RIP - Paying Respects to those we've Lost

It was of natural causes, and peacefully. So there’s some solace in that. Little that we can find nowadays.

Despite her character’s name, she was the head of the all female pilots that made up the Flying Circus, so a businesswoman and role model to others. Perhaps the first feminist Bond heroine. A precursor to Octopussy and very similar, when you think about the two characters.

She also threw Bond around with judo, chopped Bond’s feet from under him and generally took only as much bs from him as fitted in the muzzle of her 45. revolver - a part of modern audiences would howl with hurt male feelings…

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Fortunately, Bond appealed to her maternal instincts. :slight_smile:

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I watched Goldfinger just last night. I was asking to my ladylove how a confident, capable, independent woman could put up with being called ‘Pussy’. She suggested that it could be a two-finger salute to all maledom.

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Sad news: an old school legend

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Sad news indeed. I believe she is/was the only (main) Bond girl older than the actor playing James Bond.

R.I.P. Honor Blackman. You were a great Pussy (Galore). One of my favorite Bond girls. You will be missed. Thanks for the memories.

Sad to hear she has passed. 94 years of age was a good run for anyone and I’m glad she had a long life.

Just looking for some sort of silver lining during these times.

My thoughts are with her family and friends that won’t be able to gather during this time.

:cry: RIP Pussy

Sad news. :cry:

RIP

It may have been only a brief cameo, and of all Bond movies, it was in CR67, but that still makes him a Bond veteran.

RIP, champion without a crown.

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RIP

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Stirling Moss also had a Fleming connection:

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Brian Dennehy.

I think it was in his contract that he had to appear in Every movie in the 1980’s. By comparison to his ever presence, the word prolific seems a bit shy and retiring.

Cracking actor. RIP.

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I’ll have to revisit GORKY PARK…

R.I.P.

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I actually met Brian Dennehy outside a movie theater in Los Angeles in the late 80s early 90s. Very nice man. Told him I liked his work, but did not bother him for an autograph. He was very gracious. Glad it was of natural causes instead of something else.

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I was fortunate enough to see Brian Dennehy on stage in three O’Neill plays: “The Iceman Cometh”; “Desire Under the Elms”; and “Long Day’s Journey into Night.” He was wonderful in all three. He was also gracious at the stagedoor to those of us waiting for him (as was Vanessa Redgrave who gave a mini-performance as memorable and elegant as the one she had just given on stage).

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Tangential but not insignificant impact on the Bond series.

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Indeed, a figure at the sideline who made a huge difference.

R.I.P.

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Lazenby’s tribute probably puts it best

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Richard Wayne Penniman aka Little Richard.

Of the great founding fathers of Rock’n’Roll, Jerry Lee Lewis is now the last man standing.

Rest in Peace, Little Richard. Or, to put it more appropriately:
A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!

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