Massive icons like Aretha Franklin or Donna Summer will certainly continue to get their own threads when they pass, but I figured it might be worth having a place to honor lesser-known celebrities who have left us, especially because we can’t see status updates (which is where a lot of those announcements were made on here previously).
 

But the great actor Ian Holm has died at 88:

 

 

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Terence Stamp was one of a kind. He could be a chameleon so easily.

If you've never seen him in Federico Fellini's terrifying horror short Toby Dammit, do. It's on the Criterion Channel and probably many other places.

 

WOW. He definitely had a knack for popping up in movies at the most random moments for me. But he was a master of his domain.

 

Kneel Before Zod is going to hit different.

 

RIP 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/17/terence-stamp-the-mesmerisingly-seductive-dark-prince-of-british-cinema

I first knew of Terence Stamp in Priscilla, as it was a big deal when it came out, an international sensation. I first truly saw him, as @Faulkner posted in their clips, in Far From the Madding Crowd, one of the first times I saw a number of the amazing talents in that film. He was breathtaking as the dashing soldier who helps propel the fantasy life of Julie Christie compared to the sturdy Alan Bates as the reality. What a lucky lady Julie was for that film. 

It took me a while to realize he was General Zod, one of the best comic book movie supervillains.

I'll always associate him with Teorema, where he is utterly perfect as the detached yet incredibly intense deity-like figure who gives a rich family the gift and the curse of enlightenment. 

Edited August 17Aug 17 by DRW50

7 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I first truly saw him, as @Faulkner posted in their clips, in Far From the Madding Crowd, one of the first times I saw a number of the amazing talents in that film.

That’s where first saw him too. Just so sexy. That Carey Mulligan adaptation a few years back was so inferior. (Tom Sturridge is no Terence Stamp in spite of their shared initials.)

Got a sad news coming from the Court Justice community of Rhode Island:

Judge Frank Caprio is dead at 88 years old. I've remembered him on A&E show Parking Wars in early 2010s.

 

ny times obit for jerry adler. free link

jerry adler ny times obit

never knew he worked behind the scenes on a few soaps.

jerry adler imdb

Today marks 25 years since former 2nd Bahaman Premier (1967-69) and former first Bahamian Prime Minister (1969-92) The Rt. Hon. Sir Lynden O. Pindling died on this day in 2000 (same year I was born in The Bahamas as a new baby then in 2000). Nicknamed "The Father of the Nation. 

Angela Mortimer Barrett, the 1961 Wimbledon women's singles champion, has died at the age of 93.

Graham Greene, Oscar-Nominated 'Dances with Wolves' Actor, Dies at 73 https://t.co/X78zUzYWS6

— Variety (@Variety) September 1, 2025

Legendary Italian designer Giorgio Armani dies

Click to watch A Martinez slideshow tribute to Graham Greene

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOF2H94Dt0j/

abonemartinez (A Martinez)

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#GrahamGreene has crossed over. 

He stands as a giant among all actors.






On the day he came to play the Vietnam Vet who pulls his old pal Buddy out of a tight squeeze in Powwow Highway, Graham had endured one of the more difficult journeys imaginable. Not only traveling from Canada on the day he would begin work, but having his flight delayed and ground transportation go sideways to the point where he barely got to the set in time to get into his wardrobe.


Despite which, when he sat down in the bleachers and revealed the depth of his character’s wounds –– broken so deeply by his PTSD that even speaking was agony –– his work was simply and utterly magnificent. A living condemnation of all that had dragged him to the moment, yet still a man who would call out his one-time friend for having gotten mean. The movie was transformed.




The next year Graham was cast as Kicking Bird in Dances With Wolves, and a groundbreaking career was launched. He spit on pretense, but he could and would play all the colors –– drolly and fearlessly –– which is why he’s held in reverence by those who got to work with him. On the day he went to work on Longmire, I noticed that one of the actors had left his door open in the row of mobile dressing rooms, inviting company. It was Graham, of course… 




“He will be missed” can’t really cover the scope of the moment. He was a big-time credit to the human species, and tonight I’m grateful for all the years we got to witness the consistently irresistible observations he offered.

(1) POWWOW HIGHWAY

(2) Kicking Bird in DANCES WITH WOLVES

(3) With Kevin Costner

(4) Becoming Canadian Royalty

(5) Family Man in DEFIANCE

(6) With Cuba Gooding in SNOW DOGS

(7) With Felicity Huffman in TRANSAMERICA

(8) DEFIANCE

(9) With Val Kilmer in THUNDERHEART

(10) As Maximus in REZ DOGS

(11) Spiffy for the Walk of Fame

(12) The Young Artist
 

 

 

 

 

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It is with deep sorrow that Buckingham Palace announces the death of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent.

Her Royal Highness passed away peacefully last night at Kensington Palace, surrounded by her family.

The King and Queen and all Members of The Royal Family join The Duke… pic.twitter.com/OsCeb3pQ7d

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 5, 2025

Former Canadiens star goaltender (and later lawyer and MP) Ken Dryden has died.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/ken-dryden-obit-1.7627028

15 hours ago, Faulkner said:

To me she will always be remembered for Wimbledon, especially the Ladies Final 1993 when an inconsolable Jana Novotna cried on her shoulder after collapsing against Steffi Graf.

Edited September 6Sep 6 by I Am A Swede