The buddy movie has been done many times but rarely as good as in Midnight Run.
Patsy Bruce, country songwriter, whose ex-husband and co-songwriter died back in January, dies at 81.
Jay Barbree, journalist and author who covered every manned space launch through 1995.
Barbara Stone, agent to high-profile models
Eula Hall, Mud Creek Clinic founder and champion of health care and worker’s rights in Appalachia, dies at 93.
I missed this last month, but it looks like everyone else did, as well: songwriter and steel guitar virtuoso Rusty Young has joined Heaven’s house band. He cofounded the country rock band Poco, and wrote two songs in heavy rotation on my playlist - “Crazy Love” and “Rose of Cimarron”. He died of a heart attack on April 14th.
They say a person is never truly dead until the last seed they’ve planted is gone. Rest now, Rusty - your legacy will live on.
well …
Dammit. I did a search for “Rusty Young” before I posted that. I guess the April post never came up because his name was only mentioned in the link. Thanks, I’m glad to see Dopers didn’t let his death pass unnoticed.
Paul Mooney, actor, comedian, writer, and Richard Pryor collaborator, dies at 79 of a heart attack.
Goddammit. I really admired Mooney as a writer and comedian.
Yeah, so are any of the child abuse claims against him(Paul Mooney) legit or are they not real? I had never heard of the claims until, well, yesterday. He was definitely a really funny comedian; I just wonder if any of these allegations were known to be true.
Absolutely. It doesn’t seem to get anywhere near as much love as other buddy movies, but it’s definitely one of the best.
There’s a rumor that Mooney allegedly molested Richard Pryor’s son. Pryor was rumored to have wanted to have Mooney killed. It was started by Pryor’s bodyguard and was apparently only stopped when Pryor had his freebasing accident.
Richard Pryor, Jr has confirmed that he was raped as a child, but never actually said that it was Mooney who did it.
That’s the only thing I could find on his wiki entry. I don’t know what to believe about the allegations.
The Father of Hybrid Rice, Yuan Longping, has passed away at 91.
Andre Ribeiro, former Indy Car racer, has made his last pit stop on lap 55.
Paul Van Doren, Van’s Shoes cofounder dead at 90.
Lee Evans, Olympic 400 Meter champion and human rights activist dies at 74 from stroke complications.
Ally Sidloski,University of Cincinnati soccer star dead at 21 from drowning.
Mark York, the paraplegic actor known for playing Billy Merchant on The Office, has died at 55.
Samuel E. Wright, the voice of Sebastian the crab in ‘The Little Mermaid,’ dies at age 74.
Robbie McCauley, award-winning playwright and actor dies at 78
^ at 91. I came in to post the same: