He wrote a song about his death called "Life Goes On.". He's one of the sweetest, gentlest men I know, and one of the most gifted actors,' O'Connor told a small group of TV writers in Los Angeles earlier this year. Cause of death: Prostatic hypertrophy . He was linked to actor Jeremy Brett, they may have been a couple. He was a model for Yves St. Laurent and others. I had never heard this before, so I can't confirm the veracity of the claim. For Christ sake, I'm sure Rue was no older then Bradyou big dummy. For the most part I remember reading each of these in the newspaper at the time. Such dark, shitty days. I doubt his HIV-status when he died is secret to anyone. Age at Death: 82. Beth Armstrong Cause Of Death: Obituary. Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble. Anthony Perkins admitted he had AIDS In his last couple of months. So he made his mark playing Nazis in the UK. Lee Mathis-hot man. I find it too cutesy for words. Sad. If there were more than a few, then I suppose it's a subject for another thread. He continued to make movies until his retirement 10 years ago, and he appeared in many television dramas and comedies, including the Perry Mason series. He was a dear friend, and I miss him to this day. Bob was raised in Champlain, working on the family dairy farm. Methods: Comparisons of death-related variables during the 3 eras were performed. I mean you know that must be true. I truly hope they find a cure for this (and other) dreadful diseases. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. R132 Anton Diffring was gay? Major Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones, MBE QC DL ( n Jones; 18 May 1899 - 27 January 1966) was a British barrister and soldier. For the non-Broadway DLers, David Carroll, mentioned in R24, died in the bathroom of the BMG/RCA recording studio while attempting to record the cast album for "Grand Hotel." Robert Bradley "Brad" James (June 15, 1962 - November 1, 2012) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Brad Armstrong. He always had his bicycle with him. And he still looks healthy. It was heartbreaking and terrifying to read. The trouble was that he would leave the office about 4 and have a couple at the VFW, a couple at the Legion, a couple at the country club and so on, so that by the time he rolled home about 7:30 he was flying high. . That leaves Curtis, who won the Tony for "The Rothschilds". In the fall of 1990, Hall was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles and required a blood transfusion, which was later discovered to be contaminated with HIV. Did any non-gay actors ever die of the AIDS? Birthday: November 20, 1890. Speaking of GG, I think the black actor who served the Girls at the Diner on Xmas eve (in season 2) also died of AIDS, though I would have to look it up. Beamish peerage database peerage ID. and various studio groups of the time. I'm sure they liked each other a lot. Agreed! This got me to thinking about lesser-known actors (or writers, athletes, etc.) Robert Armstrong (Robert William Armstrong) Born Robert William Armstrong in Saginaw, Michigan, lived in Bay City, Michigan until about 1902 and moved to Seattle, Washington. He was only 37 years old. Jeffrey's big number, "We Beseech Thee", which was cut from the movie version, Anton Diffring (German actor who played Nazis in many post-World War II films), Bill Beyer, who played Wally on the soap "Capitol". As in, right now, my shoulders. Did so many actors, and other people in show business, who died of AIDS have their families, and managers etc, go to such extremes to cover up the real cause of their deaths? [7] Armstrong gave up his studies to manage his uncle's touring companies. Rick Meadows- gorgeous man from revival of On Your Toes. r77 This is the first I've heard of it. Know his, Estimated Net Worth, Age, Biography Wikipedia Wiki . I was just watching "The Doctors" - the soap on RetroTV - and saw a very handsome actor, Peter Burnell. I moved to NYC as an 18 year-old in 1981, coinciding with the official beginning of the AIDS epidemic. Robert Armstrong (actor), better known by the Family name Robert William Armstrong, was a popular Actor. (Frank Silva) died from AIDS. Robert Drivas - interesting young American actor, also naked in "The Illustrated Man" with Rod Steiger, and in "Where Its At" with David Janssson and DL fave Brenda Vacarro, he also had a small part in "Cool Hand Luke". Apologies if this correction has been posted before. I remember telling my photography teacher soon after