Ten actors who died in their 20s.
Ponty
- James Dean, 24, died on September 30, 1955, after a car crash on a
highway near Paso Robles, California.
- Sharon Tate, 26, was murdered on August 9, 1969, by followers of
Charles Manson in Los Angeles.
- Freddie Prinze, 22, died on January 29, 1977, after shooting himself
in Los Angeles.
- Jon-Erik Hexum, 26, died on October 18, 1984, after accidentally
shooting himself with a prop gun in Los Angeles.
- Rebecca Schaeffer, 21, was murdered on July 18, 1989, by stalker
Robert John Bardo in Los Angeles.
- Brandon Lee, 28, died on March 31, 1993, after accidentally being
shot on the set of The Crow in Wilmington, North Carolina.
- River Phoenix, 23, died on October 31, 1993, from a drug overdose
outside a nightclub in Los Angeles.
- David Strickland, 29, died on March 22, 1999, after hanging himself
in a hotel room in Las Vegas.
- Jonathan Brandis, 27, died on November 12, 2003, from injuries he
suffered after hanging himself in Los Angeles.
- Brad Renfro, 25, died on January 15, 2008, the day after reportedly
spending an evening drinking with friends.
AP
FragileWarrior
df52da...@l1g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:
>
> - Jon-Erik Hexum, 26, died on October 18, 1984, after accidentally
> shooting himself with a prop gun in Los Angeles.
Brandon Lee, 28, accidental gunshot wound from prop revolver, March 31,
1993.
FragileWarrior
$1...@blackhelicopter.databasix.com:
Oh, sorry, completely missed him on your list. I was so stunned to find a
similar death there. D'oh!
La N.
Dominique Dunne, 23, died on November 4th, 1982, murdered by her
boyfriend.
- nilita
Kris Baker
"Ponty" <Sacred...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Aaliyah, 22, died at age 22 in a plane crash
Our Gang's Norman Chaney died at age 22
R H Draney
Dorothy Stratten, 20, died August 14, 1980, murdered by her estranged husband.
And an even younger one:
William "Froggy" Laughlin, 16, died August 31, 1948, hit by a truck.
....r
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Kris Baker
"R H Draney" <dado...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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The little girl from Poltergeist (Heather O'Rourke) who died of an
intestinal defect at age 13.
cat
> The little girl from Poltergeist (Heather O'Rourke) who died of an
> intestinal defect at age 13.
Well, if you're going for under 20, add Anissa Jones of Family Affair.
Louis Epstein
:
: "R H Draney" <dado...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
:
My "Four Dead Lives..." lists don't include those whose fame came
from child endeavors,else I'd include Samantha Smith (1972-85).
I note that these lists have not included Justin Pierce...or long-ago
stars like Martha Mansfield (1899-1923,costume caught fire from a tossed
cigarette butt).
-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
Charlene
> I note that these lists have not included Justin Pierce...or long-ago
> stars like Martha Mansfield (1899-1923,costume caught fire from a tossed
> cigarette butt).
To be honest, I had never heard of Justin Pierce before you mentioned
him on the other thread. Comparing his fame to that of Heath Ledger
seemed to me to be similar to comparing the fame of the guy who owns
the Muffler King down the road to that of Queen Elizabeth II - they
were that immensely, immensely disparate. In fact, even after googling
him I'd still put his fame quotient at about one-tenth that of Pablo
Santos, whom I mentioned in the other thread as well.
wd43
kaj
Robert Francis, 25, died on July 31, 1955; his plane crashed shortly after
takeoff from Burbank Airport. (He played Ensign Keith in The Caine Mutiny).
FragileWarrior
b4dc44...@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
> Dominique Dunne, 23, died on November 4th, 1982, murdered by her
> boyfriend.
>
> - nilita
He was a stalker. She never met him before that day, IIRC.
Charlene
wrote:
> "La N." <nilita2...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:66bcebf3-4e40-4620-8644-
> b4dc44063...@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Dominique Dunne, 23, died on November 4th, 1982, murdered by her
> > boyfriend.
>
> > - nilita
>
> He was a stalker. She never met him before that day, IIRC.
Not the case. Dominique Dunne and her eventual killer had dated and
she even lived with him for a short while. When she escaped his abuse,
he went after her and strangled her.
