Celeb (and Celeb SO's) Obit Thread

**Morris Schæffer** · 01-15-2009, 10:54 AM

Ricardo Montalban has died, aged 88

http://www.mania.com/montalban-passe...le_112327.html

As has Patrick "The Prisoner" McGoohan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/.../obit_mcgoohan

**Morris Schæffer** · 01-15-2009, 03:28 PM

I don't think I will ever stop quoting Edward The Longshanks. Apparently, McGoohan was at one point really close to being chosen as James Bond.

**bac0n** · 01-15-2009, 03:57 PM

Quoting Morris Schæffer (view post)

Ricardo Montalban has died, aged 88

http://www.mania.com/montalban-passe...le_112327.html

Dammit! One less thing to make me feel like a man. :sad:

I freakin' LOVED Ricardo. Such a class act. Peerless in that regard.

And you all know he was dressed to the nines when he died.

**number8** · 01-15-2009, 09:27 PM

Ever seen jack Kirby's The Prisoner comic?

http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/...prisonerq.html

**Kurious Jorge v3.1** · 01-16-2009, 11:12 AM

Missed this one, but director Claude Berri (The Two of Us, Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring) died Jan. 9th.

**Mara** · 01-16-2009, 03:00 PM

Andrew Wyeth died. Link.

I'm not an art expert or anything, but we had a couple large glossy books of his prints that I used to pore over as a child.

**NickGlass** · 01-16-2009, 05:06 PM

Quoting Mara (view post)

Andrew Wyeth died. Link.

I'm not an art expert or anything, but we had a couple large glossy books of his prints that I used to pore over as a child.

"Christina's World" is gorgeous, surely, but his whole breadth of work captured that sublime feeling of distress through distance and rustic imagery.

Perhaps it's why I enjoy this piece so much, as well, as his counterpoint:

**Mara** · 01-16-2009, 05:11 PM

A few pictures, for those who care: (NSFW, contains nudes)

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**Spinal** · 01-17-2009, 03:43 AM

I saw an exhibition of the Helga pictures back in the 80s. I'm thinking it was in Washington DC.

**jesse** · 01-21-2009, 01:01 AM

Kathleen Byron passed away on the 18th. She is probably best known as psycho Sister Ruth in Black Narcissus.

She also appeared in films like A Matter of Life and Death and later in Elephant Man and Saving Private Ryan.

She was, by most accounts, 88.

RIP.

**origami_mustache** · 01-27-2009, 02:15 PM

R.I.P. Charles Wesley Cooper III (1/2 of Telefon Tel Aviv)

**shaun** · 01-27-2009, 05:33 PM

John Updike, dead at 76.

**Mara** · 01-27-2009, 05:48 PM

Quoting shaun (view post)

John Updike, dead at 76.

Holy crap.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised-- he's just a man who I guess I thought would live forever.

**Benny Profane** · 01-27-2009, 05:58 PM

Quoting shaun (view post)

John Updike, dead at 76.

This one really stings. I thought he was older, to be honest.

**shaun** · 01-27-2009, 06:02 PM

Quoting Benny Profane (view post)

This one really stings. I thought he was older, to be honest.

Pretty amazing that he wrote Rabbit, Run at 28.

I haven't read it in years. I should probably give it another go.

**EvilShoe** · 01-27-2009, 06:04 PM

Quoting shaun (view post)

John Updike, dead at 76.

I was surprised he was still alive when I looked it up when reading Rabbit, Run. I too thought he was older.
R.I.P.

**Kurosawa Fan** · 01-27-2009, 06:12 PM

Quoting shaun (view post)

John Updike, dead at 76.

I was surprised that he was still alive when EW mentioned his book The Widows of Eastwick last year. Funny, this makes me want to finish the Rabbit series. I will admit that the book has stuck with me since I finished. It isn't easily forgettable.

R.I.P.

**Hugh_Grant** · 01-27-2009, 06:21 PM

Quoting Benny Profane (view post)

This one really stings. I thought he was older, to be honest.

Benny, you were the first person I thought of when I read this sad news.

I really need to read some of his novels, but I'll always have a soft spot for "A&P," which has always been one of my students' favorite short stories to read and discuss.

**Mara** · 01-27-2009, 06:33 PM

Quoting Hugh_Grant (view post)

I really need to read some of his novels, but I'll always have a soft spot for "A&P," which has always been one of my students' favorite short stories to read and discuss.

Good call. Exactly what a short story should be.

**Yxklyx** · 01-29-2009, 07:48 PM

Ann Savage (Detour, My Winnipeg) died last Christmas.

**Dead & Messed Up** · 02-07-2009, 08:00 PM

James Whitmore died of lung cancer.

Some of his most widely-seen roles include an Emmy-winning turn on The Practice, the simian president in Planet of the Apes, and Brooks Hatlen in The Shawshank Redemption.

I know nothing about the man, but Hatlen was a heartbreaking performance.

**The Mike** · 02-07-2009, 10:42 PM

Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)

James Whitmore died of lung cancer.

Some of his most widely-seen roles include an Emmy-winning turn on The Practice, the simian president in Planet of the Apes, and Brooks Hatlen in The Shawshank Redemption.

I know nothing about the man, but Hatlen was a heartbreaking performance.

:cry:

I'll never watch Them! the same.

**D_Davis** · 03-01-2009, 04:34 PM

Paul Harvey

http://www.abcrn.com/harvey/

Sad. Such a cool guy.

**bac0n** · 03-01-2009, 05:07 PM

Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)

Paul Harvey

http://www.abcrn.com/harvey/

Sad. Such a cool guy.

Damn. I was just thinking about him the other day.

**D_Davis** · 03-01-2009, 05:25 PM

Quoting bac0n (view post)

Damn. I was just thinking about him the other day.

Yeah - he had such a great voice, and he was a fantastic story teller.

I often wonder about the art of oral story telling; is it dying? Garrison Keillor is keeping it alive, but are there many others?

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