P D James?
Shittington.

Loved her books.

RIP Pugsly
 

RIP Ken Weatherwax, Pugsly on "The Addams Family.
http://www.examiner.com/article/tv-s...erwax-has-died

His Aunt was Ruby Keeler. :eek:

I still think Morticia is hotter than a two dollar pistol.

And she was Aaron Spelling's first wife.

You can say that again, brother.

My favorite Morticia Addams quote:

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Many Rice-Davies

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30547066

RIP Joe Cocker:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...n_6367648.html

Billie Whitelaw - awesome awesome actor. She was magnetic. Real strength and presence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30571601

I hadn't seen the reports about Cocker. That makes me feel just a little choked up.

I agree

Damn right. That pretty much shocked me.



I remember seeing it live when Joe Cocker was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live waaaaay back in the day. Unbeknownst to Joe, John Belushi came out on stage behind him and began doing the most dead-on impersonation (of Joe) I think I've ever seen. The crowd is going bonkers, and Joe, I'm sure, thought "These people love me!", either that or "What the fuck?"

It was hilarious watching Joe going through those contortions and ugly faces he was famous for in his earlier years, with Belushi behind him doing the exact same things.

I'll never forget that.

Couldn't find the full clip, but, here's a taste:



He's almost good as Joe!

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I caught the whole thing on live leak. Joe knew he was doing it, but was unphased. It's actually a nice version. Belushi could sing, too, it would seem.

Oh, Belushi could have made a living singing. I enjoyed his singing. The Blues Brothers? C'mon, man!

He, and Aykroyd could both sing, when they wanted to.

Video of notable Brits who died this year. Didn't know about Donald Sinden, had forgotten about a few....

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30500702

Christine Cavanaugh - the voice of Babe and Chucky from Rugrats! She was 51. Cause of death as yet unannounced.

Edward Hermann, the head vampire from "The Lost Boys", of brain cancer.

RIP Donna Douglas (Elly Mae Clampett)

http://www.tmz.com/2015/01/02/donna-...-may-clampett/

That was a lovely character to be remembered for.

I met her at one of those autograph events here in LA years ago. She was very friendly and energetic. Still wore the same clothes and hair style from the show even though she was in her late 60s then.

Elly May? That sweet young thing? 81? How did she pass me?

Little Jimmy Dickens

RIP Andre Crouch and Rod Taylor.

Taylor Negron. 57. cancer.

You know him from everything, he was in everything.

I didn't know he was Chuck "Three Dog Night" Negron's cousin

I didn't know he delivered the pizza to Spicoli in the classroom

He was in so many things. As soon as I saw the photo I'm like 'oh that guy!' I remember him from a Friends and a Seinfeld episode. He also was in Young Doctors in Love, I see from his credits. I need to see that again. In HS my friends and I were big General Hospital fans so we had to go see this spoof of hospital soaps.

Very sad.

RIP Anita Ekberg

http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0001179/

The father of instant replay died:

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6498778

The father of instant replay died:

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6498778

Hahaha, clever.

RIP

:D

Anne Kirkbride (Deidre Barlow)

Not the Corrie star I was expecting to go next!

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30891246

I know, that really shocked me!

Otherwise known as 'The Singing Tent'.

He certainly had some memorable costumes. My mum played him a lot. I think more because she had a thing about Greece than his music, but who knows....

Was just showing the images of his outfits to Hebe who was expressing her interest in Grecian-style dresses for prom.....and we realized he was just way ahead of his time -they're just cotton Snuggies.... (The blankets with armholes)

:lol2:

http://s2.postimg.org/t3tti6gp5/Greek_debt.jpg

I know that we should not make light of his passing, but I cannot help wondering if he died on the day a new Greek government took office, purely for tax reasons.

Bummer - He was definitely one of my favs...

One of my faves too, he LLAP'd.

While best known for the emotionless character Mr. Spock, his facial expressions alone could be quite entertaining as in this largely forgotten music video ...



The voyage has been better with him. RIPAD (rest in peace and dance).

LLAP'd - Lived Long And Prospered

Man, I had to work on that for a minute.

:D

Aww that's so sad, though he had a good innings, as they say.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...g-and-prosper/

I've read Nimoy's explanation of how he suggested the Vulcan salute, but his five minute long version here is wonderful to view on this day.

ETA: found the video outside of WaPo's article:

Just got a chance to watch that. I really liked it.
Came across this one too, which is also pretty good.
http://youtu.be/9QAYvI5CC5s

Did I ever tell you about that dream I had where I was having some sort of group sex.... And Leonard Nimoy was there... I can't remember now if it was with jinx, or..... I just remember the floor was very shiny grey painted concrete, and there were puddles of water everywhere.

There was no actual sex, but you know. It was pretty weird. Mr Spock, for fux ache.

Leonard Nimoy was an icon. He created a character that actually changed how people looked at emotion versus intellect. Spock is perhaps THE single most manifest Sci Fi character ever created, and he wouldn't have been who he was with Nimoy.

touching tributes
 

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There's a local ice cream shop that's been in town for years, run by second or third generation family, not sure. Back when I was in my early 20s the thing was that we knew spring was here because this ice cream place was open for the season. Well, they keep opening earlier and earlier it seems. I know the guy, Dave, and he's cool, used to have parties where he'd take the slushie machine to his house and have gin slushies. I went by there today and it was open so I had to read the sign. He has one of those plastic letter signs and it runs the gamut of serious to funny. Today it read "Live Long and Prosper. RIP Spock." I thought that was pretty cool, and SO Dave.

nice find Ocean's Edge.

nice to see you again, too.

The theme this week is bassists. The world lost two thick stringers this week.

Andy Fraser and Mike Porcaro.

You know Andy Fraser for co-writing and playing bass on this:


And Mike Porcaro was the bass player for Toto, playing on such songs as Rosanna and Africa.

Damn.

When you listen to "All Right Now", consider that Mr. Fraser's outstanding contribution to the song was not playing at all for the first 50 seconds of it. Yes, the bass does not come in AT ALL until the first chorus. And then it changes everything, because suddenly... hey bass! It's a neat trick and shows everybody how important bass is.

Another example of this is AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long".

Thank you glatt for this post.

Africa is a song that always makes me a little emotional. I just really like it. RIP Mr P.