. His movements were duplicated on the screen through “motion capture” technology.
Until recently, Nakajima had continued to be a star guest at festivals and events. He had been scheduled to be featured at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October.
“I am the original, the real thing,” he said in 2014. “My Godzilla was the best.”
A funeral is to be held for family and close friends.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...-88/547785001/
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Barbara Cook, Star of Broadway, Cabaret, Dies at 89
Gordon Cox
Legit Editor
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Barbara Cook, the golden-age Broadway ingenue who became a beloved cabaret and concert performer in the second act of her career, has died. She was 89.
Her son, Adam LeGrant, confirmed to Variety that she died early Tuesday morning at her home in Manhattan, surrounded by friends and family.
Known for her rich, clear soprano with an astonishing range, Cook shot to Broadway fame in “Candide” and won a Tony for her turn in the original 1957 production of “The Music Man.” In later years, she was hailed as one of the premier interpreters of the songs of Stephen Sondheim, thrilling audiences with both her technical skill and her ability to mine a song for the depth and complexity of its emotions. She received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2011.
The two-act arc of her career was determined in large part by her battles with alcoholism, depression and obesity. It was alcoholism that derailed her Broadway work in the late 1960s, and her resurgence in the mid-1970s as a major concert artist of the American Songbook was the mark of her recovery. She quit drinking in 1977 and was always very open about her personal struggles, addressing them with the same candor and emotional nakedness with which she approached the songs she performed onstage.
“Very early in my career, I was standing in the wings, waiting to audition, and I thought everybody who sang before me had a better voice, looked prettier, had a better figure. I was always a mess,” she once said in an interview. “For some reason, it occurred to me that if I could find a way to really learn who I am and put that into my work, then there could be no real competition — because there’s only one of me.”
Cook was born in Atlanta to Charles Bunyan, a traveling hat salesman, and Nell Cook. Her parents divorced during her childhood, and her younger sister died of whooping cough at 18 months. After Cook graduated high school in 1945, she worked as a typist for three years.
During a two-week visit to New York with her mother, Cook decided to stay and have a go at finding work as an actress. Early gigs in clubs and resorts (including the Poconos hotel Tamiment, where she worked with Sid Caesar, Danny Kaye and Jerome Robbins) eventually led to a Broadway debut in “Flahooley,” a 1951 musical by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy. That show only ran about a month, but soon thereafter she landed the role of Ado Annie in a revival of “Oklahoma!” and went on national tour with the production. TV appearances and Broadway roles — including a well-reviewed turn in “Plain and Fancy,” a musical set in an Amish community — followed.
Her breakout came in the 1956 Broadway premiere of Leonard Bernstein musical “Candide,” in which she played Cunegonde, the love interest of the title character of Voltaire’s picaresque tale. Her signature song from that show, “Glitter and Be Gay,” in which the character assuages the shame of being a kept woman by finding solace in the luxury in which she’s kept, required her to hit more than 20 high Cs, and established her as one of Broadway’s leading ingenues, even if the show itself didn’t last long.
The next year she starred as Marian the librarian in the original Broadway production of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man,” originating a role in what would become of the great titles of Broadway’s golden age. Her performance as a prim librarian who falls for a charming conman, including the song “Goodnight, My Someone,” scored her a featured actress Tony.
In addition to “Candide” and “Music Man,” she also played roles in lesser-known Broadway shows such as “The Gay Life” and “Something More!” as well as in revivals of “The King and I” and “Show Boat.” Her most memorable turn in the ’60s was in “She Loves Me,” the 1962 Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick musical based on the same play that inspired “You’ve Got Mail.” One tune from that show, “Vanilla Ice Cream,” became one of her signatures.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Cook’s battles with alcoholism, depression and her weight stalled her career. But in 1973, when she toured with a concert called “The Gershwin Years,” she met the composer, music director and arranger Wally Harper (through Nancy Dussault, one of Cook’s fellow performers in “Gershwin Years”). That began a long, fruitful professional partnership: Harper worked as her pianist and music director, choosing and arranging her material, until his death in 2004.
It was Harper who convinced Cook to put together a 1975 Carnegie Hall concert that jump-started her professional life and yielded a successful live album. Over the next 30 years, Cook would perform with Harper in concerts halls and cabaret spots around the world.
The rich affinity for Sondheim she showed in a 1985 New York Philharmonic concert version of “Follies” — she played former showgirl Sally, one of the musical’s lead roles — deepened over the years, eventually resulting in the 2001 Carnegie Hall concert “Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim.” That show, recorded live and released as an album, and subsequently performed in London (where she was nominated for Olivier Awards) and on Broadway (where she was nominated for best theatrical event), cemented her reputation as an unparalleled expert in Sondheim’s complex, challenging body of work.
