Richard Bright? (Al Neri from the Godfather movies)
Kent
today in NYC. I can't find it on Google News or anywhere else. Anybody
have more info?
Kent
Dead or Alive?
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com
deb...@comcast.net
(Richard Bright was 68)-
Man, 68, Struck And Killed By Turning Bus
Driver Told Police He Had No Idea He'd Struck Someone
(CBS) NEW YORK A 68-year-old man was struck and killed by a bus this
evening at the intersection of 86th Street and Columbus Avenue.
Police have not yet released the name of the victim who was dead on
arrival at Roosevelt Hospital at 6:45 p.m.
As police investigated the scene, the man's coat and shoe were left in
the middle of the street. The man was allegedly struck by the rear
tires of the bus as he was in the crosswalk.
A witness on the scene, Teri Robinson, was just a few cars back in a
taxi when the man was hit.
"Cars were coming and this man was laying there and there was no one
helping him and I could see very clearly he was in extremely bad
condition. I didn't think he had made it actually," she said.
The driver of the bus, a 55-year-old male who works for Academy Bus,
never stopped the bus after hitting the man and told police he didn't
know he had hit anyone.
Officers questioned the driver at the Port Authority depot where he
parked the bus at the end of his run. The driver is not facing any
criminal charges at this time.
One officer said the driver looked extremely shaken up after he was
told his bus had hit and killed a man.
Calls to Academy Bus were not returned.
wazzzy
Richard Bright born June 28, 1937
the age is right
wazzzy
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109175/board/flat/28668829?d=36564175#36564175
att...@aol.com
in THe Godfather and Law & Order. Sounds like Richard Bright. What a
waste. He did so much more thatn just The Godfather movies. Check out
Odds Against Tomorrow. Great film Noir from 1959. Damn this sucks.
wazzzy
William Brownstein
wazzzy wrote:
> 'GODFATHER' ACTOR KILLED BY TOUR BUS
>
> http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/62127.htm
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New York Post
'GODFATHER' ACTOR KILLED BY TOUR BUS
By TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS and PERRY CHIARAMONTE
February 19, 2006
A debonair 68-year-old actor - whose half-century career included a
memorable role in all three "Godfather" movies - was last night
dragged to his death in a horrific tour-bus accident on the Upper West
Side, police sources said.
Richard Bright, whose piercing blue eyes and dark hair saw him often
cast as a cop or criminal, crumpled to the ground as he was hit by the
rear wheel of an Academy bus at about 6:30 p.m. as it turned left on
Columbus Avenue at 86th Street, according to witnesses.
The driver was unaware of the accident until he reached the Port
Authority terminal and was questioned by police. There was no
indication of a crime and no charges were filed, police sources said.
Bright, whose winter coat and dentures were left behind on the street,
was pronounced dead at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital.
"His face was beat up. His leg was mangled," said Teri Robinson, 47,
who saw the accident from the back of a taxi. "It was very startling."
Movie fans would best know Bright from his performance as Al Neri, the
bodyguard to Al Pacino's Michael Corleone character in "The Godfather"
trilogy.
He played a key part in one of the most haunting scenes in "The
Godfather II," when he shot Corleone's older brother Fredo (John
Cazale) during a fishing trip.
The veteran actor also had guest roles in cop shows, such as "Law &
Order," "Third Watch" and "The Sopranos."
"He had beautiful blue eyes and a beautiful smile," said neighbor
Graham Gilbert.
Gilbert and other shocked residents of Bright's brownstone on 85th
Street called the veteran actor was a kind man, who would help with the
upkeep of the building.
"He was always looking out for the neighbors," Gilbert said.
Garrett Ewald, who learned of the accident as he was sitting down to
watch Bright's 1976 movie, "Marathon Man," said the elderly actor often
used a cane to walk.
He said Bright, in recent years, had found he had a lot of time on his
hands after his wife and teenage son moved to California, allowing him
to help young actors with coaching.
"You would see him on the stoop talking to [a young actor], coaching
him on how to handle an audition," Ewald said.
A manager at the 3 Star Coffee Shop, near the site of the fatal
accident, said Bright ate at the diner every night, and was probably on
his way to the eatery when he was struck.
deligiannakis at nypost.com
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