TTL News 319 Posted May 6 Quote Bernard Hill died early on Sunday morning, his agent Lou Coulson confirmed. No cause has been given. He played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film Titanic, and King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings. His breakout role was in BBC TV drama Boys from the Blackstuff, where he portrayed Yosser Hughes, a character who struggled – and often failed – to cope with unemployment in Liverpool. Hill will be seen in series two of The Responder, a BBC drama starring Martin Freeman, which begins airing on Sunday. Other roles included the 1976 BBC TV series I, Claudius, an appearance in 1982’s Gandhi, True Crime (1999), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999). The Scorpion King in 2002 and the 2008 Tom Cruise film Valkyrie. Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TTL News 319 Posted yesterday at 02:10 PM Quote NEW YORK (AP) — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, said in a statement to The Associated Press. She said he “took his last earthly breath peacefully and exquisitely.” Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TTL News 319 Posted yesterday at 10:25 PM Quote CNN — Alice Stewart, a veteran political adviser and CNN political commentator who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58. Law enforcement officials told CNN that Stewart’s body was found outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood in northern Virginia early Saturday morning. No foul play is suspected, and officers believe a medical emergency occurred. Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
