Hardly a sudden passing at 91 years of age, but I’d still like to tip my hat to Geraldine Fitzgerald who passed away only this morning. You’ll remember her as the Grandmother who faked her own death and left son-in-law Rodney Dangerfield 40 million if he could sober up inside of a year in one of my top 5 favorite comedies, Easy Money. If you have never seen this flick, we now live in an age where ‘Tivo’ is a verb, so make some time and watch it.
Of course, while a part of my cherished canon, Mrs. Monahan is hardly the role for which she’ll be remembered. Her appearences in Wuthering Heights, Dark Victory and an Orson Welles production make Easy Money look like… well, Easy Money. But she had a great sense of the comedic (she also played Dudley Moore’s Grandmother in Arthur,) and I wanted to wish her a safe trip down the pearly pike.
Not to diminish your loss, but another icon (and one of my heroes) passed away today. Yes, beloved James “Scotty” Doohan has now boldly gone where no other Star Trek cast member has gone before – to the great engineering deck in the sky. God bless, Scotty, here’s hoping you find an unending supply of dilithium crystals! Say “Hi” to Gene for us.
He was a Canuck, too. Wasn’t he? As if we needed another reason to mourn.
You are right, he was Canadian – it’s even more tragic!