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Metro
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Hee Haw actor Gailard Sartain 'dies aged 78' weeks after co-star
Actor Gailard Sartain, best known for roles in classic Hollywood films including The Outsiders and Fried Green Tomatoes, has died at the age of 78. Oklahoma native Sartain is also known for starring in Mississippi Burning in 1988, The Replacements in 2000, and 1978's The Buddy Holly Story in his early career. He also appeared in a memorable episode of The Simpsons in 1997 – The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase – as the voice of Big Daddy, Teresa Knox, CEO of The Church Studio recording studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, confirmed the news to TMZ. The US outlet report Gailard passed away Tuesday after a long decline in health. No official cause of death has been revealed. The news comes after Lulu Roman, Sartain's Hee Haw co-star, died in April. The comedy-music show Hee Haw aired from 1969 to 1993, and Sartain appeared as Willie Billie Honey in the late 70s. This is a breaking news story, more to follow soon… Check back shortly for further updates. If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. For more stories like this, check our entertainment page. Follow Entertainment on Twitter and Facebook for the latest celeb and entertainment updates. You can now also get articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here. MORE: Fat Joe sued for $20,000,000 over claims of underage sex with minors MORE: Lizzo reveals the secret to her major weight loss MORE: Netflix star Sara Burack, 40, killed in hit-and-run as police hunt driver
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Memorial and concert planned for late Replacements guitarist 'Slim' Dunlap
Local musicians, artists, and fans are giving Bob "Slim" Dunlap the tribute he deserves. Following his death in December at age 73, a memorial and tribute concert has been organized by members of his family and will be held at First Avenue on May 19, the venue announced on Tuesday. Dunlap was a solo artist in the Twin Cities, best known for his time playing guitar in The Replacements. He joined the group in 1987, replacing founding guitarist Bob Stinson. The Celebration of Life will feature performances from Trailer Trash, The Cactus Blossoms (duo), an ensemble going by the Slimboree Singers, and other special guests, including Curtiss A, Dave Boquist, Gini Dodds, John Eller, The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead, Brad Zellar, and members of the Slim Dunlap Band. Dunlap may be best known for his time in The Replacements, a run where his distinctive guitar work put fresh life into one of the most iconic rock bands to come out of the state. However, he had a lengthy career playing with other groups in the '70s and '80s and released a pair of solo albums in the '90s that became quietly beloved records. Fans of that solo work include Bruce Springsteen, who praised Dunlap's solo work in an NPR interview in 2014. "Check out the two Slim Dunlap records because they're just so beautiful, they're just beautiful rock 'n' roll records," Springsteen said. "I found them to be deeply touching and emotional." The memorial event and concert will feature Dunlap's music, as well as music from artists he loved, per the Star Tribune. The memorial will also feature Dunlap's own recordings and spoken word tributes. Tickets for the memorial and concert cost $12 and are on sale now. Proceeds will benefit the Slim Dunlap Fund, helping to pay for the cost of his burial site at Lakewood Cemetery, the Star Tribune reports.
Mint
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Gene Hackman autopsy reveals disturbing details: Actor hadn't eaten for days, 'acetone found in system', more
The final autopsy report of the Gene Hackman has been revealed. According to the office of the Medical Investigator in New Mexico, Hackman had a "history of congestive heart failure" besides 'severe chronic hypertensive changes, kidneys' and 'Neurodegenerative features consistent with Alzheimer's Disease', including "bi-ventricular pacemaker" that was put in April 2019, Fox News reported citing documents. Hackman was an American actor and two-time Oscar winner who died at the age of 95 around February 18. He had an established career who made his credited film debut in the drama Lilith. He co-starred with Keanu Reeves in The Replacements (2000), Morgan Freeman in Under Suspicion (2000), Owen Wilson in Behind Enemy Lines (2001), and Sigourney Weaver in Heartbreakers (2001), with a cameo in The Mexican in 2001. Maintenance workers Jesse Kesler and Roland Lowe Begay found his body, along with his wife Arakawa, on February 26. The New Mexico Department of Health said Arakawa's death was a result of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which is transmitted from animals to humans and is commonly discovered in rodents. His wife was 63. According to Fox News, "Autopsy showed severe atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, with placement of coronary artery stents and a bypass graft, as well as a previous aortic valve replacement," the documents read. 'Remote myocardial infarctions were present involving the left ventricular free wall and the septum, which were significantly large. Examination of the brain showed microscopic findings of advanced stage Alzheimer's disease', the documents added. Hackman received a negative test result for Hantavirus. The medical examiner observed, 'Testing for carbon monoxide was less than 5% saturation, in keeping with a normal range.' A toxicology report revealed trace amounts of acetone in Hackman's system at the time of his death. Its test discovered acetone levels at 5.3 mg/dl, where as reported normal endogenous acetone levels in blood stand up to 0.3 mg/dL. The findings are indicative of an extended period of fasting. The report stated solvent used for chemicals is 'also a product of diabetic- and fasting-induced ketoacidosis as well as a metabolite following isopropanol ingestion.' Fox News obtained search warrant affidavit, stating, detectives had first called the couple's deaths as 'suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation'. Officials stated that neither Hackman nor Arakawa showed signs of external trauma, prompting New Mexico authorities to immediately open a criminal probe into their deaths. First Published: 28 Apr 2025, 07:36 AM IST
NBC Sports
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Reflecting on life of legendary actor Hackman
The Dan Patrick Show reflects on the life of legendary actor Gene Hackman, who famously played Norman Dale in "Hoosiers," Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in 'The French Connection' and Jimmy McGinty in "The Replacements."
