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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 9:57 am
A parent should never outlive their child. It's too horrible to think about.
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Cher
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08-18-2004
| Friday, December 03, 2004 - 9:53 am
It is with great sadness of the death Teddy Ebersol "14" the son of Dick Ebersol and Susan Saint James on November 28 in a plane crash. Mr. Ebersol and his older son had injuries and are being treated. I listened to Susan this morning on the Today show and she showed such strength, she is amazing. I pray that God comfort this family and give them all the strength they need to get through this time. I also pray for the other families that lost family members on this flight.
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Escapee
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06-15-2004
| Monday, December 27, 2004 - 1:29 pm
JANUARY: Elma Lewis, 82. Her work as a fine arts teacher in Boston's black community won her a "genius grant" and a presidential arts medal. Jan. 1. Etta Moten, 102. Pioneering black actress-singer; featured in show-stopping "Carioca" number in Astaire-Rogers film "Flying Down to Rio." Jan. 2. Lynn Cartwright, 76. Veteran actress; portrayed the older Geena Davis character in "A League of Their Own." Jan. 2. Beatrice Winde, 79. Tony Award-nominated actress (Melvin Van Peebles' "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death," 1971.) Jan. 3. Brian Gibson, 59. Director of acclaimed films including "What's Love Got To Do with It?" Jan. 4. Cancer. John Toland, 91. Won 1971 Pulitzer for nonfiction for "The Rising Sun," on the Japanese empire during World War II. Jan. 4. Jake Hess, 76. Grammy-winning singer in gospel quartets; influenced Elvis Presley. Jan. 4. Joan Aiken, 79. Children's book author ("The Wolves of Willoughby Chase"). Jan. 4. Kiharu Nakamura, 90. Wrote about her experiences as a geisha; consultant on movies, plays. Jan. 5. Thomas G. Stockham Jr., 70. Engineer, won technical Oscar for research in digital-sound recording. Jan. 6. Francesco Scavullo, 82. Fashion photographer who made beautiful women even more so; shot many Cosmopolitan covers. Jan. 6. Ingrid Thulin, 77. Swedish actress acclaimed for work with Ingmar Bergman ("Wild Strawberries"). Jan. 7. John A. Gambling, 73. New York broadcaster whose "Rambling with Gambling" show, passed from his father to him to his son, extended for decades. Jan. 8. Philip Geyelin, 80. Pulitzer-winning journalist, credited with turning Washington Post editorial page against Vietnam War. Jan. 9. Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell, 101. Founded WETA, Washington's first PBS station. Jan. 9. Georgette Klinger, 88. Beauty expert who treated skin as a living organ. Jan. 9. Alexandra Ripley, 70. Novelist selected by Margaret Mitchell's estate to write "Scarlett," 1991 "Gone With the Wind" sequel. Jan. 10. Spalding Gray, 62. Actor-writer who laid bare his life in acclaimed monologues like "Swimming to Cambodia." Jan. 10. Apparent suicide. Max Duane Barnes, 67. Country songwriter, wrote for greats like George Jones. Jan. 11. Randy VanWarmer, 48. Had 1979 hit "Just When I Needed You Most," then a successful Nashville songwriter. Jan. 12. Leukemia. Uta Hagen, 84. Actress who dazzled Broadway for more than 50 years; was brutal Martha in Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Jan. 14. Ron O'Neal, 66. His role as cocaine dealer Youngblood Priest in "Superfly" epitomized "blaxploitation" films. Jan. 14. Olivia Goldsmith, 54. Her novel "The First Wives Club" became a revenge fantasy for abandoned wives. Jan. 15. Complications of plastic surgery. Noble Willingham, 72. Played saloon owner in "Walker, Texas Ranger"; ran unsuccessfully for Congress. Jan. 17. Ray Stark, 88. Hollywood