The RIP Famous Person Thread

[harrybarracuda]

^ And he rewrites a bit of history, there, with the Jesse Owens bit...

I must admit I've never actually heard of that one way or the other.

Just that Adolf looked a bit pissed off when he kept winning.

But can you believe that a man who won 4 golds in the olympics never got so much as a thank you note from the POTUS at the time?

Shocking.

[Neverna]

What a life. I hope he had some grandchildren to tell his stories to.

[chassamui]

Bloody marvelous bloke.

[can123]

Bloody marvelous bloke.

Yes, we need more like him on Teakdoor.

[palexxxx]

I read his autobiography a few years ago. Very fascinating read. RIP.

[harrybarracuda]

Indiana Jones cinematographer dies at 103
2016-02-23 08:11



Los Angeles - Douglas Slocombe, the chameleonic British cinematographer who filmed the Nazi invasion of Poland, the adventures of Indiana Jones and the madcap farce of Ealing comedies, has died. Slocombe was 103.

His daughter, Georgina Slocombe, said Slocombe died early Monday in a London hospital. A recent fall led to setbacks that ended with his death, she said.

"He said the other day that he loved every day of his work, every day on the set," said Georgina Slocombe, a photographer. "He really enjoyed his work and his life."

Slocombe was one of British cinema's most acclaimed cinematographers. He shot some 80 films, working with directors as varied as George Cukor, John Huston, Norman Jewison and Roman Polanski. His career began with the famed Ealing black comedies of the late 1940s and early '50s, and ended with three Indiana Jones films for Steven Spielberg.

"Dougie Slocombe was facile, enthusiastic, and loved the action of filmmaking," Spielberg said. "Harrison Ford was Indiana Jones in front of the camera, but with his whip-smart crew, Dougie was my behind the scenes hero for the first three Indy movies."

The London-born, France-raised Slocombe was nominated for three Academy Awards and won three from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for 1974's The Great Gatsby, 1963's The Servant and 1977's Julia. The British Society of Cinematographers gave him a lifetime achievement award in 1995.

While in his 20s, Slocombe documented Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland as a newsreel cameraman. His footage was used in Herbert Kline's documentary, Lights Out in Europe.

"I had no understanding of the concept of blitzkrieg. I had been expecting trouble but I thought it would be in trenches, like WWI," he told the BBC in 2014. "The Germans were coming over the border at a great pace."

After the war, he became the house cinematographer for Ealing Studios, lensing many of its classic comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Man in the White Suit and The Lavender Hill Mob starring Alec Guiness.

Following Ealing's demise, Slocombe signed on to a number of CinemaScope releases, such as A High Wind in Jamaica and Guns at Batasi. Other credits through the '60s and '70s included The Lion in Winter, The Italian Job and Rollerball.

"A lot of cameramen try to evolve a technique and then apply that to everything," Slocombe once said. "But I suffer from a bad memory and could never remember how I'd done something before, so I could always approach something afresh. I found I was able to change techniques on picture after picture."

Later, Spielberg, for whom Slocombe shot scenes of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, enlisted him for Raiders of the Lost Ark, as well as two Indiana Jones sequels. His last film was 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Indiana Jones cinematographer dies at 103 | Channel24

[Cujo]

A good innings.
(still not famous though)

[Bobcock]

Jeez cujo, by your definition Michael Jackson would have been the last post in this thread.....

[VocalNeal]

[QUOTE=harrybarracuda;3212507]Eric 'Winkle' Brown, Britain's 'greatest pilot' who survived 11 crashes, dies aged 97

[palexxxx]

Thanks Vocal, I'll watch that later.

[Latindancer]

Cujo, you are a little frog in a well, looking up at a tiny patch of the night sky, and refusing to admit to the existence of galaxies.....let alone the moon.

[harrybarracuda]

Cujo, you are a little frog in a well, looking up at a tiny patch of the night sky, and refusing to admit to the existence of galaxies.....let alone the moon.

Is that a long-winded way of saying "a fucking ignoramus"?

[chassamui]

A good innings. (still not famous though)

His body of work still lives on. An unsung master of the cinema over decades.

[Cujo]

Cujo, you are a little frog in a well, looking up at a tiny patch of the night sky, and refusing to admit to the existence of galaxies.....let alone the moon.

You're an idiot.
Had you ever heard of him before that post?
Go ask everyone you know what Douglas Slocombe is known for. Guarantee everyone will say Douglas who?with perhaps the exception of a particularly well informed movie buff if you have such a friend.

