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PIP :-[
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95.
His longtime spokesman, Harry Flynn, told The Associated Press that Borgnine died of renal failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife and children at his side.
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Borgnine, who endeared himself to a generation of Baby Boomers with the 1960s TV comedy "McHale's Navy," first attracted notice in the early 1950s in villain roles, notably as the vicious Fatso Judson, who beat Frank Sinatra to death in "From Here to Eternity."
Then came "Marty," a low-budget film based on a Paddy Chayefsky television play that starred Rod Steiger. Borgnine played a 34-year-old who fears he is so unattractive he will never find romance. Then, at a dance, he meets a girl with the same fear.
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"Sooner or later, there comes a point in a man's life when he's gotta face some facts," Marty movingly tells his mother at one point in the film. "And one fact I gotta face is that, whatever it is that women like, I ain't got it. I chased after enough girls in my life. I-I went to enough dances. I got hurt enough. I don't wanna get hurt no more."
The realism of Chayefsky's prose and Delbert Mann's sensitive direction astonished audiences accustomed to happy Hollywood formulas. Borgnine won the Oscar and awards from the Cannes Film Festival, New York Critics and National Board of Review.
Mann and Chayefsky also won Oscars, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hailed the $360,000 "Marty" as best picture over big-budget contenders "The Rose Tattoo," "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," "Picnic" and "Mister Roberts."
"The Oscar made me a star, and I'm grateful," Borgnine told an interviewer in 1966. "But I feel had I not won the Oscar I wouldn't have gotten into the messes I did in my personal life."
Those messes included four failed marriages, including one in 1964 to singer Ethel Merman that lasted less than six weeks.
But Borgnine's fifth marriage, in 1973 to Norwegian-born Tova Traesnaes, endured and brought with it an interesting business partnership. She manufactured and sold her own beauty products under the name of Tova and used her husband's rejuvenated face in her ads.
During a 2007 interview with The Associated Press, Borgnine expressed delight that their union had reached 34 years. "That's longer than the total of my four other marriages," he commented, laughing heartily.
Although still not a marquee star until after "Marty," the roles of heavies started coming regularly after "From Here to Eternity." Among the films: "Bad Day at Black Rock," "Johnny Guitar," "Demetrius and the Gladiators," "Vera Cruz."
Director Nick Ray advised the actor: "Get out of Hollywood in two years or you'll be typed forever." Then came the Oscar, and Borgnine's career was assured.
He played a sensitive role opposite Bette Davis in another film based on a Chayefsky TV drama, "The Catered Affair," a film that was a personal favorite. It concerned a New York taxi driver and his wife who argued over the expense of their daughter's wedding.
But producers also continued casting Borgnine in action films such as "Three Bad Men," "The Vikings," "Torpedo Run," "Barabbas," "The Dirty Dozen" and "The Wild Bunch."
Then he successfully made the transition to TV comedy.
From 1962 to 1966, Borgnine — a Navy vet himself — starred in "McHale's Navy" as the commander of a World War II PT boat with a crew of misfits and malcontents. Obviously patterned after Phil Silvers' popular Sgt. Bilko, McHale was a con artist forever tricking his superior, Capt. Binghamton, played by the late Joe Flynn.
The cast took the show to the big screen in 1964 with a "McHale's Navy" movie.
Borgnine's later films included "Ice Station Zebra," "The Adventurers," "Willard," "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Greatest" (as Muhammad Ali's manager), "Convoy," "Ravagers," "Escape from New York," "Moving Target" and "Mistress."
More recently, Borgnine had a recurring role as the apartment house doorman-cum-chef in the NBC sitcom "The Single Guy." He had a small role in the unsuccessful 1997 movie version of "McHale's Navy." And he was the voice of Mermaid Man on "SpongeBob SquarePants" and Carface on "All Dogs Go to Heaven 2."
"I don't care whether a role is 10 minutes long or two hours," he remarked in 1973. "And I don't care whether my name is up there on top, either. Matter of fact, I'd rather have someone else get top billing; then if the picture bombs, he gets the blame, not me."
Ermes Efron Borgnino was born in Hamden, Conn., on Jan. 24, 1917, the son of Italian immigrant parents. The family lived in Milan when the boy was 2 to 7, then returned to Connecticut, where he attended school in New Haven.
Borgnine joined the Navy in 1935 and served on a destroyer during World War II. He weighed 135 pounds when he enlisted. He left the Navy 10 years later, weighing exactly 100 pounds more.
