Celebrity Deaths

[onan]

A little nostalgia: http://www.televisiontunes.com/Gillette_Cavalcade_of_Sports_-_Boxing.html

You could find me on Friday nights when I was a wee UnscreenedCallerette, on the sofa flanked by my father and grandfather, eating pig knuckles, stealing sips of beer and watching the fights.

I call that heaven.

[stevesh]

Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter dead at 88. John Glenn is now the last remaining astronaut of the original Mercury Seven.

[Sardondi]

Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter dead at 88. John Glenn is now the last remaining astronaut of the original Mercury Seven.

From the days when we had real heroes, who were motivated by a sense of duty, sacrifice and love of country. And they didn't have clay feet. It was so wonderful to be an American then.

[UnscreenedCaller]

I call that heaven.

Me, too.

[Morgus]

From the days when we had real heroes, who were motivated by a sense of duty, sacrifice and love of country. And they didn't have clay feet. It was so wonderful to be an American then.

They sure had the "Right Stuff"

[Chine]

Oh no... Lou Reed. He and Laurie Anderson used to attend our performances of my former director, Richard Foreman. ( Ontological Hysteric Theater, NYC). Always so kind and gracious.
http://m.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027

[RealCool Daddio]

Oh no... Lou Reed. He and Laurie Anderson used to attend our performances of my former director, Richard Foreman. ( Ontological Hysteric Theater, NYC). Always so kind and gracious.
http://m.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027

Damn.  Think I will go put on some Velvet Underground.

[UnscreenedCaller]

Damn. Lou Reed was a legend. Sad day today.

[Juan]

Marcia Wallace - lots of TV work, but most famous for the voice of Mrs. Krababbel.

[Chine]

Marcia Wallace - lots of TV work, but most famous for the voice of Mrs. Krababbel.

Also, her famous role as Carol, Bob Newhart's secretary.

[ItsOver]

Also, her famous role as Carol, Bob Newhart's secretary.

I heard the report last night on the radio.  They mentioned her with regard to "The Simpsons," but no mention of her role with Newhart.  I'll always think of her as Bob's secretary.  She did a better job of handling Mr. Carlin than Bob.

[West of the Rockies]

Oh no... Lou Reed. He and Laurie Anderson used to attend our performances of my former director, Richard Foreman. ( Ontological Hysteric Theater, NYC). Always so kind and gracious.
http://m.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027

What was Laurie Anderson like, Chine?  I recall "Superman" -- such a disturbing song, but compelling nonetheless.

[Eddie Coyle]

Damn. Lou Reed was a legend. Sad day today.

        Total bummer. One of all time favorite artists, I knew he had some health issues recently...didn't realize the severity.

[Chine]

What was Laurie Anderson like, Chine?  I recall "Superman" -- such a disturbing song, but compelling nonetheless.

It's neat looking back. We would see them from backstage and from on stage. She was always smiling. He was a bit more stoic and too cool. They attended every year with a new production. As Foreman was and is the father of the Nyc avant garde /experimental theater movement from the 60s. To perform in his shows was a dream come true. So, everyone from Edward Albee, F Murray Abraham, you name it came to see us. Willem Dafoe is part of that group as he and Richard worked together. Dafoe's theater company Wooster Group a 'sister theater'. We would see them after the shows ended as we came out of our dressing rooms. She also performed in same venues as we have when on tour in Paris, Berlin, etc. She was always super friendly.

[onan]

Lou Reed's first album only sold 30,000. But 30,000 bands were formed because of it.

[Harmness]

Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

[PB the Deplorable]

George Thornton died.

The Oregon highway engineer who infamously blew up the 45 foot long dead whale that had washed up on the beach.  It was too big to haul off, they figured it would just beach again if they pushed it back into the ocean, the waves would uncover it if it were buried, so the plan was to blow it toward the water and into little pieces that could be eaten by crabs and gulls. 

As 75 onlookers watched from a quarter of a mile way, it instead became an early YouTube classic.

The Exploding Whale

[ItsOver]

...As 75 onlookers watched from a quarter of a mile way, it instead became an early YouTube classic.

