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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1249
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96.0. "Ray Sharkey, RIP" by 7892::SLABOUNTY (It's a fine, fine day) Wed Mar 24 1993 06:25

    
    	Ray Sharkey, of complications due to AIDS.
    
    	I believe he died sometime in February, but I didn't know it
    	until yesterday.
    
    							Shawn L.
    
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96.1DSSDEV::RUSTWed Mar 24 1993 10:189
    Sigh. This guy was a "wild talent" - he did some really fine things,
    and it seems that every time he had one good role he'd go off and spend
    the next couple of years doing heavy drugs and getting in all the
    trouble he could... The first thing I saw him in was the TV series
    "Wiseguy," which he almost single-handedly turned into a contender; I
    still think of that as his best work, though his early performance in
    "The Idolmaker" was a fine one.
    
    -b
96.2VIA::LILCBR::COHENWed Mar 24 1993 16:494
He was pretty good in Willie and Phil as well.

	
96.3Filmography (unverified)QUARRY::reevesJon Reeves, ULTRIX compiler groupWed Mar 24 1993 19:2828
Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
Heart Beat (1980)
Idolmaker, The (1980) (C:GG)  [Vincent Vacarri]
Willie and Phil (1980)
Ordeal of Bill Carney, The (1981) (TV)
Some Kind of Hero (1981)
Love and Money (1982)
Regina Roma (1982)
Body Rock (1984)
Du-beat-e-o (1984)
Behind Enemy Lines (1985) (TV)
Hellhole (1985)
No Mercy (1986)  [Angles Ryan]
Wise Guys (1986)  [Marco]
"Wiseguy" (1987)  [Sonny Steelgrave (1987)]
Private Investigations (1987)
Revenge of Al Capone, The (1989) (TV)  [Scarface]
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)  [Frank]
Wired (1989)
Act of Piracy (1990)
Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990) (TV)
Take, The (1990) (TV)
Dead On: Relentless II (1991)  [Kyle Valsone]
Rain Killer, The (1991)  [Capra]
Chrome Soldiers (1992) (TV)  [Gabe]
In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992) (TV)  [Det. Victor Tomasino]
Round Trip to Heaven (1992)
Zebrahead (1992)  [Richard Glass]
96.4Rod Serling, is that you?17576::COLLINSSearchin' for JesseSat Jun 19 1993 00:1415
    
    	Last weekend I heard a radio report that Ray Sharkey died of
    	AIDS.  I couldn't find a newspaper obit, but hey, someone will
    	post the information in NOTES.
    
    	Well they did - dated 24 March!???
    
    	I thought I was losing it until I got written confirmation via
    	rec.movies on Internet that he died Friday, June 11, 1993.
    
    	I would post the obit, but there is probably some pcweenie
    	NOTES rule against it.
    
    	So, what's up?
    
96.57892::SLABOUNTYSomeoneLeftTheCakeOutInTheRainSat Jun 19 1993 15:286
    
    	Well, one of those "Parade" or "Star" magazines sure made it
    	sound like he died in February sometime ... I don't remember
    	the wording of the article, though.
    
    							GTI
96.6DSSDEV::RUSTMon Jun 21 1993 10:123
    Yeah, I was rather startled by the "second" obit too. Ah, well.
    
    -b