He was a lovely, talented man and had a wonderful partner in EJ Alexander. At least they didn't turn the New Amsterdam into a megachurch. Perhaps someone will write a more elaborated biography about this strange character, who appeared on the Merv Griffin Show during the late '70s, and slept with many of the hottest men of the era (you can find some of their comments on YouTube and DiscoMusic.com). It never does. Anyway, most of these people (Southerns, Mid-Westerns) just COULDN'T" WAIT to see Disney's musical, "Alladin". The leading cause of death in the UK in 2018 was dementia and Alzheimer disease, accounting for 12.7% of all deaths registered. So wonderful Holy shit, Michael Jeter's performance in "Take the Glass" from Grand Hotel, linked at R94, is freaking amazing! I find it too cutesy for words. Peter Coffield who was in a ton of TV series and TV movies in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as well as commercials. If so, it worked on me. Somewhere in my kitchen. Ernest Ivanhoe Vernon Armstrong; Ernest L. Armstrong; Ernest Robert Armstrong; Ernest William Armstrong; Francis Armstrong; Lay a poppy for 2022. I didn't see how many pages it was, already mentioned obviously. This is quite possibly the gayest name ever. Armstrong died of a heart attack in his sleep, a month before his 70th birthday on July 6, 1971. I've always wondered. And in 1933, he appeared as Denham, the fasttalking movie maker who insists on visiting a mysterious island where an enormous ape, called Kong, is said to be thriving. [7] Armstrong gave up his studies to manage his uncle's touring companies. He was the father of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and father-in-law of Princess Margaret, younger daughter of George VI . end cause. He was 82 years old. But it's important to remind all of us, and to tell the younger ones who were not there, what was lost. Death records are primary resources for details about the death, since they were typically created relatively near the time of the death. I'm not denying the publicist downplayed the cause of death, though. And boy, did they! Robert Armstrong passed away on October 16, 2021 after a valiant battle with cancer. r10--how can you POSSIBLY have left out mention of Frey as Harold in "The Boys in the Band"? [quote]For years, I thought that Keene Curtis died of AIDS. Not me, R172. cancer; Cemetery. R. G. Armstrong AKA Robert Golden Armstrong Born: 7-Apr-1917 Birthplace: Birmingham, AL Died: 27-Jul-2012 Location of death: Studio City, CA Cause of death: unspecified . If you can't find the email you can resend it here. He wanted me to clean the toilet every time I used it. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. I remember seeing Leonard Frey on the First Ave bus years ago, when my neighborhood was scuzzy. R267 I don't think so. Nearly one week after his sudden passing, actor Robert Cormier's death has been revealed as the result of a bad fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter.. Cormier, known for his role as Finn . Here he is singing Cole Porter's "Love for Sale. Either way, I thought it was tragic. R258 I didn't know that. I've never had that happen before, you know, where your date shows up and asks to take a bath. Anybody got any info on him? [quote]Crothers' longtime EDGE OF NIGHT co-star, Dennis Parker (who also went by the name Wade Nichols in some porn flicks), died eight months earlier. The guy who played Al in the Chorus Line movie. title. He has a wife and two children whom by now must be teens or young adults. I've always found it fascinating how he was able to effortlessly transition from Gay & Straight Adult Films to a mainstream network soap opera (Edge Of Night). Speaking of GG, I think the black actor who served the Girls at the Diner on Xmas eve (in season 2) also died of AIDS, though I would have to look it up. Lee Mathis-hot man. Both Larry Kert's and Timothy Scott's memorial services were held at the Winter Garden Theatre, theaters where they had their biggest successes. Take a look at Rather a Peter O'Toole lookalike, the good-looking actor was in lots of British movies and TV including 'Zulu', and the newly re-released 'Wake In Fright' (originally titled 'Outback') made in Australia in 1971, he was also Anne Boleyn's lover in 'Anne Of The Thousand Days'. When the second season began, Leslie Nielsen joined the cast to portray Bracken. Sun 5 Apr 2020 08.25 EDT. The rise of rap had nothing to do with AIDS, not to mention that rap had its AIDS deaths as well. He told people he was on a microbiotic diet and that his weight loss was was the result of hard work. