Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: R.I.P.- Dudley Moore and Milton Berle

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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 03-28-2002, 12:39 AM:

CNN -- British comedian and actor Dudley Moore has died aged 66 at his home in New Jersey after a long illness.

He died of pneumonia as a complication of progressive supranuclear palsy, his publicist said.

Publicist Michelle Bega said the actor died at 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday of pneumonia as a result of his brain disorder. The funeral arrangements are pending and a memorial service is planned, she said.

Moore suffered from progressive supranuclear palsy, which attacks brain cells and impairs mental and motor functions

Milton Berle, 'Mr. Television,' dead at 93

Milton Berle, the acerbic, cigar-smoking vaudevillian who eagerly embraced a new medium and became "Mr. Television" in the dawn of the video age, died Wednesday, a spokesman said. He was 93.

Berle died at 2:45 p.m. (5:45 p.m. EST) at his home after a lengthy illness, publicist Warren Cowan said. Berle's wife, Lorna, and several family members were at his side.

Berle had been under hospice care for the past few weeks. He had been diagnosed with colon cancer last year. Berle's wife Lorna announced in April 2001 that he was suffering from colon cancer and had decided not to undergo surgery.

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 03-28-2002, 01:51 AM:

First Spike Miligan and now Dudley Moore gone in the space of a few weeks

Another sad loss for British comedy.

" Now is the time to say goodbye
Now is the time to yield a cry"

Time for Dud to join Pete on the eternal park bench .

Posted by Dave Macaulay (Member # 813) on 03-28-2002, 08:36 AM:

"Time for Dud to join Pete on the eternal park bench ." (Dick Vaughn)

Derek and Clive in heaven?
"and in walks Jesus..."
It works for me.

Posted by Jonathan Worthing (Member # 803) on 03-28-2002, 10:50 AM:

"The worst job I ever had" (Derek and Clive live.)

RIP Dudley

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 03-28-2002, 06:50 PM:

Indeed RIP, and now Billy Wilder has passed too. What a bad year for celebrities, and some really great ones at that. They will be sorely missed!
Mark @ GTS