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Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Radaronline reporting the death of Gary Coleman ... RIP
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Naja
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06-28-2003

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Gary Coleman dies link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/....

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    


Gary was a real cutie pie child.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I don't know why the news has to mention he had a troubled past. May he rest in peace.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
:-( Sad.

Erniesgirl
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06-26-2006

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Erniesgirl a private message Print Post    
Same thing Todd Bridges complains about. He has been clean and sober for 17 years, but always has to listen to a newscaster talk about his past.

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
He had THE most gorgeous eyes, and they looked so kind. I'm sad he died.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 8:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I thought he had a troubled present, or recent past and past is always mentioned.

But 42 is so young! I honestly thought he was older than that but wasn't doing the math.

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
Breaking news on MSNBC via Reuters, Dennis Hopper has died from complications from Prostate cancer.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic “Easy Rider,” died Saturday from complications of prostate cancer, a friend of the actor said. Hopper was 74.

The hard-living screen star died at his home in the coastal Los Angeles suburb of Venice at 8:15 a.m. PDT, surrounded by family and friends, the friend, Alex Hitz, told Reuters.

In a wildly varied career spanning more than 50 years, Hopper appeared alongside his mentor James Dean in “Rebel Without a Cause” and “Giant” in the 1950s and played maniacs in such films as “Apocalypse Now,” “Blue Velvet” and “Speed.”

He received two Oscar nominations — for writing “Easy Rider” (with co-star Peter Fonda and Terry Southern), and for a rare heartwarming turn as an alcoholic high-school basketball coach in the 1986 drama “Hoosiers.”

“Easy Rider,” regarded is one of the greatest films of American cinema, helped usher in a new era in which the old Hollywood guard was forced to cede power to young filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese.

The low-budget blockbuster, originally conceived by Fonda, introduced mainstream moviegoers to pot-smoking, cocaine-dealing, long-haired bikers.

“We’d gone through the whole ’60s and nobody had made a film about anybody smoking grass without going out and killing a bunch of nurses,” Hopper told Entertainment Weekly in 2005. ”I wanted ’Easy Rider’ to be a time capsule for people about that period.”

Hopper and Fonda were joined on screen by a then-unknown Jack Nicholson as an alcoholic lawyer, but it was not a harmonious set. Hopper clashed violently with everyone and Fonda later described him as a “little fascist freak.” Their friendship was destroyed.

Hopper fell ill last September. He continued working almost to the very end, both on his cable TV series “Crash” and on a book showcasing his photography. But his final months were also consumed by a bitter divorce battle with his fifth wife, Victoria Duffy.

Indeed, his private life was never dull. His marriages included an eight-day union in 1970 with Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and Papas, who later told Vanity Fair that she was subjected to “excruciating” treatment.

Hopper is survived by four children.


Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
http://www.popeater.com/2010/05/29/dennis-hopper-dead-prostate-cancer-74/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl2|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2F2010%2F05%2F29%2Fdennis-hopper-dead-prostate-cancer-74%2F

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
RIP -- unforgettable in Blue Velvet and River's Edge.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
So sad. :-( Rue McClanahan has died. I really loved her on Golden Girls.

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Jhonise
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07-10-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 8:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jhonise a private message Print Post    
I watch Golden Girl reruns everyday. So sad.



Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
The last survivor of the Golden Girl's is Betty White. So sad about Rue passing away. She was not well though. I loved Rue and will miss her!!!!!!!!!

Yoda
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08-11-2005

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 8:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yoda a private message Print Post    
I watch the Golden Girls just about everyday...they always manage to give me a good laugh. RIP Rue!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
RIP Rue, you will live on in syndication ...

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Just did a pre-emptive setting of the DVR for Larry King tonight.. he tends to react quickly to the deah of a celeb he's interviewed and I know he interviewed them all.. maybe he'll have Betty White on..

I didn't realize Rue wasn't well :-(

Holly
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07-22-2001

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
I think he's supposed to have Obama on tonight talking about oil spill, etc.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
How sad. At work, the Blanche quotes are flying. That happens when an actor passes, and their character is much beloved.

Blanche: "I swear with God as my witness, I will never pick up another man!... in a library... on a Saturday... unless he's cute... and drives a nice car... Amen."

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2010/06/rue_mcclanahan_dead_at_76.html

It was a stroke.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Ah, Holly.. lol.. I'm sure he'll be twitching.. of course if he has Obama on there will be no pre-emption but I just know he'll be twitching to cover Rue.. I'm betting that will be Friday night then. Larry is one of the few who will even come in live on a weekend to do a show if there is a big story or someone big passes..

Friday is on Lebron James.. well heck, I don't know.. Saturday? I'm sure if he plans to cover it he'll mention it tonight.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

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Ellen show was a rerun yesterday with Betty White -- sometime between Super Bowl and early May when she was on SNL. During the interview, Ellen asked how Rue was doing. Betty said she was doing very well. I hope Rue was enjoying her golden years.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Guess not.. I googled and it seems she had heart surgery in January and suffered a stroke during or after surgery, so I'd say at least this year, not at all golden.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, June 04, 2010 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I found this interesting:

Rue McClanahan's longtime manager Barbara Lawrence opens up to ET about the loss of her client and friend.

Lawrence explains that Rue's health began to decline last November when she had bypass surgery and a stroke. But she said that Rue had been doing much better in recent months, and had been pursuing physical therapy tenaciously.

"Last week she told me she was ready to go back to work," Lawrence says. She describes the cerebral hemorrhage that led to Rue's death: "This was just so out of left field."

Lawrence shares new insight into Rue's final days: "She was having lunch with a dear friend, Michael, and he noticed that she was lifting her glass slowly. And he said, 'Are you okay?' and she said, 'Yes, I'm just tired,' and said, 'I'm going to go lay down.' And shortly thereafter, the aide came in and said to Michael that she thought something was wrong. And he went in, and she couldn't speak. And the paramedics were called and she was rushed to the hospital."

Lawrence shares, "It's a big loss for the world and a big loss for me, my heart, but like I said, she was a gracious lady, and she went out like probably the way she would have wanted."

Lawrence describes McClanahan as "shy, private" and also "brilliant." She says that her client was not only a talented actress, she also played the piano, had perfect pitch, was a "phenomenal writer" and once had a dance studio. "She was a force of nature," Lawrence says.