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. More talented then I gave him credit for, then. r114, what makes you think those three actors are living with AIDS? We decided wed start a scholarship fund in his honor. He played Damien. Rue McClanahan wrote that Brad mowed her lawn and plowed her pussy. So wonderful She also wrote an advice column for the Village Voice. He and his kind are the reason I have not got rid of the mountain of antique porn on VHS. His official cause of death was sudden heart failure. R148, I was a friend of Gary Bond's. Recently watched the movie If. (1968) and was struck by actor Richard Warwick; I was sure Id seen him in something else and sure enough he also appeared in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and Sebastiane (1976) interestingly, in all 3 films, his character was implied to be or definitely was gay. I just saw IF. again for the first time in years and thought the same thing: Richard Warwick was so handsome. Saw many great musicals as a kid. Character # The Case of. Funeral Home Services for Robert are being provided by J M Wilkerson Funeral Establishment, Inc. - Petersburg. [quote]A Chorus Line - and only nominations for the gay roles), I have to correct myself here; looked it up and Sammy Williams did indeed win a Tony for playing Paul in ACL. I've always wondered. for your pointless bitchery needs. Played "Johnny" in the Airplane movies. He was rumored to have had a relationship with Frank Langella. I believe Tim Scott had been involved with Ian Charleson when the former was in CHORUS LINE in London. He fucked guys as well as women, so he could have easily gotten it through sexual contact. Sarah Jessica Parker 'dated' Timothy Murphy, played David Oliver's wife and co-starred with Merrit Butrick. He got his start in senior year at college writing sketches for a school theatrical, moved on to vaudeville, into silent films, Broadwayand then actionpacked gangster, Western and war, movies of the nineteenthirties and forties. Story of Ex-Middlesbrough David Armstrong's Cause of Death. Irving Allen Lee, Joel Crothers, and Dennis Parker; all of The Edge of Night. During the first season, Eleanor Parker received top billing as Sylvia Caldwell, executive secretary to John Bracken, who was sometimes heard but never seen, but Parker left the series after the first 16 episodes, citing the limited nature of her role. The "official" story back then was cancer of the throat caused by his inexperience as a singer in "A Love My Wife", which is the lousiest cover story I'd ever heard. When I watch musicals of the 60's and 70's, or old television variety shows with bunches of male dancers - I'm always sad that probably most of them died of AIDS in the first wave. William passed away of cause of death on month day 1931, at age 68 at death place, Utah. Reuters. As the big-time promoter Carl Denham in 1933's "King Kong," Robert Armstrong uttered one of the most famous lines in movie history. Handsome, sensitive young actor. The late 70's early 80's were the height of whoredome with the bath houses filled to capacity. Those who knew Lenny knew it was AIDS, and he lost many of those people from his life because it was early in the plague years. It was awful. Birth Year: 1839. The shame and embarrassment that was such a force for people then. Kind of a psychopath. I don't remember when it happened. Thank you, R35 and R36. He was 93. I can not find a photo of him anywhere online, which saddens me even more. Either the family was in full denial or they were trying to cover it up. Hello and thank you for registering. His death was attributed to his mother's smoking. The reality is probably much more complex. So handsome. Air Date: Walter Haskell : 43: the Sardonic Sergeant: 10/11/58: Robert Armstrong (1890 - 1973) . Later in that decade, Armstrong played another Carl Denham-like leading character role as "Max O'Hara" in 1949's Mighty Joe Young. If you can't see it, or the W&W and Ignore Poster buttons, you probably have NoScript or AdBlock enabled on your browser. Cause of Death. Paul Stevens, who played Brian Bancroft on Another World, died of AIDS. Died in December 11, 1986 the day after his 31st birthday. [quote]The most beautiful man in the world in the seventies, Hiram Keller. Ray Sharkey continued to have sex with and infect women with HIV after he was diagnosed. The grave site of Robert Armstrong. IMDb has a sortable database entitled "Most Popular Males Who Died Of "aids." Jonathon Scott Taylor apparently retired from acting took a law degree and is living somewhere in England. I didn't realize that BOB from "twin Peaks". With the exception of Cliff Gorman, who died of cancer, and Laurence Luckinbill, Peter White, and Reuben Greene, who are all still living, all the BITB actors (Frey, Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs, Keith Prentice, and Robert LaTourneaux) were killed by AIDS. Vanessa Redgrave's first husband, Tony Richardson (though better known as a director). Robert Armstrong was born in Saginaw, Mich., but attended school in Seattle, where his parents moved. A truly beautiful man! They were friends and occasional fuck buddies. Donnelly and Sons for over 20 years before his retirement in 2003. I remember how powerful he was in "Ragtime", and he got an Oscar nomination for that, and I thought he'd have an amazing career thereafter. Although he didn't die of AIDs, he contracted the disease and then shot himself at age 55: handsome actor Todd Armstrong, the lead in Jason and the Argonauts (1963). He had no money at his death, so she didn't get anything. But it may have been suicide. 