Rest In Peace, show your respects to those who have passed away.

Gerard

A trip to Wikipedia shows me that she was the actress formerly known as Vanity. Saw her in two movies way back when ("The Last Dragon" and "Action Jackson"). You're right, not the greatest actress ever. But she was certainly a looker.

Gerard

Just learned that movie diresctor Andrzej Zulawski has died, aged 75. I must confess that I haven't seen any of his movies.

jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-349581-andrzej-zulawski-realisateur-de-l-important-c-est-d-aimer-est-decede-a-l-age-de-75-ans.html

jake24

Sad loss. Him and Sophie Marceau had a child together in fact.

JohnHammond73

RIP George Gaynes, Commandant Lassard from the Police Academy movies, he was 98.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35594271

Thunderfinger

That is a good age. RIP, Mr Gaynes.

JohnHammond73

RIP Harper Lee who has passed away....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35616011

FoxRox

RIP Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird is a wonderful story, and she was a great writer.

Gerard

And another writer bites the dust : Umberto Eco died yesterday, aged 84 :

actu.orange.fr/culture/litterature-mort-du-celebre-ecrivain-et-philosophe-italien-umberto-eco-afp_CNT000000k6ulW.html

Let's remember that, in addition to such novels as "The Name of the Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum", he had also written about James Bond.

SaintMark

Another great writer that will be missed. Difficult to read books but well worth your time.

Mr Eco RIP.

Ludovico

SaintMark wrote: »

Another great writer that will be missed. Difficult to read books but well worth your time.

Mr Eco RIP.

You bet me to it. RIP Umberto Eco. His essay on the literary Bond was an amazing piece of work. It's funny to think that he became this huge writer, while I always know him more as a semiotician.

Thunderfinger

Eco was an intellectual giant.

Ludovico

Thunderfinger wrote: »

Eco was an intellectual giant.

His culture was immense as was his body of studies: James Bond, Superman, Mafalda, Dylan Dog, Aristotle, James Joyce, Borges, medieval history, linguistics, etc.

Dragonpol

Gerard wrote: »

And another writer bites the dust : Umberto Eco died yesterday, aged 84 :

actu.orange.fr/culture/litterature-mort-du-celebre-ecrivain-et-philosophe-italien-umberto-eco-afp_CNT000000k6ulW.html

Let's remember that, in addition to such novels as "The Name of the Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum", he had also written about James Bond.

Very sad news - he was certainly a great Bond scholar and I believe the inventor of the term 'Bondoloigist' which I've latterly latched onto!

Dragonpol

Sad to hear of the death of Prof. Keith Jeffery. He was one of my History lecturers at university. He also wrote the official history of MI6 up to 1949. Obituary in today's Times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Jeffery

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

Dragonpol wrote: »

Sad to hear of the death of Prof. Keith Jeffery. He was one of my History lecturers at the University of UIster, Coleraine. He also wrote the official history of MI6 up to 1949. Obituary in today's Times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Jeffery

My sympathies, @Dragonpol. Some of my favorite people and my biggest influences have been my teachers/professors, and I'm sure that this was the same for you. He seemed to be an impressive man.

Dragonpol

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

Dragonpol wrote: »

Sad to hear of the death of Prof. Keith Jeffery. He was one of my History lecturers at the University of UIster, Coleraine. He also wrote the official history of MI6 up to 1949. Obituary in today's Times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Jeffery

My sympathies, @Dragonpol. Some of my favorite people and my biggest influences have been my teachers/professors, and I'm sure that this was the same for you. He seemed to be an impressive man.

Thank you, Brady. He was also a very humorous man. He will be missed.

bigladiesman

As a librarian I have to say that Eco was also one of the foremost reclaimers of our profession.

Mrcoggins

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35635360

A sad loss to the film industry RIP .

Benny

RIP Dougie Slocombe. A very fine body of work you leave the film industry. Also worked with three Bond stars over the course of his career from what I can tell.

JohnHammond73

RIP actor Tony Burton who has sadly passed. Mr Burton played the trainer of Apollo Creed & then Rocky Balboa in the Rocky movies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35639248

Thunderpussy

Sad to learn about the death of Frank Kelly, Fr Jack in Father Ted, and an odd coincidence
is that it's 18 years to the day since the death of Dermot Morgan, ( Fr Ted ) RIP Frank Kelly.

Gerard

Oh Feck ! I loved the character.

Mrcoggins

Oh Nuns Rip frank and Thankyou .

Dragonpol

Sad news about Frank Kelly and ironic that it was on the same date.

RogueAgent

RIP Frank Kelly. How you made us all laugh as the crazy Father Jack!

JohnHammond73

RIP Frank Kelly......

Have also just seen the news of the passing of George Kennedy, star of various disaster movies, Cool Hand Luke and the Naked Gun movies. I, in particular, loved his turn in one of the stories in Creepshow 2. Another sad loss, he was 91.

http://m.tmz.com/#article/2016/02/29/george-kennedy-dies/

Thunderpussy

RIP George Kennedy. He had a long career but I remember him best from the
Naked Gun films.

Gerard

For me, it's the "Airport" movies I remember him for. Still, 91 is not a bad age to go.

MajorDSmythe

Mine is a little more obscure, unless you like horror films. For me, it is as Capt. Ashland in Death Ship. Ashland is the captain of the cruiseliner that is struck, and sunk by the Death Ship. When the survivors, which include Ashland, board the Death Ship, the ship gradually takes of Ashland's mind, leading to Ashland changing his clothes into nazi regalia.

R.I.P

Gerard

And another one : Gilbert R. Hill, who played the part of Eddie Murphy's chief in "beverley Hill Cop" died last month, aged 84 :

jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-350232-deces-de-gilbert-r-hill-le-chef-d-eddie-murphy-dans-le-flic-de-beverly-hills-a-l-age-de-84-ans.html

I didn't know he was a real cop.