RIP Joan Fontaine

Several people thought it was a hoax given that Peter O'Toole and Tom Laughlin were reported to have died earlier in the day, but reporters from The Hollywood Reporter confirm an earlier report.

Anyway, RIP to a legend.

And I thought we were finally gonna get a year without an Oscar-winner dying. Just two weeks to go. It's like getting tackled at the one yard line.

I suppose Olivia got the last laugh.

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TV stations mentioning O'toole but no mention of her. No idea why.

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That has to be the reason.

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I saw The Lady in a stock package of Dial M For Murder in 1972 or 1973 in Guilford, NH. She was way too old for the role, but worked it anyway.

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From film critic Carrie Rickey.
http://www.carrierickey.com/blog/joan-fontaine-1917-2013/

"Famous for their talent and radiant beauty, the sisters were infamous for a longstanding feud that de Havilland declined to confirm and Fontaine liked to talk about. She once explained the feud was due to her getting married first, winning an Oscar nomination and an Oscar before her sister did. When she and her sister were children, Fontaine wrote a will that read, “I bequeath my beauty to my sister,because she has none.” A reliable source tells me that during the last few years the sisters were speaking.)"