RIP Ossie Davis

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:43 am

Actor/writer/director/activist Ossie Davis was found dead in his hotel room last night. He was 87. This is incredibly sad as I had such admiration for him as an artist and a conscience. His work on stage, camera and in the political arena with his wife, the great Ruby Dee (they also wrote a book, In This Life Together), was unparalleled and he was just the classiest, coolest man. Rest In Peace.

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:45 am

He was just on television recently to receive a Kenney Centre Honour. He looked old and frail, though it looked like his wife was in worse shape.

Sad, yes, but 87 is very old and his life was full of many accomplishments and a huge legacy.

RIP

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:47 am

The world is a little less special when people like Ossie, Carson and Sontag leave us.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:34 pm

Ossie, Carson & Sontag...They did "Teach Your Children" right?

But seriously folks, Ossie was one of the great ones. Great actor, great guy. See his introduction to "The Autobiography of Malcolm X."

SoLikeCandy · Post by **SoLikeCandy** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:15 pm

The intro was also the eulogy that he read at Malcolm X's funeral.

I almost cried when I saw this. He was like everyone's grandfather...the man who really HAD been through it all, and lived to teach the young black folks about it. I feel like I've lost a relative.

strangerinthehouse · Post by **strangerinthehouse** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:19 pm

ossie davis will be definately missed.

I just got the criterion collection edition of Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing where he playes The Mayor, which is a kind of sage in tattered clothing, alongside to Ruby Dee's Mother Sister. he was great, so cool, so real, he could never be anything but great.