Nictarion Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 5 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: Doris Day died at 97. Frankly I didn’t know she was still alive. One hell of a life she lived. She was from my home town. Great life indeed. She had a really beautiful voice. I mostly think of The Man Who Knew Too Much when it comes to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 39 years old.... WTF.... www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-ashley-massaro-wwe-20190516-story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 For the people following cars driving in circles. Nikolaus Andreas "Niki" Lauda has died. Three times Formula One champion, and arguably more famous for suriviving the horrifying crash on the Nurburg Ring in 1976. One of the all time greats in car racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 10 hours ago, Triskele said: I think I've now seen the one you're referring to. Was it the one with the rock bands, the mother who helped shape the travelling America guy's life, and the Christmas music? Yeah, that's the one. The part that got me was when the nanny sang Edelweiss in front of her adult kids. The episode opened with the thing about how one of Bourdain's camera guys had been more or less raised by a devoted Filipino nanny who loved him like her own kid, while her kids grew up halfway around the world, without her. I think Edelweiss was the song she sang to the cameraman as a baby. I couldn't help but see discomfort on the faces of the grown kids and reflect on the family's sadness that their mother had to be away from them in order to earn enough money to provide for them. That family's situation is very common over there. Parents go abroad to work construction, nursing, or nannying, leave their kids with relatives, and don't get to be with them until the kids are grown. There was a really good article on that phenomenon a few years ago. I thought I'd read it on the Atlantic, but I found it again on the Pulitzer site: https://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/philippines-parenting-box Bourdain also visited the Philippines on No Reservations. That episode featured a Filipino-American kid who felt awkward and not really accepted in the US or the Philippines, and that one hit home too. That's also the episode where Bourdain said that Filipino roast lechon is "the best pork ever" which is something multiple Filipinos have repeated to me. I don't know if there's a culinary compliment that would make me more proud. Wherever he went, Bourdain got it. He understood where he was and portrayed it better than other people have. We still haven't watched any of his back catalog since he died. It makes Mrs. Gabriel too sad. But she says she might be ready soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leofric Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Rutger Hauer has died at 75. Roy Batty in Blade Runner, Navarre in Ladyhawke, Martin in Flesh + Blood, Cardinal Roarke in Sin City and so many other roles. "All those moments will be lost in time, like [coughs] tears in rain." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 16 minutes ago, Leofric said: Rutger Hauer has died at 75. Roy Batty in Blade Runner, Navarre in Ladyhawke, Martin in Flesh + Blood, Cardinal Roarke in Sin City and so many other roles. "All those moments will be lost in time, like [coughs] tears in rain." Crazy that he passed in year when Blade Runner's story takes place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 That speech at the end of Blade Runner is among my favourite movie moments ever, especially knowing that he himself cut down the original sppech and just used the bits he liked the most and that the Tears in rain line was improvised. Add to that an impressive body of work, where he was always good even if the movie around him wasn't always all that great. The Hitcher being one of his greatest roles in my opinion. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Tbh. It's been a toss up in favorite scenes in that movie. I also like the dialogue involving Pris'es: Then we're stupid, and we will die. Ofc in the dubbed version of the movie I grew up with is a wee bit different, and I like this version a bit better. "We will die, because we're stupid." And then the calm and self-assured response. "No. We won't." Pretty badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Damn, RiP Rutger Hauer. A very fine actor indeed. I knew nothing of his personal life, but in pretty much all respects I think that's a good thing. His art did all the talking and hopefully it means no skeletons in the closet to come to light posthumously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Toni Morrison passed last night at 88. A true legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Toni RIP She was a Nobel Laureate- https://news.yahoo.com/nobel-laureate-toni-morrison-dead-134101517.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Peter Fonda at 79 from lung cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dbunting Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, DireWolfSpirit said: You know, I watched this a few weeks ago for the first time ever. Didn't like it, not one bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Easy Rider is a classic. Great performances from Fonda, Hopper (who also directed), and Nicholson. It also helped usher in one of the best decades for film with the grittier, more unconventional films of the 70’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 Dirty Mary Crazy Larry was my first favorite movie... I was in the 7th grade...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Pal Benkö passed aged 91. One of the last remanants (other than Spassky) from chess golden age with Tal, Botvinnik and Fischer (before he went full crazy) playing. I am gonna miss his christmas chess puzzles over at chessbase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 Less of an "R.I.P."... and more of a "good riddance" ... David Koch... pure evil in a (now decomposing) meat sack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Valerie Harper... easy to love....https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/283123/valerie-harper-dies-at-80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Ashes Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Ric Ocasek https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ric-ocasek-the-cars-dead-family-surgery-885434/amp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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