Obituaries for 2017

[mountaineer]

Wow. He certainly exemplified suave.

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: TIME

URL: http://time.com/4790347/roger-moore-dead/?xid=homepage

by Dan Stewart



Roger Moore, the actor best known for his stint playing James Bond in the 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 89 years old. In a statement, his family said Moore died after a “short but brave battle with cancer.”

Moore played the archetypal super-spy starting in the 1970s, when he took the lead role from Sean Connery in Live and Let Die. He ended his run in 1985 with A View to a Kill.

The actor also starred in British TV shows The Saint, and The Persuaders! In later life, he dedicated his time to philanthropy, becoming a UNICEF ambassador.

[Just_Victor]

I liked the Saint and I thought he was the better Bond because he was a little goofy.

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I never like Moore as James Bond.  He never came across as the cold blooded killer that Bond was supposed to be.

RIP Roger.  Cancer sucks

[Idiot]

SOURCE: TIME

URL: http://time.com/4790347/roger-moore-dead/?xid=homepage

by Dan Stewart



Roger Moore, the actor best known for his stint playing James Bond in the 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 89 years old. In a statement, his family said Moore died after a “short but brave battle with cancer.”

Moore played the archetypal super-spy starting in the 1970s, when he took the lead role from Sean Connery in Live and Let Die. He ended his run in 1985 with A View to a Kill.

The actor also starred in British TV shows The Saint, and The Persuaders! In later life, he dedicated his time to philanthropy, becoming a UNICEF ambassador.

May all his drinks be "shaken, not stirred."

[Suppressed]

I never like Moore as James Bond.  He never came across as the cold blooded killer that Bond was supposed to be.

RIP Roger.  Cancer sucks

I agree with every word, @Just_Victor.  I couldn't have said it better.

[SirLinksALot]

He was not my favorite James Bond ( Sean Connery and Daniel Craig are, the latter had a dark, brooding side to him that matches the Ian Fleming character in the novels ), yet, I have to say that Moore was fun to watch. I will miss him.

In the real world, James Bond should have died as early as Goldfinger. These villains could have just shot him and that would have been the end of 007, but they have to device some esoteric torture machine and leave him alone to die and then give 007 the chance to escape with one of his clever gadgets !! SHEESH.

Rant aside Roger Moore remains a classy man who used his fame to good use. He was known for his generosity and philantropy. He also spoke Italian perfectly ( his former wife Luisa Mattioli is Italian ).

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

The James Bond I grew up on... was Bond for 20 years at least right?

[SirLinksALot]

1962-1967, 1971 and 1983 Sean Connery: Sean Connery went on to play James Bond four more times in From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, before temporarily retiring from the role. He then came back for Diamonds are Forever, then finally Never Say Never Again.

1967 David Niven : That was Casino Royale, a SPOOF

1969 George Lazenby: The under appreciated On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1972–1985 Roger Moore: ( 7 films, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill )

1986–1994 Timothy Dalton: 2 films, The Living Daylights and License to Kill

1994–2004 Pierce Brosnan: ( 4 films, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day )

2005-Present, Daniel Craig: (4 films, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre )

[Applewood]

Sean Connery was the best Bond, in my opinion.  Poor Roger Moore had some big shoes to fill, and as a result, I suppose his performance as Bond  just had to pale by comparison to Connery's.  Too bad because I think Moore was a decent actor.

For that matter, I was less impressed with the other Bonds too, although Daniel Craig is very good.

Anyway, rest in peace, Mr. Moore.

[Free Vulcan]

Peter Augustine Lawler, 1951-2017

We are very sorry to learn of the death of the distinguished scholar and writer Peter Augustine Lawler, a valued contributor to many journals, including THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

His essays for us, always worth reading and rereading, are collected here.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/peter-augustine-lawler-1951-2017/article/2008179

[Smokin Joe]

Sean Connery was the best Bond, in my opinion.  Poor Roger Moore had some big shoes to fill, and as a result, I suppose his performance as Bond  just had to pale by comparison to Connery's.  Too bad because I think Moore was a decent actor.

For that matter, I was less impressed with the other Bonds too, although Daniel Craig is very good.

Anyway, rest in peace, Mr. Moore.

I agree! RIP, Mr. Moore.

