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  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited September 2023 Posts: 4,626
    https://news.sky.com/story/harry-potter-and-gosford-park-actor-sir-michael-gambon-has-died-12971592

    He was almost Bond. I know he has two young sons, as a result of an affair, unfortunately.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,134
    Just learned of this. Sir Michael Gambon was not only a great actor. But he took a role in Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films and made it his own. Such a charismatic actor. So likable. RIP.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
    edited September 2023 Posts: 3,152
    Gambon once said in a UK tv interview that Patrick Mower had actually been signed to play Bond and it was a done deal, but that EON changed their mind and paid him off. He didn't specify exactly when it happened, but the gist of it was that it was during the Lazenby-Connery-Moore turbulence. Dunno if Mower himself ever addressed it.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,415
    R.I.P. Michael Gambon.
    So many great roles, and always a class act. Never mind Bond, always thought he would have been great as M!
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,177
    RIP
    Another one of the greats taken away from us.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited September 2023 Posts: 25,092
    Sad news Michael Gambon was great in arguably Doctors Who's best Christmas Special A Christmas Carol.

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    R.I.P.
  • UnivexUnivex
    Posts: 6,709
    Damn! Loved Gambon. Let’s hope he’s won a firm place in the higher layer of the cake.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,466
    RIP, awesome actor. One of my favorites he did was Burton’s Sleepy Hollow.
  • RevelatorRevelator
    edited September 2023 Posts: 2,917
    Benny wrote: »
    Just learned of this. Sir Michael Gambon was not only a great actor. But he took a role in Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films and made it his own. Such a charismatic actor. So likable. RIP.

    I'd say Dumbledore pales in comparison to Gambon's starring role in The Singing Detective, one of the best TV shows ever made. Everyone should see it. Gambon was an actor's actor and will be sorely missed. He would have made a great M.

  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    I became aware of Sir Michael Gambon thanks to Top Gear. I mean, how many actors got a curve named after them ?). It's a proof he was a legend.

    In other news, french actress Catherine Lachens has passed away from cancer, aged 78.

    https://euro.dayfr.com/celebrities/924825.html
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,115
    RIP Therese, the very first secretary of my mother. She was so good to us when we were kids, we used to call her auntie Therese.
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
    Posts: 726
    Welcome to the layer cake Son! Sir Michael was brilliant as Eddie Temple, Dan Craigs gangster boss in Layer Cake. I think he would have made a great M if we hadn't been blessed with Dame Judi and then Fiennes. Obviously best known as Dumbledore but his range was far wider.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    I've just learned that comic book writer and artist Keith Giffen has passed away, aged 70 :
    https://bleedingcool.com/comics/keith-giffen-co-creator-rocket-raccoon-lobo-died-aged-70/
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    As if this day didn't start badly : TV's first Lois Lane, Phyllis Coates, has passed away, aged 96 :

    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/phyllis-coates-lois-lane-dead-newsupdate/

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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,092
    R.I.P. Phyllis Coates that is in impressive long life.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    Rudolph Isley, founding member of the incredible The Isley Brothers, has sadly passed away at the age of 84:

    https://deadline.com/2023/10/rudolph-isley-dead-the-isley-brothers-singer-1235571874/
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,161
    Gerard wrote: »
    As if this day didn't start badly : TV's first Lois Lane, Phyllis Coates, has passed away, aged 96 :

    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/phyllis-coates-lois-lane-dead-newsupdate/

    Phyllis-Coates-Lois-Lane-ad665e6.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&resize=1000,667

    My favorite Lois, alongside Noel Neill. I love Adventures of Superman. Binge watching some season 1 episodes tonight.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    edited October 2023 Posts: 2,841
    Actor Mark Goodard has died. He is mostly known for playing Major Don West on the old LOST IN SPACE ('1965-1968) tv program.

