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Celebrity Deaths Come in 3′s – The Golden Girl


10 Jun

The saucy sexy old Golden Girl ‘Blanche’ was the final of the early June celebrity deaths come in 3s.

Rue McClanahan. She was 76 years old. She was more than just a ‘Golden Girl’. She was cool. Like Gary Coleman and Dennis Hopper, she made people feel like they were important.

Sexiest Golden Girl RIP

The actress Rue McClanahan is dead in the United States. She was known on the small screens for her role in the series The Golden Girls …

Rue McClanahan died at the age of 76, the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the United States. ? ? The actress who was also a producer, reportedly died of a stroke after long trials due to her health problems.

Rue McClanahan was born in Healdton, Oklahoma, where she grew up before getting out on Broadway 41 years now, as she played the role of Sally in the musical Weber Jimmy Shine with Dustin Hoffman. But soon television actress who becomes infatuated that appear in the series Maude in the period 1972-1978 (adapted Antenne 2 and renamed Maggie), but especially from the Golden Girls between 1985 and 1992. She played Blanche Devereaux, a southerner eater of men and owner of an estate she shared with her roommates Dorothy Zbornak (Beatrice Arthur), Rose Nylund (Betty White) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty). Her appearances are numerous in the series or telefilms and we note its participation in 1998 to a Columbo entitled In Larger pumps.

Militant animal rights, vegetarian, she had joined the ranks of the famous (and provocative) PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). This did not prevent her from worrying about the fate of her compatriots by supporting the Democrats and, recently, Barack Obama U.S. presidential candidate then. One of her last roles was for fiction A Memory Eternal is now in charge of reality.

Celebrity Deaths come in Threes – #2 RIP Dennis Hopper


29 May

Who is the third going to be? First was Gary Coleman, now Dennis Hopper, my guess is that it will be a female singer…Madonna? Maria Carey? Beyonce?

Celebrity Deaths in threes, Celebrity deaths in 3s

Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic “Easy Rider,” died on Saturday from complications of prostate cancer, a friend of the actor said. Hopper was 74.

The hard-living screen star died at his home in the coastal Los Angeles suburb of Venice at 8:15 a.m. PDT (1515 GMT), surrounded by family and friends, the friend, Alex Hitz, told Reuters.

In a wildly varied career spanning more than 50 years, Hopper appeared alongside his mentor James Dean in “Rebel Without a Cause” and “Giant” in the 1950s and played maniacs in such films as “Apocalypse Now,” “Blue Velvet” and “Speed.”

He received two Oscar nominations — for writing “Easy Rider” (with co-star Peter Fonda and Terry Southern), and for a rare heartwarming turn as an alcoholic high-school basketball coach in the 1986 drama “Hoosiers.”

But his prodigious drug abuse, temper tantrums, propensity for domestic violence and poor choice of movie roles often made him a Hollywood pariah.

Hopper felt over-indulgence was a requirement for great artists. He once claimed he snorted lines of cocaine “as long as your arm every five minutes, just so I could carry on drinking … gallons” of alcohol.

Still, his legacy rests securely on “Easy Rider.” Regarded as one of the greatest films of American cinema, it helped usher in a new era in which the old Hollywood guard was forced to cede power to young filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese.

Celebrity Deaths Come in Threes. #1 Gary Coleman


28 May

Gary Coleman RIP

Gary Coleman of ‘Whatchu talkin bout Willis?’ fame died today. last year at about this time it was Michael Jackson, Farah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon. I’m wondering who the next two are going to be…

I’m saying Erik Estrada and Heather Locklear. But then maybe it will be someone else. Hard to say…

PROVO, Utah – Gary Coleman, the child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes” whose later career was marred by medical and legal problems, died Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 42.

Life support was terminated and Coleman died at 12:05 p.m. MDT with family and friends at his side, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank said.

Coleman, with his sparkling eyes and perfect comic timing, became a star after “Diff’rent Strokes” debuted in 1978. He played Arnold Jackson, the younger one of a pair of African-American brothers adopted by a wealthy white man.

“It’s unfortunate. It’s a sad day,” said Todd Bridges, who played the older brother Willis. “It’s sad that I’m the last kid alive from the show.”

Dana Plato, who played the boys’ white, teenage sister, committed suicide in 1999. Bridges was tried and acquitted of attempted murder.

Coleman’s popularity faded when the show ended after six seasons on NBC and two on ABC.

Coleman suffered continuing ill health from the kidney disease that stunted his growth and had a host of legal problems in recent years.

He suffered the brain hemorrhage Wednesday at his Santaquin home, 55 miles south of Salt Lake City.

A statement from the family said he was conscious and lucid until midday Thursday, when his condition worsened and he slipped into unconsciousness. Coleman was then placed on life support.

“The world’s going to be a little less happy place without Gary,” said Randy Kester, Coleman’s attorney. “For being a small guy, he sure had a big impact on the world.”

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