Ritts' death that it was because of AIDS so I had read about it pretty soon after. Abdominal Cancer. He has a wife and two children whom by now must be teens or young adults. Plot #3545253. He was so good looking. I just learned of his death when I was listening to the audio commentary. r4 Lenny Baker was str8 and died of throat cancer. They were friends and occasional fuck buddies. I just checked his bio, and it says he died of Alzheimers. Armstrong died at age 95 of natural causes in Studio City, California on July 27, 2012. . R232 is that Idolmaker remake ever happening? The club confirmed the heartbreaking news on Sunday evening, adding they were saddened to . He was a fucking knockout, for me, perfectly emblematic of what was "young and handsome" in the sixties. [quote]Lenny Baker had to withdraw from the pre-Broadway tryout of McNally's "It's Only A Play". On April 20, 1973, Robert Armstrong (actor) died of non-communicable disease. English actor Ian Charleson was getting well-known and had just played Hamlet before he died. Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble. George Armstrong Custer, (born December 5, 1839, New Rumley, Ohio, U.S.died June 25, 1876, Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory), U.S. cavalry officer who distinguished himself in the American Civil War (1861-65) but later led his men to death in one of the most controversial battles in U.S. history, the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Stephen Stucker. R207 Why is the post about Raul Julia offensive? @205, Not according to IMDB. Text size. Father of Azariah Armstrong; Robert Alfred Armstrong; Barzillai Armstrong and Alfred Robert Armstrong. Please click here to register for free. Someone here claimed the guy who played Daddy Warbucks' gardener in 1982's [italic]Annie[/italic] died of AIDS, but since he is neither credited in the film or listed on IMDb, I cannot recall his name. But his wife tells herself that he got it from drug use. cancer; Cemetery. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. "Twas beauty killed the beast," he said at the close of that now iconic film. In 2008, the leading cause of death for females aged 50 to 64 years changed from malignant neoplasm of breast to malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung, which accounted for 10.1% of deaths for this age group . Robert Cormier's cause of unexpected death on Friday was due to a fall. Downtown. Their athletic dancing went on for 20 minutes, and they were all magnificent. Didn't Billy Preston die in the last decade? Tag Team Champs: Bob Armstrong (left) with Robert Fuller. I would not put it past him to have also got it from a guy--he was one of those guys who would fuck anything that moved. Robert Kenneth "Bob" Armstrong, 81, of the Perry Mills Road, Champlain, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, at his home, under the loving care of his family and Hospice of the North Country. He was 93. [8] He appeared in 127 films between 1927 and 1964; very prolific in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he made nine movies in 1928 alone. I've always found it fascinating how he was able to effortlessly transition from Gay & Straight Adult Films to a mainstream network soap opera (Edge Of Night). It's traumatic for me to read these. How the hell could he throw himself around like a rag doll that way? Robert Armstrong Birthday and Date of Death. A golden career was reflected in his name. So wonderful She also wrote an advice column for the Village Voice. Robert Golden Armstrong ("Bob" to his friends) was born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 7, 1917. . Thanks for that link, r44. During those hell years I cut out every obit concerning an aids related death. When the second season began, Leslie Nielsen joined the cast to portray Bracken. The critics HATED it. Armstrong had seen his physician the previous week for an undisclosed treatment, but his cause of death was never publicly disclosed. Robert Armstrong, Actor, Dies; Played Director in King Kong, https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/22/archives/robert-armstrong-actor-dies-played-director-in-king-kong-a-50year.html. BTW, I lived through this in the 1980s. Among the memorable, scenes featuring Mr. Armstrong was the one in which he haughtily assures frightened onlookers that the solid platinum chains shackling Kong cannot possibly break. Prolific character actor: portrayed Orson Welles in The Night That Panicked America, as well as drug lord Alejandro