ALL: Terry Lester dead?
Sarah
slowly but surely among people, but I must have been asked twenty
times in less than 24 hours if he died last week. I've tried to find
out the information to confirm or deny it, but I've found nothing
alerting people to it being a false rumor nor any news servers
reporting his death. Am I horribly out of the loop on something, has
anyone else heard this?
TIA,
sarah
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Leigh Claffey
> My gut tells me this is just a cruel hoax that is being spread around
> slowly but surely among people, but I must have been asked twenty
> times in less than 24 hours if he died last week. I've tried to find
> out the information to confirm or deny it, but I've found nothing
> alerting people to it being a false rumor nor any news servers
> reporting his death. Am I horribly out of the loop on something, has
> anyone else heard this?
>
> TIA,
>
> sarah
>
I doubt he is Sarah. None of the fansites/discussion boards or CBS website
seem to have anything on it.
And if he is Google hasn't picked up on it yet.
--Leigh
Kristi K.
http://lane-davies.com/ since I figured those would be the two places most
likely to discuss the news, and they say that the current production of "A
Christmas Carol" by the Santa Susana Repertory Company (where Lane Davies is
the artistic director) is dedicated to Terry Lester:
>>This production of "A Christmas Carol" is dedicated to our friend and
fellow actor, Terry Lester, who passed away on November 28, 2003.
Terry was our El Gallo in The Fantastiks (1995), De Guiche in Cyrano de
Bergerac (1996), Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy (1996), the Spirit of
Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol (1996) and Oberon in A Midsummer
Night's Dream (1997/1998 ).
Terry you will be missed.<<
"Sarah" <sarah...@juno.com> wrote in message
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Niki
> My gut tells me this is just a cruel hoax that is being spread around
> slowly but surely among people, but I must have been asked twenty
> times in less than 24 hours if he died last week. I've tried to find
> out the information to confirm or deny it, but I've found nothing
> alerting people to it being a false rumor nor any news servers
> reporting his death. Am I horribly out of the loop on something, has
> anyone else heard this?
I got news of that too yesterday. No reason for death noted. It sure seems
like it took long enough to leak out.
DonnaB
<feb2a91e.03120...@posting.google.com>, sarah...@juno.com
(Sarah) wrote:
> My gut tells me this is just a cruel hoax that is being spread around
> slowly but surely among people, but I must have been asked twenty
> times in less than 24 hours if he died last week. I've tried to find
> out the information to confirm or deny it, but I've found nothing
> alerting people to it being a false rumor nor any news servers
> reporting his death. Am I horribly out of the loop on something, has
> anyone else heard this?
http://lane-davies.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=news;action=display;num=1070941307
Hard to believe, hard to grieve, another who was too young ...
For anyone not familiar with his name, try some characters: the
original Jack Abbott on Y&R, Mason Capwell #2 on SB and Royce Keller
on ATWT.
Royce with his sister Neal (played by Mary Kay Adams) were long lost
half siblings to Lucinda. The storyline of them coming to Oakdale,
Royce & Emily's romance & engagement, Neal's murder, the trial & the
revelation that Royce had DID & one of his alters had done the murder,
all of it was some of the last writing & plotting & HeadWriting that
Doug Marland ever did. It was also some of the finest soap opera ever
produced, of all I've seen, if you ask me.
A sad day & another day when the obituaries in dailies seem to fail us
since this death happened on November 28th & unconfirmed word of it
leaked out little by little this weekend, causing questions &
confusion & worry.
[Posted & some e-mail copies sent.]
--
DonnaB 8^> <*>
"You can never have too many copies of THE GOONIES." - Seth to Ryan, The O.C., 12-3-03, "The Best Chrismukkah Ever"
Ms. Chatterbox
It's posted at http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/
Sarah Estell
"DonnaB" <shall...@rcn.com> wrote in message
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> In rec.arts.tv.soaps.misc on 8 Dec 2003 21:08:38 -0800 in Msg.#
> <feb2a91e.03120...@posting.google.com>, sarah...@juno.com
> (Sarah) wrote:
>
> > My gut tells me this is just a cruel hoax that is being spread around
> > slowly but surely among people, but I must have been asked twenty
> > times in less than 24 hours if he died last week. I've tried to find
> > out the information to confirm or deny it, but I've found nothing
> > alerting people to it being a false rumor nor any news servers
> > reporting his death. Am I horribly out of the loop on something, has
> > anyone else heard this?
>
>
http://lane-davies.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=news;action=display;num=1070941307
>
> Hard to believe, hard to grieve, another who was too young ...
Oh this is just so sad! I had held out hope that he would reappear on one
of my soaps again. He was just such a good actor. One of that rare breed
who is able to convey so much more than the dialogue just with his delivery,
his facial expressions, body language, etc. Oh I am just so saddened by
this.
>
> For anyone not familiar with his name, try some characters: the
> original Jack Abbott on Y&R, Mason Capwell #2 on SB and Royce Keller
> on ATWT.
Terry will always be the 'real' Jack Abbott to me. And of course I loved
him as Royce Keller on ATWT.
