Victor Borge, Dead at 91

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The "Great Dane" is gone.

I found this tribute page that is done very nicely.

Damn, he will be missed.

-- (real@sad.snif), December 28, 2000

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-- (bye@bye.funnyman), December 28, 2000.

Wow, that is sad. RIP and thanks for entertaining us for so many wonderful years.....

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), December 28, 2000.


Very sad.

And yesterday we lost Jason Robard.

They say these things come in three's........who's next??

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), December 28, 2000.


Victor Borge died last year, I clearly remember...AND a few years previous to that too. I fully suspect he'll die again next year too.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), December 28, 2000.

kritter

I think that was George Burns.......:-)

Seriously, is he still alive?? The wife and I were discussing that yesterday and could not remember if he was still around....

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), December 28, 2000.



George Burns died in 1996, I think.

-- (me@home.now), December 28, 2000.

Kritter, I think he's really dead this time.

Victor Borge died in his home in Connecticut, December 23rd, 2000.

Borge had just returned from Copenhagen, and was looking forward to spending Christmas with his family. Borge died at home in his sleep. He would have turned 92 on January 3.

My thoughts and prayers now go to Victor Borge's family. Their great loss is also the World's.

-- (stillme@here.now), December 28, 2000.


how typically cruel of you kritter.

but what else to expect from an ex- doomer.

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Saturday December 23 8:24 PM ET

Victor Borge, dead at 91, combined music, comedy

(Reuters) - Pianist Victor Borge, who died in his sleep Saturday at his Greenwich, Connecticut home, was known as the unmelancholy Dane of international show business. He would have turned 92 on Jan. 3.

"The cause of death was heart failure," his daughter, Sanna Feirstein, told Reuters.

"He had just returned from a wonderfully successful trip to Copenhagen ... and it was really heartwarming to see the love he experienced in his home country," she said.

Borge was one of five performers selected for the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999.

"He went to sleep, and they went to wake him up this morning, and he was gone," said his agent, Bernard Gurtman.

"He had so much on the table, and to the day he died he was creative, and practicing piano several hours a day," Gurtman told Reuters. "He was just a great inspiration."

Funeral services will be private, his daughter said.

Borge made a career of falling off piano stools, missing the keys with his hands and getting tangled up in the sheet music.

One of his inspirations was a pianist who played the first notes of the Grieg A Minor Concerto and then fell on the keys dead.

He said that the only time he got nervous on stage was when he had to play seriously and adds that if it had not been for Adolf Hitler he probably would never have pursued a career as a concert-hall comedian.

Until he was forced to flee Denmark in 1940 he was a stage and screen idol in his native country.

Lampooned Hitler

But as a Jew who had lampooned Hitler, Borge -- his real name was Boerge Rosenbaum -- was in danger and fled first to Sweden and then to the United States, where he arrived penniless and unknown and by a fluke got booked on the Bing Crosby radio show. He was an instant success.

He became an American citizen in 1948, but thought of himself as Danish. It was obvious from the numerous affectionate tributes and standing ovations at his 80th birthday concert in Copenhagen in 1989 that Danes felt the same way.

In the concert at Copenhagen's Tivoli gardens, Borge played variations on the theme of "Happy Birthday to You" in the styles of Mozart, Brahms, Wagner and Beethoven -- all executed with such wit that the orchestra was convulsed with laughter that a woman performing a piccolo solo was unable to draw breath to play.

"Playing music and making jokes are as natural to me as breathing," Borge told Reuters in an interview after that concert.

"That's why I've never thought of retiring because I do it all the time whether on the stage or off. I found that in a precarious situation, a smile is the shortest distance between people. When one needs to reach out for sympathy or a link with people, what better way is there?

"If I have to play something straight, without deviation in any respect, I still get very nervous. It's the fact that you want to do your best, but you are not at your best because you are nervous and knowing that makes you even more nervous."

His varied career included acting, composing for films and plays and writing but he was best known for his comic sketches based on musical quirks and oddities.