power broker; produced "Funny Girl," "The Way We Were." Jan. 17. Jerry Nachman, 57. Colorful, award-winning journalist; editor of the New York Post, later vice president and host on MSNBC. Jan. 20. Cancer. George Woodbridge, 73. Illustrator for Mad magazine for nearly 50 years. Jan. 20. Bernard Punsly, 80. Last surviving member of movies' "Dead End Kids." Jan. 20. Billy May, 87. Grammy-winning composer, trumpeter; arranged such standards as "Take the `A' Train." Jan. 22. Ann Miller, 81. She fast-tapped her way to immortality in musicals like "Easter Parade" and "Kiss Me Kate"; dazzled Broadway in "Sugar Babies." Jan. 22. Milt Bernhart, 77. Big band trombonist known for solo on Frank Sinatra's "I've Got You Under My Skin." Jan. 22. Bob Keeshan, 76. He gently entertained generations of youngsters as TV's mustachioed Captain Kangaroo and became an outspoken opponent of violence in children's television. Jan. 23. Helmut Newton, 83. Acclaimed fashion photographer, explored gender roles and an icy sexuality. Jan. 23. Eddie Clontz, 56. King of the supermarket tabloids as editor of Weekly World News. Jan. 26. Diabetes. Jack Paar, 85. Made the "The Tonight Show" the talk show everybody talked about, setting the stage for Johnny Carson and others to follow. Jan. 27. H.B. "Hard-Boiled" Haggerty, 78. Professional wrestler turned snarling actor and stuntman. Jan. 27. M.M. Kaye, 95. British author of sumptuous best seller "The Far Pavilions." Jan. 29. Janet Frame, 79. Overcame mental illness to become one of New Zealand's top authors. Jan. 29. Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57. Reality TV pioneer with MTV's "The Real World." Jan. 29. Breast cancer. Malachi Favors, 76. Jazz bassist; played with Dizzy Gillespie, Art Ensemble of Chicago. Jan. 30. Frank Mantooth, 56. Grammy-nominated jazz musician. Jan. 30. Robert Harth, 47. Led Carnegie Hall into an adventurous new era. Jan. 30. Heart attack. FEBRUARY: Frances Partridge, 103. British diarist, part of the literary Bloomsbury Group. Feb. 5. Robert Colesberry Jr., 57. Co-created the HBO drama "The Wire" and played a detective in it. Feb. 9. Complications from heart surgery. Jan Miner, 86. New York stage actress best known as Madge the manicurist in Palmolive television ads. Feb. 15. Frank del Olmo, 55. Pulitzer-winning Los Angeles Times reporter and editor, voice for Hispanics. Feb. 19. Apparent heart attack. Don Cornell, 84. Big band singer; hits included "It Isn't Fair." Feb. 23. John Randolph, 88. Tony-winning character actor ("Broadway Bound"); Roseanne's father in "Roseanne." Feb. 24. Daniel J. Boorstin, 89. Former Librarian of Congress; million-selling historian, social critic. Feb. 28. Jerome Lawrence, 88. Writer for stage, radio and screen, including "Inherit the Wind," "Mame." Feb. 29. MARCH: Mercedes McCambridge, 87. Oscar-winning actress; provided demon-possessed girl's voice in "The Exorcist." March 2. Frances Dee, 94. Actress; co-starred in the 1930s and '40s with Katharine Hepburn, Gary Cooper and her husband, Joel McCrea. March 6. Paul Winfield, 62. Oscar-nominated stage, screen actor ("Sounder"). March 7. Robert Pastorelli, 49. Played screwball house painter Eldin on "Murphy Brown." March 8. Accidental heroin overdose. Dave Blood, 47. Bassist with 1980s punk band the Dead Milkmen ("Punk Rock Girl.") March 10. Suicide. Genevieve, 83. French-born chanteuse whose mangled English was a running gag on Jack Paar's "The Tonight Show." March 14. Nathan Heard, 67. Author whose novels ("A Cold Fire Burning") drew from his experiences in prison and on the streets of Newark, N.J. March 16. John "J.J." Jackson, 62. Helped usher in music video era as early MTV personality. March 17. Jan Sterling, 82. Cool, conniving movie blonde of 1940s and '50s ("The High and the Mighty"). March 26. Jan Berry, 62. Half of surf music duo Jan & Dean ("Dead Man's