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Stage legend La Rue dies at 81
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| 1 June 2009
Posted on 06/01/2009 9:37:01 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Entertainer Danny La Rue has died at his home in Kent at the age of 81, his spokeswoman has said. "Danny died peacefully in his sleep just before midnight last night after a short illness," she said. "His beloved companion Annie Galbraith was with him at their home in Kent," she added. La Rue had been ill with cancer. He made a career out of his vaudeville drag act although he disliked being called a drag artist.
La Rue preferred the term "comic in a frock".
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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: larue
To: JoeProBono
Never heard of him. But I’m a Dame Edna fan.
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posted on
06/01/2009 9:40:41 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: JoeProBono
Prettier'n' Rudy.
To: nuconvert
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posted on
06/01/2009 9:45:47 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
06/01/2009 9:47:24 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
06/01/2009 9:57:10 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
But that is Dame Edna, right?
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:05:33 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:07:56 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: Beowulf9
Right!
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:14:25 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Off topic, but anyone remember the John Candy character Johnny LaRue on SCTV? Real funny stuff. I particularly liked the restaurant reviews (Dining with LaRue).
To: Welsh Rabbit; MozarkDawg
Off topic, but anyone remember the John Candy character Johnny LaRue on SCTV?How could one not remember? — SCTV, enshrined with the greatest comics who ever lived.
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posted on
06/01/2009 11:25:43 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: Welsh Rabbit
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posted on
06/02/2009 12:46:52 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
06/02/2009 7:25:32 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Welsh Rabbit
First person I thought of when I saw the thread title. I miss John Candy. RIP. :-(
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06/02/2009 7:26:11 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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