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naugatiki
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|  Posted: 2011-12-28 04:57 am Permalink
Cheetah the Chimp from the 1930's Tarzan Films
http://news.yahoo.com/chimp-1930s-us-tarzan-films-dead-80-093119035.html
"When he didn't like somebody or something that was going on, he would pick up some poop and throw it at them. He could get you at 30 feet with bars in between," Priest said.
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VampiressRN
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From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2012-01-02 12:26 pm Permalink
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/02/bob-anderson-dead-sword-master-darth-vader_n_1179324.html
LONDON — Olympic fencer and movie sword master Bob Anderson appeared in some of film's most famous dueling scenes – though few viewers knew it.
Anderson, who has died at age 89, donned Darth Vader's black helmet and fought light saber battles in two of the three original "Star Wars" films, "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi."
Anderson, who worked with actors from Errol Flynn to Antonio Banderas during five decades as a sword master, fight director and stunt performer, died early New Year's Day at an English hospital, the British Academy of Fencing said Monday.
Vader, "Star Wars'" intergalactic arch-villain, was voiced by James Earl Jones and played by six foot six (1.98 meter) former weightlifter David Prowse, but Anderson stepped in during the key fight scenes.
"David Prowse wasn't very good with a sword and Bob couldn't get him to do the moves," said Anderson's former assistant, Leon Hill. "Fortunately Bob could just don the costume and do it himself."
The scenes worked beautifully, although Anderson, then nearing 60, was several inches shorter than Prowse.
Few knew of Anderson's role until Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, said in a 1983 interview that "Bob Anderson was the man who actually did Vader's fighting."
"It was always supposed to be a secret, but I finally told (director) George (Lucas) I didn't think it was fair any more," Hamill told Starlog magazine. "Bob worked so bloody hard that he deserves some recognition. It's ridiculous to preserve the myth that it's all done by one man."
Robert James Gilbert Anderson was born in Hampshire, southern England, in 1922, and was drawn to fencing from an early age.
"I never took up the sword," he said in an interview for the 2009 documentary "Reclaiming the Blade." "I think the sword took me up."
Anderson joined the Royal Marines before World War II, teaching fencing aboard warships and winning several combined services titles in the sport.
He served in the Mediterranean during the war, later trained as a fencing coach and represented Britain at the 1952 Olympics and the 1950 and 1953 world championships.
In the 1950s, Anderson became coach of Britain's national fencing team, a post he held until the late 1970s. He later served as technical director of the Canadian Fencing Association.
His first film work was staging fights and coaching Flynn on swashbuckler "The Master of Ballantrae" in 1952.
He went on to become one of the industry's most sought after stunt performers, fight choreographers and sword masters, working on movies including the James Bond adventures "From Russia With Love" and "Die Another Day"; fantasy "The Princess Bride"; Banderas action romps "The Mask of Zorro" and "The Legend of Zorro"; and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Fencing academy president Philip Bruce said Anderson was "truly one of our greatest fencing masters and a world-class film fight director and choreographer."
Hill remembered him as "a splendid man, a great man who gave so much to fencing that can never be repaid."
Anderson is survived by his wife Pearl and three children. Funeral details were not immediately available.
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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| Posted: 2012-01-03 10:48 am Permalink
Kaye Stevens
Born Catherine Louise Stephens, she performed with the Rat Pack and was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show,"
July 21, 1932 – December 28, 2011
Billboard: Kaye Stevens
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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| Posted: 2012-01-04 11:24 pm Permalink
Jennifer 'Miro' Anderson
Writer, and singer for pioneering San Francisco band The Nuns
May 3, 1957 - Dec 16, 2011
S.F. Weekly: Jennifer 'Miro' Anderson
The Nuns performed regularly at the Mabuhay Gardens and opened for the Sex Pistols at Winterland on January 14, 1978.
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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| Posted: 2012-01-17 10:44 am Permalink
Jimmy Castor
June 23, 1947 – January 16, 2012
Saxophonist, with his biggest hit single being 1972's million seller, "Troglodyte (Cave Man)"
Vintage Vinyl News:Jimmy Castor
YouTube: Jimmy Castor Bunch
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MadDogMike
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| Posted: 2012-01-17 12:28 pm Permalink
The Bertha Butt Boogie!!!!
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| Posted: 2012-01-22 11:32 am Permalink
Joe Paterno—a legend, lion and, in the end, tainted leader at Penn State – has died from complications of lung cancer.
Joseph Vincent “Joe” Paterno was 85.
His family, which includes five kids, 17 grandchildren and his wife Sue, released a statement Sunday morning to announce his death: "His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled."
"He died as he lived," the statement said. "He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been. His ambitions were far reaching, but he never believed he had to leave this Happy Valley to achieve them. He was a man devoted to his family, his university, his players and his community."
For 46 seasons, Paterno was the beginning and end of Nittany Lions football. When he left Beaver Stadium for the final time on a snowy October day, Paterno had amassed 409 career victories – more than any major college football coach in the history of the game.
He won his first national championship in 1983, and then another in 1987. Year after year, decade after decade, players left his program bound for the NFL.
Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2012-01-22/joe-paterno-dies-dead-penn-state-coach?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D129366#ixzz1kDWu9Mux
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SandraDee
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Posts: 579 | Posted: 2012-01-22 11:35 am Permalink
Paterno will be remembered for what he DIDN'T do not for what he did.
Maybe one day the news will wax poetic about people who were worth it in the end. One child's safety is worth more than a million championship titles.
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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| Posted: 2012-01-23 09:48 am Permalink
Dick Tufeld December 11, 1926 - January 22, 2012
Voice of the Robot on Lost in Space (Danger Danger Will Robinson!)
Official Bill Mumy website: Dick Tufeld
Marta Kristen website: Dick Tufeld tribute
Dick Tufeld Biography
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bamalamalu
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Posts: 384 | Posted: 2012-01-26 4:43 pm Permalink
Sad day for Epstein's mother.
Robert Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein on Welcome Back, Kotter, died Thursday from an apparent heart attack, The Star-Ledger reports. He was 60.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Robert-Hegyes-Dies-1042246.aspx
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| Posted: 2012-01-30 1:57 pm Permalink
Due to an unfortunate accident, Kenny McCormic from South Park, Colorado died today without warning.
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bamalamalu
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Posts: 384 | Posted: 2012-01-31 07:49 am Permalink
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ian Abercrombie, a veteran British stage and screen actor whose TV roles included Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt on "Seinfeld" and the voice of Chancellor Palpatine in the animated TV series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," has died. He was 77.
(And he was in "Army of Darkness"!)
http://news.yahoo.com/actor-mr-pitt-seinfeld-dies-77-004906820.html
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naugatiki
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| Posted: 2012-02-01 07:41 am Permalink
That blistering King of Cool Don Cornelius commited suicide.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/soul-train-founder-commits-suicide-report-143958906--abc-news.html
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| Posted: 2012-02-01 11:20 am Permalink
WTF???
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Chuck Tatum is Tiki
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From: Southern Cailifornia
| Posted: 2012-02-01 12:18 pm Permalink
Looks like he's not taking that "Soul Train" to heaven.
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