The "which famous person died today" thread

[Vienna_70]

Sofia Coppola got the gig as the original choice Winona Ryder dropped out due to 'nervous exhaustion' (breakdown possibly at the end of her relationship with Johnny Depp). The surname should give you a clue. The director Francis Ford Coppola was a relative. Sofia wasn't an actress and gave a sub standard performance. She later gained a measure of fame as a director of women related films (eg the Virgin suicides)

Nicolas Cage is also related.

Oops!

Already mentioned by @fanatic1

 

[pride in battle]

A great actress - aged 79 and she never married.

No cause of death yet ?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

No cause of death yet ?

Suggestions she had bulimia and had lost “a lot of weight”

 

[levets]

Nicolas Cage is also related.

Oops!

Already mentioned by @fanatic1

Yes, his real name is Nicolas Coppola, and Talia Shire is also a Coppola, Francis Ford being her brother. Nicolas is their nephew

 

[blue for life]

Ace Frehley RIP

 

[TinFoilHat]

Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Has Passed Away At 74 After Recently Being Put On Life Support

Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley has passed away at 74 after being put on life support, according to a statement from his family.

www.vice.com

 

[OB1]

Very sad about the emerging news regarding Ace Frehley. I have been a huge fan of KISS ever since their first British gig at the Free Trade Hall. Ace’s distinctive guitar work was a key part of their best work.

RIP Spaceman.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

yep, nice part in Manhattan as well, the best Allen film.( well, aside from Broadway Danny Rose that is)

I do like Manhattan a lot. But if I had to rank them, I liked Annie Hall best (“Max, are we driving through plutonium?”), then Sleeper, then Radio Days and Deconstructing Harry, which IMO are both quite underrated. Mighty Aphrodite was good too. Plenty to choose from!

 

[blue for life]

Very sad about the emerging news regarding Ace Frehley. I have been a huge fan of KISS ever since their first British gig at the Free Trade Hall. Ace’s distinctive guitar work was a key part of their best work.

RIP Spaceman.

Gutted. I am a huge fan of the band

 

[homerdog]

RIP Space Ace

 

[abu13]

Been a huge Kiss fan since the early 80's, like many Ace was always the one for me.
RIP Spaceman.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Ace Frehley RIP

Just saw that - had a fall at home. You forget how old we are all getting eh? RIP

 

[abu13]

Just saw that - had a fall at home. You forget how old we are all getting eh? RIP

Exactly, I read his book and its amazing how he even survived, he lived the rockstar life to the full like a legend but taken from us by a fall at home.

 

[East Level 2]

Just saw that - had a fall at home. You forget how old we are all getting eh? RIP

It's worrying that I'm the same age as old people.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

I do like Manhattan a lot. But if I had to rank them, I liked Annie Hall best (“Max, are we driving through plutonium?”), then Sleeper, then Radio Days and Deconstructing Harry, which IMO are both quite underrated. Mighty Aphrodite was good too. Plenty to choose from!

Aside from the 'early, funny ones' I have a lot of time for Stardust Memories, Midnight in Paris and M Murder Mystery...but theres not much Allen that I dislike. Interiors maybe....and that one in Barcelona, name escapes me.

 

[bluethrunthru]

awww no not Sheila lol

 

[NZBlue]

awww no not Sheila lol

When they say hand finished........

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

It's worrying that I'm the same age as old people.

I didn’t think people lived to the age I am

 

[chris63]

I'm that old I forgot what I did next Tuesday

 

[KS55]

Many of the deaths reported on here are of people who were younger than me.
Tick tock.