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MiniMe

(21,714 posts) Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:06 AM Jun 2014

Ernest Borgnine, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at 95

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/movies/ernest-borgnine-tough-but-tender-actor-is-dead-at-95.html?_r=0

Ernest Borgnine, the rough-hewn actor who seemed destined for tough-guy characters but won an Academy Award for embodying the gentlest of souls, a lonely Bronx butcher, in the 1955 film “Marty,“ died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 95.

His death, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, was announced by Harry Flynn, his longtime spokesman.

Mr. Borgnine, who later starred on “McHale’s Navy” on television, made his first memorable impression in films at age 37, appearing in “From Here to Eternity” (1953) as Fatso Judson, the sadistic stockade sergeant who beats Frank Sinatra’s character, Private Maggio, to death. But Paddy Chayefsky, who wrote “Marty” as a television play, and Delbert Mann, who directed it (it starred Rod Steiger), saw something beyond brutality in Mr. Borgnine and offered him the title role when it was made into a feature film.

The 1950s had emerged as the decade of the common man, with Willy Loman of “Death of a Salesman” on Broadway and the likes of the bus driver Ralph Kramden (“The Honeymooners”) and the factory worker Chester Riley (“The Life of Riley”) on television. Mr. Borgnine’s Marty Pilletti, a 34-year-old blue-collar bachelor who still lives with his mother, fit right in, showing the tender side of the average, unglamorous guy next door.

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Ernest Borgnine, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at 95 (Original Post) MiniMe Jun 2014 OP

what's with the trend of posting old stuff Skittles Jun 2014 #1

I almost posted that the Rock had died yesterday until I realized it was a hoax, but Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #2

I guess I wasn't paying attention yesterday MiniMe Jun 2014 #3

old stuff? hfojvt Jun 2014 #5

he died two years ago Skittles Jun 2014 #8

whoops hfojvt Jun 2014 #13

Captain K has been gone a decade Skittles Jun 2014 #15

Here ya go: Contrary1 Jun 2014 #26

that is pretty cool hfojvt Jun 2014 #28

The obit says he died on Sunday MiniMe Jun 2014 #22

The date of that story is July 8, 2012. nt pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #23

... MiniMe Jun 2014 #25

I wasn't aware of this until seeing this. Thanks, OP. I loved that guy. roguevalley Jun 2014 #10

I hadn't heard that... Contrary1 Jun 2014 #4

I was trying to remember what he was in hfojvt Jun 2014 #11

Two years ago?? madamesilverspurs Jun 2014 #6

This thread is "accidental comedy." 1000words Jun 2014 #7

He died again? geomon666 Jun 2014 #9

I think it was hfojvt Jun 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Demonaut Jun 2014 #12

And in other news Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. edbermac Jun 2014 #14

Ha! ... 1000words Jun 2014 #16

No way! IkeRepublican Jun 2014 #18

And who says in life there are no second acts? DeSwiss Jun 2014 #19

He credited his longevity to frequent MASTURBATION ErikJ Jun 2014 #20

There's even a book probably inspired by him..... DeSwiss Jun 2014 #21

I'm impressed he could still manage it in his 90's (albeit perhaps with the aid of pharmaceuticals). nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #24

But, Abe Vigoda is still alive! whistler162 Jun 2014 #27

"My God, look at the rats!" rock Jun 2014 #29

Skittles

(153,150 posts)

1. what's with the trend of posting old stuff

Reply to MiniMe (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:12 AM

Jun 2014

social media mindset again?

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts)

2. I almost posted that the Rock had died yesterday until I realized it was a hoax, but

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:15 AM

Jun 2014

Earnest was such a good and lovable actor, he should have two eulogies.

Keep resting in peace, Earnest.

MiniMe

(21,714 posts)

3. I guess I wasn't paying attention yesterday

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:26 AM

Jun 2014

First I heard of it.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)

5. old stuff?

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:35 AM

Jun 2014

This isn't LBN.

First I ever heard of Borgnine's death.

It wasn't on the local news last night. Nor tonight. Maybe this afternoon, but I was working then.

Skittles

(153,150 posts)

8. he died two years ago

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:45 AM

Jun 2014

but, as Uncle Joe mentioned, he was absolutely grand and deserves a second eulogy

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)

13. whoops

Reply to Skittles (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:03 AM

Jun 2014

damn, I cannot remember who is alive and who is dead any more.

No wonder the news didn't mention it.

I was kinda surprised a few weeks ago that Jim Nabors is still alive.

Next thing you know I will learn that Isaac Asimov has died or something.

Captain Kangaroo, is he still alive?

Sandy Duncan?

Ruth Buzzi?

Skittles

(153,150 posts)

15. Captain K has been gone a decade

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #13)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:05 AM

Jun 2014

Ms. Buzzi and Ms. Duncan are still with us

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)

26. Here ya go:

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #13)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 10:23 AM

Jun 2014

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/

Lets you know with a

or a

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)

28. that is pretty cool

Reply to Contrary1 (Reply #26)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 10:54 AM

Jun 2014

Herman Wouk and Harper Lee are still alive. Fidel too (I thought he had died). Zsa Zsa is still alive.

MiniMe

(21,714 posts)

22. The obit says he died on Sunday

Reply to Skittles (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 03:27 AM

Jun 2014

So 2 days, not 2 years.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

23. The date of that story is July 8, 2012. nt

Reply to MiniMe (Reply #22)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 03:32 AM

Jun 2014

MiniMe

(21,714 posts)

25. ...

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #23)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 10:15 AM

Jun 2014

Facebook got me. Sorry all

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)

10. I wasn't aware of this until seeing this. Thanks, OP. I loved that guy.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:49 AM

Jun 2014

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)

4. I hadn't heard that...

Reply to MiniMe (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:35 AM

Jun 2014

Thanks for posting. I always enjoyed his characters.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)

11. I was trying to remember what he was in

Reply to Contrary1 (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:50 AM

Jun 2014

besides McHale's Navy and Airwolf.

Maybe the Poseiden Adventure (which I have seen two or three times on TV).

He did a bit part of almost every TV show there was from Magnum PI to Murder She Wrote to Little House on the Prairie, etc. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000308/

madamesilverspurs

(15,800 posts)

6. Two years ago??

Reply to MiniMe (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:38 AM

Jun 2014

1000words

(7,051 posts)

7. This thread is "accidental comedy."

Reply to MiniMe (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:43 AM

Jun 2014

I'd like to think Ernest Borgnine's spirit has something to do with it.

geomon666

(7,512 posts)

9. He died again?

Reply to MiniMe (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:47 AM

Jun 2014

Who was in his coffin before?

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)

17. I think it was

Reply to geomon666 (Reply #9)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:09 AM

Jun 2014

Billy Sands

They faked McHale's death so Captain Binghamton would realize how much he really needed him, and also so that the Japanese, thinking they were vulnerable would attack with the Yakamora.