T'giving Celeb Death Trifecta: Anita O'Day, Betty Comden, Phillippe Noiret

[Eve]

Yikes. From the AP:

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Anita O’Day, whose sassy renditions of “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Sweet Georgia Brown” and other song standards that made her one of the most respected jazz vocalists of the 1940s and '50s, has died. She was 87.

NEW YORK (AP) – Betty Comden, whose more than 60-year collaboration with Adolph Green produced the classic New York stage musical “On the Town,” as well as “Singin’ in the Rain,” has died. She was 89.

PARIS (AP) – Philippe Noiret, a beloved French actor featured in the popular “Il Postino” (“The Postman”), died Thursday, the Culture Ministry said. He was 76.

[lissener]

Anita’s one of my favorite singers; one of a handful whose scatting doesn’t make me cringe. And Betty Comden, on *top *of all her other accomplishments, stepped in as Greta Garbo’s double when Sidney Lumet couldn’t take La Garbo into cameoing as herself in 1984’s Garbo Talks.

[Cunctator]

Three deaths - and I don’t recognise any of them.

[Mehitabel]

Oh no! Comden and Green were one of the most amazing theater teams ever, and I’ve owned and listened to most of their work since I was a kid. I saw them perform live in a concert presentation of ON THE TOWN in 1998 and then saw Betty at Adolph’s memorial service a few years later. She came in, supported by two handsome Broadway stars, and got a standing ovation. Even then she was frail bit she was beaming and gave a wise and funny eulogy for her friend that had the place in tears and laughter one more time.

The lights will dim on Broadway for her tomorrow, and she’ll deserve it richly.

[Eve]

@Cunctator

Three deaths - and I don’t recognise any of them.

Gee, I probably should have included some brief, one-sentence description of their careers, maybe from the AP or something . . .

[lissener]

@Eve

Gee, I probably should have included some brief, one-sentence description of their careers, maybe from the AP or something . . .

Ah, but if you’d done that, then Cunct’ would have had no excuse for threadshitting.

[Snooooopy]

On the next episode of CSI, Grissom and the team discover that three seemingly unrelated Thanksgiving deaths are actually part of a chilling pumpkin pie conspiracy.

[ColonelDax]

I’m sorry to hear about the death of Philippe Noiret, an excellent actor, IMHO. I particularly enjoyed his performance in the very funny and affecting *Les Ripoux * (1984), released in the U.S. as My New Partner.

[Annie-Xmas]

One of my favorite Xmas CDS is Broadway Christmas. The first song is “Be a Santa” from Comden & Green’s “Subways are for Sleeping.”

Great songwriter. Broadway has lost another one

[Sonia_Montdore]

Betty Comden died? She was a great talent. A bit of trivia: the character Lily Marton in The Band Wagon (1953), played by Nanette Fabray, was based on Comden.

[Equipoise]

@ColonelDax

I’m sorry to hear about the death of Philippe Noiret, an excellent actor, IMHO. I particularly enjoyed his performance in the very funny and affecting *Les Ripoux * (1984), released in the U.S. as My New Partner.

:eek: I’ve never seen Il Postino so I didn’t know who that was, but I adore My New Partner! Thank you for pointing that out.

RIP Anita, Betty and Phillippe. (And Robert Altman)

[Tuckerfan]

@Snooooopy

On the next episode of CSI, Grissom and the team discover that three seemingly unrelated Thanksgiving deaths are actually part of a chilling pumpkin pie conspiracy.

At the end, it will be revealed that the murderer isThe Great Pumpkin! :eek:

[Eve]

@lissener

Ah, but if you’d done that, then Cunct’ would have had no excuse for threadshitting.

Awww, I was in a bad mood last night and now I’m sorry for being so hard on him. Shoulda included a smilie, except I’m allergic to them.