You may be thinking of Rebecca Shaeffer, who was murdered by a stalker
she had never met.
wd43
Laurie Mann
Garber, the cute kid from Mary Poppins and Thomasina. He was about
21, died in 1977, and died from haemorrhagic necrotising pancreatitis,
apparently caused by alcohol and drug abuse. His co-star from those
movies Karen Dotrice has said he died from drug abuse.
Laurie D. T. Mann
Dead People Server
http://www.deadpeople.info
FragileWarrior
9bde-694...@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
Probably. I'm batting 0 in here lately. :) Thanks for the correction.
FragileWarrior
a209d9...@q39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
And then there's Josh Ryan Evans who played "Timmy", a living doll, on
Passions. 1982-2002. He died of complications after heart surgery, iirc.
http://soaps.about.com/library/passions/blpassiontimmytab.htm
La N
"FragileWarrior" <Fragile...@floonsMustDie.com> wrote in message
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They lived together for a brief period. He was abusive and was asked to
leave IIRC. Then he engaged in his stalking behaviour. I've heard/read
Domenick Dunne (father) discuss this sad episode several times.
- nilita
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, Ponty <Sacred...@aol.com> wrote:
> Ten Hollywood actors, like Heath Ledger, who died in their 20s.
Can't believe no one's mentioned Tupac! Shot dead at 25.
And am I the only one who remembers Edie Sedgwick?
--
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_|70|___:)=}- J.D. Baldwin |am quite prepared not only to retract it, but also
\ / bal...@panix.com|to deny under oath that I ever made it. -T. Lehrer
***~~~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------
La N
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>
> In the previous article, Ponty <Sacred...@aol.com> wrote:
>> Ten Hollywood actors, like Heath Ledger, who died in their 20s.
>
> Can't believe no one's mentioned Tupac! Shot dead at 25.
>
> And am I the only one who remembers Edie Sedgwick?
> --
I *loved* the 1982 book "Edie" by Jean Stein.
- nilita
nixi...@earthlink.net
I guess Ledger is the third youngest Oscar nominated actor to die
(Phoenix, Dean). Also could be considered second youngest since Dean
did not receive his acting nominations (1955 AND 1956) until after he
died.
mack
To add some names on the distaff side, there was
Jean Harlow at 26 of uremic poisoning
Susan Peters at 31 of the aftereffects of a gunshot to the spine years
before.
and perhaps saddest of all,
Suzan Ball at 21. of cancer, after haiving a leg amputated for the tumors
she suffered.
nixi...@earthlink.net
> To add some names on the distaff side, there was
>
> she suffered.
At the time of her death, she was married to Richard Long, who himself
would die young (at 47, so slightly OT for this thread). He would
later marry actress/early Playboy model Mara Corday
Kris Baker
<nixi...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>
She was also a cousin of Lucille Ball.
La N
*********************
Richard Long ... ahh ... "Jarrod Barkley" of THE BIG VALLEY. I had a major
crush on him when I was a young girl. And Suzan Ball was a distant cousin
of Lucille Ball.
- nilita
MDB1...@hotmail.com
Most of the names on these lists consist of actors and actresses who
died, if not as the victims of a crime, then some sudden event
involving substance abuse or a tragic accident.
But if one were to check the lists of actors in their 20s who died
between 1983 and about 1995 from AIDS, it would probably be nearly as
long as these entire lists combined.
Chuck
wiki/Category:Actors_who_died_in_their_20s) and decided to just list
everyone on there. ;)
cat
> In the previous article, Ponty <Sacred...@aol.com> wrote:
>> Ten Hollywood actors, like Heath Ledger, who died in their 20s.
> Can't believe no one's mentioned Tupac! Shot dead at 25.
Was he considered a Hollywood actor?
> And am I the only one who remembers Edie Sedgwick?
IMO, she's pretty much only remembered for dying.
Kris Baker
"cat" <catsand...@nospammeowmeow.com> wrote in message
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> "J.D. Baldwin" <INVALID...@example.com.invalid> wrote in message
>
>> In the previous article, Ponty <Sacred...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>> Ten Hollywood actors, like Heath Ledger, who died in their 20s.
>
>> Can't believe no one's mentioned Tupac! Shot dead at 25.
>
> Was he considered a Hollywood actor?
He appeared in at least one film....and got great reviews.
