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Lisa Marie Presley just passed away. :classic_sad:

And she was just shown at the Golden Globes back on Tuesday, when Austin Butler thanked her and Priscilla Presley, as part of his Golden Globe win speech, for portraying Elvis, in the movie "Elvis".

Sad.

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Melinda Dillon, who was Mother Parker in "A Christmas Story"... just passed away at age 83.

But let's not forget her Oscar nominated turns in "Close Encounters of The Third Kind," and "Absence of Malice".

A great actress.

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Burt Bacharach, just passed away, at age 94.

He was a big part of my life, musically. From the Broadway musical "Promises,Promises" (based on the film "The Apartment."); his soundtrack to "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid;" launching Dionne Warwick's career... and on and on.

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Raquel Welch just passed away, at age 82.

Apart from all the movies and television she did, she actually did some Broadway turns, too. She replaced Lauren Bacall in "Woman of The Year" (which I got to see her in, in October of 1982), and replacing Julie Andrews, in the stage version of "Victor/Victoria", later on.

RIP Raquel. You are/were "One in A Million (Years BC)" 😉 💋

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Raquel and "the boys" in "Woman of The Year", 1981-82.

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I'm so glad she was a part of the creation of her Bio-Musical, "Tina". Right up to when the actor portraying her, won The TONY for the part.

She was an amazing performer. Got to see her - experience her - on two different tours. With Ike, and then on her own with the (what I call) "What's Love Tour." Awesome performer she was.

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Chita Rivera, age 91. ☹️

I was so lucky to see her live on stage not once, but three times! She came to Vancouver during a late 1960's Festival, playing Charity in the tour "Sweet Charity." Then I saw her in 1976 in New York, as the original Velma Kelly in the original run of "Chicago." And then, after she had won the Tony for her role in "Kiss of The Spider Woman," she toured with the show - which I find most original Broadway leads never do - and I saw her twice when she was here with the show.

She also was the original Anita in the original cast of "West Side Story."

One of a kind she was. Bless her for blessing us with her talent and charm.

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16 hours ago, Nrthwnd said:

🦁 James Earl Jones. 93.

Think this might just be one of the hardest to accept.... as a Star Wars/Lion King/Coming to America geek it's hard to take. He had a long life but still!

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Everyone in the original Godzilla...

My daughter is obsessed with Godzilla right now, so I was thinking about this the other day. I like some old movies too, so sometimes I stop and realize that none of those people are alive anymore.

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Funnily enough, I get that way, too. For some reason I do it with animals more. Every time I see someone petting a cat in an older movie I immediately default to remembering that cat is long gone by now.

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Dame Maggie Smith.  😢

Known for (on film) the "Harry Potter" series, and (on TV) "Downton Abbey" recently, and so many, many movies in her career.

Won the Oscar for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in 1969.

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