September 23, 2007

Legendary French Mime Marcel Marceau Dead at 84

Marcel Marceau

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5 Responses to “Legendary French Mime Marcel Marceau Dead at 84”

Deron Bauman on September 23rd, 2007 at 10:20 am

Michael:
Kathy Smith on September 23rd, 2007 at 10:55 am

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Daryl Scroggins on September 23rd, 2007 at 5:35 pm

Only Schrödinger’s cat knows what he’s up to in there now.
Sheila Ryan on September 23rd, 2007 at 5:54 pm

Tops in the category “Witty References to Schrödinger’s Cat” (2007) is contributor Daryl Scroggins of Dallas, Texas.
sc on September 23rd, 2007 at 8:40 pm

Oddly, I wondering the other day if MM was still alive. Equally oddly, the reason I was thinking about him at all was that I puzzled by his friendship with Nelson Algren, of all people. But friends they were.

Here’s a sweet picture of Algren and MM in civil war garb conducting a mock duel in a Chicago Bar:

http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/dynamic/artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=2073

And here’s more by Art Shay (the photographer, and friend of both men, who took the above picture) remembering MM and Algren:

http://indianhillmediaworks.typepad.com/artshay/2007/09/memories-of-mar.html#more