odessasteps 11,418 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 1,823 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. 9,051 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 13,223 Posted January 9 Damn it. Buck Henry was a good one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 8,587 Posted January 9 Fuck, I loved Get Smart. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colonial 130 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
