Sad. When I watch musicals of the 60's and 70's, or old television variety shows with bunches of male dancers - I'm always sad that probably most of them died of AIDS in the first wave. Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon, which made the astronaut one of the most memorable people in human history.Armstrong died in 2012 at the age of 82. I remember Beth Broderick from that Sabrina show was the main speaker at his memorial service. [quote]Lenny Baker had to withdraw from the pre-Broadway tryout of McNally's "It's Only A Play". R168 - I guess I didn't read carefully enough because I thought I waste first to mention him, at rwhatever I was. The club confirmed the heartbreaking news on Sunday evening, adding they were saddened to . Ryan Gosling was attached to it some time ago. Click episode number for show page at main site. You think the fantasy will equal the reality. Do you know something the rest of us don't? . and his lovely wife Mary Craven were mostly just enjoying life in California, and still traveled and vacationed in Europe occasionally. . The following year, R.G. Michael Landon. You know, it's true this is a sad thread and, yes, there are some ignorant comments here. I remember how powerful he was in "Ragtime", and he got an Oscar nomination for that, and I thought he'd have an amazing career thereafter. Brad Davis was molested by his mother so his "plowing" of Rue was really just a "repetition compulsion" regarding his childhood trauma. His age is unknown at the time of writing but he was a young man. Westwood Memorial Park; Los Angeles County . However his list of gay conquests is rather substantial: Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Troy Donahue, Rudolf Nureyev, Paul Newman, Leonard Bernstein, James Dean, and Stephen Sondheim. Mary Craven (19 July 1993 - 1 November 2003) (her death) Susan M . A golden career was reflected in his name. Although Robert Armstrong starred in more than 100 adventure movies of all varieties, it was this line, spoken as an obituary to a slain 50 foot gorilla, that survived as his most famous film utterance. Whenever I watch the movie version of "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" , I.wonder how many of those beautiful talented dancers in the football team locker room number are still with us. Husband of Sarah Reeve and Letitia Camping. Robert Armstrong (Robert William Armstrong) Born Robert William Armstrong in Saginaw, Michigan, lived in Bay City, Michigan until about 1902 and moved to Seattle, Washington. The series centers on a powerful head of Century Studios and a group of up-and-coming starlets. This memorial website was created in memory of Robert Armstrong, 74, born on April 4, 1916 and passed away on April 22, 1990. He died in 1995 and was 52. r319 There have always been many gays and bis in the military, independent of not allowed. But it's important to remind all of us, and to tell the younger ones who were not there, what was lost. Thanks for that observation, r71. There's an excellent article about Wade Nichols (Dennis Parker) on The Rialto Report, that includes interviews with his family and friends and some great pictures from his pre-fame days. Ray Sharkey was so hot. Did you know his friend John from NY (also an old roommate)? Please complete the process by verifying your email address. Here he is singing Cole Porter's "Love for Sale. There's a compilation of her articles in print, and one of them she talks about a man with AIDS who stayed alive by drinking his own pee. Robert Drivas' wonderful ass in "The Illustrated Man". Gorgeous German hunk Amadeus August - died in 1992 at age 50. He died at age 35 in 1992. Light-skinned black actor -- I think his first name may have been Ray? Though I don't mean to compare two very different world disasters, I figured if the memory of the World Wars was kept alive for so long, even after certain nations had become our allies, something similar can be done with the AIDS crisis years. With the exception of Cliff Gorman, who died of cancer, and Laurence Luckinbill, Peter White, and Reuben Greene, who are all still living, all the BITB actors (Frey, Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs, Keith Prentice, and Robert LaTourneaux) were killed by AIDS. The handsome Tom Fuccello, who played Sen. Dave Culver on "Dallas." May be was a bbbbbbb..bbbbiisekshool. Warren Stevens provided the voice of the unseen Bracken. Kenny Everett. He was on Broadway in the cast