Bring Out Your Dead! The celebrity death thread....

Harry Dean Stanton.

Thought nothing would get him. 

LOL


Jake Lamotta, 95, whose life was the basis for one of the greatest boxing films ever. Maybe the greatest.



joanne said:

Harry Dean Stanton.

Thought nothing would get him. 

LOL

Been one of my favorite actors since being blown away seeing Repo Man in its original release.  His first starring role could've gone to Dennis Hopper or Mick Jagger, but HDS was Cox's perfect choice from the start.  "Have a nice day. NIght, day, doesn't mean ....."  

He was creepy, malevolent perfection as Roman Grant in BIg Love, worth catching for him alone.  Over his entire career, he had 3 leading roles, and won 2 awards (Boston Society of Film Critics and DVD Exclusives), so there's proof that amazing talent can go unrecognized by those who allegedly count.  

http://mentalfloss.com/article/67675/15-atomic-truths-about-repo-man

Warning naughty words.....




annielou said:

Jake Lamotta, 95, whose life was the basis for one of the greatest boxing films ever. Maybe the greatest.

I was never a boxing fan.  When "Raging Bull" was released I had no desire to see it; I assumed that it would be focused primarily on the sport and its culture.  One night I was home alone zapping through channels when I -- unbeknownst to me -- I came upon "Raging Bull." I was so wrong to judge this film based upon my assumptions without ever having seen it; I was looking from the wrong end.  "Raging Bull" is a masterpiece.  One of the greatest films.  Ever. It is about a very imperfect human being who happens to be a boxer.  If Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese had never made another film after "Raging Bull," it would not have mattered. 


since its release, raging bull has moved up dramatically into the top five or first place position on those "best ever film" lists


Also, Czech harpsichordist,  and Shoah survivor, Zuzana Ruzickova.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41420149


Hugh Hefner to be buried next to MM?


A belated Hefner-related artifact:



Monty Hall (09/30/2017) - By 1955, he was living in New York, and even did a year-long stint as a radio analyst for the New York Rangers.


Confirmed by management. Very sad news.


Tom Petty was possibly my favorite artist. RIP.


Agreed. Loved Tom Petty. Gone too soon.


Biology nerds, gardeners and romantics the world over will be mourning: Jeremy, the differently-coiled snail who couldn’t find love, has died: 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/20/snail-in-the-coffin-left-coiling-mollusc-jeremy-dies-after-finding-love


Michele Marsh,news anchor,63



galileo said:

Michele Marsh,news anchor,63

OH, that's sad.  I remember watching her.



nan said:



galileo said:

Michele Marsh,news anchor,63

OH, that's sad.  I remember watching her.

Saw that this morning. I really liked her. And she had some amazing hairdos! 


she was one of the female pioneers in NY anchor roles. I liked her too. 


George Young, member of The Easybeats and pioneering Australian songwriter, gone at the age of 70.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-23/george-young-dies-easybeats/9077274


George Young, for those who don’t know, was half of the great songwriting team Vanda and Young who wrote international hits from the 60s to fairly recently. You’d know a lot of them, you’d be surprised at the number of American artists who recorded their work. 

George was also in, and produced as well as wrote for, AC/DC. Obviously related to Angus cheese 

It’s a sad day. 

https://youtu.be/RgOMxTxWPuQ


DaveS, my iPad screen is acting up and so’s the wifi - could you pls post Easybeats ‘She’s So Fine’? George wrote that, too and they’re great with it...

‘Night, all!


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