Unpredictable Routine

His routines were unpredictable, often improvised on stage as his quick wit responded to an unplanned event -- a noise, a latecomer in the audience -- or fixed on an unlikely prop -- a fly, a shaky piano stool.

Borge was born in Denmark on January 3, 1909, son of a violinist in the Danish Royal Orchestra.

His parents encouraged him to become a concert pianist, arranging his first public recital when he was 10. In 1927 he made his official debut at the Tivoli Gardens.

Borge's mischievous sense of humor was manifest from an early age. Asked as a child to play for his parent's friends he would announce "a piece by the 85-year-old Mozart" and improvise something himself.

When his mother was dying in Denmark during the occupation, Borge visited her, disguised as a sailor.

"Churchill and I were the only ones who saw what was happening," he said in later years. "He saved Europe and I saved myself."

From 1953 to 1956, he appeared in New York in his own production "Comedy in Music," a prelude to world tours that often took him to his native Scandinavia.

On radio and television, Borge developed the comedy techniques of the bungling pianist that won him worldwide fame.

Many of his skits were based on real-life events. One of his classics evolved from seeing a pianist playing a Tchaikovsky concerto fall off his seat.

Borge's dog joined the show after it wandered on stage while he was at the keyboard -- an entrance nobody would believe had been unplanned.

One incident could not be repeated. A large fly flew on to Borge's nose while he was playing. "How did you get that fly to come on at the right time?" people asked. "Well, we train them," Borge explained.

Borge's book, "My Favorite Intervals," published in 1974, detailed little-known facts of the private lives of composers describing Wagner's pink underwear and the time Borodin left home in full military regalia but forgot his trousers.

In 1975, Borge was honoured in recognition of the 35th anniversary of his arrival in the United States and his work as unofficial goodwill ambassador from Denmark to the United States. He celebrated his 75th birthday in 1984 with a series of concerts at Carnegie Hall and in Copenhagen.

Borge received a host of honors from all four Scandinavian countries for his contributions to music, humor and worthy causes.

Borge, who had lived in Greenwich since 1964, is survived by five children, nine grandchildren, and one great grandchild. His wife of many years, Sanna, died earlier this year.

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ps Burns died in 98.



-- (you@re.jackass!), December 28, 2000.


Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left. George Burns(1896-1996) - American actor, author, commedian, vaudevilian at age 90, in 1986

-- (no@hediedin.1996), December 28, 2000.

I was being totally serious. I could swear he died last year. It happens to me with a few people who seem to die over and over again. (Like Lou Ferrigno..who's STILL alive) It's not that I didn't like Victor,..far from it. I always found him a joy. But if he dies again next year, at least this time I'll have proof!!

(In my typically mean fashion..bwhahaha)

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), December 28, 2000.



The national news ran a list of people who died in 2000, and there was Doug Henning! I don't remember Doug Henning dying this year or in any year previous. What did he die of? When?

-- helen (b@r.f), December 28, 2000.

Helen, I want to say it was cancer.....but I don't remember. He did die this year, though.

That's the one thing that gets me at the end of every year -- when they do the "who we lost" pieces. I wind up in tears ..... :-(

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), December 28, 2000.


