Posted on 10/30/2007 4:45:21 PM PDT by Nasty McPhilthy
Edited on 10/30/2007 4:57:04 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
LOS ANGELES — Robert Goulet, the handsome, big-voiced baritone whose Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched an award-winning stage and recording career, has died. He was 73.
The singer died Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles hospital while awaiting a lung transplant, said a Goulet spokesman in an e-mail.
He had been awaiting a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being diagnosed with a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis in September.
Goodbye, Sir Lancelot.
RIP Mr. Goulet and may your prayers be answered..
They make it an experience, especially in person!
On song I hear both sing was “The Last Farwell”
There’s a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbour
Tomorrow for old England she sails
Far away from your land of endless sunshine
To my land full of rainy skies and gales
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow
Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell
refrain:
For you are beautiful
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
(repeat)
I heard there’s a wicked war a blazing
And the taste of war I know so very well
Even now I see the foreign flag a raising
Their guns on fire as we sail into hell
I have no fear of death; it brings no sorrow
But how bitter will be this last farewell
refrain:
For you are beautiful
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
(repeat)
Though death and darkness gather all about me
And my ship be torn apart upon the seas
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
In the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
And should I return safe home again to England
I shall watch the English mist roll through the dell
refrain:
For you are beautiful
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Goulet fell ill a month ago while returning from his last concert in Syracuse, NY. Can’t believe he pulled off that concert. R.I.P., Mr. Goulet.
Everybody talks about a new world in the morning
New world in the morning never comes
. . .
I’ve got to leave ol’ Durham town
And that leaving’s going to get me down
Funny, that's playing right now!
I was just running it on YouTube.
Sadly, they are few and far between and tonight with Bob’s passing, they are even fewer!
Ah yes, winner of the highly prized gold medal in the coveted Olympic ski-sniping championship. Spider Savage was not heard from.
I wondered if anyone else remembered this simple f*er's brain cramp that night. I was in Brunswick Maine back then, went to take a leak and when I got back the match was over. Goulet's performance matched Sonny's. Losers all.
I wondered if anyone else remembered this simple f*er's brain cramp that night. I was in Brunswick Maine back then, went to take a leak and when I got back the match was over. Goulet's performance matched Sonny's. Losers all.
Condolences to Robert Goulet’s family and friends. A great singer/performer. My mom was a huge fan.
I remember seeing Porter at the Grand Ole Opry circa 1998. I was too far back for eye contact, however. The sponsor, “Jogging In A Jug”, cracked me up.
Oh, I don’t believe in if anymore,
If’s an illusion, if’s an illusion
From SNL, circa 1975:
Tom Tryman: Good afternoon, this is Tom Tryman!
Jessica Antlerdance: And this is Jessica Antlerdance!
Tom Tryman: And, of course, we’re here in Vale, Colorado, to cover the Claudine Longet Invitational! This is, of course, a men’s freestyle skiing competition!
Jessica Antlerdance: So, without further ado, let’s go to the slopes. Well, we certainly have a beautiful day for it, Tom.
Tom Tryman: Right you are, Jessica. And, of course, first out will be Helmut Kindle. Helmut is a 24-year-old Frenchman - I’m sorry, he’s a West German. And this is his second run of the day, I believe. He had an initial time of 41.8. Looking very good here.
Jessica Antlerdance: That’s right, Tom. But Helmut injured his ankle last month, and that’s bound to affect his performance here today.
Tom Tryman: He caught an edge there, but he seems to be okay, he’s in good shape.. actually, I think he’s a little..
[ a shot rings out, as Helmut falls into the snow ]
Tom Tryman: Uh-oh! He seems to have been accidentally shot by Claudine Longet! Yes.. and I’m afraid Helmut Kindle is out of this race!
Jessica Antlerdance: Yes, it’s a shame, but that’s all part of the exciting world of professional skiing, Tom.
Tom Tryman: Well, he definitely seems out of it, Jessica, and I couldn’t agree more. Now, here comes the man to beat - we’re going to be seeing him in a second. Of course, Jean-Paul Baptiste. A 28-year-old civil engineer from Verne, Switzerland. And he’s strong, he’s agile, he’s got a great deal of power, Jessica.
Jessica Antlerdance: He’ll need all the power he’s got on those mobiles, Tom.
Tom Tryman: Look at the way his legs absorb those shocks, as he manuevers his way down this bumpy terrain. There’s a very nice move there, a lot of spring, he’s really playing this hill.
Jessica Antlerdance: It’s easy to see why he won a Bronze Medal in Innsbrook. He’s a strong skiier, and a fierce competitor.
Tom Tryman: Mmm-hmm! Well, I would have to say, it’s a very fast time up to this point. Uh.. he’s doing very well - and there’s a very nice move - uh.. I would say, at this halfway point, he’s gonig to take third, or maybe even a second-place..
[ a shot rings out, as Jean-Paul falls into the snow ]
Tom Tryman: Uh-oh! Uh-oh! It looks to me like he’s been accidentally shot by Claudine Longet!
[ Jean-Paul regains balance on his skis ]
Jessica Antlerdance: Just grazed, I think, Tom..
[ second shot rings, as Jean-Paul falls back into the show ]
Jessica Antlerdance: Oh, no! That one got him, he’s down! No, he’s down this time.. no, no! No, he’s getting up!
[ Jean-Paul continues to ski downhill, albeit a little awkwardly ]
Jessica Antlerdance: Always the mark of a fine athlete is the ability to recover in diffivcult situations.
Tom Tryman: I can’t believe he’s going for the finish line.. and -
[ third shot rings out, Jean-Paul is down for good ]
Tom Tryman: Oh, no! Again.. again, he’s been accidentally shot by Claudine Longet, and, this time, I think he’s down to stay, Jessica.
Jessica Antlerdance: We’re running a little late, Tom, so let’s just cut to a few highlights of this event.
Tom Tryman: Alright, let’s do that.
[ show skiier falling into the snow ]
Tom Tryman: Uh.. here, she mistakenly dropped her gun and it went off.
[ show skiier falling into the snow ]
Jessica Antlerdance: Uh.. here, she was just showing the gun to a friend.
[ show skiier falling into the snow ]
Tom Tryman: Yeah.. I think she was just cleaning her gun here, wasn’t she?
[ show skiier falling into the snow ]
Tom Tryman: And, once again, of course, showing the un to a friend.
[ show skiier falling into the snow ]
Tom Tryman: Here, I think she just put the gun down in the snow, and it went off by mistake.
Jessica Antlerdance: That looked almost like skeet shooting!
[ Tom and Jessica laugh playfully ]
Tom Tryman: You must mean ski shooting!
[ Tom and Jessica laugh more sardonically ]
Tom Tryman: Oh, well. This has been Tom Tryman.
Jessica Antlerdance: And Jessica Antlerdance.
Tom Tryman: Here in Vale, Colorado, at the Claudine Longet Invitiational.
Jessica Antlerdance: Ski shooting, that’s very funny! [ laughs ]
[ fade ]
I so totally agree. They just don’t write songs and have the singers that can sing them anymore. I am 43 but I do so love the “old” guys and their songs.
One of the funniest lines that Carol Burnett ever used was when Robert Goulet was a guest early after his debut in Camelot. She was introducing him and mentioned that she had seen him as Lancelot in Camelot. Her next line was - OOOooooooh, I wish I had a can opener!!!”
Picture of Robert Goulet from 1964 - oh be still my fluttering heart! :-)
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