Birth Country: United States. I remember telling my photography teacher soon after Ritts' death that it was because of AIDS so I had read about it pretty soon after. He begins at 3:50. He is best known for his appearances with the promotion World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s. Remi Laurent -- he played the son in the original film of La Cage aux Folles (1978) and died in 1989. [quote]Micheal Jeter From Evening Shade died of Aids. The reality is probably much more complex. The "we can make a brooch, we can make a pteradactyl" queen from the movie AIRPLANE. I'm really happy that someone started this thread. Anyone can read what you share. He died just sixteen hours before King Kong's co-producer, Merian C. Cooper. I've always wondered. He died in 1988 at age 49 of complications from AIDS. During those times they just used other illnesses to cloak the real reasons but these were sexually active gay men who died young. R182 Wow! Rita M. Armstrong Death. [quote]For years, I thought that Keene Curtis died of AIDS. was a regular cast member in the television series T.H.E. The series centers on a powerful head of Century Studios and a group of up-and-coming starlets. Know his, Estimated Net Worth, Age, Biography Wikipedia Wiki . However, lots and lots of men in their 30s and 40s died unusually young from cancer or pneumonia :P A high school friend, a talent musician, died of aids. Cause of death: Prostatic hypertrophy . 2012 in his home in Studio City, California from natural causes. Court Miller, one of the actors in Torch Song Trilogy, and Kim Milford, who was on Broadway in Hair and Rocky Horror Larry Kert, the original Tony in West Side Story, replaced Dean Jones in Company, died of AIDS. West End actor Martin Smith is also mentioned in the piece above. Terry Lester died from heart disease. You think she was lying? Everyone said, "I never knew Harry had a drinking problem. He was Alfonso Ribeiro's dad on the show. Who knows what's up with that marriage, but they support each other and that's that. Paul Jabara-he wrote and won an Oscar for Last Dance sun by Donna Summer. end cause. Except the people that talk to it.]. Although I wonder, had he lived, how well he would have been able to transition - because even between the early 80s and late 80s/early 90s the style of comedy in movies changed SO much. [quote]Parker styled himself as the quintessential clone of the period; a mustachioed, uber-male strapped into tight, silver spandex jumpsuits and was obviously at ease sexually with both genders. Please click here to register for free. Notably, Parker must have had an influence on the quality of the tunes as both singles are co-written by him and stand out in Morali's pantheon for being slower and more thoughtful than the majority of his releases of the period. He was a model for Yves St. Laurent and others. September 9, 2022 by Prinzo. r195, do you mean Playgirl's own Chris George? I didn't see how many pages it was, already mentioned obviously. Mr. Armstrong traveled to New York and then accepted an offer to work with his uncle, Paul Armstrong, a writer and producer. Anyway, most of these people (Southerns, Mid-Westerns) just COULDN'T" WAIT to see Disney's musical, "Alladin". According to his sister Stephanie, survivors include his parents Robert and Lisa, his sisters Brittany, Krystal, and Stephanie, and his grandmother Joanne. So wonderful Holy shit, Michael Jeter's performance in "Take the Glass" from Grand Hotel, linked at R94, is freaking amazing! David Oliver, appeared on "Another World" from 1983 to 1985, then landed a role in the acclaimed mini-series "A Year in the Life" (1986), playing Sarah Jessica Harper's husband, a role he reprised when it was turned into a series for the 1987-88 season. [8] He appeared in 127 films between 1927 and 1964; very prolific in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he made nine movies in 1928 alone. Most of the cast from "The Boys In the Band" (1970). This film was another stop-motion animation giant gorilla fantasy, made by the same King Kong team of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Charles Lee Ward, the tall blond dancer in the same production, also died far too young, and I am sure other men in that company did as well. In the film, Armstrong co-starred with Helen Vinson, Richard Cromwell and Jack La Rue. Cause of Death and EndofLife Experiences in Individuals with Dementia with Lewy Bodies. I'm reading this thread