[harrybarracuda]

‘Commitments’ star Johnny Murphy dies at 71
Actor played Estragon in the long-running Gate Theatre production of ‘Waiting for Godot’



The actor Johnny Murphy, best known for his portrayal of Joey “The Lips” Fagan in The Commitments, has died at the age of 71.
In addition to performing in a number of other high-profile films, including Angela’s Ashes and Into the West, Murphy had a long and varied theatrical career. Perhaps his most notable performance was as Estragon, with Barry McGovern as Vladimir, in the long-running Gate Theatre production of Waiting for Godot which toured around the world to critical acclaim.
He reprised the role in the film version produced in 2001 as part of the Gate’s Beckett on Film series in 2001. Other notable theatrical roles included A Whistle In The Dark and Brothers of the Brush at the Abbey.
When director Alan Parker came to Dublin in 1990 to make his film version of Roddy Doyle’s novel about a soul band from Dublin’s northside, he explored the possibility of casting a musician such as Van Morrison as the mysterious saxophone player Joey “The Lips”.
However, he finally settled on Murphy, who ended up as the only professional actor - and the only non-musician - among the male leads, who were played by unknown young musicians.
In one of the film’s running gags, Joey “The Lips” is the one who manages to seduce all the female singers (Bronagh Gallagher, Angeline Ball and Maria Doyle Kennedy), despite being a generation older than everyone else in the band.
His Commitments co-stars Maria Doyle Kennedy and Glen Hansard have paid tribute on Twitter. “Johnny Murphy. Gentleman,” tweeted Doyle Kennedy. “The great Johnny Murphy, (Joey the Lips Fagan) passed yesterday..” tweeeted Hansard. “A beautiful man, and a true gent. Bless you Johnny.”

?Commitments? star Johnny Murphy dies at 71

[Troy]

Captain 'Winkle' Brown.

He also has the world record for the most flight deck landings — 2,407 over the course of 65 years.

That is beyond outstanding...

I can assure you that just ONE deck landing is a significant achievement!

[Latindancer]

You're an idiot.
Had you ever heard of him before that post?
Go ask everyone you know what Douglas Slocombe is known for. Guarantee everyone will say Douglas who?

He was famous enough to have a 2015 BBC documentary, Britain's Greatest Pilot.......exclusively about him.

Anyone who has a BBC documentary exclusively about them is famous.

>>>>>>>>>>>>



He flew more types of planes than anyone in history and survived 11 crashes, and died at the age of 97.

Not to mention the flight deck landings.

He's famous. So shut the fuck up, Cujo.


The thing is : there are people on TD apart from you (surprise, surprise) who appreciate hearing about famous people they had never heard of before. We like to honour their lives and memory.

[ENT]

"He's famous....."

'....there are people ...... who appreciate hearing about famous people they had never heard of before..."

Oh,..that famous............









Never heard of him before.......

[BaitongBoy]

Who was Michael Jackson?...

[peaches]

What about a new criteria for this thread !

How about, someone to be recognized as " famous " in the western world,
( our world ), would have to be known, by say, 8 out of 10 people, asked
on the street, who is this person ,who has just died ?

And I would say Douglas Slocomb would not fall into that catogory.

What about a new thread called ,R.I.P (almost famous person) ,
and Douglas Slocomb would slot straight into that thread.

[NZdick1983]

^ Give you a clue, bro...

Hailed as the King of Pop, he rather loved small kiddies, grabbed his wee-nuts with great frequency, spoke in a shrill voice, changed color like a chameleon and wore a white glove on one hand...

Multiple choice:

A. Dilly probing your anus under the pretense of checking your prostate
B. Terry only on Sundays
C. Michael Jackson (from the Jackson 5)

*No vulgar language should be used at your teacher...

[BaitongBoy]

I think the thread is fine, as is...We can't expect to know everybody who is supposedly famous...Hell, some of my friends are more "famous" to me than someone everybody else has heard about...Define famous...Nah...Just leave it alone...

Besides, some of these are damn good reads...And a little learning never hurt anyone...Well, there are a few felchers, of course...But they know who they are...

[BaitongBoy]

*No vulgar language should be used at your teacher...

555...Not at, mate...It's all good learning...May save her in a knife fight on the stalled BTS...Heh...

[NZdick1983]

^ True dat... I admit I don't know half the people on this famous RIP thread..

[Davis Knowlton]

^Hardly a shock considering your age and the fact they're croaking.