Actress; best known as Ralph Monroe on TV's "Green Acres" -- via the New York Daily News. A great deadpan comedian in America's unsung surrealist masterpiece of a TV show. As part of a squabbling, brotherly handyman team with her sibling Alf (Sid Melton), Ralph worked on the bedroom of the Douglases for six years without completing it. With music by the great Vic Mizzy!
Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Wu Ma
Actor, director, producer, and writer -- via the Straits Times. One of the most familiar faces of Hong Kong cinema, he appeared in more than 250 films, and directed 42, working with Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and director Chang Cheh. His favorite role -- the Taoist ghosthunter Yin Chik-ha in "A Chinese Ghost Story."
Saturday, February 15, 2014
John Henson
Puppeteer; son of Jim Henson -- via seattlepi.com. The best-known Muppet he played was Sweetums, the giant ogre.
Richard Bull
Actor; best known for his role as Nels Oleson on TV's "Little House on the Prairie" -- via the Washington Post.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Sid Caesar aka Isaac Sidney Caesar
Comedian and comic performer -- via the L.A. Times. The king of live comedy, my hero, in more ways than one. With Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howie Morris, he created the first great live comedy on American television. "Your Show of Shows" taught us all how to write sketch comedy. He could do anything, and instantly. Best double-talker and improviser. His memoir "Where Have I Been" showed me a way out of a very self-destructive path as well.
From the New York Times obituary -- “Everybody wants to have a goal: I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal,” he said. “Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life that has to be lived and enjoyed — and if you don’t, you’re a fool.”
From the New York Times obituary -- “Everybody wants to have a goal: I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal,” he said. “Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life that has to be lived and enjoyed — and if you don’t, you’re a fool.”
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