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Post by teleadm on Aug 9, 2022 17:24:35 GMT
As has been noted, British-Australian singer, actress, and activist Dame Olivia Newton-John has left us at the age of 73, on August 8th. (breast cancer) In 1978, she starred in the musical film Grease, whose soundtrack remains one of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music. It features two major hit duets with co-star John Travolta: "You're the One That I Want" – which ranks as one of the best-selling singles of all time – and "Summer Nights". Her signature solo recordings include the Record of the Year Grammy winner "I Honestly Love You" (1974) and "Physical" (1981) – Billboard's Top Hot 100 Single of the 1980's. Her other major hit singles include "If Not for You" (1971), "Let Me Be There" (1973), "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" (1974), "Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975), "Sam" (1977), "Hopelessly Devoted to You" (also from Grease), "A Little More Love" (1978) and, from the 1980 film Xanadu, "Magic" and "Xanadu" (with the Electric Light Orchestra). She is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Olivia Newton-John
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Post by spiderwort on Aug 10, 2022 14:04:13 GMT
David McCullough, American author, narrator, popular historian, and lecturer, passed away on August 7 at the age of 89. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the United States' highest civilian awards. His book about John Adams was made into a TV Miniseries; his book about Truman was made into a TV movie. For several years he hosted the series, American Experience, and, among many others, narrated Ken Burns', The Civil War, and the film Seabiscuit. Remembered by The Washington PostR.I.P. David McCullough 1933-2022
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Post by snsurone on Aug 13, 2022 10:22:11 GMT
Movie (DONNIE BRASCO) and TV (ANOTHER WORLD) actress Anne Heche perished when she drove her car into a house.
According to Wiki, she had mental health problems and may have been under the influence when the accident occurred. Luckily, the tenant of the house suffered only minor injuries, but a substantial property loss, as the house was rendered uninhabitable.
May the LORD have mercy on her soul.
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Post by teleadm on Aug 17, 2022 4:40:45 GMT
German film director, producer and screenwriter Wolfgang Petersen has left us at the age of 81, on August 12th. (Pancreatic cancer) He was nominated for two Academy Awards for the World War II submarine warfare film Das Boot 1981. His other films include The NeverEnding Story 1984, Enemy Mine 1985, In the Line of Fire 1993, Outbreak 1995, Air Force One 1997, The Perfect Storm 2000, Troy 2004 and Poseidon 2006. He is remembered by Hollywood Reporter R.I.P. Wolfgang Petersen
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Post by teleadm on Aug 19, 2022 20:47:16 GMT
English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author Raymond Briggs has left us at the age of 88, on August 9th. Among his works that has been filmed the best known might be When the Wind Blows 1986 about a naive elderly British rural couple who survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war, voiced by Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Sir John Mills. He is remembered by BBC
R.I.P. Raymond Briggs
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Post by teleadm on Aug 19, 2022 21:01:54 GMT
English stage and television character actress Josephine Tewson has left us at the age of 91, on August 18th. Perhaps best known for her roles in British television sitcoms, such as the long-suffering next door neighbour of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances 1990–1995 and Miss Davenport in Last of the Summer Wine 2003–2010. She is remembered by BBCR.I.P. Josephine Tewson
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Post by teleadm on Aug 19, 2022 21:31:24 GMT
English journalist, screenwriter, television and film producer and novelist Nicholas Evans has left us at the age of 72, on August 9th (heart attack) Perhaps best known for the novel "The Horse Whisperer" that became a successful movie in 1998. Before that he won an Emmy Award for Laurence Olivier: A Life in 1986 as Producer. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Nicholas Evans
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Post by jervistetch on Aug 21, 2022 20:58:35 GMT
Virginia Patton, niece of Gen. George Patton and the actress who played the wife of Harry Bailey in IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE has passed away. Virginia is remembered here in The Hollywood Reporter: Virginia Patton
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Post by marianne48 on Aug 22, 2022 0:23:28 GMT
Virginia Patton was married for 69 years and had three children. Sounds like she had a pretty wonderful life. R.I.P.