She returned to Broadway in 2004 with “Barbara Cook’s Broadway!,” which yielded another live recording that would become one of the 40-plus albums (including original cast recordings) she put out over the years.
She continued to perform after Harper died, in concerts and cabaret venues as well as on Broadway, where she appeared in the 2010 limited run of the tribute “Sondheim on Sondheim.”
In her later years Cook’s age and frailties began to show. She had difficulty walking, and critics, though no less adoring, began to note that her voice had begun to lose some of its luster and strength. An Off Broadway evening of songs and stories — timed to the release of her 2016 memoir “Then and Now” — was cancelled, with producers citing the “undue pressure and stress” of the rehearsal process on Cook.
“I’m the slowest bloomer, the latest bloomer ever,” she said in a 2005 interview. “I think — barring any kind of big health problems — I’ll sing better five years from now, because I expect I’ll have more courage to be even more open. Because I believe that’s the kind of the road I’m on. I consider myself a work in progress.”
Cook was married to acting teacher David LeGrant from 1952 until their divorce in 1965.
She is survived by their son, Adam.
Barbara Cook Dead: Broadway, Cabaret Star Dies at 89 | Variety
Glen Campbell, Rhinestone Cowboy singer and country music icon, dies aged 81
Country music icon Glen Campbell has died, aged 81, at an Alzheimer's facility in Nashville.
The Rhinestone Cowboy singer was one of the biggest stars of the late 1960s and 1970s. He sold more than 45 million records,
had 12 gold albums and 75 chart hits.
Campbell's publicist, Sandy Brokaw, said the singer died on Tuesday morning in Nashville.
No cause was immediately given.Campbell announced in June 2011 he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and that it was in its early stages at that time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi_UBalance of the article here
Not into country music but he could sing,and he was in True Grit with the Duke.
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A very special thankyou for this tune, Glen :
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And this one was very enjoyable too :
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I'm not into country, either, but this man could sing and play a guitar like magic.
Goodbye, Glen Campbell.
James Parmelee died yesterday. Founder of Text and Talk Academy language center in Bangkok.
Almost went to his school for the TEFL certificate before choosing the one in Ban Phe.
Joseph Bologna, Onscreen Tough Guy With a Sense of Humor, Dies at 82
By ANITA GATESAUG. 14, 2017
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Acclaimed actor, director, playwright Joseph Bologna has died.
He was 82.
His family said he died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
In his long and storied career, Bologna was nominated for his work behind-the-scenes as well as in front of the camera — as acclaimed as he was for acting, his most critical success came for writing; he was nominated for an Oscar and two Emmys (winning one) and also won a WGA for screenplay writing.
He died surrounded by family and friends at City of Hope in Duarte.
Renee Taylor, his wife of 52 years, said “He had a beautiful life and a beautiful death having fully and gratefully experienced three years since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at Cedars Sinai,”
Bologna and Taylor wrote their first Broadway show’ “Lovers and Other Strangers.” They went on to write the screenplay, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.
The couple also wrote 22 published plays, many of which were on were on Broadway, such as “It Had To Be You,” “Bermuda Avenue Triangle.”
The Brooklyn-born Bologna also had great success in television and film often playing tough guys with heart.
He was perhaps best known for “Honor Thy Father,” Blame It On Rio.” “Woman in Red” “My Favorite Year” and ” Big Daddy.”
His longtime friend, Dr. Roger Lerner from Cedars Sinai, came to visit Bologna late last night at City of Hope, and asked Joe, who was going in and out of consciousness, if he was comfortable.
Joe, the lighthearted-comedian-to-the-end, replied, “No, but I make a living.”
Acclaimed Actor-Writer Joseph Bologna Dies At 82 « CBS Los Angeles
Sir Bruce Forsyth: TV legend dies aged 89
Sir Bruce Forsyth, the veteran entertainer and presenter of many successful TV shows, has died aged 89.
The former Strictly Come Dancing presenter had been unwell for some time and was in hospital earlier this year after a severe chest infection.
His long career in showbusiness began when he was aged just 14.
He became Britain's best-paid TV star, famous for hosting game shows like The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right and The Price is Right.
He also presented BBC One's Strictly with Tess Daly from 2004 to 2014.
Sir Bruce had not been seen in public recently, due to ill health. He was too frail to attend the funerals of close friends Ronnie Corbett and Sir Terry Wogan last year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40978576
Awwwww Brucie.
