Farewell, Nipsey Russell

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 11:46am

I just saw this on the news this morning. So sad. He was always my favorite part of "The Wiz."
http://www.backstage.com/backstage/features/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001221200

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 11:52am

He was one of my favorite comedians when I was a child.

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 12:53pm

always delightful. i don't know anything about his life. is it an interesting story?

[hushpuppy]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 1:45pm

I saw him in a Long Beach CLO production of Hello, Dolly! about 10 years ago. Nell Carter was Dolly and Nipsy Russell was Horace. It wasn't the best production I've seen, but it was plenty fun. Sad that both of them are gone now.

[wexy]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 2:21pm

Here's Nipsey's Obit in the Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/arts/04russell.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1128450003-CZL5jd0uiuxiqmzhIhUYOA

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 4:18pm

RIP Mr. Russell.

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 12:38am

He inspired me to start doing musical theatre...with "Slide Some Oil"

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 1:41am

One more panelist to add to Heaven's Match Game set.

He always amused with a poem or a song,
So it is with sadness that we all say, "So long."

RIP

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 10:17am

Nice, Sueleen!