Laurie Mann
> Most of the names on these lists consist of actors and actresses who
> died, if not as the victims of a crime, then some sudden event
> involving substance abuse or a tragic accident.
> But if one were to check the lists of actors in their 20s who died
> between 1983 and about 1995 from AIDS, it would probably be nearly as
> long as these entire lists combined.
Well, an awful lot of actors who died from AIDS who were famous were
well over 30:
Peter Allen (Composer/singer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died June 18, 1992. Born
February 10, 1944
Amanda Blake (actress) -- Dead. AIDS/cancer. Died August 16, 1989.
Born February 20, 1931
Brad Davis (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died August 8, 1991. Born November
6, 1949
Denholm Elliott (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died October 6, 1992. Born May
31, 1922.
Wayland Flowers (ventriloquist) -- Dead. AIDS. Died October 11, 1988.
Born November 26, 1939.
Kevin Peter Hall (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died April 10, 1991. Born May
9, 1955
John Holmes (actor in a horizontal market) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March
13, 1988. Born August 8, 1944.
Rock Hudson (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died October 2, 1985. Born November
17, 1925.
Richard Hunt (puppeteer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died January 7, 1992. Born
August 16, 1951.
Michael Jeter (actor) -- Dead. Unclear, possibly AIDS-related. Died
March 30, 2003. Born August 26, 1952.
Lance Loud (actor/early "reality show" star) -- Dead. AIDS/hepatitis.
Died December 22, 2001. Born June 26, 1951.
Anthony Perkins (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died September 12, 1992. Born
April 4, 1932.
Dack Rambo (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March 21, 1994. Born November
13, 1941
Gene Anthony Ray (dancer/actor) -- Dead. Stroke/AIDS. Died November
14, 2003. Born May 24, 1962
Robert Reed (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died May 12, 1992. Born October 19,
1932
Ray Sharkey (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died June 11, 1993. Born November
14, 1952.
Stephen Stucker (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died April 13, 1986. Born July
2, 1949
The only actor I have in Dead People Server who was under 30 who
died of AIDS was
Merritt Butrick (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March 17, 1989. Born
September 3, 1959.
Kris Baker
"Laurie Mann" <laurie...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> The only actor I have in Dead People Server who was under 30 who
> died of AIDS was
>
> Merritt Butrick (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March 17, 1989. Born
> September 3, 1959.
Timothy Patrick Murphy, actor on Dallas, died at age 29 of AIDS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Patrick_Murphy
Pedro Zamora, cast of MTV's "The Real World", died at age 22.
Of course, when you're talking about a fatal disease, the death
sentence starts long before they die.
David Oliver, actor in TV Soaps, died at age 30 of AIDS.
allenk...@hotmail.com
> > <nixie...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>
-- On that note, there's Merritt Butrick, who was 29 when he passed
from AIDS in 1989.
--
Allen Kirshner
(the alt.music.lyrics TV theme guy)
R H Draney
>
>"R H Draney" <dado...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
>news:fn8pi...@drn.newsguy.com...
>>
>> William "Froggy" Laughlin, 16, died August 31, 1948, hit by a truck.
>
> Riding his bicycle, IIRC.
Wiki says motorscooter, but they've been known to mess up on the details
before....r
--
What good is being an executive if you never get to execute anyone?
Laurie Mann
> > "Laurie Mann" <laurieman...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > The only actor I have in Dead People Server who was under 30 who
> > died of AIDS was
>
> > Merritt Butrick (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March 17, 1989. Born
> > September 3, 1959.
>
>
> Pedro Zamora, cast of MTV's "The Real World", died at age 22.
>
> Of course, when you're talking about a fatal disease, the death
> sentence starts long before they die.
>
> David Oliver, actor in TV Soaps, died at age 30 of AIDS.
I'm not familiar with them.
There are probably more stage actors who died young of AIDS. But
there really aren't a lot of TV/movie actors who died that young of
AIDS.
Laurie D T. Mann
Kathi
>But if one were to check the lists of actors in their 20s who died
>between 1983 and about 1995 from AIDS, it would probably be nearly as
>long as these entire lists combined.