'I want to preserve him.'. Court Miller, one of the actors in Torch Song Trilogy, and Kim Milford, who was on Broadway in Hair and Rocky Horror Larry Kert, the original Tony in West Side Story, replaced Dean Jones in Company, died of AIDS. Funny but when I first read the press release on Dr. Brandt, his publicist said an "illness " and didn't specify, and the first thing I thought was geez in this day and age people are still trying to cover up AIDS? [quote]Whenever I watch the movie version of "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" , I.wonder how many of those beautiful talented dancers in the football team locker room number are still with us. Robert Drivas' wonderful ass in "The Illustrated Man". He was very blonde (I saw him on stage a few times). Robert Armstrong died in 1834, and was buried . If he returns to Covington, 30 miles east of Atlanta where filming started April 28 for the seventh season of Heat of the Night, he will be arrested and almost certainly jailed. One of them was the brilliant one about a gay guy who was under the mistaken impression that Frasier was, too. I thought he had been living with AIDS for 20 years, but it's 30, which is a huge difference. ", Broadway was more tolerant but not all that much earlier (A Chorus Line - and only nominations for the gay roles). Where's the troll who always insists Jill Clayburgh died of AIDS? I also appeared in a successful Off Broadway production in the 80s. Timothy Patrick Murphy is best known of his portrayal of the doomed Mickey Trotter Rays nephew and a love interest for Lucy before hes paralyzed in a car accident with Sue Ellen in the 82-83 season of Dallas; in 1984, he played the title role in Sams Son, Michael Landons semi-autobiographical TV movie about his youth and his struggles with his family. who should have been famous if they hadn't been taken from the world prematurely. Robert Armstrong. Your post made me look them all up, sort them out, and pay my own private homage to those acting pioneers who - perhaps with the excepton of Luckinbill - got the raw end of the deal by playing gay in a gay play/film long before it was fashionable or award-worthy. Armstrong studied to be a lawyer but gave it up to manage his uncle's touring companies. Is like when you kill the flowers and the weeds take over the garden. For the most part I remember reading each of these in the newspaper at the time. His name was Tony Fields. His obit at the time mentioned his companion. One of the architects of an American art form, a free and individual spirit, and an artist of worldwide fame, his great talents and magnificent spirit added richness and pleasure to . r123, he made hot porn. Robert Armstrong (Robert William Armstrong) Born Robert William Armstrong in Saginaw, Michigan, lived in Bay City, Michigan until about 1902 and moved to Seattle, Washington. He was buried on month day 1931, at burial place, Utah. On August 27, 2020, Bob Armstrong died at the age of 80. (For more on Casablanca check out Larry Harris' book 'And Party Every Day' for the inside story of this wildly dysfunctional but highly productive label). He was gay. He was replaced by Brent Barrett, the handsome gentleman in the video linked at R94, but managed to nab a Tony nomination for his performance. R.G. He was also on some (I think syndicated) sitcom called We Got It Maid. In contrast to his buttoned-down image on CBS' In the Heat of the Night, Rollins sometimes wore a long, startling wig of dreadlocks when he cruised the North Georgia roads last year in his maroon 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII. Ron Richardson, of "Big River", as well as Howard Rollins. R295 Is Miss Hal a bottom? r331, in another thread, somebody claimed that it was Timothy Patrick Murphy, mentioned at r2, who unknowingly infected Fuccello. Robert Drivas - interesting young American actor, also naked in "The Illustrated Man" with Rod Steiger, and in "Where Its At" with David Janssson and DL fave Brenda Vacarro, he also had a small part in "Cool Hand Luke". R240 What kind of idiot puts dust in a "dessert"? The handsome Tom Fuccello, who played Sen. Dave Culver on "Dallas." The Armstrongs were a very talented family of pro wrestlers. