Stars you wish that were still around..

[moparwash]

Given the state today of what passes as a 'Star' or 'Celebrity' these days...(Meet the Kardashian's..anyone?)
What great Stars of the past do you wish had never left us?

Back in my day, we had 'Special Effects'...
It was called TALENT!

Bette Davis

 

[andyelectrolux]

Off the top of my head...

Paul Newman
Dorothy Dandridge
Florence Ballard

Sure I'll think of more later.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Movies, music, or both?

 

[cleanteamofny]

Just for starters

Lucile Ball
Guy Williams
Ester Rolle
Shelly Winters

 

[tuthill]

George Carlin!

 

[jeffg]

Of the classic film-era stars, the only ones I miss are Jimmy Stewart and Paul Newman.

A few other people I miss a lot more:

John Denver
John Lennon
Heath Ledger
Leo Buscaglia

 

[maytagbear]

Some of mine

Wendy Wasserstein.

Primo Levi.

Rachel Carson.

Maynard Keynes.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[xraytech]

The stars I wish were still here the most are as follows:

-Lucille Ball
-Caroll O'Connor
-Jimmy Stewart
-Jackie Gleason
-Donna Reed
-Patsy Cline
-Tammy Wynette
-Perry Como

Sam

 

[autowasherfreak]

Elizabeth Montgomery
Agnes Moorehead
Joan Crawford
Bette Davis
Patsy Cline
Tammy Wynette
Dottie West
Jim Reeves
Lucille Ball & Vivian Vance
Buddy Ebsen
Irene Ryan
Eddie Albert
Eva Gabor

 

[frigilux]

Montgomery Clift and Kevin Spacey.

 

[dnastrau]

Kevin Spacey ?

Kevin Spacey is still alive!

 

[ronhic]

Audrey Hepburn....

If people havn't read her biography, the final part is the Eulogy which was delivered by Sir Peter Ustinov...It'll bring you to tears....

 

[frigilux]

Have you seen his last five or six films, LOL?!

 

[toggleswitch2]

I miss my deceased family members. They were stars to me, and no one can outshine them!!

 

[jeffg]

Eugene, LOL

My favorite Montgomery Clift photo:

 

[frigilux]

What a great pic of Clift!

 

[hydralique]

There are many, but these come quickly to mind:

Divine (was priveledged to see him onstage)
Ella Fitzgerald (was priveledged to see her in concert)
Percy Faith
Bert Kaempfert
Julie London
Dinah Washington
Frank Sinatra
Henry Mancini
Roy Orbison
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Jimi Hendrix
Billy May
Eva Gabor
Dusty Springfield
Jackie Gleason (in my case more for his music than comedy, though both are fine.)

 

[xraytech]

I forgot about Monygomery Clift, my favorite movie he was in ws "A Place In The Sun" with Elisabeth Taylor

 

[bajaespuma]

Where to begin??

Margaret Hamilton
Una O'Connor
Gary Cooper
Joel McCrea
Hattie McDaniel
Rex Ingram
Claude Rains
Humphrey Bogart
Steve McQueen
Elizabeth Montgomery
Gracie Allen
George Reeves(so hot!)
Agnes Moorehead
Natalie Wood
Alec Guiness
Conrad Veidt
Elsa Lanchester
Charles Laughton

...for starters!