January

Marc Davis (Disney cartoonist) -- Dead. Old age. Died Jan 1, 2000. Born 1914. (Animated Cruella de Vil, designed the "Pirates of the Carribean" ride.) Victor Serebriakoff (genius) -- Dead. Old age. Died Jan 1, 2000. Born 1913. (Helped build MENSA and designed IQ tests.) Patrick O'Brian (author of sea-faring novels) -- Dead. Old age. Died Jan 2, 2000. Born Dec 12, 1914. (Wrote the very popular Aubrey-Maturin series.) Don Martin (Mad cartoonist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Jan 6, 2000. Born 1931. Marguerite Churchill (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died Jan 10, 2000. Born Dec 25, 1909. (Appeared in many westerns, starred on Broadway in Dinner at Eight.) Fran Ryan (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died Jan 15, 2000. Born Nov 26, 1916. (Maybe best-known as Mrs. Ziffel in Green Acros but did lots of TV besides.) Robert Rathburn Wilson (nuclear physicist) -- Dead. Stroke complications. Died Jan 16, 2000. Born Mar 4, 1917. (A leader of the Manhattan Project.) Jester Hairston (actor/composer) -- Dead. Old age. Died Jan 18, 2000. Born Jul 9, 1901. (Amos 'n' Andy, dubbed Sidney Poitier's singing voice in Lillies of the Field, bit part in Being John Malkovich.) Hedy Lamarr (actress/inventor) -- Dead. Died Jan 19, 2000. Born Sep 11, 1913. Craig Claiborne (food author) -- Dead. Old age. Died Jan 22, 2000. Born Sep 4, 1920. (Writer for the New York Times and author of over 20 books about food.) A. E. van Vogt (writer) -- Dead. Pneumonia/Alzheimer's. Died Jan 26, 2000. Born Apr 26, 1912. (Slan and The World of Null-A)

February

Carl Albert (politician) -- Dead. Old age. Died Feb 4, 2000. Born Mar 10, 1908. (Speaker of the House from 1971-1977.) Doris Kenner-Jackson (singer) -- Dead. Breast cancer. Died Feb 4, 2000. Born 1941. (A Shirelle, lead singer of "Dedicated to the One I Love.") Todd Karns (actor/theater director and founder) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Feb 5, 2000. Born 1920. (Remembered as George's kid brother in It's a Wonderful Life.) Deborah Laake (writer) -- Dead. Breast cancer. Died Feb 6, 2000. Born 1952. (Wrote Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond and was ex-communicated as a result.) Doug Henning (magician) -- Dead. Liver cancer. Died Feb 7, 2000. Born May 3, 1947. (The funny magician of the '70s and '80s.) Jim Varney (actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died Feb 10, 2000. Born Jun 15, 1949. (Ernest, Jed in the Hillbillies remake and the voice of Slinky Dog in the Toy Story movies.) Roger Vadim (director) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Feb 11, 2000. Born Jan 26, 1928. (Famous for And God Created Woman, ex-husband of Bridgitte Bardot and Jane Fonda.) "Screamin'" Jay Hawkins (R&B singer) -- Dead. Hemmorhage. Died Feb 12, 2000. Born Jul 17, 1929. ("I Put a Spell on You") Charles M. Schulz (cartoonist) -- Dead. Heart attack/effects of colon cancer. Died Feb 12, 2000. Born Nov 26, 1922. (No longer drawing for Peanuts.) Ofra Haza (singer) -- Dead. Complications of pneumonia. Died Feb 23, 2000. Born Nov 19, 1957. (One of Israeli's most famous singers, she recorded songs for Prince of Egypt and The Governess.)

March

John Colicos (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died Mar 6, 2000. Born Dec 10, 1928. (A Shakespearean actor probably best-known as Baltar on Battlestar Gallactica.) Charles Gray (actor) -- Dead. Died Mar 7, 2000. Born Aug 29, 1928. (Best-known as the narrator of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and as Blofeld in a James Bond movie.) John Sladek (writer) -- Dead. Lung disease. Died Mar 10, 2000. Born Dec 15, 1937. (Science fiction satirist.) Durward Kirby (sidekick) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died Mar 15, 2000. Born Aug 24, 1912. (Candid Camera and The Garry Moore Show.) Alex Comfort (writer) -- Dead. Complications of strokes. Died Mar 26, 2000. Born Feb 10, 1920. (The New Joy of Sex) Helen Martin (actress) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died Mar 25, 2000. Born Jul 23, 1909. The Grandmother in Bulworth, Pearl on 227 Ian Dury (rocker) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Mar 27, 2000. Born May 12, 1942. (The Blockheads and a surprising number of movies.)