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site IIRC his first female *relations* came via Victoria Principal well into his adult years and the subsequently married a woman. "They say Brad Davis got Aids from a needle transfusion ?". Death: 1850 (59-60) Immediate Family: Son of Anthony Armstrong and Mary Armstrong. r77 This is the first I've heard of it. Besides, singing on Broadway, Kim Milford also toured as a vocalist with British rock/jazz guitarist Jeff Beck's band in the 1970s. Robert Armstrong, Actor, Dies; Played Director in King Kong, https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/22/archives/robert-armstrong-actor-dies-played-director-in-king-kong-a-50year.html. [quote]R18 [R10]--how can you POSSIBLY have left out mention of Frey as Harold in "The Boys in the Band"? Major Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones, MBE QC DL ( n Jones; 18 May 1899 - 27 January 1966) was a British barrister and soldier. Daniel McDonald had a brain tumor. That eulogy is not in the play of "THe Normal Heart". [quote] Was Anthony Perkins truly gay or just confused. Ironically, Mr. Armstrong's death came Friday, one day before the death of Merian C. Cooper, the man who created the movie, one of Hollywood's enduring classics. btw, did Kim Milford really die of AIDS? Not too many opportunities available, even with character/supporting/secondary roles. I loved EON, and adored all three actors. R63 Daniel McDonald was married, had 2 kids and reportedly died of brain cancer. Robert Armstrong Birthday and Date of Death. Ray Sharkey was so hot. [en] Vital records: Robert Armstrong at +Archives + Follow. Armstrong died at age 95 of natural causes in Studio City, California on July 27, 2012. Best Known For: George . Robert Armstrong (Robert William Armstrong) Born Robert William Armstrong in Saginaw, Michigan, lived in Bay City, Michigan until about 1902 and moved to Seattle, Washington. He said he had had sex with beautiful men and women, and had no regrets. George Armstrong Custer, (born December 5, 1839, New Rumley, Ohio, U.S.died June 25, 1876, Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory), U.S. cavalry officer who distinguished himself in the American Civil War (1861-65) but later led his men to death in one of the most controversial battles in U.S. history, the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He delivered the film's famous final line: "It wasn't the airplanes. Am I remembering correctly that he was on Bracken's World? Then it hit me - he was going to the Oscar party at Elaine's, the only non-dangerous place in the neighborhood back in the glory days of homelessness and crack. right before he died, talking about how he had to hide the fact he had AIDS and no one would hire him, etc. Armstrong first started acting in the stage in 1919 with the production of Boys Will Be Boys. It's something I do now when a friend dies. He was on Broadway in the cast of "Hair" and starred in Fellini's "Satyricon" and a dozen other European B movies. Dan Hartman, singer/musician. [quote]Strange that they didn't just make Bracken a woman and have Eleanor Parker play that. date of death. I did not mention that I knew the cause of death, but as were reminiscing I said something like, its so hard to see so many people dying so young and his response was, were still in shock. I saw Howard Rollins in a London production of I'm Not Rappaport co-starring the incredible Paul Scofield. Just checked the Wikipedia page for Brad Davis and it contradicts the commonly held belief he died of AIDS. Gee r154 if there was only someway to check. Married Nannie Duke 02 Dec 1896 - Coffee, TN Son: Jim Armstrong Son: Thomas M Armstrong Peter Tramm the substitute dancer for Kevin Bacon in Footloose. He served honorably in the United States Army from 1969 until 1972. Meyer Lansky. Advertisement. Ray Sharkey was so gorgeous. Robert "Bob, Army" ArmstrongRobert " Bob, Army" Armstrong 1950-2021. I truly hope they find a cure for this (and other) dreadful diseases. Such a huge loss of talent all around. The initial sort is by something called "STARmeter" with Rock Hudson heading the list. Kenny Sacha- He played the Rose drag queen in The Rose among other things. Richard Warwick portrayed Uncas in the 1971 tv series The Last of the Mohicans. He may not have been born into the nobility, but no one could say that Antony Armstrong-Jones' family was anything less than upper-class. Birth date: December 5, 1839. Robert Cormier's cause of unexpected death on Friday was due to a fall. Love R&B, love gospel, love many other areas where Blacks have made a great contribution to music. He was treated like a leper until his death. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. He wasn't mentioned in obits. Christopher Bernau: won huge acclaim (as in, some said even better than Frank Langella in Bway version) for "Dracula" in an Off-Bway "Dracula" in - late 70's (I think; NYC gays, pls correct if am wrong with dates). I'm shocked to be alive, but I feel I must never forget the fucking tragic shit show it was, nor the beautiful lives cut so short. Musical theatre for anyone with a brain died with AIDS. Nellie's Husband on Little House on the Prairie. Abscess. and died after 2 days. An English photographer and filmmaker by the name of Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO, FRSA, RDI wed Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II's sister, for ten years, from 1960 until 1978. I just checked his bio, and it says he died of Alzheimers. Died at 49 in 1989 - GREAT actor, so sad to lose him (used to see him around the UWS when I lived in NYC in the 80's.). [citation needed], Armstrong died of cancer in Santa Monica, California.

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