RIP thread

[Joszka]

I just learnt today, via her blog, that french actress Yvonne Monlaur passed away on April 19. She was 79 old.
Countess Yvonne Thérèse Marie Camille Bedat de Monlaur was fashion model on her early years, but then best known for her roles in british horror movies ("Circus of Horror", "The Brides of Dracula"), italian comedies or french thrillers.
I loved her.



Her thread on VEF : here.
Her roles on Hammer horror movies : here, here & here.
A great lady.



R.I.P

[Markus R]

Author William Hjortsberg passed away on 22nd April. Known largely for his book Falling Angel on which the Mickey Rourke movie Angel Heart was based, he also wrote the screenplay for the 1985 film Legend.

http://www.livingstonenterprise.com/...tsberg-dies-76

[wolf902]

Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs, dies at 73

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39724613

[neo2008]

Originally Posted by wolf902

Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs, dies at 73

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39724613

RIP to a master of direction and suspense.Each time Silence of the Lambs pops up on my radar i have to watch it

[bloke57]

Comic cartoonist Leo Baxendale has died at the age of 86. He invented and drew many characters and scripts for the Beano, Dandy and others from the D.C. Thompson stable. Best known for the Bash Street Kids.


Another part of my youth gone.

[ball7]

Michael Mantenuto, an actor and hockey player who starred in Disney’s 2004 film “Miracle,” has died. He was 35.



Mantenuto died on Monday of an apparent suicide, according to TMZ, and was found in his car by police in Des Moines, Wash. TMZ reports that the actor died by shooting himself.



http://variety.com/2017/film/news/mi...or-1202401179/

[technoallah]

I never met Jonathan Demme but I was lucky enough to work on a small project a couple of years back that his name was attached to and according to another guy on the project who did know him he was one of the nice ones in the film industry and master craftsman of his job.

It was an honour for me because Something Wild is one of my favourite movies which I think I shall put on this evening.

RiP Jonathan Demme

[Greenman]

Re Leo Baxendale. I used to love reading the comics like Beano and Wham! etc and some of the characters have become legends like the Bash Street Kids and Minnie the Minx. I got into cartooning via comics which also included Shiver & Shake, Whizzer & Chips and the Beano. One of my schoolfriends had a load of Beano annuals and we used to regularly read them and have a laugh.

[bloke57]

Originally Posted by Greenman

Re Leo Baxendale. I used to love reading the comics like Beano and Wham! etc and some of the characters have become legends like the Bash Street Kids and Minnie the Minx. I got into cartooning via comics which also included Shiver & Shake, Whizzer & Chips and the Beano. One of my schoolfriends had a load of Beano annuals and we used to regularly read them and have a laugh.

I've only recently sold my collection of 60s Beanos, Summer Specials and annuals. Needed the space.

Got a tidy sum I'm glad to say.

[diamelsx]

Wow at the three passing back to back like that. They had nice, full lives regardless.

Originally Posted by diamelsx

Waffle House co-founder Joseph Wilson Rogers Sr., who went from short-order cook to co-founder of one of the nation's largest restaurant chains, has died. He was 97.

Georgia-based Waffle House said Rogers died Friday. No cause was given.
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In early March, Waffle House co-founder Joe Rogers Sr. died at age 97, leaving his 98-year-old business partner Tom Forkner behind. In late March, Forkner’s wife of 71 years, Martha, died.

Now Forkner is gone, the restaurant chain confirmed Thursday. The World War II veteran, great-grandfather and DeKalb County native died at his home in Johns Creek on Wednesday.
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