April

Terence McKenna (novel writer and mystic) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died Apr 3, 2000. Born 1946. Claire Trevor (actress) -- Dead. Died Apr 8, 2000. Born Mar 8, 1909. (Appeared in the Oscar reunion segment in '98, Stagecoach, won an Oscar for Key Largo.) Catherine Crook de Camp (writer) -- Dead. Surgical complications/Alzheimer's. Died Apr 9, 2000. Born Nov 6, 1907. The Day of the Dinosaur Make memorial contributions to: Alzheimer's Association Christopher Pettiet (actor) -- Dead. Extreme stupidity (drug overdose). Died Apr 12, 2000. Born Feb 12, 1976. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Make memorial contributions to: Christopher Pettiet Memorial Scholarship Fund Larry Linville (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia/lung cancer. Died Apr 10, 2000. Born Sep 29, 1939. (Frank on the M*A*S*H TV show.) Edward Gorey (cartoonist/author) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died Apr 15, 2000. Born Feb 22, 1925. (Amphigorey) Renato Di Paolo (obscure method actor) -- Dead. Hanged himself accidentally. Died Apr 23, 2000. Born 1977. Italian actor who died on Easter while performing the part of Judas a bit too convincingly... Vickie Sue Robinson (disco diva) -- Dead. Died Apr 27, 2000. Born circa 1955. ("Turn the Beat Around")

May

Steve Reeves (actor) -- Dead. Lymphoma. Died May 1, 2000. Born Jan 21, 1926. (Former Mr. Universe, mostly made Italian toga epics.) Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (actor) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 7, 2000. Born Dec 9, 1909. Craig Stevens (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 10, 2000. Born Jul 8, 1918. (Peter Gunn; married to Alexis Smith for many years. ) David B. Guralnik (Webster's lexicographer) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died May 12, 2000. Born 1920. Chief wordmeister for Websters for almost 40 years, introduced "ain't" to the dictionary Paul Bartel (director/actor) -- Dead. Heart attack (days after learning he had liver cancer). Died May 13, 2000. Born Aug 6, 1938. Eating Raoul Edward L. Bernds (Stooge director) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 20, 2000. Born Jul 12, 1905. Directed a bunch of the shorts and some of the full-length movies Jean-Pierre Rampal (flutist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 20, 2000. Born Jan 7, 1922. Barbara Cartland (romance writer) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 21, 2000. Born Jul 9, 1901. Wrote at least 723 books, step-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, but suffered from the same disease as Tammy Faye Bakker (morbidly obese eyelashes). Sir John Gielgud (British actor) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 21, 2000. Born Apr 14, 1904. Gave a last performance just a month before he died. Mark Reynolds Hughes (entreprenuer) -- Dead. Unexpected. Died May 21, 2000. Born 1956. Helped launch the herbal/dietary supplement craze in 1980 with Herbalife, but ya gotta wonder if it's so good for you, why did he die so early-middle-age... Make memorial contributions to: Herbalife Family Foundation Randolph Walker (theater actor) -- Dead. Hit by a tour bus in Manhattan. Died May 22, 2000. Born 1927. Appeared in many plays in New York and the occassional soap opera Gordon "Tex" Beneke (band leader/saxophonist) -- Dead. Died May 30, 2000. Born Feb 12, 1914. Let the Glenn Miller Orchestra for years after Miller's death, lead singer for "Chattanooga Choo Choo" Tito "The Mambo King" Puente (bandleader/percussionist) -- Dead. Heart disease. Died May 31, 2000. Born Apr 20, 1923. Led the Tito Puente Orchestra since 1948, recorded over 100 albums Mary Jenkins Langston (cook) -- Dead. Stroke. Died May 30, 2000. Born 1922. Elvis Presley's famed peanut butter and banana sandwich cook Johnnie Taylor (singer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 31, 2000. Born May 5, 1938. "Who's Makin' Love?" and "Disco Lady"

