RIP 2022
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Another real life hard man is Dale Dye. Often found playing military themed roles, most notably as Colonel Sink in Band of Brothers, and as an advisor to military films, the guy is a real life Vietnam war marine hero
Jack Palance was of that ilk too. An ex pro boxer and decorated war hero.
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Not a hard man but David Niven signed up as soon as WWII was declared and ended up as a captain in the Commando's. Le took part in the Normandy landings and ended the war as a lieutenant Colonel. He'd been a serving officer before moving into acting.
Similarly Jimmy Stewart had an active military career flying bombing missions over Germany
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Trump.
*Ivanka
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@Billy-Tell said in RIP 2022:
Trump.
*Ivanka
That's a big typo Ivana Trump has died
Same diff. Oh wait, you’re right.
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Not a hard man but David Niven signed up as soon as WWII was declared and ended up as a captain in the Commando's. Le took part in the Normandy landings and ended the war as a lieutenant Colonel. He'd been a serving officer before moving into acting.
Similarly Jimmy Stewart had an active military career flying bombing missions over Germany
Niven received the highest military award a non-American can receive IIRC, and famously refused to talk about his service until he was near death. Turns out he was one of the first to enter places like the concentration camps and saw he worst of the atrocities which really haunted him for the rest of his life.
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David Trimble. The term is bandied about a lot these days, but he was a genuine political giant.
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Another Goodfellas alumnus is dead, this time it's Paul Sorvino.
Paul Sorvino, Actor in ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘That Championship Season,’ Dies at 83
The Tony-nominated star played bad guys as well as cops, including Det. Phil Cerretta on 'Law & Order.'
RIP big guy.
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That's sad, Grew up with his songs as my sister was a huge fan.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2022:
That's sad, Grew up with his songs as my sister was a huge fan.
Its hit my Dad very hard (as you’d imagine), as John was heavily involved in horses for a while there and was one of those ‘close who you don’t see often friends’.
He was a huge laugh at the pub, I remember him after the Kihikihi Rodeo (I think) and he was awesome in front of a pub full of Rodeo cowboys and gang members.
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Just read Paul Sorvino's obituary.
Amazing life - wrote cook-books, was an accomplished sculptor, singer and director. Worked in a advertising agency while at acting school and was offered a 1/3 share which would have made him a multi-millionaire but turned it down for acting.
When he found out that Harvey Weinstein had had his daughter Mira blacklisted after she rejected his advances, he said: “Weinstein’s going to go to jail. Oh yeah… Good for him if he goes, because if not, he has to meet me… If I had known it, he would not be walking. He’d be in a wheelchair”
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2022:
Just read Paul Sorvino's obituary.
Amazing life - wrote cook-books, was an accomplished sculptor, singer and director. Worked in a advertising agency while at acting school and was offered a 1/3 share which would have made him a multi-millionaire but turned it down for acting.
When he found out that Harvey Weinstein had had his daughter Mira blacklisted after she rejected his advances, he said: “Weinstein’s going to go to jail. Oh yeah… Good for him if he goes, because if not, he has to meet me… If I had known it, he would not be walking. He’d be in a wheelchair”
Wow, didn't know he was Mira's father
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