I read today that Shannen Doherty, former star of Beverly Hills 90210 died of cancer yesterday. She was 53, which is only just younger than me, so this kind of loss puts your whole life in perspective. She was beautiful in that series; we all used to watch it when I was younger; no idea why. Her career never quite took off following 90210.
She was good in Heathers... but that film doesn't get shown on telly any more, because it's about the planning of a High School massacre, and since then there's been a few events in real life that make it too close to the bone. Mean Girls took its place.
US comedy legend Bob Newhart has died aged 94. I only knew him from his guest appearance in The Big Bang Theory although I should point out his skit The Cruise of the USS Codfish was one of Roger Moore's Desert Island Discs when he appeared in 1981. (Moore's favourite, Sinatra's New York New York, briefly appeared in Spectre of course, or appeared to, as it's not Sinatra's version.)
I used to watch "The Bob Newhart Show" every week as a kid in the 1970s--even though the humor was over my head, I loved Bob and the characters. Then on to the wonderful "Newhart" in the '80s, and my discovering his comedy and his film appearances. Bob Newhart was and is one of my all-time favorites. RIP.
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I loved listening to and watching Bob Newhart…I remember having the records of his phone call skits as a kid…and thought he was fabulous in his sit-com Newhart…a truly talented guy RIP 🍸
Irish writer Edna O'Brien has died. She did some great memoirs, one telling how - as was quite normal in the 50s - how two men in her family attempted to have her consigned to an asylum, on the basis of two signatures. She did a runner.
Fleming is very much with me right now...I'm reading Nicholas Shakespeare's hefty biography of him (I'm at the point where IF is an unhappy London stockbroker). Cheers to the man who gave us James Bond!
Kenneth Cope finally gets to don that white suit from Randall & Hopkirk for real, as the actor dies aged 93.
I do remember thinking of the irony that while his character of course dies in the first episode, his co-star passed at a fairly young age.
In his latest Carry On review, @chrisno1 mentions the bolshy shop steward role in Carry On At Your Convenience - that was Cope, unrecognisable from Hopkirk, so a sign of a good actor. Almost too good you might say, as he was also in Carry On Matron, as a different character, and usually the Carry On regulars - Bernard Bresslaw aside - played the same role in different settings, gaining them recognition.
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I read today that Shannen Doherty, former star of Beverly Hills 90210 died of cancer yesterday. She was 53, which is only just younger than me, so this kind of loss puts your whole life in perspective. She was beautiful in that series; we all used to watch it when I was younger; no idea why. Her career never quite took off following 90210.
some just become TV stars.....RIp
She was good in Heathers... but that film doesn't get shown on telly any more, because it's about the planning of a High School massacre, and since then there's been a few events in real life that make it too close to the bone. Mean Girls took its place.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
US comedy legend Bob Newhart has died aged 94. I only knew him from his guest appearance in The Big Bang Theory although I should point out his skit The Cruise of the USS Codfish was one of Roger Moore's Desert Island Discs when he appeared in 1981. (Moore's favourite, Sinatra's New York New York, briefly appeared in Spectre of course, or appeared to, as it's not Sinatra's version.)
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I used to watch "The Bob Newhart Show" every week as a kid in the 1970s--even though the humor was over my head, I loved Bob and the characters. Then on to the wonderful "Newhart" in the '80s, and my discovering his comedy and his film appearances. Bob Newhart was and is one of my all-time favorites. RIP.
I loved listening to and watching Bob Newhart…I remember having the records of his phone call skits as a kid…and thought he was fabulous in his sit-com Newhart…a truly talented guy RIP 🍸
I suspect Larry, Daryl, and his other brother Daryl miss him.
Not a great couple of days….now my all time favourite snooker player passes away…the fabulous Ray Reardon, 91 😢
RIP John Mayall….a true UK blues legend…🍸
Yes, indeed, John Mayall. RIP
Irish writer Edna O'Brien has died. She did some great memoirs, one telling how - as was quite normal in the 50s - how two men in her family attempted to have her consigned to an asylum, on the basis of two signatures. She did a runner.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I just read Britney Spears' autobiography - not just in the 1950s, still happens in the 2010s.
Sad to hear of the death of Jack Karlson, an Internet Legend:
Tata and farewell indeed.
Remembering our founder, Ian Fleming, who died 60 years ago today. We owe him a huge debt of gratitude as James Bond fans. May we always remember him.
Seconded. Thank you for the tribute @Silhouette Man
We owe him so much. Will raise a glass of something this evening.
Fleming is very much with me right now...I'm reading Nicholas Shakespeare's hefty biography of him (I'm at the point where IF is an unhappy London stockbroker). Cheers to the man who gave us James Bond!
One-time Bond actor George Lazenby is 85 years old today.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Congratulations! Thanks for OHMSS 👍
Big shout out to the most underrated OO7 ever ! 😃😃😃
Happy 85th Birthday to the legendary George Lazenby! 🙂
Happy Birthday to the Legend...Mr. George Lazenby.
Wishing him the best of health, happiness and success.
RIP the irreplaceable James Earl Jones, a true legend of the cinema.
Truly a very sad day for fans of the great James Earl Jones.
For me, he was the very definition of a King.
Regal, powerful, wise and worthy of respect.
May he rest in peace.
RIP James Earl Jones. He would have made a great Bond villain, but George Lucas got there first.
RIP
CNN owes it to him to make very good tribute. In my opinion he's the voice of heaven's PA system already. ☺️
Kenneth Cope finally gets to don that white suit from Randall & Hopkirk for real, as the actor dies aged 93.
I do remember thinking of the irony that while his character of course dies in the first episode, his co-star passed at a fairly young age.
In his latest Carry On review, @chrisno1 mentions the bolshy shop steward role in Carry On At Your Convenience - that was Cope, unrecognisable from Hopkirk, so a sign of a good actor. Almost too good you might say, as he was also in Carry On Matron, as a different character, and usually the Carry On regulars - Bernard Bresslaw aside - played the same role in different settings, gaining them recognition.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/sep/12/kenneth-cope-randall-and-hopkirk-deceased-coronation-street-carry-on-dies-aged-93
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Indeed, RIP Kenneth Cope
He was also in Coronation Street for a while, and popped up in loads of British tv programmes…loved him in Randall & Hopkirk though…RIP 🍸
Peter Renaday aka TMNTs Splinter
Also Mandrake in Doe.....only-FlashGordon-left-now-of-main-cast.......