Sosa in Scarface. His death was attributed to his mother's smoking. Leonard Frey was a gifted comic actor who could do drama as well. His official cause of death was sudden heart failure. I'm not denying the publicist downplayed the cause of death, though. All those plays that won't get written now. There's a compilation of her articles in print, and one of them she talks about a man with AIDS who stayed alive by drinking his own pee. No AIDS, and not gay, although he was very gay friendly. [quote]Parker styled himself as the quintessential clone of the period; a mustachioed, uber-male strapped into tight, silver spandex jumpsuits and was obviously at ease sexually with both genders. Click episode number for show page at main site. Though perhaps a female studio head was considered unbelievable at the time. Denham then utters his facous line a reference to the pursuit by Kong of Fay Wray, the movie heroine, which led to Kong's demise. This memorial website was created in memory of Robert Armstrong, 74, born on April 4, 1916 and passed away on April 22, 1990. Hello and thank you for registering. What a peculiar and erroneous notion, r111. Ray Sharkey deserves his own thread. I. Apparently Keene was always bugging him for sex, promising to give him a blowjob if Robby would suck his dick too. cancer; Cemetery. [quote] What kind of idiot puts dust in a "dessert". [quote]Merritt Buttrick, Kirk's son David in Star Trek II/II, died at age 30 in 1989. I went with this very smart theater friend of mine who leaned over and whispered after the big opening number where you meet all the characters, "The whole house will come down when the little dying Jewish man does his big "To Life!" Maybe for mud-pie? A starring role in the short-lived prime-time soap Glitter (1984-85) followed, as did guest spots on The Love Boat and Hotel. He died of AIDS at age 29 in 1989; he claimed to have had an affair with actor Brad Davis, who himself contracted AIDS and committed suicide in 1991. Tom McBride is probably best-remembered as one of the more famous unfortunate victims of Jason Voorhees: in Friday the 13th Part II (1981), he played Mark, the wheelchair-bound camp counselor who gets a machete in the face. Hello. Robert Armstrong and 3 other siblings. With Brad's death, it was always about AIDS. He was a very sexy man. He was gay and eccentric. I've asked about Bert Convy here before. We became good friends and spent a lot of time together, He and his partner and my husband and I socialized frequently..he even helped my husband build bookshelves and a window seat in our apartment. He attended law college at the University of Washington but dropped out in senior year to seize what appeared to be a temporary opportunity to tour with a vaudeville company. Bob Armstrong was diagnosed with prostate cancer and according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, he refused treatment as he knew the cancer was terminal. He had a sexy high voice. Born to Brainard Leroy and Evelyn (Martin) Arm He and his wife had two children. It's sad if someone is doing that but I doubt it's his Foundation or his publicist? Tony (English) 0 references. Rome. Had never seen that before. Abscess. R168 - I guess I didn't read carefully enough because I thought I waste first to mention him, at rwhatever I was. Look at the Clintons. Death records are primary resources for details about the death, since they were typically created relatively near the time of the death. West End actor Martin Smith is also mentioned in the piece above. It's been well documented that he was one of Rudolph Nureyev's lovers and slept with directors and producers of both sexes to further his career. I remember he was on E.T. Husband of Sarah Reeve and Letitia Camping. I remember seeing Leonard Frey on the First Ave bus years ago, when my neighborhood was scuzzy. Rome Cemetery. