The Rest In Peace & Remembrance Thread #2

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  1. Dynamo1

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    Cliff Robertson, who played JFK in 'PT-109,' dies
    Sep 10, 10:11 PM (ET)
    By KAREN ZRAICK

    NEW YORK (AP) - President John F. Kennedy had just one critique when he saw photos of the actor set to play him in a World War II drama. The year was 1963 and actor Cliff Robertson looked convincing in his costume for "PT-109," the first film to portray a sitting president. Kennedy had favored Robertson for the role, but one detail was off.

    Robertson's hair was parted on the wrong side.

    The actor dutifully trained his locks to part on the left and won praise for a role he'd remain proud of throughout his life.

    Robertson, who went on to win an Oscar for his portrayal of a mentally disabled man in "Charly", died of natural causes Saturday afternoon in Stony Brook, a day after his 88th birthday, according to Evelyn Christel, his secretary of 53 years.

    Robertson never elevated into the top ranks of leading men, but he remained a popular actor from the mid-1950s into the following century. His later roles included kindly Uncle Ben in the "Spider-Man" movies.

    He also gained attention for his second marriage to actress and heiress Dina Merrill, daughter of financier E.F. Hutton and Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post cereal fortune and one of the world's richest women.

    Full story at Iwon/AP News.
     
  2. Dynamo1

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    'Spartacus' star Whitfield dies of lymphoma at 39
    Sep 11, 10:30 PM (ET)
    By ANDREW DALTON

    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Andy Whitfield, who played the title role in the hit cable series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," has died at age 39, according to representatives and family.

    Whitfield died Sunday in Sydney, Australia, 18 months after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, manager Sam Maydew told the Associated Press.

    "On a beautiful sunny Sydney spring morning, surrounded by his family, in the arms of his loving wife, our beautiful young warrior Andy Whitfield lost his 18 month battle with lymphoma cancer," Whitfield's wife Vashti said in a statement. "He passed peacefully surrounded by love. Thank you to all his fans whose love and support have help carry him to this point. He will be remembered as the inspiring, courageous and gentle man, father and husband he was."

    Andy Whitfield - who was born in Wales and moved to Australia in 1999 - was a virtual unknown when he was cast as the legendary Thracian slave in "Spartacus," a role made famous by Kirk Douglas in the 1960 Stanley Kubrick film.

    Full story at AP/Iwon News.
     
  3. NHRFan

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    He is not 39 years old. He was born in 1974, he was 37 years old, unless ImDb got his years wrong.
     
  4. Dynamo1

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    IMDB has been known to be wrong, just as much as Wikipedia, which lists his birth year as 1972. TV Guide online also listed 1972. Sometimes, you can check four or five sources and get different years or different months for a celebrity. Sometimes a manager or agent will put another year to make the client seem older or younger, and sometimes it's just a typographical error that gets spread around.
     
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    Okay, Thanks, Dynamo1. I went to go findagrave.com to see him on it, He is not in it yet.
     
  6. GregNickRyanFan

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    There were two seasons of Spartcus... but different subtitles. Which one was Blood and Sand? The first season or second?
     
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    Blood and Sand was the first season, with the wonderful gorgeous Andy.

    Gods of the Arena was 'season two', which was in fact a prequel while they waited to see how Andy did.

    Season three will pick up where 'Blood and Sand' ended, with a new Spartacus.
     
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    Oh, okay. Thanks for clearing that up for me. My condolences to the family and friends of Andy Whitfield.
     
  9. Dynamo1

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    Dolores Hope, wife of Bob Hope, dies at 102
    Sep 19, 5:30 PM (ET)
    By BOB THOMAS

    (AP) - Dolores Hope, the sultry-voiced songstress who was married to Bob Hope for 69 years and sometimes sang on his shows for U.S. troops and on his television specials, has died at age 102.

    Hope family spokesman Harlan Boll said Hope died Monday of natural causes at home in Los Angeles. He did not elaborate.

    Bob Hope died at age 100 on July 27, 2003.

    At her 100th birthday party, Hope appeared little changed: Her white hair was richly coiffed, her skin smooth and her voice deep and warm. She was brought to the party in a wheelchair but was alert and happy as she greeted old friends and posed for photographs.

    Hope mused, "I thought it was going to be just another birthday."

    Full story at Iwon/AP News.
     
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    Reggae pioneer Leonard Dillon dies in Jamaica
    Sep 29, 12:27 PM (ET)

    KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - The leader of the pioneering reggae group The Ethiopians has died in Jamaica. Leonard Dillon was 68.

    Daughter Patrice Dillon says her father died Wednesday at her home of lung and prostate cancer.

    She says Dillon had been diagnosed with cancer in June and underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor earlier this year.

    Leonard Dillon began his career using the stage name Jack Sparrow in the early 1960s. He recorded a series of ska songs, including "Bull Whip," which featured a young Bob Marley on backing vocals.

    Dillon later formed The Ethiopians, a trio whose best known hits were "Train to Skaville" and "Everything Crash."

