R.I.P Ernest Borgnine
R.I.P Ernest Borgnine
Wynbish
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#1R.I.P Ernest Borgnine
Posted: 7/8/12 at 5:47pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/movies/ernest-borgnine-tough-but-tender-actor-is-dead-at-95.html
Apparently, he was married to Ethel Merman for 32 days.
Updated On: 7/8/12 at 05:47 PM
#2R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 5:53pmI recall him being the apartment doorman on Jonathan Silverman's short-lived sitcom THE SINGLE GUY, which ran in tandem with FRIENDS on Thursday nights on NBC. I wondered then how much longer he woudl have...about another 15 years as it turned out.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#2R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 5:57pmMy biggest Ernest Borgnine reference is the Poseidon Adventure.
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#3R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 6:01pm
His wife, Tove, sells her perfume on QVC. Ernest would frequently call in when she was on the air. He sounded quite frail but very lucid.
I'll always remember him in "Marty"
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#4R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 6:08pmIt us a shame he did not a Lifetime Oscar or an AFI Lifetime award.
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#5R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 6:25pmConsidering that he won a competitive one for Marty, I think he was all set.
#6R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 6:25pm
He was on SNL recently on a "What Up With That?" sketch. He looked great!
"Apparently, he was married to Ethel Merman for 32 days."
Yes and as the old story goes, "His name didn't come up!"
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Updated On: 7/8/12 at 06:25 PM
#7R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 6:31pmI don't think he ever did Death of a Salesman.
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#8R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 6:33pm^ You're right. I know he did some Broadway, and I misread that part of the article.
#9R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 6:41pm
funny quote by Ernest Borgnine:
Ernest on his marriage to Ethel Merman: "Biggest mistake of my life. I thought I was marrying Rosemary Clooney."
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#10R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 6:48pm
RIP
Favorite film he was in was definitely The Wild Bunch.
#11R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 7:44pm
He won the SAG lifetime achievement award recently. He gave a very eloquent speech.
Ernest Borgnine Lifetime Achievement Award
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#12R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 9:48pmI liked Borgnine, but my favorite was Borg Seven of Nine.
#13R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 10:42pmI only saw "Marty" several years ago, and it was only then that I realized how good he was and how deserving he was of the Oscar.
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#14R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/8/12 at 11:28pmMy thoughts and prayers are with Varla Jean Merman.
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#15R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/9/12 at 12:34pmI remember seeing him in "A Grandpa for Christmas". That movie sucked.
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#16R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/9/12 at 12:37pmMay he Rest in Peace.
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#17R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/9/12 at 12:49pm
Ernest Borgnine's Secret To Staying Young
"Tracy... Hold Mama's waffles."
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#18R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/9/12 at 12:56pm
I was listening to this mainstream, mediocre morning show on my way to work this morning, and they mentioned his passing in their "Entertainment Buzz". When they listed roles he is known for, they only listed his voice work on two Spongebob Squarepants characters. Then, they joked about how his marriage to Ethel Merman was shorter than a Kardashian's.
Ah, the media
#19R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/9/12 at 1:55pmAlthough he made some rather homophobic remarks in re: Brokeback Mountain, he was no doubt talented and will be missed.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
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#20R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/9/12 at 3:27pm
"Apparently, he was married to Ethel Merman for 32 days."
If you look in Ethel Merman's autobiography, she has the beginning of a chapter with just his name on the page. Then you turn the page and it starts the next chapter.
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#21R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/9/12 at 3:29pmYes he made some very bad homophobic comments about Brokeback Mountain. It really turned me off as I enjoyed him so much as an actor.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#22R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/10/12 at 12:42amI lost all respect for him after his very homophobic comments about Brokeback Mountain.
#23R.I.P Ernest Borgnine, former Willy Loman
Posted: 7/10/12 at 2:30amHe was a product of his time. I can give him a pass. He has passed, as will soon much of his mindset.
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