Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104

[gipper]

I can't believe it.
How did she die?

COVID of course.

 

[fncceo]

Born in Tokyo (where here father was a professor of English and patent attorney). She is cousin to Sir Geoffrey De Havilland, the famous aircraft designer and aviator.

 

[MarathonMike]

Thank you Olivia for being such a class act your entire life. RIP

 

[gipper]

She was the last of Hollywood’s golden age.

 

[mudwhistle]

I can't believe it.
How did she die?

I read she died peacefully in her sleep.

I was being facetious.

 

[mudwhistle]

She had a great run. 104. She was never going to live forever. This has been a terrible week for celebrities.

It hasn't been such a great week, or year, for most of us....

Yup....they're dropping like flies....probably from depression.

 

[boedicca]

It hasn't been such a great week, or year, for most of us....

Amen to that!!! I am taking a break from filling up 5 gal potable water containers for prep if Douglas decides to grace us with his presence...

Stay safe my dear friendo!

 

[boedicca]

She had a great run. 104. She was never going to live forever. This has been a terrible week for celebrities.

It hasn't been such a great week, or year, for most of us....

Yup....they're dropping like flies....probably from depression.

Agreed.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I can't believe it.
How did she die?

Covid.

 

[asaratis]

Apparently, her enjoyment of champagne and crossword puzzles kept her going.

My mother kept her mind sharp by working crossword puzzles. Many times she said, "The harder the better!"

For her 92nd birthday (Christmas Day), I gave her 12 crossword puzzle books, several of which were published by The New York Times--said to have the hardest puzzles.

Her birthday being Christmas Day, she very seldom received a birthday cake. When she turned 80, I gave her a Hostess Snoball with 80 candles poked into it. We lit them all! Thereafter, she got a birthday cake each Christmas, along with gifts.

After a mild stroke at 93, she had trouble finishing sentences. She knew what she wanted to say, but could not remember the proper words to say it. On one visit to her bedside, I played my guitar using chord progressions and melodies of hymns printed in an old Methodist Hymn Book that she cherished. At first she would hum the melody. Then she began singing the words...all of them...and asking that we go through all the verses.

Remember this: If you sing the alphabet to the melody if Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, you will not miss a single character.

Music is the universal language.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Apparently, her enjoyment of champagne and crossword puzzles kept her going.

My mother kept her mind sharp by working crossword puzzles. Many times she said, "The harder the better!"

For her 92nd birthday (Christmas Day), I gave her 12 crossword puzzle books, several of which were published by The New York Times--said to have the hardest puzzles.

Her birthday being Christmas Day, she very seldom received a birthday cake. When she turned 80, I gave her a Hostess Cup Cake with 80 candles poked into it. We lit them all! Thereafter, she got a birthday cake each Christmas, along with gifts.

After a mild stroke at 93, she had trouble finishing sentences. She knew what she wanted to say, but could not remember the proper words to say it. On one visit to her bedside, I played my guitar using chord progressions and melodies of hymns printed in an old Methodist Hymn Book that she cherished. At first she would hum the melody. Then she began singing the words...all of them...and asking that we go through all the verses.

Remember this: If you sing the alphabet to the melody if Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, you will not miss a single character.

Music is the universal language.

This is how Big Bird sings the alphabet...

 

[james bond]

actually, just passed in her sleep.

She was gone with the wind.

I doubt any of us live to 104. People are living shorter lives today. Ninety would be great.

 

[Mindful]

I can't believe it.
How did she die?

Natural causes. The way to go.

In Paris.

 

[boedicca]

Apparently, her enjoyment of champagne and crossword puzzles kept her going.

My mother kept her mind sharp by working crossword puzzles. Many times she said, "The harder the better!"

For her 92nd birthday (Christmas Day), I gave her 12 crossword puzzle books, several of which were published by The New York Times--said to have the hardest puzzles.

Her birthday being Christmas Day, she very seldom received a birthday cake. When she turned 80, I gave her a Hostess Snoball with 80 candles poked into it. We lit them all! Thereafter, she got a birthday cake each Christmas, along with gifts.

After a mild stroke at 93, she had trouble finishing sentences. She knew what she wanted to say, but could not remember the proper words to say it. On one visit to her bedside, I played my guitar using chord progressions and melodies of hymns printed in an old Methodist Hymn Book that she cherished. At first she would hum the melody. Then she began singing the words...all of them...and asking that we go through all the verses.

Remember this: If you sing the alphabet to the melody if Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, you will not miss a single character.

Music is the universal language.

This is beautiful. Thank you.

 

[Claudette]

A lovely woman, both inside and out. A great actress and a class act.

RIP

 

[Persistence Of Memory]

I bet Ruth Bader will hang on longer.

 

[boedicca]

I bet Ruth Bader will hang on longer.

I don't see RBG living another 17 years. Perhaps they will hire a very clever taxidermist to keep her seated on the SCOTUS, but that will just be a Biden in the Basement maneuver.

 

[Shawnee_b]

RIP Olivia.

They did name some awesome airplanes after you

 

[Shawnee_b]

I bet Ruth Bader will hang on longer.

She is wormdirt over a year now.

So many don't see the forest thru the trees.

Last public appearance was at an airport with security. However it was posted a year earlier, buzzfeed something.

OK so she had some cancer therapy. Notice how her head always sat on her shoulder like a vulture? But not after the cancer therapy? Miraculous chemo ehh?

Pay attention folks, think for yourselves. Not what CNN tells you.

 

[BigDave]

I bet Ruth Bader will hang on longer.

The good die young as they say