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Barry Morse has Died

Henry C. Mabuse — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:27:43 -0800

Barry Morse - an actor with an extremely rich and varied career, popular in many roles but iconic as the (original) pursuer of Dr Richard Kimble in the (original) tv series The Fugitive, and memorable to Sci Fi fans as Professor Victor Bergman in Space: 1999, has passed on. He was 89. Morse's devotion to the works of George Bernard Shaw was legendary: he served as artistic director of the Shaw Festival of Canada for its 1966 season, and revived the festival itself. After his return in 1976 to life in London, Morse became vice-president and eventually president of the Shaw Society.

No more squeezin'

miss lynnster — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:59:23 -0800

Mr. Whi pple is dead. Lon g li ve Mr. Whi pple. Oh how we loved you. The altern atives will just never compare. (PLEASE do not miss the first link in "alternatives." You will be sorry.)

Mr. Humphries has measured his last inside leg.

amberglow — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:58:57 -0800

John Inman, RIP --better known as the campy stereotype Mr. Humphries on Are You Being Served? (a gay icon?)

Actor Jack Palance dies.

bz — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:37:37 -0800

RIP, Jack.

Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.

QuestionableSwami — Mon, 29 May 2006 06:03:14 -0800

Veteran actor Paul Gleason, who played Principal Richard "Dick" Vernon of The Breakfast Club and who acted in over 120 films television shows, died Saturday of lung cancer at age 67.

Don Knotts, 1294-2006

Smart Dalek — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:46:11 -0800

Call him Mr. Limpet, Mr. Furley, Wormie, Les Calhoun, or Barney Fife. Actor Don Knotts has passed away at 81.

RIP Vincent Schiavelli

dbiedny — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:06:08 -0800

RIP Vincent Schiavelli , a character actor who appeared in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Buckaroo Banzai, Amadeus, Death to Smoochie and a ton of other films. A cult favorite, he was one of those actors you looked at and thought, "who is that guy?".

Three's Company now two

mischief — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 03:51:50 -0800

"Come and knock on my door..." Actor John Ritter dies of aortic dissection, an unexpected rupture of the aortic wall.

Leslie Cheung has died.

son_of_minya — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 18:40:54 -0800

Leslie Cheung has died. I have no idea how to express my grief, but I feel that this should be discussed here. Yet his death seems to go unmentioned. What could drive someone to do this, and how could the media ignore such a tragic event?

dnash — Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:26:20 -0800

Actor Richard Harris dies "Don't let it be forgot - that once there was a spot - for one brief, shining moment - that was known as Camelot..." Such a sad day all around. R.I.P., Richard.

sycophant — Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:28:23 -0800

Actor Kevin Smith (no, not Silent Bob... Ares from Xena) has died after a large fall in China.

tomcosgrave — Thu, 28 Jun 2001 02:53:48 -0800

Jack Lemmon, RIP
These things seem to happen all at once....Johm Lee Hooker, now Jack Lemmon...such a pity :-(