In Memory Of Those Who Made Our Lives A Little Bit Better In Years Past. Take A Moment To Celebrate Their Life And Read Farewell 2000 Below ...
Close Your Eyes~by~ Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt
Close your eyes (close your eyes) Take a deep breath (ahhhh) Open your heart (open your heart) And whisper (I love you, I love you) Tell me you love me (you love me) You love me, you love me You love me ...
Hold me tight (hold me tight) Don't say goodnight (don't say goodnight) We have time (lot's of time) Everything's alright (everything's gonna be alright) Hold me Darling (never let me go) Darling tell me (and tell me) You love me, you love me You love me ...
No no no (no no no) Even though (even though) This is not the way I want it to be But if you (but if you) Got to pretend (must pretend) That's alright with me
Close your eyes (close your eyes) Take a deep breath (ahhhh) Open your heart (open your heart) And whisper (I love you, I love you) Tell me you love me (you love me) Tell me you love me (you love me) You love me, you love me You love me ...
Close your eyes (close your eyes) Don't say goodnight (don't say goodnight) We have time (lot's of time) Everything's gonna be alright (everything's gonna be alright) Hold me Darling (never let me go) Darling and tell me (please tell me) You love me ...
FAREWELLS IN 2000
TOUGH GUY ACTOR LEO GORDON DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS DECEMBER 26, 2000 - Tough guy actor Leo Gordon, who was famous for playing the villain in many Westerns and television shows for over 50 years, died at his Los Angeles home after a brief illness. He was 78. In a career that included about 70 films and dozens of TV shows, Gordon created a gallery of mobsters, killers and creeps. Gordon was best known for wearing the black hat in Westerns, from "Hondo" in 1953 to 1994's "Maverick." During the 1950s and 1960s, he seemed to make an appearance on virtually every Western TV show, from "Bonanza" to "Rin Tin Tin."
OSCAR WINNER JASON ROBARDS LOSES BATTLE AGAINST CANCER DECEMBER 26, 2000 - Veteran stage and screen actor Jason Robards, who won back to back Oscars for his performances in "All the President's Men and Julia," died after a long battle with cancer. He was 78. He made his film debut in 1959, playing a Hungarian freedom fighter in "The Journey." After the film was shot, Robards said he preferred theater to the movies. In addition to his two award winning performances, Robards has appeared in over 50 films. He made what was to be his final performance as the cancer stricken father of Tom Cruise's character in "Magnolia. "
ACTOR BILLY BARTY DIES OF HEART FAILURE DECEMBER 23, 2000 - Actor Billy Barty, who proved that small hands can accomplish major feats, died of apparent heart failure. He was 76. The 3-foot-10 character actor Barty appeared in his first Hollywood feature in 1927 at the age of 3 and also performed for radio, television and Broadway. He played a number of outrageous characters, including a wizard in the movie "Willow," a German spy in "Under the Rainbow," a suspected stalker in "Foul Play: and an agent in "Day of the Locust." In 1957, Mr. Barty founded Little People of America, an advocacy group for others with dwarfism. He later started a nonprofit foundation that bears his name to help improve the quality of life for little people, the term he said he preferred.
SINGER KIRSTY MACCOLL DIES IN SPEEDBOAT ACCIDENT DECEMBER 18, 2000 - Singer Kirsty MacColl, who did backup vocals on albums by the Rolling Stones and other various artist, died after being struck by a speedboat while vacationing in Cozumel, Mexico with her two children. She was 41. MacColl began performing as a teenager in a punk band, the Drug Addix, which released an EP on the independent British label Chiswick. Her first single under her own name, "They Don't Know," was released by Stiff in 1979; it later became a major hit for Tracey Ullman. In addition to the Rolling Stones, Macoll also did backup vocals on albums for Morissey, Robert Plant, Simple Minds and Talking Heads. Bette Midler's album "Bette" includes a version of MacColl's song "In These Shoes?"
ACTOR AND EBONY SHOWCASE FOUNDER NICK STEWART DIES DECEMBER 12, 2000 - Actor Nick Stewart, who is probably best known as being the voice of Brer Bear in "Song of the South," died of natural causes in his son's home. He was 90. The voice Stewart contributed for the character of Brer Bear in the 1946 animated film "Song of the South" lives on in Disneyland's Splash Mountain ride. Stewart also played Lightnin' on the Amos 'n' Andy television show in the early 1950s. With the money he earned from this role, he founded Los Angeles' Ebony Showcase Theater with his wife, Edna. According to Stewart's children, actors such as John Amos, Nichelle Nichols and Isabel Sanford gained early experience in the mid-city theater, which offered shows from "The Odd Couple" to "No Exit" to "Carousel."
OCTOBER 30, 2000 - Comedian-actor-author Steve Allen, who is considered to be the pioneer of late-night television, died of a heart attack. He was 78.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 - Emmy award winning actor Richard Mulligan, who starred in such shows as "Empty Nest," "So," and "Soap," died after a long battle with cancer. He was 67.
AUGUST 5, 2000 - Actor Sir Alec Guinness, whose is best known or his roles in "Doctor Zhivago," "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Star Wars," died of liver cancer. He was 86.
JULY 1, 2000 - Walter Matthau, best known for his role as the slovenly sportswriter, Oscar Madison in "The Odd Couple, died of a heart attack. He was 79.
JUNE 18, 2000 - Actress Nancy Marchand, who played the scheming matriarch of a Mafia family on "The Sopranos" and the patrician publisher Mrs. Pynchon on television's "Lou Grant," died of lung cancer a day before her 72nd birthday.
MAY 7, 2000 - Acting legend Douglas Fairbanks Jr., whose first big movie was Gunga Din in 1939, died of natural causes. He was 90.
APRIL 10, 2000 - Actor Larry Linville, who will always be remembered as the whiny, and overly militant Frank Burns from the long-running television show, M*A*S*H, died from lung cancer. He was 60.
FEBRUARY 12, 2000 - Cartoonist Charles Schulz, who is best known at the creator of the "Peanuts" characters, died at home following a battle with cancer. He was 77.
FEBRUARY 7, 2000 - Magician Doug Henning, who modernized the ancient craft of magic in the 1970's with a Broadway show and television specials, lost his battle against liver cancer. He was 52.
JANUARY 19, 2000 - Actress Hedy Lamarr, who was best known for her exotic glamour and sex that sparked a string of hit films in the '30's and 40's, died of unknown causes. She was 86.
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