"Hope you're all playing with yourselves at home".
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Sir Bruce Forsyth was one of the most talented, versatile and popular TV entertainers of his generation.
He was knighted in the Birthday Honours of 2011 after his supporters, including many MPs, had campaigned for several years for him to be awarded this honour.
With his witty asides, his cheeky smile and his displays of mock outrage, Sir Bruce topped the bill wherever he went for well over half a century.
He was still performing with as much zest as ever right into his 80s.
Indeed, as a sprightly, lithe 80-year-old, with the slogan "keep on dancing", he was hosting the huge BBC TV hit, Strictly Come Dancing. He demonstrated that, even at that age, and beyond, he could still sing with gusto and dance with professional verve.
In that show, which became a national Saturday-night institution, he regularly drew attention to his age, modifying one of his already famous catch-phrases to "I'm not doddery - doddery I am not ..." inciting the audience to join in.
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His principal claim to fame before that was probably his hosting of the long-running and highly-successful TV series The Generation Game. But he was no less popular in Play Your Cards Right and in Bruce's Price is Right.
His energy was as phenomenal as his catch-words were infectious. Nearly every performance began with the greeting: "Nice to see you ... to see you nice!" Or when a contestant in one of his many game shows excelled himself, Sir Bruce would chant: "Didn't he do well?" He was no less renowned for his poses as a man of muscle.
TV companies had no fears about their ratings when Sir Bruce was on the screen. He excelled as a singer, a dancer and a comedian and was also - although this was not widely known - an accomplished jazz pianist, often appearing with Sammy Davis Jr.
Even into his 70s and 80s, he danced with as much vigour as a man half his age and although he good-naturedly teased his contestants on the game shows, with his rapid-fire wit, he was always careful never to humiliate them.
Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson was born into a Salvation Army family in Edmonton, north London on February 22 1928. He attended the Higher Latimer School, Edmonton, but his heart, even as a small boy, was in show business.
At the age of 14, he left the family home and was touring Britain as The Boy Bruce - The Mighty Atom. He made his broadcasting debut in 1942 and was an instant hit. He told one BBC interviewer: "I want to be famous and buy my mum a fur coat."
He played the ukulele, the accordion and the banjo with equal prowess and spent some 20 years performing in church halls, sleeping in luggage racks and waiting for the big break. He did a two-year spell at London's famous Windmill Theatre - "We never closed" - and appeared in several double acts.
When he received the call in 1958 to host Sunday Night at the London Palladium, Sir Bruce was on the verge of leaving showbusiness. He was booked for two weeks, but stayed for five years, by which time he was Britain's highest-paid entertainer, earning £1,000 a week.
One of his Palladium roles, refereeing the Beat the Clock feature, gave a hint of Sir Bruce's future TV career: he went on to host some of the most popular TV game shows of the entire 1970s and 1980s.
He appeared with many top names, including Tommy Cooper, Dudley Moore, Harry Secombe and Frankie Howerd. This last partnership developed into a series known as Frankie and Bruce. Sir Bruce also regularly appeared in sketches with sports stars, including boxer Henry Cooper, jockey Scobie Breasley, swimmer Anita Lonsborough, former tennis champion Fred Perry and snooker player Joe Davis.
Subsequently, he was to reign supreme at the helm of the BBC flagship show, The Generation Game, from 1971 to 1977 and again at the beginning of the 1990s. At its peak, the show attracted more than 20 million viewers.
And although his television appearances were prolific, Sir Bruce also appeared in several successful films, including Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) and Star! (1968).
His ITV series Play Your Cards Right was a huge success, although it ended with an uncharacteristic sour note, when he accused his bosses of taking the show off without telling him, even though it was drawing audiences of around the 14 million mark.
But Sir Bruce had never been more popular. And in 1995, the year after his final Generation Game appearance, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Variety and three years later he was awarded an OBE. He was to be awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, 2005.
One of his most surprising appearances was hosting an edition of the TV hit show Have I Got News For You in 2003. The show was built round him and included a very politically incorrect item called The Iraqi Play Your Cards Right. Ian Hislop, one of the regulars on this programme, said later that only Sir Bruce could have got away with this - and successfully.
And in 2004, when in effective semi-retirement, Sir Bruce was brought back to host a new version of an old programme: Strictly, Come Dancing. This was a huge tribute to a man whose essential style of entertainment, although basically unchanged, had remained as fresh and popular as ever it was. He hosted that programme with all the verve and energy of a man half his age.
