Friday, October 24, 2008

Dead Page: Special-Effects Genius-- Cigar Pitchwoman

STAN WINSTON 1946-2008

Memorable work in "Aliens," "Terminator 2," and "Jurassic Park" earned him four Academy Awards. Died in June.

received an Emmy for aging Cicely Tyson into a 110-year-old woman on "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" in 1974. Most recently, Mr. Winston and his team made the crystal skeletons for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and the character suits for "Iron Man."

He and his team also came up with the make-up and scissor appendages of "Edward Scissorhands."


EDIE ADAMS 1927-2008


Wife and foil of comedian Ernie Kovacs has died at 81. Probably best-known for being the sexy spokeswoman of Muriel Cigars, especially cooing the memorable line, "Why don't you pick one up and smoke it sometime?"

She was born Elizabeth Edith Enke in 1927 in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

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