In Remembrance...2008

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Blues singer Nappy Brown died last Saturday. He was 78.

 

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Actor Paul Newman died yesterday of cancer. He was 83.

Newman's films include Cool Hand Luke, The Sting, The Hustler, The Color of Money (for which he won an Oscar), Hud, Cars, and others.

Newman was also known for his humanitarian activities and his salad dressing.

 

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Thomas "Bud" McDonald, who played Buddy in the "Our Gang" comedies, and who later founded alcohol and drug treatment programs in southern California, died Monday. He was 85.

 

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House Peters Jr., the first actor to play Mr. Clean, died yesterday. He was 92.

 

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Stage actor Rob Guest has died after suffering a massive stroke. He was 58.

Guest played the title character in Phantom of the Opera over 2,000 times -- the most of any actor. He was appearing in Wicked at the time of his stroke.

 

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Doesn't anybody else have anything to say about the death of Paul Newman? The guy was a legend! There aren't even any threads about him!

 

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Lloyd Thaxton, the Emmy-award winning producer and host of Lloyd Thaxton's Record Shop, died Sunday. He was 81.

Lloyd Thaxton's Record Shop, which featured Thaxton comically lip-synching to the hits of the day (often featuring puppets, mime, and "finger people" drawn on his thumbs) debuted on Los Angeles station KCOP in 1959 and went national in the 1960s.

 

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In Remembrance....​

Doesn't anybody else have anything to say about the death of Paul Newman? The guy was a legend! There aren't even any threads about him!

 

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Chinese actor Kim Chan died Sunday. He was in his 90s.

Chan made his debut in A Face In the Crowd and played characters with some knowledge of Eastern culture. Among his films were Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, The King of Comedy, The Fifth Element, and Shangai Knights, where he played Jackie Chan's father.

And thanks Truth Seeker!

 

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Eileen Herlie, best known for playing Myrtle Lum Fargate on All My Children, died Wednesday of pneumonia. She was 90.

Herlie made her debut in Sir Lawrence Olivier's Hamlet. She was also a successful stage actress and has been nominated for Emmies and a Tony.