Curtain Call

[Antares]

Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack.

[Antares]

Makato Fujita

[Antares]

Kathryn Grayson, MGM musical star of the 40's & 50's.

[Antares]

Ante Babaja, Croatian director.

[Najemikon]

Lionel Jeffries, Director

Damn this is a busy thread. Lionel Jeffries was responsible for children's classic The Railway Children and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

[Jimmy]

Jamie Gillis, actor.

Do I need to say I don't feel well this morning. Very bad way to start a weekend... He was just 66 years old, way too young to died...

One of the best actors of the golden age who was in many of my favorite films like The Opening of Misty Beethoven, The Story of Joanna, The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann, Water Power, Beauty, ... (this list could be running endlessly)

He was even in non adult stuff like Abigail Lesley Is Back in Town, Nighthawks, Deep Throat Part II, ...

[Antares]

Damn this is a busy thread.

Especially when you take into consideration that I started it only 2 1/2 months ago and it's already on page 5.

[Rogmeister]

I've heard of two passings today...

Alexander Haig, one-time Secretary of State.
Caroline McWilliams (or is it Williams) who was a regular on the USA sitcom Benson.  Someone posted about this on an e-mail list I'm on, saying she passed peacefully in her sleep pbut didn't mention what the circumstances were or her age.  I wouldn't have thought she was that old.

Okay, it's a few minutes since I posted the above and I was right the first time, her name was Caroline McWilliams.  And she wasn't that old, really...just 64 (she would have turned 65 in April).  I still don't know the cause of death...oh well.

[Antares]

Andrew Koenig, suicide in Vancouver park.

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Severin Blanchet

[Rogmeister]

Another suicide, this one the son of Marie Osmond.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20347551,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontent

[northbloke]

I just found out today that Chas Balun lost his battle with cancer back in December.

[Antares]

Wendy Toye

[Rogmeister]

I received the following e-mail from TVGUide.com today...

March 10, 2010

Actor Corey Haim died early Wednesday morning of an apparent drug overdose, a source told TVGuide.com. He was 38.
Visit TVGuide.com for details on this developing story.

This surprises me...but mainly because I always thought "the other" Corey would be the first to go.

[Najemikon]

After what I read about him and his attitude last year, this is a shame, but no surprise. Corey Feldman seems just a bit more sensible and I think I last saw him during Empire's Goonie reunion and he seemed fairly balanced.