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Obituaries for 2024
berdie:
Well, I hate to hear that. Truly fine musician. RIP Dave
PeteS in CA:
Roger Corman Passes Away at 98
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/5/11/roger-corman-passes-away-at-98
--- Quote ---B-movie king Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of low-budget films, has passed away. He was 98. Corman’s imprint on movies is undeniable. The definitive trailblazer and pioneer of independent film, his impact unparalleled, and legacy forever enduring.
Though he began his career as a screenwriter and director (watch his 1962 gem “The Intruder”), it was as a producer that Corman made his biggest impact. Some of the talent discovered by him include Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, Jonathan Demme, Ron Howard, Peter Fonda, and Sandra Bullock, just to name a few.
It all started for Corman in 1949. After serving in the Navy, he landed a job at 20th Century Fox and by 1949 was a story analyst at the studio. Four years later, in 1953, he sold his first screenplay, “Highway Dragnet” and served as associate producer on the film. He used the money he made on that film – $18,000 – and produced “The Monster from the Ocean Floor.” This ability to make movies on very small budgets became the blueprint for Corman’s career.
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Timber Rattler:
Corman's movies were cheap and cheezy but cool!!! I'll take any of them over the dreck being produced in Hollywood today.
jmyrlefuller:
Laurie Johnson dies at 96
The English composer is best known in America for his incidental television music. He composed the theme to the 1960s TV series The Avengers, and his stock music piece "Happy Go Lively" was a cartoon staple period piece from the same era.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68054498
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xELDqIyrtNA
mystery-ak:
Dabney Coleman, ‘9 to 5’ Star Who Made a Career Out of Playing Jerks, Dies at 92
The Texas native got laughs for his boorish behavior in 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,' 'Tootsie,' 'Buffalo Bill' and much more.
May 17, 2024 2:27pm
Dabney Coleman, the popular comic actor from 9 to 5, Tootsie and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman whose many redeeming qualities including a knack for portraying characters who had none, has died. He was 92.
Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, singer Quincy Coleman, told The Hollywood Reporter.
“My father crafted his time here on Earth with a curious mind, a generous heart and a soul on fire with passion, desire and humor that tickled the funny bone of humanity,” she said. “As he lived, he moved through this final act of his life with elegance, excellence and mastery.
more
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dabney-coleman-dead-9-to-5-mary-hartman-tootsie-1235902521/
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