When I saw Paxton had died the first thing I thought of was "Game over man. Game over" That made me feel bad. "Too soon", "poor taste", etc. Then I thought, no. That was a gift from a talented actor and should be appreciated and is an honor to the person we lost. That, and almost every image board in existence already had assortment of image memes within hours of the news.
Robert Osborne, Beloved Host At Turner Classic Movies, Dies At 84 - Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-osborne-dead-turner-classic-movies-host-was-84-727070 Robert Osborne, the former columnist for The Hollywood Reporter who as the genial and scholarly host of Turner Classic Movies became a beloved icon to a legion of groupies with gray hair, died Monday in New York, the cable network announced. He was 84. Osborne began his career as an actor, was mentored by the legendary comedienne Lucille Ball and became the official biographer of Oscar thanks to a series of books he wrote about the Academy Awards. A few months after he accepted a surprising invitation from Olivia de Havilland to escort her to a televised celebration of Bette Davis’ career, the journalist joined The Hollywood Reporter in September 1977 to write reviews. He penned the paper’s must-read Rambling Reporter column from April 1983 until he left the publication in June 2009. While working as a host for The Movie Channel, Osborne was invited by actress Dorothy Lamour to lunch with AMC execs Brad Siegel and Jim Wise. They offered him the afternoon AMC hosting slot when his Movie Channel contract expired. Bob Dorian was then AMC’s primetime host. Siegel then called and said, scratch that: He was moving to Atlanta to start a rival network, Turner Classic Movies, based out of Atlanta, and wanted Osborne there. He jumped at the chance. When Ted Turner’s TCM debuted as a competitor to the American Movie Classics cable channel on April 14, 1994, Osborne was on the air to introduce the very first film, "Gone With the Wind." He stayed with the channel as primetime host from there, introducing and providing insightful tidbits for many of the 400 movies or so movies that TCM shows every year. He also presided over the network’s Private Screenings series, interviewing such legends as Betty Hutton, Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell and Mickey Rooney, and hosted the TCM Classic Film Festival back in his old Hollywood stomping grounds when health permitted.
Nice article in commemoration of Osborne by Tiffany Vazquez, who is a few months into her stint as a daytime host at TCM. http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...azquez_remembers_the_late_robert_osborne.html Since I became the Saturday Daytime host on Turner Classic Movies in June 2016, I’ve told the story of how I got to be such a huge TCM fan many times. (The short version: I saw It Happened One Night in college and wanted to know more about classic film.) But I always omitted a very personal part of the story. After reading many other heartfelt stories from fellow TCM fans over the past day, I now feel more comfortable to share it. I did want to watch more classic films after seeing Frank Capra’s 1934 blueprint romantic comedy, but I started watching TCM almost 24 hours a day because it was the only comfort in the process of grieving a friend’s death. I could watch a daylong tribute to Katharine Hepburn and feel human again. I could laugh again. I could cry for reasons other than my personal pain, which was a relief. To this, I owe all credit to Turner Classic Movies, and especially to Robert Osborne.
It may be myth, but Ive heard it told that FEMA has a quick way to judge the state of damage in an area. They call Waffle Houses to see if they are open and receiving supplies and customers. If its possible to move, Waffle House moves. If true, its a brilliant use of the free market to indicate public safety.
James Cotton, legendary blues harmonica virtuoso from the golden era of Chess Records and a long career after.
James Cotton. Cant tell you how many times I saw him at Blues ETC, or Kingston Mines across the street.
Devastating, Expected, but still devastating. "Rounding third he was headed for home It was a brown eyed handsome man" "Now, I don't know how much I owe my Uncle I guess it's prob'ly more than I can pay" (Gram Parsons/Chris Hillman)
David Rockefeller, 101. Prolly has his own thread in the finance section, but hey, his fame earned him TV time, in a sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rockefeller
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Its nice to see this thread fall a page. Last year it was damn near a stickie. This is another Blues legend gone. Lonnie Brooks was a Chicago legand. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/385f.../chicago-blues-musician-lonnie-brooks-dies-83
Paging @Mr. Warmth BREAKING: Comedian Don Rickles has passed away at age 90 as a result of kidney failure, rep says. https://t.co/DreDW6LwDZ pic.twitter.com/WLup78Mv3L— ABC News (@ABC) April 6, 2017
This breaks my heart. At least though, people will stop trying to Friend my Mr. Warmth FB page, thinking it's the real person. Hockey Pucks