General "RIP" announcements that might be of interest

Hi

As you say he lived to a good age. He never appeared with John Wayne but made a number of good films. RIP


Regards

Arthur

I remember him as a jet pilot in "Men of the Fighting Lady".
Good jet fighter movie.
R.I.P. Van Johnson.

regards,
taka

Don't forget "Battleground", "The Caine Mutiny", and "Command Decision". RIP Van........

He was also very good in "23 Paces to Baker Street." R.I.P. Van

Just to let you know that Turner Classic Movie channel (TCM) has their annual in memory of . . . . . to list those who are no longer with us. It is amazing how many they list that I know this year.

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Robert Mulligan died. He directed To Kill A Mockingbird and others.

http://www.latimes.com/news/ob…2008dec21,0,2215697.story

Loved that movie and book, To Kill A Monkingbird. The direction was fantastic. Sorry to hear about Mr. Mulligan. May he rest in peace.

Thanks, Hondo, for sharing that TCM 2008 obit/tribute. I think I probably knew about half the names. One that flashed by pretty quickly, that I recognized, was Robert J. Anderson, who played the young George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life (and an incidental part in The Bishop's Wife, which we just watched tonight).

Anyway, since we don't have cable, we would have never seen it otherwise, so thanks again!

Chester

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Robert Mulligan died. He directed To Kill A Mockingbird and others.
http://www.latimes.com/news/ob…2008dec21,0,2215697.story

His brother was the late Richard Mulligan of the TV series "Soap" and "Empty Nest" as well as numerous movies such as "Scavenger Hunt" and "S.O.B.." R.I.P.

Van Johnson appeared in many good movies. Don't forget Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and A Guy Named Joe, High Barabee, In The Good Old Summertime, Two Girls and A Sailor, Romance Of Rosy Ridge, Last Time I Saw Paris.

Eartha Kitt Past On at the Age of 81 with Cancer !

She was also Cat-Woman in Bat-Man !!

Boy that Gal could Belt-Out A Torch Song !!!

Chilibill

Yes, she sure was a character.
There'll only ever be, one Eartha Kitt

i liked eartha kitt - especially her version of "santa baby" and "an old fashioned millionaire"

I just heard of her passing. I thought she was an excellent catwoman on that Batman series. She was also a great singer. Her birth was in South Carolina of a bi-racial parents which didn't sit well in the south back then, but being raised in New York she found the dance, and singing to take her through her life.

I also heard that she was once invited by the first lady to the White House under the Johnson administration. There was controversy when she shouted out to the first lady her objections of the Vietnam war.

I don't think Eartha and Duke had any connection to the screen to my knowledge.

I guess she was pretty quiet since those days. Now Eartha Kitt can rest in peace after 81 years of life.

Cheers

Hi

Looks like a couple more to add Eartha Kitt and Harold Pinter

Regards

Arthur

The news said today that the 16 yr old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston died after having a seizure, then falling and hitting his head on a bathtub. Such ashame to lose a child.

My prayers and heartfelt condolences go out to John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston.There can be no greater pain than losing a child.

I agree, a very sad loss to anyone.

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The news said today that the 16 yr old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston died after having a seizure, then falling and hitting his head on a bathtub. Such a shame to lose a child.

Yeah, I saw that on the internet news feed . . . very sad , any time a parent loses a child.

Mrs. C