R.i.p 2010

[fortunato]

Originally Posted by novakru

AP news called it 'ironic'

Yeah, it kind of was ironic because they were on their way to a memorial for the victims of the Katyn massacre.

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dixie carter

(CNN) -- Actress Dixie Carter, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker on the TV show "Designing Women," has died, her agent said Saturday. She was 70.

[Elvis_Christ]

RIP Pete Steele :(

[neverending]

I hate hearing about people dying when they're younger than me. Type O Negative was a great band. RIP.

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally Posted by neverending

I hate hearing about people dying when they're younger than me. Type O Negative was a great band. RIP.

They were great indeed. I thought this might be a joke like in 2005 but it's confirmed :(

I just just thinking it sucks that this thread has barely had a chance to get lost amongst the old ones. The reaper is a busy man this year.

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May 4, 2010: Lynn Redgrave, member of popular British Redgrave kin died on Sunday night after a long battle with breast cancer. Rick Miramontez, her publicist told media that her children were with her and she died peacefully at her home in Connecticut.

In a statement, her children said that their mother created endless memories as a mother, grandmother, writer, actor and friend. She will remain with us for the rest of their lives.

Redgrave trained in London, before making her theatrical debut in 1962. She appeared in several films, including Tom Jones and Georgy Girl which won her a New York Film Critics Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She made a return to films in the late 1990s with Shine and Gods and Monsters, for which she received another Academy Award nomination.

Her Broadway debut was made in 1967 and she performed in several stage productions in New York since.

She performed with her sister Vanessa in Three Sisters in London, and in the title role in a television production of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Redgrave married and professionally partnered actor and director John Clark in 1967. Together they had three children, Benjamin, Kelly and Annabel Lucy Clark. The marriage ended in divorce in December 2000.

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Lena Horne, the legendary actress-singer who broke new ground in Hollywood and was active in the Civil Rights movement, has died.

She was 92.



Horne passed away at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York on Sunday night (May 9), as announced by son-in-law Kevin Buckley, reports the New York Times.

As one of the first black performers to significantly infiltrate the studio system by signing a long-term contract with MGM, Horne was instrumental in integrating Hollywood. She appeared in a few well known musicals such as "Stormy Weather" -- which is also one of her signature songs -- and "Ziegfield Follies."

Horne was born in June 1917 in Brooklyn. By her teens she began singing in nightclubs, including the famed Cotton Club as a chorus girl.

Although her Hollywood career spanned six decades, she never really achieved any huge success in that arena often because of her African American heritage was seen by studios as a deterrent when casting for lead roles or roles that might necessitate an interracial relationship on screen.

She was best known in the entertainment world for her singing and showcased that in more nightclubs, on Broadway and on TV variety shows, including "The Ed Sullivan Show" and "The Judy Garland Show." Later in her career she appeared on "The Cosby Show" and "The Muppet Show."

She won several Grammy awards over her career and received a best actress Tony nomination for the musical "Jamaica." Later, she received a special Tony for her one-woman show, "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music."

Her contributions to the Civil Rights movement include working alongside Paul Robeson and Medgar Evers, participating on the March on Washington and collaborating to end desegregation and lynching.

Her father, her son and her husband, Hayton, all died in 1970-71, and the grief-stricken singer secluded herself, refusing to perform or even see anyone but her closest friends. One of them, comedian Alan King, took months persuading her to return to the stage, with results that surprised her.

"I looked out and saw a family of brothers and sisters," she said. "It was a long time, but when it came I truly began to live."

And she discovered that time had mellowed her bitterness.

"I wouldn't trade my life for anything," she said, "because being black made me understand."

Horne is survived by her daughter, Gail Lumet Buckley, and granddaughter Jenny Lumet, screenwriter of "Rachel Getting Married."

[neverending]

A truly great loss- of a great artist and a great human being. Much sadness.

[Doc Faustus]

One of the great voices.

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Frank Frazetta
Kick in the balls to those that truly love epic fantasy comic art...