DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Trenchfriend]

Distinguished actor Hal Holbrook:

Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Channeled Mark Twain, Is Dead at 95 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

R.I.P.!

Remarkable actor.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Sir Thomas Moore, affectionately known as 'Captain Tom' has died from COVID aged 100. He became a national hero last year when he went on a sponsored walk in his garden to raise money for the NHS (The UK's public health system).....expecting to raise only £1,000 he ended up raising over £32 million.

 

[MisterCairo]

^^^

Yes indeed, yet another one of those inevitable, and yet sad, losses.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertain...played-twain-dies-at-95/ar-BB1dk8Du?ocid=iehp

 

[MisterCairo]

Sir Thomas Moore, affectionally known as 'Captain Tom' has died from COVID aged 100. He became a national hero last year when he went on a sponsored walk to raise money for the NHS (The UK's public health system).....expecting to raise only £1,000 he ended up raising over £32 million.

Truly amazing, and another sad loss.

 

[Worf]

In case it needs saying... Covid sucks mule arse.

There, I said it... ban me if you must.

Worf

 

[MisterCairo]

This breaks my heart. Once again, inevitable but heart breaking:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/christopher-plummer-obituary-1.5902845

"
Christopher Plummer, who was among the greatest Canadian actors ever to grace stage and screen, has died.

Plummer died Friday morning at his home in Connecticut with his wife, Elaine Taylor, by his side, said Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager.

In a career that spanned over six decades, including the iconic role of Captain von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music, Plummer won an Academy Award at 82 for Beginners, a film about a widower who comes out of the closet late in life while dying of cancer.

He had been nominated twice, captured two Tony Awards among seven nominations, and also took home two Emmys. He earned a reputation as one of the great classical actors of modern times — without attending a prestigious theatre school. "

 

[belfastboy]

This breaks my heart. Once again, inevitable but heart breaking:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/christopher-plummer-obituary-1.5902845

"
Christopher Plummer, who was among the greatest Canadian actors ever to grace stage and screen, has died.

Plummer died Friday morning at his home in Connecticut with his wife, Elaine Taylor, by his side, said Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager.

In a career that spanned over six decades, including the iconic role of Captain von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music, Plummer won an Academy Award at 82 for Beginners, a film about a widower who comes out of the closet late in life while dying of cancer.

He had been nominated twice, captured two Tony Awards among seven nominations, and also took home two Emmys. He earned a reputation as one of the great classical actors of modern times — without attending a prestigious theatre school. "

I cannot recall watching Plummer and not enjoying his performance immensely. A truly gifted actor

 

[MisterCairo]

I had the privilege of seeing him on stage at Stratford, Ontario, twice, in King Lear in 2002, and The Tempest in 2010:

https://www.playbill.com/article/ch...at-stratford-festival-aug-20-nov-6-com-107785

https://www.ctvnews.ca/stratford-celebrates-plummer-in-the-tempest-1.526400


He appeared in Stratford many times, Hamlet in 1957 among others.

We just saw him of course in Knives Out, and I love watching him in The Battle of Britain among many other films.

 

[MisterCairo]

A great little clip of Mr. Plummer receiving a life time achievement award from the Canadian Screen Awards:

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/896502339920

 

[vitanola]

I had the privilege of seeing him on stage at Stratford, Ontario, twice, in King Lear in 2002, and The Tempest in 2010:

https://www.playbill.com/article/ch...at-stratford-festival-aug-20-nov-6-com-107785

https://www.ctvnews.ca/stratford-celebrates-plummer-in-the-tempest-1.526400


He appeared in Stratford many times, Hamlet in 1957 among others.

We just saw him of course in Knives Out, and I love watching him in The Battle of Britain among many other films.


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I adored his Lear, but probably my favorite performance of his at Stratford was his impersonation of John Barrymore in ‘96.

 

[MisterCairo]

Olympic gold medal and heavy weight former champion Leon Spinks Jr. has died, from cancer, aged only 67:

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/leon-spinks-jr-obit-dead-67-cancer-prostate-1.5904514

He was unknown and thought an easy mark for Muhammad Ali, when in 1978 Spinks won the bout. He lost to Ali seven months later in the rematch.

