[Garrett]

Just thought I’d let you Know Robert Urich died this morning, of a rare cancer, and was only 55. He was married to Heather Menzies (who stared in the TV series Logans Run as Jessica). He was most remembered for Spencer for Hire, and Dan Tanna in Vegas. He also starred in S.W.A.T. and more recently was seen on Sky in The Lazarus Man which I quite enjoyed. He had to stop staring in this role because of the cancer and it was thought to be in remission and he started taking other roles such as the Captain Jim in Love Boat: The Next Wave.

Spencer: The Judas Goat is on tomorrow on Ch5 15.30


The following is work in progress I'm sorting an index for the thread the index is from the christian name and no the surname. I have not at present got the links to the very post but it will go to the page the artiest is on.
Bruce Paltrow The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Bryan Pringle. The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Carmen Silvera The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Chaim Potok The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Dean Riesner The Last Curtain Call Of The Late The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Gerald Campion The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Gordon Wharmby The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Gus Dudgeon The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
J. Lee Thompson The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
John Entwhistle The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
John Frankenheimer The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
John Thaw The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Jonathan Harris The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Jonathan Nathan-Turner The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Leo McKern The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Lonnie Donegan The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Maurice Denham The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Michael Elphick The Last Curtain Call Of The Late The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Norman Vaughn The Last Curtain Call Of The Late The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Pat Coombs The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Patrick Fyffe The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Pattie Coldwell The Last Curtain Call Of The Late The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Richard Harris The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Robert Urich The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Rod Steiger The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Rosemary Clooney The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Tom Dowd The Last Curtain Call Of The Late
Tony Anholt The Last Curtain Call Of The Late The Last Curtain Call Of The Late

[Gordon @ Convergent AV]

I also believe he was a huge film fan and had a mega theatre with stacked Runco projectors.

Gordon

Thats a shame.

He was a pretty young guy really.

I remember him well. Used to watch Vega$ regularly.



Laurel

[Joe Pineapples]

Best film i remember him in was as one of the cops turned bad, along side Tim Matheson & David Soul, in 'Magnum Force'

Dean

[encaser]

I use to like watching him too, I think Spencer For Hire is the clearest memory to strike. When younger I use to confuse him with the drug addled Stacy Keech.
Terrible way to go.

[Thor]

He always sticks in my mind with the film The Ice Pirates. A very funny sci-fi film with time jumps near the end of the film that make it hilarious. The loss of a great actor.

[Garrett]

This is a column/thread devoted to passing of a star, director, composer, entertainer, TV personality, etc., no matter how great or small, and in way of a thank you for entertaining us. Without you what use would all our AV equipment be.

Thanks to Jase for the help and Spectre for allowing it.

[Zone]

Lets hope this thread grows very very slowly..

Si

[Jase]

Garrett

Tried merging the previous threads into this one but as you can see it bungs them in date order. Sent a quick PM to Spectre and with this version of the board software its not possible to move posts around within threads!! So I cant put your thread description back up to the top. Sorry!!

Let me know if you want the others merged, not sure how they´ll fit in here though so might be best to start new posts.

Cheers

Jase

How about recording artists? they come under the audio side of AV. Lisa left eye lopez frorm T.L.C died in a crash today. She was young,pretty and talented

[Garrett]

The above by me was meant to encompass singers and presenters including Christopher Price.
Sorry Sean, I don’t know Liza, would you like to write something about her.

No not really, i liked her stuff, not a huge fan of T.L.C She was the chick who did a track with sporty spice. Just young, very young. A real shame

[Garrett]

Jase if Spectre can't move things round is it all right if I edit my posting on Robert Urich And put my starter at the top of his obituary?

Zone I’m with you on that, lets hope there is not too many young guys and gals.

[Gordon @ Convergent AV]

;Lisa "left eye" was a talented individual. Not many of us/you will know her but I suspect you will know the songs she sang on. Only last weekend I heard "Unpretty" and decided I had to actually go and buy a TLC album...I didn't and now I regret it.

I feel very sorry for her friends and family and look forward to the release of TLC's next album and hope it is a fitting rememberance for another talented individual who has died too young....

In peace,

Gordon

[Jase]

Garrett

Feel free to edit the Robert Ulrich post, the only other option would be to delete posts within the thread to move yours up, but I dont want to do that to be honest.

Cheers

Jase

[Garrett]

Just thought I’d let you know all you Dr Who fans Jonathan Nathan-Turner, who produced over 130 episodes of Dr Who, died on Wednesday aged 54.
He started out as an actor appearing in Crossroads at a young age. He started at the BBC as a floor assistant and worked his way up to producer. He also was responsible for casting the last 3 Doctors for the BBC TV series.

[Garrett]

Patrick Fyffe has died aged 60 of cancer.
Patrick played Dame Hilda Bracket in the duo Hinge and Bracket, who were a pair of opera loving (cross-dressers). They had their own show ‘Dear Ladies’ in the early 80s.

[Garrett]

Gordon Wharmby best known for his role in Last Of The Summer Wine, who played Wesley Pegley (the one who was always messing with cars and machines, and drove the Land Rover), died in hospital in North Wales, on Saturday aged 68 .
He had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer.

[Dubbing Mixer]

Thanks Garrett,

Exactly what his thread is for. I missed all of these demises. I liked all of them. I would have been really upset to have found out long after the event.

