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RIPs
Rather than put up a new thread every time...
Elizabeth Taylor, March 23 2011, age 79 She was in a lot of trash, but the good ones are good: National Velvet Giant Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf And she deserves plaudits for her work on AIDS awareness when most in Hollywood were terrified of being associated with 'the gay plague'. Not my taste in beauty, but those eyes....
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Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill |
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03-24-2011, 12:51 PM
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She and Richard Burton were mind-numbingly good in VW. I've been dropping Martha quotes ever since I heard about her passing!
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07-24-2011, 08:00 AM
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Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill |
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10-02-2011, 08:39 PM
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Nicholas Courtney (16DEC1929-22FEB2011)
Best known as "Lethbridge-Stewart" from DW series. http://www.lordshaper.com/wp-content...tfqfo1_500.jpg Elisabeth Sladen (1FEB1946–19APR2011) Known as "Sarah Jane Smith" in "The Sarah Jane Adventures" & DW series. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674
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Sincerely, Anthony  'Many are my names in many countries,' he said. 'Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Drarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not.' Faramir What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Cicero (106BC-43BC) Last edited by mithrand1r : 10-02-2011 at 08:46 PM. |
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10-03-2011, 07:43 AM
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Group Captain Billy Drake (20 December 1917 – 28 August 2011)
RAF fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of France and Battle of Britain, then served on tours of Africa and the Middle East. Having read a good deal about him in "The Fighter Boys" while on holiday this year it was a bit of a shock to hear about his death just a few days later. The Few keeping getting fewer.
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03-14-2012, 05:14 AM
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A few days back, but,
Davey Jones of the Monkees "I wanna be free, Like the warm September wind, babe..." My older sister was a big fan-by the time I was into music I was already too hard-core for the teeny-bopper stuff, but now i can actually listen to some of their songs.
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Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill |
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03-14-2012, 11:43 AM
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The Monkeys were fun to listen to on the radio. The TV show was a bit on the goofy side. I remember Davy Jones on Scooby Doo.
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Sincerely, Anthony 'Many are my names in many countries,' he said. 'Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Drarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not.' Faramir What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Cicero (106BC-43BC) |
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03-15-2012, 07:22 AM
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I loved the prog as a kid. Me and my chums used to do the walk thing going down the street.
IMO their music has proved much more durable than their many critics would have expected. Last Train to Clarksville, I'm a Believer, Daydream Believer, these are great pop tunes. Gerry Rafferty was another recent RIP. Some great songs: Baker Street, Stuck in the Middle with You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohRa...eature=related) |
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03-16-2012, 12:43 PM
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The Monkees were one of those kids TV things that I really wish were repeated but would be scared to find they're not how I remember them. The list includes The Double Deckers, The Banana Splits and Belle & Sebastian.
I think the idea of forming a band just for a TV show (which was itself seen as a rip-off of the Beatles films) meant the Monkees were never going to be taken very seriously. Whereas now, of course, you pretty much HAVE to be a manufactured band to get anywhere in the charts. Anywell, farewell Davey Jones, without you my Singstar version of Daydream Believer would never have happened. It was a burial at sea, I assume?
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05-30-2012, 02:06 AM
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Doc Watson, joining the recently departed Earl Scruggs.
If there's a blue-grass heaven, the band just got a hell of a lot better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=DUzVUNJKiDc
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Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill Last edited by GrayMouser : 05-30-2012 at 02:09 AM. |
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06-07-2012, 08:32 PM
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Ray Bradbury.
Here's a great interview he did recently with the Paris Review: http://www.theparisreview.org/interv...3-ray-bradbury
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06-08-2012, 02:11 AM
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I was pretty "hard" SF at that young age, but some of his stuff is still great, especially "The Martian Chronicles" and "The Illustrated Man".
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Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill |
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06-08-2012, 05:28 AM
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Not to mention Fahrenheit 451.
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06-23-2012, 09:12 AM
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Of the 'big 4' Bradbury was the least prolific (certainly in terms of novels) but I'd say he was the best writer - certainly way ahead of Asimov and Heinlein. I like how some of his short stories have an unsettling edge to them that give them a horror feel, like Dark They Were And Golden-Eyed or The October Country.
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06-25-2012, 06:00 AM
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RIP Lonesome George. Died far too young. Goodbye to a conservation icon and last representative of a whole species in one go.
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07-07-2012, 08:05 AM
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Andy Griffith.
Those of us of a (ahem) certain age will remember "The Andy Griffith Show" (hey, I watched it in reuns!) but he also had some pretty fine acting chops earlier in his career. Also supposed to be a genuinely nice guy.
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Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill |
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07-26-2012, 05:06 AM
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Mary Tamm. An absolutely stunning actress who played the original Romana in Doctor Who.
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08-04-2012, 04:40 AM
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Gore Vidal. Bye, baby! 86 is a decent number of years of life to have had on this earth.
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