Thursday, January 28, 2010
J.D. Salinger, 91
I was in third grade when Lennon got shot. I brought the Sgt Pepper album in and Lori G. colored John Lennon’s face in with red crayon. I was sooooo mad. Years later that album, with Lori’s artwork, disappeared out of the family stereo record rack my Mother had No idea where it went to . Years later, right before vinyl became extinct, I bought another copy. I went looking for it before I went away to college and that to was gone (along with my Led Zeppelin ‘Houses of the Holy’ but not my two Poison LP’s) again my Mother had No clue where it went to.
OK rant over… The point of all of this is that I really liked The Beatles so in seventh or eighth grade after hearing all about Mark David Chapman I went out and bought Catcher In The Rye just so I could find out for myself why this asshole would want to shoot Lennon… I didn’t get it… not sure if I even do now.
One of J.D. Salinger was a published author before he was drafted in the army in 1942 some of his works appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker and The Saturday Evening Post. He wrote his most famous and controversial novel Catcher in Rye in 1951. He received a lot of unwanted attention after Catcher was released and in 1953 fled Manhatten to New Hampshire and became somewhat of a recluse and was seen rarely in public but often riding his Jeep on his Cornish, NH compound. He married his second wife in 1955 and they had two children a son and daughter. At this time he continued to write for a few hours a day but not specifically for publication but just because he loved to. One of the few novels he published after (which was actually a bunch of previous released short stories) Catcher was ‘Franney and Zooey’ (funny I lent that novel out and it to disappeared… seems to be a reoccurring theme).
He was approached by Hollywood numberous times to make Catcher into a movie but rejected them all (one of the letters can be read here).
Salinger passed away of natural causes at his home in Cornish.
January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010
R.I.P.
Sources
Labels: 1919 births, 2010 deaths, military, natural causes, writer
Zelda Rubinstein, 76
So as life would have it I was 12 and my friend K had a slumber party on a Friday night. Everyone else’s parents picked them up by noonish on Saturday leaving just me hanging out which wasn’t a bad deal because K was my bestest friend in the whole wide world. It was the middle of November and we were stuck out in a house in the middle of Armada so K’s dad took us out, rented some movies and got some pizza. The first movie was FireFox with Clint Eastwood and then, after it got dark, we watched the second movie, Poltergeist. I remember my mom coming in during the middle of it, talking with K’s mom (loudly) and then asking me if I was ready to go… Now. I started to get up but K’s mom AND dad both said that we were in the middle of watching a movie and I couldn't leave now. It was awesome… I got to sit around until I was ready to go. I got to watch that entire movie, uninterrupted and the only time I was scared was when that creepy psychic lady was on the screen. That creepy psychic lady was Zelda Rubinstein.
Zelda Rubinstein attending both the University of Pittsburgh, the University of California and had been a technician at a blood bank before changing career paths and entered acting at age 47. Her first major screen role was in 1981’s awesomely craptastic film "Under the Rainbow” (“The peweral is in de liver”). In 1982 she was cast as Tangina Barrons in Poltergeist (25th Anniversary Edition)
She was advocate for little people’s rights (she was 4'3") as well as one of the first actors involved in promoting public awareness and education for HIV/AIDS.
Ms Rubinstein suffered a heart attack in December and had been hospitalized at Cedars Sinai in Los Angles. From all that I’ve read is that she didn’t have any family but it was reported that her family and a close companion decided to remove her from life support due to kidney and lung failure shortly after her heart attacked. It seemed like she was making some improvement but on January 27, 2010 she passed away.
R.I.P. - March 28, 1933 – January 27, 2010
SOURCES: PICTURE, IMDB, WIKIPEDIA, NYT
Labels: 1933 births, 2010 deaths, actress, heart attack
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Pernell Roberts, 81
Labels: 1928 births, 2010 deaths, activist, actor, cancer, military
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Solange Magnano, 38
I've entertained the idea of getting plastic surgery. Bullshit - I've thought long and hard about it... getting as close as setting up an appointment. I ended up canceling it. What's the point of getting checked out only to know that there's no way in hell I could afford it.Right now there are four places on my body that I'd like to get work done, one of those being my ass, to make it smaller or at least not so flat. But after the passing of Solange Magnano I'm not sure it's worth it.