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Post by teleadm on Aug 22, 2022 10:24:27 GMT
American singer and actress Helen Grayco has left us at the age of 97, on August 20th. Mostly active from the 1930's to the 1960's. She was most famous for appearances with her husband Spike Jones on The Spike Jones Show in the 1950's and the 1960's. She was also the mother of producer and Emmy recipient, Spike Jones, Jr. and Leslie Ann Jones, a Grammy award-winning recording engineer. With husband Spike and their kids. R.I.P. Helen Grayco
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Post by teleadm on Aug 22, 2022 10:43:45 GMT
American actress, model, businesswoman, and photographer Mildred Kornman has left us at the age of 97, on August 19th. Her father was Eugene Kornman, a professional still photographer who was employed by Harold Lloyd at the time of her birth. She was named after Lloyd's wife, actress Mildred Davis. When she was nine months old, she appeared with her sister Mary in The Fourth Alarm. Along with Mary, she was featured in the Our Gang short films series. "Mildred" was initially a regular in the series, with appearances from 1926 to 1928, and returned for a second stint from 1930 until 1935, in uncredited, non-speaking roles when many children were needed for a scene, such as a classroom. After graduating Hollywood High School, she became an actress at 20th Century Fox, albeit only in uncredited roles, under the name Ricki Van Dusen. She was also a model, featuring in magazines such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, and in television commercials. She majored in art, English, and Spanish at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is remembered by Extra-TV R.I.P. Mildred Korman
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Post by teleadm on Aug 25, 2022 4:48:28 GMT
British–Canadian director, writer, producer and animator Gerald Potterton has left us at the age of 91, on August 23/24th. Perhaps best known for directing the cult classic Heavy Metal 1981 and his animation work on Yellow Submarine 1968. He was nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: as director on the National Film Board of Canada animated shorts My Financial Career 1962 and Christmas Cracker 1963, and as producer for The Selfish Giant 1971. He collaborated with Harold Pinter on Pinter's People in 1969 and Buster Keaton on The Railrodder in 1965. He is remembered by Variety R.I.P. Gerald Potterton
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Post by teleadm on Aug 25, 2022 5:02:02 GMT
Australian film and television actor Vincent Gil has left us at the age of 83, on August 21st. Perhaps best known for his portrayal of the character "Nightrider" in the 1979 film Mad Max, and Stone 1974. He had also starred in many Australian television shows, such as Matlock Police, Neighbours, A Country Practice and Prisoner. He also acted in theatre roles from his debut in the industry 1963 until 2007. He is remembered by Sky News Australia R.I.P. Vincent Gil
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Post by Richard Kimble on Aug 25, 2022 22:19:27 GMT
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Post by snsurone on Aug 28, 2022 17:55:34 GMT
Actor Robert LuPone, the brother of Patti LuPone and a star in his own right who appeared in such movies as A CHORUS LINE and JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR, has succumbed to pancreatic cancer at age 76.
May he RIP.
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Post by teleadm on Aug 31, 2022 4:56:49 GMT
South African actress and model Charlbi Dean has left us at the age of 32, on August 29th. (unexpected sudden illness) Perhaps best known for her roles in the Spud films 2010–2013 as well as the superhero drama series Black Lightning 2018 and the Palme d'Or winner Triangle of Sadness 2022. She is remembered by VarietyR.I.P. Charlbi Dean
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Post by teleadm on Aug 31, 2022 5:19:48 GMT
American actor William Reynolds has left us at the age of 90, on August 24th. (Pneumonia) Perhaps best known for his role as Special Agent Tom Colby in the 1960's television series The F.B.I. 1966 - 1973 and his film and television roles during the 1950's through the 1970's. After a talent agent spotted the handsome, capable actor in some minor theatrical roles, he signed with Universal Studios in 1952 and began appearing in pictures such as Carrie 1952, where he had a prominent role as the son of Laurence Olivier. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1952, but en route to Korea he stayed in Japan doing radio work. He returned to Universal making horror film Cult of the Cobra 1955. He also appeared in the Douglas Sirk melodramas All That Heaven Allows 1955 and There's Always Tomorrow 1956. He often played the son of the leading character. He costarred on ABC's The Gallant Men 1962 - 1963. He then played Hoodoo Henderson as an adult in 1966's Walt Disney film Follow Me, Boys! 1966. He left show business after The F.B.I. ended its run and became a businessman. He is remembered by DeadlineR.I.P. William Reynolds
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Post by snsurone on Aug 31, 2022 7:38:54 GMT
Former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev has passed away at age 91.
True, he wasn't in movies or on TV, but he was still a celebrity, helping to bring down Communist rule in his country and others.
May he RIP in the next world with his beloved wife Raisa, who died years ago.
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Post by teleadm on Sept 8, 2022 4:09:45 GMT
French film director, photographer, and sculptor Just Jaeckin has left us at the age of 82, on September 6th. He debuted with Emmanuelle in 1974, starring Sylvia Kristel, a French softcore film which began a series. Continued with Histoire d'O (English title: Story of O), starring Corinne Cléry, it was banned in the United Kingdom by the British Board of Film Censors until February 2000. A version of Lady Chatterley's Lover 1981 followed. Featuring Kristel, Shane Briant, and Nicholas Clay. The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak (original title Gwendoline) was released in 1984, starring Tawny Kitaen. He retired from making films and concentrated on photography and sculptures. He also directed the Elton John music video "Who Wears These Shoes?" 1984. He is remembered by News in France R.I.P. Just Jaeckel
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Post by teleadm on Sept 8, 2022 4:27:51 GMT
American novelist and poet Peter Straub has left us at the age of 79, on September 4th. (complications from a broken hip) He wrote numerous horror and supernatural fiction novels, including "Julia" and "Ghost Story", as well as "The Talisman", which he co-wrote with Stephen King. He received such literary honors as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award. Movies based on his novels has been The Haunting of Julia aka Full Circle 1977 and Ghost Story 1981. A TV-series based on "The Talisman" has been announced. He is remembered by The Guardian UK R.I.P. Peter Straub
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