Rest in Peace..2007 version
 

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Yvonne De Carlo, the beautiful star who played Moses' wife in "The Ten Commandments" but achieved her greatest popularity on TV's slapstick comedy "The Munsters," has died. She was 84.

De Carlo died of natural causes Monday at the Motion Picture & Television facility in suburban Los Angeles, longtime friend and television producer Kevin Burns said Wednesday.

De Carlo, whose shapely figure helped launch her career in B-movie desert adventures and Westerns, rose to more important roles in the 1950s. Later, she had a key role in a landmark Broadway musical, Stephen Sondheim's "Follies."

But for TV viewers, she will always be known as Lily Munster in the 1964-1966 horror-movie spoof "The Munsters." The series (the name allegedly derived from "fun-monsters") offered a gallery of Universal Pictures grotesques, including Dracula and Frankenstein's monster, in a cobwebbed gothic setting.

Rest in Peace Yvonne, now there's beauty in the afterlife

Although anything over 80 is a pretty good run IMO, his one's still a loss.
The munsters was classic, and it's hard to imagine anyone playing the part like she did. Also...never really payed much attention when I saw the reruns as a kid, but what a fucking HOT woman she was...oldskool beauty for sure...
The legends continue to fall.
R.I.P

Aw Lily, I'll miss you :(

That's really sad. Another great bites the dust :( R.I.P

Peter Boyle, Yvonne De Carlo...

...the monsters are dying. :(


R.I.P.

Damn it, why didn't I open this thread days ago? I just posted a new thread on the subject.

Rest In Peace Yvonne. :(

rip u were great

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Look out Dave....stupidity kills.

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One of the brightest and funniest comics to perform on stage, Richard Jeni, an actor and comedian who played to sold-out crowds, had popular HBO specials, and was a regular on the "Tonight Show" died of an alleged self-inflicted gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said in a statement Sunday.


Police found the 45-year-old comedian alive but mortally injured in a West Hollywood apartment when they responded to a call Saturday morning from Jeni's girlfriend, Los Angeles Police Officer Norma Eisenman said.

Eisenman said the caller told police: "My boyfriend shot himself in the face."

The AP reports Jeni died at a nearby hospital.

Eisenman said suicide had not been officially confirmed and the investigation was continuing.

Jeni regularly toured as a road comic, and had starred in several HBO comedy specials, most recently "A Big Steaming Pile of Me."

Forbes reports that his other HBO special, "Platypus Man," won a Cable ACE award for best standup comedy special, and formed the basis for his UPN sitcom of the same name, which ran for one season.

Look at that.
Note all the actors are dying at ripe old ages.
Theres hope for us drama queens yet .
RIP yvonne

Very sad.

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R.I.P. Bob Clark

That does suck:(

Adding insult to injury is the fact that he was killed by an illegal alien.

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Now, now, how could you deny this adorable face?

Has that actually been confirmed, then? There's been plenty of speculation but I only read that the guy was intoxicated and didn't have a license.

LOS ANGELES -- A Mexican national accused of causing the crash that killed "A Christmas Story" director Bob Clark and his son will face deportation proceedings once the charges against him are resolved, officials said Thursday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put an immigration hold Wednesday on Hector Velazquez-Nava, a 24-year-old illegal immigrant living in Los Angeles, said agency spokeswoman Virginia Kice.

The action means Velazquez-Nava will be turned over to federal immigration officials and placed in deportation proceedings once his local case is completed. He was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol and gross vehicular manslaughter, and was being held on $100,000 bail in a county jail.

If he posts bail, Velazquez-Nava would be taken into federal custody on the immigration hold, Kice said.

Police say Velazquez-Nava steered his sport utility vehicle into the wrong lane of Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades early Wednesday, striking Clark's sedan head-on. The filmmaker and his son, Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, died at the scene.

Authorities said Velazquez-Nava was driving without a license. He and his passenger were treated for minor injuries.

It was unclear whether Velazquez-Nava had retained an attorney. There was no phone listing under his name.

Jeez. It just makes the whole thing even sadder.

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In books such as "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "Hocus Pocus," Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funny with a touch of the profound.

Vonnegut, regarded by many critics as a key influence in shaping 20th-century American literature, died Wednesday at 84. He had suffered brain injuries after a recent fall at his Manhattan home, said his wife, photographer Jill Krementz.

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He's being remembered for his rich baritone voice and dignified bearing.

Actor Roscoe Lee Browne has died. A family spokesman said that Browne, who was 81, died Wednesday of cancer in Los Angeles.

