RIP thread for people involved in TV - Mod warning, see OP (21/08/25)

One of the worst shows in living memory, I hope she had a full life but if I was remembered for that **** I'd do myself.

2ndcoming wrote: »

One of the worst shows in living memory, I hope she had a full life but if I was remembered for that **** I'd do myself.

You'll be remembered for nothing, what a disgusting comment.

Anthony Chisholm has died aged 77

Probably best know for playing Burr Redding on Oz

Best known for his recurring work on Oz‘s last three seasons, Chisholm starred in a total of 23 episodes from 2001-2003. His other TV credits include Law & Order: SVU, High Maintenance, Random Acts of Flyness, Hack and last year’s Hulu drama Wu-Tang: An American Saga.

Chisholm was a prolific stage veteran who frequently collaborated with playwright August Wilson. He starred as Wolf in the original run of Wilson’s Two Trains Running, which debuted at the Yale Repertory in 1990 and on Broadway in 1992. He also performed in Wilson’s Jitney and the first runs of Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf, the latter of which earned Chisholm a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2007.

In 2017, he returned to Broadway for the revival of Jitney, which ultimately won the Tony for Best Revival of a Play. He continued performing in the production’s national tour which spanned from September 2019 through February 2020.

Other notable credits include the cult classic Putney Swope, Jonathan Demme’s Beloved and Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq.

https://tvline.com/2020/10/17/anthony-chisholm-oz-dead-dies-obituary/

RIP the Amazing Randi, aka James Randi, who has sadly died, aged 92.



https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54642107

Magicians are the most honest people in the world. They tell you they're going to fool you, and then they do it.-James Randi

He was an incredibly talented magician and illusionist, but probably became best known for debunking pseudo scientists and conmen who claimed to be mindreaders, or telepathic, or speaking to the dead, or any other number of supernatural claims, many of whom exploited vulnerable and desperate individuals. His other exploits included escaping from a straightjacket, and creating the 'Guillotine' illusion for Alice Cooper, a stage trick where Cooper appeared to be beheaded by guillotine, in front of a live audience. It was often the closing trick to his live shows.

But he was also a frequent guest on Tv and in film. Appeared in Happy Days, Sesame Street, choreographed the illusions in the movie Ragtime, and multiple guest appearances on Johnny Carson (on one appearance, infamously, in which he exposed Uri Gellar as a fraud. Gellar was a frequent target of Randi's-for good reason). Other appearances included Penn and teller: Bullsh!t, and he was the focus of the documentary 'An Honest Liar', which chronicled his life, his decision to come out as gay at the age of 81, and his relationship with his partner, later husband, Jose Alvarez.

Penn Jillette tweeted this out.

https://twitter.com/pennjillette/status/1319015298184278016?s=20

Sad to hear of James Randi's passing. When I first discovered him I spent several hours on Youtube watching clips of him exposing several grifters and scammers. He did it in a very calm, polite way as well. My favourite one was the chap who claimed he could move pages with his mind. If I recall correctly he was actually blowing the pages and Randi used an experiment where he placed some material around the book that would move if any breath were to be used. Surprise, surprise, the superpower failed to work on the night.

My favourite Randi investigation was Peter Popoff. Evangelical grifter, criminal, thief. Its covered in the documentary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Popoff#Investigation_by_James_Randi

Whats astonishing is that Popoffs "career" recovered and hes as rich now as he ever was. A genuinely evil person.

Johnny Leeze has died,he played Ned Glover on Emmerdale.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8877785/Emmerdales-Johnny-Leeze-dies-aged-78-testing-positive-coronavirus.html

Skid X wrote: »

Frank Bough has died, he was 87. Frank was the presenter of Grandstand and many other BBC Sport shows in the 60s, 70s and 80s. He was also one of the launch presenters of Breakfast Time on BBC1. Very capable presenter on live TV, his career went downhill after a number of tabloid scandals

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54684374

He was a big part of my early years, Grandstand, and the show after the news - was it Nationwide?

The scandals were one of the first that I remember too, shocking for the avuncular family man image.

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Bobby Ball has died after a covid 19 diagnosis. Staple of 80s ITV and had a renaissance in recent years too. RIP

He still seemed spry whenever he popped up in Not Going Out as Lee's dad.
RIP Bobby

Sean Connery - Age 90, RIP

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Just heard,sad day

2020 continues to break hearts, spirits, and bodies...

Sincerely sad to hear this.:(:(:(

Tork wrote: »

At 90, it's no shock but it's sad all the same. He retired relatively young as actors go - I see the last film he made was The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen back in 2003.

His last few films were rather... not good. (His last film was Sir Billi in 2012).

The whole production of LoEG was a nightmare, apparently (Sets getting flooded, no extension on the filming deadline, etc etc). Connery wasn't in the best of form, physically. Much of his movements, such as running, were done by a double, because he was starting to have issues with his knees.