Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Celebrity Deaths
It's been ages since I last posted... which I'm guessing no one really cares about, haha. But I felt mildly inspired to catch up a bit and one of those areas is celebrity deaths. They have just kept plugging along. The saddest one to me was Rue McClanahan. I loved me some Golden Girls and they all seem to be dying so quickly now! I hope Betty White isn't going anywhere soon. Rue was a wonderful actress with impecable comedic timing. I think my favorite scene from Golden Girls was when the little man Rose was seeing came to dinner and Blanche freaked out and kept saying stupid things. It was classic. 
Others that have passed away recently include legendary singer and actress Lena Horne, who was the first black actress put on contract by the movie studios. Sadly it was at a time when all she could basically do was do singing cameos, but she is a legend. I sadly remember her more for being a guest on the Muppets but that says more about our society and where a gifted performer like her could get work than her talent. Neat lady. 
There was child actor turned pathetic, messed up adult, Gary Coleman. I choose to remember him in happier times since the older version of him sort of just made me sad. Actor Dennis Hopper: I'm not sure I liked the guy (might have more to do with the smarmy roles he played, though he just seemed sort of smarmy for real too, haha), but you can't deny his talent or contribution to film. And then there was the lovely & gifted Lynn Redgrave... another blow to a family that has experienced far too much death lately.
So yes, always sad to see more people that made an impact in little (and sometimes big) ways die.
