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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, October 17, 2005 - 2:59 pm
Touched by an Angel! Of course! LOL!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, October 17, 2005 - 3:09 pm
He also played Bruce Willis' brother Richard Addison on Moonlighting.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, October 17, 2005 - 3:36 pm
Ohhhh I think I remember him now.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Monday, October 17, 2005 - 4:05 pm
He was the angel of death on Touched by an Angel. How ironic. 
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, October 21, 2005 - 7:52 pm
Jazz diva Shirley Horn dies at 71 Wash Post
No one mined the depths of a lyric the way Shirley Horn did, with a whispery voice that conjured cashmere and cognac. You could lose yourself -- you couldn't not lose yourself -- as the lifelong Washingtonian's dusky alto crawled unhurriedly through time-tested standards and rediscovered treasures, tapestries of song embroidered with her own crisp chords and subtly spun piano filigrees. Horn, who died Thursday night at 71 after a long illness, could swing a tune with the best of them, and often surprised fans when she did, but that approach simply didn't fit her temperament. Instead, Horn did ballads and cool, understated ruminations better than anyone except her first champion, mentor and lifelong friend, trumpeter Miles Davis. Both were masters of silence and anticipation, but even Davis teased Horn about her pacing. "You do 'em awful slow!" he once said. Indicating the level of respect Davis had for Horn, the legend, then ailing, accompanied her on the title track of the 1990 album "You Won't Forget Me," the first time he'd recorded with a vocalist in four decades, and Davis did so in the long-abandoned lyrical style he'd defined in the '50s, shortly before he first discovered her. The two were talking about collaborating on an all-ballad album when Davis died the following year. Horn won her only Grammy for 1998's "I Remember Miles," dedicated to Davis. Another sign of respect came from the great pianist Ahmad Jamal, who accompanied Horn on her penultimate album, 2003's "May the Music Never End." Jamal, one of Horn's early inspirations and models, and himself a master of minimalism, had, in his 55 years of recording, never accompanied a vocalist. But for the first time in her career, Horn was unable to accompany herself on record, the result of losing her right foot to complications from diabetes. It was a significant change, denying Horn use of her piano's expression pedal for controlling the instrument's sustain and quiet features that so defined her sound. The last few years had been rough on Horn, as she dealt with arthritis and underwent chemotherapy for breast cancer. In June Horn suffered a stroke and had been hospitalized since.
Several years earlier, Horn had been forced to abandon the security of her piano bench and rethink her approach after her voice and piano could no longer be intimate extensions of each other. Last December, just before a brief appearance at a Kennedy Center concert honoring her, Horn seemed weary but as quietly determined as ever, insisting: "I've tried to keep things as level as possible through this whole thing. I'm cool. I know what I have to do: I'm never going to give up the piano, I'm never going to stop singing till God says, 'I called your number.' " Horn was at times reflective, at times wry, and on occasion caustic and cantankerous. She expressed frustration with the music business, particularly that such pianist-singers as Norah Jones and Diana Krall didn't acknowledge her as the influence she clearly heard herself to be. Motoring around her house in a wheelchair dubbed "the Cadillac" (the fancier "Jaguar" was reserved for concerts), Horn would proudly point to assorted honors, including last year's Jazz Master award from the National Endowment for the Arts. But she also seemed frustrated, reduced to performing only a concert or two a month, backed by pianist George Mesterhazy. "I can't get into the music," she said. "I just get lost." In recent concerts, she managed to find both humor and pathos singing Paul McCartney's "Yesterday," lending multiple meanings to the line "I'm not half the girl I used to be." So much about Shirley Horn was glacially slow, from her delivery of a song to the acclamation that came late in her career. You can't really make time stand still, but Horn managed an approximation, insisting that ballads were meant to be played slow, the better to understand the power of the story being told and the emotion of the lyric under exploration. Wider recognition didn't arrive until 1986, when she signed with Verve and began a string of critically acclaimed albums that garnered nine straight Grammy nominations. Horn never pursued a career with the single-mindedness of such peers as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae or Betty Carter -- she simply wasn't as driven or hard-nosed or forceful. But Horn's records drew stellar guests, and she performed around the world as her health allowed. In the end, Shirley Horn's life was much like her song: She got as much music as possible out of every precious note, and in so doing made each note that much more precious. if you like jazz even a little, it's impossible not to love ms. horn. she was one of the greats
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Friday, October 21, 2005 - 9:25 pm
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Weeniewhiner
Member
07-22-2005
| Monday, October 24, 2005 - 7:44 pm
Rosa Parks, the woman whose refusal to move to the back of a segregated bus helped launch the civil rights movement, dies. 
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, October 24, 2005 - 7:45 pm
Rosa Parks, civil rights heroine, is dead USA Today Civil rights icon Rosa Parks has died at age 92, according to family members and a spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. John Conyers. Parks died at her home of natural causes, said Karen Morgan, a spokeswoman for Conyers. Her health had been declining since the late 1990s. She had stopped giving interviews by then and rarely appeared in public. When she did, she only smiled or spoke short, barely audible responses. But when Parks refused to get up a half-century ago, an entire race of people began to stand up for their rights as human beings. It was a simple act that took extraordinary courage in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955. It was a place where black people had no rights white people had to respect. It was a time when racial discrimination was so common, many blacks never questioned it. [...]
