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William Hurt, 1950 – 2022

March 14, 2022 Dan Seeger

William Hurt changed my perception of acting. I was fourteen when I saw his performance in The Big Chill, so I was certainly old enough to realize that acting required effort beyond memorization and recitation to bring authenticity to a … Continue reading William Hurt, 1950 – 2022

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Sidney Poitier, 1927 – 2022

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Dan Seeger

By the time I was old enough to pay attention, Sidney Poitier was already an icon, one of the few figures in entertainment genuinely deserving of that term. The major career-capping laurels — the lifetime achievement Oscar, the Kennedy Center … Continue reading Sidney Poitier, 1927 – 2022

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Betty White, 1922 – 2021

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Dan Seeger

The world’s oldest broadcast television station first went on the air in 1928. About ten years later, Betty White was on the air, too. She made her debut by singing a song from the operetta The Merry Widow, essentially repeating … Continue reading Betty White, 1922 – 2021

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Charles Grodin, 1935 – 2021

May 18, 2021 Dan Seeger

As part of his starring role in the 1974 caper flick 11 Harrowhouse, Charles Grodin provides the narration. His character is introduced while sitting glumly in a posh waiting area. Grodin’s distinctive voice flatly states: “That’s me there. I don’t … Continue reading Charles Grodin, 1935 – 2021

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Norman Lloyd, 1914 – 2021

May 11, 2021 Dan Seeger

When I devoted myself wholeheartedly to the television series St. Elsewhere, I didn’t know that the actor who donned Dr. Daniel Auschlander’s white coat brought practically the whole history of Hollywood with him. I just knew the performance was flinty … Continue reading Norman Lloyd, 1914 – 2021

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Sean Connery, 1930 – 2020

November 2, 2020 Dan Seeger

When it comes to the many memorable moments Sean Connery registered on film, I have an odd personal favorite. It is in Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables, the film that won Connery an Academy Award, for playing Chicago cop Jimmy … Continue reading Sean Connery, 1930 – 2020

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Carl Reiner, 1922-2020

June 30, 2020July 3, 2020 Dan Seeger

For my eleventh birthday, all I wanted was a Carl Reiner movie. A little more than a year after the release of The Jerk, Reiner’s sixth film as a director and his first of four straight starring Steve Martin, the … Continue reading Carl Reiner, 1922-2020

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Stan Lee, 1922 – 2018

November 12, 2018 Dan Seeger

When I started reading superhero comic books with a fierce devotion, nearly every issue I purchased had the same phrase on the opening page: “STAN LEE PRESENTS.” Stan Lee wasn’t writing many comics by the time I was plunking down … Continue reading Stan Lee, 1922 – 2018

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Aretha Franklin, 1942 – 2018

August 16, 2018 Dan Seeger

From now on, I don’t want you listenin’ to Guns N’ Roses an’ The Soup Dragons. I want a strict diet of James Brown for the growls, Otis Redding for the moans, Smokey Robinson for the whines, and Aretha for … Continue reading Aretha Franklin, 1942 – 2018

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Harlan Ellison, 1934 – 2018

June 28, 2018October 25, 2018 Dan Seeger

When he was interviewed on British television in 1976, this is how Harlan Ellison was introduced by journalist Mavis Nicholson, after she said, “I will explain to viewers what your publicists have told me about you”: You were born in … Continue reading Harlan Ellison, 1934 – 2018

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