I'm whistling. But you're not there...

[Amor de Cosmos]

Lauren Bacall is gone.

[ursus arctos]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

And we are all poorer for it.

She was just the best.

RIP

[Reed John]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

She had a great run.

[ad hoc]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

Ah man. Shit.

[ian.64]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

There's more room for the infinitely less classy to move around in now. More air for the styleless to breathe.

RIP

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

RIP. One of the greatest ever.

[Guy Profumo]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

The utter buffoon reading the news on Radio 2 this morning said she had "married Humphrey Bogart after appearing together in 'To Have and to Have Not'."

Really?

Not "married each other" then?

Idiot.

[Jah Womble]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

'The Big Sleep'? (That was for Bored...)

RIP to a screen titan, of course.

[Borracho]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

This means that all 16 people mentioned in Vogue by Madonna are now dead.

[ian.64]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

If she could give the heads up to Paul Dacre, Rupert Murdoch and all members of the coalition, that'd be encouragement in itself.

[Guy Profumo]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 wrote: This means that all 16 people mentioned in Vogue by Madonna are now dead.

Does this mean there's only the remainder of Billy Joel's "hit list" to go?

[G-Man]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

And of Tim Curry's "I Do The Rock".

From Billy Joel's gang there's still Doris Day, England's "new queen", Brigitte Bardot, Chubby Checker, Fidel Castro, Bob Dylan, John Glenn, killer Bernhard Goetz and a few children of thalidomide to go.

[Jah Womble]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

This means that all 16 people mentioned in Vogue by Madonna are now dead.

...which just leaves 'you'.

[Last Years Man]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

I enjoyed her performance in The Shootist but I haven't seen it mentioned in any obituary.

However, I was interested to learn that she was in a film called Young Man With A Horn along with Kirk Douglas and Doris Day, both of whom are still with us.

The only other actor from Hollywood's Golden Age that I can think of left alive is Sidney Poitier. Any others?

[Borracho]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

Harry Belafonte.

[Fussbudget]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

Olivia de Havilland.

[Amor de Cosmos]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

Fussbudget wrote: Olivia de Havilland.

Indeed. There are quite a few big names still around that are now in their 90s. Kirk Douglas, Maureen O'Hara, Christopher Lee, Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, to name a handful.

[Borracho]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

There will be a lot of dirt published about Douglas when he eventually snuffs it, especially with regard to Natalie Wood.

[Amor de Cosmos]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

! suppose so.

[WOM]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

Anyone else read that article on how much longer you live if you've won an Oscar? It's remarkable.

[Land Waster]

I'm whistling. But you're not there...

Last Years Man wrote:

I enjoyed her performance in The Shootist but I haven't seen it mentioned in any obituary.

Yeh, it's strange. I love that film.

Her appearance on Desert Island Discs back in 1979 is worth a listen. Everything that was said about her 'sassy' voice comes across in the programme. It sounded like she was shamelessly flirting with the staid Roy Plomley.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features...taway/273ee902