Curve," "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena"). March 26. Adan Sanchez, 19. Rising Mexican singer, son of balladeer Marcelino "Chalino" Sanchez. March 27. Car accident. Sir Peter Ustinov, 82. Won two Oscars for an acting career that ranged from the evil emperor Nero in "Quo Vadis" to Agatha Christie detective Hercule Poirot. March 28. Art James, 74. Announcer or host for a dozen TV game shows. March 28. Alistair Cooke, 95. Urbane host of television's "Masterpiece Theatre"; interpreter of U.S. culture for decades on BBC's "Letter from America." March 30. APRIL: Carrie Snodgress, 57. Oscar-nominated actress ("Diary of a Mad Housewife"). April 1. Heart failure while awaiting liver transplant. Pierre Koenig, 78. Innovative Los Angeles architect. April 4. Harry Babbitt, 90. Vocalist with the Kay Kyser big band ("The White Cliffs of Dover"). April 9. Norris McWhirter, 78. Co-founder of Guinness Book of Records. April 19. Mary Selway, 68. Casting director ("Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Gosford Park"). April 21. Jose Giovanni, 80. French filmmaker; hit crime movies featured stars such as Jean-Paul Belmondo. April 24. Estee Lauder, 97. Built multimillion-dollar cosmetics empire. April 24. Hubert Selby Jr., 75. Wrote acclaimed 1964 novel "Last Exit to Brooklyn." April 26. MAY: Gilbert Lani Kauhi, 66. Jack Lord's burly sidekick on "Hawaii Five-0." May 3. Tage P. Frid, 88. Dubbed "dean of American woodworking." May 4. Rudy Maugeri, 73. Founder of 1950s group The Crew-Cuts; had a string of hits covering R&B songs. May 7. Alan King, 76. Witty comedian, known for tirades against everyday suburban life. May 9. Brenda Fassie, 39. South Africa's first black pop star; gave voice to disenfranchised during apartheid. May 9. Asthma. Olive Osmond, 79. Mother of the performing Osmonds. May 9. Phil Gersh, 92. Agent; represented Humphrey Bogart, other top stars. May 10. John Whitehead, 55. R&B artist best known for 1979 hit "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now." May 11. Shot to death. Syd Hoff, 91. New Yorker cartoonist; author of "Sammy the Seal," "Danny and the Dinosaur." May 12. Floyd Kalber, 79. Popular Chicago anchorman; had stint on "Today." May 13. Anna Lee, 91. Film, television actress ("How Green Was My Valley," "General Hospital.") May 14. June Taylor, 86. Emmy-winning television choreographer, founder of June Taylor Dancers. May 17. Tony Randall, 84. Comic actor; the fastidious Felix Unger in "The Odd Couple" and fussbudget pal in several Rock Hudson-Doris Day movies. May 17. Elvin Ray Jones, 76. Renowned jazz drummer; in John Coltrane's quartet. May 18. Lincoln Kilpatrick, 72. Appeared in stage version of "A Raisin in the Sun." May 18. Roger W. Straus Jr., 87. Co-founded one of the great publishing houses, Farrar, Straus & Giroux. May 25. Irene Manning, 81. Classically trained movie musical star ("Yankee Doodle Dandy," "The Desert Song"). May 28. JUNE: William Manchester, 82. Historian who brought novelist's flair to biographies of such giants as Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy. June 1. Nicolai Ghiaurov, 74. Bulgarian-born opera singer; one of great basses of his time. June 2. Frances Shand Kydd, 67. Princess Diana's mother. June 3. Nino Manfredi, 83. Italian film star, appeared in some of the finest Italian comedies of 1960s and 1970s. June 4. Ronald Reagan, 93. Before entering politics, a popular Hollywood actor ("Knute Rockne: All-American," "King's Row.") June 5. Barbara Whiting, 73. Actress in the 1940s and 1950s ("Junior Miss," TV's "Those Whiting Girls.") June 9. Ray Charles, 73. Transcendent talent who erased musical boundaries with hits such as "What'd I Say," "Georgia on My Mind" and "I Can't Stop Loving You." June 10. Egon von Furstenberg, 57. Known as "prince of high fashion." June 11. Mattie Stepanek, 13. Child poet whose inspirational verse made