Saturday, 21 November 2015

Warren Mitchell, Actor died at 89 yrs old.

Warren Mitchell, the actor, birth name, Warren Misell.

He passed away on November 14, 2015.

The well known English actor won the BAFTA TV Award winner and twice a Laurence Olivier Award winner.

The ITC drama series including: William Tell, The Four Just Men, Sir Francis Drake, Danger Man and as a recurrent guest in The Saint.









The famous Jamaican gospel singer 'Sister Scully',

'Sister Scully', 57 yrs old, passed away in Spanish Town on November 12, 2015. Her real name was Audrey Scully McCrowder and she was born in St Catherine, Jamaica.



Michael Jackson 'King of pop'

Michael Jackson 

He was the greatest pop artist that ever lived.
He was born on August 29, 1958, and he died on June 25, 2009.

Michael Jackson started at a very young age, his career spans over more than 40 of his 50 years. He started with the Jackson 5, his brothers. Jackson was a singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor.

He has won many awards and he is well know all over the world.

Below a small selection of his hit songs.

RON HYNES, song writer and singer died at 64

 The great Ron Hynes has passed away

He was a talented and famous song writer and singer. 

He was born on December 7, 1950, in St. John's . Ron was a popular folk singer-songwriter from Newfoundland popular for the well now piece called "Sonny's Dream'. 
 




Ron Hynes was the founding member of The Wonderful Grand Band.

Other achievements and accomplishments.
The Bard of Prescott Street
The Best of CODCO
The Show He Never Gave
The Island Opry Show
The Lost Island Opry
Secret Nation
Anchor Zone and Dooley Gardens
Stealing Genius Living in a Fog (with The Wonderful Grand Band)


Sunday, 8 November 2015

The Beautiful Maureen O'Hara , The Irish-American actress and singer

Maureen O'Hara or Maureen FitzSimons
Born: August 17, 1920, Ranelagh, Republic of Ireland
Died: October 24, 2015, Boise, Idaho, United States

Early on in her Hollywood career didn't get much notice, She was very beautiful with a dazzling smile and talented.

Maureen O'Hara received an honorary doctorate from University College in Galway in 1988.

She earned a degree at the Guild School of Music in London and became part of the Abbey Theater in Dublin when she was 14, winning the all-Ireland Cup at 16 for her portrayal of Portia in "The Merchant of Venice," by Shakespeare.


O'Hara had a wonderful lyric soprano voice, but she could use her inherent athletic ability to perform physical feats that most actresses couldn't begin to attempt, from fencing to fisticuffs.

 In 2014 O'Hara was honored by a long overdue Oscar for "Lifetime Achievement" at the annual Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards.

 Maureen O'Hara has an enviable string of classics to her credit that include the aforementioned "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", How Green Was My Valley (1941), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Sitting Pretty (1948), The Quiet Man (1952), The Parent Trap (1961) and McLintock! (1963).

Added to this the distinction of being voted one of the five most beautiful women in the world and you have a film star who was as gorgeous as she was talented.

 O'Hara starred with some of Hollywood's most talented and handsome leading men, including Tyrone Power, John Payne, Rex Harrison, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Brian Keith, Sir Alec Guinness and, of course, her famed pairings with "The Duke" himself, John Wayne. She starred in five films with Wayne, the most beloved being The Quiet Man (1952).

Her life was altered, when Charles Laughto saw a screen test of Maureen, which he became mesmerized by her hauntingly beautiful eyes. Before he casted her to star in Jamaica Inn (1939), Laughton and his partner, Erich Pommer, changed her name from Maureen FitzSimons to "Maureen O'Hara" - a bit shorter last name for the marquee.


 O'Hara was married 3 times and she had a daughter.


Friday, 6 November 2015

Kenneth Gilbert British Actor Dead





 Kenneth was Born in Devon in 1931, The actor began his professional stage career in the late 1950s, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the beginning of a long and distinguished live theatre career. 

 Kenneth became a well-known face to millions of television viewers through a range of guest-roles and longer running parts. 

In 1976 Kenneth played World Ecology Bureau official Richard Dunbar in the Doctor Who story The Seeds Of Doom with Tom Baker as The Doctor. 

His other guest stints for the BBC included police serials Z Cars in 1966, Softly Softly in 1968, political drama House of Cards in 1990 and most recently Hustle in 2011. 

 He however was a more frequent employee of ITV making appearances, often as characters of importance - doctors, solicitors, detectives…, in shows such as Thames Television’s drama Special Branch, ATV’s spy saga The Zoo Gang of 1974, ATV’s BAFTA-winning period drama Edward VII in 1975, court room tales in Granada Television’s Crown Court in 1976 and LWT’s sitcom On The Buses in 1973.

Kenneth longest running regular role was that of Oliver Banks, well-off businessman and father of brummie Kevin Banks, in the long running ATV soap opera Crossroads. 

First appearing in 1981 he was a semi-regular until the mid-1980s. 

British Actor Kenneth Gilbert kicks the bucket on Nov. 4, 2015, he was aged 84.

The famous Joan Rivers

 "The Full of life Joan Rivers


Joan Rivers who's real name was Joan Alexandra Molinsky.

She was born on June 8, 1933 and died on September 4, 2014.

 She was well known as, was an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and television host noted for her often controversial comedic persona.
 
Joan was alternately self-deprecating or sharply acerbic, especially toward celebrities and politicians. Ms Rivers co-hosted the E! celebrity fashion show Fashion Police from 2010 to 2014 Rivers starred in reality series with Melissa her daughter called Joan Knows Best?.

 Joan Rivers graduated from Barnard College in 1954 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and anthropology Rivers was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In the 50's Rivers appeared in a short-run play, called Driftwood.

 She played a lesbian with a crush on a character played by Barbra Streisand Joan Rivers have seen many comedy clubs where many people saw her perform.

She frequent the Greenwich Village area of New York City in the early 1960s, including The Bitter End and The Gaslight Cafe.


 Her first Television appearance was as a guest on the TV program The Tonight Show originating from New York with Johnny Carson, hosted at the time by Jack Paar. She made many more appearances on the tonight's show..

 Joan was also a writer and author, she wrote the material for the puppet called Topo Gigio.

She had a brief role in The Swimmer (1968), starring Burt Lancaster.

Joan won many awards for the many works she has none over the years.

She has visited all over the world and seen many things. Many people will miss her for her outspoken attitude and her opinions that meant a lot to a lot of people.

She had serious complications and stopped breathing while undergoing what was scheduled as a minor throat procedure at an outpatient clinic, she later died.