RIP Bobbi Adler
AKA Debbie Reynolds. You will be sorely missed! :-(
shareI'm completely devastated. Singin' in the Rain was my favorite movie.
I was hoping Bobbi would make an appearance in the revivals, too :(
Hey lucyhannahblue, I love musicals too, though maybe not as well as you, hence my unfamiliarity with some of them.
But I did get a kick out of learning that the song (the SECOND song) we hear her belting out in her first episode, "Good Morning" was originally sung BY her (in part). I just don't know which musical (sorry).
Yeah, "Good Morning". was featured in Singin' in the Rain. Have you not seen it?
Classic musicals are literally my heart and soul. I loved all the movie musical greats (Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Ginger Rogers, etc) and at the time of her death Debbie was actually the last living person as a poster on my wall. With all these deaths recently it honestly feels like the end of an era, like the classic hollywood era is finally slipping away from us.
It's heartbreaking, in a way.
Agreed - there are not many left. The only "big" names I can think of that are still alive are Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland, and Doris Day. Having the TCM channel is valuable more now than ever!
shareSophia Loren and Sidney Poitier are the only ones I can think of to add. I'm a big fan of the three you mentioned - I hope they'll be sticking around for at least a little longer.
The worst part is that none of my friends are ever familiar with their work so I often have to grieve alone when it does happen. i.e me with Mary Tyler Moore right now.