Wendy

Law enforcement says Matthew had a cardiac event while in his Jacuzzi and drowned. To say this stuns me is a VAST understatement. I know the guy struggled with his demons, but this hurts.

I just saw William Devane doing some Medicare ad. I barely recognized him [but then, I still have the vision of his younger self in my head!], but his voice was unmistakable.

I was hoping that Suzanne would defy the odds with cancer for a second time. I guess it was not meant to be. She brought a sweet naivete to Chrissy Snow that could have been just been just the requisite "ditzy blonde" [as was the case in the second Three's Company pilot with Susan Lanier as Chrissy]. May Ms. Somers rest easy. Well, Richard Klein [Larry] is still with us! [But I get you likely meant the main three!]

Yup, as a Gen-X'er, my first exposure to her was indeed her role as Carrie's zealot loon mother in Carrie. Scared the bejeesus out of me! However, before he became a big star [and revealed himself to be a piece of s**t!], Mel Gibson and Piper Laurie starred in the movie, Tim, about a mentally disabled man that falls for an older woman. This was the late '70s/early '80s, apparently. (It was remade as a TV movie here in the '90s with Candice Bergen having the role Piper Laurie played.) The latter was a novel before the film by Colleen McCullough who, naturally, was more well known for The Thorn Birds.

Let's just say I have soured on Ingo, but I do think Guza liked him. With Brenda - and with Alexis. I still remember the preordained Jax/Chloe push that Wendy Riche was endorsing, while the writing in the Mixed Marrieds with Ned/Chloe and Jax/Alexis often seemed to have sparkly moments with the latter couple. Whether that was just meant as filler or as a real threat to Ned/Alexis [and Jax/Chloe], I guess we'll never know. But once that story ended and it was clear that Jax/Chloe was bombing and Chloe mixed it up with Stavros/Stefan and Jax/Alexis was not ever going to advance, Jax just seemed to be in a holding pattern. One he never really exited. [Yes, he was paired with Carly. But he was ALWAYS the loser to Sonny there. Again. So... *shrug*]

Do it. You'll never regret it. And it opens up avenues for shows released overseas but not in the US.

And this is why I still have physical media: I have a region-free DVD/Blu-Ray player. I bought the German DVD edition of the TV series, Hunter, which has the ORIGINAL music, not the replacement crap on the US DVD set/streaming. (The show LOVED The Rolling Stones!) Bought it at the German Amazon branch, Amazon.de. Replacement music on any given show is usually very hit or miss. So if I can have a show as broadcast from elsewhere, why not?

Starting on Tuesday, October 10th. TV Line has an article detailing the music issues and what will remain and what won't.

As my name is Wendy, my parents used to play "Windy" and would sing that to me when I was really little. But I remember.

Thank you, @lucaslesann23! Nice of you! 😀

Holy crap! This one is a shocker. His birthday was only the day before mine. So sad that, ironically, this is reported on what would have been his birthday! I realize it's none of our business, but I do wonder how he died. Human nature, I suppose. May he rest in peace!

Don Schanke lives! 😛 (Any fan of Forever Knight gets this!) Loved him as the janitor in The Breakfast Club, too. Glad he's still plugging away! Another soap connection to FK is that the original pilot movie had Rick Springfield (ex-Noah Drake, GH) in the title role of Nick Knight.

Never got why Celeste and Heather fought over him. (Of course, Signy Coleman [Celeste] married Vincent Irizarry [Scott] off screen, so life imitated art, if just for a while.) Or Gina, for that matter. Faking blindness to be close to Scott Clark?

My favorite from Jimmy: Thanks for the memories of my parents singling along to Margaritaville and the above, Jimmy! Enjoy that Cheeseburger In Paradise!

Apparently, she died of a very rare cancer, ampullary cancer, an opening connecting the bile duct of the pancreas to the duodenum. She was also in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, playing an equestrian having an affair with her horse trainer. Her character was married to another ex-soap actor, Mark Pinter. So many former/current soap stars are dying too young. May Ms. Booth RIP. https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/one-life-to-live/one-life-to-live-actress-bronwen-booth-dead-at-59

This pic is worth it just for the Hollywood Squares/Paul Lynde references going on at TwitX!

This seems legit: There is a memorial page here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/hyannis-ma/nancy-frangione-11413676 Scroll down. A classmate and friend have left condolences. So many soap stars are dying early. May Ms. Frangione rest in peace.

Per a Deadline article, Eric Braden has announced he is cancer free. Good for him! https://deadline.com/2023/08/the-young-and-the-restless-eric-braeden-cancer-free-1235500553/

Another possible Brady/Rex, Ben/Alex deal, this time with Emily O' Brien? If this is true, RIDICULOUS. There are PLENTY of unemployed soap actors, Widen the casting net!

I cannot believe Paul Reubens is gone. Just seems way too soon! To think another late great, Phil Hartman, helped shape Pee Wee Herman. May Paul rest in peace.

While I'm sad to hear Tony Bennett has passed, he is now free of the horrible disease that is Alzheimer's. May he rest in peace.

You need to actually do some research. Like any industry, the wealthy "name" actors account for the "1%" in the acting world. The rest barely make enough to live. In addition, AI is now a threat.

Oh, no! I always liked Nicolas Coster. Lionel Lockridge on Santa Barbara was a riot! (Of course, I am well aware that he appeared on many other soaps prior, but Lionel was my first real exposure to him.) He also had a small, but great, role in the movie, Betsy's Wedding with Alan Alda, Madeline Kahn, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pesci, and Anthony LaPaglia as the prospective father-in-law of Ringwald's Betsy. Rest in peace, Mr. Coster. Thanks for the laughs - and even a tear or two! On a final bittersweet note, at least he and his youngest son are now reunited. (I still recall him talking about having a child later in life in SOD and how sad it was that that son died so young.)

Because the very definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Hell, who am I kidding? It's about $$$$$$$$. Screw democracy!

Alas, this can all go sideways quickly. Why? Guess who the judge is? AILEEN CANNON. I know.