Solange Magnano won the honor of being Miss Argentina in 1994. Since that time she's gone on to model, run her own modeling agency and be a mother of twin boys.
Solange Magnano went in to have a Gluteoplasty, also known as a procedure which involves placing implants in the buttocks then injecting the implants with a liquid (fat?). Unfortunatly it seems that the doctor missed the implant, the liquid traveled to her lungs and brains and due to a complications she suffered a pulmonary embolism and passed away three days later.
1971 - November 29, 2009
R.I.P.
Labels: 1971 births, 2009 November Deaths, beauty queen, embolism, plastic surgery
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Jack Wrangler, 62
I watch porn.
There I said it.
It's what I do to pass the time between bad dates.
I've watched a lot of porn. Softcore, hardcore, straight, gay, gonzo, midget, menstrual, chicks with dicks, foot fetish. Like I said, I watch a lot.
I never watched a Jack Wrangler porn. I'm not sure if I would actually want to watch one though basically because most of his work was in gay porn and... well... he's hot and I'd want to have him do me, not some other guy.
It wasn't all gay porn though. He did star in The Devil in Ms Jones 2, an entertaining series of films that starred greats such as John Holmes, Peter North and Scotty Schwartz.
From what I read his sexuality wasn't really all that apparent. He wasn't straight, he wasn't bi-sexual but still he was married to singer and actress Margaret Whiting (from Deeee-troit) in 1994.
Whatever makes you happy... right?
Jack Wrangler (John Robert Stillman) passed away due to complications from emphysema.
July 11, 1946 - April 7, 2009
RIP
Image: Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
Wikipedia
Labels: 1946 births, 2009 Deaths, actor, emphysema, porn
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Socks, 96
Socks became the first feline of Arkansans when Chelsea Clinton adopted her (first pussy position was already taken by someone else). Socks eventually came along to DC when Bill won the election in ’92.
After the eight year Clinton soap opera ended in 2000 she shacked up with Betty Currie. I’m sure it was some sort of parting gift for being unusually loyal to Billy and helping cover up the Lewinsky mess.
RIP
Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socks_(cat)
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socks_(cat), memory
Labels: 1989 Births, 2009 Deaths, animal, cancer
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Harold Alfond, 93
Monday, March 19, 2007
Stuart Rosenberg, 79
In 1985 I was banished once again to summer camp. I wasn't really thrilled about the whole camp experience until 1987 when I lost my virginity... then it wasn't so bad. But before then I wasn't really all that into it; a lot of the girls didn't like me so I spent a lot of time by myself or reading or with my friend, A. (I found out in during my last summer there that the reason why no one wanted to hang out with me was because of A - whatever). But the point is that I read a lot. I would sit in my cabin and read everything I could get my hands on. The camp had it's own little library one of the books was "The Amityville Horror". Not really a good choice when you're in the middle of the forest in a creaky cabin with no electricity. After finishing the book the slightest sound would creep me out. For awhile there I laid awake most of the nights listening to the wind, woodland creatures and A snoring. But slowly I got over and by the time I made it home in August I begged my dad to rent the movie. That wasn't such a good idea either, just because it kinda sucked, well at least for me it did. The 2005 version wasn't much better but at least it had Ryan Reynolds shirtless, mmmm.
The 1979 file was directed by Stuart Rosenberg who in 1967 directed the classic "Cool Hand Luke" (audio). His directing career was pretty prolific with directing over 300 television shows as well as "The Drowning Pool", "Brubaker" and "The Pope of Greenwich Village". He won an Emmy for directing an episode of "The Defenders" and won a couple awards at the 1961 Berlin International Film Festival for "Question 7". He directed his last film, "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys", in 1991.
He passed away from a heart attack.
Labels: 1927 births, 2007 March deaths, director, heart attack
