Pure Imagination (Gene Wilder)

New York Times Obituary for Gene Wilder

Pure Imagination scene in ‘Willy Wonka’ sung by Gene Wilder

‘Will and Grace’ blooper scene with Gene Wilder

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New York Times Obituary for Gene Wilder

Pure Imagination scene in ‘Willy Wonka’ sung by Gene Wilder

‘Will and Grace’ blooper scene with Gene Wilder

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Secret Chord (Leonard Cohen)

This person died in 2016 at age 82. He was an unlikely and reluctant pop star, if in fact he ever was one. In the 1960s, he lived in a house on the Greek island of Hydra, where he wrote a pair of novels. He was 33 when his first record was released in 1967. In the early 1970s, his record company concocted an advertising campaign where they called him “the master of erotic despair.” Around 1994, he abandoned his music career and moved to Mt Baldy monastery, where he was ordained a Buddhist monk. His best-known song, a majestic and meditative ballad which has been endlessly covered, is called “Hallelujah”. Today’s dead celebrity is Leonard Cohen.

Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss and includes a guest appearance from Christian Swain. Visit our website at famousandgravy.com and also enjoy our free mobile quiz game at deadoraliveapp.com

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like Episode 45 “Rebel Rebel” (David Bowie) and Episode 29 “Zen Comedian” (Garry Shandling).

LINKS:

New York Times Obituary for Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen’s 75th birthday concert in Barcelona

Kate McKinnon sings “Hallelujah” on SNL after Leonard Cohen’s death

Susan Cain article on Leonard Cohen’s music

Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast on Hallelujah

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Sleepless Sally (Nora Ephron)

This person died in 2012 at age 71. In the summer of 1961 she was a summer intern in the Kennedy White House; she once said she was probably the only intern that President Kennedy had never hit on. Her second husband was the Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein. She was a journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, and a movie director — a rarity in a film industry whose directorial ranks were and continue to be dominated by men. Her box-office successes included “You’ve Got Mail” , “Julie & Julia” , “Sleepless in Seattle”, and “When Harry Met Sally”. Today’s dead celebrity is Nora Ephron.

Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss and includes a guest appearance from Erin Carlson. Visit our website at famousandgravy.com and also enjoy our free mobile quiz game at deadoraliveapp.com

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like Episode 47 “Proud Mary” (Mary Tyler Moore) and and Episode 18 “Darling’s Critic” (Roger Ebert)

LINKS:

New York Times Obituary for Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron’s commencement speech at Wellesley College

Nora Ephron documentary “Everything is Copy” by Jacob Bernstein

‘The Nora Ephron We Forget’ article in The New Yorker

Erin Carlson website, author of ‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’

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