James Coburn Died.

Flangepart · November 19, 2002, 11:07:38 AM

Heard it on the radio driveing to work. Who has the link to the most current headline?

Chadzilla · November 19, 2002, 01:54:21 PM

Not me, but I saw it on the news. Dang that is sad, he was da bomb!

Fearless Freep · November 19, 2002, 01:55:45 PM

Another actor who was a star when young and aged very well.

raj · November 19, 2002, 02:03:45 PM

Indeed.

I always liked his Derek Flint movies, they were one of the usual rotations of 4:30 movies on WABC. And of course, The Great Escape.

Here's a link: (sorry for the URL wrap)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&ncid=579&e=3&cid=638&u=/nm/20021119/en_nm/people_coburn_dc

Fearless Freep · November 19, 2002, 02:11:50 PM

Although he only had like five lines in "The Magnificent Seven" I liked his character.

"Nobody throws me my own guns and says run...nobody"

"I was aiming for the horse"

Dano · November 19, 2002, 05:51:14 PM

Time to go rent Payback again...

just kidding.

Fearless Freep · November 19, 2002, 08:32:37 PM

Time to go rent Payback again...

Ironically, that's a reference I often use, My wife's not always good at matching actor names with faces. Whenever I mention James Coburn I always have to say "you know, the one in the Mel Gibson movie who was really upset about his alligator luggage getting shot up"

---upate--
this just happened again when I went to tell her James Coburn had died. She looks confused, until I quoted the above line exactly (and then she died laughing when I showed her the post)

John · November 20, 2002, 04:42:14 AM

I always remember him from Looker.

Neville · November 20, 2002, 08:46:20 AM

A tragedy. For me he'll always be the antihero from Peckinpah's movies, Steiner in "Cross of iron" and Pat Garret in "Pat Garret & Billy the kid". The scene in the director's cut of the last one, when he bites the dust at the beginning, is one of my favourite deaths in cinma history. And yes, he aged very well. Even in his minor roles he was great, and I won't ever forget all the energy he put in his role in "Affliction". A superb performance.

Flangepart · November 20, 2002, 02:02:18 PM

Yep. And now....every one i wondering, who the next two to go will be.

raj · November 20, 2002, 05:08:17 PM

I keep predicting that Bob Hope's gotta go soon, he's nearly 100.

Chadzilla · November 20, 2002, 06:42:41 PM

raj wrote:
>
> I keep predicting that Bob Hope's gotta go soon, he's nearly
> 100.

Well Richard Harris departed earlier this week - let me rack my brain for some possibles, all within age requirements (60s and beyond) of dances with the Grim Reaper....

Is Mickey Rooney still around?

Paul Newman?
Robert Altman?
Sydney Lumet?
Clint Eastwood!?! (He's what, 72 or 3)
Jack Nicholson?
Christopher Lee!?! NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! :(
Ronald Reagan (He's dead already - He doesn't know who Nancy is any longer)
Richard Attenborough?
Charles Bronson? (Oh Charlie, you will be missed, but something tells me you miss Jill, a lot)
Michael Winner?
John Carpenter? (Dude stills smokes, can't be good for him)
George A. Romero?
Pat Robertson (Just how good are those age defying shakes and pancakes, Pat?)
Chuck Norris?
Freddie Francis?
Richard Pryor?
Martin Landau?
Woody Allen?
Jack Palance?

I'm getting depressed, anybody else want to drop a name into the Dead Pool?

Fearless Freep · November 20, 2002, 08:20:27 PM

Play "Celebrity Dead Pool" !

John · November 20, 2002, 10:37:48 PM

I think it will be either Martin Landau or Jack Palance.

raj · November 21, 2002, 01:13:50 PM

Dang, Mickey Rooney's got a flick coming out next year, according to IMDB:
Plot Outline: Biopic about former Las Vegas singer Patricia Paradise and her search for Shangri-La.
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0323576
It doesn't appeal to me, but at 82, he's still working.