Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Karl Malden Has Died



Oscar winning actor Karl Malden has died at the age of 97. Karl won the Academy Award for his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire.

38 comments:

  1. Dear Death: please Take a Holiday. Thanx.

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  2. He was also the reverend in Pollyanna. Aww.

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  3. You said it, Mooshki. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this.

    Loved him in "Gypsy" with Rosalind Russell.

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  4. Forget his movies, he was The Streets of San Francisco!!! (Crap, dated myself again.)

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  5. @Mooshki, AAAAAAAA-men.

    I guess its true, what the bible thumpers are saying, "We's in da end of days, y'all"

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  6. That's three again: Billy May, Fred Travalena and Karl Malden. Please lets not have another cycle start.

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  7. i'm so sorry to hear this news. :(

    97, tho, wow!

    rip.

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  9. Gosh darn't someone cool always dies on my birthday. RIP Karl.

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  10. R.I.P Karl

    There was nothing like 1970's tv, it was the best.

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  11. incredible actor. loved him. bye karl.

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  12. Anonymous1:32 PM

    RaininMyst, aw sorry, but Happy Birthday anyway!

    Karl was awesome in "Streetcar" -OH! and in that TV movie about the doctor (Jeffrey McDonald) who killed his wife and kids. Karl played the slain wife's father and brought the guy to justice.

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  13. Anonymous1:36 PM

    He was one of the best actors. He lived a good long old age.

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  14. Anonymous1:36 PM

    A gentleman and a class act. He seemed to be in all the good movies. Or maybe he made them good.

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  15. well said Syko.

    at least he had a nice, long run. 97 is an accomplishment in itself!

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  16. I'll always remember him for his "Don't leave home without it." AmEx commercials. They must have shown those ads all the time from their prevalence in my childhood memories.

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  17. WOW, RIP, Karl. RIP...

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  18. Aww! I'll be thinking of Karl when I see Streetcar in a few weeks time at Donmar Warehouse in London.. RIP darlin'

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  19. Okay this sounds horrible but I thought he was already dead! Sorry Karl, RIP. Loved your Amex commercials. :)

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  20. I loved him in "Nuts"

    Good for him - 97! What a life.
    RIP

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  21. SUCH A TALENT!! i love this guy - he was sooooooooo good in streetcar!

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  22. I had no idea he was that old! Well, what more can anyone ask for? A good career, respect, (hopefully a good family life), living to 97? Pretty good.

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  23. I'm with Mookshi.

    Loved him Streetcar Named Desire. 97 isn't so bad!

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  24. -"Didn't you stay at a hotel called the Flamingo?"
    -"Flamingo? Nooo - Tarantula was the name of it - I stayed at a hotel called the Tarantula Arms!"

    The best and most revealing scene both of their characters in Streetcar - just him + Viv.

    I just had to - I'm a total Streetcar Dork!!

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  25. Loved him in Streetcar and Gypsie, but I don't think he ever gave a bad performance. What a great actor. I didn't realize he was 97.

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  26. I wonder if this was Enty's Old Hollywood friend who gave him the good stories

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  27. I'm with Sporky - I thought he passed away years ago. 97. Good for him - he led a life well-lived.

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  28. The actress who played Mrs Slocombe on Are You Being Served is also dead. I agree with Mooshki, Death, move along now, nothing to see here.

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  29. : ( .. Sadness. I remember Karl from movies, Streets of San Francisco .. with Michael Douglas AND Richard Hatch .. but mostly the moment I heard Karl had passed .. I thought "American Express .. don't leave home without it!"

    Godspeed, Karl! We'll remember you through your amazing body of work!!

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  30. He was also phenomenal in On the Waterfront, again with Brando.

    His wife survives him, they were married 70 years!

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  32. AW. Karl Malden was a class act.

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  33. I note he was married to his first and only wife for seventy years. One of the few stars about whom I've never heard a breath of scandal but heard many warm accolades.

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  34. amazonblue, that's amazing!

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  35. Jeez, what's going on? I don't ever remember this many losses in quite so short a time. Mooshki's right, Death needs to take a holiday.

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