RIP Thread... pile them up in here

Actress Susan Backlinie, best known as the first shark victim in the “Jaws” franchise, has died. She was 77.

Backlinie, who played Chrissie Watkins in the Steven Spielberg-directed thriller, died Saturday morning at her California home, the actress's agent Sean Clark confirmed to the New York Times and Variety. She reportedly died of a heart attack.

 

We don’t get Canadian tv down here in the states

 

OH. That's why I've never heard the name.

 

Dabney Coleman has died. A veteran actor of stage and screen, with nearly 200 credits to his name, Coleman’s (frequently scowling, almost always mustachioed) face was a fixture of American film and TV from the 1960s forward. Renowned for his ability to play just the right kind of loathsome jerk—the kind who was frequently funny enough to make his meaner impulses really land—Coleman starred in films like WarGames, 9 To 5, Tootsie, and many more. He was no less an icon of TV, either, with a resumé that ran the gamut from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman to Yellowstone, with stops along the way for animated fare like Recess, legal dramas like The Guardian, and prestige period pieces like Boardwalk Empire. Per THR, Coleman died on Thursday. He was 92.

 

Loathsome jerk? Absolutely. But you loved him when he did it. Even when he played a serious roll, there was the underlying layer of asshole to him.

 

Absolutely some guys are great when they are playing the jerk he was one of them. Sometimes they capture it for a single roll but he did it time after time.

 

A little mean considering the context. @Willie would probably know about him. I'm sure you'll appreciate this though.

 

A little mean considering the context. @Willie would probably know about him. I'm sure you'll appreciate this though.



RIP Darren..........he was a good Broadcaster and he Loved the Leafs..

 

Fred Roos Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Godfather Part II’ Producer & Longtime Coppola Collaborator Was 89

 

Is it just me or is this thread getting more of a workout than anywhere else on this site?

 

Morgan Spurlock, ‘Super Size Me’ Director, Dies at 53

 

Grayson Murray...........very sad .

American PGA Golfer that took his own Life.

He was 30 years old and suffered from depression and he was an alcoholic...... he was very well liked on the PGA Tour and it's really too bad he did not reach out for help.

 

Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly Singer and Organist, Dead at 78
Founding and last surviving member of hard rock band's "classic lineup" co-wrote 17-minute psych-rock epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"

 

When I was in my twenties I had the best psychedelic music collection.

 

All my favorite rock groups are dying off

 

General Hospital" actor Johnny Wactor was fatally shot early Saturday when he came upon three men trying to steal the catalytic converter from his car, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the case.