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Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

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Creator of TV cartoon Rocky and Bullwinkle dies
Associated Press

CARMEL, Calif. (AP) -- Pioneering TV cartoon artist Alexander Anderson Jr. - who created Rocky the flying squirrel, Bullwinkle the moose and Dudley Do-Right the Canadian mountie - has died at age 90.

Anderson's wife, Patricia, told The Associated Press that her husband, a longtime resident of Pebble Beach, Calif., died Friday at an assisted living facility in Carmel. He was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

With the goggle-wearing Rocky leading his somewhat slow but good-natured friend, Bullwinkle, the duo battled villains Boris and Natasha, agents of the nation of Pottsylvania, in the fictional town of Frostbite Falls, Minn.

The show spawned movies and memorable phrases, such as Rocky's "Hokey smoke" and Bullwinkle's "Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of a hat."

The inspiration for Bullwinkle came from a dream Anderson had in which he was playing poker with friends and a moose doing "silly card things" was sitting next to him, Patricia Anderson said.

The character's name came from a car dealership in Berkeley called "Bullwinkel Motors," which her husband thought was funny, she said.

Anderson told the San Francisco Chronicle in 1991 that he found there was "something majestic" about a moose.

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Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

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'Hawaii Five-0' Actor James MacArthur Dead at 72
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Stage and screen actor James MacArthur, who played "Danno" in the original version of television's "Hawaii Five-0," died Thursday at age 72.

MacArthur's agent, Richard Lewis, said the actor died in Florida of "natural causes," but no direct cause was specified.

In a career that spanned more than four decades, MacArthur was most recognized for his role as Detective Danny "Danno" Williams on "Hawaii Five-0," which aired from 1968 to 1980. Episodes often ended with detective Steve McGarret, the lead character, uttering what became a pop culture catch phrase: "Book 'em, Danno."

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chuckmo48 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:05 pm

A bit of trivia...

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James Gordon MacArthur was born December 8, 1937, in Los Angeles, California. Adopted as an infant by playwright Charles MacArthur and his wife, actress Helen Hayes.

LoisLane · **Joined:** Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:23 am **Posts:** 1641

mike3775 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:52 pm **Posts:** 2573

Sad to see Sparky died.

That guy was a riot to talk with about baseball

chuckmo48 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:50 am

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Jill Clayburgh, the sophisticated Hollywood and Broadway actress known for portrayals of empowered women in a career spanning five decades, highlighted by her Oscar-nominated role of a divorcee exploring life after marriage in the 1978 film "An Unmarried Woman," has died. She was 66.

Enrico_Pallazzo · **Joined:** Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:40 am **Posts:** 151

R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen
February 11, 1926 â€“ November 28, 2010

Oh say can you see
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hail
In the twilight's last gleaming
Whose bright stripes and broad stars
In the perilous night
For the ramparts we watched
uh, da-da-da-da-da-daaaa
And the rocket's red glare
Lots of bombs in the air
Gave proof to the night
That we still had our flag
Oh say does that flag banner wave
Over a-a-all that's free
And the home of the land
And the land of the free!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MIr-S6mwFk

chuckmo48 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:59 pm

Enrico_Pallazzo wrote:

R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen
February 11, 1926 â€“ November 28, 2010

...and don't call me Shirley!

LoisLane · **Joined:** Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:23 am **Posts:** 1641

Ron Santo #10

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:10 pm

Don Meredith, 'Monday Night Football' Analyst, Dead at 72

Don Meredith, the former 'Monday Night Football' co-host, has died at the age of 72.

Meredith passed away in Santa Fe, NM of complications from emphysema and a brain hemorrhage he suffered on Sunday. He previously suffered a stroke in 2004.

Meredith was probably unknown to many younger TV viewers, but "Dandy Don" was everywhere in the 1970s and '80s. His trademark while calling games, besides his casual demeanor and humor, was singing 'Turn Out The Lights' when it was obvious that the game was indeed over.

chuckmo48 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:28 pm

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. â€“ Elizabeth Edwards, who advocated for health care even as her own health and marriage publicly crumbled, died Tuesday after a six-year struggle with cancer. She was 61.

happy jack · **Joined:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:32 am **Posts:** 3789

chuckmo48 wrote:

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. â€“ Elizabeth Edwards, who advocated for health care even as her own health and marriage publicly crumbled, died Tuesday after a six-year struggle with cancer. She was 61.

A nice lady with a t u r d for a husband.
RIP.

chuckmo48 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:53 am

happy jack wrote:

chuckmo48 wrote:

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. â€“ Elizabeth Edwards, who advocated for health care even as her own health and marriage publicly crumbled, died Tuesday after a six-year struggle with cancer. She was 61.

A nice lady with a t u r d for a husband.
RIP.

Can't argue with you on that!

chuckmo48 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2010 3:46 pm

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Hall of fame pitcher Bob Feller died Wednesday night, and as Matt Schudel explains his legacy will live on through his amazing feats from the mound.

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Before he turned 23 in 1941, Mr. Feller - nicknamed "Rapid Robert" - had 107 victories and was well on his way to being one of the most dominant pitchers in history.

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:21 pm

Captain Beefheart, who has died aged 69, was provocative and unpredictable

The influence of Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, stretched from the Grateful Dead to the Sex Pistols and beyond

captain beefheart died aged 69 Captain Beefheart changed his name from Don Van Vliet at the suggestion of Frank Zappa. Photograph: EMI publishing

Don Van Vliet, better-known as Captain Beefheart, one of the most influential American musicians of the 1960s and 1970s and avant garde frontman of the Magic Band, has died in California, aged 69. A representative of the Michael Werner Gallery, in New York, which hosted several of his art exhibitions, confirmed his death from complications from multiple sclerosis in a statement yesterday.

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