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PA Jack wrote:Chevy Chase (to Lacey, while looking down the top of her white gown): “So what brings you to this nape of the woods … neck …?” Not a huge part, but a funny one. Too many people dying in their 60’s. RIP.

Great movie, which stands the test of time. "Bushwood S-s-s-s-s-s-Sucks?!!"

And unfortunately, it's true. Too many people checking out at younger ages.

dlodoski wrote:And unfortunately, it's true. Too many people checking out at younger ages.

I'm beginning to get some faint understanding of what my grandfather meant by his retirement job was "professional pallbearer".

She seemed so mature to me. This lady gets part credit for inspiring my girlfriend at the time to see what interesting things could be done with a bottle of baby oil. Wish we'd had a pool.

Larry Collins, rockabilly guitarist, 79.

Melanie, Singer Who Performed at Woodstock and Topped Charts With ‘Brand New Key,’ Dies at 76




Melanie, the singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and had major pop hits with “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” in the early ’70s, died Tuesday at age 76. News of the death came from her publicity firm, Glass Onyon PR.

No information on the cause of death was immediately given. But Melanie — full name Melanie Safka — had been in the studio earlier this month working on a new record of cover songs, “Second Hand Smoke,” for the Cleopatra label; it would have been her 32nd album, the label said.

Her three children, Leilah, Jeordie, and Beau Jarred, posted a message on Facebook, writing: “We are heartbroken, but want to thank each and every one of you for the affection you have for our Mother, and to tell you that she loved all of you so much! She was one of the most talented, strong and passionate women of the era and every word she wrote, every note she sang reflected that. Our world is much dimmer, the colors of a dreary, rainy Tennessee pale with her absence today, but we know that she is still here, smiling down on all of us, on all of you, from the stars.”


LAY DOWN
https://youtu.be/IZ52lk9wjZI


BRAND NEW KEY
https://youtu.be/lKcpodt0YCU

Herbert Coward, 85 “Purty mouth”.

Chita Rivera, 91.

Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed) Dies at 76



Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four “Rocky” films opposite Sylvester Stallone, died Thursday, his manager Matt Luber confirmed to Variety. He was 76.

Weathers also starred in 1987’s “Predator” and had a memorable role in Adam Sandler’s “Happy Gilmore.” He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his work in the “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian.”

VIDEO LINK
https://youtu.be/KAI2LQnH29Y

The real star of Rocky, I thought, was the script. However, having said that, Carl Weathers’ performance made the movie as much as Stallone’s. The scene at the very end of Rocky III, where Apollo and Rocky are getting ready to spar, is a good one. Rocky tells Creed, “you really move good for an older guy …” Creed says to Rocky, “Remember, you fight great, but I … am a great fighter.” Weathers was also good in the later episodes of TV’s In the Heat of the Night as the police chief opposite Carroll O’Conner as the sheriff. RIP.