Passings...

[Silent_Water]

One of the most famous French / European actors: Michel Piccoli.

He was also very famous in Germany because one of the best German actresses, Romy Schneider (she had an extremely famous, but very tragic life in reality), liked to make movies with him in France very much and he made ca. 220 movies in his lifetime!

Michel Piccoli - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Tod

Tod

www.tagesschau.de

 

[Apostate]

Earlier today I told a friend born in the early 1960’s that Eddie Haskell had passed away. Her response was an understandable "Who?"

Turns out you have to be of the older cohort of American baby boomers to remember Ken Osmond

Ken Osmond, the Mischievous Eddie Haskell on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ Dies at 76

Ken Osmond, the ‘Leave It to Beaver’ actor known for his convincing portrayal of the weaselly, two-faced suck-up Eddie Haskell on two iterations of the classic TV comedy, has died. He w…

www.hollywoodreporter.com

and his Eddie Haskell character, who set one's teeth on edge, and was gifted with an incredibly punchable face.

In a funny way. Really.

Honest.

 

[Barbaria1]

Turns out you have to be of the older cohort of American baby boomers to remember Ken Osmond

I'm not of that cohort, but I do know who Eddie was! RIP, Eddie.

 

[Frank Petrexa]

There is also this about Mr. Osmond. I guess it allowed him to get back into acting.
As an officer on motorcycle patrol, he grew a mustache to disguise himself. In 1980, he was shot three times in a chase with a suspected car thief but escaped serious injury: One bullet was stopped by his belt buckle, the others by his bulletproof vest. He was put on disability and retired from the force in 1988.

 

[Apostate]

There is also this about Mr. Osmond. I guess it allowed him to get back into acting.
As an officer on motorcycle patrol, he grew a mustache to disguise himself. In 1980, he was shot three times in a chase with a suspected car thief but escaped serious injury: One bullet was stopped by his belt buckle, the others by his bulletproof vest. He was put on disability and retired from the force in 1988.

Yikes. Ouch.

 

[Loxuru]

'Hitler's alligator' has died.

Alligator Saturnus has died in the zoo of Moscow today, 84 years old.

Born in the US in 1936, it was shipped to the Berlin zoo.

During a bomb raid on Berlin on the 23rd november 1943, Saturnus escaped from the zoo, and was not seen for 3 years, until a British soldier found it.

Since 1946, Saturnus was in the zoo of Moscow, where the myth was born that he had been 'Hitler's alligator'.

 

[Eulalia]

'Hitler's alligator' has died.

Alligator Saturnus has died in the zoo of Moscow today, 84 years old.

Born in the US in 1936, it was shipped to the Berlin zoo.

During a bomb raid on Berlin on the 23rd november 1943, Saturnus escaped from the zoo, and was not seen for 3 years, until a British soldier found it.

Since 1946, Saturnus was in the zoo of Moscow, where the myth was born that he had been 'Hitler's alligator'.

As they parted, they exchanged a fond farewell -
"See you later alligator!"
"In a while - Sieg Heil!"

 

[Naraku]

'Hitler's alligator' has died.

Alligator Saturnus has died in the zoo of Moscow today, 84 years old.

Born in the US in 1936, it was shipped to the Berlin zoo.

During a bomb raid on Berlin on the 23rd november 1943, Saturnus escaped from the zoo, and was not seen for 3 years, until a British soldier found it.

Since 1946, Saturnus was in the zoo of Moscow, where the myth was born that he had been 'Hitler's alligator'.

He was lucky no one found out what he was doing those missing 3 years.

 

[Praefectus Praetorio]

Earlier today I told a friend born in the early 1960’s that Eddie Haskell had passed away. Her response was an understandable "Who?"

Turns out you have to be of the older cohort of American baby boomers to remember Ken Osmond

Ken Osmond, the Mischievous Eddie Haskell on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ Dies at 76

Ken Osmond, the ‘Leave It to Beaver’ actor known for his convincing portrayal of the weaselly, two-faced suck-up Eddie Haskell on two iterations of the classic TV comedy, has died. He w…

www.hollywoodreporter.com

and his Eddie Haskell character, who set one's teeth on edge, and was gifted with an incredibly punchable face.

In a funny way. Really.

Honest.

Sad to tell, Eddie was my role model for a little while until a friend pointed out that he was supposed to be unlikable.

 

[Apostate]

Sad to tell, Eddie was my role model for a little while until a friend pointed out that he was supposed to be unlikable.

Hey, at least you shaped up and got a grip.

 

[Praefectus Praetorio]

Hey, at least you shaped up and got a grip.

Right you are Mr. Apostate, Sir. You are so smart!