Sir Bruce never allowed the arrival of cult and alternative comedians, with their often coarse material, to influence his own traditional type of comedy which continued to draw in viewers by the millions. He remained a sure-fire, non-stop ringing cash register for the TV companies, particularly the independent ones.
And he boasted, with some justification, that his performances appealed not only to the older generation, but to youngsters as well.
His comedy, although often brash, was never downright vulgar. And Sir Bruce disliked the cult of "reality TV", saying that it involved no "performance" as such and was often offensive.
He once said: "Although I am cheekier now than I was 40 years ago, I'm not downright dirty. It really is lavatory humour and sexual where it is not even a double entendre. It's just dirtiness for the sake of it. I don't do that and a lot of people respect that."
He took part in the 2012 Olympic relay when he carried the torch outside the BBC's White City buildings in west London, which stand on the site of the White City Stadium that hosted the Olympics back in 1908.
Sir Bruce, the frontman of Strictly Come Dancing since it launched, pulled out of a live show in October 2013 after being taken ill with flu.
Sir Bruce announced he was leaving Strictly Come Dancing in April 2014.
Show producers regularly scheduled rest weeks during the series to help Sir Bruce cope with the workload of fronting three months of weekly live programmes.
He was a crowd-pleaser to people of all ages and at the age of 85, Sir Bruce stepped out on to the stage at Glastonbury in 2013 to a standing ovation where he performed a host of classic songs and teased the Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger.
He returned to the stage for the first time in nearly two decades with his live one man show at the London Palladium in March 2015, where he was hailed as "a legend" and greeted with a standing ovation.
Later that same year, Sir Bruce suffered a serious fall at his Surrey home.
The entertainer underwent surgery and, after tests were carried out, doctors discovered that he had suffered two aneurysms.
Sir Bruce's wife, Lady Wilnelia, later said that the TV veteran was finding it difficult to walk and that the operation had sapped his energy, but that he was in "incredible shape mentally".
"The operation took his energy because of his age, there's no question about it. Some days are better than others. On the not-so-good days, he tries to rest," she told the Mail on Sunday's You magazine.
"He has a bit of a problem moving, but we still laugh and talk. I pray, I believe. The main thing is that he's doing well. The pain is more emotional; sometimes we cry, but mostly we laugh."
Reports in 2016 also claimed the TV stalwart would be announcing his retirement from the entertainment industry but his manager said that Sir Bruce had made "no formal or informal decision" about leaving showbusiness.
The star once gave his thoughts on death, saying: "As I get nearer to it, I fear it less because with the tiredness one gets at times, you think, 'Is it just like having a nice long sleep?' I wouldn't say I fear it.
"I think I'll be completely at peace when it does happen to me because I've been so lucky. I've had a wonderful career," he told Radio Times.
Sir Bruce paid tribute to his loving parents - John and Florence Ada - in 2015, saying: "My mother never lived to see me get the big job, and she had more ambition than I. She'd take me up to London during the air raids, bless her heart.
"I'd loved to have bought my father a Rolls Royce because he was so into mechanics. But it doesn't always work out that way. But I couldn't have had a better mother or father, they were so supportive in every way," he told the Radio Times Festival.
He also recalled the pain his family went through, when his brother John died in the Second World War.
Sir Bruce was a father-of-six. His first marriage to Penny Calvert in 1953 produced three daughters.
In 1973, he married his television co-host Anthea Redfern and would regularly ask her on screen to "Give us a twirl" and "What do you do, my love?". That marriage produced two daughters, but was dissolved in 1982.
In 1983, he married the Puerto Rican former Miss World, Wilnelia Merced, who would later become Lady Wilnelia. There was one son from this marriage.
In his later years, Sir Bruce spent much of his time relaxing in Puerto Rico. He was an avid golfer, proclaiming in Who's Who that his handicap was 10. He regularly played at Wentworth Golf Club, very close to where he lived.
Veteran entertainer Bruce Forsyth dies at 89 - Grimsby Telegraph
89. Didn't he do well?
"In 1983, he married the Puerto Rican former Miss World.
In his later years, Sir Bruce spent much of his time relaxing in Puerto Rico".
THIS is certainly doing well !
Glen Campbell thanks for the music.
RIP.
‘Predator’ Actor Sonny Landham Dies at 76
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Actor Sonny Landham, who appeared in “Predator” and “48 Hrs,” died from congestive heart failure Thursday in Lexington, Ky. He was 76.
The actor, who was part Seminole and part Cherokee, was best known for portraying Native American tracker Billy Sole in Arnold Schwarzenegger-starrer “Predator” in 1987. However, he did not appear in the film’s sequels.
