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« Reply #1725 on: August 25, 2018, 11:16:16 PM »
JOHN MCCAIN (1936-2018)

John McCain had lost the Presidency to Barack Obama. Yet on the eve of the inauguration—January 19, 2009–he greeted the President-elect with open arms before a bi-partisan dinner in Washington. Respect runs both ways. - Pete Souza
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« Reply #1726 on: August 26, 2018, 05:06:24 AM »
They turned off the comments on the video announcing his passing on the Faux News YouTube channel, because of the truly evil comments coming from "Republicans". It was horrific and a total disgrace.

I had issue with many of his political decisions -- his refusal to vote in favor a national holiday honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008 (which no doubt led to the rise of this current crop of "Know-Nothing" "Republicans" that is prevalent in the Congress and in the Executive Branch), and more -- but I have nothing but the deepest respect and admiration for his literal courage under fire during the war. He was tortured and bled for this country, and I cannot fathom the suffering he underwent as a POW.

He was the last of a dying breed of Senator: he could vehemently oppose your position on the Senate floor, but at the end of the day he could and would have a drink with you after hours. He knew that you were his opponent, but not his enemy. Even if I didn't agree with some of his principles, he was a man of principle. And I remain grateful that he cast a dramatic deciding vote against the repeal of "Obamacare", the signature legislation of his rival in the 2008 Presidential elections. (No disrespect to three of his colleagues, Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), whose staunch opposition to the attempted repeal was just as important.)

The true measure of the man came in the moment when an ignorant racist voter repeated the birther lie that President Obama wasn't born in this country, and was an "Ay-rab" (as if being of Arab descent or of the Muslim faith disqualified him or anyone else from being president). As a person who himself was born in the Panama Canal Zone, and who suffered from racist smears directed towards his daughter (who was adopted from Bangladesh) from members of his own party in 2000, if anyone could confront this nonsense, it would be him. And confront it he did.

He was a true American hero and patriot. I am quite saddened at his passing though I am glad his suffering is over. I will miss him and what he brought to the general tenor of American political life.
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« Reply #1727 on: August 26, 2018, 11:21:06 AM »
Playwright and comedy genius Neil Simon died today at age 91. One of my favorite movie, theater play and TV show, " The Odd Couple " was done by this man and I have very fond memories of all three. Other works that I loved were " The Sunshine girl " and " Sweet Charity ".  His ability to inject humor at situations  that normally could be embarrassing or very detrimental and his ability to bring out the humanity of his characters, many taken from his life experience, made him a favorite of mine. He will be sorely missed. :(

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« Reply #1728 on: August 31, 2018, 10:31:04 PM »
MARIE SEVERIN (1929-2018)

She must have had a natural talent, since she took only a couple of months of classes in cartooning and illustration. When her brother, an artist at EC Comics needed a colorist for his work, he asked her.
A Moon, a Girl... Romance #9 (Oct. 1949) is her first known work.

She would contribute across all of EC Comics lines, until their demise in 1957. Two years later, she joined Marvel Comics in their production department. After getting a request from Esquire dumped in her lap (Jack Kirby was too busy meeting a deadline), Marvel publisher Martin Goodman saw her work and told Stan Lee, "What is she doing in the production department? Give her some art work."

She was assigned to Doctor Strange when co-creator Steve Ditko quit. Other titles soon followed: The Incredible Hulk, Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, and the parody series Not Brand Echh. In addition to Chief Colorist (a role she had until 1972), she became Marvel's "fixer" - the person who would breathe new life into flagging titles.

She helped create long-running characters such as Spider-Woman (designing her original, iconic costume), the Living Tribunal, Tigra, and the bizarre Doctor Strange villain Zom.

In the ’80s, Severin worked on Marvel’s toys and books, and stayed at the company well into the 2000s. She was inducted into the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame in 2001 and named a Comic-Con International Icon in 2017, in recognition of her groundbreaking contributions at a time when the comic-book industry was dominated by men.

A stroke in 2007 caused her to finally retire from the industry.

