RIP 2024
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Roger Corman. One of the great filmakers and mentor to even greater filmmakers
Roger Corman, master of cheap and cheesy film-making who promoted gifted new directors – obituary
He directed Wild Angels and Swamp Women, produced early films from Coppola, Scorsese and Jonathan Demme and hired actors like Jack Nicholson
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@MiketheSnow boo
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@MiketheSnow
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Irish-American? Did he change citizenship?
Edit: It appears not although he did have homes in the US.
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@Catogrande He lived in America in the 1970s and 1980s, Pittsburgh I think, while Heinz President and Chief Executive. He moved back to Ireland full time in the 1990s.
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Sharkey Ward, CO 801 Sqn during the Falklands, 3 kills (like my grandad) and an opinionated gobshite - but lead his men well and knew how to have fun.
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My Grandma loved him. Only thing I really know about the bloke was the Fred Dagg description of something unusual happening: "it stood out like a moment of fun at a Frank Ifield concert"...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2024:
My Grandma loved him. Only thing I really know about the bloke was the Fred Dagg description of something unusual happening: "it stood out like a moment of fun at a Frank Ifield concert"...
Frank Ifield. I Remember You.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnz3ze3l7o
No paywall. It was cancer, not a heart attack from all that Macca's
Sharkey Ward - Wikipedia
