Celebrity Deaths

[sean92008]

Terry Kirkman - 83.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/terry-kirkman-founding-member-association-003658627.html

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[Morgus]

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https://deadline.com/2023/09/david-mccallum-dead-ncis-actor-1235555770/
David McCallum Dies: Beloved ‘NCIS’ Actor Was 90

[damon]

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https://deadline.com/2023/09/david-mccallum-dead-ncis-actor-1235555770/
David McCallum Dies: Beloved ‘NCIS’ Actor Was 90

I'll make a wild guess that he will not be coming back to NCIS.

[sean92008]

I'll make a wild guess that he will not be coming back to NCIS.

He possibly will. Part of the dual strikes in Hollywood included the use of AI... Ya' never know.

[Morgus]

Former ‘NCIS’ Stars Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly Mourn David McCallum: “He Made Every Moment Count”

https://deadline.com/2023/09/ncis-stars-mourn-david-mccallum-ducky-1235555832/

[Rikki Gins]

I re-watched The Great Escape last week.  It's always sad to see David get gunned down by the Gestapo.

[Uncle Duke]

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https://deadline.com/2023/09/david-mccallum-dead-ncis-actor-1235555770/
David McCallum Dies: Beloved ‘NCIS’ Actor Was 90

McCallum was a good friend and frequent guest of the radio host who runs the Saturday night trivia/nostalgia show on WBZ out of Boston.  I spoke to McCallum probably half a dozen times on air over the years.  He wasn't the most personable guy, he particular didn't like the callers who told him how much they loved him and his characters.  Give him a question and you got a good, succinct answer without any self aggrandizing.  The most interesting thing I heard him say was he had been a small arms instructor in the British Army, and as a result he insisted any gunplay in UNCLE be realistic/authentic and safe   You never saw him shoot a cinematographer.

[sean92008]

Brooks Robinson - 86

He sucked... Like a human vacuum cleaner.

[Walks_At_Night]

Brooks Robinson - 86

He sucked... Like a human vacuum cleaner.

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[Peter Wyngarde]

I re-watched The Great Escape last week.  It's always sad to see David get gunned down by the Gestapo.

Has to be up there for being the stupidest film title ever, since most of them were all shot. I blame Richard Attenborough, it all goes titsup whenever that little bastard is involved.

[Rikki Gins]

Has to be up there for being the stupidest film title ever, since most of them were all shot. I blame Richard Attenborough, it all goes titsup whenever that little bastard is involved.

I agree.  I find Attenborough's role as the camp leader to be most irritating.  The phrase, "Who died and made you God?" comes to mind.   

[Peter Wyngarde]

Michael Gambon. A great actor with a very dark sense of humour, there are some legendary stories about him. He was a qualified pilot and once took a friend up in a plane to conquer their fear of flying... whereupon Gambon pretended to have a heart attack.

[Walks_At_Night]

Michael Gambon. A great actor with a very dark sense of humour, there are some legendary stories about him. He was a qualified pilot and once took a friend up in a plane to conquer their fear of flying... whereupon Gambon pretended to have a heart attack.

Ahhh that's a shame. Good story there. We have a famous coach, Lou Holtz, that went for a flight in a small plane with a friend. Pilot asks Holtz "What would you do if I had a heart attack right now?" "I'd whip your butt all the way to the ground" was Holtz's answer but that Gambon story is much better.

[Peter Wyngarde]

Ahhh that's a shame. Good story there. We have a famous coach, Lou Holtz, that went for a flight in a small plane with a friend. Pilot asks Holtz "What would you do if I had a heart attack right now?" "I'd whip your butt all the way to the ground" was Holtz's answer but that Gambon story is much better.

This is the second Dumbledore to have died. Apparently, before Richard Harris died he was being wheeled out of the hotel where he was living by the paramedics and shouted at the guests, 'It's the food! Don't touch the food!'

[JUAN]

I'm not sure how they can tell, but reports are Diane Feinstein is dead at 90.  Political comments in the politics thread.