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, October 24, 2005 - 8:16 pm
Another link: CNN
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, October 24, 2005 - 9:02 pm
this made me cry ....
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, October 24, 2005 - 9:47 pm
I'm thinking about how strong she had to be and remembering that sometime in the last decade (I think) she was beaten up in her home. What an amazing woman. I heard Jesse Jackson telling someone on CNN earlier today that while her reaction on the bus was a decision made on the spot, she had already been a member of NAACP which was illegal at that time, so she was already thinking in terms of activism at that time.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 24, 2005 - 11:00 pm
How sad. What an amazing life for such an amazing woman.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Monday, October 24, 2005 - 11:19 pm
Wow, Truly a brave woman of historical significance to the civil rights movement (and this country) has left us. RIP, Rosa. You fought the good fight and made a world of difference for many, many people.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 5:44 am
There is only one story I remember from all my English text books, and that was the story of Rosa Parks. She was a remarkable lady with deep convictions and a great deal of courage and dignity.
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 5:46 am
Hopefully John Conyers will be successful in an effort to have a national holiday named for this outstanding American woman.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 8:59 am
God bless her wonderful soul and God bless her family.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 9:33 am
My DH actually said to me last night "Who's Rosa Parks?" ARGH, once I explained it to him, he remembered.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, October 28, 2005 - 12:00 pm
Rosa Parks to Lie in Honor at Capitol By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Rosa Parks, the seamstress whose act of defiance on a public bus a half-century ago helped spark the civil rights movement, will join presidents and war heroes who have been honored in death with a public viewing in the Capitol Rotunda. Parks, who died Monday in Detroit at age 92, also will be the first woman to lie in honor in the Rotunda, the vast circular room under the Capitol dome. The House on Friday passed by voice vote a resolution allowing Parks to be honored in the Capitol on Sunday and Monday "so that the citizens of the United States may pay their last respects to this great American." The Senate approved the resolution Thursday night. It will be only the fifth time in the past two decades that a person has either lain in honor or in state in the Rotunda. The last to lie in state was President Reagan after his death in June last year. Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 led to a 381-day boycott of the city's bus system and helped ignite the modern civil rights movement. "The movement that Rosa Parks helped launch changed not only our country, but the entire world, as her actions gave hope to every individual fighting for civil and human rights," said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. "We now can honor her in a way deserving of her contributions and legacy." In most cases, only presidents, members of Congress and military commanders have been allowed to lie in the Rotunda. Parks would be the first woman and second black American to receive the accolade. Jacob J. Chestnut, one of two Capitol police officers fatally shot in 1998, was the first black American to lie in honor, said Senate historian Richard Baker. Parks also would be the second non-governmental official to be commemorated that way. The remains of Pierre L'Enfant — the French-born architect who was responsible for the design of Washington, D.C. — stopped at the Capitol in 1909, long after his death in 1825. "Rosa Parks is not just a national hero, she is the embodiment of our social and human conscience and the spark that lit the flame of liberty and equality for African Americans and minority groups in this country and around the globe," said Sen. Christopher Dodd (news, bio, voting record), D-Conn. Officials with the Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in Detroit said at one point that Parks would lie in repose at the Lincoln Memorial. The National Park Service, however, said those plans were never formalized. Lila Cabbil, the institute's president emeritus, said Thursday the information was released prematurely and the foundation and the Parks family were working with Reps. John Conyers and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., and the White House to make arrangements to have a viewing in Washington. The Capitol event was one of several planned to honor the civil rights pioneer. Parks will lie in repose Saturday at the St. Paul AME Church in Montgomery, Ala., and a memorial service will be held at the church Sunday morning. Following her viewing in the Capitol, a memorial service was planned for Monday at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington. From Monday night until Wednesday morning, Parks will lie in repose at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. Her funeral will be Wednesday at Greater Grace Temple Church in Detroit. Officials in Detroit and Montgomery, Ala., meanwhile, said the first seats of their buses would be reserved as a tribute to Parks' legacy until her funeral next week. Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick put a black ribbon Thursday on the first passenger seat of one of about 200 buses where seats will be reserved. "We cannot do enough to pay tribute to someone who has so positively impacted the lives of millions across the world," Kilpatrick said.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, October 28, 2005 - 9:08 pm
What a wonderful honor to such a deserving American.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 11:00 am
LLOYD BOCHNER A television character actor mainstay for many, many years. He died yesterday in Santa Monica at age 81.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 11:39 am
He used to be on everything!
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 12:11 pm
On Dynasty, he was Cecil Colby.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 5:52 am
How sad. I was just watching one of my favorite episodes of the Twilight Zone--To Serve Man--which he starred in, last week. I was wondering then if he was still alive. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-11-01-bochner-obit_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 6:35 am
Cablejockey I love that episode. I am a twilight zone fan as well.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 9:24 am
Its so bad that there's no channel around here that shows the Twilight Zone. I haven't seen it in years, yet there are so many episodes that I remember and loved to watch. Like the one where the girl was considered so ugly by her culture, but georgeous by ours, the beautiful actress who is really thousands of years old, the monsters on Maple street, who are the scared citizens, and the country girl who loved this boy, but she was really a witch by night--just some of my faves. I'd love to get the whole thing on dvd.
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