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― Mark G, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 21:45 (nine years ago)

she's so goddamn delightful & cool in the Dick Van Dyke Show, i have been watching a lot of those reruns lately

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 21:52 (nine years ago)

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/01/25/harry-mathews-1930-2017/

― Headphone Jack (seandalai), Thursday, 26 January 2017 00:32 (nine years ago)

― In Walked Bodhisattva (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 26 January 2017 00:39 (nine years ago)

rip hm

― no lime tangier, Thursday, 26 January 2017 00:58 (nine years ago)

Tam Dalyell

... people you thought were etc

― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 January 2017 18:47 (nine years ago)

Mike Connors of Mannix, at 91 of leukemia, after being diagnosed just a week ago.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/mike-connors-dead-dies-joe-mannix-1201971140/

― nickn, Friday, 27 January 2017 05:45 (nine years ago)

Patricia Crampton, translator of children's literature including the Miffy books.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/27/patricia-crampton-obituary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

― Madchen, Friday, 27 January 2017 19:33 (nine years ago)

nc state great, nba not-so-great charles shackleford, 50

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article129133999.html

― mookieproof, Friday, 27 January 2017 19:47 (nine years ago)

John Hurt

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-hurt-dead-elephant-man-809521?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=Direct

― monotony, Saturday, 28 January 2017 01:24 (nine years ago)

Oh shit.

― Οὖτις, Saturday, 28 January 2017 01:44 (nine years ago)

shit

― Mother Teresa May I (darraghmac), Saturday, 28 January 2017 01:54 (nine years ago)

https://emmapeelpants.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/wife1.jpg

― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 January 2017 01:56 (nine years ago)

NSFW (& LOL at the soundtrack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHk-ooDV2HE

― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 January 2017 02:12 (nine years ago)

Barbara Hale, the final member of the classic-era Perry Mason cast

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/barbara-hale-who-played-della-street-on-perry-mason-dies-at-94/2017/01/27/a18c6b20-e4d3-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?postshare=5031485558807924&tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.76ddf97c8cfd

― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 January 2017 02:17 (nine years ago)

sad that she never bagged perry

― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 January 2017 02:29 (nine years ago)

Oh God, that article that mookieproof posted needs a thread/poll of its own.

RIP to both John Hurt and Barbara Hale. Loved old reruns of Perry Mason as a kid.

― ailsa, Saturday, 28 January 2017 02:44 (nine years ago)

when only gyles brandreth gives an acceptable answer you're in trouble

― Check the BNM Pitchfork track review, it says Weezer too (imago), Saturday, 28 January 2017 02:51 (nine years ago)

John Hurt in Love and Death in Long Island is one of the most heartbreaking and smartest performances I've ever seen.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 January 2017 02:56 (nine years ago)

the second half of the 'what i want in a wife' article is rather worse

https://emmapeelpants.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/wife2.jpg

― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 January 2017 03:12 (nine years ago)

Obviously Sir Ian never found what he was looking for.

― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 January 2017 03:25 (nine years ago)

started reading 1984 (yet again) yesterday, was wondering how john hurt was going. sucks.

― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 28 January 2017 03:29 (nine years ago)

God, ya took the wrong Caligula

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 January 2017 07:21 (nine years ago)

Obviously Sir Ian never found what he was looking for.

― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain)

Well, she doesn't exist, so how could he?

― nickn, Saturday, 28 January 2017 07:36 (nine years ago)

I'm just boggling at the idea that the chairman of the Zionist federation was one of the most eligible bachelors.. 'Very desirable'

― Mark G, Saturday, 28 January 2017 07:46 (nine years ago)

Or Jimmy Savile.

― nickn, Saturday, 28 January 2017 07:50 (nine years ago)

Well, quite.

― Mark G, Saturday, 28 January 2017 07:51 (nine years ago)

morbs otm

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 January 2017 07:51 (nine years ago)

Think I was in the theatre watching Jackie when this was reported.