him a best-selling writer ("Heartsongs") and a voice for muscular dystrophy sufferers. June 22. JULY: Marlon Brando, 80. Revolutionized American acting with "A Streetcar Named Desire"; created the iconic character of Vito Corleone in "The Godfather." July 1. Robert Burchfield, 81. Chief editor of Oxford English Dictionaries. July 5. Syreeta Wright, 58. Motown recording artist and songwriter, teamed with ex-husband Stevie Wonder ("Signed, Sealed, Delivered"). July 6. Jeff Smith, 65. Public television's "Frugal Gourmet." July 7. Isabel Sanford, 86. "Weezie" on "The Jeffersons." July 9. Carlo Di Palma, 79. Innovative cinematographer in films by Woody Allen ("Hannah and Her Sisters") and Michelangelo Antonioni ("Blow-Up"). July 9. Joe Gold, 82. Founded original Gold's Gym in 1965. July 11. Arthur Kane, 55. Bassist for influential 1970s punk group New York Dolls. July 13. Leukemia. Carlos Kleiber, 74. Celebrated German-born conductor. July 13 Bella Lewitzky, 88. Renowned choreographer, teacher. July 16. David A. Wallace, 87. Influential urban planner who revived downtowns and waterfronts, notably Baltimore's Inner Harbor. July 19. Irvin Shortess "Shorty" Yeaworth Jr., 78. Directed 1958 cult movie "The Blob." July 19. Jerry Goldsmith, 75. Oscar-, Emmy-winning composer for shows ranging from "Star Trek" to "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." July 21. Illinois Jacquet, 81. Tenor saxophonist; played with nearly every jazz luminary of his time. July 22. Eugene Roche, 75. Paunchy character actor; "Ajax man" in commercials. July 28. Sam Edwards, 89. The town banker in "Little House on the Prairie." July 28. Virginia Grey, 87. Actress from 1920s ("Uncle Tom's Cabin") to 1970s ("Airport"). July 31. AUGUST: Don Tosti, 81. Musician, composer; blended jazz, boogie and blues to create the 1940s "Pachuco" sound. Aug. 2. Henri Cartier-Bresson, 95. Acclaimed French photographer whose pictures defined the mid-20th century and inspired generations. Aug. 3. Hunter Hancock, 88. Los Angeles disc jockey; championed rhythm and blues, early rock 'n' roll. Aug. 4. Gloria Emerson, 75. New York Times correspondent in Vietnam; won National Book Award for "Winners & Losers." Aug. 4. Rick James, 56. Funk legend known for 1981 hit "Super Freak." Aug. 6. Fay Wray, 96. The damsel held atop the Empire State Building by the ape in "King Kong." Aug. 8. Leon Golub, 82. Artist who depicted scenes of war and oppression in large-scale figurative paintings. Aug. 8. David Raksin, 92. Oscar-nominated composer; arranged music for Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times," wrote memorable theme for "Laura." Aug. 9. Julia Child, 91. She brought the intricacies of French cuisine to Americans through television and books. Aug. 13. Czeslaw Milosz, 93. Polish poet and Nobel laureate known for his intellectual and emotional works about some of the worst cruelties of the 20th century. Aug. 14. Neal Fredericks, 35. Cinematographer of the low-budget horror smash "The Blair Witch Project." Aug. 14. Plane crash. Elmer Bernstein, 82. Oscar-winning composer, scored such classics as "To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Great Escape." Aug. 18. Al Dvorin, 81. Announcer who dispersed Presley fans with the phrase "Elvis has left the building." Aug. 22. Daniel Petrie, 83. Directed the movie version of "A Raisin in the Sun," and won Emmy for "Eleanor and Franklin." Aug. 22. Laura Branigan, 47. Grammy-nominated pop singer known for 1982 platinum hit "Gloria." Aug. 26. Brain aneurysm. E. Fay Jones, 83. Architect; his Thorncrown Chapel in Arkansas honored as nation's top design of the 1980s. Aug. 30. SEPTEMBER: Frank Thomas, 92. One of Disney's top artists; animated the pups romantically nibbling spaghetti in "Lady and the Tramp." Sept. 8. Fred Ebb, about 76. Wrote lyrics for "Chicago" and "Cabaret" as well as "New York, New York." Sept. 