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Hollywood Deaths Over Thanksgiving Weekend
Source: Various Over the holiday weekend we lost a pair of Hollywood legends. Leslie Nielsen, comic genius and long-time leading man, died in Fort Lauderdale, FL surrounded by family and friends. He was 84.
Originally a serious actor who worked on landmark films like The Poseidon Adventure and Forbidden Planet among many, many others, Nielsen's fame rose from his bumbling comedic characters from movies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun series. He is survived by his (fourth) wife Barbaree and children Thea and Maura, whom the actor had with his second wife, Sandy Ullmann.
Just as devastating to learn was that last night, director/actor Irvin Kershner passed away at 87. "Kersh" as he was referred to by many of his friends and colleagues, most famously helmed The Empire Strikes Back, which many continue to call the greatest of the Star Wars films. Later in the 1980s he directed the non-canonical Bond film Never Say Never Again (it was the return of Sean Connery to the role he originated in a "redo" of Thunderball) and the Frank Miller-scripted Robocop 2. Other credits include The Eyes of Laura Mars and A Fine Madness.
Additionally, Kershner appeared on screen in films like The Last Temptation of Christ and Angus. He directed
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Comment by mst3k4evur on December 1, 2010 at 10:28pm -
I missed the news about Kershner the first time because I was so quick to comment on Nielson but I have a lot of respect for the man and hold Empire Strikes Back as one of my favorite movies of all time.
Why Lucas didn't have him helm all three good Star Wars films I'll never know, but he gave the second movie a sense of drama, artistic beauty and character depth the others didn't have.
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Comment by Timothy Richard Elliott on November 30, 2010 at 8:49pm -
Rest In Peace my friends... We will never forget you...
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Comment by Pretty in Plague on November 30, 2010 at 4:06pm -
Leslie Nielson. ;______; Noooooooooooo!! Watching Naked Gun 3 right now... wow it's so weird,sorta like how I felt watching a Greg Giraldo stand-up show a day after he died. May he rest in peace.
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Comment by Fernando Palacios on November 30, 2010 at 2:02pm -
noooooooooooooooo! T.T
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Comment by Wes964 on November 30, 2010 at 1:18pm -
RIP for both of them. Airplane! and The Empire Strikes back are both among my favorite movies of all time.
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Comment by Thomas on November 30, 2010 at 12:51pm -
RIP
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Comment by AEGIS on November 30, 2010 at 11:06am -
I randomly heard about Nielsen last night. He's one of my favorite actors of all time.
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Comment by David on November 30, 2010 at 8:16am -
Really sad news R.I.P for both of them true legends of film you just wish people could live for ever.
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Comment by Dawnell_do on November 30, 2010 at 6:38am -
RIP to a couple of legends.
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Comment by Jaivaramongolid on November 30, 2010 at 5:26am -
RIP. Truly sad news.
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