Timothy Patrick Murphy ("Dallas"), 29 (d. 1988), AIDS
Although not as young (but mainly still "youngish"), other "Dallas"
actors who died of AIDS or AIDS-related illness include:
Dack Rambo, 52 (d. 1994) "Jack Ewing"
Tom Fuccello, 56 (d. 1993) "Senator Dave Culver"
Ben Piazza, 57 (d. 1991) "Walt Driscoll"
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>
>"Kris Baker" <kris....@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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>>
>> "R H Draney" <dado...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
>> news:fn8pi...@drn.newsguy.com...
>>> La N. filted:
>>>>
>>>>On Jan 23, 3:54=A0pm, Ponty <Sacredcowb...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>> Ten Hollywood actors, like Heath Ledger, who died in their 20s.
>>>>>
>>>>> - James Dean, 24, died on September 30, 1955, after a car crash on a
>>>>> highway near Paso Robles, California.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Sharon Tate, 26, was murdered on August 9, 1969, by followers of
>>>>> Charles Manson in Los Angeles.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Freddie Prinze, 22, died on January 29, 1977, after shooting himself
>>>>> in Los Angeles.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Jon-Erik Hexum, 26, died on October 18, 1984, after accidentally
>>>>> shooting himself with a prop gun in Los Angeles.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Rebecca Schaeffer, 21, was murdered on July 18, 1989, by stalker
>>>>> Robert John Bardo in Los Angeles.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Brandon Lee, 28, died on March 31, 1993, after accidentally being
>>>>> shot on the set of The Crow in Wilmington, North Carolina.
>>>>>
>>>>> - River Phoenix, 23, died on October 31, 1993, from a drug overdose
>>>>> outside a nightclub in Los Angeles.
>>>>>
>>>>> - David Strickland, 29, died on March 22, 1999, after hanging himself
>>>>> in a hotel room in Las Vegas.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Jonathan Brandis, 27, died on November 12, 2003, from injuries he
>>>>> suffered after hanging himself in Los Angeles.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Brad Renfro, 25, died on January 15, 2008, the day after reportedly
>>>>> spending an evening drinking with friends.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dominique Dunne, 23, died on November 4th, 1982, murdered by her
>>>>boyfriend.
>>>
>>> Dorothy Stratten, 20, died August 14, 1980, murdered by her estranged
>>> husband.
>>>
>>> And an even younger one:
>>>
>>> William "Froggy" Laughlin, 16, died August 31, 1948, hit by a truck.
>>>
>>> ....r
>>
>> The little girl from Poltergeist (Heather O'Rourke) who died of an
>> intestinal defect at age 13.
>
> Bzzz! She wasn't in her 20s. :-(
And somewhere along the line I was going to bitch about the thread being about
TEN actors, not ten + X. :-)
--
John M.
John M.
According to IMDB he's been in nine. I've seen "Gridlock'd" costarring Tim Roth
and it was quite good.
--
John M.
Louis Epstein
: On Jan 23, 9:43 pm, Louis Epstein <l...@main.put.com> wrote:
:
:> I note that these lists have not included Justin Pierce...or long-ago
:> stars like Martha Mansfield (1899-1923,costume caught fire from a tossed
:> cigarette butt).
:
: To be honest, I had never heard of Justin Pierce before you mentioned
: him on the other thread. Comparing his fame to that of Heath Ledger
: seemed to me to be similar to comparing the fame of the guy who owns
: the Muffler King down the road to that of Queen Elizabeth II - they
: were that immensely, immensely disparate. In fact, even after googling
: him I'd still put his fame quotient at about one-tenth that of Pablo
: Santos, whom I mentioned in the other thread as well.
:
: wd43
Pierce was someone I put on my lists when I read of his death here;
he was basically a sometime TV series regular who committed suicide.
Santos I have never heard of...and seems on the point of being too young
to count as a success at doing "adult things".
-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
Louis Epstein
: One actor who died young whom almost no one remembers is Matthew
: Garber, the cute kid from Mary Poppins and Thomasina. He was about
: 21, died in 1977, and died from haemorrhagic necrotising pancreatitis,
: apparently caused by alcohol and drug abuse. His co-star from those
: movies Karen Dotrice has said he died from drug abuse.
:
: Laurie D. T. Mann
(not on my lists because he was a child star and had no adult career)
Louis Epstein
:
:> Ten Hollywood actors, like Heath Ledger, who died in their 20s.
:
: Can't believe no one's mentioned Tupac! Shot dead at 25.
He's on my "Four Dead Lives in One Long Life" lists,
along with "Notorious B.I.G.".
