She could not have died at a worse time
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vmars080 — 11 years ago(August 12, 2014 06:18 PM)
*peace
@rowox, you shocked me by actually being more disrespectful than the OP. This is sick, I want imdb to be the way it was before stupid FaceBook took over everyone's lives!
Correcting the spelling of a stranger who came to pay respect is just foul, and i LOVE grammar & spelling - but not at the expense of hurting someone's feelings. Shame on you. Ms Bacall would have belted you. -
LiteraryLegend — 11 years ago(August 12, 2014 06:07 PM)
It happened to Farrah Fawcett too when Michael Jackson died just a few hours later than she did. Bacall's death is personal to me because she was a true legend from a time gone by. I hope she is finally back with Bogie now.
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Kenneth-8 — 10 years ago(June 03, 2015 11:32 AM)
Don't forget Mother Teresa dying a day or so after Princess Diana's death. Also Ray Charles dying around the same time as Ronald Reagan (and I'm huge Ronald Reagan fan and conservative but still felt bad for Ray's family). Celebrity deaths usually happen in twos or threes so invariably someone gets overshadowed by the other.
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vmars080 — 11 years ago(August 12, 2014 06:14 PM)
Can we just delete this thread?
I can mourn more than one person at a time, as can most others, so sorry to have inconvenienced you, "mynewaccount". Death is a personal and communal loss and we can all grieve for the losses that we need to.
I also disagree with your entire subject - there is no best or worst time to die, especially when it is someone in your family. So you might feel that way, but it sounds very cold and silly and unfeeling. You even talk about her as a "financially successful" person in your first sentence, that is just who thinks like that?
Ms Bacall will be mourned greatly by we who loved her films, and her family will need love and support. SO sorry you were inconvenienced by the loss of Mr Williams. -
sdc100 — 11 years ago(August 13, 2014 11:16 PM)
You seem to miss the point of the OP. @mynewaccount never said that you can't mourn more than one person at a time. S/he was talking more about the media, where there is LIMITED time and resources. And sure enough, s/he is correct. Compare the time Robin Williams is getting with that for Bacall. Even here in NYC, where she lived, the media spends 80-90% more time on Williams. Bacall is relegated to a footnote.
It's a shame you chose to be holier-than-thou and sarcastic ("SO sorry you were inconvenienced") instead of actually understanding the OP. Why don't you let people mourn as they choose rather than criticize them? -
BarelyHere — 11 years ago(August 16, 2014 01:38 PM)
Yes, we will immediately delete all threads you disagree with. And ban any corrections to grammar or spelling as they may offend you. Sorry everyone has not yet received the memo that the internet revolves around you.
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srklondie — 11 years ago(August 12, 2014 06:36 PM)
Well, there probably isn't a good time to die, unless of course, if you're in a great deal of pain. From your posts, it appears that you have a pretty good knowledge of actors/film. You should probably know the great character actor Ed Nelson. He died today. I never witnessed a poor performance by him.
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twirlyduck — 11 years ago(August 13, 2014 05:23 PM)
I seriously doubt that it was her decision to make!
I agree, but I kind of understand the OP's point. May 16, 1990 Jim Henson and Sammy Davis Jr. both died, but Henson got a great deal more attention in the press. Does that mean he was more talented than Davis? No, of course not, Davis was brilliant, but Henson was a prominent personality at the time of his death while Sammy's notoriety belonged to a different generation. I'd say the Candy Man song from 1972 was his last hurrah as a singer (it hit #1) and so 20 years later he didn't have the same imprint on pop culture as Henson did in 1990 when they both died.
With Robin Williams, he stayed in the public eye chronically from the late 1970s forward to the day of his death. The same was true of Michael Jackson. Had the Jackson Five just faded away and Michael hadn't become a breakout phenomenon, there wouldn't have been much more than a footnote mention of his passing. The comparison applies also to Lauren Bacall. Even had Williams not died, Bacall's strongest appeal was linked to the 1940s and husband Humphrey Bogart and the fact that she was still a teenager when he fell for her. What would younger generations know her for? What would today's generation know her for? In my opinion all they'd have to do is see her in To Have and Have Not and they'd instantly understand her appeal, but the point is most won't see her nostalgic performances and so she's not given the tributes, tweets nor will she elicit a tear from late night talk show hosts.
But to be honest there's more at work with Robin Williams. He cut his own life short and that leaves a different kind of void. It adds to the sadness for a lot of people. Just my opinion. -
nevadaschmidt — 11 years ago(August 13, 2014 10:31 AM)
Who cares whether someone pays attention to her or not. She's dead. She enjoyed a full and accomplished life.
Besides, Williams was the greater talent.
Who knows how quickly Bacall would have been forgotten had it not been for Bogie?
It wasnt until almost 20 years later that Bacall would emerge from the shadow of being Bogarts wife/widow and hit her stride, this time onstage, where she scored successes in the comedy Cactus Flower and then won two Tonys in musicals Applause (1970) and, later, Woman of the Year (1981).
That had less to do with her acting assignments than with her social and political reputation lying long-legged on Vice President Harry Trumans piano, bravely protesting with her husband against the House Un-American Activities hearings as early as 1947, campaigning for Adlai Stevenson (twice), or hosting the Rat Pack in Holmby Hills with Bogie and later, in New York, with another famous husband, actor Jason Robards Jr. It has been suggested that her career she was under contract at Warners for several years was harmed by her political outspokenness. Bogart did some of his best work in those years, but then, he was Bogart. -
KrazeeforKittiez — 11 years ago(August 14, 2014 11:53 AM)
He was still working, was younger and he killed himself. I think the shock value is partly why he may be getting more publicity.
Also, she would have been 90 this year. I believe she was retired and had lived a nice long life.
Now, everyone mentioned in "Vogue" is gone.
RIP Miss Bacall; you are a true legend. Oops! just saw an old nterview and she said she did not like that word. Well, she will always be remembered as long as they show her movies.
I had the chance to work with Michael Jackson who was as brilliant as they come.
Tommy Mottola
