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On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Joanne Whorley is one. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > ------------------------------ > *From*: [email protected] > *Date*: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:22:16 -0400 > *To*: <[email protected]> > *Subject*: Re: Time for a Die In : (Variety) Actor Henry Gibson, 73 > He was also in one of the funnier skits in "The Kentucky Fried Movie". He > was one funny guy. > > And so it goes, > > Kevin Brabant (who's still alive...other than Goldie Hawn...from Laugh-In) > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: danny burstein <[email protected]> > To: wnn <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Sep 16, 2009 6:15 pm > Subject: Time for a Die In : (Variety) Actor Henry Gibson, 73 > > >From: BobF <[email protected]> >Newsgroups: alt.obituaries >Subject: > (Variety) Actor Henry Gibson, 73 - Starred on 1960s classic TV show > 'Laugh-In' Actor Henry Gibson dies at 73 Starred on 1960s classic TV show > 'Laugh-In' By PAT SAPERSTEIN Henry Gibson, whose gentle poet persona on > 1960s classic TV show "Laugh-In" made him one of the original flower > children, died Monday in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. He was 73. > A favorite of director Robert Altman, the diminutive, soft-spoken actor more > recently had a five-season stint as Judge Clark Brown on "Boston Legal" and > provided the voice of newspaperman Bob Jenkins on "King of the Hill." Gibson > developed the persona for which he became known -- the humble poet laureate > of Fairhope, Alabama, whose name was a pun on the name of Henrik Ibsen -- > while working in New York in the early 1960s. His appearances on "The Tonight > Show" and "The Joey Bishop Show" caught the attention of Jerry Lewis, who > cast him in "The Nutty Professor." He made guest appearances on classic > 1960s shows such as "The Beverly Hillbillies," "My Favorite Martian," "The > Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Bewitched" before joining "Rowan and Martin's > Laugh-In," where he played characters including a priest and the poet, who > performed his poems grasping a giant flower for three seasons. Two comedy > albums, "The Alligator" and "The Grass Menagerie" as well as a book, "A > Flower Child's Garden of Verses" were released based on his poetry. He used > the success of the "Laugh-In" character to further his work in the > environmental movement, writing op-eds and poetry for publications such as > the Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor. Gibson appeared in > four Altman films, started with "The Long Goodbye," in which he played the > evil Dr. Verringer. He won a National Society of Film Critics award and was > Golden Globe-nommed for his perf as country singer Haven Hamilton in > "Nashville," for which he also wrote the character's songs. His other Altman > films were "Health" and "A Perfect Couple." Born James Bateman in > Germantown, Penn., he began acting at the age of 8 with a touring theater > company. After graduating Catholic U., he served in France with the U.S. Air > Force as an intelligence officer, then studied at the Royal Academy of > Dramatic Arts in London. His early roles included a Broadway stint opposite > Ruth Gordon and Walter Matthau in Lillian Hellman's "My Mother, My Father and > Me," and a role in Billy Wilder's film "Kiss Me, Stupid." Other roles > included the voice of Wilbur the Pig in the animated "Charlotte's Web," as > the Illinois Nazi pursuing John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in "The Blues > Brothers," and roles in "The 'Burbs," "Magnolia" and "The Wedding Crashers." > In 2001, he returned to Broadway in the Encores! New York City Center > production of Rogers and Hart's A Connecticut Yankee. He is survived by sons > Jon, a business affairs exec at Universal; Charles, a director and visual > effects supervisor; James, a screenwriter, and two grandchildren. Donations > may be made to the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Friends of the Malibu > Public Library. Read the full article > at:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008714.html > > > > > > > -- pong cheats and more --------------------------- http://armoredbaby.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
