Just announced. She was 84
Printable View
Just announced. She was 84
This is a major loss. She was incredibly talented, beautiful and memorable. One of my favorites. Rest in peace Ms. Carroll and thank you.
Marv
From CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/diahann...er-2019-10-04/
So many memorable and groundbreaking performances.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaGre5RSgSA
RIP to a true legend.
I loved this Lady. Loved to look at her, love to listen to her sing [[and speak), and loved that she was in the world showing us how to be.
She is a monumental, historical figure in showbusiness. She did not intend to be any of those things, she just wanted to be fulfilled in life but she carried that mantle of a trailblazer with unfailing poise and grace.
Rest in Power
I just found out about Diahann Carroll's death and I'm in shock. Thanks for the memories & RIP Diahann.
Ah shucks.:[[ RIP Diahann Caroll.
Poise and Composure personified.
well , except for this little tit for tat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5DK40GzZ-Q
Damn,i just read about this minutes ago and i'm blown away,one of the all time beauties and talents and she will surly be missed...rest in peace my beautiful one!
So sorry to hear about this. Dianne turned up quite a bit in some movies and TV shows in the 90s and 00s. Most notably, the Five Heartbeats. RIP to a true legend.
Goodbye [[for now) Diahann. You were a major inspiration to a young boy who needed to see positive brown faces in a troubling time. By the way: Corey Baker was my TV buddy and he had the nicest mom on television. RIP.
Words can't express the magnitude of this loss. In a world that expected little from people who looked like her, she shattered glass ceilings, ripped doors off hinges, and blazed trails with the greatest of style, class, dignity, talent and grace. Well done, Miss Carroll; rest in power and elegance.
Rest In Peace Diahann Carroll. Pioneer, talent and beauty. Class personified.
This beautiful ladys now in heaven with her lord and savior.
Lady was a trail-blazer. I remember 'Julia' so well. Hard for the young'uns to understand how revolutionary the show was.
Although "Julia", "Claudine" and so many of her performances were favorites to me. This show, the night she hosted "The Hollywood Palace" with Stevie Wonder, Bob Culp, Alvin Ailey Dancers and others now almost 50 years ago in 1969 really brings back some very nice memories:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KojyA9evNak
Here she was a month later in December 1969 for the Christmas special of the Hollywood Palace. Magnificent!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e989s0VfxFc
These two are bona fide legends!
Attachment 16312
I suppose Miss Carroll is rightfully remembered as an actress but my lasting impression of her is as a live performer.
In spring 2006, I was privileged to attend a night of her engagement at The Regency Hotel in New York City. It was a small room, crowded to capacity. The room went pitch black for several seconds and then a spotlight found her in the middle of the room -- and she was breathtakingly beautiful -- she started singing Leon Russell's "A Song For You." The audience, which included Barbara Walters that evening, was mesmerized for the whole set. She was about 70 or so and her voice was still powerful and supple. I have often lamented that I never got the chance to see Ella, Sarah, Lena or Josephine Baker. I cherish that evening with Diahann Carroll, she was the last of that coterie of elegant, trailblazing black female songbirds.
Diahann Carroll Remembered by Hollywood: She ‘Broke Ground With Every Footstep’
Carroll is also known for her work on “Dynasty,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and her Oscar-nominated performance in the romantic drama “Claudine.” She capitalized on her theater chops with projects such as her Tony-nominated performance in “No Strings,” Broadway show “Agnes of God” and “Same Time, Next Year.”
After the news of her death, celebrities took to social media to share their condolences.
Read more here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other...tep/ar-AAIhXb9
Diahann Carroll Tony Award Acceptance -1962
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xL7x008Sb4
Remembering Diahann Carroll [[1954)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFRPSPD5Fg0
and a nice memory from my childhood. People use to tell my Mom and I that I looked just like "Corey". I was the same as he in this clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z39R2JPuWsc
She was one of a kind......
Attachment 16313
Sad news indeed. Hope this will lead to a CD issue of her Motown album and anything else that might have been in the vaults.
This a very nice video tribute to Diahann Carroll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAbdHeYjNls&lc=z22oszdypvz4ihz5m04t1aokg0o tifuv3p1ubzcnwqvdbk0 h00410.1570437386117041
Tyler Perry dedicated a soundstage to her at his new studio complex in Atlanta.
https://www.vibe.com/2019/10/tyler-p...iahann-carroll
Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy React to Diahann Carroll's Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlRFyBLxCmQ
If you haven't already, check out Ms. Carroll's Julia co-star Marc Copage's tender tribute to her in the New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/s...age-julia.html
Wow, what a great story that was by Marc. Thanks again Sansradio!