Good times, good times....

[b_dubb]

http://youtu.be/52o5yV6G7tY

[Sardondi]

I recognize this is more the obverse of the topic than squarely on it, but I think we should note that November 5th was the 100th anniversary of Vivien Leigh's birthdate. And while I think she was an excellent actress, and I can't imagine anyone else as Scarlett O'Hara, I must confess I am shallow enough to think she was more beautiful than she was talented, which is saying an awful lot. I think she was one of the Triumvirate of Hollywood's Most Naturally, Gloriously Beautiful Women, along with Grace Kelly and Sophia Loren.








And there can't be anything wrong with that.

[shell88]

I recognize this is more the obverse of the topic than squarely on it, but I think we should note that November 5th was the 100th anniversary of Vivien Leigh's birthdate. And while I think she was an excellent actress, and I can't imagine anyone else as Scarlett O'Hara, I must confess I am shallow enough to note that I think she was more beautiful than she was talented, which is saying an awful lot. I think she was one of the Triumvirate of Hollywood's Most Naturally, Gloriously Beautiful Women, along with Grace Kelly and Sophia Loren.

  I am Scarlette O'Hara, though not as old as this lot. and I will confirm there is no one else like me.

[grano salis]

I recognize this is more the obverse of the topic than squarely on it, but I think we should note that November 5th was the 100th anniversary of Vivien Leigh's birthdate. And while I think she was an excellent actress, and I can't imagine anyone else as Scarlett O'Hara, I must confess I am shallow enough to think she was more beautiful than she was talented, which is saying an awful lot. I think she was one of the Triumvirate of Hollywood's Most Naturally, Gloriously Beautiful Women, along with Grace Kelly and Sophia Loren.








And there can't be anything wrong with that.

I totally agree.

[UnscreenedCaller]

Agree with the above, but I would add Gene Tierney to the list.

[b_dubb]

Art Bell's career, Dark Matter and Art Bell's comeback

[grano salis]

Agree with the above, but I would add Gene Tierney to the list.

And definitely Audrey Hepburn!

[Usagi]

I woke up this morning thinking about Vivien Leigh (whom I adore, so it's not totally out of the realm of the normal), but I guarantee that I haven't seen anything written about her very recently.  I spent my entire evening playing GTAV, afterall.  I do believe I may have been mainlined into the Vivien Leigh consciousness.



My favorite film of hers, excepting Streetcar or GWTW, is That Hamilton Woman.  Although, this is not in small part due to the fact that I am also a latter day fangirl of the real life Emma, Lady Hamilton.  Also a gloriously beautiful woman.

[Sardondi]

...My favorite film of hers, excepting Streetcar or GWTW, is That Hamilton Woman.  Although, this is not in small part due to the fact that I am also a latter day fangirl of the real life Emma, Lady Hamilton.  Also a gloriously beautiful woman....

Whom I like to feel was also in a sense ferociously courageous. 

[ItsOver]

...My favorite film of hers, excepting Streetcar or GWTW, is That Hamilton Woman.  Although, this is not in small part due to the fact that I am also a latter day fangirl of the real life Emma, Lady Hamilton.  Also a gloriously beautiful woman....

Although a sad ending, "Waterloo Bridge" is good, too.

[West of the Rockies]

Well, I'll bend this thread a little... I see that the Houston Astrodome is possibly slated for destruction.  I remember when that stadium was new and -- sadly enough -- a preview of things to come.  My most vivid memory of the dome (as seen on TV) was when Earl Campbell was running roughshod over would-be defenders against a backdrop of "Luv Ya Blue"... I can still hear that damn song in my head:  "Houston Oilers, Houston Oilers, Houston Oilers number one...."

Other Texas landmarks were The Dallas Market Center and the Water Gardens that were used in the '76 film Logan's Run...  They both looked so futuristic and amazing some 35+ years ago... strange to think how short their shelf lives really were.  So it goes....

[analog kid]

Allen Lanier, co-founder of Blue Oyster Cult, dead at 67.


Allen Lanier, center, with Blue Oyster Cult.