June

Major, the Bear (hairy entertainer) -- Dead. Old age. Died Jun 3, 2000. Born Jan 1967. A polar bear who lived at Zoo New England/Old Stone Zoo Jack Kroll (theater critic) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died Jun 8, 2000. Born 1926. Longtime Newsweek writer Jeff MacNelly (cartoonist) -- Dead. Lymphoma. Died Jun 8, 2000. Born Sep 17, 1947. Shoe and many great political cartoons. Make memorial contributions to: Jeff MacNelly Award, University of North Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication Joe Mayhew (cartoonist/reviewer) -- Dead. Suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Died June 10, 2000. Born Aug 1942. Make memorial contributions to: The Washington Home Frank Patterson (Irish tenor) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died Jun 10, 2000. Born 1938. Make memorial contributions to: St. Patrick's Home for the Aged and Infirm Michaela Odone (creative mother) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died Jun 10, 2000. Born 1939. Her attempts to treat her fatally ill son inspired the movie Lorenzo's Oil (and her son has outlived her) Judd Rose (journalist) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died Jun 10, 2000. Born 1955. Worked for CNN and ABC Robert Trent Jones (golf course architect) -- Dead. old age/after-effects of stroke. Died Jun 14, 2000. Born Jun 20, 1906. Designed over 300 golf courses, including the Augusta National and Spyglass Hill (Pebble Beach) Peter McWilliams (writer) -- Dead. governmental stupidity/AIDS/lymphoma. Died Jun 16, 2000. Born 1950. Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do, a great book on dumb laws. Nancy Marchand (actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer/emphysema. Died Jun 18, 2000. Born Jun 19, 1928. Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant, Livia on The Sopranos David Tomlinson (actor) -- Dead. Strokes. Died Jun 24, 2000. Born May 7, 1917. Best-known as the father in Mary Poppins Leslie Arthur Sirkin (geologist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died Jun 25, 2000. Born 1934. Vittorio Gassman (actor) -- Dead. heart attack. Died Jun 29, 2000. Born Sep 1, 1922. Made many Italian movies, briefly married to Shelley Winters

July

Walter Matthau (actor) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died Jul 1, 2000. Born Oct 1, 1920. Oscar in the movie version of The Odd Couple, co-starred with Jack Lemmon in many films Harold Nicholas (dancer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died Jul 3, 2000. Born Mar 27, 1921. Great dancer, one of the Nicholas Brothers, married to Dorothy Dandridge. FM-2030 (futurist) -- Dead and frozen. Pancreatic cancer (first time...). Died Jul 8, 2000. Born 1930. Born "F.M. Esfandiary," he felt he was a "21st century man born in the 20th century" Justin Pierce (actor) -- Dead. Suicide (hanging). Died Jul 10, 2000. Born Mar 21, 1975. Kids Meredith MacRae (actress) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died Jul 14, 2000. Born May 30, 1944. The blonde sister on Petticoat Junction Make memorial contributions to: United Cerebral Palsy Foundation; she was the telethon host for many years Raymond E. Portwood, Jr. (game creator) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died Jul 17, 2000. Born 1934. Helped to develop "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" Thea Porter ('60s Soho designer) -- Dead. Died Jul 24, 2000. Born 1928. Popularized flashy caftcans in the '60s John W. Tukey (professor/computer theorist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died Jul 25, 2000. Born Jun 16, 1915. Invented terms like "software" and "bit," helped develop election polls The Practice of Data Analysis Jaime Cardriche (actor/wrestler) -- Dead. Complications of gall bladder surgery. Died Jul 28, 2000. Born 1968. Many bit parts, probably best known as Tim in Malcolm and Eddie Dr. Rene Favaloro (doctor) -- Dead. Possible suicide. Died Jul 29, 2000. Born 1923. Invented by-pass surgery

