Edgar Ray Killen, 92. Soon to be reincarnated as a black girl in a burning church, or a chaw of Red Man, or on the Bataan Peninsula in 1942; presumably after some dialogue with souls marked Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman.
Sadly his broadcast style is sorely lacking and very much needed these days. His voice was the soundtrack to fall afternoons when I was a kid. The same way Pat Summerall was for Sunday afternoons and Bill White, Frank Messer, and the Scooter were for the entire spring and summer.
Edwin Hawkins died a couple days ago. He was 74. He is most known for "Oh Happy Day." As someone who was raised in the church and was in choirs as a child and teenager (and may have even done a solo on "Oh Happy Day,") he will be missed. I remember singing a few of the Hawkins songs.
Bradford Dillman, Actor in 'Compulsion' & 'The Way We Were', Dies At 87 - Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...d-actor-compulsion-way-we-were-was-87-1075818 Bradford Dillman, who starred with Dean Stockwell in the taut 1959 crime drama Compulsion and portrayed Edmund in the original Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, has died. He was 87. Dillman died Tuesday in Santa Barbara due to complications from pneumonia. The lanky, dark-haired Dillman also played Robert Redford's best friend J.J. in The Way We Were (1973), and his daughter Pamela said that it was this movie that "perfectly captured the essence" of her father, particularly during the scene on a boat when the actors reminisce about their lives and best moments. Dillman also appeared opposite Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry films The Enforcer (1976) and Sudden Impact (1983). In director Richard Fleischer's Compulsion, derived from the infamous Leopold & Loeb case of the 1920s, Dillman and Stockwell starred as the brazen killers Arthur A. Straus and Judd Steiner, respectively, who think they have committed the perfect murder. Dillman, Stockwell and Orson Welles (who played their attorney) shared best actor honors at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. The Fox film was an adaptation of a Broadway hit, with Dillman taking on the role that Roddy McDowall had originated on the stage. Dillman's family said that he was most proud of his work in Compulsion, along with his portrayal of Willie Oban in O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1973), an adaptation directed by John Frankenheimer for the American Film Theater. Dillman had made his Broadway debut in 1956 in Long Day's Journey into Night, creating the role of the author's alter ego, Edmund Tyrone, for 390 performances and winning a Theater World Award in the process. Bradford Dillman, Dean Stockwell, Orson Welles in Compulsion.
Jimmy Armfield, English footballing legend and, after retirement, a noted BBC radio pundit. Two great stories: One of my favourite Jimmy stories:A few years back he was putting away Christmas decorations up into the attic with the help of his grandson. Amid the tinsel & baubles the grandson spotted a shiny object...“Grandad, what’s this?”“That, son, is my World Cup Winners Medal.”— Conor McNamara (@ConorMcNamaraIE) January 22, 2018 Such sad news about Jimmy Armfield. I'll always love his anecdote about Howard Wilkinson moaning to the press about criticising him and challenges them, saying "how many caps did any of you win?". And Armfield chirps up from the back "43". Wilkinson was in stitches.(1/2)— David Anderson (@MirrorAnderson) January 22, 2018
This was before my time, but you can still see this poster in old movies, cartoons, etc. (I didn't know there was a 'model' for it; I just assumed it was a drawing capturing a 'look'.) Naomi Parker Fraley, who posed for "Rosie the Riveter," died Saturday, Jan 20th. "Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who joined the military."
Preston Shannon, The King of Beale Street, passed away January 22nd, at 70. I don't know how well-known he was outside the Midsouth, but he was much loved/respected here.
Mort Walker, creator of 'Beetle Bailey,' dies at 94 I was never a big fan; but it was quite popular, running since 1950.
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Temptations Lead Singer Dennis Edwards Dead at 74 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/temptations-lead-singer-dennis-edwards-dead-at-74-w516296 Sad.
Dangit! When I saw that he had died, I knew there was some sort of joke about an allen wrench to be made, but I couldn't come up with it.
This anniversary date completely flew past me: On 3rd Feb 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper (28), and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a plane crash shortly after takeoff from Clear Lake, Iowa. The pilot, Roger Peterson (21), of the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza was also killed. Didn't know where to put this, but I thought it should be noted.