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Tab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 08:13 PM
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Actor John D. Barrymore Dies at 72
One of the last of the greats...

LOS ANGELES - Actor John D. Barrymore, the father of Drew Barrymore, died Monday, the actress said. He was 72.

"He was a cool cat. Please smile when you think of him," Drew Barrymore said in a statement issued by her publicist.

No information was released about the cause of death or where in Los Angeles he died.

John D. Barrymore was part of an acting dynasty that included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore.

John D. Barrymore was born in Beverly Hills on June 4, 1932. His mother was actress Dolores Costello.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041130/ap_en_ce/obit_barrymore
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 08:24 PM
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1. Wow, he looks like Robert Redford
or vice versa



RL
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 08:27 PM
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2. I didn't know Jeremiah Johnson was a remake ...
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Vadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 08:34 PM
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4. That is Redford! Barrymore looked nothing like that! n/t
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 08:52 PM
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6. another photo of him here- I do think the one above is him
Edited on Mon Nov-29-04 08:52 PM by Beaverhausen
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000857/photogallery

oops
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The Icon Painter Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 08:33 PM
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3. The Barrymores
The Barrymores were so beautiful until this generation. I do wonder where Drew got that strangely non-Barrymore nose. She doesn't look like one of the family. And I have no respect for her acting either. The first John, he of stage fame, was a better actor drunk out of his mind than she is on her best day.
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Kilkenny5 Donating Member (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 08:48 PM
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5. Madame, she does have the features
She has the nose and chin. I saw "It's a Wonderful Life" again last Saturday and you can see the resemblance between Drew and Great Uncle Lionel.
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The Icon Painter Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 07:52 AM
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7. The Features
The nose? Drew has a piggy little nose with wide wings and no shape. Her uncle John would disown her.;-)
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Kilkenny5 Donating Member (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 06:17 PM
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17. She doesn't have a piggy nose
Look at her profile and her grandfather's (John) profile.

Same nose.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 08:11 AM
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8. I Like Her.
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Bat Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 09:13 AM
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11. I'm with you...
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NicoleM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 08:41 AM
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9. Have you considered the possibility
that she got her nose from her non-Barrymore mother? ;)
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 08:45 AM
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10. Drew looks more like a 20-30's starlet
Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 08:49 AM by bleedingheart
something about her features reminds me of that era..
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 09:24 AM
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12. I feel bad for Drew-she loved her dad, but her parents were bad parents
When your kid has a serious substance abuse problem by the age of 10, something is not working right in your family.

He probably died of cirrohsis.
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Cheswick2.0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 09:40 AM
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13. Drew Barrymore is beautiful and does look like a Barrymore
jeesh
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 09:44 AM
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14. The Great Profile
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The Icon Painter Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 05:50 PM
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15. Great!
That's what I meant! Compare that lovely nose to the little dab of putty Drew wears. So she got it from her maternal side? So what? She still does not look like a Barrymore. Look at Ethel - now there is beauty for you! She looks like someone to adore not like every other mall rat.

Ah! They had faces then.
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 05:52 PM
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16. What are his ties to bush?
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