He is the biggest queen I've ever seen. He had no money at his death, so she didn't get anything. they still claim he only died of pneumonia and the dust from shooting out in the dessert, total croak of crap. They claimed it was "kidney failure." Andrew Jackson Merrell, 57, was killed almost instantly last Friday afternoon when a log from a truck he was unloading at the Betz-Tipton plant rolled off on him. Thanks for that observation, r71. They claimed it was from heart failure. Davis was dying of AIDS and then the wife helped him commit suicide before the the end came naturally. Hello and thank you for registering. Funny but when I first read the press release on Dr. Brandt, his publicist said an "illness " and didn't specify, and the first thing I thought was geez in this day and age people are still trying to cover up AIDS? Someone here claimed the guy who played Daddy Warbucks' gardener in 1982's [italic]Annie[/italic] died of AIDS, but since he is neither credited in the film or listed on IMDb, I cannot recall his name. This thread makes me so sad. He was mainly known for his disco hit 'Like An Eagle'. Merrell Jackson died on February 23, 1991. Notably, Parker must have had an influence on the quality of the tunes as both singles are co-written by him and stand out in Morali's pantheon for being slower and more thoughtful than the majority of his releases of the period. And boy, did they! Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Merrell Jackson. I went with this very smart theater friend of mine who leaned over and whispered after the big opening number where you meet all the characters, "The whole house will come down when the little dying Jewish man does his big "To Life!" He was on Broadway in the cast of "Hair" and starred in Fellini's "Satyricon" and a dozen other European B movies. I don't know if she tried it herself, but it obviously didn't save her life. He wanted me to clean the toilet every time I used it. Merrell Jackson, better known by her family name Merrell Jackson, was a popular American singer and actor (1952-1991). Other Works Her last performance was in 1971 in Munich Germany. I'm not denying the publicist downplayed the cause of death, though. I was just watching "The Doctors" - the soap on RetroTV - and saw a very handsome actor, Peter Burnell. Who knows what's up with that marriage, but they support each other and that's that. What an evil, evil tragedy AIDS wrought on our artistic community. The newest episode of Lifetime's 'Sleeping With a Killer' delves into what happened to Seath Jackson in Florida and the cold-blooded plot to murder him at a [] There's a compilation of her articles in print, and one of them she talks about a man with AIDS who stayed alive by drinking his own pee. Look at the Clintons. Ray Sharkey deserves his own thread. Anyway, most of these people (Southerns, Mid-Westerns) just COULDN'T" WAIT to see Disney's musical, "Alladin". r114, what makes you think those three actors are living with AIDS? He had issues, R175. R168 - I guess I didn't read carefully enough because I thought I waste first to mention him, at rwhatever I was. Gorgeous German hunk Amadeus August - died in 1992 at age 50. His name was Tony Fields. I moved to NYC as an 18 year-old in 1981, coinciding with the official beginning of the AIDS epidemic. He died in 1994. I think Terrance Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce are living with aids, which is a much better outcome. This is heresy but "We'll Take a Glass Together" has always annoyed me. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. I just checked his bio, and it says he died of Alzheimers. The trouble was that he would leave the office about 4 and have a couple at the VFW, a couple at the Legion, a couple at the country club and so on, so that by the time he rolled home about 7:30 he was flying high. He was a lovely, talented man and had a wonderful partner in EJ Alexander. I just learned of his death when I was listening to the audio commentary. Your post made me look them all up, sort them out, and pay my own private homage to those acting pioneers who - perhaps with the excepton of Luckinbill - got the raw end of the deal by playing gay in a gay play/film long before it was fashionable or award-worthy. [quote]A Chorus Line - and only nominations for the gay roles), I have to correct myself here; looked it up and Sammy Williams did indeed win a Tony for playing Paul in ACL. Played "Johnny" in the Airplane movies. I'm 65 and sometimes I forget it ever happened. I can't remember where i posted them. with lot of social media fan he often posts many personal photos and videos to interact with her huge fan base social media plateform. We know that Merrell E Smith had been residing in Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio 45640. Here he is singing Cole Porter's "Love for Sale. How unpleasant that your racism has to taint this thread. He died in 1988 at age 49 of complications from AIDS. Saw many great musicals as a kid. Cause of death was chest and internal injuries, although he also sustained a brain concussion and fractures of both legs. Is like when you kill the flowers and the weeds take over the garden. But it may have been suicide. This thread always bums me out when it resurfaces. He was in lots of films around then, and is naked in "The Breaking of Bumbo" with the lovely fragrant Joanna Lumley in 1970. I'm reading this thread alongside the "People Who Lived Through the AIDS Onset" and it's been