I just read that. I really only know her from Kotter. I didn't know she had been ill. Sorry to hear of her passing.




TIS

I also remember her from a couple of early episodes of "M*A*S*H." She played a nurse. RIP.

was she fooling around with Hawkeye?

Hawkeye was the ladies man...lol

Tom Magliozzi, 77, the zanier of public radio's "Car Talk" brothers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/busine...at-77.html?_r=0

He's survived by his brother Ray, their Russian chauffer Picov Andropov, their Head of Working Mothers Support Group Erasmus B. Dragon, their Mother-in-Law Liaison Stella Payne Diaz, her Russian daughter Sasha Payne Diaz, her Swedish son Bjorn A. Payne Diaz, their Compulsive Lawn Care Specialist Moses Lonergan, their Airline Seat Tester Wilma Butfit, their Bad Joke Interpreter Nadia Geddit, and their Chief Legal Counsel Hugh Louis Dewey of the firm of Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe.

Oh yea, I know who he is. I use to love that show. I know (nor care) anything about cars, but came across the program while listening to PBS channel. I didn't listen all the time but I found them so funny and fun to listen to. I'm sorry to hear he passed.




TIS

RIP...half of the Tappet brothers team. They were brilliant.

Actor Richard Schaal has passed away at the age of 86. He was once married to Valerie Harper. He has appeared on the Mary Tyler Moore Show 4 times (once as Chuckles the Clown), Rhoda, and Phyllis. RIP

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainm...105-column.html

Gough Whitlam, the former Australian PM died on the 21st October aged 97. I Picked him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gough_Whitlam

Another from my list, Magda Olivero, died on September 8th.

Okay, I think I'm caught up on the master list (+1 Mig, +1 DN, +1 SC) -- please check, especially as the year winds down...!

Carol Susi died at 62. For our Big Bang Theory enthusiasts (like me), she was the voice of Howard's mother.

That voice is going to be difficult to duplicate. Although in this day and age, they could probably generate it through some kind of voice recognition software. I wonder if, legally speaking, the producers would have to compensate her family for that?

British actor Warren Clarke, best known for TV role in Dalziel And Pascoe, has died aged 67 after a short illness,

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30023012

Her best line was actually on "Seinfeld." George took her out to dinner to get in good with her Mother (so he could collect unemployment).

CARRIE: Thank you for a wonderful time George.

GEORGE: Glad you enjoyed it.

CARRIE: I haven't had a Big Mac in a long time .

I found a update on Joan Rivers death, and thought others might be interested in what was found out recently.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/10/showbiz/joan-rivers-death/index.html

Sorry to hear that Jimmy Ruffin passed away. A talented Motown artist who's brother, David, was lead singer in one of my favorite groups, The Temptations.

Ruffin's "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" is one of my all time favorites. Perfect song for lost love.

RIP Jimmy!

TIS


http://www.tmz.com/2014/11/19/jimmy-ruffin-dead-motown-singer-dies/

Sorry to hear about Jimmy Ruffin. His brother was crazy and drug addled, but he was the best lead singer The Temptations ever had. Dennis Edwards was okay, but he was no David Ruffin.

The great theatre and film director Mike Nichols has died. Also, former Washington DC mayor Marion Barry.


Signor V.

It's a wonder how long Marion Berry lived considering his excessive drug use

One of Britain's most notorious gangsters, "Mad" Frankie Fraser, has died in hospital at the age of 90.

http://news.sky.com/story/1380996/gangster-mad-frankie-fraser-dies-aged-90

Australia Test batsman Phillip Hughes has died aged 25, two days after being struck on the top of the neck by a ball during a domestic match in Sydney.

So young, RIP.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/30219440

The famous English mystery writer P.D. James died today. She was 94.


Signor V.

Only 1 month to go. First and Second are pretty much guaranteed but the race is on for third.

SC 14
Mignon 7
TIS 5
DE NIRO 5
Don Marco 5
Klydon 5
JG 3
BAM 3
Dantino 1
DONTOMASSO 1

Well, I plan on kicking butt the month of December.


TIS

You're all a bunch of ghouls. Especially you, SC. Do you check the obits every night at midnight?

Not me. That would be awful.

I use the 10 p.m. obits in the late paper. (Get the head start).

Ba-dum-bum .

Fourteen kills, though. And the year's not even over yet. Pretty impressive. I'd take you easily, though. And here's why:

When I was in funeral service we'd get a lot of celebrity funerals throughout the company. Los Angeles, Manhattan, it didn't matter because all of the arrangements and pre-arrangements came through the Manhattan operations office. A celebrity death would be reported and the general public would be shocked. But we knew it was coming months, sometimes a year or two in advance. Because people with money are very big on pre-arrangements.

And that's why, even now, I don't play in the pool here. It's not that I think it's ghoulish, per se. It's just that it wouldn't be very ethical on my part, even though I've been retired for over eight years.

paisley is dead, now beatrix and kissinger. Make my year.

So, when and to whom do we send in the 2015 list. I've got mine all updated.

This IS kind of morbid isn't it?





TIS