DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[MrBern]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/arts/television/peter-falk-columbo-actor-dies-at-83.html?_r=1&hp

 

[RBH]

Rest in peace Mr Falk.

 

[Tomasso]

A friend of mine was a guest star on Columbo and said that Falk was a great guy (laughing, joking, telling stories, etc...) and treated everyone on the set with the utmost respect , except for the suits; he hated the suits.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I was just watching an old episode of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson the other night and I believe the guest stars were Columbo and Kevin Pollak. And once again, we lose one of the greats.

 

[Miss Golightly]

Elaine Stewart has passed away aged 81:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2009050/Brigadoon-star-Elaine-Stewart-dies-aged-81.html

 

[Amy Jeanne]

 

[MisterCairo]

Anna Massey, well-known for period pieces (she's great in Mansfield Park), has died at a relatively young 73:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/07/04/obit-massey-anna.html

 

[lolly_loisides]

Betty Ford died today, she was 93

 

[Mr. Hallack]

Well, there may not be too many Motorhead fans here (but I am one) Michael Burston, AKA: Wurzel, former guitarist for the band, died today at age 61. I only saw them play once back in 1986, he was with the band at the time, one of the best concerts I've ever been to.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=160515

 

[bil_maxx]

Betty Fox, the mother of Terry Fox, has died. She was a tireless cancer crusader and raised hundreds of millions of dollars for cancer research worldwide in her son Terry's name.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Rex Bell, Jr, son of Clara Bow and Rex Bell.

http://www.usnewslasvegas.com/photo/rex-bell-jr-former-clark-county-district-attorney-dies-at-76/

 

[Doctor Strange]

Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/07/12/arts/AP-US-Obit-Sherwood-Schwartz.html

 

[MisterCairo]

^^^

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/07/12/sherwood-schwartz-obit.html

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Edith Fellows

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-edith-fellows-20110630,0,5499404.story

 

[LizzieMaine]

^One of my very favorite child acresses. The look on her face in that photo says it all.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

And here she is, or was:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_sXcn7JvFU

 

[Puzzicato]

Googie Withers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14174256

 

[skyvue]

Oh, no -- I'm very sorry to hear that. I liked her.

With a name like Googie, what's not to like?

 

[lolly_loisides]

Oh, no -- I'm very sorry to hear that. I liked her.

With a name like Googie, what's not to like?

She was great, wasn't she? Here's a much more detailed obit about her (including why she was called Googie). http://www.smh.com.au/national/obit...-with-a-haughty-sexuality-20110716-1hjjh.html

 

[Puzzicato]

She was great, wasn't she? Here's a much more detailed obit about her (including why she was called Googie). http://www.smh.com.au/national/obit...-with-a-haughty-sexuality-20110716-1hjjh.html

That is interesting - I'd always assumed it was because she was a good egg!