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Oscar-Nominated Actor Rip Torn Dies at 88: Report
KTLA-TV ^
| July 9, 2019
| Erika Martin
Posted on 07/09/2019 8:40:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Actor Rip Torn, who appeared in over 100 films during a career spanning six decades, has died at 88, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Torn, born Elmore Rual Torn Jr., was perhaps best known for his role in the original “Men in Black” and his work on the HBO’s “The Larry Sanders Show,” for which he won an Emmy.
His role as the father of Mary Steenburgen in 1984 drama “Cross Creek” also earned Torn an Oscar nomination. Torn died peacefully at home in Lakeville, Connecticut, surrounded by his wife, Amy Wright, and their two daughters, the Hollywood Reporter reported.
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Scully in Summer Rental. One of my favorite movies.
RIP, Rip.
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posted on
07/09/2019 9:43:58 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Actress Sissy Spacek is his cousin.
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posted on
07/09/2019 9:45:36 PM PDT
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princeofdarkness
(Leftists. Their only response to failure is to double down.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; fieldmarshaldj
He was amazing as Slade in the Cincinnati Kid.
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posted on
07/09/2019 9:52:37 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Lurking)
To: Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; SunkenCiv; ..
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07/09/2019 11:41:57 PM PDT
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fieldmarshaldj
(Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
One of his best roles was as the sergeant in Beach Red, the best war movie ever made.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Great actor. The first movie of his I saw as a kid was Nicholas Ray’s King of Kings. He played a tortured Judas Iscariot who tries to reconcile Our Lord’s teaching with that of the Zealots. Let’s just say that didn’t go very well.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Columbo - Death Hits the Jackpot
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07/10/2019 12:59:04 AM PDT
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abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: MortMan
I’d pee on a spark plug if it would help! War Games Yeah... No. Not the same guy.
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07/10/2019 1:23:33 AM PDT
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LittleBillyInfidel
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To: LittleBillyInfidel
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posted on
07/10/2019 1:50:32 AM PDT
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abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: Bommer
In his younger days he was Hank Azaria and married to Helen Hunt.
To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; DarthVader
RIP. What a talented actor. IIRC he was GOP.
For me, his role as “Arthur” on “The Larry Sanders Show” was classic. Loved that show and he was my favorite character on it.
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07/10/2019 2:17:05 AM PDT
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GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
31 posts and no quotes from MIB? “Intergalactic kegger”? Now that’s funny, right there.
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07/10/2019 3:16:34 AM PDT
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backwoods-engineer
(Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
To: MortMan
I love that line, and still use it... but that was Barry Corbin.
Loved Rip Torn in ‘Defending Your Life’.
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07/10/2019 3:21:49 AM PDT
by
Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Funny, ain't it, how it comes around. Right way's the hardest, wrong way's the easiest. Rule of nature, like water seeks the path of least resistance. So you get crooked rivers, crooked men." ~ Rip Torn in "Extreme Prejudice" (1987)
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07/10/2019 5:47:10 AM PDT
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silent_jonny
("forward to what lies ahead" -- Phil. 3:13)
To: silent_jonny
Liked that flick a lot. Two now late native Texan actors in it, Rip Torn and Powers Boothe. RIP.
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07/10/2019 6:02:55 AM PDT
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Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
RIP, RIP.......WRAP.........
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07/10/2019 6:31:26 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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posted on
07/10/2019 6:32:14 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Oh man, loved this guy...and one of the best names ever.
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07/10/2019 6:35:15 AM PDT
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Scott from the Left Coast
(You may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you...)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
My wife and I liked him in “Defending Your Life”...
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07/10/2019 6:37:50 AM PDT
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broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: abb
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07/10/2019 6:44:01 AM PDT
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LittleBillyInfidel
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