Phyllis Diller Dead at 95 Years Old
08-20-12, 02:19 PM
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Phyllis Diller Dead at 95 Years Old
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Story is being updated as I copy and paste. Not a good way to start the week.
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Legendary Comic Phyllis Diller Dies at 95
The actress and comedian was famous for her eccentric stage persona of a wild-haired housewife.
Phyllis Diller died Monday morning, at 9:30 a.m., at her Los Angeles Home, her longtime manager Milt Suchin confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 95.
"The world has lost a true trailblazer, a gracious and kind woman, beloved by all," Suchin tells The Hollywood Reporter.
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The actress and comedian was famous for her eccentric stage persona of a wild-haired housewife.
Phyllis Diller died Monday morning, at 9:30 a.m., at her Los Angeles Home, her longtime manager Milt Suchin confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 95.
"The world has lost a true trailblazer, a gracious and kind woman, beloved by all," Suchin tells The Hollywood Reporter.
More to come...
Story is being updated as I copy and paste. Not a good way to start the week.
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08-20-12, 02:23 PM
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Did she commit suicide, and if so, was it because she was caught molesting children?
08-20-12, 02:23 PM
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I'm still reeling from Tony Scott and now this gut punch.
At least she wasn't a child molester.
EDIT : Damn you Jaymole
At least she wasn't a child molester.
EDIT : Damn you Jaymole
08-20-12, 02:25 PM
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You people making light of this wonderful artist's death make me sick.
She was a bright young artist cut down in her prime who maintained spatial relationships throughout her career.
Shame on you all.
RIP
She was a bright young artist cut down in her prime who maintained spatial relationships throughout her career.
Shame on you all.
RIP
08-20-12, 02:27 PM
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RIP
her TV debut..on You Bet Your life:
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her TV debut..on You Bet Your life:
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08-20-12, 02:28 PM
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But, I do agree, she was still hotter and had a more youthful appearance than Lindsey Lohan.
08-20-12, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Phyllis Diller
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Phyllis Diller
08-20-12, 02:43 PM
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Haven't kept up with whatever she had been doing the past few decades, but I always liked her when I was kid. She cracked me up.
Rest in peace.
Rest in peace.
08-20-12, 03:07 PM
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I remember seeing her on TV a lot when I was growing up. She lived a long, full life.
(And I'm surprised the inevitable "Who'll be the 3rd?" post hasn't shown up yet.)
(And I'm surprised the inevitable "Who'll be the 3rd?" post hasn't shown up yet.)
08-20-12, 04:26 PM
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http://news.yahoo.com/comedic-actor-...203842834.html
Comedic actor William Windom dead at 88
Associated PressAssociated Press – 8 mins ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Windom, who won an Emmy Award for his turn in the 1969 TV comedy series "My World And Welcome To It" and went on to score guest appearances on several popular shows, has died.
Windom died Thursday of congestive heart failure at his home in Woodacre, north of San Francisco, his wife Patricia told the Los Angeles Times. He was 88.
Windom won acclaim in the short-lived NBC series for his role as John Monroe, a writer-cartoonist for a New York magazine who relied on his fantasy life to escape a middle-class Connecticut life.
The series was based on the work of the humorist James Thurber and Windom went on to develop a one-man touring act inspired by the same whimsical Americana.
Born in New York City on Sept. 28, 1923, Windom was named after his great-grandfather, a Minnesota congressman and former U.S. Treasury secretary. He attended Williams College in Massachusetts before joining the Army as a paratrooper in World War II. He later attended the University of Kentucky, among several other higher-education institutions, and decided to pursue acting.
The easy-going Windom was an in-demand television character actor for decades and scored guest appearances on several American TV staples, including episodes of "Twilight Zone" and "Star Trek" and appeared on more than 50 segments of "Murder, She Wrote" beginning in the mid-1980s. There, Windom played a Maine country doctor opposite series star Angela Lansbury's Jessica Fletcher.
He also played the part of the prosecuting attorney who parries in court with Gregory Peck's Atticus Finch in the 1962 movie "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Married five times, Windom is survived by his wife of 37 years and four children, Rachel, Heather, Hope and Rebel.
