In Memoriam

[VALuvsMKwan]

But David McCallum looked like the adult version of someone who would have been in a boy band. So did Neil Harrison from the Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Pedantic me twice in one thread - Noel Harrison, the son of Rex, of Cleopatra, Becket and My Fair Lady fame.

 

[kwanfan1818]

My spelling needs work…

When I was a tween, Noel Harrison was on a talk show, and I told my Aunr — who didn’t marry my uncle until she was 37 — that I wanted to marry him when I grew up, and she told me that he was too old for me, that he’d be over 40 by the time I was old enough. 40 sounded appalling at the time.

The episode where the partners switched and McCallum and Harrison were together was the biggest wet dream until York and Chamberlain were musketeers together.

 

[once_upon]

No, no, no Patrick Macnee.

 

[Vagabond]

Thread drift.

Diana Rigg.

 

[kedrin]

I just picked up the complete Diane Rigg Avengers DVDs when I was in San Francisco! Amoeba Records FTW. .

 

[Badams]

My first crush was Bryan Adams. I still love him. And Rusty Shayne from Guiding Light. ?

 

[PRlady]

Thread drift.

Diana Rigg.

My girl crush of all time.

Didn’t Noel Harrison do the original version of Windmills of Your Mind?

 

[MacMadame]

Nah, David McCormick (oops McCallum) as Ilya Kuriakin in Man from Uncle.

Yes and both Diana Rigg and Patrick MacNee from the Avengers. But those aren't teen idols. Unless I missed them being on the cover of Tiger Beat. Which, since I rarely read it, I guess could have happened.

 

[Vagabond]

Teen idol

A teen idol is a celebrity with a large teenage fan base. Teen idols are generally young but are not necessarily teenagers themselves. An idol's popularity may be limited to teens, or may extend to all age groups.

MacNee and Rigg did have a large teenage fan base back in the day, both in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, but they also appealed to other age groups.

I don't know about anyone else, but I read The New Yorker back in my teens, not Tiger Beat.

 

[MacMadame]

I don't know about anyone else, but I read The New Yorker back in my teens, not Tiger Beat.

We read the Philadelphia Inquirer.

 

[Buzz]

Save a Fox rescue founder dies by suicide at 29. Her husband partly blamed online bullying. He is now left to raise their daughter and continue the work of the rescue alone. R.I.P.

Faribault's Save-A-Fox founder dies of suicide

Family and friends are remembering a young woman known for her efforts to rescue animals, especially foxes. Mikayla Raines ran Save-a-Fox in Faribault, but she recently committed suicide.

www.fox9.com

 

[Finnice]

When I was 9, I had a crush for Donny Osmond. It goes well with @PRlady's theory.
At 11, I moved to Mick Jagger. Hmm...?

 

[Spiralgraph]

When I was really really young I had a crush on Michael Landon when he was on Bonanza. By the time of Little House on the Prairie I forgot about Landon; I was still stuck on Paul McCartney...

 

[PRlady]

This has become the Wistful Boomers thread….thanks, Bobby.

 

[emason]

This has become the Wistful Boomers thread….thanks, Bobby.

Well, this Boomer had crushes, but it wasn’t for singers. I was into all those actors who played in the endless rounds of TV westerns. Will Hutchins as Sugarfoot springs to mind. I was busy cutting pictures out of movie and tv magazines, not reading Tiger Beat.

 

[Cachoo]

My very, very earliest crush was David Cassidy, but his half-brother Shaun eclipsed him in my heart. First time I ever bought a life-size poster, lol. He's still pretty damn good looking.

It's sad how many of these teen idols from the 60s-70s are gone now. Makes me feel old, for sure.

I keep Peacock because of skating and I was popping around on the site and saw they have "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries." Now if that isn't a blast from the past.

 

[once_upon]

Save a Fox rescue founder dies by suicide at 29. Her husband partly blamed online bullying. He is now left to raise their daughter and continue the work of the rescue alone. R.I.P.

Faribault's Save-A-Fox founder dies of suicide

Family and friends are remembering a young woman known for her efforts to rescue animals, especially foxes. Mikayla Raines ran Save-a-Fox in Faribault, but she recently committed suicide.

www.fox9.com

On line bullying is a real, devastating issue. We think of it happening only to our children - but adults are victims too

 

[Jot the Dot Dot]

A little trivia: Rigg was the second of three actresses portraying strong and sexy women partners for Steed. When the producers were giving her character a name, they were thinking "Let's see....she has to appeal to men......have 'Men Appeal".....'M' appeal....Emma Peel?' ". That's how the name came out!

 

[bladesofgorey]

On line bullying is a real, devastating issue. We think of it happening only to our children - but adults are victims too

OMG, that's horrifying! I binge-watched her channel for a few months after I moved to a place that had foxes come through regularly

 

[Cachoo]

Save a Fox rescue founder dies by suicide at 29. Her husband partly blamed online bullying. He is now left to raise their daughter and continue the work of the rescue alone. R.I.P.