Rob

[Garrett]

Hi Dubbing Mixer I cannot confirm this yet but was told by a mate, Michael Coles is dead, I have searched the Internet but cannot find any thing on it.
I will always remember him as playing nasty villains. I think he was the one doing all the killings in the film Sweeney (and a hand in killing Linda Belingham character) The only time I remember seeing him as a good guy was in the two modern day Dracula films with Peter Cushing.
If you got to http://us.imdb.com/Name?Coles,+Michael it just may jog you memory who he was.
Anybody else got news on this!

[Dubbing Mixer]

Hi Garrett,

I had a look around the web too. From his filmography, I'd know him if I saw him. I couldn't find anything useful either.

Please keep up the good work!

Rob

[Garrett]

Late news in but I have just been reading in the paper today about Norman Vaughn, and Bryan Pringle.

Bryan was born 19.1.35 and died 15.5.02. I will always remember him in bad tempered roles. He can be seen at present on Sunday mornings on Granada Plus in The Dustbinmen as Cheese and Egg.
He must have had hundred s of roles but I will always remember him in the afore mentioned role.

Sorry no dates for Norman, but he was a comedian whose catchphrase was Swinging (thumb up), and Dodgie (thumb down), and used it in a Cadbury’s Roses advert. He compared the Sunday Night at the London Palladium from 62-42 and also hosted The Golden Shot.
I don’t now what Norman use to be on but he always seemed full of energy, that he could have power all of Britain. He always seem to come across as a nice guy.

[Garrett]

More info on Norman Vaughan. He died last 17.5.02 aged 79. In April he was knocked down by a car and never recovered and died in the Royal London Infirmary.
He devised Bullseye, and was one of the host on Mr & Mrs.
It seems not only my view he was a nice man, in one of the paper the writer said he was a lovely man.

[Dubbing Mixer]

Sorry to hear about Bryan Pringle. I remember him fondly in both comedy and serious roles. In particular, I remember him playing a pedarast in a BBC drama and going into hiding when it was transmitted for fear the audience would mistake the actor for the character!

A great character and comedy actor he will be sorely missed.

[Garrett]

Pat Coombs has died aged 71, she born was born 27.8.30, died 25.5.02.
Pat had complications from emphysema, (she was a heavy smoker) and developed gangrene and was told she would have to have both here legs amputated, but had refused.
One of her last role was in Eastenders as Marge Green . She was mainly a comedy actress and when appearing on panel shows pretended to be single and man hungry.
Look out for her in repeats in Dads Army(UK Gold) and The Dick Emery Show (Granada Plus).

[Reefman]

of the Who died in a Los Angeles hotel last night the day before they were due to start a tour of the States. John aged 57 is thought to have suffered a heart attack.

A rock legend who will be sadly missed.......


............talking bout my gerneration.

...........why don't you all f f f f f f fade away.......

[Garrett]

Rosemary Clooney Actress/Singer
Died on Saturday aged 74 of lung cancer.
Twice married to José Ferrer, aunt of George Clooney, who appeared in a cameo role with him in ER.
Probably here most famous role was in the 1954 film 'White Christmas' with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.
She had her own TV program 'The Rosemary Clooney Show' in the 50s.
Rosemary had hit songs in the UK
1952 Half As Much (No3)
1954 Man (No7)
Also two number ones in 1954 with This Ole House, and Mambo Italiano.
1955 Where Will The Baby’s Dimple Be (No6)
1955 Hey There (No4)
Lastly in 1957 Mangos (No 25 and 17 on re-entry)

Rosemary Clooney: Born 23.5.1928 Maysville, Kentucky. Died 29.6.2002 Beverly Hills, California. R.I.P.

[Garrett]

John Frankenheimer Director
Died on Saturday of a massive stroke after surgery on his spine.

Film director, of many a fine, and classic films such as:

Birdman Of Alcatraz 1962
Manchurian Candidate 1962
Seven Days In May 1964
The Train 1964
Seconds 1966 (which I only recently stated was one of the most chilling films ever).
Grand Prix 1966
and more recently Ronin 1998

He initially wanted to become actor, but became involved with camera work, then came directing.

Born 19.2.1930 New York. Died 6.7.2002. Los Angeles. R.I.P.

[Dubbing Mixer]

John Frankenheimer:

A pioneer of multi-screen technique. Grand Prix is, perhaps, the best example. But the same tricks are evident in the much underestimated, Ronin. ALthough the soundtracks of both movies seem somewhat dated in the light of contemporary techniques, the visuals more than make up for it.

A sad loss, he had much good work left in him.

[Garrett]

Rod Steiger Actor(method) age 77
Died Tuesday, he had been suffering from pneumonia, and kidney failure.
Rod won the Academy award for his role as Sheriff Bill Gillespie ‘In The Heat Of The Night’ and what a powerful performance it was.
Just a few of his many films are:

On The Waterfront 1954
Oklahoma 1955
Run Of The Arrow 1957
Al Capone 1959
The Longest Day 1962
The Pawnbroker 1964 (Oscar Nominated)
Doctor Zhivargo 1965
In The Heat Of The Night 1967
Waterloo 1970
Mars Attacks 1996

Born 14.4.1925 Westhampton, New York Died -9.7.2002 Los Angeles, California R.I.P.