o/t: Robert Osborne

Posted on March 6, 2017 by realthog Standard

Just a note to record my sadness on learning just now of the death of movie scholar and historian Robert Osborne (May 3 1932–March 6 2017), for many years the “face” of Turner Classic Movies.

One of those people of whom I’ve never heard a bad word spoken, he gave expert introductions to countless elderly movies for TCM, including of course films noirs galore. He’ll be much missed.

9 thoughts on “o/t: Robert Osborne”

By Hook Or By Book ~ Book Reviews, News, & Other Stuff says:

March 6, 2017 at 4:25 pm

So sad. I always enjoyed watching/listening to him.😔

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- realthog says:
  
  March 6, 2017 at 5:25 pm
  
  Very sad indeed. I usually rather resent TV hosts, but he was a major exception.
  
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tracybham says:

March 6, 2017 at 6:06 pm

Very sad. We had missed his presence on TCM lately, You are right, I never heard any negative comments about him.

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- realthog says:
  
  March 6, 2017 at 8:01 pm
  
  I know people who had dealings with him, and they describe him as the nicest and most helpful of guys.
  
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Cavershamragu says:

March 13, 2017 at 6:24 am

Sorry to see him go as he seems to have been incredibly well-liked. He had a good innings of course but what is sadder to me is that I think a whole approach to film appreciation is dying with him

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- realthog says:
  
  March 13, 2017 at 11:09 am
  
  I think Ben Mankowicz is trying to keep the tradition going — though to be honest, because of other commitments, I haven’t been watching much TCM lately.
  
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  - Cavershamragu says:
    
    March 13, 2017 at 11:14 am
    
    We don’t really get it here anyway as the content is really limited compared to the US version.
    
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Sam Juliano says:

March 19, 2017 at 2:25 pm

He was a true Prince of the Cinema. I’ve enjoyed his presence and supreme knowledge for decades. R.I.P.

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- realthog says:
  
  March 19, 2017 at 5:05 pm
  
  Too true!
  
  I’m not sure why this and the other two went into moderation. If you could comment somewhere later this evening, it could me useful as a I do a post mortem.
  
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