A double Booker Prize winner and responsible for bringing Tudor England to the masses, Wolf Hall is certainly a masterpiece - RIP
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A double Booker Prize winner and responsible for bringing Tudor England to the masses, Wolf Hall is certainly a masterpiece - RIP
RIP Nurse Ratched, 88, aka Louise Fletcher. Evil personified, on a par with Hannibal Lecter!
We’ve had a vote and we’re gonna watch the damn ball game
Brings shivers down my spine that scene
RIP
Louise Fletcher: Oscar-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest star dies
Fletcher, who won Academy Award for her role of Nurse Ratched in 1975 film, dies, aged 88
Louise Fletcher, who won an Academy Award for her role in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died, aged 88.
Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent, David Shaul, told the Associated Press.
Her son Andrew Bick told the Hollywood Reporter she died on Friday of natural causes. She had survived two bouts with breast cancer.
The actor won the Academy Award for best leading actress in 1976 for her portrayal of ruthless nurse Mildred Ratched in Miloš Forman’s adaptation of Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel of the same name. The movie also won awards for best picture, best director, best leading actor and best adapted screenplay.
Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Photograph: United Artists/Fantasy Films/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock
In her acceptance speech that night, she used American Sign Language to thank her deaf parents and thanked audiences for hating her.
Her portrayal of the character in the film was so memorable that Netflix made a series called Ratched in 2020, which tells the origin story of the nurse turned villain.
Born Estelle Louise Fletcher on 22 July, 1934, she was the second of four children.
She married producer Jerry Bick in the early 1960s and had two sons, John and Andrew. Fletcher divorced Bick in 1977 and is survived by her sons, according to the Associated Press.
Brings shivers down my spine that scene
RIP
Louise Fletcher: Oscar-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest star dies
Fletcher, who won Academy Award for her role of Nurse Ratched in 1975 film, dies, aged 88
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Louise Fletcher, who won an Academy Award for her role in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died, aged 88.
Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent, David Shaul, told the Associated Press.
Her son Andrew Bick told the Hollywood Reporter she died on Friday of natural causes. She had survived two bouts with breast cancer.
The actor won the Academy Award for best leading actress in 1976 for her portrayal of ruthless nurse Mildred Ratched in Miloš Forman’s adaptation of Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel of the same name. The movie also won awards for best picture, best director, best leading actor and best adapted screenplay.
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Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Photograph: United Artists/Fantasy Films/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock
In her acceptance speech that night, she used American Sign Language to thank her deaf parents and thanked audiences for hating her.
Her portrayal of the character in the film was so memorable that Netflix made a series called Ratched in 2020, which tells the origin story of the nurse turned villain.
Born Estelle Louise Fletcher on 22 July, 1934, she was the second of four children.
She married producer Jerry Bick in the early 1960s and had two sons, John and Andrew. Fletcher divorced Bick in 1977 and is survived by her sons, according to the Associated Press.
Ex-bank robber John McVicar - one-time public enemy No1 whose daring jail break was made into a Roger Daltrey movie - dies penniless aged 82
- Reformed ex-robber John McVicar died at the age of 82 'while walking his dog'
- He was known to Scotland Yard as Public Enemy No1 after escaping prison twice
- His autobiography was the basis for the film McVicar, staring Roger Daltry
Malcolm Scott RIP
I knew and worked with Malcolm when he was with Hull City Council, many years ago.....Very nice guy....Deepest sympathy to his wife Alison and children.
Malcolm was also a great supporter of the arts in the city and was the owner of the former arts venue Kardomah 94 on Alfred Gelder Street.
I knew and worked with Malcolm when he was with Hull City Council, many years ago.....Very nice guy....Deepest sympathy to his wife Alison and children.
Malcolm was also a great supporter of the arts in the city and was the owner of the former arts venue Kardomah 94 on Alfred Gelder Street.
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RIP, always liked Kardomah 94.
Rapper Coolio has passed away on Wednesday at the age of 59.
The musician - famous for his hit song Gangsta's Paradise on the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film, Dangerous Minds - was visiting a friend on Wednesday afternoon when he was found dead according to TMZ.
Coolio, real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr., was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor, with the paramedics - who were called to the scene around around 4 PM - suspecting he suffered a cardiac arrest, according to the star's longtime manager, Jarez.
The musician - famous for his hit song Gangsta's Paradise on the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film, Dangerous Minds - was visiting a friend on Wednesday afternoon when he was found dead according to TMZ.
Coolio, real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr., was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor, with the paramedics - who were called to the scene around around 4 PM - suspecting he suffered a cardiac arrest, according to the star's longtime manager, Jarez.
Terrible tragedy in Indonesia at a football game, 129 dead, RIP.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/02/indonesia-football-fans-killed-east-java-arema-malang
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/02/indonesia-football-fans-killed-east-java-arema-malang
This shouldn't happen at a sporting event anywhere. The dead went to enjoy themselves and didn't come home, leaving family and loved ones to pain for the rest of their lives.
For a game...
RIP x
For a game...
RIP x
There was a piece about him on GB News this morning. What a life, what a man.