In Memorium

[Shwa Girl]

RIP Robin Williams

This is very sad news.

[Darth Penguin]

Robin Williams death possible sucide

US actor Robin Williams found dead, aged 63, in apparent suicide, California police say.
Marin County Police said they had found Williams unresponsive after responding to an emergency call around noon local time.
Williams was famous for films such as Good Morning Vietnam and Dead Poet's Society.
He had been open in the past about his struggles with alcohol and drugs.

[gryphon]

Depression is one of the worst sicknesses ever. There is no cure. I've been dealing with it for over 10 years

[trishka]

I'm still processing his death. I haven't been affected this much by a celebrity death in a while.

[jasperandchar]

so sad, he was a true comical genius

[Patty Smyth]

Lauren Bacall - what a beauty

http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/12/lauren-bacall-dead-dies/

[Patty Smyth]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...00018&ir=Media

'Game Of Thrones' Actor JJ Murphy Dead At 86

[Lynn49]

Lauren Bacall - what a beauty

http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/12/lauren-bacall-dead-dies/

Oops, ps, sorry Patty, I didn't notice this thread before, and just posted of her passing. Yes, what a beauty, those eyes, that voice....inevitable, of course, but I will remember her as one of the actresses I would always want to watch in movies.

Rest in peace, Lauren....

[Natalka]

RIP Lauren. What a career she had!

Hard to believe she was only 19 here - just put your lips together...

[Darth Penguin]

It's seems to be very dusty round here today and my eyes keep watering....


RIP Lauren

[Patty Smyth]

Star Trek actress - heart attack http://www.startrek.com/article/reme...rtel-1936-2014

Arlene Martel

[Patty Smyth]

I am wondering why this came across my newsfeed since it happened 2 years ago but I don't remember him dying, strange.

Ron Palillo - 63

http://us.cnn.com/2012/08/14/showbiz...rebar_facebook

died of a heart attack Tuesday at 63. As Arnold Horshack, one of the "Sweathogs," on the ABC series, Palillo was beloved by viewers for his unique laugh and "Oooh! Oooh!" catchphrase.">

[Natalka]

It was posted in this thread - maybe it came through for you because it's near the anniversary of his death.

Patty, I sometimes find it hard to remember who has passed on, and who hasn't.

[Patty Smyth]

It was posted in this thread - maybe it came through for you because it's near the anniversary of his death.

Patty, I sometimes find it hard to remember who has passed on, and who hasn't.

Apparently many people were retweeting it. SOme CNN news anchor also was fooled in to believing it just happened. Kind of sad though that we didn't remember he was dead. Actually I didn't know he was dead

[walkonby]

That unmistakable voice of Saturday Night Live is now silenced. Don Pardo died at the age of 96. R.I.P.

http://deadline.com/2014/08/don-pardo-dead-saturday-night-live-821449/




by The Deadline Team August 18, 2014 8:46pm











The NBC announcer who introduced Saturday Night Live died today. Don Pardo’s daughter Paula confirmed his death to CBS Radio News. He was 96. Pardo was NBC’s staff announcer for more than 60 years. His exuberant, booming voice was familiar to generations of Americans on radio and TV, commercials and game shows, news and sports: His was the voice that announced, in November, 1963, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. On the original version of Jeopardy!, host Art Fleming would start the show with “Thank you, Don Pardo” and tease winners with, “Don Pardo, tell him what he’s won!” His game show credits also include The Price Is Right, Jackpot and Three On A Match. In 1984, he was introduced to the MTV Generation with a memorable voice cameo on “Weird Al” Yankovic’s parody song “I Lost On Jeopardy.” Fleming appeared in the popular video.
He began his announcing career at NBC Radio as a war reporter during World War II and remained at the network his entire life. He worked the radio sci-fi programs X Minus One and Dimension X and called baseball games in New York. But he probably is most famous for delivering the iconic line “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” before listing the night’s host and guests. The show made its debut in October, 1975. A broken hip in 2013 forced Pardo to miss two episodes of the late-night staple and he skipped Season 7 when series creator Lorne Michaels was away, making for a remarkable 38-year tenure on the program. A member of the Television Academy Hall of Fame, he and Bob Hope are the only people ever awarded a lifetime contract at NBC. He finally retired from NBC in 2004 and considered retiring from SNL too, but Michaels successfully kept him on the show until last season’s finale. SNL will celebrate its 40th anniversary next season, and Pardo will likely be recognized in a major way during the planned anniversary special. In a recent interview with Deadline, Michaels was asked about Pardo’s longevity on the show. “My lighting director, Phil Hyms is 91, and he’s out there every night for the warm-up, and he’s not lost a step,” he said. “So, maybe there’s something healthy in the studio. I don’t think it’s Shangri-La, but maybe there’s something.”
In a 2009 interview with the TV Academy, Pardo recalled landing the Peacock gig in 1946. He was a 26-year-old born in Westfield, MA, who’d grown up primarily in Norwich, CT, and was making his first trip to New York City. He had been working at NBC Radio affiliate WJAR in Providence for two years and had come to the big city to see NBC. Patrick Kelly, who oversaw the network’s announcers, took an interest in the kid. “In order to even audition,” Pardo told ATAS, “you had to have five years’ experience and a college degree. I had neither. But (Kelly) said, ‘Why don’t you come to the studio and I’ll record you, in case you want to consider it in the future.’ So I went to the studio and read something for about a minute or so, and he said, ‘All right, that’s enough.’ All I could think was, ‘Boy, I must have really stunk.’”