sad days
so a LOT of celebs have died in the last week or two, but it really hits home when one of my first ever childhood crushes has to exit the stage.
Jack Wild died yesterday of oral cancer at the young age of 53.
as shown in the picture above, he played the young Jimmy, stranded on the pop-colored psychedelic Living Island in the Saturday morning TV show HR Pufinstuf. i used to LOVE that show.
i think he was my first real exposure to an English accent, albeit a slightly “low-end” accent. it just fascinated me at the time. i did not know it at the time, but at that young age he had already been Oscar nominated for playing the Artful Dodger in the 1968 film Oliver!
look likes from the picture to the right that i may have picked up a few of my fashion traits from him.
lets see – high boots, tight jeans, oversized faire shirt and a long vest. yup that could have something to do with it.
yikes.
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