RupertKBD Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Spur1 said: Seen them 50 years ago. I must have seen them a half dozen times over the years....Jerry Mercer hit his drums harder than anyone I've ever seen. Myles had this really cool effect on the Electric Jewels tour. He had a chrome plated Strat....one of the light guys would hit him with a tight beam on the follow spot and Myles would bounce the beam all over the arena while soloing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophomore Jinx Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Actor Ryan O'Neal, star of 'Love Story,' 'Paper Moon' and 'Barry Lyndon,' dies at 82 Story by The Canadian Press Actor Ryan O'Neal, star of 'Love Story,' 'Paper Moon' and 'Barry Lyndon,' dies at 82© Provided by The Canadian Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan O'Neal, the heartthrob actor who went from a TV soap opera to an Oscar-nominated role in "Love Story" and delivered a wry performance opposite his charismatic 9-year-old daughter Tatum in "Paper Moon," died Friday, his son said. “My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us,” Patrick O'Neal, a Los Angeles sportscaster, posted on Instagram. Attempts to reach O'Neal representatives were not immediately successful. He did not give a cause. Ryan O'Neal was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, a decade after he was first diagnosed with chronic leukemia. He was 82. “My father, Ryan O’Neal, has always been my hero,” Patrick O’Neal wrote, adding, “He is a Hollywood legend. Full stop.” O'Neal was among the biggest movie stars in the world in the 1970s, who worked with many of the era's most celebrated directors including Peter Bogdanovich on “Paper Moon” and Stanley Kubrick on "Barry Lyndon. He often used his boyish, blond good looks to play men who hid shadowy or sinister backgrounds behind their clean-cut images. O’Neal maintained a steady television acting career into his 70s in the 2010s, appearing for stints on “Bones” and “Desperate Housewives,” but his longtime relationship with Farrah Fawcett and his tumultuous family life kept him in news. Twice divorced, O'Neal was romantically involved with Fawcett for nearly 30 years, and they had a son, Redmond, born in 1985. The couple split in 1997, but reunited a few years later. He remained by Fawcett’s side as she battled cancer, which killed her in 2009 at age 62. With his first wife, Joanna Moore, O'Neal fathered actors Griffin O'Neal and Tatum O'Neal, his co-star in the 1973 movie "Paper Moon," for which she won an Oscar for best supporting actress. He had son Patrick with his second wife, Leigh Taylor-Young. Ryan O'Neal had his own best-actor Oscar nomination for the 1970 tear-jerker drama "Love Story," co-starring Ali MacGraw, about a young couple who fall in love, marry and discover she is dying of cancer. The movie includes the memorable, but often satirized line: "Love means never having to say you're sorry." The actor had at times strained relationships with three of his children, including estrangement from his daughter, squabbles with son Griffin and a drug-related arrest sparked by a probation check of his son Redmond. The personal drama often over-shadowed his later career, although his attempts to reconcile with Tatum O’Neal were turned into a short-lived reality series. O’Neal played bit parts and performed some stunt work before claiming a lead role on the prime-time soap opera "Peyton Place" (1964-69), which also made a star of Mia Farrow. From there O'Neal jumped to the big screen with 1969's "The Big Bounce," which co-stared his then-wife, Leigh Taylor-Young. But it was "Love Story" that made him a movie star. The romantic melodrama became one of Paramount Pictures' biggest hits and collected seven Oscar nominations, including one for best picture. It won for best music. O'Neal then starred for Bogdanovich as a bumbling professor opposite Barbra Streisand in the 1972 screwball comedy "What's Up, Doc?" The filmmaker cast him the next year in the Depression-era con artist comedy "Paper Moon." O'Neal played an unscrupulous Bible salesman preying on widows he located through obituary notices. His real-life daughter, Tatum, played a trash-talking, cigarette-smoking orphan who needs his help — and eventually helps redeem him. Although critics praised both actors, the little girl's brash performance overshadowed her father's and made her the youngest person in history to win a regular Academy Award. She was 10 when the award was presented in 1974. (Younger performers such as Shirley Temple have won special Oscars.) The elder O'Neal's next major film was Kubrick's 18th century epic "Barry Lyndon," in which he played a poor Irish rogue who traveled Europe trying to pass himself off as an aristocrat. Filming the three-hour movie was tedious work, however, and Kubrick's notorious perfectionism created a rift between him and the actor that never healed. O'Neal then reteamed with Tatum in Bogdanovich's early Hollywood comedy "Nickelodeon" (1976). But the film was a flop and they never worked together again. An attempt to capitalize on his "Love Story" character, Oliver Barrett, with the sequel "Oliver's Story" (1978) resulted in another flop. Father and daughter drifted apart as Tatum O’Neal grew older, with the elder actor learning about his daughter’s marriage to tennis great John McEnroe by a belated telegram, Ryan O’Neal wrote in a 2012 book about his relationship with Fawcett. “A door inside me locked the morning the telegram came, and I am still blindly searching for the key to open it,” O’Neal wrote in “Both of Us.” O'Neal's