Final Curtain Call - Extinct Actors

[Revenant1965]

An Icon and a legend gone...
Dirty Dozen, one of my all time favourite movies...
So many other incredible roles...
R.I.P.

Donald Sutherland dies aged 88

The star of films including The Hunger Games and Animal House has died after a long illness.

www.bbc.com

 

[Ninja Worrier]

Vale Sargeant Oddball

 

[Stig O'Hara]

RIP Donald.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

RIP Donald.

BLOODY HELL!

Thought Kate Bush had carked it herself.

 

[Bletch]

 

[Jatz]

Shelley Duvall passed last night, aged 75.

Her performance in The Shining will always stick with me.

 

[Revenant1965]

Shannen Doherty star of Beverly Hills 90210, Charmed, dies age 53

Shannen Doherty was twice fired by the same powerful producer. Busy documenting her life on her podcast Let's Be Clear with Shannen Doherty, Doherty had a theory as to why she had a bad-girl image in the 1990s, and according to her it had nothing to do with her actually being bad.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Jatz]

Too young, very sad.

 

[Jatz]

Richard Simmons also going this weekend took me by surprise.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Bob Newhart, famed comedian and sitcom actor, dies at 94 | TV comedy | The Guardian

Star of game-changing sitcoms The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, and Christmas comedy Elf, had period of illness

amp.theguardian.com

Icon.

 

[myblueroan]

Bob Newhart, famed comedian and sitcom actor, dies at 94 | TV comedy | The Guardian

Star of game-changing sitcoms The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, and Christmas comedy Elf, had period of illness

amp.theguardian.com

Icon.

I'm Larry and this is my brother Darryl and my other brother Darryl.

RIP Bob.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

RIP Janet Andrewartha

Neighbours star Janet Andrewartha dies aged 72

Australian actress Janet Andrewartha has died aged 72.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Yup.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Actor, director and radio presenter Lex Marinos dies aged 75

Former Double J presenter and Kingswood Country star Lex Marinos has died surrounded by friends and family at his Sydney home on Friday "at a moment of his choosing", his family has announced.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Revenant1965]

Dame Maggie Smith. Amazing actor. One of the few actors to win the treble awards crown of an Oscar (two), an Emmy (four), and a Tony, Smith's long career started on the stage in the 1950s. Rest in peace.

'She had a gloriously sharp tongue': Star tributes flow for Harry Potter co-star Dame Maggie Smith

Smith won an Oscar for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in 1970, and later won new fans as Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter series and the Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey.

www.abc.net.au

 

[myblueroan]

RIP - Maggie. What an amazing life on screen you had.
Brava!

 

[Bletch]

Dame Maggie Smith. Amazing actor. One of the few actors to win the treble awards crown of an Oscar (two), an Emmy (four), and a Tony, Smith's long career started on the stage in the 1950s. Rest in peace.

'She had a gloriously sharp tongue': Star tributes flow for Harry Potter co-star Dame Maggie Smith

Smith won an Oscar for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in 1970, and later won new fans as Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter series and the Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey.

www.abc.net.au

Saw her on stage here in the early 2000s. Was seated way up the back, but heard every spoken word, though it hardly seemed like she spoke above a whisper. Astounding stagecraft.

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

Rest easy Sgt Taggart. John Ashton passed at 76.

 

[Jatz]

John Amos passed overnight as well.

Lot of deaths in the last couple of days.

 

[Bletch]

Not exactly an actor, but a regular on our TV screens in the 80s. Vale George.

George Negus, founding host of Foreign Correspondent, dies aged 82

Veteran journalist and broadcaster George Negus has died at the age of 82, his family said in a statement.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Aphrodite]

RIP George

One of the best.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

RIP George.

You lived your life at the right time and provided no nonsense, common sense and integrity in reporting the news. A far cry from what we mostly see these days.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Teri Garr, whose career spanned Elvis Presley movies to Young Frankenstein and Friends, dies aged 79

Garr, who died of multiple sclerosis, is being remembered as a "comedy hero" who lit up screens with her cameos.

www.abc.net.au

RIP

Thank you for your part in Young Frankenstein. One of the funniest movies of all time.

 

[Blue and Blue]

Terri Garr
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