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______ Passed Away Today, RIP (3 Viewers)

Eephus said:
Character actor L.Q. Jones died at age 94.  He was another "that guy" whose face you'll recognize from his many film and television roles, often as a sidekick or henchman.  Sam Peckinpah liked him enough to cast Jones in five of his Westerns.
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One of his higher profile roles was Pat Webb in Casino. He was the one with the stupid nephew that DeNiro fired and wouldn't hire back.  Lots of menace behind his voice and wry smile in that scene.

 
johnnycakes said:
:(   Probably my favorite actor in that series.  Lots of great one-liners.  And at only 79.  Well, that's life.  RIP Paulie.  
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Agreed. when he had his profanity laced tirade in the coffee shop, pissed about how they were selling cappuccino and espresso machines…i loved it.  Those little side rants are what made him the best. 

 
FairWarning said:
Ex Michigan HC Gary Moeller, 81.

https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2022/07/gary-moeller-bo-schembechlers-successor-at-michigan-and-ex-lions-coach-dies.html
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There have been 19 Lions Head Coaches in the Super Bowl era; 5 interim appointments (2 parlayed into the FT gig.) Gary Moeller was one of the three interims who did not get the next appointment, even though at 4-3 (.571) he’s one of three Lions HCs who has a winning record when they left (Joe Schmidt 1967-72, Jim Caldwell 2014-17.)

(ASIDE - the Ford family extended Moeller two years after they narrowly missed the playoffs, the last loss a heartbreaking missed FG. After the season they hired certifiable football genius Matt Millen, who made firing Gary one of his first moves.)

Moeller was an assistant under Bo Schembechler for 19 years, 4 years as OC and 9 years as DC, and coached them to a bowl victory over Alabama while Bobwas recovering from open heart surgery. He was the natural successor to the legendary HC, won conference titles his first 3 years, went 4-1 in Bowls.

It all came undone in the spring of 1995 when video of his drunken outrage at a restaurant surfaced. He refused to take the cab they called for him and when he later punched a cop, he was arrested for disorderly conduct. He was never out of work after U of M excoriated him but it was likely a factor in him never getting another shot at being HC.

Crazy. 39 years of living a exemplary, successful life wiped out be one hour of stupidity? Harsh .

Everyone deserves a shot at redemption. Gary Moeller was a good dude and it would be wrong if people think that hour defined his life. 

Mitch Albom: Gary Moeller deserved better in his football life because of how he lived

 
BobbyLayne said:
There have been 19 Lions Head Coaches in the Super Bowl era; 5 interim appointments (2 parlayed into the FT gig.) Gary Moeller was one of the three interims who did not get the next appointment, even though at 4-3 (.571) he’s one of three Lions HCs who has a winning record when they left (Joe Schmidt 1967-72, Jim Caldwell 2014-17.)

(ASIDE - the Ford family extended Moeller two years after they narrowly missed the playoffs, the last loss a heartbreaking missed FG. After the season they hired certifiable football genius Matt Millen, who made firing Gary one of his first moves.)

Moeller was an assistant under Bo Schembechler for 19 years, 4 years as OC and 9 years as DC, and coached them to a bowl victory over Alabama while Bobwas recovering from open heart surgery. He was the natural successor to the legendary HC, won conference titles his first 3 years, went 4-1 in Bowls.

It all came undone in the spring of 1995 when video of his drunken outrage at a restaurant surfaced. He refused to take the cab they called for him and when he later punched a cop, he was arrested for disorderly conduct. He was never out of work after U of M excoriated him but it was likely a factor in him never getting another shot at being HC.

Crazy. 39 years of living a exemplary, successful life wiped out be one hour of stupidity? Harsh .

Everyone deserves a shot at redemption. Gary Moeller was a good dude and it would be wrong if people think that hour defined his life. 

Mitch Albom: Gary Moeller deserved better in his football life because of how he lived
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He had a very tough job at Ann Arbor, replacing a legend.  I thought he did a very good job.  I hope he is thought of more for his coaching than the impaired driving.  

 
FairWarning said:
He had a very tough job at Ann Arbor, replacing a legend.  I thought he did a very good job.  I hope he is thought of more for his coaching than the impaired driving.  
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He was a great coach. I don’t remember the inspired driving. Was that after he coached? I have nothing but positive memories of him. 

E Street Brat said:
that's odd
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Barber wasn’t well mentally. Dez Bryant talked quite a bit about the poor mental and physical state of condition he was in during his final years. It’s terribly sad.

 
Ilov80s said:
He was a great coach. I don’t remember the inspired driving. Was that after he coached? I have nothing but positive memories of him. 
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it was not a DUI. he had a drunken incident at a restaurant. complete aberration. 

highest winning % at U of M since 1900:

1. Yost .833
2. Crisler .806
3. Schembechler .796 
4. Moeller .758  
5. Carr .753  
8. Harbaugh .718

 
BobbyLayne said:
it was not a DUI. he had a drunken incident at a restaurant. complete aberration. 

highest winning % at U of M since 1900:

1. Yost .833
2. Crisler .806
3. Schembechler .796 
4. Moeller .758  
5. Carr .753  
8. Harbaugh .718
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Ok, that I remember. Lost his job because of it. 

