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Post by jimsteel on Oct 28, 2016 21:06:03 GMT -5
What we have here is the end of an era. One of the few remaining famed original horror movie hosts, John Zacherle, known affectionately to fans as Zacherley, The Cool Ghoul, has passed on at the age of 98! That’s quite a run, and we’re all a lot creepier as a result of his illustrious career!
Zacherley was an American television host, radio personality, and voice actor known for his long career as a television horror host broadcasting horror movies in Philadelphia and New York City in the 1950s and 1960s. Best known for his character “Roland/Zacherley,” he also did voice work for movies and recorded the top ten novelty rock and roll song “Dinner with Drac” in 1958. He also edited two collections of horror stories, Zacherley’s Vulture Stew and Zacherley’s Midnight Snacks.
To say that he was an icon is a bit of an understatement. This man, this wonderful man, was a force of nature who lived it up with fans well into his 90s. There will never be another like him, and we were lucky to have him haunting us for as long as we did.
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Post by Sinclair Promotions on Nov 25, 2016 2:07:55 GMT -5
Carol Brady passes away:
CNN - She was one of America's moms, a television mother many people grew up watching. Florence Henderson died Thursday from heart failure at the age of 82. Henderson had not been sick, her manager, Kayla Pressman, said. "We are all in a state of shock," said Pressman, who spoke with Henderson on Wednesday night. The actress died at a Los Angeles hospital surrounded by family and friends. Henderson played Carol Brady from 1969 to 1979 on "The Brady Bunch," a show that became a huge hit in syndication.
Henderson's life story wasn't as ideal as the character she played. She grew up poor in Indiana, with an alcoholic father and a mother who left when she was just 12 years old, she said. Henderson used her singing talent to entertain the family and help make ends meet. "I don't ever remember not singing. and I would sing and pass the hat. and I would sing for groceries," she said.
Starring role in musical was big break
Her big break came in 1951 when she landed a starring role in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma." The singer-turned-actress then took her talents to television. In 1959 she was on set as NBC's "Today Girl" and she became the first woman to guest host the "Tonight Show" in 1962. In 1969, Henderson became Carol Brady. "I created the kind of mother that I wished I'd had, and I think everyone longs for," she said. Henderson had four children with her first husband, Ira Bernstein. They were married for 29 years. In 1987 she married John Kappas, a hypnotherapist. He died in 2002.
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Post by jimsteel on Nov 25, 2016 11:26:59 GMT -5
R.I.P
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Post by TTX on Nov 25, 2016 14:24:57 GMT -5
RIP Mrs. Brady. Always enjoyed her in Brady Bunch and she seemed a lovely woman.
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Post by Pariah on Nov 25, 2016 18:21:10 GMT -5
Very talented and influential woman... Thoughts are with her family and friends.
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Post by jimsteel on Nov 26, 2016 12:28:01 GMT -5
Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday. He was 90.
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Post by jimsteel on Nov 26, 2016 16:36:07 GMT -5
Ron Glass passes away at 71
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Post by TTX on Nov 26, 2016 20:18:31 GMT -5
Had to look him up, but recognized him immediately once I saw his picture. RIP, Mr. Glass.
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Post by Texas Kid on Nov 26, 2016 23:57:01 GMT -5
Though very sad, most of the deaths this yearwere the old gaurd.
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 8, 2016 20:55:13 GMT -5
Van Williams portrayed the Green Hornet, and his handsome alter ego Britt Reid, for one single season fifty years ago. While it lasted just 26 episodes, the superhero series had a lasting impact. For starters, it introduced the world to the martial arts mastery of Bruce Lee. To this day, The Green Hornet inspires new comic book series and toys featuring the likenesses of Williams and Lee.
Williams died of renal failure at the age of 82 last Monday, accoring to Variety.
Williams was working as a diving instructor in Hawaii when he was discovered by Elizabeth Taylor's husband, producer Mike Todd, in 1957. The athletic actor was cast in Bourbon Street Beat, one of Warner Bros.' hip, exotic detective series modeled after the success of 77 Sunset Strip. In 1960, his character was carried over into Surfside 6.
Six years later, William Dozier, creator of the overnight success Batman, looked to start another vigilante series with a far less campy tone. Enter The Green Hornet. Both Williams and Lee made cameos on Batman, first popping their heads out of windows before fighting the Dynamic Duo in a crossover story.
The following decade, his acting career waned, and Williams became a reserve deputy sheriff and a volunteer fire fighter in Malibu. In 1982, Williams retired from acting to start a communications company. Williams is survived by his wife, three children and five grandchildren.
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