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Post by jimsteel on Apr 8, 2018 22:46:58 GMT -5
  Soon-Tek Oh Dies: Pioneering ‘Mulan’, ‘Man With the Golden Gun’ Actor Was 85 Trailblazing Asian American actor of stage and screen and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based theatre group East West Players Soon-Tek Oh died on April 4 after a battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 85. Oh was born in what is now South Korea. He attended high school in South Korea and went on to Yonsei University in Seoul. When he came stateside he attended the University of Southern California and later received an MFA from UCLA. The Korean-American actor is known as the actor who provided the voice of Fa Zhou, the father of the titular character in Disney’s 1998 animated feature Mulan. He went on to voice the character in Mulan II. In addition, he appeared in the 1974 James Bond installment The Man with the Golden Gun. He had a long list of other TV and film credits in the past decades including many pop culture staples such as MacGyver, M*A*S*H, Charlie’s Angels, Magnum, P.I., Hawaii Five-O, Kung-Fu, Zorro, and Touched by an Angel. In film, he starred in the Missing in Action: The Beginning opposite Chuck Norris as well as the Chris Chan Lee-directed indie Yellow. In particular, Oh was a pioneer as an Asian American actor in theater world appearing the original cast of the Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures. In 1965, he was one of the earliest members of the aforementioned East West Players, a theater organization championing artistic voices in the Asian Pacific American community and providing educational programs. In 1995, he went on to create the Korean American theatre group, Society of Heritage Performers, which later turned into the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble. Since 2005, he had been a professor at the Seoul National University of Economics. |
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 13, 2018 14:05:27 GMT -5
  Tim O’Connor, a character actor best known for playing Mia Farrow’s father Elliot Carson on the ‘60s ABC soap opera “Peyton Place,” has died at age 90, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Friday The Chicago native, a beloved television staple, starred as Dr. Elias Huer on the NBC sci-fi series “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.” In 1963, he played the captain of a ship determined to rescue earthlings on "The Twilight Zone.” He also guest-starred in 1975’s “All in the Family” as Edith’s (Jean Stapleton) former sweetheart. O’Connor, who made his Hollywood debut in 1949, appeared in numerous hit TV shows throughout his thriving career, such as “Maude,” “M*A*S*H,” “Wonder Woman,” and “Gunsmoke." Fans also recognize the star from the fifth season of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” as Ambassador Briam. The Union reported the actor stayed busy in Hollywood until 1997, but never officially retired. Instead, he pursued his passion for entertaining as a stage director for Nevada City’s Foothill Theater Company |
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 15, 2018 23:29:14 GMT -5
 Full Metal Jacket' actor R. Lee Ermey dies at age 74 R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine Corps drill instructor known to millions of moviegoers as the sadistic Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket," died Sunday morning, according to his longtime manager. He was 74. In a statement posted on Twitter, Bill Rogin said Ermey had died due to complications from pneumonia. A Kansas native, Ermey enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1961 at age 17. He served for 11 years, including 14 months in Vietnam, before he was discharged in 1972. He served as a technical adviser in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic, "Apocalypse Now," in which he also had a small role as a helicopter pilot. But Ermey didn't get his big break until eight years later, in Kubrick's own take on Vietnam. He was originally supposed to be a technical adviser, but Kubrick offered him the role of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman after seeing a demo tape of Ermey railing at extras while tennis balls flew at him. In his role as a drill instructor breaking in new Marines at boot camp on Parris Island, S.C., Ermey roared his way into film history by berating his unfortunate charges. |
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Post by TTX on Apr 16, 2018 7:01:59 GMT -5
That explains the sudden tribute. RIP.
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Post by jwar on Apr 16, 2018 9:41:11 GMT -5
Was a big fan of Ermey, RIP.
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Post by TTX on Apr 16, 2018 13:25:45 GMT -5
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 16, 2018 18:23:18 GMT -5
  'NIGHT COURT' STAR HARRY ANDERSON DEAD AT 65 Harry Anderson, who became a household name starring in the massive TV hit, "Night Court," has died. We spoke to Harry's son, Dashiell, and he tells TMZ ... his father passed away of natural causes. Anderson rose to fame playing Judge Harry T. Stone on the sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1992. Before "Night Court" he frequently appeared on "Saturday Night Live." The actor died at his home Monday in North Carolina. All authorities are saying is that no foul play is suspected. Anderson also appeared on "Cheers" and starred in his own sitcom, "Dave's World," which ran from 1993 to 1997. He was also an accomplished magician and even opened a magic shop in the French Quarter of New Orleans. He also had a nightclub in the French Quarter called Oswald's Speakeasy. In his later years, Anderson kept a low profile, only occasionally appearing in shows like "30 Rock," "Son of the Beach" and "Comedy Bang! Bang!" |
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Post by TTX on Apr 16, 2018 18:54:54 GMT -5
RIP Harry Anderson........very sad.
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 17, 2018 20:14:00 GMT -5
 Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92 "A former first lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at the age of 92," reads a statement from the office of former President George H.W. Bush. Mrs. Bush served as the country's first lady from 1989 to 1993. She passed away shortly after deciding to forgo further medical treatments for her failing health. |
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Post by TTX on Apr 17, 2018 20:24:17 GMT -5
RIP Mrs. Bush.
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