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08-26-2018 , 10:36 PM

#2301

daveT

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They say you want to die before your children, but I wonder how that trope changes when you are 106.

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09-04-2018 , 02:33 PM

#2302

Zeno

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Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22,614

Actress from the Golden Age of Hollywood Gloria Jean dies at 92.

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From above link:

Gloria Jean, the perky actress and singer who starred as a teenager alongside W.C. Fields in the 1941 classic Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, has died. She was 92.
Jean died Friday of heart failure and pneumonia in Mountain View, Hawaii, her biographers, Scott MacGillivray and Jan MacGillivray, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Jean co-starred with Bing Crosby in 1940's If I Had My Way (the film's poster proclaimed, "Glorious Gloria Jean of 'The Under-Pup' becomes a shining star — and a Singsation — with the one and only Bing!") and with Mel Torme (who would later propose to her) in 1944's Pardon My Rhythm.

A contract played at Universal, the dark-haired beauty also appeared with Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan in a popular series of musical comedies that included When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942), Get Hep to Love (1942), the Andrews Sisters' What's Cookin' (1942), It Comes Up Love (1943) and Follow the Boys (1944).

When she portrayed a blind girl and stole too many scenes in her dramatic debut, Flesh and Fantasy (1943), starring Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer and Barbara Stanwyck, studio execs removed her 25-minute sequence and used it for another full-length feature, Destiny (1944). She was heartbroken.

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09-04-2018 , 09:50 PM

#2303

Dominic

Tripod

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,911

I remember her!

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09-06-2018 , 11:53 AM

#2304

DC2LV

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Originally Posted by Zeno;533[RIGHT

61002]Loved her voice - haunting and beautiful. Apparently she was bi-polar. I've friends with this same disorder. Anyway, she was only 46 - cause of death was ????

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Originally Posted by chillrob

Almost certainly suicide. It's a shame, but society still doesn't treat depression and related mental illnesses as legitimate diseases, despite them taking the lives of more young-ish people than any other cause.

Rest in peace, lady with the beautiful tortured voice....

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Originally Posted by chillrob

Do you seriously not think that is the most likely reason? For someone in her mid 40s with no known serious illnesses other than mental? I read nothing about any other health problems other than back pain.

Turns out all the speculation about Dolorus O'Riordan having committed suicide was in error. The inquest found that her death was an accident and that she drowned in her bathtub while being extraordinarily drunk (4x the legal limit) as well as being on therapeutic doses (not OD) of prescribed medication.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/06/uk/do...ntl/index.html

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09-06-2018 , 03:03 PM

#2305

Huehuecoyotl

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09-06-2018 , 03:11 PM

#2306

diebitter

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Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 66,080

Burt Reynolds!

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09-06-2018 , 03:19 PM

#2307

parisron

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Time for a Deliverance re-watch, I see its not on cable, Netflix or Prime right now. Maybe one of the networks will put together a bunch of BR movies to watch this week.

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09-06-2018 , 03:36 PM

#2308

Dominic

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Anyone who grew up in the 70s and 80s knew what a huge star Burt Reynolds was. Such a legend.

Spoiler:

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09-06-2018 , 04:18 PM

#2309

biggerboat

you're gonna need one

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 49,182

Noooooooooooo.......................

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09-06-2018 , 04:24 PM

#2310

biggerboat

you're gonna need one

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Originally Posted by Dominic

Anyone who grew up in the 70s and 80s knew what a huge star Burt Reynolds was. Such a legend.

I remember there seemed to be black Trans Ams everywhere after Smokey and the Bandit.

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09-06-2018 , 04:44 PM

#2311

parisron

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Originally Posted by biggerboat

I remember there seemed to be black Trans Ams everywhere after Smokey and the Bandit.

I had the Matchbox car, was my favorite. lol

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09-06-2018 , 04:54 PM

#2312

mrbaseball

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RIP Burt

He was HUGE back in the day. Longest Yard is still as good as it gets.

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09-06-2018 , 05:28 PM

#2313

kioshk

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Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 93,000

I always liked Burt. He used to kill on Johnny Carson. I wish he'd settled down with Sally Field in the 70s. But then he wouldn't have been Burt, I guess. A pox on Loni Anderson's house btw! Remember when he was dating Dinah Shore and she was like 70? Haha, now that's a life right there, just the women we know about.

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09-06-2018 , 05:34 PM

#2314

diebitter

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Originally Posted by mrbaseball

RIP Burt

He was HUGE back in the day. Longest Yard is still as good as it gets.

Aye. The Longest Yard (or as it was known in the UK, Mean Machine) remains my favourite Burt movie, but there's quite a few really good ones.

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09-06-2018 , 06:09 PM

#2315

DC11GTR

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That one is a close 2nd to Boogie Nights. Its a shame that Good Will Hunting had to come out that year as well. Would've loved to see Burt win the oscar there.

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09-06-2018 , 08:02 PM

#2316

lumberajack

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R.I.P.

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09-06-2018 , 10:44 PM

#2317

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

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I should probably rewatch Boogie Nights because I do not recall Burt Reynolds being in it.

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09-06-2018 , 11:58 PM

#2318

parisron

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Originally Posted by Bighurt52235

I should probably rewatch Boogie Nights because I do not recall Burt Reynolds being in it.

Yea, I can't remember for sure if I have ever seen the movie, its on Netflix.

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09-07-2018 , 12:06 AM

#2319

Phat Mack

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Boogie Nights is a giant of a film with a stellar cast. Even Marky Mark is good in it. Everybody needs to watch it.

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09-07-2018 , 12:36 AM

#2320

Dominic

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For a movie about the porn world, I was surprised how big of a deal they made out of Marky Mark's penis - it's supposed to be huge and it's really kinda small.

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09-07-2018 , 02:27 AM

#2321

chillrob

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Originally Posted by Dominic

For a movie about the porn world, I was surprised how big of a deal they made out of Marky Mark's penis - it's supposed to be huge and it's really kinda small.

Humble brag?

I remember it being huge in the movie, but it was a prosthetic. Do you have inside information on his real penis size?