PsychoSy
01-21-03, 08:22 PM
1) Cancer retires Richard Crenna
Best known for his role as the the Green Beret mentor of Sly Stallone in the "Rambo" films and his role on CBS's "Chasing Amy", Emmy award winning actor Richard Crenna died this past Friday of pancreatic cancer. He was 76.
Often playing as tough-as-nails characters, Crenna was known best for his spirit and sense of humor off camera. "He was one of the brightest, nicest, funniest and most talented actors I've ever worked with. He was everyone's friend," Sly Stallone said on Saturday. His wife, Penni Crena, adds, "Even after 46 years, he had me laughing, even in the hospital."
Born in LA, Crenna began his carreer in radio at the ripe age of just 10 years old, appearing on "Burns & Allen" and later played a love-sick teenage Walter Denton in "Our Miss Brooks", moving with the show when it switched to TV.
2) Heart Failure Claims Ed "The Sheik" Farhat
Legendary grappler Edward Farhat, better known and hated as the villainous "The Sheik", and often accredited to being the man who has pioneered the more "hardcore" style of wrestling that dominates the industry today, died of heart failure this past Saturday in Williamson, Michigan. He was 75.
Farhat was born in Lansing, MI, one of 10 children of Lebanese immigrants. After concealing his age of 17, he joined the U.S. Army during World War II and dedicated his life to pro wrestling afterwards, being recruited by promoter Burt Ruby in Detroit in 1950.
Steve Slagle of The Ring Chronicle writes, "Universally hated by fans, The Sheik was nevertheless a top ratings and box office draw for promoters in the day. His bloody, emotional battles with Bobo Brazil, "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, Antonio Rocca, Johnny Valentine, Harley Race and Abdullah The Butcher were the stuff of legends, not to mention box office gold."
Don't confuse this guy with "The Iron Shiek" of the 70s and 80s that often teamed with Nicolai Volkoff and battered the likes of Bruno Sammartino and Hulk Hogan. Those are different Shieks. :)
Best known for his role as the the Green Beret mentor of Sly Stallone in the "Rambo" films and his role on CBS's "Chasing Amy", Emmy award winning actor Richard Crenna died this past Friday of pancreatic cancer. He was 76.
Often playing as tough-as-nails characters, Crenna was known best for his spirit and sense of humor off camera. "He was one of the brightest, nicest, funniest and most talented actors I've ever worked with. He was everyone's friend," Sly Stallone said on Saturday. His wife, Penni Crena, adds, "Even after 46 years, he had me laughing, even in the hospital."
Born in LA, Crenna began his carreer in radio at the ripe age of just 10 years old, appearing on "Burns & Allen" and later played a love-sick teenage Walter Denton in "Our Miss Brooks", moving with the show when it switched to TV.
2) Heart Failure Claims Ed "The Sheik" Farhat
Legendary grappler Edward Farhat, better known and hated as the villainous "The Sheik", and often accredited to being the man who has pioneered the more "hardcore" style of wrestling that dominates the industry today, died of heart failure this past Saturday in Williamson, Michigan. He was 75.
Farhat was born in Lansing, MI, one of 10 children of Lebanese immigrants. After concealing his age of 17, he joined the U.S. Army during World War II and dedicated his life to pro wrestling afterwards, being recruited by promoter Burt Ruby in Detroit in 1950.
Steve Slagle of The Ring Chronicle writes, "Universally hated by fans, The Sheik was nevertheless a top ratings and box office draw for promoters in the day. His bloody, emotional battles with Bobo Brazil, "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, Antonio Rocca, Johnny Valentine, Harley Race and Abdullah The Butcher were the stuff of legends, not to mention box office gold."
Don't confuse this guy with "The Iron Shiek" of the 70s and 80s that often teamed with Nicolai Volkoff and battered the likes of Bruno Sammartino and Hulk Hogan. Those are different Shieks. :)