 
BobbyLayne said:
it was not a DUI. he had a drunken incident at a restaurant. complete aberration. 

highest winning % at U of M since 1900:

1. Yost .833
2. Crisler .806
3. Schembechler .796 
4. Moeller .758  
5. Carr .753  
8. Harbaugh .718
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That’s right, good catch about the restaurant.

 
BobbyLayne said:
Everyone deserves a shot at redemption. Gary Moeller was a good dude and it would be wrong if people think that hour defined his life. 
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He was officially the linebackers coach for the Bears, but was unofficially **** Jauron's consigliere. The Bears gig was Jauron's first as a head coach, and he leaned on Moeller for all the little and endless details that make up the job title. 

 
Filmmaker Bob Rafelson died at age 89.  He was one of the creators of The Monkees and although he didn't direct a lot of movies, he was an important mover and shaker in the New Hollywood movement.  Five Easy Pieces is his best known film but he also directed Lionel Ritchie's All Night Long music video.

 
The Dreaded Marco said:
Paul Sorvino   :(
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I saw a documentary he did several years ago about rescuing horses. He had his own private rescue that he ran with one of his daughters. He rescued former race horses, Hollywood horses, and others that were being sent off to be slaughtered and be sold as horse meat. A lot of it was very hard to watch, and it has stuck with me through the years. To this day, I am conflicted in watching horse racing after watching that piece. Anyway, he was very passionate in his quest to save the horses.  Willie Nelson saves them too, and he was also in the documentary.

 
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simey said:
I saw a documentary he did several years ago about rescuing horses. He had his own private rescue that he ran with one of his daughters. He rescued former race horses, Hollywood horses, and others that were being sent off to be slaughtered and be sold as horse meat. A lot of it was very hard to watch, and it has stuck with me through the years. To this day, I am conflicted in watching horse racing after watching that piece. Anyway, he was very passionate in his quest to save the horses.  Willie Nelson saves them too, and he was also in the documentary.
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That rescue is on the property I grew up on and the house I grew up in. He bought it from the guy my parents sold it to. My dad designed and had the house and most of the buildings custom built so after he bought it we heard he had questions about a few things from some old neighbors. Back in the area one day for a car show my dad decided we should stop in on the way home. Pull in the drive and this tall babe in a bikini gets out of the pool and asks what we needed (I assume his girlfriend at the time). We tell her and she goes back to the pool and Paul gets out and comes over and introduces himself. My dad answered a bunch of questions he had as we walked around then we sat down and had a drink with him before we headed home.  Really nice guy.

 
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In reading about Sorvino and Goodfellas, it's a testament to his presence on the screen that some of the memorable scenes are of him without any dialouge. 

When he is first introduced, coming out onto the stoop, holding a stogie and glaring. You understood what Hill means when he says "Paulie might have moved slow but that's because Paulie didn't have to move for anyone."

And at the very end, in the courtroom when Henry identifies him. The look of seething rage on Sorvino's face conveys everything. 

 
northern exposure said:
The first movie I remember seeing Paul Sorvino in was called "Dummy". He played a deaf lawyer defending Levar Burton (a deaf mute young man) who was accused of murdering a prostitute. It was a TV movie from the late 70s, but Sorvino really caught my attention.
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First performance I remember was in Oh, God!, when he played an evangelist and God sent John Denver to take him down a peg. Even managed a bit of a southern drawl.

Hate to sound indelicate right now, but to me, the favorite thing he did was make his daughter Mira.

 
Encyclopedia Brown said:
In reading about Sorvino and Goodfellas, it's a testament to his presence on the screen that some of the memorable scenes are of him without any dialouge. 

When he is first introduced, coming out onto the stoop, holding a stogie and glaring. You understood what Hill means when he says "Paulie might have moved slow but that's because Paulie didn't have to move for anyone."

And at the very end, in the courtroom when Henry identifies him. The look of seething rage on Sorvino's face conveys everything. 
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Liotta and now Sorvino. The Goodfellas crew is gonna start dropping like flies. 

 
northern exposure said:
The first movie I remember seeing Paul Sorvino in was called "Dummy". He played a deaf lawyer defending Levar Burton (a deaf mute young man) who was accused of murdering a prostitute. It was a TV movie from the late 70s, but Sorvino really caught my attention.
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"Dummy" was a decent movie -- written by the guy who created Shaft and wrote "The French Connection" and "High Plains Drifter". Sorvino is convincing as a deaf guy, and the movie itself plays out like an extended episode of "Law & Order", with Sorvino going around to the various witnesses to gather evidence. (It even has an obligatory "loading dock" sequence.) Brian Dennehy and Steven Williams put in solid performances as well. The full movie is on YouTube here.

(The subject matter is questionable, however. The movie is based on the real-life story of a deaf-mute guy who was accused of killing two women -- the movie plays out like the guy was innocent, but in reality he was probbbbbbbbably guilty. But he had a great lawyer, so I guess that makes it worthy of a movie-of-the-week?)

 
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