Robert Osborne, TCM host passed away at the age of 84

[Random_Spock]

Link to an obit about him.

Source: washingtonpost.com

I grew up watching him on tv and he'll be missed. RIP sir and thanks .

 

[Greg Cox]

Sad to hear. If I was marooned in space and could only watch one tv channel, it would be TCM.

 

[The Lady Eve]

What sad news. Besides his encyclopedic knowledge and love of films, he had a wonderful warmth and you just wanted to hear him talk forever. RIP

Here's a lovely, brief TCM memorial to Mr. Osborne. I'm sure they'll do a longer one in the days to come.

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/1299579/TCM-Remembers-Robert-Osborne-1932-2017.html

 

[Harvey]

RIP. He'll be missed.

Star Trek fans may not know that Osborne and Majel Barrett were contract players for Desilu at the same time in the late 1950s:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2010/05/movie-star-mystery-photo-1.html

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Rest in peace Mr. Osborne. Watching classic movies won't be quite the same.

 

[The Lady Eve]

RIP. He'll be missed.

Star Trek fans may not know that Osborne and Majel Barrett were contract players for Desilu at the same time in the late 1950s:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2010/05/movie-star-mystery-photo-1.html

He was also in the Beverly Hillbillies pilot.

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[RJDiogenes]

This is very sad. TCM has been my default channel for many years and it was really Robert Osborne that gave the channel its personality-- there are other old movie and old TV channels, but they're just channels that play old movies and TV. Everything they say about Osborne is true: He had a genuine warmth, he was a bottomless pit of knowledge, and a sparkling enthusiasm for everything cinematic. I'm sure he planted the seed of that enthusiasm in a lot of young people over the years. I'm going to miss that guy.

RIP and thank you for everything, Robert Osborne.

 

[J.T.B.]

Robert Osborne had a wonderful perspective because he was in Hollywood around the time of the transition from the studio system, but fully appreciated the history that was starting to slip away. When many of the "old" stars of the Golden Age were thought of as just has-beens, he saw them as the most valuable people around.

He did a great interview on the Gilbert Gottfried podcast, what a down to earth and gracious gentleman he seemed to be.
http://soundcloud.com/gilbertgottfried/robert-osborne

I got rid of cable last year, and TCM is the only thing I really miss. And to me Robert Osborne was an integral part of it. Very sorry to see him go.

 

[Dick Whitman]

This is a true loss. I was not a huge watcher of TCM but enough to know how big a loss this is. It just hit me now so much of his appeal to me was he was extremely enthusiastic without coming off as an overgrown child like most of my generation of film fans do. He was passionate but classy and intelligent too.

 

[Greg Cox]

RIP. He'll be missed.

Star Trek fans may not know that Osborne and Majel Barrett were contract players for Desilu at the same time in the late 1950s:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2010/05/movie-star-mystery-photo-1.html

He got a nice obituary in USA TODAY this morning, which mentioned that he'd once worked for Lucy and Desi.

 

[Kronos]

There are dozens of movies I would never have watched if his description hadn't made them sound interesting.

A real loss.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

OMG, the face of TCM, that sucks...he was just so genial, he'll be missed.

He did a great interview on the Gilbert Gottfried podcast, what a down to earth and gracious gentleman he seemed to be.
http://soundcloud.com/gilbertgottfried/robert-osborne

I'm trying to wrap my head around Robert Osbourne and Gilbert Gottfried together! I'll have to check that out when I have some time.

 

[J.T.B.]

I'm trying to wrap my head around Robert Osbourne and Gilbert Gottfried together! I'll have to check that out when I have some time.

Gottfried also did a guest-programmer night on TCM a few years back with Osborne. He picked Of Mice and Men (1939), Freaks, The Conversation and a really great movie I'd never seen, The Swimmer from 1968.

 

[publiusr]

A great loss to culture.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

TCM will be devoting March 18 and 19 to programming featuring and remembering Robert Osbourne.

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/movie-news.html?id=1299833&name=TCM-Remembers-Robert-Osborne-3-18-19

 

[RJDiogenes]

Nice. I'll be watching that.

 

[cardinal biggles]

He did a great interview on the Gilbert Gottfried podcast, what a down to earth and gracious gentleman he seemed to be.
http://soundcloud.com/gilbertgottfried/robert-osborne

I listened to that interview last night... loved his stories, especially about his time under contract at Desilu.