an education, tragic and moving. r225 wandered in from Pleasantville I think. A lot of people who are familiar with his solo career don't realize that he was also part of the Edgar Winter Group in the early 70s & sang lead on their huge hit, Free Ride (which he also wrote). He also did commercials and displayed his fine body in some arty photogs. his net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. He always had his bicycle with him. Rue was an even bigger slut than Blanche. He was also on some (I think syndicated) sitcom called We Got It Maid. They were in "The Rothschilds" together when Robby was 13-14. [quote]Crothers' longtime EDGE OF NIGHT co-star, Dennis Parker (who also went by the name Wade Nichols in some porn flicks), died eight months earlier. I've never had that happen before, you know, where your date shows up and asks to take a bath. [quote]Lenny Baker had to withdraw from the pre-Broadway tryout of McNally's "It's Only A Play". Sounds like the wiki in r228 is revising history. What a peculiar and erroneous notion, r111. I meant to post this as evidence of Joel Crothers' beauty. r74 that's pecisely what makes this thread so sad - the unfinished stories, the what ifs A tribute to Rock Hudson or Liberace isnt half as sad because those stars hit a home run and ten some. Paul Stevens, who played Brian Bancroft on Another World, died of AIDS. Everyone said, "I never knew Harry had a drinking problem. Light-skinned black actor -- I think his first name may have been Ray? Tom obviously touched a lot of people with his talent and honesty. Merrell Jackson was born on 26 April, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Did so many actors, and other people in show business, who died of AIDS have their families, and managers etc, go to such extremes to cover up the real cause of their deaths? When I called his family to let them know we were going to have a tribute, I was referred to his brother. That first guy was smoking hot..to bad he got a dirty load. Howard Rollins he played Virgil Tibbs in "In The Heat Of The Night" tv series. Stephen Schwartz was a good friend of Billy Byers. (I had a crush on him and nearly satisfied it many moons ago.) It's traumatic for me to read these. Somewhere in my kitchen. The rise of rap had nothing to do with AIDS, not to mention that rap had its AIDS deaths as well. I loved Michael Jeter in Green Mile and The Gift. r195, do you mean Playgirl's own Chris George? r331, in another thread, somebody claimed that it was Timothy Patrick Murphy, mentioned at r2, who unknowingly infected Fuccello. Sadly almost six hundred entries including directors, choreographers, and even porn stars. [quote]I had no idea Howard E. Rollins died of AIDS. Needless to say, I wasn't surprised to find out that a gay man directed those movies. It always went down a treat! A 1971 graduate of Calumet High School in Chicago, Illinois. Wade's brother says he died in the hospital due to AIDS complications. Recently watched the movie If. (1968) and was struck by actor Richard Warwick; I was sure Id seen him in something else and sure enough he also appeared in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and Sebastiane (1976) interestingly, in all 3 films, his character was implied to be or definitely was gay. No AIDS, and not gay, although he was very gay friendly. The many people lost to AIDS should never be forgotten. I ask at IMDb but apparently it's some big mystery. Ray Sharkey continued to have sex with and infect women with HIV after he was diagnosed. Now it's all amusement park Disney crap with unimaginative staging. Leonard Frey was a gifted comic actor who could do drama as well. Speaking of, how is Hal Rubenstein still alive? Tom Villard--You may remember him from 2 GG episodes (one where they are on vacation) or the movies One Crazy Summer and My Girl. Two more teens were found guilty on June 12, 2012 of participating in the April 2011 murder of 15-year-old Seath Tyler Jackson (seen here). He was an actor, known for Godspell (1973). [8] He auditioned for the Chicago production of Godspell in May 1972, but was cast in the movie instead, filming in New York from August to November, 1972. So he made his mark playing Nazis in the UK. Love R&B, love gospel, love many other areas where Blacks have made a great contribution to music. I'll make sure of that. Apparently wasa heroin user. [quote]Brett was gay after his marriage to Anna Massey. [9] He joined the Chicago production in November, but was called back to New York for additional location shots[10] and then continued in the cast until the show's run ended in August 1973. May be was a bbbbbbb..bbbbiisekshool. . He's one of the sweetest, gentlest men I know, and one of the most gifted actors,' O'Connor told a small group of TV writers in Los Angeles earlier this year. Kenny Sacha- He played the Rose drag queen in The Rose among other things. Kenny Everett. It just craves attention. I loved Dan Hartman's Instant Replay and remember Billy Preston well from The Beatles era - didnt realise they had died of Aids. So handsome. -- Theodore "Teddy" Wilson (appeared on tons of sitcoms and TV shows in the 70s and 80s, esp. I have always thought that some are immune to the virus. Billy Preston, of Beatles fame and later a solo artist, died of AIDS. He spent 20 years in the Air Force which has many gays but when Bob was in that was not allowed. Stephen W. Burns made a potentially promising film debut in the last (and worst) of the initial Herbie