― clemenza, Saturday, 28 January 2017 08:48 (nine years ago)

Seeing reports (in French) that Emmanuelle Riva has passed away from cancer.

― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 January 2017 09:28 (nine years ago)

http://mobile.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/01/28/l-actrice-emmanuelle-riva-est-morte_5070497_3382.html?xtref=http://criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php

― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 January 2017 09:29 (nine years ago)

Benny Hill's answer in that article is pretty funny too, in retrospect. I guess he and McKellen tried to answer the question as honestly as they could while still being in the closet.

― Tuomas, Saturday, 28 January 2017 10:00 (nine years ago)

https://emmapeelpants.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/wife3.jpg

― 2017, how bad could it be? (snoball), Saturday, 28 January 2017 10:19 (nine years ago)

(article is from Cosmopolitan magazine, April 1972)

― 2017, how bad could it be? (snoball), Saturday, 28 January 2017 10:22 (nine years ago)

maybe take that to a tutting thread elsewhere

― Mother Teresa May I (darraghmac), Saturday, 28 January 2017 10:40 (nine years ago)

I had a lot of plans for today, but "see someone attempt to out Benny Hill before breakfast" was honestly not one of them.

― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 28 January 2017 10:51 (nine years ago)

heh

― Mother Teresa May I (darraghmac), Saturday, 28 January 2017 10:58 (nine years ago)

poor John Hurt went on that celeb genealogy programme talking about how he liked a bit of the black stuff, and then he was bitterly disappointed to discover he was a complete Yorkshire pud.

― calzino, Saturday, 28 January 2017 11:12 (nine years ago)

xxxp
What I Want In A Wife article from Cosmopolitan (April 1972) - least vile man on this list?

― 2017, how bad could it be? (snoball), Saturday, 28 January 2017 11:17 (nine years ago)

Benny Hill's skill at staying in the closet was such that he's still there, apparently

― Onanisi Paizuri (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 28 January 2017 11:24 (nine years ago)

maybe take that to a tutting thread elsewhere

dead committed anti-feminists are among the creepiest people not alive imo

― wins, Saturday, 28 January 2017 11:33 (nine years ago)

im hale & hearty thank u

― Mother Teresa May I (darraghmac), Saturday, 28 January 2017 11:57 (nine years ago)

John Hurt is such a good actor, but even when he was young he looked on the verge of death. Just beaten and broken, which is partly what made him so perfect for many of his roles.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 January 2017 14:35 (nine years ago)

It's a bad day to be 77: Alexander Chancellor has also died.

― jane burkini (suzy), Saturday, 28 January 2017 14:44 (nine years ago)

Hurt always carried two extra decades of gravitas. Just 43 filming 1984:
https://jambatt.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/screen-shot-2011-09-10-at-6-11-51-pm.png

― Sanpaku, Saturday, 28 January 2017 14:47 (nine years ago)

I've never seen A Man for All Seasons--wonder if a lot of people first saw him in Midnight Express like I did.

― clemenza, Saturday, 28 January 2017 15:02 (nine years ago)

He has a wonderful ageless quality as the Fool in Lear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQE3muaVRnY

― jmm, Saturday, 28 January 2017 15:17 (nine years ago)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/nation-now/2017/01/25/marvell-thomas-stax-soul-musician-dies-memphis/97064840/

Rufus' son, Carla's brother who played a big role on Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul and other Stax efforts

― curmudgeon, Saturday, 28 January 2017 18:11 (nine years ago)

English-friendly stuff on Emmanuelle Riva

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/emmanuelle-riva-dead-amour-dies-1201972169/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2017/jan/28/emmanuelle-riva-a-life-in-pictures-hiroshima-mon-amour

― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 January 2017 20:20 (nine years ago)

What's the Melville film she is in with Belmondo, Leon Morin, Prêtre?

RIP, Marvell Thomas. My understanding is that he filled in on keyboards/was the house keyboardist when Booker T was away at college.

― In Walked Bodhisattva (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 January 2017 20:27 (nine years ago)

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