'Singin' in the Rain' Star O'Connor Dies

[newyawker99]

Entertainer Donald O'Connor, who combined comedy and acrobatics in the show-stopping "Make 'Em Laugh" number in the classic movie "Singin' in the Rain," died Saturday, his daughter said. He was 78.

O'Connor, who had been in declining health in recent years, died of heart failure at a retirement home in Calabasas, his daughter, Alicia O'Connor, told The Associated Press.

In a brief statement, the family said that among O'Connor's last words was the following quip: "I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get."

O'Connor won an Emmy, but never an Oscar. He was best known for films he made in the 1950s - a series of highly successful "Francis the Talking Mule" comedies and movie musicals that put his song and dance talents to good use.


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[Cheswick2.0]

1. I heard this morning

It is very sad, another great dancer from a bigone era, gone. He was amazing in Singin in the Rain.

[blondeatlast]

2. "Make 'em Laugh!" He would have wanted us to remember

him that way, dontcha think?

Incredible talent.

[catmandu57]

3. I thought he died years ago

man the entertainment world is dropping like flies.

[WillParkinson]

4. Nah,

Just the good ones.