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Did you notice Richard Attenboro at the beginning? He's involved in the little theater production the soldiers are putting on.Doctor Strange said:
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
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Actually, I think he appears earlier, in the first afterlife scene with Robert Coote and Kathleen Byron, as the very young, blankly astounded English flyer who can't believe he's there.
And IMDB's pages on the film confirms it:
Richard Attenborough only has one line, which is: "It's heaven, isn't it?"
(Byron's friendly response is, "Pretty much so." This is the nearest the film ever comes to calling its secular, businesslike afterlife heaven.)
And IMDB's pages on the film confirms it:
Richard Attenborough only has one line, which is: "It's heaven, isn't it?"
(Byron's friendly response is, "Pretty much so." This is the nearest the film ever comes to calling its secular, businesslike afterlife heaven.)
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Yes, watched it last night. I think you're right.
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Last Known Survivor of the 1906 Firequake
Herbert Heimie Hamrol died yesterday. He was 106. Worked in a local grocery store stocking shelves up until last week. I've heard him talk many times down at Lotta's Fountain about being carried down the stairs during the Quake and living in Golden Gate Park after the Fire. RIP Mr. Hamrol.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/06/BAFC15OG9R.DTL&hw=hamrol&sn=001&sc=1000
Herbert Heimie Hamrol died yesterday. He was 106. Worked in a local grocery store stocking shelves up until last week. I've heard him talk many times down at Lotta's Fountain about being carried down the stairs during the Quake and living in Golden Gate Park after the Fire. RIP Mr. Hamrol.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/06/BAFC15OG9R.DTL&hw=hamrol&sn=001&sc=1000
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James Whitmore
Yeah an awesome actor "Battle Ground" a great WWII film,
Whitmore is the last of a dying breed.
Rest in Peace Sir
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=351307>1=28101
Yeah an awesome actor "Battle Ground" a great WWII film,
Whitmore is the last of a dying breed.
Rest in Peace Sir
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=351307>1=28101
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Battleground is awesome. Whitmore got an Academy Award nomination for that one.
And three of its stars have passed in the last three months.
Van Johnson in Dec, RicardoMontalban in Jan, and now James Whitmore in Feb.
Battleground is awesome. Whitmore got an Academy Award nomination for that one.
And three of its stars have passed in the last three months.
Van Johnson in Dec, RicardoMontalban in Jan, and now James Whitmore in Feb.
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Buena Vista Social Club bassist Orlando Lopez dead at 76
HAVANA - Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, considered the "heartbeat" of Cuba's legendary Buena Vista Social Club for his internationally acclaimed bass playing, died Monday of complications from prostate surgery, fellow musicians said. He was 76.
HAVANA - Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, considered the "heartbeat" of Cuba's legendary Buena Vista Social Club for his internationally acclaimed bass playing, died Monday of complications from prostate surgery, fellow musicians said. He was 76.
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If you haven't fallen in love with the Buena Vista Social Club yet, I suggest you go out and buy or rent it right away. One by one they're passing away. If the music and the human stories of that filnm don't go straight to your heart, then there's something wrong with you.
He will be missed.
If you haven't fallen in love with the Buena Vista Social Club yet, I suggest you go out and buy or rent it right away. One by one they're passing away. If the music and the human stories of that filnm don't go straight to your heart, then there's something wrong with you.
He will be missed.
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Little Walter Jacobs
I had intended to post the below note in this section yesterday, but I posted it in "This Date in History" by mistake. Guess it won't hurt anything to post it here, where it belongs.
February 15, 1968. 37 years old. King of the Blues Harmonica. Marion Walter "Little Walter" Jacobs. Died at home from head injuries suffered in a fight earlier that day. Unfortunately his life had been headed toward that conclusion for a number of years.
Born in Marksville, LA in 1930, he began playing harp in 1938. He left home at 13 and made his way to Chicago at age 17. Playing for tips on Maxwell Street in 1947, he soon caught the attention of many of the musicians of the day who had made the same journey as Walter. One of those musicians was Muddy Waters.
In 1948 Muddy added Walter to his road band, which included Jimmie Rogers on guitar, Big Crawford on bass, and Baby Face Leroy on drums. In 1951 Walter joined Muddy and Big Crawford in the studio to record the nationwide hit, "Louisiana Blues."
