Philip 121 Posted October 11, 2022 Really sad with this one, Always used to watch murder she wrote with my grandma, rest in peace Dame Angela Lansbury 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeathClock 379 Posted October 11, 2022 I am saddened to learn about the tragic passing of Angela Lansbury. She was so young. R.I.P. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,551 Posted October 11, 2022 Angela Lansbury balanced the DL-hits: 5 women and 5 men. This balance at this high level has probably never existed at the DL with its excess of male candidates and thus its hit rate. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fergie86 374 Posted October 11, 2022 51 minutes ago, Philip said: Really sad with this one, Always used to watch murder she wrote with my grandma, rest in peace Dame Angela Lansbury I was the same, spent many an afternoon watching it with my Grandma when off poorly from School or on School holidays a true legend who you thought would go on forever a brilliant actress a sad loss, RIP. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 893 Posted October 11, 2022 Another victim of the '96 club' curse. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted October 11, 2022 4 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,745 Posted October 11, 2022 3 hours ago, markb4 said: She was incredible! Mostly loved her from her Disney fare: Beauty and the Beast, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and Mary Poppins Returns. Really sad! How did I forget to mention Bedknobs and Broomsticks?! Adored that film growing up. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doulton 34 Posted October 12, 2022 How I adored her performance as Mrs. Nellie Lovett in Sweeney Todd and her brilliant Rose in Gypsy in London. And Madame Armfeldt in A Little night Music. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,575 Posted October 12, 2022 Claude Jarman, Jr. (b. 1934) now the last survivor from the iconic 1949 MGM 25th anniversary photo. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,296 Posted October 12, 2022 A real legend, may she rest in peace! Loved her also in Death on the Nile and Nanny McPhee. Except Mrs. Pots she also voiced Mommy Fortuna in The Last Unicorn (1982) and Great Dowager in Anastasia (1997) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Happy Reaper 223 Posted October 12, 2022 Elvis's mum in Blue Hawaii (even though she was only nine years older than he was). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,586 Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, The Happy Reaper said: Elvis's mum in Blue Hawaii (even though she was only nine years older than he was). and Laurence Harvey's mom mum mother in The Manchurian Candidate, despite being only three years older. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 892 Posted October 12, 2022 I wonder if she'll overtake Sidney Poitier as the last name to feature in TCM Remembers 2022? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,575 Posted October 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, markb4 said: I wonder if she'll overtake Sidney Poitier as the last name to feature in TCM Remembers 2022? I would think so. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,581 Posted October 12, 2022 Maybe. Sidney had arguably a bigger film career and was more groundbreaking. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted October 12, 2022 Also, Sidney won a "real" Oscar - they both won a honorary one, too, though. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,624 Posted October 12, 2022 The only reason I could see there being a debate is recency bias, AL will be much more on peoples mind whereas SP died quite a bit ago. Short attention span and all. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leytonpond 2 Posted October 12, 2022 Anyone understand the significance of the order in which the celebrities appear in the list? i.e. is number 1 more likely to die than number 50? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,171 Posted October 12, 2022 22 minutes ago, Leytonpond said: Anyone understand the significance of the order in which the celebrities appear in the list? i.e. is number 1 more likely to die than number 50? There is no significance pertaining to the order in which those selected are put in. Dick Van Dyke is #1, and Pelé is #41, despite the latter being much iller and more likely to pass away than the former. This has been brought up before. I doubt there is a real "order", but people who are carried over year after year usually linger about the same place on the list, with some exceptions. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,434 Posted October 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Summer in Transylvania said: There is no significance pertaining to the order in which those selected are put in. Dick Van Dyke is #1, and Pelé is #41, despite the latter being much iller and more likely to pass away than the former. This has been brought up before, I doubt there is a real "order", but people who are carried over year after year usually linger about the same place on the list, with some exceptions. I've always taken it as the order they were agreed to at the meeting/drinking session. Hence the obvious returning names tend to be near the top, and the oddball newcomers in the 40-50 range. Either that or it's just a bit of fun for Grim. Who knows? (Well, he does, and so do a few others but they ain't saying! Hah) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leytonpond 2 Posted October 12, 2022 But look at the comments below the Queen's entry. They mention each year's position, there seems to be a reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,693 Posted October 12, 2022 My theory: If someone is very ill, clearly an imminent or near imminent death and very famous they'll get spot 1. See for example Martin Crowe (2016), Wilko Johnson (2014, didn't die but originally thought his cancer was terminal) and Etta James (2012). In other cases it's just given to some nonagenarian/centenarian. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leytonpond 2 Posted October 12, 2022 I think they should do it in either age order or alphabetical order! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted October 12, 2022 Coming a bit late to this but tonight my nine year old asked if she could read tonight and could she pick any book? Of all the choices she had, she chose the book of the 1991 Beauty and the Beast. That reminded me what a colossal body of work Ms. Lansbury had to her resume. This death was also the first time that my wife has run down the stairs at a breaking news flash to announce someone's dead. Not even the Queen got that treatment. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
