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Post by GeffreyDrogon » October 23rd, 2021, 11:03 am

R.I.P. Jack Angel. We will all miss you.

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Post by Daniel » October 26th, 2021, 1:55 pm

Indeed. While his roles were often small, Jack was great at what he did. One of my favorites was Mr. Shark from Toy Story. "Look, I'm Woody! Howdy, howdy, howdy!"

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Post by Daniel » November 5th, 2021, 12:32 pm

Television screenwriter Bob Baker has passed at 82. Best known for co-creating the characters Axons, K9 and Omega from "Doctor Who", and co-writing the Wallace and Gromit shorts and films.

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Post by Daniel » November 19th, 2021, 1:31 pm

Schoolhouse Rock songwriter and musician Dave Frishberg dies at 88. Sad news.

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Post by Ben » November 26th, 2021, 6:30 pm

91 is an awesome age to get to, but it’s still something of a shock, and amazingly sad, when it happens and we lose someone like this. One of my personal heroes to me.

RIP Steve.

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Post by Daniel » November 26th, 2021, 9:25 pm

Broadway has lost a true legend.

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Post by Dan » November 27th, 2021, 7:46 am

Was taken aback when I read he had passed while at Comic Con. It was even brought up at the tail end of Brent Spiner's spotlight panel as he was an original Broadway cast member Sunday in the Park with George. Spiner noted he had just heard about it in the middle of his autograph session and said in his panel he would gladly play in any Sondheim show if ever asked.

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Post by Ben » November 27th, 2021, 3:47 pm

Had to go in and out of London by car today, necessitating around two and a half hours on travel…perfect to run a Sondheim playlist of random songs. What magic. Also just ordered Warner Archive's new Blu of his The Last Of Sheila, which as much as I was a fan, I must admit that I had never heard of before. Very much looking to run that in tribute when it arrives!

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Post by Daniel » November 27th, 2021, 4:39 pm

Quite the fun whodunit. So many layers, even the title is a clue.

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Post by Daniel » December 5th, 2021, 1:00 pm

Bob Dole dead at 98. I'll remember him most from his parodies on The Simpsons, Futurama and Family Guy. "Bob Dole just likes to hear Bob Dole talk about Bob Dole...Bob Dole!"

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Post by Daniel » December 31st, 2021, 3:05 pm

This one hurts big time... Betty White has passed away at 99. A few weeks shy of her 100th, and the day before the new year! I'm so crushed. Thank you for being a friend. 💔 :cry: :(

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Post by Randall » December 31st, 2021, 5:50 pm

This is rotten news. I think they already filmed her 100th birthday special, too!

...Yes, it'll still come out on her birthday.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bet ... 16215.html

Such a shame that she has passed already, but we were lucky to have her as long as we did. Well, Heaven just got funnier!

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Post by Daniel » January 1st, 2022, 1:11 pm

TV Land is right now airing a Golden Girls marathon in tribute. Love that show! On January 9th MeTV will pay tribute by showing select episodes of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Mama's Family" and "The Love Boat".

Shame that had it not been for Covid, Betty would've been in a Christmas movie for Lifetime. Was so looking forward to it. Glad her birthday special will move forward.

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Post by Ben » January 1st, 2022, 9:06 pm

Thank-you for letting us know… ;)

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