    Dillon is survived by seven children.


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    Sylvia Robinson, early hip-hop pioneer, dies
    Sep 29, 4:15 PM (ET)
    By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY

    NEW YORK (AP) - The woman some call the mother of hip-hop has died.

    Sylvia Robinson, who had a hit as a singer-songwriter with the sexually charged "Pillow Talk" but was later known as one of hip-hop's early founders as the record label owner that put out "Rapper's Delight," rap's first mainstream success, died Thursday, according to publicist Greg Walker. She was 76.

    Robinson, born Sylvia Vanterpool, died of congestive heart failure at the New Jersey Institute of Neuroscience in Seacaucus, N.J.

    Along with her late husband, Joe, Robinson was the owner of Sugar Hill Records. In 1979, it released the song that would become widely known as rap's first hit, "Rapper's Delight," by the Sugar Hill Gang.

    Full story at Iwon/AP News.
     
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    Singer Trisha Yearwood's mother dies at age 73
    Oct 1, 9:28 PM (ET)
    By CHRIS TALBOTT

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gwen Yearwood, the mother of country music performer Trisha Yearwood and the co-author of two recently published cooking books with her daughter, has died at age 73.

    Yearwood died early Saturday morning in Tifton, Ga., after a long fight with cancer. A statement to the Associated Press says Trisha Yearwood and her sister Beth were by their mother's side when she died.

    "The family is deeply appreciative of the care and concern they've received throughout this journey," the statement said.

    Gwen Yearwood, a teacher who lived in Monticello, Ga., for much of her life, wrote two cookbooks with her daughters: "Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen," released in 2008, followed by "Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood," issued in 2010.

    Trisha Yearwood, a Grammy-winning singer, was among country music's most popular acts before going into semi-retirement with her husband Garth Brooks in Oklahoma. She continues to be a popular draw when she performs and said recently she hopes soon to hit Broadway when her stepchildren are all in college.

    In a recent interview with GAC to promote a cooking special she taped with her mother, Trisha Yearwood described her mother as a real example to her in many different ways. She said Gwen Yearwood's independent streak and expression of true love for her husband of more than four decades, the late Jack Yearwood, were inspirations.

    "I think my mom is the bomb," Trisha Yearwood said. "I'm very lucky. I'm one of those kids who has a mom who everybody loves. So when my mom comes to Oklahoma and visits and she's gone, everybody's like, 'When's your mom coming back?'"

    The family statement thanked well-wishers and asked that expressions of sympathy be directed to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which helps fund breast cancer research, in Gwen Yearwood's name.


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    'North Dallas Forty' author dies in Michigan
    Oct 1, 7:53 PM (ET)

    BANGOR, Mich. (AP) - The seamier side of professional football was exposed by former NFL player Peter Gent's "North Dallas Forty," the 1973 novel that became a sports movie classic depicting the drugs, sex, greed and self-preservation of the game.

    Gent had an unlikely five-season career playing for Dallas before penning the story loosely based on the Cowboys. It later became a movie, nestled between comedy and tragedy, showing the drinking and drugging by thinly disguised football characters.

    Gent, who died Friday at his boyhood home in western Michigan, seemed pleased with how the movie turned out but usually didn't watch it years later, his son said Saturday. Gent went on to write several more books.

    "He was just a brilliant guy who had a lot of other interests. He read a lot and loved history," Carter Gent said. "Watching sports didn't do much for him."

    He said his father died from a pulmonary illness at his home in Bangor where he'd lived since 1990. He was 69.

    Peter Gent was a star basketball player at Michigan State University in the 1960s, and was drafted by the NBA's Baltimore Bullets after averaging 21 points a game in his final college season.

    But he chose a different sport. Although he didn't play football in college, Gent got an NFL tryout with the Cowboys in 1964, and spent five seasons with the team.

    "He had heard you'd get $500 just for showing up," his son said. "The wide receivers coach liked him. He was long and lean and had good hands."

    His 1973 novel was made into a movie, "North Dallas Forty," six years later that starred Nick Nolte as an aging player, singer-songwriter Mac Davis as a quarterback and John Matuszak, a former Raiders defensive end and notorious Super Bowl party boy.

    Gent wrote a sequel, "North Dallas After Forty," as well as other books, including a memoir about coaching his son's baseball team, "The Last Magic Summer: A Season With My Son."

    Gent, who was divorced, is survived by his 35-year-old son, who lives in Kalamazoo; a daughter, Holly Gent Palmo of Austin, Texas; a brother, Jamie Gent; and four grandchildren.
     
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    Steve Jobs, Apple Founder Dies


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    Condolences to his family.
     
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    Holy Crap! He just retired.

    How sad! No matter what anyone wants to say, he did change the world.

    Rest in peace, Steve!
     
  15. jafox

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    Terribly sad about Steve Jobs.
    A brilliant man. (I love my iphone. He was right; something I didn't know I needed til I got one. :))

    RIP. You will be missed.
     

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