of "Hair" and starred in Fellini's "Satyricon" and a dozen other European B movies. Notably, Parker must have had an influence on the quality of the tunes as both singles are co-written by him and stand out in Morali's pantheon for being slower and more thoughtful than the majority of his releases of the period. Robert (Bob) L. Armstrong, passed away from heart related causes on May 14th, 2020. Shenar had a great speaking voice. He was rumored to have had a relationship with Frank Langella. Robert Armstrong (actor), better known by the Family name Robert William Armstrong, was a popular actor (1890-1973). I remember Carrol O'Connor tried to save his job for him but he was on another planet. Stephen Schwartz wrote a song about Bill Beyers' death, called "Life Goes On." Major Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones, MBE QC DL ( n Jones; 18 May 1899 - 27 January 1966) was a British barrister and soldier. But at the end of the day, his immune system was compromised.". 1972, three daughters, one son) Daughter: Daryl Armstrong Daughter: Laure Nell Daughter: Robbie Armstrong-Dunham Son: Wynn Wife: Susan Guthrie . R237, it just occurred to me today that the onset of AIDS and it's mysterious and sudden tragic effects are just as fresh/old in our minds as the devastation of the WWII holocaust was in the minds of Jews back in 1975 (as Bette Midler would let us know in her stage act, when talking about visiting Germany, right around then). Later on he speaks of what a good man Hal Linden was and how much he admires hm, so it's clearly not Linden. I grew up in the midst of this and was scared beyond scared to think it was something I could contract. But it may have been suicide. R267 I don't think so. I just learned of his death when I was listening to the audio commentary. After his death, all these years later, his family have never commented on Julia's cause of death. headed to New York, where his acting career really took off. Robert and his family were well acquainted with Abraham Lincoln, who came to their neighborhood a few years before Robert's death. R181 - I had no idea about the Dan Hartman history. title. Although he didn't die of AIDs, he contracted the disease and then shot himself at age 55: handsome actor Todd Armstrong, the lead in Jason and the Argonauts (1963). I've always wondered. Birth Country: United States. Not for nothing, I assumed you were R25. Of course, Brad Davis was more than semi-famous. Death record, obituary, funeral notice and information about the deceased person. I saw Carol Channing in one of her revivals of Hello Dolly in the early 80s. He always pinged to me even though he was married and had a son. Robert Armstrong was born in . It's been well documented that he was one of Rudolph Nureyev's lovers and slept with directors and producers of both sexes to further his career. Rue McClanahan wrote that Brad mowed her lawn and plowed her pussy. Recently watched the movie If. (1968) and was struck by actor Richard Warwick; I was sure Id seen him in something else and sure enough he also appeared in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and Sebastiane (1976) interestingly, in all 3 films, his character was implied to be or definitely was gay. Such Darwinism. Hal Rubenstein won't die, because he IS THE UNDEAD! You might want to stop talking to it.]. Paul Stevens, who played Brian Bancroft on Another World, died of AIDS. He had a sexy high voice. Was recently in Manhattan staying with an old college friend in a hotel in Times Square; I grew up in NYC during the seventies until the mid-eighties. Visit this actor at the IMDb. Broadway power tenor David Carroll, OBC star of Chess and Grand Hotel, And then there's Brad Davis, though he's probably more than just semi-famous. Reuters. Safety Razor. He was mainly known for his disco hit 'Like An Eagle'. That eulogy is not in the play of "THe Normal Heart". (I had a crush on him and nearly satisfied it many moons ago.) His wife Vida had passed away earlier in the year and Armstrong is . His date of death was August 25, 2012. He's one of the sweetest, gentlest men I know, and one of the most gifted actors,' O'Connor told a small group of TV writers in Los Angeles earlier this year. He delivered the film's famous final line: "It wasn't the airplanes. Peter Coffield who was in a ton of TV series and TV movies in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as well as commercials. Today is the Anniversary of Wayland