Category Archives: ’80s

More Than Lily Munster: Celebrating Yvonne De Carlo

Trodding the boards in Follies (Image via Playbill) In honor of the great Yvonne De Carlo's birth anniversary (she would be turning 99 — five months younger than Betty White is), check out these videos, which illuminate some of the breadth of her talent beyond her charming and iconic performance as Lily on The Munsters. First…
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TV Icon Ed Asner Dies @ 91

Ed Asner, a TV icon for his performances on Mary Tyler Moore and Lou Grant, died Sunday at his home Sunday. He was 91. Didn't we all? (GIF via GIPHY) His family announced his death on Twitter, writing, "We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully. Words cannot express the…
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Stamos’s Cure for Trigger Finger, Sirhan Sirhan to Be Freed?, Enos Envy & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: Full House-pital (Image via Instagram) PEOPLE: Even ailing, John Stamos, 58, looks good. He posted a selfie from a hospital bed following surgery for a condition known as "trigger finger." HUFF POST: Sirhan Sirhan, the 77-year-old convicted assassin of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), has been granted…
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‘Dynasty’s’ Dex Dexter, Michael Nader, Dies @ 76

Michael Nader, the dashing actor most famous for playing Dex Dexter on Dynasty, died Monday at his Northern California home of cancer. He was 76. Nader with co-star Joan Collins (Image via ABC) MichaelFairmanTV.com was first to report the sad news. In a statement to the outlet, Nader's wife Jodi Lister said, “With heavy heart, I’m…
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Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones Dies at 80

Rolling Stones star Charlie Watts (above left, with Ronnie Wood), the sartorially resplendent, reserved drummer for one of rock's most iconic bands, died Tuesday at 80, less than a month after bowing out of the band's No Filter Tour due to an unspecified medical procedure. In a statement, a publicist for the family reported, "It…
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He Likes Ike (Eisenmann): New Doc Fulfills Teen Dream

Dion Labriola wanted to be a fresh, young filmmaker for the '80s, and he envisioned his sci-fi creation as an animated feature starring Ike Eisenmann of the Witch Mountain flicks. In order to make this happen, he sent Ike an official offer (on lined essay paper) or two (or 100), but couldn't get through. Seeing…
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Patricia Hitchcock, ‘Strangers on a Train’ Star, Dies @ 93

Patricia Hitchcock, whose performance as a bespectacled Barbara in the film classic Strangers on a Train included participation in an iconic scene, has died at 93. Ms. Hitchcock through the years (Images via headshots) THR reports she died at her Thousand Oaks, California, home on Monday. The daughter of Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)…
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