In 1952 Walter had the instrumental hit, "Juke." He left Muddy Waters band, to be replaced by Jr. Wells, and returned to Chicago to put together his own band, consisting of Dave and Louie Meyers on guitars and Freddie "Back Beat" Below on drums. "Juke" spent 20 weeks on the Billboard R&B charts, and 8 weeks at #1.
While Walter had his own string of hits during the 50s, he still recorded on most of Muddy's sessions during those days. These sessions produced some of Walter's best work. He didn't have to be concerned about singing on his own sessions and could devote his time and creativity to his instrument.
His lifestyle, however, had begun to take its toll by the late 50s. Also the publics taste in music had begun to change. Photographs from that period show Walter with facial scars received in various altercations while he had been drinking. Each of the scars has its own story. During the 70s and early 80s I was friends with the Muddy Waters' Band and learned how Walter got several of those scars. Muddy told me that Walter was the wildest person he ever knew. Walter's life was not an easy life.
While Walter's life was not an easy one, his mastery of the instrument has given us an art form unparalleled by any harp player before or since. His playing is truly the standard by which all harp players are judged. Muddy Waters also told me that Walter was the best he had ever heard, and Muddy heard them all.
In March, 2008, 40 years after his death, Walter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. See part of the induction ceremony here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaqTyDC0TZg
These notes on Little Walter wouldn't be complete without a picture or two. The first is a publicity shot from his early days at Chess. He is really young. The photo is also currently used in a book on Walter's story by Tony Glover, Scott Dirks & Ward Gaines. I haven't yet read it, but intend to do so shortly (available at Amazon). The second is one of the few surviving candid shots of Walter. I would say it is from the mid 60s.
His life was troubled and short, but he gave us so much. Little Walter: May 1, 1930--February 15, 1968.
I had intended to post the below note in this section yesterday, but I posted it in "This Date in History" by mistake. Guess it won't hurt anything to post it here, where it belongs.
February 15, 1968. 37 years old. King of the Blues Harmonica. Marion Walter "Little Walter" Jacobs. Died at home from head injuries suffered in a fight earlier that day. Unfortunately his life had been headed toward that conclusion for a number of years.
Born in Marksville, LA in 1930, he began playing harp in 1938. He left home at 13 and made his way to Chicago at age 17. Playing for tips on Maxwell Street in 1947, he soon caught the attention of many of the musicians of the day who had made the same journey as Walter. One of those musicians was Muddy Waters.
In 1948 Muddy added Walter to his road band, which included Jimmie Rogers on guitar, Big Crawford on bass, and Baby Face Leroy on drums. In 1951 Walter joined Muddy and Big Crawford in the studio to record the nationwide hit, "Louisiana Blues."
In 1952 Walter had the instrumental hit, "Juke." He left Muddy Waters band, to be replaced by Jr. Wells, and returned to Chicago to put together his own band, consisting of Dave and Louie Meyers on guitars and Freddie "Back Beat" Below on drums. "Juke" spent 20 weeks on the Billboard R&B charts, and 8 weeks at #1.
While Walter had his own string of hits during the 50s, he still recorded on most of Muddy's sessions during those days. These sessions produced some of Walter's best work. He didn't have to be concerned about singing on his own sessions and could devote his time and creativity to his instrument.
His lifestyle, however, had begun to take its toll by the late 50s. Also the publics taste in music had begun to change. Photographs from that period show Walter with facial scars received in various altercations while he had been drinking. Each of the scars has its own story. During the 70s and early 80s I was friends with the Muddy Waters' Band and learned how Walter got several of those scars. Muddy told me that Walter was the wildest person he ever knew. Walter's life was not an easy life.
While Walter's life was not an easy one, his mastery of the instrument has given us an art form unparalleled by any harp player before or since. His playing is truly the standard by which all harp players are judged. Muddy Waters also told me that Walter was the best he had ever heard, and Muddy heard them all.
In March, 2008, 40 years after his death, Walter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. See part of the induction ceremony here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaqTyDC0TZg
These notes on Little Walter wouldn't be complete without a picture or two. The first is a publicity shot from his early days at Chess. He is really young. The photo is also currently used in a book on Walter's story by Tony Glover, Scott Dirks & Ward Gaines. I haven't yet read it, but intend to do so shortly (available at Amazon). The second is one of the few surviving candid shots of Walter. I would say it is from the mid 60s.
His life was troubled and short, but he gave us so much. Little Walter: May 1, 1930--February 15, 1968.