>
> Royce with his sister Neal (played by Mary Kay Adams) were long lost
> half siblings to Lucinda. The storyline of them coming to Oakdale,
> Royce & Emily's romance & engagement, Neal's murder, the trial & the
> revelation that Royce had DID & one of his alters had done the murder,
> all of it was some of the last writing & plotting & HeadWriting that
> Doug Marland ever did. It was also some of the finest soap opera ever
> produced, of all I've seen, if you ask me.
This storyline is still one of the very best things I have seen on any soap.
Of course it was written by one of the best and played out on screen by 3 of
the best actors in the business (Liz Hubbard, Terry Lester and Mary Kay
Adams). Sigh.....
>
> A sad day & another day when the obituaries in dailies seem to fail us
> since this death happened on November 28th & unconfirmed word of it
> leaked out little by little this weekend, causing questions &
> confusion & worry.
How in the world? November 28th? Oh my.....
SarahE
Primrose
> >>This production of "A Christmas Carol" is dedicated to our friend and
> fellow actor, Terry Lester, who passed away on November 28, 2003.
>
> Terry was our El Gallo in The Fantastiks (1995), De Guiche in Cyrano de
> Bergerac (1996), Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy (1996), the Spirit of
> Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol (1996) and Oberon in A Midsummer
> Night's Dream (1997/1998 ).
I'm confused...I did some research last night and found one website that
said Terry Lester was born in 1939, and another that said he was born in
1950. On IMDB.com, it says he was born in 1950, and lists these things
he's been in, such as the Y&R and ATWT soaps, and guest appearances on
tv, etc. but I don't recall these ones listed above.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504531/
Could it be possible there's another TL, born in 1939? I didn't see
anything about him on IMDB and unfortunately I can't recall which
website I saw that birth date.
If it is the TL I've seen on the soaps, I'm very sorry to hear this
news. :-(
Optional
news:TMkBb.117969$Vu6....@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
I just wonder why it was kept a secret?
DonnaB
<o9oBb.7516$7p2....@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>, "Optional"
<this...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just wonder why it was kept a secret?
Likely it wasn't kept a secret. Much more likely that there was no
public obituary so any entertainment media would just have found out
about it last week or the week after & will show up in print in them
soon. It was in the program of the Santa Susanna Repertory Company
(Lane Davies' company) last week for a show. If there had been some
request to keep it secret I'd imagine that good friends would have
honored that.
--
DonnaB 8^> <*>
"There's drinking, crying, cops, ... well, then it must be Christmas." - Ryan to Marisa, The O.C., 12-3-03, "The Best Chrismukkah Ever"
Sarah Estell
"Primrose" <prim...@sonic.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> In article <br3k71$c45$1...@news1.kornet.net>, schy...@yahoo.com says...
> > >>This production of "A Christmas Carol" is dedicated to our friend and
> > fellow actor, Terry Lester, who passed away on November 28, 2003.
> >
> > Terry was our El Gallo in The Fantastiks (1995), De Guiche in Cyrano de
> > Bergerac (1996), Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy (1996), the Spirit of
> > Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol (1996) and Oberon in A Midsummer
> > Night's Dream (1997/1998 ).
>
> I'm confused...I did some research last night and found one website that
> said Terry Lester was born in 1939, and another that said he was born in
> 1950. On IMDB.com, it says he was born in 1950, and lists these things
> he's been in, such as the Y&R and ATWT soaps, and guest appearances on
> tv, etc. but I don't recall these ones listed above.
The Terry Lester we are talking about would be the one born in 1950. The
roles listed above were roles in the Santa Susanna Theatre Company, so
unless you went to see him in one of those productions, you wouldn't recall
them.
I'm still just stunned. I watched Y&R for the first time in ages today
(probably because I was thinking about Terry) and while the "new" Jack is
good (and yes I realize he isn't really new anymore) I found myself missing
Terry a lot as I watched. I wonder if Y&R and ATWT will do any kind of in
memorium tribute at the end of one of the episodes? I think it would be
appropriate for both.
SarahE
DonnaB
<AKoBb.3824$Mv5....@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>, "El"
<pleases...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> How sad indeed.
>
> Does anyone know the cause, and/or is there an obit out there?
No, although I believe he was very ill at the end and there's not a
published obituary yet but we haven't seen the soap mags that come out
this week yet either.
--
DonnaB 8^> <*>
"There's drinking, crying, cops, ... well, then it must be Christmas." - Ryan to Marisa, The O.C., 12-3-03, "The Best Chrismukkah Ever"
Optional
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-10085
This link gives his original name as "Ellen Duncan" yet born in 1939. What
is going on here?????
DonnaB
<tepBb.7585$7p2....@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>, "Optional"
<this...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-10085
>
> This link gives his original name as "Ellen Duncan" yet born in 1939. What
> is going on here?????
They have someone else's bio data with Terry Lester's credits. Bad
error on their part.
Sarah Estell
>
> No, although I believe he was very ill at the end and there's not a
> published obituary yet but we haven't seen the soap mags that come out
> this week yet either.