He led a colourful if somewhat sad life, but among his early entourage was a young actor, Lawrence Tureaud, later known better as Mr. T.

 

[MisterCairo]

I adored his Lear, but probably my favorite performance of his at Stratford was his impersonation of John Barrymore in ‘96.

I missed that sadly. I think it may be available as a recording. Glad to see another fan of Stratford on the Lounge. The new Tom Patterson theatre was finished last year, but has yet to host a play for some reason...

 

[GHT]

Mary Wilson of the Supremes Dead at 76.
Mary Wilson, who co-founded The Supremes and remained a member of the group until they split up, has died at the age of 76.
The singer passed away at her home in Henderson, Nevada, her publicist Jay Schwartz announced, but he did not confirm the cause of death.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55993045

 

[MisterCairo]

^^^

Very sad. I am beginning to think none of us gets out alive...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/supremes-wilson-obit-1.5906651

 

[OldStrummer]

Marty Schottenheimer, the winningest NFL coach without a Super Bowl trophy, dead of Alzheimers at 77.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/marty-schottenheimer-nfl-coach-dead-battle-alzheimers-disease

 

[Edward]

It's an odd obituary: Phil Spector, Convicted Murderer And Pioneering Pop Producer, Has Died

There was a minor controversy over here with how some of the press were accused of portraying the murder as a sort of blemish in his otherwise wonderful career, as if to diminish it. For my money, he was a truly talented individual who also did a heinous thing. Alas, humans are rarely binary in terms of good/ evil. I'll grant Let it Be was awful, but then it was only the Beatles he had to work with. End of the Century is a vastly superior work, but he had the gift of the Ramones on that one... The tales the boys had to tell of that experience really should have been a warning sign. Ronnie Spector's public statement was interesting.

Screech has died, aged only 44, from lung cancer:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/us/d...r-dead-at-44/ar-BB1dioOo?ocid=iehp&li=AAggNb9

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This one shocked me, not least that the guy was actually two years younger than me. He must have been one of the few people ever to have played an American high school student on screen while actually being the right age...

Sir Thomas Moore, affectionately known as 'Captain Tom' has died from COVID aged 100. He became a national hero last year when he went on a sponsored walk in his garden to raise money for the NHS (The UK's public health system).....expecting to raise only £1,000 he ended up raising over £32 million.

A sad irony he ultimately fell to Coronovirus itself. Apparently it was contracted when he went on holiday to Bermuda over Christmas (British Airways gifted him the holiday), but hey... the man was 100. He'd lived longer than most of us can ever hope to, still had all his marbles - in his position, I'd have done the same. We lost a lovely neighbour of 99 to this damned virus, sadly she had also developed vascular dementia too.

 

[Frunobulax]

Mary Wilson of the Supremes Dead at 76.
Mary Wilson, who co-founded The Supremes and remained a member of the group until they split up, has died at the age of 76.
The singer passed away at her home in Henderson, Nevada, her publicist Jay Schwartz announced, but he did not confirm the cause of death.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55993045

^^^

Very sad. I am beginning to think none of us gets out alive...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/supremes-wilson-obit-1.5906651

I think this means the US Senate has to meet to confirm a new one.

 

[belfastboy]

^^^

Very sad. I am beginning to think none of us gets out alive...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/supremes-wilson-obit-1.5906651

Yeh, definitely a trend developing here.

 

[GHT]

Yeh, definitely a trend developing here.

Have you ever seen the newspapers astrology reports? Every new year's day predictions for the coming year, foresee a royal death. They have been predicting this for the last twenty years. Given that the Queen is 95 and her husband will be 100 in a few months time, it's inevitable that one year they will be right. Predictable they are, clairvoyant they are not.

 

[belfastboy]

Have you ever seen the newspapers astrology reports? Every new year's day predictions for the coming year, foresee a royal death. They have been predicting this for the last twenty years. Given that the Queen is 95 and her husband will be 100 in a few months time, it's inevitable that one year they will be right. Predictable they are, clairvoyant they are not.

It is like those 'experts' that predict big stock market moves.....all they have to do is get one right sometime in their career and they can ride that wave as 'experts' for the rest of their lives.....never having to get anything right ever again.