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Comedian Red Buttons Dies in L.A. at 87
Trib Star - AP ^
| 7/13/06
Posted on 07/13/2006 12:37:48 PM PDT by Borges
Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television then went dramatic to win the 1957 Oscar as supporting actor in "Sayonara," died Thursday, a spokesman said. He was 87.
Buttons died of vascular disease at his home in the Century City area of Los Angeles, publicist Warren Cowan said. He had been ill for some time, and was with family members when he died, Cowan said.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 1944; dday; june6; obituary
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:37:49 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:38:25 PM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: Borges
America loses another great one. Yet another reason to be sad today :(
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:39:00 PM PDT
by
Kieri
(Dump "Dangerously Incompetent" Debbie, Support Keith Butler for Senate)
To: Borges
Rest in Peace Red Buttons. A funny guy who In the Dean Martin Roasts "never had a dinner". ;-)
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:39:05 PM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicans Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For the Same Reason!)
To: Borges
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:39:25 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
Sorry to hear it. I enjoyed his performances over the years.
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:40:22 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Al Qaeda / Taliban operatives: Read the NY Times, for daily up to the minute security threat tips.)
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:40:42 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Go home and fix Mexico)
To: Borges
Sayonara, Red. God Bless.
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:41:17 PM PDT
by
Herford Turley
(Conservatism will save America)
To: Borges
A Great Man! He had some great one-liners!
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:41:52 PM PDT
by
TommyDale
(Stop the Nifongery!)
To: Borges
Sayonara........
Rest in Peace
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:42:24 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: Borges
He was one of the first comedians I watched on TV back when our family got its first TV set in about 1952.
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:42:31 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(W.C. Fields: "The time has come to take the bull by the tail and face the situation".)
To: Borges
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:42:41 PM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
To: Borges
Will always picture him hanging from the bell tower getting shot in the foot (Longest Day), and the "Ding, Dong" scene where he's deaf.
To: johnny7
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:43:39 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
Good night, Red.
Sorry for making fun of you as you hung from the side of the building The Longest Day.
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:44:08 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: Borges
Rest in peace Red, thanks for the laughs. A fading era, not many left of the real entertainers..
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:44:33 PM PDT
by
SeaBiscuit
(God Bless America and All who protect and preserve this Great Nation.)
To: Borges
IMDB says he was working until last year.
RIP, Red.
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:44:52 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Roll out the Canarble Wagon!)
To: Borges
Seems his last acting appearance was as the character "Jules 'Ruby' Rubadoux" on ER episodes in 95, 96, and 2005. See
imdb.com
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:45:18 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Go home and fix Mexico)
To: Borges
When the people you have grown up with, and watching the enjoyment they put into your living rooms,pass away,it is a reminder of our own immortality.R.I.P.Red.
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:46:10 PM PDT
by
xarmydog
To: Wolfie
I think the Lord loves humor (and comedians). That's why He invented both. Imagine the world without an occasional laugh every now and then.
Red Buttons has moved his show to a much larger stage.
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posted on
07/13/2006 12:46:55 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(W.C. Fields: "The time has come to take the bull by the tail and face the situation".)
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