alongside the "People Who Lived Through the AIDS Onset" and it's been an education, tragic and moving. Born to Brainard Leroy and Evelyn (Martin) Arm Death record, obituary, funeral notice and information about the deceased person. Where's the troll who always insists Jill Clayburgh died of AIDS? You think the fantasy will equal the reality. Months later, he starred as Carl Denham again in the sequel, Son of Kong, released the same year. I have to wonder if that was some sort of inside joke. During those hell years I cut out every obit concerning an aids related death. No AIDS, and not gay, although he was very gay friendly. If you only know him from Evening Shade, or you don't know him, the Grand Hotel clip is him at his (or anyone's) best. R237, it just occurred to me today that the onset of AIDS and it's mysterious and sudden tragic effects are just as fresh/old in our minds as the devastation of the WWII holocaust was in the minds of Jews back in 1975 (as Bette Midler would let us know in her stage act, when talking about visiting Germany, right around then). I've been practicing law since 1985. He Was Born With A Silver Spoon. He wasn't mentioned in obits. Later on he speaks of what a good man Hal Linden was and how much he admires hm, so it's clearly not Linden. I'm shocked that no one's mentioned Legit Actor/Porn Actor/Singer, Dennis Parker aka Wade Nichols yet. Armstrong died at age 95 of natural causes in Studio City, California on July 27, 2012. . Click episode number for show page at main site. Not too many opportunities available, even with character/supporting/secondary roles. Rene Enriquez who was a part of the ensemble cast of HILL STREET BLUES. Ruptured Abdominal Aneurysm. Stephen Schwartz was a good friend of Billy Byers. The Armstrong Curse was a joke that led to moniker that took . Sad. OK, that's bizarre and kind of maybe explains why when he came to pick me up for that last/aborted date he took a bath at my place. Someone here claimed the guy who played Daddy Warbucks' gardener in 1982's [italic]Annie[/italic] died of AIDS, but since he is neither credited in the film or listed on IMDb, I cannot recall his name. Beth Armstrong Cause Of Death: Obituary. Thanks for that link, r44. [quote]What about Jim Henson? Tom obviously touched a lot of people with his talent and honesty. I mean you know that must be true. Live. I was an active member of our alumni association and he passed shortly before a reunion. Died in December 11, 1986 the day after his 31st birthday. Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm. I loved Paper Dolls as a kid. R55, thank you for mentioning Swen Swenson; I'm old; I had the great pleasure of seeing him, 3 times, in the first touring company of "Annie" in 1977 (in San Francisco.) I knew him in the 70s and early 80s. IIRC his first female *relations* came via Victoria Principal well into his adult years and the subsequently married a woman. Brett was gay after his marriage to Anna Massey. I saw Howard Rollins in a London production of I'm Not Rappaport co-starring the incredible Paul Scofield. I would not put it past him to have also got it from a guy--he was one of those guys who would fuck anything that moved. In the 1950s, he appeared as Sheriff Andy Anderson on Rod Cameron's syndicated western-themed television series, State Trooper. I remember Dack Rambo discussing his diagnosis on some talk show when I got home from school. His age is unknown at the time of writing but he was a young man. Played "Johnny" in the Airplane movies. Is like when you kill the flowers and the weeds take over the garden. He was the father of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and father-in-law of Princess Margaret, younger daughter of George VI . Not an actor, but director Colin Higgins, who directed 9 to 5 (which I'm watching right now) and Foul Play. I can;t stand Swen Swenson's voice singing "I've Got Your Number." r114, what makes you think those three actors are living with AIDS? He documented his slow death from AIDS in the documentary Life and Death on the A List (1996); he died the same year. Kind of a psychopath. You might want to stop talking to it.]. [quote]The most beautiful man in the world in the seventies, Hiram Keller. I have only ever seen Joel from the 70s and later, with the moustache. Funeral Home Services for Robert are being provided by J M Wilkerson Funeral Establishment, Inc. - Petersburg. William lived in 1861, at address. 