RIP

Jack Palance died today of natural causes. He was 87. Seems like he was 87 back in the 1980s when he was hosting "Ripley's Believe it or Not." I always liked him in that series. He freaked me out, actually. He seemed scary, and that persona went quite well with some of the topics of discussion on that show. I watched him win his ("gimme") Oscar for his role in "City Slickers," and the following year when he read Marisa Tomei's name for Best Supporting Actress. Everyone thought he was addled and had read the name wrong, but he didn't. He will be missed.

As will Ed Bradley, who died yesterday from complications of leukemia. He was 65. I have always admired his news stories. He would do the hard news and the fluff pieces the same exact way. I loved his interview recently with Bono. I think that you could see that he really enjoyed his work in all of the interviews he did. He also never seemed to come off as being a jackass, like so many reporters do when trying to get the hard questions answered.

They will be missed.