2025 Obituary

[Stuart Galbraith]

Well It had to happen sooner or latter. The last Battle of Britain pilot has passed.

https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1901856763701272594?t=MYPVhrOCGBzNOGfFOuyoDA&s=19

[Ol Paint]

George Foreman, 76.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/general/article/george-foreman-dead-obit-boxer-preacher-grill-20234990.php

Doug

[RETAC21]

Val Kilmer, 65

https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1907288361074667707

[Stargrunt6]

2 hours ago, RETAC21 said:

Val Kilmer, 65

https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1907288361074667707

His documentary was a great watch.

I liked his scene in Top Gun Maverick.

I saw Heat in the theater when it came out, one of my favorite movie experiences:

 

[Ivanhoe]

He totally stole the show in Tombstone.

Looking at his filmography, in the first half of his career, there are a lot of movies ranked 7/10 or higher;

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000174/

I thought he did a very good job in The Ghost and the Darkness. Likewise with The Saint, though he couldn't fix that script.

I've always meant to try watching The Salton Sea but that flick just never bubbles up to the top of the list.

 

[Stargrunt6]

26 minutes ago, Ivanhoe said:

He totally stole the show in Tombstone.

Looking at his filmography, in the first half of his career, there are a lot of movies ranked 7/10 or higher;

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000174/

I thought he did a very good job in The Ghost and the Darkness. Likewise with The Saint, though he couldn't fix that script.

I've always meant to try watching The Salton Sea but that flick just never bubbles up to the top of the list.

 

The Salton Sea is decent. His interpretation of John Holmes in Wonderland is very good.

Doc Holliday is his marque role. His Jim Morrison is not talked about enough, I need to rewatch The Doors.

[RETAC21]

3 hours ago, Stargrunt6 said:

The Salton Sea is decent. His interpretation of John Holmes in Wonderland is very good.

Doc Holliday is his marque role. His Jim Morrison is not talked about enough, I need to rewatch The Doors.

And Top Secret, of course!

[Ivanhoe]

Goes without saying!

Its a fun movie, and its amusing that he checked off the comedy box before the action and romance boxes.

[RETAC21]

2 minutes ago, Ivanhoe said:

Goes without saying!

Its a fun movie, and its amusing that he checked off the comedy box before the action and romance boxes.

"Kilmer was cast after the directors saw him in a play called Slab Boys with Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon. He turned up to the audition dressed like Elvis Presley."

Interestingly, he was forced to do Top Gun: Val Kilmer did not want to be in this movie, but was forced to by contractual obligations. Tony Scott reassured him, "I know that the script is insufficient, but it will get better, Val. Wait until you see these jets. They take your breath away." Kilmer ended up liking the movie, saying, "All in all, [it] was both a blast and an education."

[Stargrunt6]

14 minutes ago, RETAC21 said:

And Top Secret, of course!

I'll be 90 years old and still laughing at this one.

My brother and I love reenacting the scene where Chocolate Mousse drinks gasoline.

[Stuart Galbraith]

23 hours ago, Stargrunt6 said:

The Salton Sea is decent. His interpretation of John Holmes in Wonderland is very good.

Doc Holliday is his marque role. His Jim Morrison is not talked about enough, I need to rewatch The Doors.

He was also in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, a criminally underappreciated film in my view.

 

[NickM]

21 hours ago, Stargrunt6 said:

I'll be 90 years old and still laughing at this one.

My brother and I love reenacting the scene where Chocolate Mousse drinks gasoline.

And Mr Carson played Deja Vu

[Stargrunt6]

1 hour ago, NickM said:

And Mr Carson played Deja Vu

My mom did set work for that movie!

I've never seem it though.

[Ssnake]

6 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

He was also in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, a criminally underappreciated film in my view.

Maybe not criminally underappreciated, but yeah, I liked it.

[Steven P Allen]

Just heard that Rick Harrison, of Pawn Stars fame, dropped dead in the courtroom upon hearing his sentence of 15 years in the federal pen without parole in the tax evasion/trafficking in stolen goods/looting historic artifacts case.

[RETAC21]

30 minutes ago, Steven P Allen said:

Just heard that Rick Harrison, of Pawn Stars fame, dropped dead in the courtroom upon hearing his sentence of 15 years in the federal pen without parole in the tax evasion/trafficking in stolen goods/looting historic artifacts case.

The "I don't know Rick, looks fake" Rick?

[NickM]

Today is April 10. My Wife passed away on this day in 2023.

[RETAC21]

22 minutes ago, NickM said:

Today is April 10. My Wife passed away on this day in 2023.

My condolences.

[sunday]

1 hour ago, NickM said:

Today is April 10. My Wife passed away on this day in 2023.

My deepest condolences.

[Stuart Galbraith]

2 hours ago, NickM said:

Today is April 10. My Wife passed away on this day in 2023.

Im very sorry to hear that.

Anniversaries suck. Soon coming up to 8 years since my father passed away.

[R011]

8 hours ago, Steven P Allen said:

Just heard that Rick Harrison, of Pawn Stars fame, dropped dead in the courtroom upon hearing his sentence of 15 years in the federal pen without parole in the tax evasion/trafficking in stolen goods/looting historic artifacts case.

It seems this is entirely untrue.  He hasn't been tried for any crimes and has neither been sentenced nor has he died.

[R011]

5 hours ago, NickM said:

Today is April 10. My Wife passed away on this day in 2023.

My sympathies, Nick.  As Stuart said, anniversaries can be difficult.

[Steven P Allen]

On 4/10/2025 at 5:00 PM, R011 said:

My sympathies, Nick.  As Stuart said, anniversaries can be difficult.

Same here.

[Steven P Allen]

On 4/10/2025 at 4:58 PM, R011 said:

It seems this is entirely untrue.  He hasn't been tried for any crimes and has neither been sentenced nor has he died.

April Fools, I wonder?

[NickM]

On 4/10/2025 at 6:00 PM, R011 said:

My sympathies, Nick.  As Stuart said, anniversaries can be difficult.

 

Thank you to all of you;