August

Sir Alec Guinness (actor) -- Dead. Liver cancer. Died Aug 5, 2000. Born Apr 2, 1914. Won an Oscar for Bridge on the River Kwai, played Obi-Wan in the first three Star Wars movies. Joan Marsh (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died Aug 10, 2000. Born Jul 10, 1914. Dimples in Road to Zanzibar Loretta Young (actress) -- Dead. Ovarian cancer. Died Aug 12, 2000. Born Jan 6, 1913. The Bishop's Wife Edward Craven Walker (gadfly) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Aug 15, 2000. Born 1918. Invented the lava lamp, opened a nudist resort in southern England John Milford (actor) -- Dead. Melanoma. Died Aug 13, 2000. Born Sep 7, 1929. Appeared in dozens of TV shows; played at least ten different characters on different episodes of The Rifleman, helped to create the Hollywood Walk of Fame Robert Northshield (TV news producer) -- Dead. Died Aug 24, 2000. Born 1922. He created Sunday Morning and On the Road, won a du Pont - Columbia Award for an NBC documentary Carl Barks (cartoonist) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died Aug 25, 2000. Born Mar 27, 1901. Drew Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck

September

Ginetta Sagan (freedom fighter) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Sep 1, 2000. Born 1925. A survivor of the Holocaust and a founder of Amnesty International Elvera Davis (tap dancer) -- Dead. Old age. Died Sep 2, 2000. Born 1905. Sammy Davis, Jr.'s mother, well-known dancer Jean Speegle Howard (actress) -- Dead. Heart and lung disease. Died Sep 2, 2000. Born 1928. Bit parts in dozens of movies and TV shows since her son, Ron Howard, cast her in Cocoon Beah Richards (actress) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died Sep 14, 2000. Born Jul 12, 1926. Died days after winning an Emmy for The Practice, Baby Suggs in Beloved, Sidney Poitier's mother in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Bea Marcus (pitchwoman) -- Dead. Died Sep 18, 2000. Born 1912. "I've fallen and I can't get up!" Make memorial contributions to: Prasad Project Carl T. Rowan (Syndicated journalist) -- Dead. Died Sep 23, 2000. Born Aug 11, 1925. Thirty-three years a provocative columnist, served in two administrations Frank Wills (often unemployed security guard) -- Dead. Died Sep 27, 2000. Born 1948. Security guard who discovered the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Building had been burgled in June, 1972 Dorr Bothwell (painter) -- Dead. Old age. Died Sep 24, 2000. Born 1902. Bonnie Wiley (journalist) -- Dead. Died Sep 24, 2000. Born 1910. Female war correspondent, WWII Richard Mulligan (actor) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died Sep 26, 2000. Born Nov 13, 1932. Soap and Empty Nest Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Former Canadian Prime Minister) -- Dead. Prostate cancer/Parkinson's Disease. Died Sep 28, 2000. Born Oct 18, 1919. Canadian Prime Minister in the '60s, '70s and '80s

October

Benjamin Orr (singer/guitarist) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died Oct 3, 2000. Born Aug 9, 1947. Played with the Cars, lead singer for their hit "Drive" Keith Roberts (writer) -- Dead. Died Sep 27, 2000. Born 1935. Pavane Richard Farnsworth (actor/stunt man) -- Dead. Suicide/terminal cancer. Died Oct 6, 2000. Born Sep 1, 1920. The Straight Story David Dukes (actor) -- Dead. Died Oct 9, 2000. Born Jun 6, 1945. Edith's would-be rapist on All in the Family, David Lewis in Gods and Monsters Jean Peters (actress) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died Oct 13, 2000. Born Oct 15, 1926. Vincent Canby (critic) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Oct 15, 2000. Born Jul 27, 1924. Rick Jason (actor) -- Dead. Suicide (depression). Died Oct 16, 2000. Born May 21, 1926. Combat TV show Frederick Clarke (writer/publisher) -- Dead. Suicide/depression. Died Oct 17, 2000. Born 1949. Created and wrote Cinefantastique Make memorial contributions to: Building Fund of Ascension Church, 815 S. East Ave., Oak Park, IL 60304 Julie London (singer/actress) -- Dead. After-effects of a stroke. Died Oct 18, 2000. Born Sep 26, 1926. Emergency!, married to Bobby Troup at the time of his death, married to Jack Webb in the '40s and '50s Gwen Verdon (actress/dancer) -- Dead. Died Oct 18, 2000. Born Jan 13, 1925. Damn Yankees, Cocoon, married to Bob Fosse Larry Rhine (writer) -- Dead. Died Oct 27, 2000. Born 1910. Won a Golden Globe for All in the Family Anthony Dwain Lee (extremely unlucky actor) -- Dead. "Manslaughter". Died Oct 28, 2000. Born 1961. Made a bad decision to point a toy gun at a person dressed like an LAPD cop during a Halloween party. Unfortunately, it was an LAPD cop. (Yes, I know the cop was black too, but there's something the mindset of an LAPD cop that just...) Steve Allen (writer/TV host/songwriter) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died Oct 30, 2000. Born Dec 26, 1921. Can we have a meeting of the minds? Married to Jayne Meadows for 46 years Ring Lardner, Jr. (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Oct 31, 2000. Born Aug 19, 1915. Went to prison during the McCarthy hearings, later helped to adapt the movie M*A*S*H

