BREAKING: Sometimes Famous People Die

[viscousmemories]

The remains of actor Julian Sands were found. I remember him from Boxing Helena at least; he was in many other things. I found it odd that he has been missing since January but I didn't hear about it until they found his body a few days ago.

Remains found on Mt. Baldy identified as actor Julian Sands

[Ari]

I heard about it when he went missing, I think there was even some searching but he had been gone long enough and there were some extreme temps that meant he either had the equipment to deal with the weather or was already dead.

[Stephen Maturin]

Showbiz legend Alan Arkin, dead at 89.

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

Showbiz legend Alan Arkin, dead at 89.

Minor Rant:
I am annoyed when the media announces "so and so" oscar winner in "some movie" died, etc, etc,.
Like the oscar was the only accomplishment that defined them.
End Rant


Arkin was a great actor, and, while Little Miss Sunshine" was a fine flick, I think that he defined the role, more than the film defined him.
"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" was, IMHO, one of his best works.

We will be having an "Alan Arkin" night this weekend.

[Sock Puppet]

If you haven't seen it, catch him in the 1st & 2nd seasons of The Kominsky Method on the netflixes. He was brilliantly funny.

[mickthinks]

May I also recommend "The Kominsky Method" to you all. One of the things that struck me early on in the series was how the storyline had Arkin's character as co-protagonist with Douglas's. Yes, Douglas is introduced first, and has the title role, but as the series unfolds we spend as much time with Norman Newlander and his hinterland as with Sandy Kominsky and his.

And sans Arkin, Series 3 is pretty much a dud in my opinion. At the time I felt it was a huge mistake to write Newlander out, but I've since discovered that it was Arkin who declined to participate.

One of the best.

[fragment]

Originally Posted by mickthinks

May I also recommend "The Kominsky Method" to you all. One of the things that struck me early on in the series was how the storyline had Arkin's character as co-protagonist with Douglas's. Yes, Douglas is introduced first, and has the title role, but as the series unfolds we spend as much time with Norman Newlander and his hinterland as with Sandy Kominsky and his.

And sans Arkin, Series 3 is pretty much a dud in my opinion. At the time I felt it was a huge mistake to write Newlander out, but I've since discovered that it was Arkin who declined to participate.

One of the best.

Hard agree to all this.

[viscousmemories]

Yeah I actually stopped watching in series 3 because it just didn't resonate with me anymore. I will probably go back and finish it eventually though.

[Miss Shelby]

Robert De Niro’s Grandson Leandro Dead At 19, Mom Shares In Tribute Post | The Daily Wire

He's not famous, but it's still very sad. Robert DeNiro's 19 y/o grandson died.

[Miss Shelby]

Cause Of Death Of Robert De Niro’s Grandson Revealed By Mother | The Daily Wire

Another fentanyl casualty. Probably came in from down mexico way.

[Stephen Maturin]

RIP civil rights activist and genuine badass Catherine Burks Brooks, who died last week at age 83.

[vremya]

Milan Kundera, Czech author, dead at 94

I read a lot of his work when I was in college - right around the time the movie version of The Unbearable Lightness of Being came out.

[JoeP]

94 is quite good going, I suppose.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

wrong thrad

[viscousmemories]

I didn't realize Kundera was still alive, but I loved the few of his books I read in my 20s.

[vremya]

Same here - on both counts

[JoeP]

Jane Birkin, actor and singer, dies aged 76 | Jane Birkin | The Guardian

An English girl the French actually liked.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Kevin Mitnick - Wikipedia

[viscousmemories]

Now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time...

[slimshady2357]

Tony Bennett

Aged 96, he had a good run.

[Stephen Maturin]

A good run indeed!

Tony Bennett - Fly Me To The Moon (In Other...

ETA: I confess coming about this --><-- close to praising Bennett for his work as Vic Fontaine on the final season of Star Trek: Deep Space 9 before remembering that was James Darren.

[mickthinks]

How can you be sad about losing a 97* year old who was in his seventh year of diagnosed Alzheimers?

Dunno, but I'm close to tears.

The Good Life - YouTube

God bless you, Tony!


* all but

[Stephen Maturin]

The world was a better place with Bennett in it. Never mind the musicianship; he was truly one of the good guys. WWII vet, part of the crew that liberated Dachau, an experience that “turned me into a lifelong pacifist and it’s my hope that all wars and violence will become a thing of the past.”

Lost his corporal stripe for committing the unpardonable sin of breaking bread with a fellow U.S. soldier who was black, a friend he went to high school with in New York. He later noted that “It was actually more acceptable to fraternize with the German troops than it was to be friendly with a fellow Black American soldier.”

He marched in Selma, AL with Harry Belafonte, who Bennett credited for giving him an understanding of institutional racism and its effects on the lives of black people.

Tony Bennett Talks About Dr. Martin Luther King...

Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett talk civil...

He pissed some people off for telling some uncomfortable truths about 9/11 and opposing the utterly idiotic invasion of Iraq.

A lot of people who get old, successful and famous become wingnutty. Not Tony Bennett.

[JoeP]

Sinéad O'Connor dies aged 56 | Sinéad O'Connor | The Guardian

[Kamilah Hauptmann]