Just heard the news

The 87-year-old Palance passed away November 10, 2006 on his 1,000 acre cattle ranch in Tehachapi, California.

this is very sad news indeed

Palance was often stereotyped a a B movie actor, but he was actually quite talented

im sad to hear about it

I was just thinking of him the other day. I seen him in a movie and I always remember him winning the Oscar and him doing the one-armed push-up on stage! I also remember him hosting Ripley's Believe It or Not. Of course the man is a legend and he will be sorely missed. So sad. First Gerald Levert, now Jack. :eek: :(

That's too bad. Honestly, I thought he was already dead. RIP Jack.:(

Updated:2006-11-10 17:36:33
Oscar-Winning Actor Jack Palance Dies
Career Ranged From 'Shane' to 'City Slickers'
AP
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 10) - Jack Palance, the craggy-faced menace in "Shane," "Sudden Fear" and other films who turned to comedy at 70 with his Oscar-winning self-parody in "City Slickers," died Friday.

Palance died of natural causes at his home in Montecito, Calif., surrounded by family, said spokesman Dick Guttman. Palance was 85 according to Associated Press records, but his family gave his age as 87.

When Palance accepted his Oscar for best supporting actor he delighted viewers of the 1992 Academy Awards by dropping to the stage and performing one-armed push-ups to demonstrate his physical prowess.

"That's nothing, really," he said slyly. "As far as two-handed push-ups, you can do that all night, and it doesn't make a difference whether she's there or not."

That year's Oscar host, Billy Crystal, turned the moment into a running joke, making increasingly outlandish remarks about Palance's accomplishments throughout the night's awards presentations.

It was a magic moment that epitomized the actor's 40 years in films. Always the iconoclast, Palance had scorned most of his film roles.

"Most of the stuff I do is garbage," he once told a reporter, adding that most of the directors he worked with were incompetent.

Movie audiences, however, were electrified by the actor's chiseled face and hulking presence, and a calm, low voice that made him all the more chilling.


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2006-11-10 17:18:13

That's very sad. I always liked him. R.I.P. Jack :(

:( R.I.P. Jack

i thought Curly died a long time ago. RIP Curly Washburn

That's too bad. I liked him. I will say that I thought he already passed away.