RIP Charles Durning

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RIP Charles Durning

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He was a WW2 soldier, multiple Purple Hearts and awarded the Silver Star, in the first wave to hit Omaha Beach plus he was a survivor of the Malmedy massacre of POW's. danny
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i really liked him as an actor...but more than that he was hero... :)
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Jack Klugman too passed on, he too was a WWII veteran.
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Rest in Peace Charles
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I always liked his characters. I loved his comment, "I'd like to get a decade of my life back..." in regards to his wartime experiences.
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Sad. Another one of the old icons gone.
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RIP
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RIP. One of his later films that I get a kick out of is "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYzy9-QWj6o

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Yep, another good one gone. He "made" The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. the move was good, but Durning stole the movie.
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My favorite role of his was Sperm Whale in The Choir Boys.
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Such a badass in combat yet a nimble dancer.

His passing leaves us poorer. :cry:



RIP Mr. Durning.



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He was really funny in Mel Brook's "To Be or Not To Be".

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