Actress Loni Anderson dies aged 79

Actress Loni Anderson dies aged 79. 

Whist Loni Anderson wasn’t ‘directly’ linked with Clint, she was nevertheless part of that 1984 crowd that came out of that whole City Heat period. Anderson, who died after a long illness, gained her greatest recognition on screen in the American sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, playing Jennifer Marlowe, the intelligent, cool and collected receptionist at a flagging Ohio radio station.

The 1983 film Stroker Ace, starred Burt Reynolds as an arrogant racing driver alongside Loni Anderson. The action comedy was deemed a flop by the public and critics, leading Reynolds to say that it was responsible for his career nosediving. 

The off-screen romance between Anderson and Reynolds led in 1988 to their marriage, his second, her third. The ceremony, in a purpose-built chapel at Reynolds’s Florida ranch, was top-secret, although pictures were released of Anderson wearing a canary-yellow, seven-carat diamond ring. “I feel like Cinderella,” she said. “I married Prince Charming.”

But an acrimonious divorce followed six years later, with Reynolds saying: “She bought everything in triplicate, from everyday dresses to jewellery, to China and linens.” He added that he gave her a platinum American Express card with a $45,000 credit limit that she “maxed out in half an hour”. Both claimed infidelity by the other.

RIP

Sssss*** teams up with High Plains Drifter

 Sssss*** teams up with High Plains Drifter

Yes, overall, the year of 1973 was a pretty ok year for Universal, Clint’s studio offering that year featured High Plains Drifter. However, there were also some really disappointing offerings from the studio, no more so than Sssssss (which could have stood for Shit) but instead represented the Ssssss of snake in this quite awful Horror movie starring Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, and Heather Menzies. 

Probably due to disappointing box office, Sssssss also ended up paired with none other than Clint’s High Plains Drifter! Yes, I’ve seen High Plains Drifter doubled up with some titles in the past, but this piece of garbage? I’m struggling to try and find any sort of connection – but I’ll be damned if I can?

Anyway, proof (if it were ever needed) below – courtesy (I think) of our friend Davy Triumph   

Photo Opportunity #64 Clint with Elliott Kastner

Photo Opportunity #64 Clint with Elliott Kastner

July has been a pretty quiet month, apologies to all, but I’m still up the hospital at least 3 times a week, and a minimum of 4 hours a time, - which is both tiring and draining. Thank you for all your continued kind wishes and understanding.

For this month’s Photo Opportunity, I’ve pulled out this cracking shot of Where Eagles Dare producer Elliott Kastner on the MGM cable car set with Clint in between shooting.