1. So many beautiful young men snatched away before their time. I'm not denying the publicist downplayed the cause of death, though. Widely regarded as one of the club's greatest ever players David Armstrong's cause of death has become one of fans' questions after he passed away at the age of 67 on August 21, 2022. Brad Davis' wife wrote a book, based on the fact that he died of aids. Best Known For: George . It was beauty killed the beast." We became good friends and spent a lot of time together, He and his partner and my husband and I socialized frequently..he even helped my husband build bookshelves and a window seat in our apartment. An English photographer and filmmaker by the name of Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO, FRSA, RDI wed Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II's sister, for ten years, from 1960 until 1978. Name: George Custer. [quote]Stephen W. Burns made a potentially promising film debut in the last (and worst) of the initial Herbie films, Herbie Goes Bananas (1980). (There is some disagreement over this, since other bios say he died of cancer from smoking.). Armstrong died of a heart attack in his sleep, a month before his 70th birthday on July 6, 1971. Michael Landon. Robert Armstrong (actor), better known by the Family name Robert William Armstrong, was a popular actor (1890-1973). Leonard Frey was a gifted comic actor who could do drama as well. Tony (English) 0 references. Davis was dying of AIDS and then the wife helped him commit suicide before the the end came naturally. In contrast to his buttoned-down image on CBS' In the Heat of the Night, Rollins sometimes wore a long, startling wig of dreadlocks when he cruised the North Georgia roads last year in his maroon 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII. I actually knew Richard Warwick - slightly, he used to frequent a gay bar (The Colherne - now gone) my gang used to drink in at Earls Court, back in the early 80s, so we got chatting a few times, and almost picked each other up once, but something came up and it didnt happen. I knew him in the 70s and early 80s. . If he returns to Covington, 30 miles east of Atlanta where filming started April 28 for the seventh season of Heat of the Night, he will be arrested and almost certainly jailed. Such dark, shitty days. Christopher Bernau: won huge acclaim (as in, some said even better than Frank Langella in Bway version) for "Dracula" in an Off-Bway "Dracula" in - late 70's (I think; NYC gays, pls correct if am wrong with dates). There's a compilation of her articles in print, and one of them she talks about a man with AIDS who stayed alive by drinking his own pee. There is nothing like a good thread like this to cheer me up. Did TV and movies-- probably '70s and '80s. Although Robert Armstrong starred in more than 100 adventure movies of all varieties, it was this line, spoken as an obituary to a slain 50 foot gorilla, that survived as his most famous film utterance. Text size. He's one of the sweetest, gentlest men I know, and one of the most gifted actors,' O'Connor told a small group of TV writers in Los Angeles earlier this year. He tries to restrain his gayness but it makes him seem even faggier. His first play on Broadway, in Is Zat So, gained him the fame to sign with RKO Pathe on a longterm contract. I've never had that happen before, you know, where your date shows up and asks to take a bath. not the AIDS. [quote]Whenever I watch the movie version of "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" , I.wonder how many of those beautiful talented dancers in the football team locker room number are still with us. Irving Allen Lee, Joel Crothers, and Dennis Parker; all of The Edge of Night. He has that very distinct late 70s/early 80s style of comedy that I grew up with and love. 308, he is already mentioned repeatedly up thread [quote] During those hell years I cut out every obit concerning an aids related death. I moved to NYC as an 18 year-old in 1981, coinciding with the official beginning of the AIDS epidemic. Birth Name: Robert William Armstrong. It was awful. The Bethesda CEO, the husband of Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter, Robert a. Altman's cause of death finally released after he passed away Feb. 3 at 73. [quote]Rollins was arrested three times in eight months for DUI, reckless driving and speeding, leading to jail time and intensive treatment for substance abuse. 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