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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: Chris on March 15, 2009, 09:06:47 PM
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Actor and longtime political activist Ron Silver died this morning, succumbing to a long battle with cancer, friends of the liberal Democrat-turned-GOP stalwart told The Post.
"Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him this morning," said Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped create.
"He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years and his family is making arrangements for a private service."
Friends of Silver first told Post columnist Cindy Adams of the native New Yorker's death.
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http://www.nypost.com/seven/03152009/news/regionalnews/ron_silver_dies_159710.htm
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Turned GOP? So the DUmp Monkeys will be pissing on his grave in how long?
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Turned GOP? So the DUmp Monkeys will be pissing on his grave in how long?
Nah the only thing he backed former President Bush on was the WoT.
He had a talk show on Sirius radio where he tried to portray himself at some kind of moderate.
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Crap. Another one of the good ones gone.
Nah the only thing he backed former President Bush on was the WoT.
Nothing wrong with that.
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Crap. Another one of the good ones gone.
Nothing wrong with that.
Good one how?
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I am terribly saddened to report that the great actor and political activist, Ron Silver, died this morning at his home in New York. Ron was 62 and had been bravely battling esophageal cancer for the last two years. He leaves two children, Adam and Alexandra, his parents and his two brothers, as well as countless friends and admirers.
About ten days ago I wrote in this space about Ron’s great acting achievements. Of course, he first came to popularity acting with Valerie Harper and Julie Kavner in “Rhoda,†as their menschy neighbor, Gary. But very quickly he took off in movies, with such milestones as his performance in "Enemies: A Love Story", his wonderful portrayal of lawyer Alan Dershowitz in "Reversal of Fortune", and so many other films including "Garbo Talks", "Blue Steel", and "Ali". He was nominated twice for Emmy awards.
Ron was also an accomplished theater actor. His credits included the original Broadway cast of "HurlyBurly" (1984) with William Hurt, Judith Ivey, and Harvey Keitel. In 1986 he co-starred on Broadway with Marlo Thomas in the comedy "Social Security". And in 1988 he, Joe Mantegna and Madonna were the original cast of David Mamet’s “Speed the Plow.†Ron played Charlie Fox, the screenwriter with the idea who comes to Bobby Gould (Mantegna) for help. In all three plays, Ron secured his place as the “it†New York actor of his time, consummate, literate, dangerous and smart.
The smart was a good thing and a bad thing. In 1989, Ron helped found the Creative Coalition with Alec Baldwin, Ron Silver, Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon, Blair Brown and Stephen Collins. It only takes a second to realize this was a group of liberal minded actors, and Ron was part of them. But soon his politics turned conservative. In short order Ron started endorsing candidates like New York Republicans Rudolph Giuiliani and Alfonse D’Amato. This caused no end of headaches, discussions, debates, and fights. But it also made for a lively time.
(more at link)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509076,00.html
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Ooops. Chris I duped this in Breaking News. Can you fixify it? I searched the site too and nothing came up. I think my search feature is broken.
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I was really impressed with his speech at the Republican convention in 2004.
RIP.
Cue the DUmmies grave dancing in 3....2.....1......
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dupe:
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,25995.0/topicseen.html
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Good one how?
He got it right after 9/11.
Plus I liked him as an actor.
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He might have been a Lib but he got it right on the WoT.
And he was great in FahrenHYPE 911.
God Speed Mr. Silver :(
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:bawl:
He wasn't it that many good things sadly, but what he WAS in he was good in. He elevated a lot of crap to a higher level.