The Rest In Peace & Remembrance Thread #2

Another Golden Girl. RIP, Rue!

 

RIP Rue. What a great actress. So sad.

 

Loved Rue since Maude.

 

I'd just read this on yahoo...Only one Golden Girl left now.....I loved her in the movies she did with Patrick Duffy & Ted Shackleford......RIP girl....you'll be missed....

 

Character actor Richard Dunn dies at 73

LOS ANGELES – Richard Dunn, a longtime character actor who frequently collaborated with comics Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, died Friday after being unconscious several days. He was 73.

His agent of 15 years, William Kerwin, says Dunn had been unconscious at a Hollywood hospital since Sunday. Kerwin didn't immediately know the cause of death.

The lanky, bespectacled actor, listed at 5-foot-10 and 125 pounds on his resume, often appeared on "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim lineup. Dunn also had bit parts on shows including "Nip/Tuck," "Weeds" and "House."

Heidecker wrote on Twitter Friday: "Deeply saddened to announce that our friend Richard Dunn passed away ... this morning."

Wareheim tweeted: "We'll miss you Dicky Dunn. You'll be in our hearts forever." Later he wrote: "We are making a memorial site where you can send him messages. More news soon. xo."

Kerwin said arrangements were being made to bury Dunn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, which seemed fitting given his old-school demeanor.
"He was a tall, Gary Cooper type of man — his sense of humor. Maybe that's why he smoked — maybe to seem like someone in a Gary Cooper movie," Kerwin said. "He was very nice, a very sensible man, a natural actor, not your typical wannabe performer."

Kerwin said Dunn's appeal was "kind of a sad look that he had, and a yep-nope attitude."

"He was one of those actors who worked most of the time but he never made the top," Kerwin said. "He was always there but never the big cigar."

 

Legendary coach John Wooden, the Wizard of Westwood: http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/page/John-Wooden-1910-2010/?gt1=39002

 

'Dirty Dancing' / 'Pretty Woman' producer Reuther dies at 58
Jun 7, 5:59 PM (ET)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Producer Steve Reuther, whose credits include "Pretty Woman,""Dirty Dancing" and last year's hit romance "The Ugly Truth," has died. He was 58.

Reuther's family said he died of cancer Saturday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif.

After starting in the mailroom at the William Morris talent agency in the late 1970s, Reuther worked his way into film development. He was an executive producer on 1987's "Dirty Dancing," and along with Julia Roberts' 1990 smash "Pretty Woman," Reuther produced such films as "The Client,""Face/Off,""The Rainmaker" and "Pay It Forward."

Reuther is survived by a daughter, his mother, two brothers and a sister.

 

Marvin, youngest of Isley Brothers, dies at 56
Jun 8, 6:41 AM (ET)
By KAREN HAWKINS

CHICAGO (AP) - Marvin Isley, the bass player who helped give R&B powerhouse the Isley Brothers their distinctive sound, has died at a Chicago hospital. He was 56.

Isley died Sunday morning at an inpatient hospice at Weiss Memorial Hospital, according to hospital spokeswoman Catherine Gianaro. She could not confirm a cause of death.

Isley stopped performing in 1996 after suffering complications from diabetes that included a stroke, high blood pressure, the loss of both legs and use of his left hand.

He joined his brothers' band in 1973. By that time, the Isley Brothers had established themselves with hits like 1959's "Shout," which sold more than 1 million records. Isley splintered off to form Isley-Jasper-Isley in the 1980s and returned to the Isley Brothers in the 1990s. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and their career has spanned six decades.

At one point there were five Isley brothers in the group, including Marvin. Today, only Ronald Isley is touring full time after a three-year stint in federal prison for tax evasion.

The group's hits included "Twist and Shout," later recorded by The Beatles, "Love The One You're With," and the Grammy-winning 1969 smash, "It's Your Thing."

In a 2001 interview, Marvin Isley told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he regretted spending decades ignoring his diabetes.

"If I would have listened, if I would have understood diabetes like I understood music, maybe these things wouldn't have happened," Isley said at the time.

In 2000, he settled a lawsuit against his older siblings stemming from a dispute over money from the estate of his deceased older brother, O'Kelly Isley, and from a $7 million plagiarism award against Michael Bolton relating to the group's 1966 song "Love Is A Wonderful Thing."

Funeral arrangements were not immediately available.

 

From TV Guide online:

CNN Co-Founder Robert Wussler Dies at 73
Kate Stanhope
Jun 12, 2010 11:15 AM ET


Robert Wussler, one of CNN's co-founders and a former president of CBS,
has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 73.

Wussler, a seven-time Emmy winner, died on June 5 at his Westport, Conn.,
home after battling a long illness, spokesman Arthur Sando told THR.

Wussler got his start working in the mailroom at CBS. He eventually became
executive producer of CBS News, where he worked on such specials as the
network's coverage of the moon landing. At age 39, he became the youngest
network president in CBS history.

In 1980, Wussler was recruited by Ted Turner to join Turner Broadcasting
Services. During the next decade, Wussler helped manage CNN as well as
Headline News, and served as the president of TBS. He also helped launch
TNT in 1988.

Wussler is survived by his six children and six grandchildren.

 

Singer, Sausage Businessman Jimmy Dean Dies At 81

RICHMOND, Va. – Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He was 81.

His wife, Donna Meade Dean, said her husband died at their Henrico County, Va., home.

She told The Associated Press that he had some health problems but was still functioning well, so his death came as a shock. She said he was eating in front of the television. She left the room for a time and came back and he was unresponsive. She said he was pronounced dead at 7:54 p.m.

"He was amazing," she said. "He had a lot of talents."

