The Notable Death Thread

He'll always be Hawkeye to me.

 

Ah! No wonder I didn't remember him from MASH. I always thought Alan Alda was Hawkeye.

As for Donald Sutherland, I'll always remember him from The Pillars of the Earth, Salem's Lot, The Italian Job, Citizen X, JFK (1991) ... a very fine actor, and a great loss.

 

I liked the show too, especially the first few seasons, up until Henry and Trapper were replaced by cheap substitutes, but honestly Alan Alda was always kind of a cheap sustitute for Sutherland.

 

He was also great as Oddball in Kelly's Heroes:

 

A 1970 Donald Sutherland interview with CBC in which he tells what Canada means to him.

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Breast cancer strikes again. This time it stole the daughter of drag racing legend Pat Musi. Lizzy Musi was a hell of a drag racer in her own right. But having been raised on methanol and 7 second ET cars what other choice did she have? She was 33.

 

Martin Mull, who was known for TV shows like "Arrested Development" and "Roseanne" as well as movies like 1985's "Clue" and 1983's "Mr. Mom," has died. He was 80 years old.

 

My mom used to be a huge fan of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

 

RIP Martin Mull. (Whoops - yoinked by w. bogart)

I loved his tiny tie in Clue, and his sense of timing and facial expressions were priceless. We'll miss you.



Time to go watch Clue again ...

 

Kinky Friedman, noted renegade singer, songwriter, politician, and mystery writer. When I tell you that his musical group was called "Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys" and that his most popular song was "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore," you can get a pretty good take on him.

He also wrote a popular series of mystery novels featuring a fictionalized version of himself as a main character.

Definitely one of a kind. Texas needs his attitude now more than ever.

 

I think I voted for him when he ran for governor.

 

Shelley Duvall, 'The Shining' star, dies at 75. Duvall starred as Wendy Torrance in 'The Shining

 

She was also in "Thieves Like Us" (1974), "Annie Hall" (1977), "Popeye" (1980, as Olive Oyl against Robin Williams as Popeye), "Time Bandits" (1981) and many more.

Shelley was adamant, when she was first spotted, that she was not an actress. Time proved her otherwise, and we are grateful for it. Requiescat in pace.

 

Dr. Ruth, America's 'sex therapist,' dead at 96

 

Richard Simmons, fitness icon, dead the day after celebrating his 76th birthday.

 

Her other series was a true oxymoron "Charmed". If even half of what I have heard about her over the years is true, she would be better cast as the wicked witch of the east.

 

Actually, I thought she was pretty good in that show. Much better than her replacement.

 

On screen she was fine. It was all the things I heard about her when the camera was off.

 

Bob Newhart, legendary comedian and sitcom star, dead at 94

 

Not gangster, Toxic Diva would be more accurate.

 

Alain Delon, French film actor, dead at 88

 

I don't think anyone mentioned writer Edna O'Brien who died at the end of July, in her 90's. Her books were banned around here at the start of her career.