11. Jerome Chodorov, 93. Playwright, co-author of "My Sister Eileen"; later adapted it as the musical "Wonderful Town." Sept. 12. Kenny Buttrey, 59. Top Nashville session drummer; recorded hits with Bob Dylan, Jimmy Buffett. Sept. 12. Johnny Ramone, 55. Co-founded the supremely influential punk band "The Ramones." Sept. 15. Prostate cancer. Virginia Hamilton Adair, 91. Poet; published her first collection of verse to acclaim at age 83 ("Ants on the Melon"). Sept. 16. Marvin Mitchelson, 76. Hollywood divorce lawyer; pioneered the "palimony" concept. Sept. 18. Russ Meyer, 82. Producer-director who helped spawn the "skin flick" — and later gained a measure of critical respect — for such films as "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" Sept. 18. Skeeter Davis, 72. She topped the charts with "The End of the World" in 1963 and sang on the Grand Ole Opry for decades. Sept. 19. Francoise Sagan, 69. French author, became famous in her teens for the best-selling "Bonjour Tristesse." Sept. 24. Marvin Davis, 79. Billionaire who owned 20th Century Fox in the 1980s. Sept. 25. Ma Chengyuan, 77. Chinese museum official who saved priceless artifacts during the Cultural Revolution. Sept. 25. Geoffrey Beene, 77. Award-winning designer whose classic styles put him at the forefront of American fashion. Sept. 28. Scott Muni, 74. New York DJ whose encyclopedic knowledge of rock made him "The Professor" to generations of listeners. Sept. 28. OCTOBER: Richard Avedon, 81. Redefined fashion photography as an art form while achieving acclaim through his stark portraits of the powerful. Oct. 1. Janet Leigh, 77. Wholesome beauty whose shocking murder in Hitchcock thriller "Psycho" is a landmark of film. Oct. 3. Rodney Dangerfield, 82. The bug-eyed comic whose self-deprecating "I don't get no respect" brought him stardom in clubs, television and movies. Oct. 5. Jacques Derrida, 74. World-renowned thinker who founded the school of literary analysis known as deconstructionism. Oct. 8. Christopher Reeve, 52. "Superman" actor who became the nation's most recognizable spokesman for spinal cord research after a paralyzing accident. Oct. 10. Betty Hill, 85. Her tale of being abducted by aliens became the subject of a best-selling book, TV movie. Oct. 17. Anthony Hecht, 81. Won Pulitzer in poetry in 1968 for "The Hard Hours." Oct. 20. Robert Merrill, 87. Metropolitan Opera superstar with the velvet baritone, equally at home singing the national anthem at Yankee Stadium. Oct. 23. Vaughn Meader, 68. Gained instant fame satirizing John Kennedy in the multimillion-selling album "The First Family." Oct. 29. Peggy Ryan, 80. Teamed with Donald O'Connor in movie musicals such as "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." Oct. 30. NOVEMBER: Theo van Gogh, 47. Outspoken Dutch filmmaker; great-grandnephew of Vincent. Nov. 2. Murdered, apparently by Islamic radicals. Joe Bushkin, 87. Jazz pianist and songwriter, co-wrote early Frank Sinatra hit "Oh! Look at Me Now." Nov. 3. Howard Keel, 85. Broad-shouldered baritone in glittery MGM musicals ("Kiss Me Kate," "Annie Get Your Gun"); later on "Dallas." Nov. 7. Ed Kemmer, 84. Intrepid Cmdr. Buzz Corry in the 1950s children's TV show "Space Patrol." Nov. 9. Iris Chang, 36. Best-selling author ("The Rape of Nanking"). Nov. 9. Suicide. O.D.B., 35. The rapper (real name: Russell Jones) whose unique rhymes and wild lifestyle made him one of the most vivid characters in hip-hop. Nov. 13. Harry Lampert, 88. Illustrator who created the superhero "The Flash." Nov. 13 Cy Coleman, 75. Composer of Broadway musicals ("Sweet Charity," "City of Angels"); pop songs ("The Best Is Yet to Come"). Nov. 18. Terry Melcher, 62. Songwriter, record producer who aided the Byrds, Beach Boys; son of Doris day. Nov. 19. Noel Perrin, 77. He catalogued his experiments in rural living in books such as "First Person