odessasteps 12,757 Posted January 8 RIP elizabeth wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and many media appearances in the 90s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zimbra 2,845 Posted January 9 I haven't seen an official statement but it's bring reported on Twitter that Buck Henry has died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J.T. 10,030 Posted January 9 (edited) Fuck. I am sad. Quote Buck Henry, Writer of ‘The Graduate’ and Co-Director of ‘Heaven Can Wait’ Dies at 89 09 January 2020 by Ross A. Lincoln The Wrap Buck Henry, the actor-screenwriter-director who co-created “Get Smart,” co-wrote “The Graduate” and co-directed the hit 1978 Warren Beatty film “Heaven Can Wait,” died Wednesday night in Los Angeles. He was 89. According to Deadline, which first reported the news, Henry died at Cedars-Sinai Health Center following a heart attack. Born Henry Zuckerman in 1930 in New York City, Henry was the son of silent film star Ruth Taylor. He began his entertainment career in the early 1960s as a cast member on TV shows like the “The New Steve Allen Show” and “That Was the Week That Was.” Soon after, he co-created the spy thriller parody “Get Smart” with Mel Brooks, also co-writing several episodes. Though his first film script was for the 1964 movie “The Troublemaker,” in which he also had a minor role, Henry made his name as a screenwriter with “The Graduate, RIP to one of the first members of the SNL Five-Timers Club. Edited January 9 by J.T. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dolfan in NYC 15,033 Posted January 9 Damn it. Buck Henry was a good one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 10,386 Posted January 9 Fuck, I loved Get Smart. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colonial 221 Posted January 9 Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, the Luke Perry of the Greaser set, has died at 87. He made combing one's hair bigger than sliced bread ... Younger people may remember Byrnes as the "National Bandstand" host in "Grease" ... He also hosted the first two pilots for "Wheel of Fortune" in 1975, where he showed up to the studio drunk as a skunk and couldn't remember the difference between vowels and consonants (in his memoir, he alleged a producer caught him pacing the hallways between tapings, furiously trying to remember which letters were vowels) ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Hanger 943 Posted January 21 RIP to Brice Armstrong, Texas VA best known as the English narrator on Dragon Ball Z. He was 84. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert s 215 Posted January 22 Monty Python member Terry Jones has died yesterday, apparently he was suffering from primary progressive apashia, a form of dementia. He was 77. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J.T. 10,030 Posted January 22 I loved Terry Jones. RIP Cardinal Biggles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 12,757 Posted January 22 Since it’s radio, I presume everyone can listen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J.T. 10,030 Posted January 23 Jim Lehrer, longtime PBS news anchor (PBS News Hour, The MacNeil / Lehrer Report) has passed away at the age of 85. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joel Martin 50 Posted January 27 Televangelist Jack Van Impe has died at 88. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete 15,082 Posted January 28 Jack was a comedy partner with George Carlin and later Avery Schreiber in the 60s before transitioning to writing, including heralded stints on "Andy Griffith," "Hee Haw" and "The Muppet Show." RIP Jack. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colonial 221 Posted January 30 Legendary TV executive Fred Silverman has died at 82 ... https://deadline.com/2020/01/fred-silverman-dies-legendary-tv-executive-producer-was-82-1202847035/ Ran CBS, NBC and ABC at one point or another in the 70s and 80s, and was one of the first execs to understand the power of demographics and spinoffs to create TV hits. The shows he greenlit during his tenure are a Hall of Fame of the small screen -- All in the Family, MASH, Mary Tyler Moore, Hill Street Blues, Soap, Roots. Also gave David Letterman a daytime talk show with the promise that, if it failed, he would go to late night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogwelder 331 Posted February 5 RIP Kirk Douglas, dead at the age of 103. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 12,757 Posted February 5 (edited) Maurice LaMarche as Kirk Douglas on Animaniacs. Edited February 6 by odessasteps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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