Dean lived in semiretirement with his wife, who is a songwriter and recording artist, on their 200-acre estate just outside Richmond, where he enjoyed investing, boating and watching the sun set over the James River.

Besides his wife, Dean is survived by three children and two grandchildren, Donna Meade Dean said. Arrangements have not be made, but it will be a private service, she said.

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I remember watching Jimmy's show as a kid.

 

'Charlie's Angels' composer Allyn Ferguson dies
Jun 29, 1:10 PM (ET)

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) - Allyn Ferguson, an Emmy-winning composer who co-wrote the themes for the 1970s TV shows "Charlie's Angels" and "Barney Miller," has died at 85.

Ferguson died at his home in Westlake Village near Los Angeles on June 23, said his daughter, Jill Ferguson.

Ferguson wrote scores for dozens of TV episodes in the 1970s and 1980s but he may be best-known for the "Charlie's Angels" and "Barney Miller" themes he co-wrote with Jack Elliott.

He received eight Emmy nominations, winning the award for music composition in 1985 for scoring a television adaptation of the classic novel "Camille."

It was one of several literary adaptations that Ferguson scored for producer Norman Rosemont.

"Allyn will always be remembered as the co-writer of two iconic television themes," said Jon Burlingame, author of "TV's Biggest Hits.""But I think his real strength was in writing large-scale orchestral scores for Rosemont."

"He'd often write lavish orchestral scores, some very swashbuckling in nature, that helped to set the mood and place the viewer in the proper period," Burlingame said. "It was great stuff; he was really good at this."

Ferguson also conducted and was musical co-director for Academy Award, Emmy and Grammy shows.

During his career, Ferguson also was an arranger or musical director for artists such as Sarah Vaughan, Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis and Julie Andrews.

He wrote the arrangements for the Count Basie Orchestra's 1998 Grammy-winning album, "Count Plays Duke."

In addition to his daughter, Ferguson is survived by his wife, Joline; sons, Dan and Todd; his sister, Marilyn Dallman; and six grandchildren.

 

Sen. Robert Byrd dead at 92; West Virginia lawmaker was the longest serving member of Congress in history

Robert C. Byrd, 92, a conservative West Virginia Democrat who became the longest-serving member of Congress in history and used his masterful knowledge of the institution to shape the federal budget, protect the procedural rules of the Senate and, above all else, tend to the interests of his state, died at 3 a.m. Monday at Inova Fairfax Hospital, his office said.

Mr. Byrd had been hospitalized last week with what was thought to be heat exhaustion, but more serious issues were discovered, aides said Sunday. No formal cause of death was given.

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In 1937, he married Erma Ora James. Both were 19 and had known each other since grade school.
She died after 68 years of marriage, while her husband was campaigning for reelection in 2006. Their two daughters, Mona Carol Fatemi of McLean and Marjorie Ellen Moore of Leesburg, survive him, as do five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

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Also on CNN they have a quote he made about his wife.
"I have met queens and the wives of shahs and great women from all over the world, (but) to me now, this was the greatest woman I ever met in this world," he said.

 

Cult comic writer Harvey Pekar dead at 70 in Ohio
Jul 12, 12:10 PM (ET)
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN

CLEVELAND (AP) - Comic book writer Harvey Pekar, whose "American Splendor" was made into a 2003 film starring Paul Giamatti, was found dead in his home early Monday, authorities said. He was 70.

Officers were called to Pekar's suburban home by his wife about 1 a.m., Cleveland Heights police Capt. Michael Cannon said. His body was found between a bed and dresser.

Pekar had been suffering from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression, according to Cannon. Pekar had gone to bed about 4:30 p.m. Sunday in good spirits, his wife told police.

An autopsy was planned, said Powell Caesar, a spokesman for the Cuyahoga County coroner's office in Cleveland. He had no information on the cause of death.

Pekar's "American Splendor" comics, which he began publishing in 1976, chronicle his grousing about work, money and the monotony of life.
His quirky commentary developed a cult following and his insights and humor were often a bit on the dark side.

In 2003, the New York Film Critics Circle honored "American Splendor" as best first film for the directing-writing team of Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. Part feature and part documentary, with animated elements added, the film starred Giamatti as the disgruntled Pekar.

Pekar told The Associated Press in a 1997 interview that he was determined to keep writing his "American Splendor" series.

"There's no end in sight for me. I want to continue to do it," Pekar said. "It's a continuing autobiography, a life's work."

 

NYY Official Site: George Steinbrenner dies from heart attack


George M. Steinbrenner, the principal owner of the New York Yankees since 1973, died Tuesday, reportedly after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 80.

The Steinbrenner family confirmed his death in a statement issued by the Yankees.

Steinbrenner was the longest tenured owner in Major League Baseball. Through his purchase of the Yankees, Steinbrenner became one of the game's best-known personalities; a demanding type who earned the long-standing nickname, "The Boss."
He had endured a pair of public health scares in recent years, limiting his public commentary mostly to statements released through publicist Howard Rubenstein.

Steinbrenner is survived by his wife, Joan, and their children, Hal, Hank, Jennifer and Jessica.

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NYY Blog: Official statement on the passing of George M. Steinbrenner III

"It is with profound sadness that the family of George M. Steinbrenner III announces his passing. He passed away this morning in Tampa, Fla., at age 80.

"He was an incredible and charitable man. First and foremost he was devoted to his entire family - his beloved wife, Joan; his sisters, Susan Norpell and Judy Kamm, his children, Hank, Jennifer, Jessica and Hal; and all of his grandchildren.

"He was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. He took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again."

Mr. Steinbrenner recently celebrated his 80th birthday on July 4.

Funeral arrangements will be private. There will be an additional public service with details to be announced at a later date.