Death in Italy
Both Vincent Schiavelli and Argentina Brunetti passed away in Italy last week. Schiavelli showed up as one of the patients in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as Mr. Vargas the biology teacher in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The big reveal at the end of that movie was that the biology teacher had a hot wife. The wife was played by Lana Clarkson, who 20-odd years later would be killed, with the suspicion falling on Phil Spector.Argentina Brunetti didn't do too much in It's A Wonderful Life except cross herself as Mr. Martini's wife. I think she also did a little goat wrangling. We are sad about their passing.
That millions of people were watching Brunetti take a loaf of bread from Donna Reed the night she died might mean something. I am reluctant to say that, as I watched the Martini homecoming scene on Dec. 22, I thought, "I wonder if the Martinis are still alive?"
I guess the most horrifying thing is that, when I watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High for the first time ten years ago, I took one look at Lana Clarkson while 'Let It Be' was playing in the background and I thought, "She looks like someone the producer of this album might want to murder."
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by Marty Barrett at Wednesday, December 28, 2005
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