Bruno Kirby, dead at 57.

[Blue-Jay]

That fucking sucks. :(

http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_227204909.html

[lizziegrace]

1. No!!

He's too young. :(

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Awww that's sad

and leukemia is a tough way to go

[Blue-Jay]

13. Very tough.

To use an old cliche, I didn't even know he was sick.

Poor guy. He always delivered the goods.

[mtowngman]

3. The first movie I saw him in

at least I think it was him, was called "Cinderella Liberty" with James Caan, probably thirty years ago. Also saw him on Letterman a few times. Sad that he died, I liked him.

[SeattleGirl]

4. I just read that.

That is really sad. I had no idea he had been diagnosed with leukemia. :(

[terrya]

5. Holy shit

I eas re=watching "The Freshman" a movie I like (Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando) the other day. Bruno Kirby co-starred in it. I always thought he was a good actor.

It's a shame to read about this.

[qnr]

6. What a shame :( n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

7. I just heard that on CNN!

Bruno was a WONDERFUL actor whose career spanned over 35 years.


Rest in peace, Young Clemenza...:(

[alarimer]

8. That does suck

he's one of those guys you see in a lot of movies but don't really know his name.

[Skittles]

9. the limo driver in Spinal Tap

classic stuff

[Blue-Jay]

14. I love that you remembered that role first.

(my favorite movie ever)

His appearance was short, but funny as hell.

[asthmaticeog]

18. Have you seen the out-takes on the DVD?

His stuff they cut is INSANE.

It's a shame he died. He was so versatile, and he did a lot of work I really liked.

[Blue-Jay]

20. That was the first DVD I ever bought.

The second was Holy Grail.

[Skittles]

29. oops

asked and answered

[Zomby Woof]

21. Ah yes

He was praising Sinatra when the band rudely rolled the window up on him. :D

[Broken_Hero]

10. Damn...

I enjoyed his role in Good Morning Vietnam...

[jane_pippin]

11. Aw man, that's sad.

I liked that guy.

[Duer 157099]

12. How sad. Did he and Joe Pesci ever play brothers in anything?

That would have been stellar casting. Kirby and Pesci just remind me of each other.

[Blue-Jay]

16. Similar accents/voices.

I never noticed that before.

[Floogeldy]

15. He was great.

:-(

[Aristus]

17. "...and if you DOOOO......AND IF YOU DOOOOOOO!"

God, I'm gonna miss him. He was terrific. Just a superb character actor.

[Zomby Woof]

19. Damn

I love good character actors, and Kirby was one of the best. He captured the essence of an anal retentive lieutenant PERFECTLY in 'Good Morning Vietnam', and did a fine job in 'The Godfather Part II'.

Also loved him in 'When Harry Met Sally' and 'City Slickers'.

:cry: Stunning news. All the good die young!

[flamingyouth]

22. Very sad,

He was a great actor. Always sad to hear of someone passing so young. :(

[jus_the_facts]

23. RIP Bruno.....

....left this realm with the same cancer my Dad died from. :cry:

[caty]

24. That's a shock.

I remember him most from "When Harry Met Sally". Always liked him.

http://www.nndb.com/people/764/000023695/

[ForrestGump]

25. Oh, no. He was one of the really great ones.

:cry:

I just watched This Is Spinal Tap again last night and was thinking about him, in particular, and how great a supporting actor he was. Very recently saw him in The Freshman and City Slickers, too, two DVDs I play quite regularly, and in Donnie Brasco, that I hadn't seen until a couple of weeks ago. So he's been on my mind lately. And, yes, he was great in Good Morning, Vietnam.

:-(

Thanks to the medium in which he worked, he can keep entertaining us into perpetuity, but his loss is a loss not only to the people who knew and loved him but to those of us whose lives were touched by any of the celluloiud properties he was involved with, and in some ways that's as tangible a relationship as any other.

RIP, Mr Kirby...

[bridgit]

26. that does fucking suck, i loved him in The Freshman...

In Little Italy
Clark Kellogg: "This is it?"
Victor Ray: "Yeah. Safest neighborhood in New York."
Gunshot in the background

:cry:

[Yavin4]

27. The Young Clemenza In Godfather, part I

He was a truly terrific actor.

[OzarkDem]

28. He really was

I'd forgotten about him playing Clemenza until I read the news story. He was great at both funny and serious roles.

Sympathies to his family, its so sad for them and sounds as if it happened rather quickly. We have to find a cure for these cancers.

[fishwax]

33. he was very good in that role

[Floogeldy]

30. BTW, I loved him in "The Freshman"

With Brando. :)

[MoseyWalker]

31. I loved Bruno's movies

I can't believe this. So sad.

[fishwax]

32. boy, that's a surprise

that's too bad ...

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Aw, man :(

I thought I'd seen like half the movies he's been in, but I checked IMDB and he's done a lot more than I realized.

First thing I saw him in was "Almost Summer," a kind of current-day "American Graffiti" made in 1978. I was really jealous of him because he got to kiss Lee Purcell.

Safe passage, dude.