I didn't even know he was ill. Was it cancer? AIDs? What a loss.
SarahE
DonnaB
<YIpBb.116321$Eq1....@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>, "Sarah Estell"
<est...@wi.rr.com> wrote:
> I didn't even know he was ill. Was it cancer? AIDs? What a loss.
I don't think anyone knew that he was ill, I mean, obviously *someone*
knew, but, I don't think even friends of his in the business knew that
he was ill until near the end. Don't know if it was cancer or AIDS or
whatever else ... obviously a few things jump into our brains as we
fret about it. Whatever reason it was, he was just too young, too
beautiful, too talented, ... I'm just verklempt. That's an idea. How
about a minute of silence for Terry tonight at 8 pm eastern?
DonnaB
<20031209164844...@mb-m25.aol.com>,
anthonyl...@aol.comTVfan (Anthony D. Langford) wrote:
> Really? I don't think so. Don't get me wrong, his death at such a young age
> is terrible, but he hasn't been on Y&R in more than a decade I remember TL as
> Jack, but Peter Bergman *is* Jack to me. He's fleshed out and given Jack
> dimension and growth that TL didn't or possible couldn't. I wonder how many
> current viewers of Y and R would even know who Terry Lester was. Then again, Y
> and R viewers do tend the skew older, which means they probably have viewers
> who have been watching longer than other shows. I could be wrong about that.
> As for ATWT, I don't think TL was on the show long enough to make much of an
> impact and I don't think Royce has been mentioned since he left town. Don't
> get me wrong, if either show did such a thing it would be to their credit, I
> would just be shocked if they did.
I think both Y&R and ATWT should, but, no guesses on what they
actually will do. These kinds of things are simply not honored like
they used to be, which I find to be a bad thing.
But, it's funny to me, that no matter how good PB has been, there's
still this large body of people who think of Lester as the only real
Jack Abbott.
Do You Want To Live Forever?
Wow!
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think at 53, i will go and look
Angela C
"Sarah" <sarah...@juno.com> wrote in message
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Niki
> I'm confused...I did some research last night and found one website that
> said Terry Lester was born in 1939, and another that said he was born in
> 1950. On IMDB.com, it says he was born in 1950, and lists these things
> he's been in, such as the Y&R and ATWT soaps, and guest appearances on
> tv, etc. but I don't recall these ones listed above.
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504531/
>
> Could it be possible there's another TL, born in 1939? I didn't see
> anything about him on IMDB and unfortunately I can't recall which
> website I saw that birth date.
>
> If it is the TL I've seen on the soaps, I'm very sorry to hear this
> news. :-(
Primrose, I saw that too and was confused. It was TVTome.
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-10085
Aaron Pynn
Yeah to me Terry Lester will always be Jack. Peter Bergman is good but I
remember how people were up in arms when he took over.
Then he surprised us and did a great job.
To me Terry will always be the best Jack and Peter will he's still Cliff :-)
Aaron Pynn
> In rec.arts.tv.soaps.misc on Tue, 09 Dec 2003 18:05:08 GMT in Msg.#
> <o9oBb.7516$7p2....@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>, "Optional"
> <this...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I just wonder why it was kept a secret?
>
> Likely it wasn't kept a secret. Much more likely that there was no
> public obituary so any entertainment media would just have found out
> about it last week or the week after & will show up in print in them
> soon. It was in the program of the Santa Susanna Repertory Company
> (Lane Davies' company) last week for a show. If there had been some
> request to keep it secret I'd imagine that good friends would have
> honored that.
Yeah weren't him and Lane good friends?
DonnaB
<GlOBb.9084$IF6.4...@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>, "Aaron Pynn"
<acp...@nf.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> "DonnaB" <shall...@rcn.com> wrote in message
> news:3u3ctvohjmmtjk2ec...@4ax.com...
> > ... It was in the program of the Santa Susanna Repertory Company
> > (Lane Davies' company) last week for a show. If there had been some
> > request to keep it secret I'd imagine that good friends would have
> > honored that.
>
> Yeah weren't him and Lane good friends?
Yes, they became good friends. Independently Nancy Lee Grahn & Lester
stayed close friends as well.
--
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LadySycamore
> I went to the boards at http://nancyleegrahn.com/ and
> http://lane-davies.com/ since I figured those would be the two places most
> likely to discuss the news, and they say that the current production of "A
> Christmas Carol" by the Santa Susana Repertory Company (where Lane Davies is
> the artistic director) is dedicated to Terry Lester:
>
>
>>>This production of "A Christmas Carol" is dedicated to our friend and
>
> fellow actor, Terry Lester, who passed away on November 28, 2003.
>
> Terry was our El Gallo in The Fantastiks (1995), De Guiche in Cyrano de
> Bergerac (1996), Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy (1996), the Spirit of
> Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol (1996) and Oberon in A Midsummer
> Night's Dream (1997/1998 ).
>
> Terry you will be missed.<<
Amen to that. Man...I don't even know what to say, I'm floored by this...:-(
--
~LadySycamore~
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