[Just_Victor]

Sean Connery was the best Bond, in my opinion.  Poor Roger Moore had some big shoes to fill, and as a result, I suppose his performance as Bond  just had to pale by comparison to Connery's.  Too bad because I think Moore was a decent actor.

For that matter, I was less impressed with the other Bonds too, although Daniel Craig is very good.

Anyway, rest in peace, Mr. Moore.

I was trying not to dis the man's grave.  He played the suave debonair man-whore very well.  But the movies were kinda campy, like the old 60s Batman series.  Prolly not Moore's fault.

Connery was good, but production values when Connery was Bond stank.  The movies with Daniel Craig are the best package (story, production, acting) IMHO.

Anyway, Moore has departed this life, and I'm saddened for the people who loved him.

Maybe we should start a Bond critique thread....

[txradioguy]

RIP Cortez Kennedy 48...HOF defensive tackle for the Seahawks.

Found dead in his home in Florida.

[jmyrlefuller]

Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy dies at 48

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The former University of Miami product played eleven seasons for the Seattle Seahawks as a defensive tackle. Recognized as one of the best at his position in league history, Kennedy made the Pro Bowl eight times in his career, was named an All-Pro five times, and was named Defensive Player of the Year in 1992 and a member of the All-Decade team of the 1990s. Kennedy was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2012.

Once dubbed the best player to ever wear the number 96 in the NFL (the number had only been made available to NFL players since the mid-1980s), the jersey was retired by the Seahawks organization.

Kennedy was found dead, alone, in his home. Foul play is not suspected.

Death notice from ESPN

Wikipedia

NFL stats

[Ghost Bear]

Austin singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave dead at 61

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Just days after a farewell concert honoring the life and times of Austin’s own singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave, the aggressive, incurable form of cancer he was diagnosed with in 2016 took him away.

LaFave died Sunday surrounded by loved ones in his home, his music label, Music Road Records announced Monday. Despite being often identified as being from Oklahoma due to musical ties to the state, LaFave had lived in Austin for nearly 30 years. He was born in Wills Point, Texas on July 12, 1955.

In 2005, LaFave told KXAN he liked playing in Austin because “I feel like I’m with my people. I like people in this part of the country and I think there’s a certain music that comes out of here that’s not affected by the East or West Coast. There’s a good purity to the music here.”

Excerpted, more at the link: http://kxan.com/2017/05/22/austin-singer-songwriter-jimmy-lafave-dead-at-61/

[Sanguine]

Austin singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave dead at 61

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Just days after a farewell concert honoring the life and times of Austin’s own singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave, the aggressive, incurable form of cancer he was diagnosed with in 2016 took him away.

LaFave died Sunday surrounded by loved ones in his home, his music label, Music Road Records announced Monday. Despite being often identified as being from Oklahoma due to musical ties to the state, LaFave had lived in Austin for nearly 30 years. He was born in Wills Point, Texas on July 12, 1955.

In 2005, LaFave told KXAN he liked playing in Austin because “I feel like I’m with my people. I like people in this part of the country and I think there’s a certain music that comes out of here that’s not affected by the East or West Coast. There’s a good purity to the music here.”

Excerpted, more at the link: http://kxan.com/2017/05/22/austin-singer-songwriter-jimmy-lafave-dead-at-61/

This seems appropriate: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFAVGedctWA

I think they were the same age too.

[goatprairie]

He was not my favorite James Bond ( Sean Connery and Daniel Craig are, the latter had a dark, brooding side to him that matches the Ian Fleming character in the novels ), yet, I have to say that Moore was fun to watch. I will miss him.

In the real world, James Bond should have died as early as Goldfinger. These villains could have just shot him and that would have been the end of 007, but they have to device some esoteric torture machine and leave him alone to die and then give 007 the chance to escape with one of his clever gadgets !! SHEESH.

Rant aside Roger Moore remains a classy man who used his fame to good use. He was known for his generosity and philantropy. He also spoke Italian perfectly ( his former wife Luisa Mattioli is Italian ).

I don't watch much modern movies or tv today, but I remember the "build a torture device for the heroes and leave" plot device for villains in many tv shows of the day. Mad Magazine did a great satire of "The Man From Uncle" where they had Napoleon Solo and some shapely babe about to be dumped into a gigantic vat of oatmeal. I still laugh when I think of Solo and the girl hanging from a hook above the oatmeal in that particular satire.

[jmyrlefuller]

A few days late, but...