career cooled further in the 1980s with the emerald heist drama "Green Ice" (1981) and the 1984 comedy "Irreconcilable Differences," in which he played a busy father in an unhappy marriage whose daughter, played by 9-year-old Drew Barrymore, tries to divorce her parents. The decade was also a low-point in O'Neal's personal life. His son Griffin faced numerous brushes with the law, including a 1986 boating accident that killed Gian-Carlo Coppola, 23, son of movie director Francis Ford Coppola in Maryland. Griffin O’Neal was convicted of negligently and recklessly operating a boat, received a community service sentence and later served a brief stint in jail as a result. With his Hollywood status diminishing, Ryan O'Neal began appearing in TV movies and eventually returned to series television opposite then-lover Fawcett with the 1991 sitcom "Good Sports," but the show ran only one season. Both acknowledged the work put a strain on their relationship. "We get into fights," O'Neal said in 1991. "She's tough. She expects to be treated well. On a set that can get lost when you're trying to create a moment and you're fighting the clock." O'Neal began accepting more supporting roles with the 1989 film "Chances Are." He began a second career as a character actor, playing a husband who hires a hitman to kill his wife in "Faithful" (1996) and a mysterious tycoon in the blackmail comedy "Zero Effect" (1998). By then his relationship with Fawcett had ended, although they remained close and eventually rekindled their romance in the 2000s. The volatile O’Neal family dynamics that had taxed their relationship before, however, remained. In 2007 the elder O'Neal was arrested in 2007 for alleged assault and firing a weapon in an altercation with Griffin, but charges were never pursued. Their son Redmond was repeatedly arrested, jailed and spent several years in court-mandated rehab. A probation check on Redmond O’Neal in September 2008 at his father’s Malibu home led to the actor’s arrest for methamphetamine possession. Ryan O’Neal pleaded guilty to the charge and entered a drug diversion program, but he publicly denied the drugs were his. He said he confiscated them from his son and was trying to protect him. Charles Patrick Ryan O’Neal was born on April 20, 1941 and was the son of screenwriter Charles O'Neal and actor Patricia Callaghan O'Neal. O'Neal spent time as a lifeguard and an amateur boxer before finding his calling as a performer. Anthony Mccartney, The Associated Press 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophomore Jinx Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 He was the architect behind several iconic shows from the 60s/70's, didn't even know he was still alive. 101! Norman Lear, producer of TV's 'All in the Family' and influential liberal advocate, has died at 101 Story by The Canadian Press Norman Lear, producer of TV's 'All in the Family' and influential liberal advocate, has died at 101© Provided by The Canadian Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with "All in the Family," “The Jeffersons” and “Maude,” propelling political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of TV sitcoms, has died. He was 101. Lear died Tuesday night in his sleep, surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles, said Lara Bergthold, a spokesperson for his family. Norman Lear, producer of TV's 'All in the Family' and influential liberal advocate, has died at 101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the destroyer of worlds Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 16 hours ago, Sophomore Jinx said: He was the architect behind several iconic shows from the 60s/70's, didn't even know he was still alive. 101! Norman Lear, producer of TV's 'All in the Family' and influential liberal advocate, has died at 101 Story by The Canadian Press Norman Lear, producer of TV's 'All in the Family' and influential liberal advocate, has died at 101© Provided by The Canadian Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with "All in the Family," “The Jeffersons” and “Maude,” propelling political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of TV sitcoms, has died. He was 101. Lear died Tuesday night in his sleep, surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles, said Lara Bergthold, a spokesperson for his family. Norman Lear, producer of TV's 'All in the Family' and influential liberal advocate, has died at 101 I think MeTV is going to show a bunch of his best episodes today. They currently show All In The Family Sundays from 8 to 10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I don't really do cop shows, but man.. RIP captain Holt.. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/andre-braugher-dead-brooklyn-nine-nine-1235835771/ 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, Coconuts said: I don't really do cop shows, but man.. RIP captain Holt.. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/andre-braugher-dead-brooklyn-nine-nine-1235835771/ One final "Nine-Nine" to the captain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the destroyer of worlds Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 NINE NINE Damn, I liked Andre as Captain Holt. Sad to see him go, but thankful that they finished the series on their terms. Code name Velvet Thunder 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Coconuts said: I don't really do cop shows, but man.. RIP captain Holt.. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/andre-braugher-dead-brooklyn-nine-nine-1235835771/ Damn. He was awesome in Homicide. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Awful news at the best of times, but just before Christmas is that much worse..... https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/other/boy-11-dies-after-being-struck-in-neck-by-puck-at-hockey-practice-in-saint-eustache-que/ar-AA1lyfQk?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=9ad1f34b76c342208ff36e0c6445c93a&ei=20 Quote An 11-year-old boy, who was in intensive care for days after he was struck in the neck by a puck at his hockey practice Tuesday in Saint-Eustache, Que., has died. The city, a suburb northwest of Montreal, released a statement Friday morning announcing his death. "We would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family, friends and loved ones," the unsigned statement read. "All our thoughts are with the family, loved ones, teammates and the Saint-Eustache sporting community." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the destroyer of worlds Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Tom Smothers, Comedian, Musician and Scourge of CBS Censors, Dies at 86 The comedian died peacefully at his home on Tuesday with his family at his side following a recent battle with cancer. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tom-smothers-dead-smothers-brothers-comedy-duo-1235775301/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningback33 Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Former Bucks owner and U.S. senator Herb Kohl dies at 88 https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39193385/former-bucks-owner-us-senator-herb-kohl-dies-88 MILWAUKEE -- Herb Kohl, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, has died. He was 88. His death Wednesday was announced by Herb Kohl Philanthropies, which did not give a cause but said he died after a brief illness. Kohl was a popular figure in Wisconsin, purchasing the Bucks in 1985 for $18 million to keep them from leaving town, and spending generously from his fortune on civic and educational causes throughout the state. "Senator Kohl was a dear friend and one of our very best public servants," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. "In addition to his decades of devoted service in the U.S. Senate, he set the standard for NBA team ownership as the governor of his hometown Milwaukee Bucks for nearly 30 years. "Through his purchase of the team, Senator Kohl ensured that the Bucks would stay in Milwaukee and remain an important pillar of the community. There was never any doubt about his extraordinary commitment to the franchise and city that he loved, and his vision and unparalleled financial contribution towards a new arena in Milwaukee will forever be remembered. ... He will be deeply missed by his NBA family." Kohl was one of the richest members of the Senate and the Senate's only professional sports team owner. "The opportunity I was given to purchase and to keep the team here in Milwaukee is one of the most unique and fortunate experiences I've ever enjoyed," Kohl once said about purchasing the Bucks. The small-market team was in the middle of its sixth straight winning season when Kohl bought it, and the Bucks went on to post winning records in his first six full seasons as owner. After stumbling through most of the 1990s, the team improved in the late '90s and early 2000s. In 2006, Kohl was one of eight league owners to ask NBA commissioner David Stern to implement revenue sharing. He eventually sold the team in 2014 to New York billionaires Wes Edens and Marc Lasry. He contributed $100 million toward construction of Fiserv Forum -- taxpayers contributed another $250 million -- to replace the aging Bradley Center arena, helping ensure the team would remain in Milwaukee. The arena opened in 2018. Three years later, Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks past the Phoenix Suns to claim the NBA championship, the team's first since 1971. Kohl's civic commitments extended well beyond keeping professional basketball in Wisconsin. He donated $25 million to the University of Wisconsin to help fund construction of the Kohl Center, home to the school's basketball and hockey teams. It was the single largest private donation in university history. Kohl was born in Milwaukee, where he was a childhood friend of Bud Selig, who went on to become commissioner of Major League Baseball. The two roomed together at the University of Wisconsin and remained friends in adulthood. After receiving his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1956, Kohl went on to earn a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University in 1958, and he served in the Army Reserve from 1958 to 1964. He helped grow the family-owned business, Kohl's grocery and department stores, and served as company president in the 1970s. The corporation was sold in 1979. Kohl also got into Wisconsin politics in the 1970s, serving as chair of the state Democratic Party from 1975 to 1977. In 1988, Kohl decided to run for the Senate, following the announcement that Sen. William Proxmire was retiring, and defeated then-state Sen. Susan Engeleiter, the Republican candidate. He won reelection in 1994, 2000 and 2006. In the Senate, a body renowned for egos, Kohl was an unusual figure. He was quiet and not one to seek credit, yet effective on issues important to the state, especially dairy policy. "I am a person who does not believe in invective," he once said. "I never go out and look to grab the mike or go in front of the TV camera. When I go to work every day, I check my ego at the door." He also used his money to fund his Senate races, allowing to him to portray himself as "nobody's senator but yours." Kohl also used his own money to fund the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation, which donates money for scholarships and fellowships to students, teachers and schools in Wisconsin. He never accepted a pay raise in the Senate; he drew a salary of $89,500 every year, the same pay he got when he entered the Senate in 1989, returning the rest to the Treasury Department. "More than anything, Herb loved Milwaukee and Wisconsin, and that is where he chose to live out his days," Kohl's foundation said in a statement. "He touched an incalculable number of lives, and those who love him would remark that he is among the most decent people to ever walk the earth." