A sad twist of irony....

I couldn't help but notice a sad coincidence between the recently departed Roy Scheider and the late author Peter Benchley,who wrote "JAWS".Roy died yesterday,which was February 10 of 2008 and Benchley died on February 11,2006,which was two years ago today!Peter Benchley was a great author but none of his other adapted for film novels were successful as JAWS,in fact,JAWS is considered the very first "summer blockbuster" film.

"Jaws" star Roy Scheider dies at 75

Roy Scheider in "Jaws"1975
Recent photo of Scheider

Actor Roy Scheider died of undisclosed causes Sunday in a Little Rock,Arkansas hospital at the age of 75.Best known for his role as Chief Martin Brody in Jaws and Jaws 2,he had been treated at the hospitals Myeloma Clinic for the past two years.He also played opposite Gene Hackman in "The French Connection" and had a Tv series,Seaquest DSV.His trademark lines in the Jaws movies were" you're gonna need a bigger boat" and "Smile,you son of a bitch!"Jaws was the first movie to break 100k at the box office and kept an entire generation of nervous kids out of the water!

Christian Brando dead at 49

Christian Brando,the troubled son of actor Marlon Brando,died Saturday at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital in Hollywood,CA,at age 49,of pneumonia.

In 1990 he made headlines when he shot and killed his sisters abusive lover,Dag Drollet,in the Brando estate and he served 5 years for manslaughter as a result.His sister,Cheyenne,who was pregnant at the time of her lovers death,never got over it and committed suicide in 1995.His most recent infamy was his involvement with Bonney Lee Bakley,the late wife of actor Robert Blake.In defending his civil suit for the wrongful death of his wife,Blake hinted that Brando could have been her killer but nothing ever came of it.

Christian,eldest child of Marlon,left behind no children and no funeral arrangements have been announced according to his attorney.

In Memory of Suzanne Pleshette

Actress Suzanne Pleshette died yesterday at the age of 70 at her home in LA,less than a year after she lost her late husband,the brilliant comedic actor Tom Poston,who was her costar as well when she was on The Bob Newhart Show as Bob Newharts TV wife.In the famous final scene of Bob Newharts series "Newhart" Bob has a dream and wakes up next to Pleshette in an identical bedroom set to "The Bob Newhart Show".Ironically both series starred Tom Poston!MY favorite Pleshette roll was that of Dean Jones onscreen Daschund fanatic wife in "The Ugly Daschund",whose home and life are sent into a tailspin by the rather large Great Dane pup her husband brings home from the vets office.One of my alltime favorite Disney movies!!!!!!She also was a costar in "The Birds" and her fast acting role was a guest appearance on "Will & Grace" as a recurring character.One of the most beautiful and talented actresses of her era.