 

[Apostate]

Right you are Mr. Apostate, Sir. You are so smart!

This is a common misconception.

 

[Barbaria1]

Sad to tell, Eddie was my role model for a little while until a friend pointed out that he was supposed to be unlikable.

Now I know where you get character material for all those Changi guards ...

 

[Apostate]

Now I know where you get character material for all those Changi guards ...

That took me a moment.

 

[Migoz2]

During a bomb raid on Berlin on the 23rd november 1943, Saturnus escaped from the zoo, and was not seen for 3 years, until a British soldier found it.

Some service personnel tried to smuggle home Lugers, or SS daggers. This guy went one better!

 

[Silent_Water]

According to various international collectors of statistics, today was the day of more officially counted cases of death because of the coronavirus worldwide in a shorter time than of any other disease during my lifetime of 57 years and this is a bit frightening for me because this disease "travelled" around the world in a shorter time than any other I have ever heard of. The plague around 1346 - 1350 needed three years to reach every European country - but we today, in our modern time made it possible for the coronavirus to go all around the globe in less than three months.

This makes me really sad although I really cannot complain about anything concerning myself compared to most people around the world - but every day in the last months when I bring a present or anything else for my mother to her old people's home, I am in fear of possibly having bought something for her or touched something with this virus on it and this fear is so irreal and unbearable for me like that I hope every day this feeling would soon disappear. It is really like being part in in a very dark dystopian science fiction movie about a possible danger you can not get rid of and you can never exclude. Every day, I hope this fear would go away soon.

In any case, during the last two days, there were newspaper articles around the world concerning the many deaths up to now and that they all were not numbers in a statistic, they were human beings like you or me. Today is also the day of more than 100 000 cases of death in the USA and so, it is also a day worth remembering all the dead around the world who were not really stars but nice and friendly persons who were killed by a coincidental encounter with this deadly virus.

My deepest condolences to all the surviving dependents in memory of all the victims of this virus.



In similar thoughts, many newspapers and TV stations in Europe took Sunday's frontpage of the New York Times as an example during the last two days to express their condolences, too, and they should also be mentioned:

The Project Behind a Front Page Full of Names (Published 2020)

A presentation of obituaries and death notices from newspapers around the country tries to frame incalculable loss.

www.nytimes.com

'Incalculable loss': New York Times covers front page with 1,000 Covid-19 death notices

As US Covid-19 death toll nears 100,000, Times presents a tribute to some of the Americans to fall victim to the disease

www.theguardian.com

“Perdita incalcolabile”: il New York Times dedica la prima pagina ai nomi di mille vittime del coronavirus

La prima pagina dell'edizione domenicale del New York Times è dedicata alle vittime americane del Covid-19. Un lungo elenco di mille persone, solo una minima parte dei quasi 100 mila che hanno finora perso la vita a causa del virus negli Stati Uniti: «Morti Usa verso 100 mila. Una perdita ...

www.lastampa.it

Eine Titelseite für die Toten

Der Verlauf der Corona-Pandemie lässt sich anhand von Tabellen und Diagrammen nachverfolgen. Doch die Toten sind mehr als nur Teil einer Statistik. Hinter jeder einzelnen Zahl steht eine eigene Geschichte. Die "New York Times" erinnert daran.

www.n-tv.de

 

[Loxuru]

The Bulgaria born American artist Christo (1935-2020), most famous for wrapping entire buildings, such as the Pont-Neuf in Paris (1985) and the Berlin Reichstag building (1995).

 

[Apostate]

The Bulgaria born American artist Christo (1935-2020), most famous for wrapping entire buildings, such as the Pont-Neuf in Paris (1985) and the Berlin Reichstag building (1995).

My Lady and I were underwhelmed by The Gates in Central Park, but still, it was visible from space.

 

[Migoz2]

Steve Priest, bass guitarist of The Sweet, 1948-2020. A little obscure, I grant, but if you are of a certain age and British you will have seen them numerous times on Top of the Pops. A nice piece here brings out his and the band's legacy

Steve Priest: the outrageous Sweet bassist who presaged heavy metal

He was cartoonish – once warned by David Bowie to tone down his makeup – and ‘built like a hod-carrier’, but Priest’s camped-up performances defined glam rock

www.theguardian.com

And I could have linked to one of their many well-known hits from the early '70s, but I think this song highlights his playing (as well as demonstrates that they were far more than just another glam-rock outfit)

 

[Loxuru]

And I could have linked to one of their many well-known hits from the early '70s, but I think this song highlights his playing (as well as demonstrates that they were far more than just another glam-rock outfit)

Good old times. There was much more quality in the music of such glam rock bands like Slade and The Sweet, than it was perceived then.

Now, only Andy Scott survives.