Oh no 
He was such a great actor/comedian. I loved him in Best of Show and A Mighty Wind. He had playing the sweet dimwit down to a science 
RIP Fred
I’ve seen Fred Willard a million times, but I can’t pin down where other than him being Martin Mull’s dimwitted sidekick on Fernwood Tonight.
Ken Osmond, 1943 - 2020
He will always be Eddie Haskell to me 
He lived a pretty quiet life for the most part, other than being an LAPD cop for nearly 20 years and being shot 5x.
(I didn’t now that last part either until I looked it up) I’ve always known him as Eddie Haskell but never knew anything else about him really … after the typecasting of Leave it to Beaver, I knew he could never find more acting work. But, it’s been years and years since I’ve even thought about him.
RIP Ken
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Yeah, I had no idea about him being in the LAPD and being shot until I read about him today.
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The sculptor, Christo Vladimirov Javacheff — better known as just Christo — has did at the age of 84.
I studied his work extensively in art school. He was famous for wrapping things, like the Reichstage in Berlin or an island in Biscayne Bay near Miami, or building his Running Fence in in northern California.
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Yeah, I remember his Running Fence. Wasn’t that some kind of ecological disaster at the time? Seems it was more controversy than art.
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I had to look that up … never heard of it.
It was classified as installation art and was first conceived in 1972. It was completed on September 10, 1976. It was removed 14 days later, leaving no visible trace.
The fence was nearly 25 miles long and ran across the hills of Sonoma and Marin counties in northern California. It was 18 feet high and made of 2,222,222 square feet of heavy woven white nylon fabric, which created 2,050 panels. It hung from 350,000 hooks strung across steel cables that were attached to 2,050 steel poles that were 21 feet long. Each pole was buried 3 feet into the ground without any concrete.
There were two camps … those that absolutely loved it … and those that hated it!
It was a really interesting trip down that rabbit hole 
Thanks PD 
Well, RKK beat me to what I was going to type myself.
I remember it quite well since it corresponded with my first days of art school and everyone was excited about it. I remember there being environmental concerns, but it was only up for a few days and didn’t involve anything that was destructive to the environment.
Some of Christo’s other installations, like wrapping miles of rocks and cliffs at beaches in Australia were likely more disruptive, but still short-lived and returned to their previous state. I think the main objection to Christo’s art was that so many non-artists were baffled by it since it didn’t conform to what their notions of art were. I loved his work, though.
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That’s seems to be all I can find as well as far as criticism goes. It’s fascinating to me. He jumped through tons of hoops for years to get approval. There were 18 public hearings, gaining permission from 59 Ranchers, 3 sessions at the Superior Courts of California, and the drafting of a 450 page Environmental Impact Report. Now that’s dedication to ones art!
I was not familiar with Christo or his work. Thanks for posting.
Not to mention it cost $3Million. Money better spent elsewhere IMO.
Bonnie Pointer of the Pointer Sisters has passed at 69. RIP Bonnie 
She was not very old.
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I used to think 30 was old. Funny how perspective changes. 
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That’s for sure. I got to chuckling a while back thinking of how old I thought my Grandparents were when I was little … around 6 or 7. That would have put them in their mid 40’s … Oy! lol
Comedy legend Carl Reiner has passed. He was 98.
He was a prolific entertainer, director, actor, screenwriter and publisher, with a career spanning several decades.
He created The “Dick Van Dyke Show” and directed more than a dozen films, including “The Jerk” and “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” . He starred in two of my very favorite old films: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966).
Another legend gone RIP Carl … you will be missed
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Country music legend Charlie Daniels dies at 83 from stroke.
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So sorry to hear this. Charlie Daniels loved America – it was reflected in his music (ie In America). Also was a big supporter of our veterans.
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Ennio Morricone - he wrote the beautiful broken majesty of the spaghetti westerns and so much more.
and from The Mission;
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