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James Whitmore dies at 87; Tony and Emmy Award- winning actor...
Los Angeles Times ^
| February 6, 2009
| Dennis McLellan
Posted on 02/06/2009 4:12:07 PM PST by EveningStar
James Whitmore, the veteran Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor who brought American icons Will Rogers, Harry Truman and Theodore Roosevelt to life in one-man shows, died today. He was 87.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; jameswhitmore; obituary
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To: Borges; dighton
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:12:45 PM PST
by
EveningStar
(Socialism in the USA began in 1933. In 2009 it kicked into warp drive.)
To: EveningStar
I’ll always remember him for the “Miracle-Gro” commercials.
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:15:28 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: EveningStar
I'll always remember him as the crusty old sergeant in "Battleground."
RIP
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:15:56 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
( Elections have consequences.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:16:04 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: EveningStar
R.I.P.
Enjoyed Mr. Whitmore's one man stage show as Teddy Roosevelt, "Bully", some 30 years ago.
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:16:29 PM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(BO has been POTUS two weeks and I still have to buy my gas and pay my mortgage. What's up with that?)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Great actor, I’m happy he didn’t have to live through this moment in our history.
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:16:55 PM PST
by
shadeaud
(Time to smell the roses and not the stench coming from D .C.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:17:01 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: FlingWingFlyer
I'll always remember him as the crusty old sergeant in "Battleground." One of my favorite movies and I don't think he had to act very hard ...
"With World War II underway, Whitmore joined the Marines during his senior year in 1942 and served in the South Pacific."
Semper Fi ...
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:20:20 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:23:13 PM PST
by
drjimmy
To: shadeaud
This was disappointing, though:
Although not always politically active, in 2007, Whitmore generated some publicity with his endorsement of Barack Obama for President of the United States.
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:24:05 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: dfwgator
I’ll always remember him cause he was on several Twilight Zones. Remember the Miracle-Gro commercials, too.
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:24:37 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: EveningStar
I’ve often heard him referred to as the poor man’s Spencer Tracy. RIP.
To: EveningStar
Just damn!
R.I.P. James. You were one of the best at your craft.
To: dfwgator
“I’ll always remember him for the “Miracle-Gro” commercials.”
ROFLMAO!
I’m NOT sending out a Garden Ping on that...but it was tempting, LOL!
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:28:31 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: EveningStar
He lived a good, long, Hollywood, scandal-free life. Not many in that business can say the same. RIP
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:29:41 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
I think his best performance was on the television series “The Twilight Zone,” the episode “On Thursday We Leave For Home.” He played leader of a group of colonists on an asteroid who have left earth because they were disenchanted with earth’s problems. A very good study of political power.
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:31:38 PM PST
by
RandyGH
(Democrats--So far left they've left America)
Semper Fi, Marine. Safe Travels.
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:31:40 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Feral Conservative)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Good actor. I remember the scene where a GI in a passing truck yells at Whitmore, “Hey, handsome, here!”, and throws him a cigar.
To: freema
Fire up the ping Ma, another Marine has reported on heaven’s scene!
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posted on
02/06/2009 4:36:03 PM PST
by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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