"I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything," he said in 1956. "The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends."
For a time he contemplated taking a job with an air conditioning company. But his mother persuaded him to enroll at the Randall School of Dramatic Arts in Hartford. He stayed four months, the only formal training he received.
He appeared in repertory at the Barter Theater in Virginia, toured as a hospital attendant in "Harvey" and played a villain on TV's "Captain Video."
After earning $2,300 in 1951, Borgnine almost accepted a position with an electrical company. But the job fell through, and he returned to acting, moving into a modest house in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley.
His first marriage was to Rhoda Kenins, whom he met when she was a Navy pharmacist's mate and he was a patient. They had a daughter, but the marriage ended in divorce after his "Marty" stardom.
Borgnine married Mexican actress Katy Jurado in 1959, and their marriage resulted in headlined squabbles from Hollywood to Rome before it ended in 1964.
In 1963, he and Merman startled the show business world by announcing, after a month's acquaintance, that they would marry when his divorce from Jurado became final. The Broadway singing star and the movie tough guy seemed to have nothing in common, and their marriage ended in 38 days after a fierce battle.
"If you blinked, you missed it," Merman once cracked.
Next came one-time child actress Donna Rancourt, with whom Borgnine had a daughter, and finally his happy union with Tova.
On Jan. 24, 2007, Borgnine celebrated his 90th birthday with a party for friends and family at a West Hollywood bistro. He seemed little changed from his years as a lusty villain or sympathetic hero on the screen. His only concession to age had come at 88 when he gave up driving the bus he would take around the country, stopping to talk with local folks along the way.
During an interview at the time, Borgnine complained that he wanted to continue acting but most studio executives kept asking, "Is he still alive?"
"I just want to do more work," he said. "Every time I step in front of a camera I feel young again. I really do. It keeps your mind active and it keeps you going."
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PIP
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RIP.
(http://www.museumofcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wild_bunch_pane_1.jpg).
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Sad news, again. So many great characters: Fatso Judson, Shack, Dutch Engstrom. And, apparently, just a super nice guy. :-\
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Man,all the old screen legends will be gone soon.
RIP
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RIP
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Omg he died way too soon
The greats are always tooken early
He had 5 whole days ahead of him :-[
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P.I.P the guy was a legend
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I always liked him as King Ragnar in ''The Vikings''....R.I.P.
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Sad news, again. So many great characters: Fatso Judson, Shack, Dutch Engstrom. And, apparently, just a super nice guy. :-\
Saw this in the movies when I was kid. Probably the best scene in the movie...
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Airwolf..... :'(
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dude was a badass in his day!
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"Heaven has an Oscar winning Angel"
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Airwolf..... :'(
Hi String!
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"The Vikings"
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Cabbie in "Escape from New York"
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"The Wild Bunch"
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"McHales Navy"
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"The Vikings"
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ja51IYJlbws/SdzeXeLEH5I/AAAAAAAABSY/uBk7FPr1h6E/s320/1817-5775.jpg)
Cabbie in "Escape from New York"
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"The Wild Bunch"
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"McHales Navy"
Awesome!
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He had a pretty long life though full with great experiences.
I am sure he lived longer than i ever will, or even Derek Anthony, Joey Swoll, Zyzz and the rest will.
He experienced more than we ever will too.
RIP Ernest! One of the all time Greats!
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"McHales Navy"
Heaven's a little more aggressively boisterous today. :(
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95, about time
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I know you, your snake Pliskin, but i heard you was dead, escape from new york.
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Not the best looking guy in the world, but a heck of an actor when in the appropriate role. R.I.P.
GREAT movie for which Ernie earned an Oscar.
Marty is a 34-year-old butcher whose Italian family is constantly after him to get married. He meets plain-looking schoolteacher Clara. They are both lonely, unglamorous people who have resigned themselves to their unloved lives. But they manage, in time, to grope their way to love. Written by alfiehitchie
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Poseidon Adventure rocked.
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Another classic scene from Borgnine in a classic flick.
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I thought he died already years ago...
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Weren't you in that one as well, Wes ?
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Weren't you in that one as well, Wes ?
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I thought he died already years ago...
The guy was a part of the Oscars show within the last couple of years. He was quite sharp well into his nineties.
"From Here to Eternity" 1953 theatrical trailer.
From Here to Eternity is a 1953 drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. It deals with the troubles of soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra and Ernest Borgnine stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed portrayed the women in their lives.