Browne's career stretched from classic theater to cartoons.

His deep, cultured voice was heard narrating the 1995 hit movie "Babe." On screen, his character often was smart, cynical and well-educated, whether a congressman, a judge or a butler.

On television, he had several memorable guest roles. He was a snobbish black lawyer trapped in an elevator with bigot Archie Bunker in an episode of `All in the Family" and the butler Saunders in the comedy "Soap."

Browne won an Emmy in 1986 for a guest role as Professor Foster on "The Cosby Show."

That sucks! I loved slaughterhouse-five...

Ok...most of you won't know who this is....but us over 40 peeps do.

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HONOLULU - Legendary crooner Don Ho, who entertained tourists for decades wearing raspberry-tinted sunglasses and singing the catchy signature tune "Tiny Bubbles," has died. He was 76.
He died Saturday morning of heart failure, publicist Donna Jung said.

Ho had suffered with heart problems for the past several years, and had a pacemaker installed last fall. In 2005, he underwent an experimental stem cell procedure on his ailing heart in Thailand.

Promoter Tom Moffatt said he attended Ho's final show Thursday and Ho received a standing ovation. Afterward, Ho reminisced about his many years in Waikiki and talked about how Judy Garland sang with him one night.

"Don was in great spirits," he said. "He was fine."

Ho entertained Hollywood's biggest stars and thousands of tourists for four decades. For many, no trip to Hawaii was complete without seeing his Waikiki show — a mix of songs, jokes, double entendres, Hawaii history and audience participation.

Shows usually started and ended with the same song, "Tiny Bubbles." Ho mostly hummed the song's swaying melody as the audience enthusiastically took over the familiar lyrics: "Tiny bubbles/in the wine/make me happy/make me feel fine."

R.I.P. Bobby [Boris] Pickett

Bobby "Boris" Pickett, whose spot-on Boris Karloff impression made the record a Halloween favourite, died of leukaemia aged 69 in Los Angeles.

While famous as a one-hit wonder, the song charted three times in the US - in 1962, 1970 and in 1973 when it also reached number three in the UK.

Pickett performed until last year, joking at his shows: "And now I'm going to do a medley of my hit".

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Jack Valenti died yesterday too. Not hugely known to the general public, but a HUGE name in Hollywood. He was the one that came up with the current US film rating system, among other things.

I really hate saying anything ill of the dead, but Valenti was a prick.

Tom Poston, the comedian and actor who was nationally recognized for his long run on "To Tell the Truth" and his comic turns on "The Bob Newhart Show," died at his home Monday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 85.

During the 1950s and '60s, Poston was ubiquitous on quiz and panel shows. Beginning with guest appearances on "The Tonight Show" when Steve Allen hosted it, he was a popular talk-show guest. He won an Emmy for performing on "The Steve Allen Show," a stint he continued for four years.

Poston also was a recognizable comic actor. He played the grouchy neighbor on "Mork & Mindy" but he particularly jelled with Newhart. His guest spots on "The Bob Newhart Show," when he played Bob's low-brow college chum, Peeper Murdock, who inspired the normally straight-laced Bob to "Animal House" antics, were popular episodes. When Newhart launched a new comedy series in 1982, Poston was cast as George Utley, his dull-witted sidekick whose loony observations packed wisdom. His slack-eyed look and slow-talking style were a hilarious combination, particularly when he punctuated them with inspired observations.

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A true integral part of the comedy genre. I enjoyed re-runs of his shows.

R.I.P., sir.

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Opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, whose glorious tenor voice, showmanship and crossover celebrity turned him into a global superstar, died Thursday at his home in Italy at the age of 71.

Hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, Pavarotti passed away during the night at his villa near the northern city of Modena after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

"His condition progressively worsened up to this morning," said Antonio Frassoldati, one of the star's team of doctors. "He was always totally conscious of the situation, he always sought to fight the disease ... and he was very calm."

The funeral will be held at Modena Cathedral on Saturday, said the city's mayor Giorgio Pighi.

Pavarotti -- known in his prime for the clarity of his voice and ability to hit high Cs with ease -- broke into the opera world when he won a competition in 1961.

He went on to perform across Europe before crossing the Atlantic in 1965 for a production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" in Miami, co-starring famed Australian soprano Joan Sutherland as Lucia.

Excellent singer.

R.I.P. sir.

R.I.P. Everyone...:(

I'm at a loss for words.

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The French mime artist Marcel Marceau has died at the age of 84, his family has announced.
The performer was known around the world for his portrayal of a white-faced clown with battered hat.

