The leading cause of death in the UK in 2018 was dementia and Alzheimer disease, accounting for 12.7% of all deaths registered. I grew up in the midst of this and was scared beyond scared to think it was something I could contract. If so, it worked on me. We all remember Rock Hudson, Liberace, Rudolf Nureyev, etc., but who are some of the semi-famous that we lost during the plague years? Brad Davis' wife wrote a book, based on the fact that he died of aids. By the way, Raul Julia was a major star not "semi-famous.". Please click here to register for free. Antony Armstrong-Jones wed Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II's sister, for ten years, from 1960 . R39 - Joel Crothers will always be Joe Haskell from Dark Shadows in my heart. Not too many opportunities available, even with character/supporting/secondary roles. R213 There was alot of speculation about Raul Julia. He wasn't young. In the film, Armstrong co-starred with Helen Vinson, Richard Cromwell and Jack La Rue. Needless to say, I wasn't surprised to find out that a gay man directed those movies. EJ told me that Gary watched that episode over and over and loved it. He is best known for his role as director Carl Denham in King Kong. View a cause of death to find out which celebrities died from it. R132 Anton Diffring was gay? our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn You know he died of LEG CANCER which is so unusual. 1790. Davis was dying of AIDS and then the wife helped him commit suicide before the the end came naturally. Though perhaps a female studio head was considered unbelievable at the time. The rise of rap had nothing to do with AIDS, not to mention that rap had its AIDS deaths as well. I sure would have liked to have a piece of that! Ernest Ivanhoe Vernon Armstrong; Ernest L. Armstrong; Ernest Robert Armstrong; Ernest William Armstrong; Francis Armstrong; Lay a poppy for 2022. Strange that his memory was treated so shabbily in the Crystal Skull fiasco His name was Michael, r278. Death records are primary resources for details about the death, since they were typically created relatively near the time of the death. Salivary Gland Cancer. 11 references. He played "Rooster" - GREAT dancer; great showman. His official cause of death was sudden heart failure. According to a report by the New York Times, Armstrong's family received $6 million in a wrongful death settlement from a Cincinnati Hospital. Rich Armstrong died on Friday, October 7, 2022, in a sudden and unexpected manner at his home. The trouble was that he would leave the office about 4 and have a couple at the VFW, a couple at the Legion, a couple at the country club and so on, so that by the time he rolled home about 7:30 he was flying high. I wonder if Lypsinka did this as a tribute to Swen Swenson, although she's lip syncing to a female singer who I cannot identify. He was also prominent in the Beat It video. Sun 5 Apr 2020 08.25 EDT. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Daniel McDonald had a brain tumor. Robert Armstrong was born in . Shortly afterwards, of course, Kong infuriated by the popping of photographers' flashesbreaks them, moving on to terrify Gotham's populace. Cause of Death. Timothy Scott, 'Mistoffelees' in the original Broadway production of "Cats", February 24, 1988. It was heartbreaking and terrifying to read. The club confirmed the heartbreaking news on Sunday evening, adding they were saddened to . Methods: Comparisons of death-related variables during the 3 eras were performed. He delivered the film's famous final line: "It wasn't the airplanes. R306, there *is* an F&F button. Sexy as fuck Terry Lester, the original (and only as far as I'm concerned) Jack in Y&R. Can't remember. He was a dear friend, and I miss him to this day. He died just sixteen hours before King Kong's co-producer, Merian C. Cooper. r195, do you mean Playgirl's own Chris George? Age: 82. - Susan Brooks. Dennis Parker aka soap star, disco singer, and porn actor. A starring role in the short-lived prime-time soap Glitter (1984-85) followed, as did guest spots on The Love Boat and Hotel. He died of AIDS at age 29 in 1989; he claimed to have had an affair with actor Brad Davis, who himself contracted AIDS and committed suicide in 1991. English actor Ian Charleson was getting well-known and had just played Hamlet before he died. I'm lucky to be alive; timing is everything, if I'd been born 5 years earlierwho knows? It's dangerous." Brad Armstrong's Sudden Death. [quote]Lenny Baker had to withdraw from the pre-Broadway tryout of McNally's "It's Only A Play". He also starred as rich, evil Alan Spaulding in "GL" in the late 70's and 80's. He served honorably in the United States Army from 1969 until 1972. 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). He was replaced by Brent Barrett, the handsome gentleman in the video linked at R94, but managed to nab a Tony nomination for his performance. I remember Dack Rambo discussing his diagnosis on some talk show when I got home from school. He was 93. Never. Almost nobody actually died from AIDS. Donnelly and Sons for over 20 years before his retirement in 2003. How did he survive from 85 to 90 alone? They claimed it was "kidney failure." I loved Paper Dolls as a kid. Lord Snowdon, born as Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones on March 7, 1930, in London, England, was the only son of his father, a Welsh barrister named Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones . I don't remember when it happened. Not an actor, but I want to add Ricky Wilson of The B-52's. I'm lucky to have had any intimacy in