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01-03-2013 08:57 AM

Rest In Peace - 2013

First one has struck.

Patti Page @ 85 (Rise to fame - "Tennessee Waltz" singer).

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Unforgettable songs like "Tennessee Waltz" and "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window?" made Patti Page the best-selling female singer of the 1950s and a star who would spend much of the rest of her life traveling the world.

Page died on New Year's Day in Encinitas, Calif., according to publicist Schatzi Hageman, ending one of pop music's most diverse careers. She was 85 and just five weeks away from being honored at the Grammy Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy.

"Tennessee Waltz" scored the rare achievement of reaching No. 1 on the pop, country and R&B charts simultaneously and was officially adopted as one of two official songs by the state of Tennessee. Its reach was so powerful, six other artists reached the charts the following year with covers.

Two other hits, "I Went To Your Wedding" and "Doggie in the Window," which had a second life for decades as a children's song, each spent more than two months at No. 1. Other hits included "Mockin' Bird Hill," "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte," and "Allegheny Moon." She teamed with George Jones on "You Never Looked That Good When You Were Mine."

Details - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_2397761.html

The Ugly Duchess

01-03-2013 08:58 AM

Loved her version of The Tennesse Waltz and How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?

R I P Patti

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01-07-2013 08:41 PM

David R. Ellis @ 60. (Snakes on a Plane, The Final Destination)

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Director David R. Ellis — who helmed mass entertainment like Snakes on a Plane, Cellular, and The Final Destination — died today.

He was 60 years old. No cause of death has been released.

Ellis got his start as an actor and stuntman, transitioning into directing the second units on action-based productions like Waterworld, The Perfect Storm, The Matrix Reloaded, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. His feature directing debut was the 1996 family production Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco, but he quickly transitioned to genre-soaked thrillers starting with 2003′s Final Destination 2, Asylum, Shark Night 3D, among others.

According to Deadline, he reportedly passed away in Johannesburg, South Africa while prepping his next film, Kite, an adaptation of a Japanese animé that has Snakes on a Plane star Samuel L. Jackson attached as the lead.

http://geektyrant.com/news/2013/1/7/...sses-away.html

The Mothman

01-07-2013 09:07 PM

Bummer. curious to know how he died.

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01-11-2013 08:19 AM

Patty Shepard @ 68.

http://pics.wikifeet.com/Patty-Shepard-Feet-547038.jpg

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Actress Patty Shepard, with nearly 50 Spanish and Italian films to her credit, has died of a heart attack in her home in Madrid on January 3rd.

She was 68.

Born in South Carolina, Shepard moved to Madrid at age 18 to study philosophy and never left. She starred in a number of Paul Naschy films, including La Noche de Walpurgis (aka The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman) and Los Monstruos del Terror (aka Assignment Terror). Other horror titles to her credit includes Hannah, Queen of the Vampires; Rest in Pieces; Edge of the Axe; Slugs; El Monte de las Brujas; and My Dear Killer.

http://www.fearnet.com/news/news-art...-patty-shepard

crabapple

01-11-2013 08:35 PM

Oh man! Countess Wandessa de Nadasdy herself, Patty Shepard...very sorry to hear this.

Fearonsarms

01-13-2013 05:25 AM

RIP Patty Shepard

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01-15-2013 07:37 AM

Nagisa Oshima @ 80.

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Nagisa Oshima, a Japanese director internationally acclaimed for his films "Empire of Passion" and "In the Realm of the Senses," has died of pneumonia. He was 80.

His office, Oshima Productions, said Oshima died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital near Tokyo after being in and out of hospital since he was struck by a stroke more than a decade ago.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_2478792.html

fortunato

01-15-2013 07:40 AM

You beat me to it.

RIP Oshima. You were really one of the greats.

bamahorrorfan87

01-16-2013 09:44 AM

Conrad Bain dead at 89

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni45067456/

Straker

01-21-2013 06:32 AM

RIP Michael Winner... Director of the Death Wish series and The Sentinel

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01-21-2013 06:32 AM

Michael Winner @ 77. (Death Wish director)

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Winner had been in ill health for a number of years and almost died after contracting a bacterial infection while holidaying on Barbados in January 2007.

Born to a wealthy family in north London, Winner cut his teeth at the BBC before making his debut as a writer-director with the 1960 crime thriller Shoot to Kill. His freewheeling 1964 sex comedy The System established him as a key chronicler of swinging 60s London and gave rise to a fruitful collaboration with the hell-raising actor Oliver Reed. Winner went on to work with Reed again on The Jokers, I'll Never Forget What's'isname and the 1968 wartime saga Hannibal Brooks.

Yet Winner's greatest success came in the US, when he took the reins of the 1974 vigilante drama Death Wish from original director Sidney Lumet. Death Wish, starring Charles Bronson as a mild-mannered architect turned gun-toting angel of vengeance, bloomed into one of the year's biggest box-office hits and went on to spawn two sequels. Winner's other American films include Lawman, The Mechanic, The Big Sleep and Scorpio. He also worked with a wild-eyed Marlon Brando on The Nightcomers, an overheated prequel to the Henry James story The Turn of the Screw.

During his heyday, Winner took pride in making violent, simple, populist pictures that irked the critics and appeared to relish his role as a man who called the shots. "A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say," he once remarked. His career waned in the 90s and he bowed out with the 1999 hitman caper Parting Shots, a British film that reunited him with his old friend Oliver Reed.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/20...el-winner-dead

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935382/

hammerfan

01-21-2013 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 943872)

Michael Winner @ 77. (Death Wish director)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/20...el-winner-dead

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935382/

You owe Straker a beer - he beat you to it. :D

Fearonsarms

01-21-2013 06:39 AM

I found him despicable as a person but The Sentinel was quite good.