Born in Strasbourg in 1923, Marceau studied under mime master Etienne Decroux in Paris.

His daughter Camille said he died on Saturday evening, adding that details of the burial at Paris's Pere Lachaise cemetery would be given out later.

One less mime..... damn!

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The older people will know who this is.

LOS ANGELES - Robert Goulet, the strikingly handsome singer with the rich baritone who soared to stardom on the Broadway stage in 1960 playing Lancelot in the original production of "Camelot," died yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. A native of Lawrence, Mass., he was 73.

Mr. Goulet, who recently had been diagnosed with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, was awaiting a lung transplant, said Norm Johnson, a spokesman for the singer.

The singer had fallen ill while flying home to Las Vegas after performing at a Sept. 20 concert in Syracuse, N.Y.

"Robert Goulet was a monumental presence on the stage and had one of the great voices of all time, which often overshadowed his many other talents," pianist Roger Williams said in a statement yesterday. "He really could do it all - act, dance, and was as funny as hell, especially when he was making fun of himself. Robert always took his craft seriously but never took himself seriously. Oh, how we will miss this great guy."

Mr. Goulet had moved to Canada when he was a teenager and had been a popular singer on Canadian television when he auditioned for the role of the brave young knight in Lerner and Loewe's "Camelot," opposite Julie Andrews' Guinevere and Richard Burton's Arthur.

I know who Robert Goulet is and it's a shame we lost him.

RIP Robert

On March 17th, we lost the great Freddie Francis. Cinematographer for the Elephant Man, director of several Hammer films including Paranoiac and Dracula has Risen from the Grave, and one of the masters of contemporary English Gothic. Just a few weeks back, it was Charles Griffith, the mind behind Little Shop of Horrors, a Bucket of Blood and other brilliant drive-in schlock. Lastly, let us not forget Ingmar Bergman, who left a serious footprint on the genre with the Virgin Spring, and contemporary variation on the Medieval morality play the Seventh Seal. Geniuses all.

R.I.P all of you. You will be remembered.

Best known for his haunting works "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Boys from Brazil," author Ira Levin died Monday of a heart attack at the age of 78.

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Levin was a playwright and television scribe whose first novel "A Kiss Before Dying" was published in '54. And like many of his books, it was adapted for the screen. "Rosemary's Baby" - the story of a New York wife selected to give birth to the child of Satan - arrived on shelves 14 years later. Roman Polanski masterfully adapted the tale in 1968.

"The Boys from Brazil" and other property's followed including "The Stepford Wives" and "Sliver."

"Deathtrap", a comedy-thriller by Levin, ran four years on Broadway, and was crisply done for the cinema by Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine.

In Levin's play "Dr. Cook's Garden", the friendly doctor in an idyllic Vermont community has been pruning more than just his garden. Bing Crosby played Dr. Cook in a pretty good TV movie, way back in 1971.

Levin's next novel was "This Perfect Day", a subversive science-fiction story set in a future where disease, deformity, discrimination and all other societal ills have been cured, and everyone's immunized every week. Remarkably, This Perfect Day has never been filmed, and these days it's probably too radical for Hollywood to try.

Levin is survived by three sons and three grandsons.

Oh my god...I...I can't think of anything to say.

R.I.P. Mr. Levin

Costume designer Marit Allen, who created wardrobe for films including "Brokeback Mountain," "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Mrs. Doubtfire" died of a brain aneurism on Nov. 26 in Sydney, Australia. She was 66.

At the time of her death, Allen was working with George Miller on the Warner Bros' super-hero adventure, "Justice League of America."

Helmer Nicolas Roeg persuaded Allen to enter the film business from a career in fashion journalism, and she went on to work on Roeg films including "Don't Look Now," "Bad Timing," "Eureka" and "The Witches."

She also worked frequently with Ang Lee, on films including "Ride with the Devil" and "Hulk."

Over a career that spanned 33 years, her feature credits included "La Vie en Rose," "Love in the Time of Cholera," Jim Jarmusch's "Dead Man," "Mermaids," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "Little Shop of Horrors."

Nominated for two Emmys, a BAFTA and a Costume Designer's Guild award, Allen was born in England and graduated from U. of Grenoble, France. She began her career in 1961 working for Queen Magazine in the fashion department as a trainee and quickly rose to edit and write the young fashion pages. She moved to British Vogue in 1963, and spent 10 years there during the height of the swinging London scene. In 1973, she established the bachelor's degree course in Journalism at Central St. Martin's Art College.

She is survived by a son, two daughters, a sister and two grandchildren.