films, Herbie Goes Bananas (1980), replaced Mark Harmon in the last 3 episodes of the LA paramedics TV series 240 Robert (1981) and, in the role that probably brought him his biggest exposure, played Jack Cleary, one of Meggies brothers, in the classic miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983). [quote]The most beautiful man in the world in the seventies, Hiram Keller. I mean you know that must be true. David Oliver from Another World and A Year IN the Life died at 30 in 1992. He didn't get AIDS from a blood transfusion. Darryl Hinton He sang "All Good Gifts". R181 - I had no idea about the Dan Hartman history. not the AIDS. Apparently Keene was always bugging him for sex, promising to give him a blowjob if Robby would suck his dick too. Yes, I agree, Michael Jeter was more than semi-famous. Merrell Jackson (April 26, 1952 February 23, 1991)[1] was an actor who played one of the apostles in the film Godspell (1973). Merrell E Smith Merrell Smith (1927 - 2002) . A lot of people who are familiar with his solo career don't realize that he was also part of the Edgar Winter Group in the early 70s & sang lead on their huge hit, Free Ride (which he also wrote). Gary Bond, aged 55, who died in 1995. What is sad about Gary and Gary is that the pair are not buried together -- Gary A is in Eden Memorial Park, and Gary E is in Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills. What a tragic story: John Megna, who played nerdy little Dilli in To Kill a Mockingbird. He's not an actor, but Max Robinson the ABC newscaster from the late 80's&early 90's who reportrd the news from Chicago, I know he died from AIDS. [quote]Rollins was arrested three times in eight months for DUI, reckless driving and speeding, leading to jail time and intensive treatment for substance abuse. I can not find a photo of him anywhere online, which saddens me even more. I had no idea Howard E. Rollins died of AIDS. How did he survive from 85 to 90 alone? Handsome Paul Keenan best known from his work on "Days of Our Lives" and "Dynasty" is notable in that he was one of the first actors to admit he was suffering from AIDS and was gay, rather than trying to cover it up. He wrote a song about his death called "Life Goes On.". He played Damien. He died on February 23, 1991. He tries to restrain his gayness but it makes him seem even faggier. IMDB has AIDS listed as his cause of death and Wikipedia has cancer caused by AIDS. Agreed! IIRC his first female *relations* came via Victoria Principal well into his adult years and the subsequently married a woman. ", that was MARK Lester. Brad Davis' wife wrote a book, based on the fact that he died of aids. By 26 May 2022 usc marshall drop in advising 26 May 2022 usc marshall drop in advising Am I remembering correctly that he was on Bracken's World? Cookie Mueller. [quote]Speaking of, how is Hal Rubenstein still alive? r62 a 4th member of the original cast died of AIDS -- Rene Clemente, who played Coricopat. How long might he have been living with it? There is nothing like a good thread like this to cheer me up. To top it all off, the film shot for 13 weeks on ground where the Army had previously tested atomic bombs. I remember as a kid getting Premiere Magazine and every year they'd have a list. I sure would have liked to have a piece of that! Robby has nothing good to say about him and clearly regarded him as a child molester (Robby never took him up on the offer). [11], Jackson then joined Nell Carter in the Chicago cast of the musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. Irresponsible, maybe. Those who knew Lenny knew it was AIDS, and he lost many of those people from his life because it was early in the plague years. In his senior year, he appeared as King Melchior in a school production of the Christmas opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" that was also broadcast on WCIU-TV. R205- Lenny Baker had to withdraw from the pre-Broadway tryout of McNally's "It's Only A Play" before it played Philadelphia, where it closed. The very talented actor Franklyn Seales, co-star of The Onion Field (1979) and star of many stage productions, died of AIDS at age 37. April 26, 1951 (Leonard Jr), 1952 (Merrell) and 1955 (Dwayne). . I met good people from all over while in the elevators (new technology, no buttons inside the elevator. He started going out on location wearing a wig and women's clothes. According to Wiki, he died from complications from open heart surgery. Hal Rubenstein won't die, because he IS THE UNDEAD! Seems there are some internet references to Leslie Graves cause of death. On February 23, 1991, Merrell Jacksondied of non-communicable disease. Best known for numerous 60s tv roles and for the movie "The Illustrated Man" where he has a very lovely nude scene. Richard Warwick portrayed Uncas in the 1971 tv series The Last of the Mohicans. Such a huge loss of talent all around. In fact, I didn't know that he'd died. Merrell was a phenomenal celebrity influencer. At the time of his death he survived by his large extended friends and family. R258 I didn't know that. He definitely did NOT commit suicide, but died of AIDS, which was still very much a stigma in 1985. Jonathon Scott Taylor apparently retired from acting took a law degree and is living somewhere in England. During those hell years I cut out every obit concerning an aids related death. [quote]It's traumatic for me to read these. R295 Is Miss Hal a bottom? 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