Landham’s early work in the 1970s included several X-rated films, but after appearing in Walter Hill’s 1979 street-gang thriller “The Warriors,” Landham often portrayed the tough guy in 1980s films including roles in “Action Jackson” and “Lock Up.” With over 50 acting credits to his name, Landham continued to appear in films through the 1990s.
In 2003, Landham embarked on a brief campaign for the governor of Kentucky, but was unable to secure the Republican Party’s nomination. Landham also ran for the Kentucky State Senate in 2004, and was nominated by Kentucky’s Libertarian party for candidacy in 2008 for one of Kentucky’s seats in the U.S. Senate, although his comments on a political radio show caused the party to rescind his nomination a few days later.
Landham is survived by his son, William, and daughter, Priscilla.
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You'd be peeling the scab off before you did. Reckon it's a long time since she had a Brucie Bonus. :)
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Care to share with us your rancid habits you turd :rofl:
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Jerry Lewis: Renowned actor, slapstick comedy legend dies in Las Vegas home at age 91
Jerry Lewis, the comedic legend who teamed up with Dean Martin before starring in his own series of slapstick movies during the 1950s, has died of "natural causes" at the age of 91.
"Famed comedian, actor and legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis passed away peacefully today of natural causes at 91 at his home in Las Vegas with his family by his side," a statement from the Lewis family said.
His spokeswoman, Candi Cazau, said he died about 9:30am local time on Sunday.
The son of vaudeville entertainers, Lewis became a star in the early 1950s as Dean Martin's comic sidekick in nightclubs, on television and in 16 movies.
At their height, they set off the kind of fan hysteria that once surrounded Frank Sinatra and The Beatles.
Their decade-long partnership ended with a bitter split and Lewis went on to star in, and direct, a slew of hit films such as The Nutty Professor.
He once summed up his career by saying he had "great success being a total idiot", and said the key was maintaining a certain child-like quality.
more Jerry Lewis: Renowned actor, slapstick comedy legend dies in Las Vegas home at age 91 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The Nutty Professor was written and directed by Jerry Lewis and remains my favourite comedy movie.
RIP.
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He was always too silly. Even when I was a kid I didn't like him.
^Agree.
He was pretty over the top at times.....all part of the act.... but he was very talented.
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"The comedian became known for being the funny guy beside straight-laced Martin in their nightclub routine and later a radio program. When the two began to appear on television, such as "Toast of the Town," which was later renamed to "The Ed Sullivan Show," in 1948, they received national prominence."
Hmm...Didn't know that...Ed Sullivan sure had a fair share of superstars...Fooking still hear the young ladies screaming and creaming when the Beatles came on...
"At 8 o'clock on February 9th 1964, America tuned in to CBS and The Ed Sullivan Show. But this night was different. 73 million people gathered in front their TV sets to see The Beatles' first live performance on U.S. soil."
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That's why it was such a stroke of genius when Scorsese talked him into the role of Jerry Langford.
Dick Gregory has died. Age 84.
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Science fiction author Brian Aldiss, who inspired Spielberg's AI film, dies aged 92
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Science fiction author, artist and poet Brian Aldiss OBE, whose story inspired Steven Spielberg’s A.I. film, has died aged 92.
Mr Aldiss, a former literary editor of the Oxford Mail and author of a string of British science fiction classics died in the early hours of Saturday in his home in Oxford.
His ‘Supertoys’ short stories were adapted for the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence on which he collaborated with Stanley Kubrick for over a decade before its completion by Spielberg in 2001.
His novel Frankenstein Unbound was also made for screen by Roger Corman.
He was born in Norfolk on August 18, 1925 and died shortly after celebrating his 92nd birthday at the weekend.
Having moved to Oxford shortly after the Second World War as a bookseller he became the literary editor of the Oxford Mail from 1958 to 1969.
Around that time he also won the Observer prize for a short story set in 2500.
A friend and drinking companion of Kingsley Amis and correspondent with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, Aldiss was a founding member of the Groucho Club in London and a judge on the 1981 Booker Prize.
Awarded the Hugo Award for Science Fiction in 1962 and the Nebula Award in 1965, Aldiss's writings were well received by the critics and earned a strong following in the United States and in Britain as well as being widely translated into foreign languages.
In 2000 Mr Aldiss was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Reading University and was given the title of ‘Grandmaster’ from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
He was made an OBE by the Queen in 2005 for services to literature.
Science fiction author Brian Aldiss, who inspired Spielberg's AI film, dies aged 92 (From Oxford Mail)