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« Reply #360 on: May 03, 2019, 09:12:03 AM »
Brought in my Chewbacca Pop and put it at my desk and am wearing a Star Wars shirt today. RIP Peter Mayhew.
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« Reply #361 on: May 12, 2019, 05:25:25 AM »
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« Reply #362 on: May 13, 2019, 09:55:41 AM »
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Carmel Valley, Calif., May 13, 2019 -- Doris Day passed away early this morning at her Carmel Valley home, having celebrated her 97th birthday on April 3 of this year. Nearly 300 fans gathered in Carmel last month to celebrate Day’s birthday. Day had been in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia , resulting in her death.  She was surrounded by a few close friends as she passed.

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« Reply #363 on: May 14, 2019, 11:41:33 AM »
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Tim Conway, the cherub-faced comedian who became a TV star for playing the bumbling Ensign Parker on McHale's Navy and for cracking up his helpless colleagues on camera on The Carol Burnett Show, has died. He was 85.

A five-time Emmy Award winner, Conway died Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. at a health care facility in Los Angeles, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter. According to recent reports, he was suffering from dementia and unable to speak after undergoing brain surgery in September.

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Re: In Memoriam
« Reply #364 on: May 17, 2019, 10:02:27 AM »
Grumpy Cat passed away.  He was seven.

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« Reply #365 on: June 09, 2019, 03:03:11 AM »
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Re: In Memoriam
« Reply #366 on: June 27, 2019, 05:04:21 AM »
condolences to our very own [member=1925]ALF[/member] on the passing of his host Dad

Max Wright Dies: Father On ’80s Sitcom ‘Alf’
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Re: In Memoriam
« Reply #367 on: June 28, 2019, 09:58:38 AM »
If you want to see the brilliance of Max Wright watch the "Buffalo Bill" tv series. He was so funny. Of course the show was cancelled after about a season and a half.

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« Reply #368 on: July 22, 2019, 03:47:40 PM »
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Actor in original sci-fi classic ‘The Fly’ dies at 92

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Hedison, who starred in the original sci-fi classic “The Fly” and appeared in two James Bond films, has died. He was 92.

He died Thursday in Los Angeles with his daughters at his side, a representative for the family, Jennifer Allen, said in an email Monday.

Hedison portrayed Capt. Lee Crane in the long-running sci-fi television series “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” and Spencer Harrison on the daytime series “Another World.”

“Even in our deep sadness, we are comforted by the memory of our wonderful father,” his daughters Alexandra and Serena said in a statement. “He loved us all dearly and expressed that love every day. He was adored by so many, all of whom benefited from his warm and generous heart. Our dad brought joy and humor wherever he went and did so with great style.”

Hedison played scientist Andre Delambre who turned into an insect in the 1958 film “The Fly.” He played CIA agent Felix Leiter in Bond films “To Live and Let Die” and “License to Kill.”

The Providence, Rhode Island-native began his career under the name Al Hedison. In 1959, he took his middle name David after signing a contract with Twentieth Century Fox.

Hedison’s family said the actor entertained friends and family with a positive attitude and “wicked” sense of humor.
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Re: In Memoriam
« Reply #369 on: July 24, 2019, 11:32:03 AM »
Sad news - Rutger Hauer passed away

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Rutger Hauer, the versatile Dutch leading man of the ’70s who went on star in the 1982 “Blade Runner” as Roy Batty, died July 19 at his home in the Netherlands after a short illness. He was 75.
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« Reply #370 on: July 25, 2019, 10:06:32 AM »
Author Paul M. Sammon, a frequent San Diego Comic Fest panelist, posted this tribute to Rutger:



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One of the joys of getting to know Rutger Hauer over the decades was my increasing awareness of shared similar interests.

One was out abiding affection/respect for the sea; both of us knew from first-hand experience that the ocean is always ready to kill you. Rutger would regale me with tales of his experiences in the dutch merchant marine - I would swap my own yarns of being a commercial hookah diver in the early 1970’s, in addition to the 7000 plus nautical mile ocean voyages I seemed to take every two years between San Francisco and the Philippines, back in the 1950s and 1960s m, when I was a Navy brat roaming Southeast Asia with my military family.

Perhaps that affinity for salt water was partly why Rutger usually invited me to formally interview, or sometimes just hang out with, him on his boat. Visits that always felt like I’d partially returned, somehow, to the seas that I still yearn for today.

We also shared a deep compassion for and understanding of the realities of Third World poverty. In that regard, Rutger quietly but consistently always put his money where his mouth was. His Rutger Hauer Starfish Foundation, a non-profit whose monies went towards education about and medical treatment for AIDS sufferers (primarily women and children), did much good. It will continue to do so.

In any event, earlier this evening, still stung by his passing and wondering how to privately honor Rutger’s memory, I remembered his love for sailing and the sea-“My escape from insanity,” he once told me.

Thus my recently-completed hour long walk. Through drizzling rain and overcast skies, alongside the beautiful St. John’s River. By myself, on a solitary trail, accompanied only by my thoughts, the soft sussuration of the river’s flow, the occasional cries of Blue Herons, Ospreys and Ibises, and the melancholy memories of a unique, iconoclastic individual I wish could have walked beside me.

Sail on, sailor. Sail on.

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Re: In Memoriam
« Reply #371 on: July 28, 2019, 11:15:01 AM »
RIP Russi Taylor.

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Re: In Memoriam
« Reply #372 on: July 30, 2019, 01:47:58 PM »
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RIP Russi Taylor.

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Oh no!  Not the voice of Minnie Mouse!  Unfortunate news for Disney fans worldwide. ;__;

Rest in peace, Russi Taylor.
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Re: In Memoriam
« Reply #373 on: August 02, 2019, 07:43:14 AM »
Grant Thompson, popular YouTuber known as the King of Random, died a few days ago at the age of 38 in a paragliding accident. So very sad. My son and I loved his videos.

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« Reply #374 on: September 22, 2019, 08:49:33 AM »
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RIP Aron Eisenberg. He played Nog on Star Trek Deep Space 9.