Re: The high profile person recently died thread

by oldschooldoom Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:48 pm

Now for a high profile person that I met way back in Nov 1986.

Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine dies at 95.
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=741559

by Guest Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:59 pm

R.I.P. Mr Borgnine.

When I think of him I always remember the 80's TV series Airwolf.

by Peter who was Vaak Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:15 pm

I remember him from The Simpsons:

Unfortunately, I was unable to find the video where he was trying to defend the campers from a bear, but is unable to find his only knife because Homer stole it and gave it to Bart.

by Kerrick Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:01 am

Dang! 95 though is pretty impressive. Great actor. I think of The Wild Bunch when I think of him...

by guilty/forgiven Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:01 pm

A friend of mine (customer at our pharmacy) who happens to have been in several movies, just died. He was an odd character in real life. But a pretty good guy over all.
Here's his obit from our local paper:

The high profile person recently died thread - Page 3 Lynch10

by sentient 6 Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:08 pm

hardkore wrote:R.I.P. Mr Borgnine.

When I think of him I always remember the 80's TV series Airwolf.

..that pales in comparison to one of his greatness roles of all time..

by guilty/forgiven Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:09 pm

by FishingD Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:44 pm

sentient 6 wrote:
hardkore wrote:R.I.P. Mr Borgnine.

When I think of him I always remember the 80's TV series Airwolf.

..that pales in comparison to one of his greatness roles of all time..

I remember him on the "McHale's Navy" show!!

by MikeInFla Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:36 pm

Will miss you Mermaid Man! What will Barnacle Boy do without you!

by Created_to_Thrash Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:02 pm

JstAnthrPrsn wrote:A friend of mine (customer at our pharmacy) who happens to have been in several movies, just died. He was an odd character in real life. But a pretty good guy over all.
Here's his obit from our local paper:

I recognized this guy as soon as I saw him, being the child of 80's tv crime/action shows that I am Very Happy

I also well remember Invasion USA and Bad Dreams. Good movies. For some reason I always tended to get him confused with Rutger Hauer though...

by guilty/forgiven Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:20 pm

Richard was a good guy. Mentioned in the obit, and also a character actor is another guy I know through pharmacy, Don Calfa. If you know 80s TV you'll recognize him in Barny Miller. He was also in "Weekend at Bernies".
Don's a crack up and a very sincere person.

by Created_to_Thrash Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:06 am

I was never a big Barny Miller guy...most of my 80's tv watching was hour long cop and PI shows. By the way, I meant to mention in my earlier post, I'm sincerely sorry for your loss.

by guilty/forgiven Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:39 am

Sage Stallone, eldest son of Sylvester Stallone, found dead at 36

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/sage-stallone-eldest-son-sylvester-stallone-found-dead-002545563.html

by guilty/forgiven Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:16 pm

I'm sincerely sorry for your loss.

Thanks, but we weren't close or anything. I just knew him through pharmacy - filled his drugs. He didn't like to deal with anyone else but me (I'm special Laughing

). He actually treated everyone else like crap. Unlike Don Calfa who's always sweet to everyone. (Don was also in Dr Dolittle part 2 with Eddie murphy)
I only knew Richard through business, but still considered him a friend cuz he liked me and trusted me with his prescriptions, we'd talk quite a bit at the pharmacy.

by oldschooldoom Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:10 pm

Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord dies at 71

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=743495

by oldschooldoom Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:33 pm

Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/us/sally-ride-dead/index.html

by FishingD Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:27 pm

Sherman Hemsley, who made the character George Jefferson famous in “The Jeffersons” has died

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/24/jeffersons-star-sherman-hemsley-dead-at-74-report-says/

by MikeInFla Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:41 pm

FishingD wrote:Sherman Hemsley, who made the character George Jefferson famous in “The Jeffersons” has died

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/24/jeffersons-star-sherman-hemsley-dead-at-74-report-says/

Definitely movin on up if his heart was right.

by oldschooldoom Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:14 pm

by oldschooldoom Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:58 am

Over a week and no HIGH profile deaths, amazing !

Gore Vidal Dead: American Intellectual, Author And Playwright Dies At 86

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/gore-vidal-dead-author-playwright-intellectual-obituary_n_1726666.html?1343794618&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

by Created_to_Thrash Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:48 pm

oldschooldoom wrote:Over a week and no HIGH profile deaths, amazing !

Gore Vidal Dead: American Intellectual, Author And Playwright Dies At 86

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/gore-vidal-dead-author-playwright-intellectual-obituary_n_1726666.html?1343794618&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false[/quote[/url]]

One can only hope that he percieved the truth before he died... Sadly, I sincerely doubt it.