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this is all over the media today, but am I alone in never ever having heard of this actor?

I have been searching my memory but his name does not ring any bells with me :-S

No you aren't alone .i saw this yesterday online together with his picture but still don't know who he was .

He was in a film called Patch Adams with Robin Williams. I adored the film still do, makes me blub everytime..

I haven't heard of him either. He was probably an 'actors actor' as he seems to be getting high praise from fellow luvvies.

It's sad that the public may only know him for the circumstances of his death. Three children :-|

sad waste of a life my thoughts are with his poor children

he was in the hunger games stray loves that film :-( :-(

No, never heard of him. Am getting increasingly worried by all these celebrity programmes too. Most times I have absolutely no idea who they are. Old age does not come by itself :-( :-( :-(

Oh good. I'm not the only one...... :-D


I was on FB when my niece posted about it followed closely by my son.....and I hadn't a clue who the poor chap was! Oviously a 'generation-al' thing.


I DID recognise John Hurt when he was interviewed though :-D :-D :-D :-D

I had not heard of him either, apparently he won an oscar for something (Not Hunger Games). As Joy said a waste of a life and how sad for his young children.

Ann it was for Capote he was amazing in that x

Who's John Hurt? :-S

I have to admit I had never heard of him, but seeing the glowing tributes from very credible people from show business and his personal life, he was a much respected actor and director and valued friend . So very sad to lose his life in this way, and a tragedy for his family.

:-( :-( :-(@ John

:-( :-( :-(@ John

Must admit when I heard this sad news I couldn't place his name,but after looking at Wiki I recognised him as being in some very good films. Notably 'Talented Mr. Ripley' and 'Scent of a woman'.
So sad for his family.

John Hurt is a fine British actor .....too many films to mention John....just Google and I'm sure you will have seen him many,many times.

Is it really possible that people go through their lives and have no idea who Truman Capote was or seeing this movie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Talented_Mr._Ripley_%28film%29

I got drunk with the guy (Hoffman) once in New York. He was a perfectionist and thought that Hollywood was mainly populated with idiots. Myself I find a discreet charm in the antics of the media industry.

If you want a good read try this:
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood is a book copyrighted and serialized in 1965 and published in book form in 1966 by American author Truman Capote; it details the brutal 1959 murders of Herbert Clutter, a successful farmer in the American wheat belt. Avail on Kindle etc.

No one said they hadn't heard of Truman Capote :-S

He still does not ring any bells with me - maybe because I've led a sheltered life ;-)

Obviously you don't get drunk with the right people OFITG ;-) :-D

Is it National Tommy Osser day?