Comic book writer Dave Scheidt has a lot of her work on his Twitter:
http://twitter.com/DaveScheidt/status/1035239056408543232/photo/1

"I think of coloring as the music in comic books. It gives that little oomph to it." - Marie Severin
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« Reply #1729 on: September 01, 2018, 01:15:35 AM »
What a giant of the industry. Gone but never forgotten.
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« Reply #1730 on: September 02, 2018, 05:21:32 AM »
No one has yet cited Meghan McCain's moving eulogy. Video at ...utube.com/watch?v=1KSaG3QAVcc
The full text is at https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a22892378/meghan-mccain-eulogy-for-john-mccain-full-transcript/
For an interesting excerpt, check the politics thread.

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« Reply #1731 on: September 04, 2018, 10:05:55 PM »
THE VILLAGE VOICE (1955-2018)

"This is a sad day for The Village Voice and for millions of readers. The Voice has been a key element of New York City journalism and is read around the world. As the first modern alternative newspaper, it literally defined a new genre of publishing. As the Voice evolved over the years, its writers, editors, reporters, reviewers, contributors, photographers, artists and staff were united by the idea that the they spoke for and fought hard for those that believed in a better New York City and a better world. The Voice has connected multiple generations to local and national news, music, art, theater, film, politics and activism, and showed us that it’s idealism could be a way of life.

"In recent years, the Voice has been subject to the increasingly harsh economic realities facing those creating journalism and written media. Like many others in publishing, we were continually optimistic that relief was around the next corner. Where stability for our business is, we do not know yet. The only thing that is clear now is that we have not reached that destination.

- Statement from owner Peter Bareby

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"This is so sad for NYC. The paper where I got my start (and obviously where a lot of much, much more impressive people did too)." - Emma Span, Sports Illustrated

"Robert Christgau. Molly Haskell. Andrew Sarris. J. Hoberman. Jonas Mekas. Ellen Willis. Wayne Barrett. Nat Hentoff. Robert Sietsema. Jules Feiffer. Lynda Barry. Mark Stamaty." - Dana Stevens, Slate

"Even growing up in the Midwest, I saw the VILLAGE VOICE as the symbol of everything forbiddingly cool, metropolitan, and politically committed in NYC. This is a huge loss, and another example of the blandification, corporatization, and dumbification of the media landscape. Awful." - Keith Phipps, Uproxx

"I remember walking past the Village Voice offices shortly after I moved to NYC, thinking, "I will work there." Two years later, I started as an editorial assistant on the arts desk. A year after that, I published my first cover story." - Eric Sundermann, VICE

"Long live the Village Voice: the newspaper that gave New York its cool, birthed generations of some of the best writers this city has ever known, and taught me everything I know about being a journalist here. You will be dearly missed." - John Surico, NY Times, VICE

"This is a tragedy, and it hurts my heart. This is where I started my professional writing life and where I met brilliant writers - and many friends - too numerous to mention." - Manohla Dargis, NY Times

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"Like other papers in this class, there was a lot of filler to spread out all the ads that poured in — the luxury of a glorious business model. Yet there was always something worth reading in that paper, and finding it was part of the sport of flipping through the pages. It might have been a music review, or a theater review, or a brief capsule in the news section about some politician. Or it may have been a long-simmering investigation that changed the city.

"But there was always something. Now there’s nothing.

- Eric Wemple, Washington Post

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« Reply #1732 on: September 06, 2018, 03:57:40 AM »
A true tragedy. The Voice was an authentic New York paper with an authentic New York voice. And now that voice is forever stilled.
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Re: The R.I.P. Thread
« Reply #1733 on: September 06, 2018, 09:54:44 PM »
BURT REYNOLDS (1936 - 2018)

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« Reply #1734 on: September 06, 2018, 10:19:17 PM »
First time I remember seeing Burt Reynolds was in the old TV western TV show " Gunsmoke " playing Quint the blacksmith. Then in " Deliverance " which scared me a lot in many scenes and was thrilling and of course his most iconic role as The Bandit on " Smokey and the Bandit " with Jackie Gleeson. 82 years old …. my, how time flies. :(

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« Reply #1735 on: September 06, 2018, 10:30:45 PM »

NYT: "Burt Reynolds Dies at 82; Made Hearts Throb and Audiences Laugh"
...A self-mocking charmer with laugh-crinkled dark eyes, a rakish mustache and a hairy chest that he often bared onscreen, Mr. Reynolds did not always win the respect of critics. But for many years he was ranked among the top 10 movie draws worldwide, and from 1978 through 1982 he ruled the box office as few, if any, stars had done before.