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. I had no idea Howard E. Rollins died of AIDS. Of course, Brad Davis was more than semi-famous. At least they didn't turn the New Amsterdam into a megachurch. It wasn't until Tom Hanks and Philadelphia that actors (and producers) clamored "I want an Oscar, get me a gay role! Armstrong studied to be a lawyer but gave it up to manage his uncle's touring companies. *Peter Evans, 38, May 20, 1989, Versatile actor praised for his lead role in "Children of a Lesser God", *Ian Charleson, 40, January 6, 1990, The Scottish actor who costarred in the 1981 "Chariots of Fire", *Leonard Fray, 49, August 24, 1988, Motel the tailor in the stage and film versions of "Fiddler on the Roof", *Larry Kert, 60, June 5, 1991, The singer and actor who played Tony in Broadway's "West Side Story", Charles Ludlam, 44, May 28, 1987, Actor-playwright-director in his post-absurdist theater of the Ridiculous, Cookie Mueller, 40, November 10, 1989, Actress in John Waters's "Pink Flamingoes"; Details magazine art critic, Larry Riley, 59, June 6, 1992, The actor who played Frank Williams on CBS's "Knots Landing", Craig Russell, 42, October 30, 1990, Flamboyant entertainer and impersonator of Mae West, Judy Garland, Jack Smith, 57, September 18, 1989, Performance artist and maker of the 1963 film "Flaming Creatures", Barry Robins, 41, April 1, 1986, Lead in Bless the Beasts and the Children, Rmi Laurent, 32, 14 November 1989, the son in 1978 film La Cage aux Folles. Antony Armstrong-Jones wed Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II's sister, for ten years, from 1960 . The Most Dangerous Game was filmed at night on the same jungle sets as King Kong, which was shot during the day, with Armstrong and Fay Wray simultaneously starring in both pictures. During the filming of Steel (1979) in Kentucky, watching the mammoth Kincaid Tower being built, he made some good friends in the cast: "You become a family on the set," he said in an interview at the time.Even though he had a long, versatile career, the younger generation knows him as the demonic Lewis Vandredi (pronounced VON-drah-dee), who just would not let the main characters have a good night's sleep on the television series Friday the 13th: The Series (1987). I remember Carrol O'Connor tried to save his job for him but he was on another planet. Timothy Patrick Murphy is best known of his portrayal of the doomed Mickey Trotter Rays nephew and a love interest for Lucy before hes paralyzed in a car accident with Sue Ellen in the 82-83 season of Dallas; in 1984, he played the title role in Sams Son, Michael Landons semi-autobiographical TV movie about his youth and his struggles with his family. [quote]The most beautiful man in the world in the seventies, Hiram Keller. He was also on some (I think syndicated) sitcom called We Got It Maid. Remarkably, ABC never found out about Parker's double life, (of if they did, excused it as an excess of the times) despite the fact that his XXX films continued to be released as late as 1983. The guy who played Al in the Chorus Line movie. I have the book right here in my bookcase. r10--how can you POSSIBLY have left out mention of Frey as Harold in "The Boys in the Band"? Gary Bond, aged 55, who died in 1995. In one of entertainment's most bizarre career moves, he went straight from the Oscar nom to a role on the soap Another World. More talented then I gave him credit for, then. Birth Year: 1839. Antony Hamilton, the hottie who replaced Jon Erik Hexum on "Cover Up". Ruptured Abdominal Aneurysm. title. He and King Kong's co-producer, Merian C. Cooper, died within sixteen hours of each other. [11], "Robert Armstrong, Actor, Dies; Played Director in 'King Kong', "Robert Armstrong, Actor, Divorces Mate to Remarry", "Merian C. Cooper Dies; Creator of 'King Kong', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Armstrong_(actor)&oldid=1131855726, Ethel Virah Smith (June 12, 1926 - July 27, 1931; divorced) (died 1950), Gladys Dubois (January 10, 1936 - December 31, 1939; divorced), Claire Louise Frisbie (January 1, 1940 - April 20, 1973; his death), This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 02:19. A truly beautiful man! ", Paul Reeves, of the West End "Starlight Express.". In addition to details about the death, they can contain birth information, family origins, cause of death, and more. He must have been a pushy bottom then.He was kind of an outcast in Germany as he was half Jewish. They claimed it was "kidney failure." Please click here to update your account with a username and password. Age: 82. Rita M. Armstrong Death. Know his, Estimated Net Worth, Age, Biography Wikipedia Wiki Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm. The enormous success of King Kong led to more gorilla movies featuring Mr. Armstrong as the vigorous, confident showman, Denham. McLinden was part inspiration for the lead character in "It's a Sin," from the pen of Russell T. Davies. I did not mention that I knew the cause of death, but as were reminiscing I said something like, its so hard to see so many people dying so young and his response was, were still in shock. 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