“In Memoriam...”

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Monday, November 22, 2010
Prepared by James Cowden

“In Memoriam...”

Scottsdale, AZ – Leslie Nielsen, master of deadpan comic delivery died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale due to complications from pneumonia. He was 84. Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, Nielsen’s career ranged from television’s “Golden Age” garnering the monumental salary amounts of $75-$100 per performance, to film. Starring in such iconic films as the 1956 science fiction forerunner “Forbidden Planet” alongside co-stars Anne Francis and Robby the Robot, to later disaster epics like 1972’s “The Poseidon Adventure”. Nielsen even played the handsome leading man opposite Debbie Reynolds in “Tammy and the Bachelor” in 1957. While Nielsen continued to excel at television and film dramatic roles throughout the 60s and 70s, it was his film comic roles throughout the 80s, 90s and beyond that were the most memorable.

“Airplane”, the “Naked Gun” series, the hilarious parody of “The Exorcist” entitled “Repossessed”, the slasher parody “Scary Movie” all left audiences rolling in the aisles. Despite being legally deaf (he wore hearing aids) for much of his life, Nielsen rose to prominence speaking some of the funniest lines ever written with deadpan delivery. Yet, throughout his life and career it seems that Nielsen never took himself too seriously.

It is with great regret that we say goodbye to Leslie Nielsen, yet we are simultaneously grateful for his body of work and the laughter he gave us. He will be missed...



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