Amazing actor. The first film of his that I’d seen was actually Colors, back when I was a kid. I didn’t know much about anything back then but his performance left a mark on me. With time, I realised how much of a film heavyweight he actually was. Rest in peace.
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Some deaths resonate more than others, especially when I remember them from my teenage years. His film performances from the 1970s alone would put many others to shame.
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I’m rewatching Lonesome Dove right now and this thought crossed my mind
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Oh no…
He’ll always be Tom Hagen to me.
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Being an ex Argentine Tango dancer in a past life myself… I found it interesting that Robert Duvall was also a lover of the dance, so much so, he practised most days of his later life…
Here is an article stating such..
Argentine Tango and Robert Duvall
BTW… I liked him best in Open Range with Kevin Costner
RIP Robert Duvall, a one of a kind
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Colours was awesome at the time, too… he was pretty cool in that
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He had a small part in Gone in 60 Seconds but it was quality!
RIP Mr Duvall
Greater pens than mine can write of his work, his character and the influence he had on so many, but this caught my eye from that interview with him…
“When the game starts, you use what you’ve got – and don’t cry about what you don’t have. You run to your strength”
I think that can be applied in many areas, not just the field of sport.
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Rest in Peace
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Rob Grant, the creator of the Red Dwarf series, has died:
https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/8655/rip-rob-grant/
This seems very sudden as i was reading that he had a Red Dwarf book due to be published.
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Some old Red Dwarf clips started popping up in my YouTube feed, got me all nostalgic and I started watching it again from series one only the other day. I really enjoyed the books too, hopefully there is enough there that they can still release the one he was working on.
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I’m wondering whether there will be enough interest in it. This was the article that I was reading the other day:
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Neil Sedaka has died - He was 86yrs young
Not so much recently, but his music was forever being played in the background for many years - RIP Neil Sedaka
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Am i right in thinking he wrote ‘My Way’ ?
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No…
Paul Anka wrote the English lyrics for “My Way” which was famously released by Frank Sinatra in 1969. While the melody is from the 1967 French song “Comme d’habitude” composed by Claude François and Jacques Revaux, Anka completely rewrote the lyrics to fit a new, unrelated theme of reflection and defiance at the end of a life.
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Phil Campbell of Motörhead has died aged 64:
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When you’re in a band for more than 30 years with an absolute heavyweight and a cultural icon like Lemmy was, it’s no surprise that you’ll always be somewhat out of the spotlight but those 30+ years should speak for themselves about how important he was for rock’n’roll and heavy metal music and culture. The only flaw I could find about him was that he was a Man United fan, eh… Rest in peace.
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