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the destroyer of worlds Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65823240 Tom Wilkinson: The Full Monty actor dies at 75 Getty Images British actor Tom Wilkinson, known for films like The Full Monty, Shakespeare In Love and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, has died aged 75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 At the age of 80- David Soul has given up. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/news/actor-david-soul-one-half-of-starsky-and-hutch-dies-at-80/ar-AA1mw3A3?bncnt=BroadcastNews_TopStories&FORM=BNC001&ocid=hpmsn&cvid=ef1d55d00a5b4a94a116b7ca13ca01e8&ei=25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 On 12/30/2023 at 1:29 PM, the destroyer of worlds said: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65823240 Tom Wilkinson: The Full Monty actor dies at 75 Getty Images British actor Tom Wilkinson, known for films like The Full Monty, Shakespeare In Love and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, has died aged 75. Missed this one. Going to have to watch Batman Begins again to honour him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) RIP Mr. Soul. Edited January 6 by Ghostsof1915 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophomore Jinx Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Actor Christian Oliver, 51, and His Daughters, 10 and 12, Killed in Plane Crash Very sad, two young daughters also deceased. RIP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABNuck Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 12 hours ago, Gurn said: At the age of 80- David Soul has given up. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/news/actor-david-soul-one-half-of-starsky-and-hutch-dies-at-80/ar-AA1mw3A3?bncnt=BroadcastNews_TopStories&FORM=BNC001&ocid=hpmsn&cvid=ef1d55d00a5b4a94a116b7ca13ca01e8&ei=25 One of my favorite movie cameos. In the movie "Starsky & Hutch" David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser confront Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller outside the police station. Also, later in the movie, Owen Wilson is singing a song to a couple of girls and he sings "Don't Give up on us Baby"...classic egging there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe-max Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 German football legend Franz Beckenbauer passed away. https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39265759/bayern-munich-germany-legend-franz-beckenbauer-dies-aged-78 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 15 hours ago, joe-max said: German football legend Franz Beckenbauer passed away. https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39265759/bayern-munich-germany-legend-franz-beckenbauer-dies-aged-78 One of the greatest footballers of all time. RIP ‘Der Kaiser”… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satchmo Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 He was a good one. Norman Jewison, Oscar-nominated director of ‘In the Heat of the Night,’ dead at 97 https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/22/entertainment/norman-jewison-death/index.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningback33 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) Carl Weathers passes away at 76 https://www.tsn.ca/other-sports/carl-weathers-who-starred-in-rocky-movies-dies-1.2071016 Edited February 3 by runningback33 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the destroyer of worlds Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, runningback33 said: Carl Weathers passes away,at 76 https://www.tsn.ca/other-sports/carl-weathers-who-starred-in-rocky-movies-dies-1.2071016 He was most recently in the Kick of Destiny Super Bowl commercial with Gronk Wonder how this might affect the Mandalorian series and movie going forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johngould21 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Just now, the destroyer of worlds said: Wonder how this might affect the Mandalorian series and movie going forward. ...and a former BC Lion. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFaithfulcap Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 14 hours ago, Johngould21 said: ...and a former BC Lion. and oakland raider. Such a wonderful on and off screen presence. He recorded an album too but i wish there was a full version of him covering "we've only just begun". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4petesake Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 23 hours ago, runningback33 said: Carl Weathers passes away,at 76 https://www.tsn.ca/other-sports/carl-weathers-who-starred-in-rocky-movies-dies-1.2071016 He was most recently in the Kick of Destiny Super Bowl commercial with Gronk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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