Itazura ichiban wrote:First sensible bit of speculation I have seen. They're doing an autopsy, so we'll know soon.
Damn he was cool. Not a great actor, or martial artist, but he would have been fun to chill out with.
Yeah, he seemed quirky and rather self-deprecating... It would've been interesting to sit down and chat with him. :)
I used to watch a lot of those goofy Kung-Fu shows when I was younger .... and I always thought he was Chinese due to him playing a Shaolin master. I was pretty surprised once I found out he wasn't even Asian the least bit.... but actually kind of an American hippie in his early days. :doh:
I grew up on Kung Fu and loved it. He was a quirky guy (like his father, whose roles I also enjoyed) who brought interest to just about anything he was involved with. In later years, I particularly enjoyed the seasons he did of "Wild West Tech." He'll be missed.
adub2adub wrote:I used to watch a lot of those goofy Kung-Fu shows when I was younger .... and I always thought he was Chinese due to him playing a Shaolin master. I was pretty surprised once I found out he wasn't even Asian the least bit....
Same here! I knew who his father was, but figured John had married a Chinese woman and that David was part Asian... he really looked the part of someone of mixed heritage.
Farrah Fawcett dies at 62LOS ANGELES – Farrah Fawcett, whose luxurious tresses and blinding smile helped redefine sex appeal in the 1970s as one of TV's "Charlie's Angels," died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 62.
The pop icon, who in the 1980s set aside the fantasy girl image to tackle serious roles, died Thursday shortly before 9:30 a.m. PDT in a Santa Monica hospital, spokesman Paul Bloch said.
She burst on the scene in 1976 as one-third of the crime-fighting trio in TV's "Charlie's Angels." A poster of her in a clingy swimsuit sold in the millions.
She left the show after one season but had a flop on the big screen with "Somebody Killed Her Husband." She turned to more serious roles in the 1980s and 1990s, winning praise playing an abused wife in "The Burning Bed."
She had been diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006. As she underwent treatment, she enlisted the help of actor Ryan O'Neal, who had been her longtime companion and was the father of her son, Redmond, born in 1985.
This month, O'Neal said he asked Fawcett to marry him and she agreed. They would wed "as soon as she can say yes," he said.
Her struggle with painful treatments and dispiriting setbacks was recorded in the television documentary "Farrah's Story." Fawcett sought cures in Germany as well as the United States, battling the disease with iron determination even as her body weakened.
"Her big message to people is don't give up, no matter what they say to you, keep fighting," her friend Alana Stewart said.