Category Archives: RIP

R.I.P. Jimmy Buffett

Posted on September 3, 2023 by sheila

I met Jimmy Buffett in 2017 in the theatre lobby after a performance of Escape to Margaritaville, the Broadway musical centered around Jimmy Buffett songs, then in preview. (The script was written by Greg Garcia and my cousin Mike O’Malley!) … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Robbie Robertson

Posted on August 10, 2023 by sheila

We’re saying goodbye to so many legends. This one’s hard. I immediately thought of the interview Robbie Roberson gave at the very beginning of the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World. The documentary starts with Link Wray, and … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. William Friedkin

Posted on August 10, 2023 by sheila

William Friedkin was “there” in my life before I even really put together that movies were a thing made by humans. As a kid, they were just full-immersion stories beyond my wildest dreams. I’m sure that’s true for most people. … Continue reading →

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Pee Wee

Posted on August 1, 2023 by sheila

Mitchell and I, juniors in college, sat at Bickford’s diner one night in Cranston, Rhode Island. We had been to the movies, I think. Our regular ritual. I’d go and pick him up, we’d drive to the movies, then we’d … Continue reading →

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Sinéad

Posted on July 30, 2023 by sheila

I normally have words in times like this. Pouring out the words is my way of dealing with the sadness of losing an artist who meant a lot to me. Like with Dean Stockwell. I had to (yes, had to) … Continue reading →

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Music and my aunt Anne.

Posted on July 23, 2023 by sheila

We said farewell to Anne yesterday, four generations gathered together, to mourn and celebrate our mother, aunt, sister, wife, friend. I wrote about Anne and my family, and music.

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R.I.P. Alan Arkin

Posted on July 1, 2023 by sheila

Deaths come in clusters. In the past couple weeks we have lost Treat Williams, Frederic Forrest (Valley Girl!), and now Alan Arkin. A constant theme in my life: My adventures with afternoon television where I watched whatever the hell was … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Treat Williams

Posted on June 13, 2023 by sheila

This is devastating news. In Sydney Lumet’s Making Movies, he talked about the choice to cast Treat Williams in Prince of the City: I wasn’t sure whether we were in drama or tragedy territory [with Prince of the City]. knew … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Tina Turner

Posted on May 25, 2023 by sheila

When John Lennon was 24 years old, he was in the midst of the Beatles’ meteoric rise, and he was not handling it well. He wasn’t a particularly nice person, and – of all the Beatles – his childhood was … Continue reading →

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Rest with Satan, Kenneth Anger

Posted on May 25, 2023 by sheila

Kenneth Anger, experimental filmmaker and notorious figure – his trajectory emblematic of ’60s chaos, but influential far beyond the local time/place – author of the vicious Hollywood Babylon, a book referenced as though it’s the gospel truth, has died. He … Continue reading →

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