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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Sorry Sea, I meant Pamy's pic of her mom with Dom. And yep, Ginge, please e-mail me the pic and I'll be happy to post it for ya!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I have to find it and then scan it. It is with all the other celeb pics that are part of my project to re-frame/organize. I took them down last year when we painted and still am trying to find time to do the project!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 3:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
His sons are active in the industry, too.

He'll be missed. =(

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, May 09, 2009 - 11:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
I posted this in N&V (very interesting articles), but recognize that not everyone travels there:

'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin Mickey Carroll dies at 89
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2009192175_apusobitcarroll.html

Mickey Carroll, one of the last surviving Munchkins from the 1939 beloved film "The Wizard of Oz," died Thursday. He was 89.

His caretaker, Linda Dodge, said Carroll died in his sleep at her home in suburban Crestwood. He had heart problems and received a pacemaker in February. Until January, he had lived in his own home in suburban Bel-Nor.

Carroll was one of more than 100 adults and children who were recruited to play the movie natives of what author L. Frank Baum called Munchkin Country in his 1900 book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." <snipped>

"Carroll played the part of the Munchkinland "Town Crier," marched as a "Munchkin Soldier" and was the candy-striped "Fiddler" who escorted the movie's wide-eyed orphan, Dorothy Gale, played by Judy Garland, down the yellow brick road toward Emerald City." <snipped>

Sad, a big piece of our childhood is lost.

Family of 'Wizard of Oz' actor sue his caretaker
(Bisc: I think this is coming in tomorrow's 5/10/09 paper)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2009201290_apuscarrolllawsuit.html

The heirs of the late "Wizard of Oz" actor Mickey Carroll have sued his caretaker for control of his assets.

Carroll, one of the last surviving Munchkins from the beloved 1939 film, died in suburban St. Louis on Thursday at age 89.

Four months before he died, Carroll signed papers turning over control of his assets to caretaker Linda Dodge. Relatives estimate he left an estate of more than $1 million.

They claim Dodge and others took advantage of the actor in the throes of dementia and that he wasn't competent to sign the papers.

Dodge denies the claims, calling the disagreement a "family squabble." <snipped>

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Photographer who took famous Saigon photo dies

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HONG KONG – Hugh Van Es, a Dutch photojournalist who covered the Vietnam War and recorded the most famous image of the fall of Saigon in 1975 — a group of people scaling a ladder to a CIA helicopter on a rooftop — died Friday morning in Hong Kong, his wife said. He was 67 years old.

Van Es died in Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong, where he had lived for more than 35 years. He suffered a brain hemorrhage last week and never regained consciousness, his wife Annie said. Hospital officials declined to comment.

Slender, tough-talking and always ready with a quip, Van Es was considered by colleagues to be fearless and resourceful. He remained a towering figure after the war in journalism circles in Asia, including his adopted home in Hong Kong.

"Obviously he will be always remembered as one of the great witnesses of one of the great dramas in the second half of the 20th century," said Ernst Herb, president of Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondent Club.

"He really captured the spirit of foreign reporting. He was quite an inspiration," Herb said. <snip>

Another Hugh Van Es photo, quite famous:

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Rslover
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11-19-2002

Sunday, May 24, 2009 - 9:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
Someone just sent this to me. I thought some of you would enjoy it.

DOM DELUISE ON JOHNNY CARSON

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Mike Tyson's daughter has died. She was four years old and died strangling on the cord of a treadmill.

Dreadful.

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
Jay Bennett (ex-Wilco) passed away.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2009/05/jay_bennett_dead_at_age_45.html

"I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" is a great documentary about Wilco.

Tmagicsaq
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03-26-2004

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 5:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tmagicsaq a private message Print Post    
Peter Zezel, a NHL hockey player, passed away yesterday. He grew up in Toronto and was a close family friend. He hung around with my sister during his high school and jr hockey days. so sad.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 6:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
awww I'm sorry Tmagic.

Tmagicsaq
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03-26-2004

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 6:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tmagicsaq a private message Print Post    
Thank you. It is very hard for my sister, I was really young when he was around the house (7 year age difference) but my sister was still in contact with him and his family. He was only 44 (same age as sister) so young

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 7:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I was so sorry to hear about Peter Zezel. He was so young and always seemed like a nice guy.

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 8:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
I enjoyed watching him play for the Maple Leafs in the 90s. Such sad news.

Cwcoop
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04-19-2008

Wednesday, June 03, 2009 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cwcoop a private message Print Post    
CBS news in Chicago has announced that our beloved Koko Taylor passed this afternoon.

I love her, and have seen her perform many times.
RIP Koko.

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
I just heard that David Carradine has past...any info??? I loved Kung Fu..back in the day...Im so sad.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 7:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
from cnn.com

'Kung Fu' star David Carradine has been found dead in a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, according to his manager.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 7:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
All I read was that he was found dead in his hotel in Bangkok where he was filming a movie. He was 72.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
it get worse....

BANGKOK — Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide.

A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He said Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family.

www.chron.com

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 7:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Oh wow, was he sick or dealing with some stuff...Im sorry to hear that he committed suicide....

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 8:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
This is shocking news! I really enjoyed watching him on tv and in movies these past 30 odd years. I cant imagine why he would hang himself!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Wow. That's a shocker!

My thoughts are with his family.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
total total shocker .. Kung Fu may have ended the year i was born but reruns were a staple of my shows as a small child... plus he was such a villian in one of my all time favorites miniseries North and South ... all i can say, again, is just total shock

(as much as i hated that Bruce Lee never got the Kung Fu role as he deserved i never held it against David)

Feel so bad for his family...

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 2:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I was so shocked! I saw that he had died in a headline on the Kindle but hadn't gotten to that story and was waiting for a friend who was having an ultrasound and it came on the TV in the waiting room. So sad.

Erniesgirl
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06-26-2006

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 3:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Erniesgirl a private message Print Post    
I wonder what the real story is? Some say he was hanged, naked, in a closet and his manager is saying it was an accidental death?
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/david-carradines-manager-it-was-an-accidental-death/23418

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I know of two accidental hangings where the man was trying to have a better sexual experience. One death was a teen, the other a father with two children.