In Remembrance--2011

[Dannyalcatraz]

Breaking News: Osama Bin Laden is dead.

 

[Villano]

The body of B-movie actress Yvette Vickers was discovered in a rather sad, gruesome way.

Actress and former Playboy Playmate Yvette Vickers mummified body was found in her Beverly Hills home last week, after she had died nearly a year ago.

Vickers was best known for her bit roles in B-movies of the 1950's like 'Attack of the 50-Foot Woman' and was the Playboy Playmate in July 1959.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Vickers, 82, was not seen for a long time and one of her neighbors, an actress named Susan Savage, went to check on her after noticing old letters and cobwebs in her mailbox.

Savage said, "The letters seemed untouched and were starting to yellow. I just had a bad feeling."

After Savage pushed open a barricaded front gate and scaling a hillside, she entered through a broken window after seeing a shock of blond hair, which turned out to be a wig.

Savage said the inside of the house was in disrepair and it was hard to move between the rooms as boxes containing clothes, junk mail and letters formed barriers.

She eventually found Vickers in a room upstairs and while Savage had known the actress for a long time, she said that the remains were unrecognizable.

Savage said, "We've all been crying about this. Nobody should be left alone like that."

The police have said that the body's mummified state suggests that Vickers could have been dead for close to a year.

The police have also said that while the official cause of death is still to be determined, they do not suspect foul play.

IMDB states that Vickers was divorced twice and she had an on-and-off 15-year relationship with the late actor Jim Hutton, the father of Timothy Hutton.

 

[RigaMortus2]

Breaking News: Osama Bin Laden is dead.

Where's the death certificate!? If Obama has to produce a birth certificate, Osama bin Laden has to provide a death certificate, or I won't believe it!

 

[Truth Seeker]

Greek comic hero Vengos dies at 84

Greece's leaders are paying tribute to Thanassis Vengos, a popular comic actor who died at age 84 following a series of strokes.

Officials at a state hospital in Athens say Vengos died early Tuesday.

In Remembrance

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Jackie Cooper, a former child actor, died yesterday. He was 88.

Cooper starred in Skippy, The Champ, and the Our Gang comedies. As an adult, he was a successful studio executive and won several Emmies for directing.

 

[lrsach01]

Jackie Cooper, a former child actor, died yesterday. He was 88.

Cooper starred in Skippy, The Champ, and the Our Gang comedies. As an adult, he was a successful studio executive and won several Emmies for directing.

And he was a fantastic Perry White in 1978's Superman.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Claude Choules, the last surviving World War I veteran, died yesterday. He was 110.

 

[Thunderfoot]

William Campbell, the actor that is most noted for his rolls in TV's Star Trek as Trelane in "The Squire of Gothos" (possibly the very first Q) and Captain Koloth the Klingon commander in the "Trouble with Tribbles".

He was pronounced dead on 28, April, 2011, natural causes were given as reason, he was 84.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Claude Choules, the last surviving World War I veteran, died yesterday. He was 110.

Edit: Last known surviving combat veteran, there is still one other known non-combatant from that era and is currently the last surviving WWI vet. I'll edit it the name when I find it.

Edit:Florence Beatrice Green (nee' Patterson) was a member of the Women's Royal Air Force and served as a waitress during WWI.

There is also a Polish veteran of the era who apparently enlisted after the Armistice but before the Treaty of Versailles. So while not a WWI veteran per se, he served during the time frame, but only just.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Arthur Laurents, who wrote such enduring musicals as Gypsy and West Side Story as well as classic movies like The Way We Were and Rope, died yesterday. He was 93.