Rural." Nov. 21. Larry Brown, 53. Author who wrote about the often rough, gritty lives of rural Southerners ("Big Bad Love," "Dirty Work"). Nov. 24. Apparent heart attack. Arthur Hailey, 84. Best-selling author of big novels ("Airport," "Hotel"). Nov. 24. David Bailey, 71. Veteran soap opera actor ("Another World," "Passions"). Nov. 25. Philippe de Broca, 71. French director whose 1960s films "The Man from Rio" and "King of Hearts" brought him wide renown. Nov. 26. John Drew Barrymore, 72. The troubled heir to an acting dynasty; Drew's father. Nov. 29. DECEMBER: William Sackheim, 84. Television, movie writer and producer, involved in everything from "Gidget" to "Rambo." Dec. 1. Dame Alicia Markova, 94. One of the 20th century's greatest ballerinas, co-founder of English National Ballet. Dec. 2. Mona Van Duyn, 83. Pulitzer-winning poet ("Near Changes"). Dec. 2. Jerry Scoggins, 93. He sang "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies." Dec. 7. David Brudnoy, 64. One of Boston's most recognized talk radio voices. Dec. 9. "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, 38. Acclaimed guitarist with Grammy-nominated heavy-metal band Pantera, more recently Damageplan. Dec. 8. Shot to death during a performance.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Monday, December 27, 2004 - 2:05 pm
Reggie White died at 43 on sunday - reports now claim it may have been of a lung disease http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041227/ts_alt_afp/amfootnflwhite_041227175525 also johnny Oates, good manager and ballplayer and a great man, died on Dec 24 at age 58. He had fought a brain tumor for 3 years. NY Times
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Knotnow
Member
07-06-2004
| Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 6:36 pm
Thank you for the post Escapee very interesting. The older I get the more familar the names on the year end lists. I was wondering if there is an error? 11/25 David Bailey-I went to Passions site and they made no mention of his passing. Can this one be right? Just wondering 
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Jmm
Member
08-16-2002
| Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 9:13 pm
Knotnow, According to the NY Times he did die. David Bailey
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 8:45 am
Jerry Ohrbach just passed away
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 9:01 am
Oh No! How did he die? He's not very old! I really like him.
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 9:24 am
BUMMER! I had read a month or so ago that he had prostate cancer. I guess it was more advanced than they let on. link

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 10:11 am
So sad! I've only ever seen him on 'Murder She Wrote' as Harry McGraw. I fell in love with him from that show.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 11:19 am
That's very sad. Lenny was my all-time favourite cynic, and I was looking forward to his spin-off.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 11:39 am
Oh, no! Exactly, Lum.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 11:41 am
This makes me really sad. I remember seeing him perform in the musical Chicago when I was in high school. I have the playbill in my high school memory book. And I loved Lenny in L&O, and am having a hard time with the new guy. He will be missed.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 11:48 am
and he was great as the father in Dirty Dancing
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 11:54 am
I loved him in L&O and Ladyt, I feel the same way about the new guy. Just hard to replace someone that was as good as he was.
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Knotnow
Member
07-06-2004
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 12:16 pm
Thank you for the link JMM Such saddness today...