Flowers death in 1988. R205- Lenny Baker had to withdraw from the pre-Broadway tryout of McNally's "It's Only A Play" before it played Philadelphia, where it closed. Their athletic dancing went on for 20 minutes, and they were all magnificent. I remember he was on E.T. If there were more than a few, then I suppose it's a subject for another thread. Howard Rollins he played Virgil Tibbs in "In The Heat Of The Night" tv series. Uh Terry Lester died of AIDS complications, he wasted away and a heart attack did him in. [quote]It's tempting to turn this man's incredible story into a camp snapshot, a tawdry tale of the externalities of showbiz. "[6], Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Armstrong lived in Bay City, Michigan until about 1902 and moved to Seattle. He wanted children, so he convinced himself he was bisexual and married Berry Berenson, whose proper name later became Berry Berenson, Wdow of Anthony Perkins, Who Died on American Airlines Flight 11 in the World Trade Center Attack. Leonard Frey was so much more attractive than I thought he'd be out of his "Boys in the Band" makeup. People have all kinds of different personal relationships. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. . I went with this very smart theater friend of mine who leaned over and whispered after the big opening number where you meet all the characters, "The whole house will come down when the little dying Jewish man does his big "To Life!" He was very blonde (I saw him on stage a few times). He is survived by his four children from his first marriage. Anybody got any info on him? And I was thinking exactly what you were thinking. He said he had had sex with beautiful men and women, and had no regrets. Somewhere in my kitchen. Merrell Jackson, who also starred in the movie version (sang a beautiful rendition of "All Good Gifts") died at 38 in 1991; cause of death was never disclosed. and I just saw R271's post. William passed away of cause of death on month day 1931, at age 68 at death place, Utah. This film was another stop-motion animation giant gorilla fantasy, made by the same King Kong team of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Rick Meadows- gorgeous man from revival of On Your Toes. Rue was an even bigger slut than Blanche. IIRC his first female *relations* came via Victoria Principal well into his adult years and the subsequently married a woman. Alan Jay Lerner. There's no way to measure what we lost because of their absence. So he made his mark playing Nazis in the UK. Robert Armstrong (1890 - 1973) . Dexter Stuffins from Silver Spoons ( Franklyn Seals) died from AIDS. (Tragically for the Murphy family, his younger brother Patrick Sean Murphy died in the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001.). [quote]For Christ sake, I'm sure Rue was no older then Bradyou big dummy. Lord Snowdon dies aged 86 Guardian. I did not mention that I knew the cause of death, but as were reminiscing I said something like, its so hard to see so many people dying so young and his response was, were still in shock. He was the son of wrestler Bob Armstrong and brother to professional wrestlers Steve, Scott and Brian. And then there's that other role we remember Leonard Frey for, R10: People in the US know Denholm Elliott from Indiana Jones and "A Room with a View.". View a cause of death to find out which celebrities died from it. Timothy Scott, 'Mistoffelees' in the original Broadway production of "Cats", February 24, 1988. Let's not forget he was also Johnny Slash on "Square Pegs," with a very young SJP. Did so many actors, and other people in show business, who died of AIDS have their families, and managers etc, go to such extremes to cover up the real cause of their deaths? click ACCEPT. He attended the University of Washington, where he studied law,[5] and became a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. (For more on Casablanca check out Larry Harris' book 'And Party Every Day' for the inside story of this wildly dysfunctional but highly productive label). Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong ( Erie, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1949 - Fort Worth, Texas [1 ], April 4, 2017 [2 ]) was a serial killer recognized for her role as the intellectual author of the Brian Wells crime (Pizza Bomber's case [3 ]) occurred in Erie, Pennsylvania, on August 28, 2003.She became public after she was found responsible for organizing a complex conspiracy that included the . Ray Sharkey deserves his own thread. Now it's all amusement park Disney crap with unimaginative staging. Is this why we're such bitter old things? He always had his bicycle with him. William L. Armstrong, . Richard Warwick was beautiful in one of the best UK movies of the 60s -- Lindsay Anderson's If. Richard Warwick lip synched "What is a Youth" in Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. She noticed that he spent a lot of time with gay male "friends" but just chalked it up to his being very "gay friendly." He must have been a pushy bottom then.He was kind of an outcast in Germany as he was half Jewish. Antony Armstrong-Jones cause of death. I came of age in the early 80s and hung onto the closet door with both hands super tight, I thought you didn't even have to have sex to get AIDS; you'd just develop it, triggered by the gay gene already in your body. I can not find a photo of him anywhere online, which saddens me even more. "Twas beauty killed the beast," he said at the close of that now iconic film. I just found this post online regarding Dennis Parker (Wade Nichols): [quote] Dennis and I were friends from the early 80s until his death. Remember Ernest Robert Armstrong by laying a poppy. Lee Mathis-hot man. Didn't Billy Preston die in the last decade? r4 Lenny Baker was str8 and died of throat cancer. When the second season began, Leslie Nielsen joined the cast to portray Bracken. Though perhaps a female studio head was considered unbelievable at the time. Antony Hamilton, the hottie who replaced Jon Erik Hexum on "Cover Up". They did have success in several territories and promotions like the UWF and Smoky Mountain aside from WCW. Another handsome British stage and tv actor Americans might not know was Geoffrey Burridge. On November 1, 2012, Brad was found dead in his Kennesaw, Georgia home. 1. He was buried on month day 1931, at burial place, Utah. His first play on Broadway, in Is Zat So, gained him the fame to sign with RKO Pathe on a longterm contract. Louis Armstrong, Jazz Trumpeter and Singer, Dies By ALBIN KREBS. Birthplace: Lawshall. Oh, that's so sad. 3133. nickname. Went out with him once, R126. Born: Nov 20, 1890. Here's a clip from the MTM episode. (There is some disagreement over this, since other bios say he died of cancer from smoking.). [quote]In one of entertainment's most bizarre career moves, he went straight from the Oscar nom to a role on the soap Another World. Daniel McDonald had a brain tumor. Miss Amanda Blake, tho she was a bit of a household name. Christopher Bernau: won huge acclaim (as in, some said even better than Frank Langella in Bway version) for "Dracula" in an Off-Bway "Dracula" in - late 70's (I think; NYC gays, pls correct if am wrong with dates). R295 Is Miss Hal a bottom? and various studio groups of the time. RIP. Such dark, shitty days. Joe McCabe astutely portrayed the man in his eulogy on the occasion of Robert Armstrong's death: In this city, he was Mr. Perhaps someone will write a more elaborated biography about this strange character, who appeared on the Merv Griffin Show during the late '70s, and slept with many of the hottest men of the era (you can find some of their comments on YouTube and DiscoMusic.com). [There is nothing more tedious than a race baiting troll. How long might he have been living with it? I loved Dan Hartman's Instant Replay and remember Billy Preston well from The Beatles era - didnt realise they had died of Aids. Even more depressing: the thought of the hundreds of actors, writers, comedians, etc. The rise of rap had nothing to do with AIDS, not to mention that rap had its AIDS deaths as well. r123, he made hot porn. Both Larry Kert's and Timothy Scott's memorial services were held at the Winter Garden Theatre, theaters where they had their biggest successes. I haven't read about the dust thing. Last known rank . Please click here to get full access and no ads for $1.99 or less per month. George Pesatura who replaced Sammy Williams in ACL. Mr. Armstrong traveled to New York and then accepted an offer to work with his uncle, Paul Armstrong, a writer and producer. One of the architects of an American art form, a free and individual spirit, and an artist of worldwide fame, his great talents and magnificent spirit added richness and pleasure to . That Sabrina show was the son of wrestler Bob Armstrong and brother to professional wrestlers Steve, Scott and.! 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