From car-crash comedies like Smokey and the Bandit to romances like Starting Over to the hit television series Evening Shade, Mr. Reynolds delighted audiences for four decades, most often playing a good-hearted good ol’ boy seemingly not that different from his offscreen self.

Throughout an often turbulent career that spanned some 100 films and countless television appearances, he had close brushes with death, some resulting from his insistence on doing many of his own dangerous stunts. He braved the raging rapids of the Chattooga River between Georgia and South Carolina for a favorite role, as one of four suburbanite buddies who undertake a journey into America’s heart of darkness, in Deliverance (1972).

A decade later he battled an addiction to prescription medication after his jaw was shattered in a fight scene, an accident that left him wizened and led to false whispers that he was dying of AIDS.

Fellow actors praised Mr. Reynolds as an exacting artist who worked hard at his craft and fought to overcome many demons, including a volatile temperament. But he himself projected an air of insouciance and professed not to take his career too seriously. He told The New York Times in 1978, “I think I’m the only movie star who’s a movie star in spite of his pictures, not because of them; I’ve had some real turkeys.”

To many in Hollywood, Mr. Reynolds was an enigma. Tormented by self-doubt — he particularly disliked hearing how much he resembled the young Marlon Brando — he was also strong-willed, clashing often with directors and producers. For much of his career he accepted roles, he admitted, “that would be the most fun, not the most challenging,” while turning down more substantive parts, like the one in Terms of Endearment that led to an Academy Award for Jack Nicholson.

Mr. Reynolds never won an Oscar, although he was nominated for best supporting actor (and won a Golden Globe) for his performance as a paternalistic director of pornographic movies in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 Boogie Nights. Robin Williams won that year, for Good Will Hunting.

“I once said I’d rather have a Heisman Trophy than an Oscar,” Mr. Reynolds, who played football in college, later wrote. “I lied.”

...Mr. Reynolds rebounded and in 1990 began a long run on a new CBS comedy, Evening Shade, playing, in yet another football iteration, a former pro player who returns to his small Arkansas hometown to coach the losing local high school team. He won an Emmy for his performance in 1991, and the show ran for four seasons (Mr. Reynolds directed many of its 98 episodes) before expiring — prematurely, Mr. Reynolds complained — in 1994.

His days as a box-office champion were long over by then, but he remained busy almost to the end. In addition to his Oscar-nominated triumph in Boogie Nights, there were small roles in big movies (including the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard), bigger roles in smaller movies, voice-over work in cartoons, and numerous television appearances, often as an exaggerated version of himself.

He was recently cast in a Quentin Tarantino movie about the Manson family murders, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, scheduled for release next year....

Looking back in 2015, Mr. Reynolds expressed regret over the roles he didn’t get and the chances he didn’t take. It was not until he was almost 40, he wrote ruefully, that he decided he “wanted to be respected as an actor and began to think I might be good if I really worked at it.” His best performance, he added, might well be “still ahead of me.”

“I may not be the best actor in the world,” he concluded, “but I’m the best Burt Reynolds in the world.”

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« Reply #1736 on: September 06, 2018, 10:36:45 PM »
And who could forget his proximity to some of Hollywood's biggest and best busts? He was married to Loni Anderson through the period of her largest boob growth, from 1988 to 1994. And of course he starred in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas alongside Dolly Parton.

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« Reply #1737 on: September 08, 2018, 01:10:17 AM »
And who could forget his proximity to some of Hollywood's biggest and best busts? He was married to Loni Anderson through the period of her largest boob growth, from 1988 to 1994. And of course he starred in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas alongside Dolly Parton.
You forgot the most important one.He starred in Striptease along with mega boober Pandora Peaks.

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« Reply #1738 on: September 08, 2018, 03:24:55 PM »
He must have live fully to the end, he was slated to appear in "Once upon a Time" upcoming episode.
"Yesterday, Reince Priebus called this whole story a 'nothing burger,'" he said. "Well these emails have turned it into an all-you-can-prosecute buffet."

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« Reply #1739 on: September 10, 2018, 12:55:31 AM »

You forgot the most important one.He starred in Striptease along with mega boober Pandora Peaks.

Oh yes, how could I have forgotten?
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