Reply With QuoteSince you liked the last DListed quote, from their obituary article:Originally Posted by Bonlainy
And none of them were Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta or Buddy Rich.
But more important, he wasn't trying to do what they did and they weren't trying to do what he did. The only thing all of them have in common is that they were perfect for their bands.
Since you liked the last DListed quote, from their obituary article:
Life getting a little too close to art:
Omar Little actor dies
Last edited by PPatty; September 6th, 2021 at 01:44 PM.
Norm Mcdonald of Weekend Update fame at 61 after long battle with cancer.
https://www.newser.com/story/311046/...paign=20210914
He's one of my favorite of the post-Not Ready For Prime Time Players SNL alums, especially his Weekend Update stint. I read his autobiography a couple of years ago and enjoyed it as well. I'll miss his humor and the way he delivered it.
'This world may be another planet's hell.'{Aldous Huxley}
'After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.'{Aldous Huxley}
Yup. Cancer is a real asshole.
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I *AM* the Chinpokomon master!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58587521
Clive Sinclair(of the computer company of the same name) 81
Today we sail
On the Solar Rail
For there's much we just don't know
So farewell with a kiss
Then it's fast for the mist
Till we're sleeping in the cold below
R.I.P. Ruthie Tompson, Disney Legend who worked on Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
Ruthie Tompson, who worked on such cornerstones of Disney animation as Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, and Sleeping Beauty, has died. Per The Hollywood Reporter, a Disney spokesperson confirmed that Tompson died on Sunday at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 111.
Born on July 22, 1910, in Portland, Maine, Tompson’s family resided in Boston. When Ruthie was eight, the Tompsons headed west, reaching Oakland, CA on Armistice Day to celebrate the end of World War I.
Though largely uncredited, Tompson’s work includes scene planning on Disney’s earliest works, but her collaborations with Disney predate the proper formation of Walt Disney Studios. Growing up near Disney Bros. Studio in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tompson would occasionally appear in Roy and Walt’s early films. As Ruthie often put it, “Mickey Mouse and I grew up together.”
“I used to walk by the Disney Bros. storefront,” Tompson said. “I was curious and snooped around, and, finally, they invited me in for a look. After that, I’d visit quite often. I remember sitting on the bench and watching Roy shoot the animated cels onto film.”
“Once Roy asked us neighborhood kids to play tag in the street, while he photographed us with a movie camera. I suppose it was for the Alice Comedies; he paid each of us a quarter, which I was glad for because I could buy licorice.”
At age 18, Walt Disney offered Ruthie a job as a painter in the Ink and Paint department. Her first assignment: Putting the finishing touches on the studio’s first animated feature, Snow White And The Seven Dwarves. Over the next four decades, she worked on “virtually every Disney animated feature up through The Rescuers,” according to her Disney Legends page. She would also stake her claim as the first woman allowed in the Hollywood camera union.
“Ruthie was a legend among animators, and her creative contributions to Disney—from Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs to The Rescuers—remain beloved classics to this day,” said former Disney CEO Bob Iger in a statement. “While we will miss her smile and wonderful sense of humor, her exceptional work and pioneering spirit will forever be an inspiration to us all.”
Ruthie’s filmography includes Disney’s earliest and most beloved films, including Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Robin Hood. In addition to her time at Disney, Tompson worked on the 1960s Popeye The Sailor cartoon and Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord Of The Rings.
“The best way to describe Ruthie is simply ‘remarkable,’” said Mindy Johnson, Disney historian and author of Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation, in a statement. “She was perhaps the last link from the earliest origins of animation in Hollywood. Ruthie was a living witness and vital contributor to the progress and growth of the animation industry as we know it today.”
Ruthie retired from Disney in 1975, following her work on The Rescuers. At D23, she delivered some remarks in celebration of her 110th birthday. “Try to do as much as you can for yourself,” she said. “Remember all the good things in life.”
This seems to be making some news today:
Colin Powell, first Black US secretary of state, dies of Covid-19 complications amid cancer battle
Bush Jr. apologist (at least publicly) as secretary of state, but had an accomplished Pentagon career before that, so that's something.
Dean Stockwell, shit!!
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainm...edgdhp&pc=U531
one of my faves, again I love a lot of the actors who were relegate dot character/b roles, or way back when they allowed folk like that to be A list actors like Humphrey Bogart etc,
folk with character, humour, who could do actual menace instead of posing like a wanker etc
Me and Mum used to love watching "Quantum Leap" together
and he was tragically overlooked and truly excellent in "Dune"
can i say once again: 2021 FUCKING SUCKS!
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Wilbur Smith, novelist, sigh
one of first novels I read was his "Sunbird" when I was wee.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/...?ocid=msedgntp
TheSunbird wilbut smith.jpg
This guy was the most famous defensive player of his era:
Sam Huff, legendary Giants, Washington linebacker, dies at 87
He became a household name during his playing days largely because of this documentary (can't watch it embedded here, unfortunately).
Last edited by PPatty; November 14th, 2021 at 07:59 AM.
The greatest all-around songwriter America has ever produced:
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...es-91-81411765
Last edited by PPatty; November 27th, 2021 at 02:07 PM.
Michael Nesmith, member of the Monkees, 78, heart failure:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/10/enter...ead/index.html
Micky Dolenz gets to be Last Monkee Standing!
Sigh, used to love watching their show when I was a kid
Nesmith's "Fly Down to Rio" is an great fun, very overlooked song and IIRC is arguably the first ever music video
Wow didn't know this about Mike Nesmith!
his mum basically invented Tipp-Ex and made a fortune form it, and he created the concept what would become MTV!
Much impressed
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainm...edgdhp&pc=U531
I knew his mom invented Liquid Paper but I did not know he was behind MTV. I used to watch the show as a kid too, and I think I still have some of their vinyl albums somewhere in storage. For a band that was really only active for four years, they had a pile of hits, especially here in Canada (eight #1's in three years).
Anne Rice, author
loved her Vampire trilogy back in the day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59627125
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