life. Reuters. Let's not forget he was also Johnny Slash on "Square Pegs," with a very young SJP. So did Curt Dawson, who did several soaps, including Another World. Armstrong died at age 95 of natural causes in Studio City, California on July 27, 2012. William L. Armstrong, . It had a cast of 10 men and 2 women. Birth City: New Rumley. According to a 2002 interview, German actor Arthur Brauss suggested that Diffring died of AIDS. The following year, R.G. Robert Armstrong Birthday and Date of Death. He was 50 years old at the time of his passing. A similar movie in a lighter vein, Mighty Joe Young, also featured Mr. Armstrong as a nightclub owner, that featured Jcie Young, a more docile gorilla than Kong. Antony Hamilton, the hottie who replaced Jon Erik Hexum on "Cover Up". Ray Vitte was his name. There, I witnessed a tragic accident involving an old cable that snapped and resulted in the death and injuries of several hard-working men. I've always wondered. Most of the cast from "The Boys In the Band" (1970). . Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site Ian Charleson. Just checked the Wikipedia page for Brad Davis and it contradicts the commonly held belief he died of AIDS. Gee r154 if there was only someway to check. It never does. got his first taste of movies, appearing in Garden of Eden (1954). I can't remember where i posted them. Gypsy Rose Lee. The "official" story back then was cancer of the throat caused by his inexperience as a singer in "A Love My Wife", which is the lousiest cover story I'd ever heard. Unless you are rich enough to keep him as a sugar daddy, you will always be third or lower on their priority list. Am I remembering correctly that he was on Bracken's World? He was the father of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and father-in-law of Princess Margaret, younger daughter of George VI . British photographer and director Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO FRSA RDI, was born on March 7, 1930, and passed away on January 13, 2017. Although I wonder, had he lived, how well he would have been able to transition - because even between the early 80s and late 80s/early 90s the style of comedy in movies changed SO much. click ACCEPT. He was very blonde (I saw him on stage a few times). R267 I don't think so. 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. Dennis C. Stewart, the guy who played crater face in Grease. 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. Beamish peerage database peerage ID. Casey Stevens, who played Jamie Lee Curtis' boyfriend, Nick, in Prom Night. 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. How the hell could he throw himself around like a rag doll that way? After his death, Lydon takes care of his wife until her death at the age of 97. Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM. He played small parts at first and then moved into lead roles in road shows touring the country. He was Alfonso Ribeiro's dad on the show. His wife Vida had passed away earlier in the year and Armstrong is . Armstrong made four guest appearances on Perry Mason during its nine-year run on CBS: in 1958 he played as Walter Haskell in "The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant"; in 1961 he played the title character and murder victim Captain Bancroft in "The Case of the Malicious Mariner"; in 1962 he played defendant Jimmy West in "The Case of the Playboy Pugilist"; and in 1964 he played murderer Phil Jenks in "The Case of the Accosted Accountant," thus becoming one of only eleven actors to hit the Perry Mason trifecta, playing victim, defendant and murderer. He had a couple of big solo hits: Instant Replay in the late 70s and I Can Dream About You in 1984. Saw many great musicals as a kid. Choreographers, playwrights, dancers, actors. People have all kinds of different personal relationships. I haven't read about the dust thing. R182 Wow! A lot of people who are familiar with his solo career don't realize that he was also part of the Edgar Winter Group in the early 70s & sang lead on their huge hit, Free Ride (which he also wrote). So wonderful Holy shit, Michael Jeter's performance in "Take the Glass" from Grand Hotel, linked at R94, is freaking amazing! Had never seen that before. The reality is probably much more complex. Plot #3545253. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Robert Armstrong is familiar to old-movie buffs for his case-hardened, rapid-fire delivery in such roles as fast-talking promoters, managers, FBI agents, street cops, detectives and other such characters in scores of films--over 160--many of them at Warner Brothers, where he was part of the so-called "Warner Brothers Stock Company" that consisted of such players as James Cagney, Pat O'Brien . And I was thinking exactly what you were thinking. 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. It's traumatic for me to read these. Irresponsible, maybe. 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. Such a huge loss of talent all around. Jeffrey's big number, "We Beseech Thee", which was cut from the movie version, Anton Diffring (German actor who played Nazis in many post-World War II films), Bill Beyer, who played Wally on the soap "Capitol". [quote] Cookie Mueller. I'm 65 and sometimes I forget it ever happened. R232 is that Idolmaker remake ever happening? Irving Allen Lee, Joel Crothers, and Dennis Parker; all of The Edge of Night. You know, it's true this is a sad thread and, yes, there are some ignorant comments here. He was mainly known for his disco hit 'Like An Eagle'. 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