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01-21-2013 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 943874)

You owe Straker a beer - he beat you to it. :D

Indeed. By seconds, in fact! :)

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01-29-2013 02:00 AM

Lloyd Phillips @ 63.

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Lloyd Phillips, an Academy Award-winning producer, died in Los Angeles on Jan. 25 after suffering a heart attack, his representative said.

He was 63.

In 32 years in the movie business, Phillips produced films including “Inglourious Basterds,” “The Legend of Zorro" and “Twelve Monkeys," as well as Zack Snyder's upcoming "Superman" reboot, "Man of Steel."

Angelina Jolie, who worked with Phillips on 2010's "The Tourist" and 2003's "Beyond Borders," called the deceased producer "a true original, loved by anyone who knew him well.”

“He had a kind heart and a wonderful sense of adventure," Jolie said. "His death is a terrible shock and a tremendous loss. He was so full of life that it is impossible to believe he is gone.”

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/articl...ses-away-75041

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01-30-2013 10:20 PM

Patty Andrews @ 94.

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Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters, died Wednesday at 94.

She was the lead singer for the trio, whose hits -- including “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” -- helped cheer American GIs abroad and those on the home front during World War II.

Andrews died of natural causes at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge, family spokesman Alan Eichler told the Associated Press.

The Andrews Sisters -- which she formed with her sisters LaVerne and Maxene -- recorded more than 400 songs and sold more than 80 million records. Their most well-know songs included “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen,” “Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar” and ”Rum and Coca-Cola.”

Patty Andrews was the group's most high-profile member, always centerstage and often jitterbugging to the tunes.

The sisters recorded with popular swing bands of the ‘40s, including those fronted by Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Woody Herman, Guy Lombardo, Desi Arnaz and Russ Morgan. They had a hit -- "Don't Fence Me In" -- with Bing Crosby, and they also recorded with Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Danny Kaye, Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Red Foley.

The Andrews Sisters’ popularity led to a contract with Universal Pictures, where they made a dozen low-budget musical comedies between 1940 and 1944. But their most well-known movie was at Paramount, 1947's "Road to Rio" with Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.

http://www.thewrap.com/music/article...-dies-94-75481

hammerfan

02-01-2013 03:40 AM

Former New York City mayor Ed Koch of congestive heart failure. He was 88.

fortunato

02-04-2013 09:34 PM

Reg Presley, frontman for the great garage group The Troggs, has died of cancer at the age of 71:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/go...troggs-1586540

hammerfan

02-06-2013 04:35 AM

Robin Sachs who played Ethan Rayne on Buffy the Vampire Slayer has died at age 61.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/...or-dead-at-61/

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02-08-2013 04:10 AM

Stuart Freeborn @ 98.

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British make-up artist crafted Star Wars creatures and worked with Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey

Stuart Freeborn, the British pioneering movie makeup artist behind creatures such as Yoda and Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, has died. He was 98.

LucasFilm confirmed Wednesday that Freeborn had died, "leaving a legacy of unforgettable contributions".

Star Wars director George Lucas said in a statement that Freeborn was "already a makeup legend" when he started working on the space epic.

Freeborn's six-decade career led him to work on many classics, including Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

He began his film career in the 1930s, working for the Hungarian-born director Alexander Korda and honing his makeup skills on stars including Marlene Dietrich and Vivien Leigh.

After air force service during the second world war he worked on British cinema classics including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and David Lean's 1948 version of Oliver Twist. His transformation of Alec Guinness into Fagin complete with a large hooked nose was criticised by some as antisemitic, a matter of regret for Freeborn, who said he was partly Jewish.

Freeborn later worked with Kubrick, transforming Peter Sellers into multiple characters for Doctor Strangelove before designing the apes for the Dawn of Man sequence, in which primates react to a mysterious monolith, Kubrick's Space Odyssey.

He will likely be best remembered for his work on Star Wars creating characters such as the 7ft tall wookie Chewbacca and the slug-like Jabba the Hutt.

LucasFilm said Irvin Kershner, who directed The Empire Strikes Back, would "note that Freeborn quite literally put himself into Yoda, as the Jedi master's inquisitive and mischievous elfin features had more than a passing resemblance to Freeborn himself". Yoda's looks were also said to be partly inspired by Albert Einstein.

Nick Maley, a make-up artist who worked with Freeborn in the 1970s, called him a mentor who "ran his department like a headmaster".

"Everybody will remember him for Star Wars but he did so much more than that. No one should overlook the groundbreaking work he did on 2001: A Space Odyssey. That was really the forerunner of Star Wars and used a lot of the same technology."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/...oda-maker-dies

bamahorrorfan87

02-17-2013 09:46 PM

Mindy McCready Dead at 37

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/our-cou...030042125.html

Straker

02-18-2013 06:35 AM

Richard Briers, one of Britains finest actors.

bamahorrorfan87

02-18-2013 07:37 AM

Jerry Buss dead at 80

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...-owner-dies-80

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02-22-2013 10:43 AM

Lou Myers @ 76.

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Character actor Lou Myers, best known for his role as the feisty Mr. Gaines on the NBC sitcom A Different World, has died. A spokesperson for Myers’ nonprofit Global Business Incubation tells The Associated Press Myers died Tuesday night at a hospital in West Virginia.

He was 76.

Myers appeared in several TV shows including NYPD Blue, ER, Touched By An Angel and The Cosby Show, but it was his role on The Cosby Show-spinoff A Different World that he is best remembered. He appeared on the show for five seasons, until it ended in 1993.

Myers also had supporting roles in several films including, Tin Cup, How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Wedding Planner.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/r-i-p-lou-myers/

fortunato

02-22-2013 07:40 PM

Cleotha Staples, eldest sibling of the legendary Staples Singers, is dead at the age of 78.

RIP