Fox Sports
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox Sports
His team was on the floor: Remembering Gene Hackman, everybody's coach
About 10 minutes into the 2000 movie "The Replacements," Gene Hackman's character asks Keanu Reeves' washed-up quarterback Shane Falco if he knows who he is. "You're that old coach from the '80s," Falco says. Hackman, who died Thursday at age 95, hadn't acted in the last 20 years, but his passing brought back fond memories for generations of filmgoers of decades of memorable roles and lovable characters. It's impossible to distill his career down to just a few movies, but for sports fans, they'll think of two, and especially the clever nod from Falco to the 1986 classic "Hoosiers," which had Hackman as Norman Dale, a fictional high school coach in 1950s Indiana. If "The Replacements" has a cult following for one of Hackman's final acting roles, "Hoosiers" is one of his most iconic. Both characters are out-of-work, out-of-luck coaches leading underdog teams to predictable movie success, though "Hoosiers" is a little more subtle in unfolding its story. Hackman was convincing as anything — a cop, a lawyer, a cowboy, a soldier, heroes and villains alike — but he always seemed right to play a coach. Even back in 1969, when he wasn't even 40 yet, he played Robert Redford's ski coach in "Downhill Racer," always conveying toughness, authority and respect — and of course, a great quotability. "My team is on the floor," Coach Dale famously tells the official expecting him to replace a player who has fouled out of the team's first game. Dale was unrelenting in his desire for his team to pass the ball at least four times before taking a shot and proved his point by choosing to finish the game short-handed. "It was Dentyne," Hickory High's Buddy Walker says to Dale, long after his coach had told him he wants him to play defense so pressing that he knows what brand of gum his opponent is chewing. "Hoosiers" was set 35 years in the past, yet was so ahead of its time. We learned about meddlesome parents and boosters, the fear of a high school athlete's life peaking at 17 years old and quick-cut musical montages of a team's steady improvement. I still like the little things you notice: The actor who plays principal Cletus Summers is Sheb Wooley, who sang "The Purple People Eater" back in the 1950s, and the assistant coach who proclaims "Coach stays!" is also the Mountie who says, "I don't approve of your methods" in "The Untouchables." "Hoosiers" was in the middle — some would say the heart — of an amazing five-year run of sports movies, after "The Natural" and leading up to "Bull Durham" and "Field of Dreams." You can argue "Hoosiers" is one of the best, if not the best, sports movies ever, still good for goosebumps in the state final no matter how many times you've seen it. So much of that is Hackman, playing a flawed character who has to win the audience over as he does the team and the town. We lost Hackman on Thursday, but we also found him again, with social media flooded with old clips from a career so long and varied you'd forgotten huge movies he was in, scenes you hadn't seen in decades, like Hackman himself. The back-and-forth with Denzel Washington in "Crimson Tide," the absolute camp of his Lex Luthor in the Superman movies, the frenetic car chase in "The French Connection." I spent $3.95 to rent "Hoosiers" on Thursday, and it holds up so well almost 40 years later, the formula for so many sports movies that followed. You know Hickory is going to win the unlikely championship, and you still watch the old coach from the '80s. Sports was just a small part of his body of work, but for a trip back in time as Norman Dale, Hackman was irreplaceable. Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. He previously spent a decade covering the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Times and The Athletic. You can follow him on Twitter at @gregauman . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account , and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! recommended Get more from National Football League Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
