Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
Not a death but the actor Bob Hoskins has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Such a shame..

Bob Hoskins to retire


Very, very sad to hear this. frown Bob Hoskins is a fine actor.

A few recent deaths in the UK seemed to go virtually unnoticed on this side of the pond:

Actor Simon Ward died July 20 at age 70 after a long illness. He starred in the 1972 film Young Winston (about the early years of Winston Churchill), but, for some reason, his film career never really took off. He was the father of actress Sophie Ward.

For fans of the TV series Doctor Who, two of the Doctor's companions from the series' "Golden Age" have recently left us:

Caroline John died June 5 at the age of 71. She played the role of scientist "Liz Shaw" in 1970 opposite Jon Pertwee as The Doctor, and Mary Tamm died July 26 at the age of 62. Ms. Tamm played the first incarnation of Time Lady "Romana" opposite Tom Baker during the 1978-79 season.

Cancer claimed both of these very popular actresses.

Signor V.

"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."