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Britain's last pit pony dies
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...ning/4682345/Britains-last-pit-pony-dies.html
Last Updated: 10:44PM GMT 17 Feb 2009
Britain's last surviving pit pony, Pip, has died in County Durham.
The workhorse, who lived to 35, passed away at Beamish Open Air Museum, near Stanley, where he had lived for the past 23 years.
During that time he has had a booklet published in his honour and was even introduced to royalty.
He worked at Blackburn Drift, Marley Hill Colliery, near Sunniside, Gateshead, working the narrow seams 150 feet underground until it closed 30 years ago, when he was aged five.
He then moved to Sacriston Colliery, near Durham. He worked there until it ceased production in 1985. Pip was kept on for another year to help with salvage work before being given to Beamish.
Jacki Winstanley, spokeswoman at Beamish, said staff were mourning his passing.
He said: "We think he may have been the last surviving working pit pony in Britain.
"He was certainly the only surviving working pit pony from the northern coalfields.
"He had a long and happy retirement at Beamish and he trained his successor, Flash, to wear his harness to show visitors the type he wore down the mine.
At the peak in 1913, there were 70,000 ponies underground in Britain. By 1984 the numbers had dwindled to 55, many of them at Ellington in Northumberland.
In 2002 during a visit to Beamish, the Princess Royal, herself an accomplished horsewoman, spent more than her allotted time with the then 28-year-old Pip and his handler, Martin Gallagher.
Two years later, to celebrate his 30th birthday, the museum produced a family activity booklet, called Pip the Pit Pony Explores, where a charismatic caricature of Pip takes families on a light-hearted tour of the award-winning Town Street.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...ning/4682345/Britains-last-pit-pony-dies.html
Last Updated: 10:44PM GMT 17 Feb 2009
Britain's last surviving pit pony, Pip, has died in County Durham.
The workhorse, who lived to 35, passed away at Beamish Open Air Museum, near Stanley, where he had lived for the past 23 years.
During that time he has had a booklet published in his honour and was even introduced to royalty.
He worked at Blackburn Drift, Marley Hill Colliery, near Sunniside, Gateshead, working the narrow seams 150 feet underground until it closed 30 years ago, when he was aged five.
He then moved to Sacriston Colliery, near Durham. He worked there until it ceased production in 1985. Pip was kept on for another year to help with salvage work before being given to Beamish.
Jacki Winstanley, spokeswoman at Beamish, said staff were mourning his passing.
He said: "We think he may have been the last surviving working pit pony in Britain.
"He was certainly the only surviving working pit pony from the northern coalfields.
"He had a long and happy retirement at Beamish and he trained his successor, Flash, to wear his harness to show visitors the type he wore down the mine.
At the peak in 1913, there were 70,000 ponies underground in Britain. By 1984 the numbers had dwindled to 55, many of them at Ellington in Northumberland.
In 2002 during a visit to Beamish, the Princess Royal, herself an accomplished horsewoman, spent more than her allotted time with the then 28-year-old Pip and his handler, Martin Gallagher.
Two years later, to celebrate his 30th birthday, the museum produced a family activity booklet, called Pip the Pit Pony Explores, where a charismatic caricature of Pip takes families on a light-hearted tour of the award-winning Town Street.
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Ben Davis, S.F. maker of sturdy clothing, dies
Ben Davis who worked with early along with Levi Strauss.
I always wondered about these working mens clothes and how
popular they became with youth, hip hop culture and gangs!
Quite an interesting life, R.I.P. Mr. Davis
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/18/BA5U15VP16.DTL
Ben Davis who worked with early along with Levi Strauss.
I always wondered about these working mens clothes and how
popular they became with youth, hip hop culture and gangs!
Quite an interesting life, R.I.P. Mr. Davis
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/18/BA5U15VP16.DTL
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North America's 1st female ship captain dies at 93
BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- Molly K. Carney, who as Molly Kool was the first woman in North America to become a licensed ship captain, has died at her home at the age of 93.
Known in Canada by her maiden name, Molly Kool won her captain's papers in 1939 and sailed the Atlantic Ocean between Alma, New Brunswick, and Boston for five years, her friend Ken Kelly said.
Kool grew up in the village of Alma, where she learned a love of the sea and sailing from her father, a Dutch ship captain. At 23, she made history by earning the title of captain, after the Canadian Shipping Act was rewritten to say "he/she" instead of just "he," Kelly said.
