Showing posts with label RIP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RIP. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Eva Marie Saint RIP -- October 7, 2026

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Actress Eva Marie Saint has died at 102 years old. My sympathy to her family and friends. 

Her character took the best train ride ever with Cary Grant in Alfrred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. She was completely different in On the Waterfront with Marlon Brando.I admired her performance in The Manchurian Candidate. 

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Thursday, July 16, 2026

Sam Neill RIP -- July 16, 2026

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Actor Sam Neill has died. He was good in everything I have seen. I may be one of the few people who never saw any of the Jurassic Park movies, but I'll bet he was good there too.

Update 04-October-2026. I never hit publish.

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Jean Marsh, RIP -- April 15, 2025

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Jean Marsh has died. Upstairs, Downstairs is the second Masterpiece Theater series that I can remember. The first was the Lord Peter Wimsey story Clouds of Witness. Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins created Upstairs, Downstairs. Marsh played the maid Rose. Later, she reprised the role in a 2010 revival of the series. Eileen Atkins played a major role in the revival.

Sunday, April 6, 2025

Richard Chamberlin, RIP -- April 6, 2025

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Richard Chamberlin died in late March. I never watched Doctor Kildare, but I read a reprint of the Mad Magazine version. I never saw Shogun or The Thornbirds. I loved Richard Lester's Three Musketeer movies, where he played Aramis.

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Peter Weir's The Last Wave was the first Australian New Wave (sorry) film that my fiancée attended. We saw it at the Bridge Theater. It made a deep impression on both of us.

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He seems to have had a propensity for the works of Alexandre Dumas, père.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Val Kilmer, RIP -- April 2, 2025

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Val Kilmer died. He was way too young, but he had been sick for a while. He had a great range, from Philip II of Macedon to Batman to Jim Morrison. I have managed to avoid seeing the Top Gun movies.

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Gene Hackman, RIP -- February 27, 2025

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Great actor Gene Hackman has died. People are questioning how his wife and dog also died, but I'm sure details will come out.

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Saturday, January 18, 2025

Bob Uecker and David Lynch, RIP -- January 18, 2025

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Bob Uecker had a short and undistinguished career as a catcher. Then he turned making fun of himself into a fine art. He announced Brewers games until last year. People who are old enough remember his commercials for Miller Lite. Almost everyone I know says "Just outside" when they hear his name. We will miss him.

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David Lynch made a bunch of movies and one television show that were surreal and often violent. My favorite movie of his is The Straight Story, which was not surreal or violent.

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Friday, November 29, 2024

Jim Abrahams, RIP -- November 29, 2024

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Director Jim Abrahams has died. I went to the Balboa Theater with some friends to see The Kentucky Fried Movie. Airplane! is an old favorite.

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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Teri Garr, RIP -- October 31, 2024

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Teri Garr has died. People have written wonderful, loving things about her.

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Young Frankenstein was one of the first movies I went to by myself.  I think it was at the Metro on Union.  I'm happy that it is a favorite of my whole family. I developed a strong crush on Teri Garr.

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

James Earl Jones, RIP -- September 11, 2024

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James Earl Jones has died. I have been hearing his voice for most of my life. Another voice I would happily borrow.

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"Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come."

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Saturday, August 24, 2024

Gena Rowlands and Alain Delon, RIP -- August 24, 2024

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Gena Rowlands has died. She was wonderful in all sorts of movies and television shows. She appeared in many movies directed by her husband John Cassavetes. 

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Alain Delon died. He was good. 

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Bob Newhart, Duke Fakir, John Mayall, Jerry Miller, Shelley Duvall and Martin Mull RIP -- July 24, 2024

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Bob Newhart has died. He was close in age to my father, and his dry humor reminded me of my dad and his brothers from Ohio. I like to think that I carry on the tradition. I watched his television shows and I was happy to see that he appeared in many movies in more recent years.

Duke Fakir, the last surviving member of the original Four Tops, John Mayall of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers and Jerry Miller of Moby Grape have died. 

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Shelley Duvall died. I liked her in big parts and small, and even in Popeye. I have not seen The Shining. 

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Martin Mull died in late June. I didn't watch Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman or Fernwood2Night. The humor didn't do much for me. I liked his later work in movies and television. 

Friday, June 21, 2024

Donald Sutherland, RIP -- June 21, 2024

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I was sad to learn that Donald Sutherland has died. My condolences to his family, friends and fans. He was great in more movies than I can count. I was surprised to see how many people loved Oddball, his character in Kelly's Heroes. In addition to Kelly's Heroes, I threw in posters for Phil Kaufman's remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900, Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen and Alan J Pakula's Klute. 

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The San Francisco Arts Commission sponsors the Art on Market Street Program, which has local artists put up a series of works on bus shelters on Market Street.  Iconic City Hall was a 2016 series by Kelli Inouye which depicts movies that have used San Francisco's beautiful City Hall. This one is based on Phil Kaufman's remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

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