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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 12:42 pm
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!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 6:00 pm
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!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 3:51 am
His sons are active in the industry, too. He'll be missed. =(
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, May 09, 2009 - 11:57 pm
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>
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Friday, May 15, 2009 - 10:23 am
Photographer who took famous Saigon photo dies
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
Member
11-19-2002
| Sunday, May 24, 2009 - 9:55 pm
Someone just sent this to me. I thought some of you would enjoy it. DOM DELUISE ON JOHNNY CARSON
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 7:26 pm
Mike Tyson's daughter has died. She was four years old and died strangling on the cord of a treadmill. Dreadful.
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 10:31 pm
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.
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Tmagicsaq
Member
03-26-2004
| Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 5:44 am
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.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 6:36 am
awww I'm sorry Tmagic.
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Tmagicsaq
Member
03-26-2004
| Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 6:58 am
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
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 7:25 am
I was so sorry to hear about Peter Zezel. He was so young and always seemed like a nice guy.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 8:00 am
I enjoyed watching him play for the Maple Leafs in the 90s. Such sad news.
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Cwcoop
Member
04-19-2008
| Wednesday, June 03, 2009 - 4:01 pm
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.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 7:15 am
I just heard that David Carradine has past...any info??? I loved Kung Fu..back in the day...Im so sad.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 7:22 am
from cnn.com 'Kung Fu' star David Carradine has been found dead in a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, according to his manager.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 7:23 am
All I read was that he was found dead in his hotel in Bangkok where he was filming a movie. He was 72.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 7:28 am
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
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 7:42 am
Oh wow, was he sick or dealing with some stuff...Im sorry to hear that he committed suicide....
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 8:06 am
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!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 8:12 am
Wow. That's a shocker! My thoughts are with his family.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 11:24 am
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...
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 2:38 pm
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.
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 3:14 pm
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
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Thursday, June 04, 2009 - 3:23 pm
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.
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