She overcame superstitions about women working at sea and won the respect of her male counterparts as she sailed her father's 70-foot boat in the dangerous waters of the Bay of Fundy, said Mary Majka, who joined Kelly in a fundraising effort to pay to move her ancestral home from Alma to a knoll in nearby Fundy National Park overlooking the bay this spring.
"She was good enough that she won the respect of the old salts," Majka said.
Kool left New Brunswick after marrying Ray Blaisdell, of Bucksport, Maine, in 1944. They were together for 20 years before he died. In the 1960s, she married businessman John Carney, who bought her a boat, which he dubbed the Molly Kool.
In her final years, she lived in an independent retirement community in Bangor, where there was a lighthouse and a captain's wheel in the hallway outside her room and where residents called her Captain Molly, Kelly said. She died there Feb. 25.
Kool also was well known in the U.S., where she appeared on an episode of "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" and was flown to New York for the show.
She is survived by a sister, one of four siblings. A memorial service is planned next month in Bangor, and this summer her ashes will be returned to New Brunswick, where her wish of being returned to the sea will be honored.
North America's 1st female ship captain dies at 93
BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- Molly K. Carney, who as Molly Kool was the first woman in North America to become a licensed ship captain, has died at her home at the age of 93.
Known in Canada by her maiden name, Molly Kool won her captain's papers in 1939 and sailed the Atlantic Ocean between Alma, New Brunswick, and Boston for five years, her friend Ken Kelly said.
Kool grew up in the village of Alma, where she learned a love of the sea and sailing from her father, a Dutch ship captain. At 23, she made history by earning the title of captain, after the Canadian Shipping Act was rewritten to say "he/she" instead of just "he," Kelly said.
She overcame superstitions about women working at sea and won the respect of her male counterparts as she sailed her father's 70-foot boat in the dangerous waters of the Bay of Fundy, said Mary Majka, who joined Kelly in a fundraising effort to pay to move her ancestral home from Alma to a knoll in nearby Fundy National Park overlooking the bay this spring.
"She was good enough that she won the respect of the old salts," Majka said.
Kool left New Brunswick after marrying Ray Blaisdell, of Bucksport, Maine, in 1944. They were together for 20 years before he died. In the 1960s, she married businessman John Carney, who bought her a boat, which he dubbed the Molly Kool.
In her final years, she lived in an independent retirement community in Bangor, where there was a lighthouse and a captain's wheel in the hallway outside her room and where residents called her Captain Molly, Kelly said. She died there Feb. 25.
Kool also was well known in the U.S., where she appeared on an episode of "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" and was flown to New York for the show.
She is survived by a sister, one of four siblings. A memorial service is planned next month in Bangor, and this summer her ashes will be returned to New Brunswick, where her wish of being returned to the sea will be honored.
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Sydney Chaplin, Actor Who Dodged Father’s Shadow, Dies at 82
Published: March 7, 2009
Sydney Chaplin, who emerged from the shadow of his famous father, Charlie Chaplin, to carve out a successful stage career that included leading roles opposite Judy Holliday in the musical “Bells Are Ringing,” and Barbra Streisand in “Funny Girl,” died on Tuesday at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 82.
Published: March 7, 2009
Sydney Chaplin, who emerged from the shadow of his famous father, Charlie Chaplin, to carve out a successful stage career that included leading roles opposite Judy Holliday in the musical “Bells Are Ringing,” and Barbra Streisand in “Funny Girl,” died on Tuesday at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 82.
TV magician Ali Bongo dies at 79
I was a big fan of Ali in the 1970s. Loved his act.
Magician Ali Bongo, who made numerous appearances on television, has died aged 79 after suffering a stroke.
BBC news report below
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7931251.stm
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I was a big fan of Ali in the 1970s. Loved his act.
Magician Ali Bongo, who made numerous appearances on television, has died aged 79 after suffering a stroke.
BBC news report below
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7931251.stm
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Another great musician passes...
Country singer Hank Locklin ("Please Help Me, I'm Falling") died yesterday, age 91.
Country singer Hank Locklin ("Please Help Me, I'm Falling") died yesterday, age 91.
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A man that has saved many a life, Jim Diest of Diest Saftey Equipment has died. He was a wonderful man that you could always pick out of a crowd with his large selection of overalls.
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