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Last surviving member of Rat Pack passes away.....

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:44 pm
by Miss Mary
Joey Bishop has died, at the age of 89.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/ ... index.html

RIP Mr. Bishop........it's a sad day when the last one of that famous group passes away. :(

Mary

(PS - I told my 17 yo daughter this news and she said, you mean the Brat Pack don't you? Sigh.....she is young, I had to straighten her out on that assumption).

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:45 pm
by chadtm80
Im sorry to hear that Mary :-(

With that said, im not a teenager, but I am with your daughter on this one

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:08 pm
by artist
I am sorry to hear that. :cry: I am feeling so old. Wasn't Jerry Lewis a member of the pack also, though? He is still alive! :D

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:33 pm
by Miss Mary
artist - you're probably thinking of Jerry Lewis' former closer friendship with Dean Martin (a rat pack member). According to wikipedia, the rat pack members were as follows:

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_pack

I feel old now too!

Re: Last surviving member of Rat Pack passes away.....

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:25 pm
by Stephanie
...and the Sands Casino in Atlantic City was imploded the same day, I think. The rat pack gathered there and Frank Sinatra sang there often.

RIP Joey Bishop.