    I heard several weeks ago that he wasn't in the best of health, but the loss of - yet another - part of my childhood really hurts.

    https://variety.com/2023/tv/obituaries-people-news/mark-goddard-dead-lost-in-space-1235755692/
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    RIP Mr. Goodard

    From fellow LIS actor Bill Mumy's facebook page:
    I hate writing this.
    R.I.P. to Mark Goddard. A truly beloved friend and brother to me for 59 years. I knew this was coming for the past few months. Shortly after a great phone chat he and I had on his 87th birthday in late July, I became aware that I would most likely never see or speak with him again.
    The last words we exchanged were "I love you."
    Mark’s “real” name was Charles Harvey. Mine is Charles William. We called each other by those birth names often. We also called each other “Captain Panther” and “Fox” based on the crude childhood comic books I wrote and drew in my spare time while filming Lost in Space. He and I had a lot of great memorable times together during the three years of filming the series. We got into some pretty goofy trouble.
    Mark was a truly fine actor. Naturally gifted as well as trained. I know he sometimes felt constricted by the campy frame that LIS constrained him within, but he also embraced and loved it.

    Mark was a sports nut. He passionately followed his Boston teams. He was a die hard Celtics fan. I’m a die hard Lakers fan. We teased each other about that classic rivalry and we both had great respect for many of the players on the teams we rooted against.
    He was ridiculously handsome and eternally boyish. Mark was very funny and spontaneous. He enjoyed having a good time.
    My deepest condolences and love to Mark's amazing and strong wife Evelyn and his wonderful children, Melissa, (Missy), Michael, Caleb and John.
    There's a part of me that envisions him having a martini in Heaven right now with Jonathan Harris, Kevin Burns, Guy Williams and other comrades who left this world of woe before him. There's a part of me that believes he's in a better place now. A much better place.
    But I still hate writing this.     🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    And now the lovely Piper Laurie, who passed away yesterday at 91 :

    https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/14/us/piper-laurie-actress-dead-obituary/index.html
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,177
    Gerard wrote: »
    And now the lovely Piper Laurie, who passed away yesterday at 91 :

    https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/14/us/piper-laurie-actress-dead-obituary/index.html

    Wonderful actress!
    RIP, Piper.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,092
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    R.I.P. Piper Laurie another member of the Twin Peaks family passes away. Great actress.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    Just saw and loved her in Argento's Trauma a week or so ago. Phenomenal actress who enjoyed a long life. RIP.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited October 2023 Posts: 3,787
    Tony Curtis worked with her in films Johnny Dark, No Room For The Groom, and Son of Ali Baba.

    Val Guest stated about Moore told Curtis about lips that kissed Piper Laurie while in the Production of The Persuaders:
    Roger Moore walked over, took him (Tony Curtis) by the lapels, looked him straight in the eyes and said, 'And to think those lips once kissed Piper Laurie'.

    RIP, Piper Laurie, another iconic actress have left this world.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    SIS_HQ wrote: »
    Tony Curtis worked with her in films Johnny Dark, No Room For The Groom, and Son of Ali Baba.

    She was also the main lead in another Curtis movie, The Prince who was a Thief.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    Posts: 3,787
    Gerard wrote: »
    SIS_HQ wrote: »
    Tony Curtis worked with her in films Johnny Dark, No Room For The Groom, and Son of Ali Baba.

    She was also the main lead in another Curtis movie, The Prince who was a Thief.

    Yes, forgot about that it's also a great one!
    Thanks!
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,205
    Suzanne Somers …https://www.eonline.com/news/1387917/suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-after-breast-cancer-battle
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,161
    Oh, crap!. Not Chrissy!
    RIP Suzanne Somers. :(
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,205
    She fought a valiant fight against cancer…
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,841
    I vaguely remember reading about her having ongoing health issues, but this really caught me by surprise.

    https://deadline.com/2023/10/suzanne-somers-dead-threes-company-actress-and-personal-fitness-guru-was-76-1235574244/

    RIP Suzanne Somers. =((
  • TracyTracy
    Posts: 1,708
    First M/B show I ever saw was prolly Step by Step , early 90s.....RIP Somers
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