: And am I the only one who remembers Edie Sedgwick?
Not on my lists though I've heard of her...more a socialite
than a famous doer-of-things or holder-of-office.
Bob Feigel
<laurie...@gmail.com> magnanimously proffered:
>> On Jan 24, 4:15 pm, MDB11...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Most of the names on these lists consist of actors and actresses who
>> died, if not as the victims of a crime, then some sudden event
>> involving substance abuse or a tragic accident.
>> But if one were to check the lists of actors in their 20s who died
>> between 1983 and about 1995 from AIDS, it would probably be nearly as
>> long as these entire lists combined.
>
>Well, an awful lot of actors who died from AIDS who were famous were
>well over 30:
I'd add Liberace to that list.
--
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kris Baker
That's OK. I wasn't familiar with all the people on *your* list,
either.
Kris
Louis Epstein
: Jean Harlow at 26 of uremic poisoning
:
: Susan Peters at 31 of the aftereffects of a gunshot to the spine years
: before.
:
: and perhaps saddest of all,
:
: Suzan Ball at 21. of cancer, after haiving a leg amputated for the tumors
: she suffered.
Here are the early actors from my lists,
present:
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
FIRST LIFE
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Olive Thomas,US actress
Born October 20,1894 or 1898(sources unclear)
Died September 10 1920(poison)
Rudolph Valentino,Italian-USA actor
May 6 1895
August 23 1926(peritonitis)
Barbara LaMarr,US actress
July 28 1896 [some claim 1887?]
January 30 1926(tuberculosis)
Clarine Seymour,US actress
Born December 9 1898
Died April 25 1920(illness upon which sources differ)
Martha Mansfield,US actress
Born July 14 1899
Died November 30 1923(burns)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
SECOND LIFE
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Carole Landis,US actress
Born January 1 1919
Died July 5 1948(suicide)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
THIRD LIFE
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Francoise Dorleac,French actress
Born March 21 1942
Died June 26 1967(auto accident)
Brandon DeWilde,USA actor
Born April 9 1942
Died July 6 1972(car crash)
Sharon Tate,US actress
Born January 24 1943
Died August 9th 1969(murdered)
Freddie Prinze,USA actor
Born June 22 1954
Died January 29,1977(suicide)
James Dean(February 8 1931-September 30 1955)
-=-=-=-=-and past (no longer born within a living lifetime
(if First Life) or born after the death of a First Life person
(if Second Life):
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
FIRST LIFE
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Robert Harron,US actor
Born April 12 1893
Died September 1 1920(suicide,or accidental gun discharge)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
SECOND LIFE
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Peg Entwistle,British-USA actress
Born July 1 1908
Died September 18 1932(suicide)
Lupe Velez,Mexican-USA actress
Born July 18 1908
Died December 13 1944(suicide)
Carole Lombard,actress
Born October 6th 1908(says IMDb)/1909(says World Almanac)
Died January 16th 1942(plane crash)
Jean Harlow,USA actress
Born March 3 1911
Died June 7 1937(nephritis and subsequent complications)
Maria Montez,Dominican Republic-USA actress
Born June 6 1912(others say 1917-19)
Died Sept 7 1951(heart attack or drowning)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
THIRD LIFE
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Jayne Mansfield,USA actress
Born April 19 1933
Died June 29 1967(car accident)
Inger Stevens,Swedish-USA actress
Born October 18 1934
Died April 30 1970(suicide)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
FOURTH LIFE
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Dominique Dunne,USA actress
Born November 23,1959
Died November 4,1982(murdered)
Dorothy Stratten,Canadian-US actress
Born February 28,1960
Died August 14,1980(murdered)
Some of these made it past their 20s but all fit in sets of four
within the lives of living persons.
MDB1...@hotmail.com
Someone mentioned actor Richard Long of 'The Big Valley' in a previous
post.
When that series ended, he starred in a series called "Nanny And The
Professor", circa 1970-'73, I believe. Actress Juliett Mills portrayed
the nanny to Long's characters' three children. Probably inspired by
'Mary Poppins', IIRC - I was about 10 when that series started. I
remember reading about an apparent sucide of the actor who played one
of the sons. This was about a decade after the series ended, so he
probably would have been in his 20s by then.
