Actress Madeline Kahn Dead at 57

jjohn writes "CNN is reporting that actress Madeline Kahn, star of many Mel Brooks films, has died of ovarian cancer. She will be missed." Perhaps not news for all nerds, but a sad moment for anyone who enjoyed Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, or any of the many other fine movies Ms. Kahn brightened.

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Blazing Saddles

[Spazmoid]

I for one remember her performance in Blazing Saddles.

Men, they're always coming and going and going and coming and always too soon

She will be missed.

And to the people screaming, "this doesn't belong on /." Slashdot is a place for "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters". I personally don't watch/check any other sources of news with the regularity that I do on /. and find it refreshing that we don't just subscribe to technical garbage. Slashdot has been and hopefully will continue to be a living breathing aspect of the 'geek' community, so to find a post thats not about Microsoft FUD or how to shrink memory to a molecule a nice change. It proves that we 'nerds' are more than just inhuman excessivle electron beam radiated bit buckets with no other cares or worries or feelings. So if you don't like an article that is posted on Slashdot, rest assured that others do and skip over it to the next one that tickles your fancy.

Filmography

[legoboy]

For people like me, that know who she is (or don't), but don't know a whole lot about the movies she played a role in, www.imdb.com is pretty handy.

For a list of all film and notable TV appearances, click here.
For a brief biography, click here.

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Well

[Anonymous Coward]

Personally, even though a bunch of posts seem to complain about this article, I think it's a refreshing change of pace from the usual anti-microsoft and 'linux can do no wrong' fare (although that sounds incredibly morbid).
And like some other guy said, there's a 'stuff that matters' tag on the end of the title, and this matters to me. If you've ever seen Blazing Saddles or History of the World Part 1 then you know how incredibly funny Madeline Kahn was. Also, it's not like she was some enormous celebrity whose face floods the stupid news shows dedicated to providing celebrity gossip 24/7. She was a really good actress who was known by her own merits

Re:and...

[Roblimo]

I ran the news of Ms. Kahn's death because it was one of the most heavily-submitted stories last night. Please note that virtually every news item you see on Slashdot is here because at least one reader - and usually a whole bunch of readers - felt it was important.

Personally, I enjoy Slashdot's amazingly diverse readership. I love the way so many people with so many different tastes in everything from movies to news to politics to programming languages have united under the Linux and Open Source banners - and that all these people (including you) feel free to share their opinions with each other here.

- Robin

About Cancer

[Tucan]

Typically, when someone famous contracts or dies from cancer, public awareness of these diseases is raised (if only briefly). Considering that more than 8.2 million Americans alive today have a history of cancer, ./ers almost certainly know, or will know, someone who has had cancer. Prehaps more importantly, statistically 25% of /.ers are likely to eventually die from cancer. Any who are interested in learning more about cancer may want to check out some of these American Cancer Society links.
Basic cancer facts.
Leading New Cancer Cases
Ovarian Cancer Information
Graph of Cancer Deaths in Women"
Graph of Cancer Deaths in Men"