RIP

theoddz · 05-13-2019, 08:27 AM

I'm quite a bit late in posting this, but I did want to let folks know about this passing, because quite of few of us 50 somethings grew up with Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and will remember Jim Fowler. He, along with Marlin Perkins, hosted the beloved and long-running nature show that we all knew and loved. Jim Fowler passed away on May 8, 2019.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-89-1209218

Interestingly, Jim Fowler and my father were close friends when they both attended Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, together, in the 50's. My dad was 2 years older than Jim, but they were good friends and Jim was my dad's best man at my folk's wedding, in 1956.

So, rest in peace, Mr. Fowler......and give my dear Pop a great big hug for me when you see him up there in Heaven.

~Theo~

theoddz · 05-13-2019, 08:40 AM

On another sad note, the breaking news is now that the lovely and vibrant Doris Day has passed away, at age 97.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/13/enter...ead/index.html

RIP, Ms. Day, and thank you for all of the great entertainment, over the years. You will be dearly missed.

~Theo~

Gemme · 05-13-2019, 08:50 PM

Actress Peggy Lipton, star of ‘The Mod Squad’ and ‘Twin Peaks,’ died of cancer this week at 72.

Kobi · 05-14-2019, 02:01 PM

Tim Conway, whose gallery of innocent goofballs, stammering bystanders, transparent connivers, oblivious knuckleheads and hapless bumblers populated television comedy and variety shows for more than half a century, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 85.

With a sweetly cherubic face, a deceptively athletic physicality and an utter devotion to foolishness and slapstick, Mr. Conway was among Hollywood’s most enduringly popular clowns. The winner of six Emmy Awards and a member of the Television Academy Hall of Fame, he was a leading non-leading man, a vivid second banana whose deferential mien and skill as a collaborator made him most comfortable — and often funniest — in the shadow of a star.

For Mr. Conway, those stars were, most notably, Ernest Borgnine, with whom he appeared on the popular early-1960s series “McHale’s Navy,” and Carol Burnett, on whose comedy-variety show Mr. Conway was regularly featured from 1967 to 1978.

Obit

C0LLETTE · 05-17-2019, 07:54 AM

Architect IM Pei, best known for designing the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the glass pyramid at the entrance to the Louvre in Paris, died early Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 102

Kätzchen · 05-19-2019, 08:02 AM

GeorgiaMa'am · 08-06-2019, 08:25 AM

Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. I will never forget her novel "The Bluest Eye", which, although it was not perhaps her most famous novel, had a deep affect on me.

Stacey Abrams tweeted, "Toni Morrison was a towering intellect, a brilliant scribe of our nation’s complex stories, a heartbreaking journalist of our deepest desires, and a groundbreaking author who destroyed precepts, walls and those who dared underestimate her capacity. Rest well and in peace."

I can't add anything to that, except I am profoundly saddened.

05-13-2019, 08:27 AM	#1
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