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John Gavin, actor who became ambassador to Mexico, has died
AP/ Citizens Voice ^
| February 9, 2018
Posted on 02/09/2018 4:00:50 PM PST by SMGFan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Gavin, the tall, strikingly handsome actor who appeared in "Spartacus," ''Psycho" and other hit films of the 1960s before becoming President Ronald Reagan's ambassador to Mexico, has died at age 86.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: chat; gavin; hollywood; johngavin; obituary
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:00:51 PM PST
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SMGFan
To: SMGFan
I liked his brother Fred.
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:01:35 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:03:23 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Ann Archy
Soper handsome man. Would be considered a heart throb back in the day. Better looking than some of the girly boys today.
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:08:45 PM PST
by
dforest
(Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
To: dforest
He was HANDSOME as HELL!!!
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:09:31 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: dforest
Whoops!, super, not soper.
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:09:38 PM PST
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dforest
(Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
To: Ann Archy
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:10:18 PM PST
by
dforest
(Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
To: SMGFan
He played the broke boyfriend in Psycho.
To: SMGFan
From the article:
After appearances in a handful of 1950s B-movies, Gavin's breakthrough came in 1958 when he landed the lead role of a World War II German soldier in "A Time to Love and a Time to Die."
The film was based on an Erich Maria Remarque novel, and Universal Studios, having won an Academy Award in 1930 with its adaptation of Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front," was hoping lightning would strike again.
With a postwar audience hungering for escapism, however, it didn't happen and neither the film nor its leading man fared well with critics.
'cept "The Bridge on the River Kwai" won a bazillion academy awards to include best picture.
RIP John Gavin.
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:13:07 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: dforest
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:14:05 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Ann Archy
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:15:14 PM PST
by
dforest
(Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
To: dforest
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:18:43 PM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:19:58 PM PST
by
xp38
To: SMGFan
Always confused him with Clint Walker except Clint had about 50 pounds on him. LOL
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:21:15 PM PST
by
headstamp 2
(My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
To: Ann Archy
So.......dont hold back. How do you really feel?
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:24:00 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
To: SMGFan
Really sorry to hear this. RIP
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:27:26 PM PST
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
To: SMGFan
His second wife, Constance Towers is still acting.
She started in 1952, played Hannah Hunter in the 1959 John Wayne movie Horse Soldiers and played the retired librarian
Sadie Dunhill in 11.22.63. She was also in General Hospital from 1997 to 2017 as Helena Cassadine. An
acting career spanning 65 years. No mean feat.
To: Ann Archy
It is rare when we can feast upon a honey like this and there are no rumors that I can see that he was gay!
He should have been cloned. Hah
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:30:13 PM PST
by
dforest
(Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:30:35 PM PST
by
henbane
To: SMGFan
6′ 4″
All the actors where tall in the old days.
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posted on
02/09/2018 4:31:34 PM PST
by
donna
(Even white men are innocent until proven guilty.)
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