Former Detroit Lions linebacker Wayne Walker dies at 80

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One of the first professional football players to emerge from the state of Idaho, Walker played 15 seasons and 200 games in the NFL, all of them with the Detroit Lions. His best years were from 1963 to 1966, when he earned Pro-Bowl and All-Pro honors. Following his career, Walker served as a broadcaster, not only on football broadcasts but on baseball as well, being based in Oakland, California until his retirement in the 1990s. During his retirement, he returned to Idaho and continued some broadcasting.

Walker died May 19 of complications from Parkinson's disease.

Obituary from NFL.com

Wikipedia

NFL stats

[kevindavis007]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIHSxLYzc6Q

[GtHawk]

1962-1967, 1971 and 1983 Sean Connery: Sean Connery went on to play James Bond four more times in From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, before temporarily retiring from the role. He then came back for Diamonds are Forever, then finally Never Say Never Again.

1967 David Niven : That was Casino Royale, a SPOOF

1969 George Lazenby: The under appreciated On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1972–1985 Roger Moore: ( 7 films, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill )

1986–1994 Timothy Dalton: 2 films, The Living Daylights and License to Kill

1994–2004 Pierce Brosnan: ( 4 films, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day )

2005-Present, Daniel Craig: (4 films, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre )

Actually, you missed the very first Jmes Bond actor and movie, albeit on TV, Barry Nelson in Casino Royale 1954.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47p90C3IXXA

[EC]

Dina Merrill, Actress and Philanthropist, Dies at 93

Dina Merrill, the actress and heiress to two fortunes who wintered at her family’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., as a child before becoming a leading lady in movies, most often in upper-class roles, died on Monday at her home in East Hampton, N.Y. She was 93.

Her death was confirmed by her son, Stanley H. Rumbough, who said she had Lewy Body dementia.

An elegant presence in most of her 30 or so mid-20th-century movies, Ms. Merrill played the betrayed wife who loses both her husband, Laurence Harvey, and her mink coat to Elizabeth Taylor in “Butterfield 8” (1960); the chic fashion consultant who loses Glenn Ford to Shirley Jones in “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” (1963); and the steadfast socialite wife of an assistant district attorney played by Burt Lancaster in “The Young Savages” (1961).

More: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/movies/dina-merrill-dead-actress-and-heiress.html

[Gefn]

@EC , I was just going to post this.

Beautiful woman, lead an extrodinary life. She was also in some funny movies and TV shows.

Every photo I saw of her she was Impeccably dressed, and oozed class.

R.I.P.

[Mod1]

Merged separate Roger Moore thread into Obituaries thread.

[Machiavelli]

Jared Martin, Who Played Rodeo Cowboy Dusty Farlow on 'Dallas,' Dies at 75

Jared Martin, the Dallas actor who portrayed Dusty Farlow, the rodeo cowboy and Sue Ellen Ewing seducer who perished in a plane crash, only to have producers resurrect his character by popular demand, has died. He was 75.

Martin died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Philadelphia, his son, Christian Martin, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Martin roomed with Brian De Palma when they both attended Columbia University in New York and appeared in the first and third features of the director's career: Murder a la Mod (1968) and The Wedding Party (1969).

More

Wikipedia

IMDb

[TomSea]

NFL Hall of Famer Cortez Kennedy found dead at age 48
Published: Friday, May 26, 2017 10:00 a.m. CDT
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer

Cortez Kennedy was a hulking force at defensive tackle, the cornerstone of a franchise that had little to cheer about for most of his playing career.

And yet what Kennedy accomplished as a player with the Seattle Seahawks — which was good enough for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame — was secondary to the affable personality that made him a revered figure long after his career ended.

Police in Orlando, Florida, said the 48-year-old Kennedy was found dead Tuesday morning. Orlando Police Department public information officer Wanda Miglio said the circumstances surrounding his death are still unknown but that there is nothing suspicious about it. An investigation is being conducted.

“The full story lies in his loving, fun, positive and giving heart,” said New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis, who worked for the Seahawks during Kennedy’s playing career. “In my many years working in the NFL, no one better exemplified what it meant to be a great player on the field, and yet that paled in comparison to what Cortez meant to the people who knew him off the field.”

Continued: http://www.newtondailynews.com/2017/05/26/nfl-hall-of-famer-cortez-kennedy-found-dead-at-age-48/af0bieb/

Rest In Peace