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Tony Scott (!)

Scott McKenzie, whose San Francisco is used whenever a director wants to capture the spirit of the Summer of Love.

Oedipax wrote:Tony Scott (!)

Tony Scott tributes here.

Phyllis Diller, aged 95

Beat me to it. Here's a non-TMZ link

I was always disappointed she never worked with John Waters. I would have loved to have seen that.

For those who haven't had the pleasure, I highly recommend Diller's foray into utterly bizarre instrutional videos

For all three of you interested in Maltese politics notable Prime Minister Dom Mintoff just kicked the bucket.

A little late, but Metin Erksan.

Neil Armstrong. Not an actor, but someone who was captured in one of the world's most famous moments of film nonetheless.

bamwc2 wrote:Neil Armstrong. Not an actor, but someone who was captured in one of the world's most famous moments of film nonetheless.

Famous in my day job for an entirely different reason in that he always declined to approve any promotional uses of his image (including the footage of him on the moon), no matter how much money was offered. No exceptions; don't even bother to ask. I always admired him as much for that as for the other thing.

Perkins Cobb wrote: Famous in my day job for an entirely different reason in that he always declined to approve any promotional uses of his image (including the footage of him on the moon), no matter how much money was offered. No exceptions; don't even bother to ask. I always admired him as much for that as for the other thing.

That's interesting, did he ever explain why? And wasn't he MTV's big promo back in their early days?

Nina Bawden, writer best known for her children's novel Carrie's War, twice adapted for BBC television. The cinema films The Solitary Child (1958) and On the Run (1968), the latter a Children's Film Foundation production, were based on her work.

I think the MTV guy was Buzz Aldrin.

Exactly what I want on my tombstone. "Astronaut, competitive bicyclist, rock star"

flyonthewall2983 wrote:Exactly what I want on my tombstone. "Astronaut, competitive bicyclist, rock star"

That was Buckaroo Banzai.

Long active character actor Steve Franken.

His turn as the drunken waiter in Blake Edward's THE PARTY was fantastic.

Max Bygraves.

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon. No word on whether a mass Moonie wedding ceremony is planned in his honor.

To be forever remembered as the producer of Inchon.

At least that's how I'll remember him anyway.

Jeff wrote:Michael Clarke Duncan (!)

That's just tragic, the guy was such a great presence onscreen, and not just because of his size.