Buck Kartalian
I called him a few months ago; I don't know why his caregiver (or whoever answered the phone) even put him on the line with me. Mentally he was g-o-n-e. Sad ... it's always very sad. R.I.P....
View ArticleJoe Fleishaker, 500-Pound ‘Toxic Avenger’ Actor, Dies at 62
http://www.thewrap.com/joe-fleishaker-500-pound-toxic-avenger-actor-dies-at-62/
View ArticleBeth Howland "Alice's Vera" Dies at 74 . . .F ive months Ago
Beth Howland, best know for playing Vera on the sitcom Alice, died at age 74 - five months ago. Her husband, Murphy Brown's Charles Kimbrough, said she died December 3, 2015 but wanted her death kept...
View ArticleMel Lazarus
Comic-strip artist Mel Lazarus, despite the symbolism of his last name, has shuffled off this mortal coil:http://www.comicsbeat.com/rip-mell-lazarus/
View ArticleNancy Dow
Long-estranged mother of Jennifer Aniston, she was a former fashion model and actress. Her most notable role was probably in the sleazy exploitation film The Ice House.
View ArticleANGELA PATON (Stage, Film & TV performer, GROUNDHOG'S DAY) 86
Angela Paton (pay-ton), has passed at the age of 86. While her early career was spent mainly on the stage, as part of the American Conservatory Theater, and on the west coast, where she and her...
View ArticleRosanna Huffman
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rosanna-huffman-dead-richard-levinson-898129Seeing her picture, I vaguely remember her, probably mostly from HILL STREET BLUES. I also saw her Columbo episode...
View ArticleGiorgio Albertazzi
Very big deal as an actor in Italy. He starred in Last Year at Marienbad, which I remember boring me. He was 92.He starred in (movie or TV?) Jekyll in 1969, which apparently is the Stevenson tale. But...
View ArticleBob Hope
A Birthday Anniversary tribute to Bob Hope, who was born 113 years ago, today. My favorite Bob Hope movie is still The Ghost Breakers. And on this Memorial Day weekend, it is fitting to salute him...
View ArticleBob Birchard of Cinecon fame
Posted by a Bob Birchard colleague on Facebook:<< At 5:20 am, May 30th. 2016, my beloved friend, author, film editor and President Of Cinecon, Robert S. Birchard passed away after complications...
View ArticleIrving Benson, 102
Apparently, in addition to Milton Berle using him he also appeared several times on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. Looking at the Berle clip, I don't remember him, although I do recall hecklers...
View ArticleMakiko Futaki
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/akira-studio-ghibli-animator-makiko-898199
View ArticleJames H. Burns, Media Writer and CHFB Member
James H. Burns passed away this week, I learned from his Facebook page. Sad, he was two years (I think) younger than me. He'd had a lot of trouble in the past few years, and now they're looking for...
View ArticleMORLEY SAFER 60 MINUTES 84
One of the greats who just retired in the last week or so. CBS OBIT
View ArticlePeter Shaffer
Celebrated British playwright best known for EQUUS and AMADEUS as well as their film adaptations, winning an Oscar for the latter. He was also the twin brother of Anthony Shaffer, who wrote SLEUTH and...
View ArticleViktor Korchnoi (1931-2016)
Viktor Korchnoi Russian expatriate grandmaster of chess has died at 85. He had enough of the Soviet system and defected during a tournament in the Netherlands, with no more than the proverbial clothes...
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