The film won eight Academy Awards out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Fred Zinnemann), Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra) and Best Supporting Actress (Donna Reed).
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well he had more than a good innings at 95 and the great life he's had.
star of many now classic films, including my favourite western, 'the wild buch'.
RIP
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57468458-10391698/ernest-borgnine-mourned-in-hollywood/
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Repost.
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=430604.0
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ah sorry man.. i looked too :-[
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Yes, there is a bodybuilding connection:
The Mexican maid Arnold was screwing looked exactly like Borgnine, may he rest in peace.
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rip , ernie was a true getbigger ;D ;D ;D
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Borgnine was one of those actors with a characteristic head, like Bronson or that guy from Streets of SF, or Gregory peck. Or even Stallone or Micky Rourke...
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Mothafuck Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The 80's baby!!!!!
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Fuckin' Airwolf. Classic. :D
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jan-michael vincent looks a right mess these days.. the booze has well and truly fucked him up. surprised that he's manage to outlive ernest tbh
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What a swell looking bunch of white people. They don't make em like that anymore.
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Can a mod please fuse the 2 Borgnine threads.....?
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jan-michael vincent looks a right mess these days.. the booze has well and truly fucked him up. surprised that he's manage to outlive ernest tbh
Holy-moly! Just YouTube-ed the fucker and ... What a wreck! :o
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Richard Lynch died very recently. Recognizable face. In late 60's set himself on fire during an LSD trip which accounted for his scarred face.
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Borgnine was one of those actors with a characteristic head, like Bronson or that guy from Streets of SF, or Gregory peck. Or even Stallone or Micky Rourke...
YEAH,,ACTOR FROM STREETS KARL MALDEN.
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RIP
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Bourgnine was cool. Back in the late 80's I tried to license and market "Ernest Bourgnine scented" air fresheners. Never got the legal release. I still have 700,000 sitting in a warehouse in Riverside.
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Yeah I can not believe he is dead again.
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Richard Lynch died very recently. Recognizable face. In late 60's set himself on fire during an LSD trip which accounted for his scarred face.
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was in the barbarians movie.
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poseidon adventure,,,hey preacher man look where you led us ,you took away my linda,my beautiful linda....
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Ernie said what kept him young was a daily session of "Roughing up the suspect", "Choking up on the skin bat", "Cuffing the dummy", etc...
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jan-michael vincent looks a right mess these days.. the booze has well and truly fucked him up. surprised that he's manage to outlive ernest tbh
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Jan Michael Vincent was in a severe car accident which battered and scarred his face. The area under his nose and between his upper lip is like paralyzed and elongated.
He looks the more the way he does because of a scarring/distorting impact to the face(and natural aging) than the booze.
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Middle pic of Jan Michael vincent from my favourite film, Big Wednesday.
Funny how Jan played the part of a guy who was wasting his surfin talents thru too much booze.
Gary Busey was also in that film and he too had all sorts of problems including severe motorcycle accident, addiction, paralasis, cancer,
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Middle pic of Jan Michael vincent from my favourite film, Big Wednesday.
Funny how Jan played the part of a guy who was wasting his surfin talents thru too much booze.
Gary Busey was also in that film and he too had all sorts of problems including severe motorcycle accident, addiction, paralasis, cancer,
dude had it all,good looking dude,decent build,killer hair .no homo.
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This guy dies every year.
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One more. Is it always in threes?
Celeste Holm passes at age 95.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002141/
Academy Award winner Celeste Holm, who was the original girl who couldn't say no in Broadway's landmark musical Oklahoma! before she carved out a serious film career in the late '40s and '50s, has died, according to New York news station NY1. She was 95 and had been suffering heart and other ailments, say recent reports. A New York City native of Norwegian descent, she had studied drama at the University of Chicago before landing a series of Broadway roles, starting in a short-lived 1938 comedy called Gloriana. But it was her Ado Annie, the good-natured girl of easy virtue in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 tribute to the farmer and the cowboy, that made her a star and led to a contract with 20th Century Fox. Among her movies were the ground-breaking indictment of anti-Semitism, Gentleman's Agreement (1947), for which she won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. She played a fashion editor who befriends the investigative journalist played by Gregory Peck. Another strong role was that of the long-suffering wife of the playwright in the film classic about the stage, 1950's All About Eve, starring Bette Davis. In lighter roles, Holm played the photographer girlfriend of the Frank Sinatra character in the musical High Society, and she had an active TV career, earning Emmy nominations for Insight and Backstairs at the White House. Married five times, Holm, on her 87th birthday, wed opera singer Frank Basile, who was 41. He survives her, as do two sons.