Faribault's Save-A-Fox founder dies of suicide

Family and friends are remembering a young woman known for her efforts to rescue animals, especially foxes. Mikayla Raines ran Save-a-Fox in Faribault, but she recently committed suicide.

www.fox9.com

This is so sad. I first heard of their rescue because of their generosity to other rescues, specifically in this case Furball Farm. Here is how I found Mikayla. It is so awful to think other groups might have bullied her:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

 

[Vagabond]

Childhood bullies often grow up to be adult bullies, and they generally, but not always, bully other adults.

More thread drift, except that any discussion of death is also a discussion about life.

 

[MacMadame]

On line bullying is a real, devastating issue. We think of it happening only to our children - but adults are victims too

There was a vet in NYC who committed suicide after in-person bullying from a client. Bullying is an issue everywhere.

 

[Jenny]

Regarding the fate of teen idols, this article is interesting, drawing parallels between Sherman's experience with Justin Bieber (it's a Canadian news article) and also David Cassidy.

This part said a lot to me:

The late music writer Tom Hibbert, writing somewhat cruelly about Cassidy in 1983, could have just as easily been speaking of Sherman.

"The music had been secondary to swoony looks and hints of sex, and while some might remember those alluring eyes glinting from the LP cover or the TV screen, few were likely to recall the vacuous, bland and essentially worthless records Cassidy left behind," Hibbert wrote in the History of Rock.

I do think that while the idols in those days didn't also have to deal with social media and gossip sites, they did have to deal with efforts to control every piece of their lives to conform to whatever their handlers had decided would be their image. According to David Cassidy's autobiography, he hated the bubblegum pop he had to sing on the Partridge Family - he was a fan of Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin, and really wanted to make music like that. But did he even have time? He worked all week on the sitcom, then on weekends had to perform concerts, on top of not being able to go anywhere without being mobbed - a ton of pressure, and he says he was exhausted for years. What's also lost is that he was actually a good actor, with critical acclaim for both his comedic skills and dramatic portrayals.

The article also notes that when it came out that Sherman had married 14 months earlier and had a child, fans were shocked and dismayed - and they also learned he was three years older than had been publicized (!). Was that his fault? Likely more manipulation by his agents and managers to shape him into something he never was.

 

[just tuned in]

How dare anyone say that the music of David Cassidy and The Partridge Family was worthless!

 

[once_upon]

Bullying appears to have been a contributing factor to death. We talk about other contributing factors ?‍

 

[Badams]

I hate that they call it bullying. It diminishes it. They should call it harassment, aggressive behavior, threats etc...

 

[Vagabond]

Returning to the nominal topic of this thread:

Bill Moyers died. He was one of the greats of twentieth-century journalism.

Bill Moyers, Lyndon Johnson press chief and celebrated broadcaster, dies at 91

Moyers, who served as Johnson’s press secretary for two years, became one of television’s most revered journalists

www.theguardian.com

Bill Moyers, a Face of Public TV and Once a White House Voice, Dies at 91

He was a renowned television correspondent and commentator who also had long ties with Lyndon B. Johnson, including as his press secretary.

www.nytimes.com

?

But before that, Mr. Moyers was President Johnson’s closest aide. Present on Air Force One in Dallas when Johnson took the oath of office after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Mr. Moyers played a pivotal role in the inception of Johnson’s Great Society programs, and was the president’s top administrative assistant and press secretary when Johnson sent hundreds of thousands of troops to fight in the Vietnam War.

 

[Cachoo]

Returning to the nominal topic of this thread:

Bill Moyers died. He was one of the greats of twentieth-century journalism.

Bill Moyers, Lyndon Johnson press chief and celebrated broadcaster, dies at 91

Moyers, who served as Johnson’s press secretary for two years, became one of television’s most revered journalists

www.theguardian.com

Bill Moyers, a Face of Public TV and Once a White House Voice, Dies at 91

He was a renowned television correspondent and commentator who also had long ties with Lyndon B. Johnson, including as his press secretary.

www.nytimes.com

?

I’m not sure anyone else who served as press secretary had more of an impact following his service in government. And he was a gentleman. I’m not sure we have any of those in the White House these days. RIP

 

[caseyedwards]

Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunman’s Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81

After her husband was killed and her son wounded on a Long Island commuter train in 1993, she went to Congress on a mission against gun violence.

www.nytimes.com

I voted for her several times! And handed out flyers!

 

[PRlady]

Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunman’s Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81

After her husband was killed and her son wounded on a Long Island commuter train in 1993, she went to Congress on a mission against gun violence.

www.nytimes.com

I voted for her several times! And handed out flyers!

That’s….something. I started working for Jim Brady a few months after that photo was taken. She was the leading Congressional spokesperson for gun control and a brave lady.