November

Sir Steven Runciman (historian) -- Dead. Died Nov 1, 2000. Born 1903. Byzantium scholar, A History of the Crusuades Robert Cormier (writer) -- Dead. Died Nov 2, 2000. Born Jan 17, 1925. The Chocolate War Eva Morris (really old woman) -- Dead. Died Nov 2, 2000. Born Nov 8, 1885. Another oldest well-documented person, said whiskey and boiled onions helped her live so long David Brower (ecological activist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Nov 5, 2000. Born Jul 1, 1912. Executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years L. Sprague de Camp (writer) -- Dead. Died Nov 6, 2000. Born Nov 27, 1907. Lest Darkness Fall Robert Trout (radio Methuselah) -- Dead. Old age. Died Nov 14, 2000. Born Oct 15, 1909. Spent most of his long career at CBS, but was a wonderful historical commentator on NPR until three weeks before his death, coined the term "fireside chat" to describe FDR's informal speeches Sir Malcolm Bradbury (writer/teacher) -- Dead. Heart trouble. Died Nov 27, 2000. Born Sep 7, 1932. Chris Rebello (high school football coach/child actor) -- Dead. Heart attack (while hunting). Died Nov 30, 2000. Born 1963. Memorable as Michael, the elder Brody son in Jaws, his only movie. Make memorial contributions to: Christopher R. Rebello Children's Education Fund, c/o Compass Bank, P.O. Box 3232, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557

December

Gwendolyn Brooks (poet) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Dec 4, 2000. Born Jun 7, 1917. First black American to win a Pulitzer Prize Werner Klemperer (actor) -- Dead. cancer. Died Dec 6, 2000. Born Mar 22, 1920. Col. Klink in Hogan's Heroes Marie Windsor (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died Dec 10, 2000. Born Dec 11, 1919. Yet another "Queen of the B Movies" George Montgomery (sculptor/actor) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died Dec 12, 2000. Born Aug 29, 1916. Western actor, married to Dinah Shore Kirsty MacColl (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Boat hit her while she was swimming. Died Dec 18, 2000. Born Oct 10, 1959. Tropical Brainstorm Robert Buck (rock guitarist/songwriter) -- Dead. Liver failure. Died Dec 19, 2000. Born Aug 1, 1958. Founding member of 10,000 Maniacs, he co-wrote "These Are the Days" Make memorial contributions to: Rob Buck Memorial Scholarship Fund Barney McNulty ("behind-the-scenes inventor") -- Dead. Died Dec 18, 2000. Born Jun 15, 1923. Invented cue cards in 1949, later worked for Bob Hope and Milton Berle, Penny Singleton's brother Thomas Yohe (TV producer/innovator) -- Dead. Cancer. Died Dec 21, 2000. Born 1937. The man behind Schoolhouse Rock Florynce Rae Kennedy (lawyer/lecturer) -- Dead. Died Dec 22, 2000. Born Feb 11, 1916. Billy Barty (actor) -- Dead. Died Dec 23, 2000. Born Oct 25, 1924.

-- this years deceased (all@dead.2000), December 28, 2000.


Bummer.

Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian) died yesterday.

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), January 03, 2001.


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