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 12:16 pm
You know, I just saw Dirty Dancing again on TV over Christmas, and I was taken aback by just how handsome he was when just a bit younger (I guess I hadn't put together that this was the same man as Lennie til then.) Wonder if his RL personality was anything like Lennie's. He was one of those actors you feel you would have liked to have had as a personal friend.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 1:09 pm
For some reason, he always reminded me of my father, who passed away almost 21 years ago. I loved watching him in L&O and in Dirty Dancing. May he rest in peace.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 2:07 pm
WOW! i had just heard it announced that he was coming back as Lenny in another L&O spinoff.....so sad.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 5:33 pm
I just discovered that the handsome young man singing "Try to Remember" on the cover of my grandmother's sheet music is Jerry Orbach. I hadn't realized that he was a man of so many talents.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, December 31, 2004 - 2:57 am
The great bandleader, clarinetist, and bon vivant Artie Shaw died Thursday. Begin the Beguine. [...] A clarinetist and bandleader, Mr. Shaw sold more than 100 million records with a stunning series of hit-making songs, including Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust." His music so defined its period that Time magazine wrote that on the verge of World War II, the Germans' view of the United States was "skyscrapers, Clark Gable and Artie Shaw." Still, Mr. Shaw dismissed his most popular recordings as pap, preferring to explore new sounds even if he alienated listeners and his music-company bosses. He was among the first white bandleaders to hire a black singer full time, in his case Billie Holiday. He used stringed instruments to fuse classical and jazz music, delved into hard-driving bebop and formed "chamber jazz" groups with harpsichord and Afro-Cuban sounds. His unconventional theme song was the bluesy dirge "Nightmare." His penchant for musical surprise earned rapturous praise from reviewers rediscovering those works decades after he left the business. Many of those songs were on the 2001 release "Artie Shaw: Self Portrait," which prompted Los Angeles Times jazz critic Don Heckman to write that Mr. Shaw "produced some of the most extraordinary American music of the 20th century." In his heyday, the darkly handsome clarinetist resembled a matinee idol and added to his allure by marrying actresses Lana Turner and Ava Gardner, two of his eight wives. As early as 1938, he was earning $60,000 weekly from jukebox recordings and playing dances and concerts. He was a formidable rival of bandleaders Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie and clarinetist Benny Goodman, his closest competitor. On clarinet, Mr. Shaw had a fuller, more dulcet tone than Goodman. Although Goodman was labeled the "King of Swing," jazz enthusiasts still debate whether Mr. Shaw better deserved the sobriquet, and his fans compensated by dubbing him the "King of the Clarinet." To Mr. Shaw, there was no contest. He felt Goodman's recordings were formulaic. "Benny Goodman played clarinet," he said. "I played music." [...] WashPost
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 2:57 am
Author Susan Sontag dies at 71 Leading thinker wrote 'On Photography,' 'Notes on Camp' Tuesday, December 28, 2004 Posted: 3:50 PM EST (2050 GMT) Susan Sontag NEW YORK (AP) -- Susan Sontag, the author, activist and self-defined "zealot of seriousness" whose voracious mind and provocative prose made her a leading intellectual of the past half century, died Tuesday. She was 71. Sontag died at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday, said Esther Carver, a spokeswoman for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. The hospital declined to release a cause of death. Sontag had been treated for breast cancer in the 1970s. Sontag called herself a "besotted aesthete," an "obsessed moralist" and a "zealot of seriousness." Tall and commanding, her very presence suggested grand, passionate drama: eyes the richest brown; thick, black hair accented by a bolt of white; the voice deep and assured; her expression a severe stare or a wry smile, as if amused by a joke only she could tell. She wrote a best-selling historical novel, "The Volcano Lover," and in 2000 won the National Book Award for the historical novel "In America." But her greatest literary impact was as an essayist. CNN
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 9:38 am
Jimmy Griffin of pop group Bread dies in Franklin home
Singer-songwriter James Arthur ''Jimmy'' Griffin, a founding member of pop group Bread and of country band the Remingtons, died Tuesday in his Franklin home. He was 61, and had been battling cancer. A gifted singer and guitarist, Mr. Griffin won an Academy Award as a songwriter, for co-writing The Carpenters' hit For All We Know. He wrote country hits including Conway Twitty's Who's Gonna Know and Restless Heart's You Can Depend On Me. [...] Mr. Griffin did not sing lead vocals on most of Bread's singles — that slot was occupied by David Gates — but his harmony vocals and guitar work were crucial elements in the band's soft rock success. Hits included Baby I'm-a Want You and Everything I Own. [...] TENNESSEAN
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 1:38 pm
Ruth Warrick, known to many as Phoebe Tyler Wallingford on All My Children (but with a much broader career in her younger days) died on January 15th at age 88. She will be missed. 
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, January 17, 2005 - 1:51 pm
How sad! But what a wonderful and long life she lived! When I was a teenager I was a big time AMC fan, I'm sorry to hear that she's passed. She will be missed!
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