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Jan Michael Vincent was in a severe car accident which battered and scarred his face. The area under his nose and between his upper lip is like paralyzed and elongated.
He looks the more the way he does because of a scarring/distorting impact to the face(and natural aging) than the booze.
I saw in the paper his birthday was yesterday. He is 68 now.
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One of the news barons passed last week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/business/richard-b-scudder-co-founder-of-medianews-group-dies-at-99.html?_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120716
Richard B. Scudder, Co-Founder of MediaNews Group, Dies at 99
By DENNIS HEVESI
Richard B. Scudder, a founder and former chairman of MediaNews Group, one of the nation’s largest newspaper chains, and an innovator in recycling newsprint, died on Wednesday at his home in Navesink, N.J. He was 99.
His daughter Jean Scudder confirmed his death.
A grandson of the founder of The Newark Evening News with roots in New Jersey going back to Colonial days, Mr. Scudder was chairman of MediaNews from 1985 through 2009. He and a longtime friend William Dean Singleton, who is now chairman, became business partners in 1983 when they acquired The Gloucester County Times, a daily in Woodbury, N.J., with a circulation of about 26,000. Soon after, largely with Mr. Scudder’s financial backing, they bought four small newspapers in Ohio and four in California.
Today, MediaNews, a privately owned company, owns major papers like The Denver Post, The Detroit News, The Oakland Tribune, The San Jose Mercury News and The El Paso Times. Over all, MediaNews has 57 daily newspapers in 11 states with a combined circulation of 2.3 million, making it the nation’s second-largest newspaper company after the Gannett Company. MediaNews also owns 122 nondaily newspapers in nine states.
“Dick spent most of his time on the news side, but was also a very savvy businessman,” Mr. Singleton said. “He was involved in all the acquisitions and personally made many of them with people that he knew well.”
Mr. Scudder came to know many people in the newspaper business during his tenure as publisher of The Newark Evening News, a post he held from 1952 until the paper closed in 1972. The News was founded by his grandfather Wallace M. Scudder in 1883.
For decades it was considered the newspaper of record in New Jersey. “The editorial policy of The News is irreverence for everybody,” Richard Scudder once said.
His interest in recycling began in the late 1950s when a news distributor approached him saying he had developed a process for de-inking newsprint. Working with Robert Illingworth, an engineer at The News, Mr. Scudder tested the process in a sink at his office and in a blender at his home. The research was later moved to a laboratory at Syracuse University. There had been previous attempts to de-ink paper, but none that worked as well with the more fragile newsprint.
“This was huge,” said Kathleen Lhost, executive director of the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in Appleton, Wis. “It was the right combination of chemicals to remove the ink without destroying or damaging the fibers.”
In 1961, Mr. Scudder built the Garden State Paper Company in Garfield, N.J., which, with three other mills he later opened, eventually produced more than two million tons of recycled newsprint a year — turning bales of old newspapers into 15,000-pound rolls.
“Up until then the industry didn’t believe there was a commercially viable way to remove ink from newspaper and recycle the paper,” Ms. Lhost said. “Now, throughout the industry, more than 50 percent of the amount of fiber content that goes into making a newspaper page has been recycled.”
Mr. Scudder was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1995.
Richard Betts Scudder was born in Newark on May 13, 1913, to Edward and Katherine Scudder. He graduated from Princeton in 1935 and then worked as a reporter for The Boston Herald. Serving in the Army in Europe during World War II, he was assigned to Operation Annie (short for anonymous), an underground German-language radio station with the mission of broadcasting misinformation to the Nazis.
Mr. Scudder married Elizabeth Shibley in 1944; she died in 2004. Besides his daughter Jean, he is survived by two other daughters, Carolyn Miller and Elizabeth Difani; a son, Charles; eight grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Upon coming home after the war, Mr. Scudder became a reporter for The Newark Evening News.
During an interview with The New York Times in 1968, he proudly indicated an engraving on the wall outside his office, depicting the signing of the Articles of Confederation of the United States in 1777. Nathaniel Scudder, a colonel in Washington’s army, was one of two New Jersey signers.
“And there,” Mr. Scudder said, pointing to a framed document, “is a commission in the French-Indian Wars for my ancestor Richard Betts Scudder, the man I’m named for.”