RIP

[Arwen]

Ride, Sally Ride.

[Parker]

Jefferson Cleaners is now closed.

RIP Sherman Hemsley

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Parker

Jefferson Cleaners is now closed.

RIP Sherman Hemsley

[Jesse]

'Medical Center' star Chad Everett dies at 75 after a year and a half battle with lung cancer.

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Jesse

'Medical Center' star Chad Everett dies at 75 after a year and a half battle with lung cancer.

Chad Everett was one hunk of man.

[Arwen]

He was the original Dr. McDreamy to me.

And baby, I had a mad crush on him.

[Rockinonahigh]

My loed,so many people I grew up watching on tv or reading about in books or news papers.May they rest in in the hands of peace and love..

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Arwen

He was the original Dr. McDreamy to me.

And baby, I had a mad crush on him.

I agree Arwen. He was such a handsome man and one of those men that was just as handsome as an older man, as he was as a young one.

Every time I see that there is a new entry in this RIP thread, I say to myself, "Darn, who died now" and I half-hate to look.

It does feel strange to see so many folks pass that were famous, or at least known to me through TV or movies, when I was younger; pass on lately.

[Nomad]

Death Penalty Opponent and Philosopher Hugo Bedau Dies

excerpt from obit: ' Professor Bedau (pronounced beh-DOUGH) took up the issue as well in “The Case Against the Death Penalty,” a pamphlet distributed widely for many years by the American Civil Liberties Union. Written with the help of Henry Schwarzschild, a former director of the group’s Capital Punishment Project, the publication brought together a number of arguments against the death penalty: that it failed to deter crime (using supporting data); that it was fraught with racial bias, wrongful convictions and excessive financial costs; and that it was ultimately an act of “barbarity.”

“The history of capital punishment in American society clearly shows the desire to mitigate the harshness of this penalty by narrowing its scope,” the pamphlet said in a section titled “Unfairness.” “Discretion, whether authorized by statutes or by their silence, has been the main vehicle to this end. But when discretion is used, as it always has been, to mark for death the poor, the friendless, the uneducated, the members of racial minorities and the despised, then discretion becomes injustice. Thoughtful citizens, who in contemplating capital punishment in the abstract might support it, must condemn it in actual practice". '

[Kobi]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in her Los Angeles home at age 95.

She was a staple of nightclubs and television from the 1950s — when female comics were rare indeed — until her retirement in 2002. Diller built her stand-up act around the persona of the corner-cutting housewife ("I bury a lot of my ironing in the back yard") with bizarre looks, a wardrobe to match (by "Omar of Omaha") and a husband named "Fang."

She didn't get into comedy until she was nearly 40, after her first husband, Sherwood Diller, prodded her for two years to give up a successful career as an advertising and radio writer. Through it all, she was also a busy mother.

She also appeared in movies, including "Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number" and "Eight on the Lam" with Bob Hope.

In 1966-67, she was the star of an ABC sitcom about a society family trying to stave off bankruptcy, "The Pruitts of Southampton." Gypsy Rose Lee played a nosy neighbor. In 1968, she was host of a short-lived variety series, "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show."

But standup comedy was her first love, and when she broke into the business in 1956 it was a field she had largely to herself because female comics weren't widely accepted then.

After retiring from standup, Diller continued to take occasional small parts in movies and TV shows ("Family Guy") and pursued painting as a serious hobby. She published her autobiography, "Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse," in 2005. The 2006 film "Goodnight, We Love You" documented her career.

Her other books included "Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints" and "Phyllis Diller's Marriage Manual."

http://news.yahoo.com/humorist-phyll...192854743.html

[Kobi]

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - William Windom, a 1970 Emmy Award winner for his show "My World and Welcome to It," died on Thursday at home in Woodacre, Calif. He was 88.

He may have been at least as well known for his numerous guest appearances on several TV shows, including "Star Trek," "The Twilight Zone" and "Night Gallery." He co-starred with Inger Stevens from 1963-1966 on "The Farmer's Daughter."

But it was a recurring role that began in 1998 and lasted for a decade on the CBS mystery "Murder, She Wrote" that may have brought him the most fame.

He played a doctor, Seth Hazlitt, n the imaginary town of Cabot Cove, Me., who was best friends with Jessica Fletcher, the show's star played by Angela Lansbury.

While Windom made his mark in TV, he played the prosecutor in 1962's Academy Award-winning film "To Kill a Mockingbird," and in 1968 starred in "The Detective" with Frank Sinatra.Sci-fi fans would remember Windom as Commodore Decker in the "Star Trek" TV episode "The Doomsday Machine." He reprised the role four decades later for "Star Trek New Voyages."

http://news.yahoo.com/william-windom...174633851.html