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Actress Edie Adams, Ernie Kovacs' widow, dead at 81Los Angeles Times
October 17, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Edie Adams, the Tony award-winning actress and singer who was perhaps best known to a generation of television viewers as the seductive commercial spokeswoman for Muriel Cigars, has died. She was 81.

Adams, the widow of legendary comedian Ernie Kovacs, died Wednesday at West Hills Hospital in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley of complications from pneumonia and cancer, according to her son Josh Mills.

The sultry redhead (and sometimes blonde) won a Tony in 1956 for her portrayal of Daisy Mae in the musical version of Al Capp's cartoon "Li'l Abner" and was an accomplished film actress. Her credits included "The Apartment" with Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray; "Lover Come Back" with Doris Day and Rock Hudson; "The Best Man" with Cliff Robertson; and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," the Stanley Kramer production with a who's who of outstanding comedians and comedic actors.

But it was the seductive line as a spokeswoman for Muriel Cigars - "Why don't you pick one up and smoke it sometime?" - from the late 1950s that brought her lasting fame.

THE son of French film star Gerard Depardieu died in hospital yesterday from a bout of pneumonia.

Guillaume Depardieu, also an actor who starred in 20 films, was 37.

A spokesman for Gerard Depardieu said: "He caught a virus, which gave him a very severe pneumonia. Gerard is devastated."

The son of one of France's biggest cinema stars had struggled to escape his father's shadow. He starred in Bertrand Bonello's De la Guerre (Of war) and Versailles - which is now showing in cinemas - and was known for his rebellious streak.

He got in trouble for speeding and drugs, and a conviction for drink-driving landed him in jail earlier this year.

His right leg was amputated in 2003 because of a hospital infection developed during operations to recover from a motorbike accident in 1995.

So sad to hear about her suicide yesterday. Thanks uglyamerican1 for creating this tribute piece.

From KoreaTimes (check link for complete article)

Top Actress Choi Found Dead at Home

South Korea's iconic actress Choi Jin-sil was found dead at her home in what appears to be a suicide amid rumors that linked her to the recent death of another actor, Yonhap News reported quoting police Thursday. Choi's mother found the actress, 40, with an elastic band around her neck tied to a shower stall in her home in southern Seoul at 6:15 a.m., officers at the Seocho Police Station said. "We confirmed her death after receiving a call that Ms. Choi committed suicide," a police officer was quoted as saying. No suicide note has been found. Police have been investigating rumors that linked Choi to Ahn Jae-hwan, who was found dead inside his car in early September in an apparent suicide. Charred briquettes that would have released toxic gas and bottles of alcohol were found inside the rental minivan, investigators said.

Armed with that deep Southern accent, Fred Crane scored the bit part of a lifetime in 'Gone With the Wind' as Stuart Tarleton, seated to the right of Vivien Leigh, delivering the opening line of the 1939 classic. Crane was 90.

So sad to hear about his death today. It will be strange watching Strongest Chilwu knowing he has died. R.I.P. Lee Eon

Via ABCNEWS




Estelle Getty of 'Golden Girls' Dies at 84
Estelle Getty, peppery oldster in TV's 'Golden Girls,' dies in Los Angeles at 84

Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84.

Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.

"She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents," her son said. "She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived."

Extremely Talented. Extremely Thought Provoking. Will be Extremely Missed