OBITUARIES

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https://www.fabermusic.com/news/carl-da ... 2303082023

Composer (especially of silent film scores Carl Davis (1936-2023).

[Detective Jim McLeod]

I just learned today, by reading the comments on an unrelated story on metv.com, that Inga Swenson passed away on July 23. Though she didn't make a lot of movies (The Miracle Worker stands out), she is best known for her role on ABC's Benson spinoff of Soap. She was also active in theatre.

https://people.com/inga-swenson-dead-7567265
https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/28/inga-swe ... m-broadway

She was 90, Soap was one of my favorite sitcoms and it seems like most members of the cast lived to ripe old ages-

Katherine Helmond-89
Robert Mandan -86
Billy Crystal -75^
Jennifer Salt-78^
Robert Guillaume-89
Jay Johnson-74^
Donnelly Rhodes -81
Arthur Peterson -83

*= still alive as of today

[LostHorizons]

Josephine Chaplin (May in the Canterbury Tales of Pasolini) died recently.

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/0 ... es-aged-74

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPEraW6A ... FudA%3D%3D

Some of you were probably this many years old today when you learned Charlie chaplain’s daughter started in a porno film based on the comedic poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer.

[HoldenIsHere]

I just learned today, by reading the comments on an unrelated story on metv.com, that Inga Swenson passed away on July 23. Though she didn't make a lot of movies (The Miracle Worker stands out), she is best known for her role on ABC's Benson spinoff of Soap. She was also active in theatre.

https://people.com/inga-swenson-dead-7567265
https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/28/inga-swe ... m-broadway

She was 90, Soap was one of my favorite sitcoms and it seems like most members of the cast lived to ripe old ages-

Katherine Helmond-89
Robert Mandan -86
Billy Crystal -75^
Jennifer Salt-78^
Robert Guillaume-89
Jay Johnson-74^
Donnelly Rhodes -81
Arthur Peterson -83

*= still alive as of today

Inga Swenson went to Northwestern University (my alma mater) and worked mostly in the theater.
To the general audience, she's probably best known for her role of Miss Krause on the sitcom BENSON.

She previously appeared on SOAP (from which BENSON was spun-off) as Ingrid Svenson, the biological mother Corrine Tate, who had been adopted by Jessica Tate (played by the wonderful Katherine Helmond). Corrine's biological father was Jessica's brother Randolph, who was played by Bernard Fox (probably best known for his role of Dr. Bombay on BEWITCHED). I think Randolph only appeared on one episode of SOAP.
Much of the humor of the Ingrid Svenson character was derived from her Swedish accent.
""Vell luke who's here, the yailbird!"

Susan Harris (the creator of SOAP and later THE GOLDEN GIRLS) was a brilliant comic writer.
I wish there was a release of the complete episodes of SOAP, either streaming versions or on DVD.
For some episodes only the syndicated versions are currently available.

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I just learned today, by reading the comments on an unrelated story on metv.com, that Inga Swenson passed away on July 23. Though she didn't make a lot of movies (The Miracle Worker stands out), she is best known for her role on ABC's Benson spinoff of Soap. She was also active in theatre.

https://people.com/inga-swenson-dead-7567265
https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/28/inga-swe ... m-broadway

She was 90, Soap was one of my favorite sitcoms and it seems like most members of the cast lived to ripe old ages-

Katherine Helmond-89
Robert Mandan -86
Billy Crystal -75^
Jennifer Salt-78^
Robert Guillaume-89
Jay Johnson-74^
Donnelly Rhodes -81
Arthur Peterson -83

*= still alive as of today

Cathryn Damon (Mary Gatling Dallas Campbell) a key exception at only 56.

[Marysara1]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/o ... 28df0&ei=9 William Friedkin.

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https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/07/entertai ... index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/movi ... -dead.html

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So William Friedkin has died. I'm not sure who the oldest living Best Director is, but Francis Ford Coppola is now the earliest living director
(1974: The Godfather, Part II, followed by Allen, Benton, Redford and Beatty.

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Earliest living directors:

Frank Borzage (May 16, 1929-June 19, 1962)
Lewis Milestone (May 16, 1929-September 25, 1980) The first Academy Awards had separate oscars for drama and comedy direction.

Norman Taurog (September 25, 1980-April 7, 1981)
Frank Capra (April 7, 1981-September 3, 1991)
Billy Wilder (September 3, 1991-March 27, 2002)
Elia Kazan (March 27, 2002-September 28, 2003)
Delbert Mann (September 28, 2003-November 11, 2007)
Mike Nichols (November 11, 2007-November 19, 2014)
William Friedkin (November 19, 2014-August 7, 2023)
Francis Ford Coppola (August 7, 2023- )

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/o ... 28df0&ei=9 William Friedkin.

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[Hibi]

Robbie Robertson of The Band has died.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/entertai ... index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ro ... -rcna99107

[BagelOnAPlate]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/o ... 28df0&ei=9 William Friedkin.

Oh wow, my cousin and I saw William Friedkin at this year's TCM Film Festival after the screening of The Exorcist.
He was quite a character and so full of energy.

[Marysara1]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment ... 51b&ei=135 David Jacobs

[jamesjazzguitar]

Gloria Fickling, who with husband Forest, wrote the Honey West novels which became the focus of a 1965 TV series starring Anne Francis, passed yesterday. Gloria lived in Laguna Beach, CA and my piano jamming buddy and Gloria were very close friends, and he was with her at the very end. I would go to Art Walk and jazz concerts with the two of them. Gloria had a very vibrant personality and always made everyone around her smile.

Here is Gloria and Forest on You Bet Your Life. Rest in peace dear lady.