Screen legend Jane Russell dead at 89

[oberliner]

Source: CNN

The 1940s and '50s movie bombshell, whose name was synonymous with voluptuousness, died Monday morning at her home in Santa Maria, California, her family said. Jane Russell was 89.

Daughter-in-law Etta Waterfield said that Russell was a "pillar of health" but caught a bad cold and died of respiratory difficulties.

Russell's children, Thomas K. Waterfield, Tracy Foundas and Robert "Buck" Waterfield," were at her side, Etta Waterfield said.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/28/russell.obit/

[lonestarnot]

1. Bummer!

My little jack russell is bummed too. Her name sake!

[Aristus]

2. I won't post what I'm thinking about her.

The last several paragraphs describe her perfectly.

A pair of tits and an ultra-right-wing ideology.

Small loss...

[yellowcanine]

3. Hope that casket lid has a good latch. Need to fasten it down good.

[TuxedoKat]

4. I had no idea

she was so conservative. I never thought she was particularly bright, now I think she wasn't very smart at all. Kudos to her on her work on adoption though. RIP.

[Dawson Leery]

5. Read the end of the article. She is no loss.

[usrname]

6. Another hypocrite

Had an botched abortion and then campaigned forever to prevent women from having safe and legal abortions, so they can also go through her trauma. Just like the Megyn Kellys of the world, a pretty face and body and no brains.

[Mortos]

7. She was, apparently, an unapologetic right winger

from the article:

She was a vocal supporter of the Iraq war from its start in 2003, a vocal opponent of abortion, even in cases of rape or incest, a tireless fighter to "get the Bible back in schools." She despised the Clinton administration and was a fan of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and conservative commentator Ann Coulter.

And in 2003, she described herself as "a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot," variations of which she frequently used.

[closeupready]

8. Well if that's how she described herself, why should I feel anything about her passing?

:shrug: