Harry Reems passed away yesterday at the age of 65 from Pancreatic Cancer according to his friend Don Schenk. In 1972 Reems starred in the Deep Throat, the first adult movie to be made for the big screen. Two years later he was arrested for conspiracy to distribute obscenity across state lines because of that film. Then in 1976 he was convicted for the crime, but the conviction was overturned a year later.
He spent the next decade doing mostly adult films, hundreds of them, before retiring from the business in the mid ’80s and settling in Utah.
So today honor his legacy and watch Deep Throat as a big FU to “The Man” who tried to bring him down.
Bonnie Franklin passed away this morning at the age of 69 from Pancreatic Cancer according to The Hollywood Reporter. She is best known for playing divorced mother, Ann Romano, on One Day at a Time, which in the ’70s was groundbreaking as was the show. She was the mom that everyone girl wanted to have as her own back then because she was so cool. The actress recently reunited with her TV daughter Valerie Bertinelli on Hot in Cleveland.
So today honor her by watching One Day at a Time and keep her feisty spirit alive forver!
Mayor Ed Koch passed away this morning at the age of 88 from congestive heart failure according to The NY Daily News. Koch was Mayor of NYC from 1978-1989 and he changed The Big Apple for the so much better. Everyone loved him and he loved everyone. He was what Mayors are supposed to be and I am glad that I got to live in his city when he ran it.
After he served his time as Mayor, he became a man of the people as in he presided over People’s Court. And some of you might know him as Judge Koch.
No matter where you know him from, today honor him by telling everyone “I Love NY!”
Conrad Bain passed away last night from natural causes at the age of 89 according to TMZ. The actor is best known for playing the conservative Dr Arthur Harmon on Maude in the ’70s and then going right into playing the wealthy Mr Drummond on Diff’rent Strokes. It is a sad day in the sitcom world to lose someone as talented to him. So today honor him by watching one of his two shows on Antenna TV, 2 eps of Maude at 7p/4p and 4 eps of Diff’rent Strokes at 9p/6p to keep the joy he brought alive.
UPDATE: Antenna TV will be paying tribute to Conrad Bain this Saturday. The network will air Maude from 1-4p est/10a-1p pst and Diff’rent Strokes from 4-8p est/1-4p pst. So make sure to watch the shows that made us love him and he loved working on.
Ned Wertimer passed away on January 2nd from complication of a fall in November at a nursing home according to On The Red Carpert. The actor was best known for playing Ralph the Doorman on The Jeffersons. He also had small roles on other TV sitcoms and playing a reporter in the Christmas cult classic in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
So today keep his spirit alive by watching at least one episode of The Jeffersons or/and or tipping a doorman. Something I am sure he is expecting Sherman Hemsley to do now that they are both in heaven. It would certainly be Ralph’s heaven to have someone constantly tip him whenever they can.
