Category Archives: ’80s

Robert Blake, ‘Baretta’ & ‘Our Gang’ Star Acquitted of Murder, Dies @ 89

March 9, 2023 Via ExtraTV: Robert Blake, whose nearly 60-year career was overshadowed by a seamy murder trial — and acquittal — died Thursday, March 9, 2023, at his L.A. home of heart disease. He was 89. Fred on top (Image via TV Guide) Blake was born Michael James Gubitosi in Nutley, New Jersey, on…

Topol, Famed for His Performances as Tevye, Dies @ 87

March 9, 2023 Chaim Topol, known as Topol professionally, died March 9, 2023, in Tel Aviv. He was 87. Fiddler's father (GIF via GIPHY) Last year, the entertainer's family announced he was in the final stages of Alzheimer's disease, requesting privacy from fans. Topol was born September 9, 1935, in what is now Israel. He…

Ed Fury, Sword-and-Sandal Adonis, Dies @ 94

March 6, 2023 Better off Ed (Image by Bob Mizer/AMG) Ed Fury, a physique-model legend and legit movie star in the '60s, died at 94 on February 24, 2023. The sad news of Fury's passing was confirmed by his wife to various friends, who broke the news on social media. https://www.tiktok.com/@boyculturedotcom/video/7207517022647881002?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7200813291274503722 Born Rupert Edmund Holovchik…

Angela Bassett’s Not Bitter About Oscar Loss, Yoko Ono Retires to the Country & More

March 3, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Will she get an Oscar for her work in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever? (Image via video still) EW.COM: Angela Bassett, 64, is up for an Oscar this year, but she's not bitter about losing for What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). KENNETH IN…

Griffin Dunne & Amy Robinson Revisit 1985’s ‘After Hours’

February 26, 2023 Creative gold — Dunne & Robinson (Images by Matthew Rettenmund, unless noted) On Sunday, actor Griffin Dunne, 67, and former actor Amy Robinson, 74, appeared at NYFCC's screening of After Hours (1985), one of many classic films the two produced as creative partners. The film was the best-attended repertory event at the…

Walter Mirisch, Oldest-Surviving Oscar Winner, Past Academy President, Dies @ 101

February 25, 2023 Mirisch became a beloved and outspoken authority on the art and business of film. (Image via video still) Walter Mirisch, who was the only person ever to win the Irving G. Thalberg Award, an Oscar for Best Picture and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award — and who had been the oldest-surviving Oscar…

Shelley Duvall on Her Return to Acting, Neo-Nazis vs. ‘Parade’ & More

February 22, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: I have faith her new movie won't be what used to be called "hagploitation." Everything she does has instant depth. (Image via video still) PEOPLE: Shelley Duvall, 73, has had a tough go of it, but lately, she's rebounding. In a new Q&A, she posits…

Barbara Bosson, of ‘Hill Street Blues’ & ‘The Last Starfighter,’ Dies @ 83

February 20, 2023 Sad to report Barbara Bosson, who was the achingly vulnerable divorcée Fay Furillo on Hill Street Blues, died Saturday, February 18, 2023, in L.A. in her sleep. Bosson as Fay (Image via NBC) Born November 1, 1939, in Pennsylvania, she lived in Florida before moving to NYC to pursue acting. She was…

Richard Belzer, Stand-Up Great & ‘SVU’ Mainstay, Dies @ 78

February 19, 2023 The great — and edgy — Richard Belzer died today at 78. The marvelous Munch (Image via NBC) He was at his home in France when he died, and his confirmed last words were: "F**k you, motherf**ker!" — definitely in keeping with his raunchy stand-up persona. Belzer was a comedian's comedian —…

Raquel Welch, International Sex Symbol, Dies @ 82

February 15, 2023 The death of Raquel Welch today at 82 — after what was reportedly a brief illness — is one of those wake-up calls that yes, everyone dies. Welch was 71 (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) Though she'd mostly been in hiding following the cancellation of the Canadian series Date My Dad and the smashing…

Category Archives: ’80s

Robert Blake, ‘Baretta’ & ‘Our Gang’ Star Acquitted of Murder, Dies @ 89

Topol, Famed for His Performances as Tevye, Dies @ 87

Ed Fury, Sword-and-Sandal Adonis, Dies @ 94

Angela Bassett’s Not Bitter About Oscar Loss, Yoko Ono Retires to the Country & More

Griffin Dunne & Amy Robinson Revisit 1985’s ‘After Hours’

Walter Mirisch, Oldest-Surviving Oscar Winner, Past Academy President, Dies @ 101

Shelley Duvall on Her Return to Acting, Neo-Nazis vs. ‘Parade’ & More

Barbara Bosson, of ‘Hill Street Blues’ & ‘The Last Starfighter,’ Dies @ 83

Richard Belzer, Stand-Up Great & ‘SVU’ Mainstay, Dies @ 78

Raquel Welch, International Sex Symbol, Dies @ 82

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