And sadly, didn't the kid who played Don Defore's/Whitney Blake's son
on 'Hazel', die in an auto accident?
It wasn't Brandon DeWilde, but there were similarities, as both were
blonde, in their early 20s, and both lost their lives in auto
accidents about the same time (early '70s).
Brad Ferguson
<df6517ab-f8d0-4d50...@v29g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
<MDB1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Someone mentioned actor Richard Long of 'The Big Valley' in a previous
> post.
> When that series ended, he starred in a series called "Nanny And The
> Professor", circa 1970-'73, I believe. Actress Juliett Mills portrayed
> the nanny to Long's characters' three children. Probably inspired by
> 'Mary Poppins', IIRC - I was about 10 when that series started. I
> remember reading about an apparent sucide of the actor who played one
> of the sons. This was about a decade after the series ended, so he
> probably would have been in his 20s by then.
Trent Lehman played the younger brother, Butch. On 18 January 1982,
Lehman hanged himself on the fence surrounding the elementary school
he'd attended. He was 20.
> And sadly, didn't the kid who played Don Defore's/Whitney Blake's son
> on 'Hazel', die in an auto accident?
In April 1973, Bobby Buntrock died in a car wreck on the same South
Dakota bridge where his mother had died in a car wreck the year before.
> It wasn't Brandon DeWilde, but there were similarities, as both were
> blonde, in their early 20s, and both lost their lives in auto
> accidents about the same time (early '70s).
Buntrock was 21 when he died. Brandon De Wilde was 30 when he was
killed on 6 July 1972.
Louis Epstein
:
:
:
:
: Someone mentioned actor Richard Long of 'The Big Valley' in a previous
: post.
: When that series ended, he starred in a series called "Nanny And The
: Professor", circa 1970-'73, I believe. Actress Juliett Mills portrayed
: the nanny to Long's characters' three children. Probably inspired by
: 'Mary Poppins', IIRC - I was about 10 when that series started. I
: remember reading about an apparent sucide of the actor who played one
: of the sons. This was about a decade after the series ended, so he
: probably would have been in his 20s by then.
:
: And sadly, didn't the kid who played Don Defore's/Whitney Blake's son
: on 'Hazel', die in an auto accident?
: It wasn't Brandon DeWilde, but there were similarities, as both were
: blonde, in their early 20s, and both lost their lives in auto
: accidents about the same time (early '70s).
Now that you mention it,I need to check DeWilde's adult credits
to make sure I shouldn't drop him for having only a child career
(the reason I don't include Matthew Garber).
:> -=-=-
Louis Epstein
:
: "Louis Epstein" <l...@main.put.com> wrote in message
: news:N5ydnRY6bLSbxATa...@velocitywest.net...
:> mack <mack...@dslextreme.com> wrote:
:> :
:> : To add some names on the distaff side, there was
:> :
:> : Jean Harlow at 26 of uremic poisoning
:> :
:> : Susan Peters at 31 of the aftereffects of a gunshot to the spine years
:> : before.
:> :
:> : and perhaps saddest of all,
:> :
:> : Suzan Ball at 21. of cancer, after haiving a leg amputated for the
:> tumors
:> : she suffered.
:>
:> Here are the early actors from my lists,
:> present:
:
: Does your list include Thelma Todd ('The Ice Cream Blonde')?
: I've seen a pic of her grave that indicates she was only 29
: (b. 1906) and not 30 as widely reported.
: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3074
: Thelma Todd
:
: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&GRid=3074&PIgrid=3074&PIcrid=90780&PIpi=77875
: pic of grave (close-up)
:
: b. Jul. 29, 1905 d. Dec. 16, 1935 (on her IMDB bio)
She's a fall-between-the-cracks case...
it's not yet possible to string together the lives of
three celebs born after 1935 who were not strictly
famous for childhood things and were never alive at
the same time and are all dead.
:> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Charlene
Well, everything he's known for he did after age 18, and he was in a
cult TV show popular with teens - but I think he might have been more
popular with the young Latino crowd than with folks of our age.
wd43
Brad Ferguson
Epstein <l...@main.put.com> wrote:
> Now that you mention it,I need to check DeWilde's adult credits
> to make sure I shouldn't drop him for having only a child career
> (the reason I don't include Matthew Garber).
De Wilde has half a dozen credits listed in IMDb after 1963, when he
turned 21.