Bonnie Franklin dies at 69 - GoFuckYourself.com

brassmonkey · 03-01-2013, 12:16 PM

R. I. P. fucking cancer

TV just lost one of its first modern mothers.

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Before Bonnie Franklin ? who died Friday at the age of 69 of pancreatic cancer ? and her hit Norman Lear sitcom One Day at a Time arrived on the scene, most television mothers were either stay-at-home wives or working widows. But Franklin's Ann Romano was something new: a divorced mother of two raising two teenage daughters in a small urban apartment while struggling to relaunch her career and her love life.

In a TV universe just beginning to take note of the real-world social changes happening beyond its screen, the sunny but sometimes hot-tempered Ann and the short, spunky redhead who played her were a breath of fresh (if sometimes hot) air. For nine CBS seasons, from 1975 to 1984, Franklin guided audiences through some of the hot-button issues of the day ? premarital sex, sexual harassment, child abandonment ? in a show that mixed comedy and soap in equal measure.

Franklin didn't get to sing much on One Day at a Time; a shame, as she garnered a Tony nomination for Applause, a musical adaptation of All About Eve. But she did get to provide parental guidance to two of TV's most fondly remembered teens, bad girl Julie (Mackenzie Phillips) and good-girl Barbara (Valerie Bertinelli), sometimes with the unrequested help of the building's super (Pat Harrington Jr.).

Though Day is what's she's best known for, it was far from Franklin's debut. She had a recurring role in Gidget while she was still a college student, and guest roles in such '60s series as The Munsters, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Please Don't Eat the Daisies. But it was that Tony nomination in New York that really brought her to Hollywood's attention, and her role in Day that made her a TV star and Emmy-nominee.

Like many of the topical sitcoms of the '70s, Day has not aged well. What was novel then is now either familiar or forgotten. In truth, in some quarters, it's only still discussed because of the real-world troubles that caused Phillips to be written out of the show twice.

Still, the thought of Franklin shaking her red bob, scrunching her eyes, pursing her lips, or shouting out "Julie!" can still bring a smile to people who grew up with her and Bertinelli ? who gave Franklin one of her last roles, in a guest shot in Hot in Cleveland.

She made our TV days better, and for that, she'll always be remembered.

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2013 · 03-01-2013, 12:31 PM

r.i.p. fuck cancer!

Rochard · 03-01-2013, 12:32 PM

RIP.

(Valerie Bertinelli was so fucking hot when she was younger!)

2MuchMark · 03-01-2013, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

RIP.

(Valerie Bertinelli was so fucking hot when she was younger!)

STill looking pretty damn good...

L-Pink · 03-01-2013, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

RIP.

(Valerie Bertinelli was so fucking hot when she was younger!)

She married some famous guy, I forget his name ?..

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brassmonkey · 03-01-2013, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

She married some famous guy, I forget his name ?..

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sure you forgot van halen

SilentKnight · 03-01-2013, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

She married some famous guy, I forget his name ?..

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...and spit out a fat kid named Wolfgang.

Some Guy · 03-01-2013, 01:03 PM

Another death from pancreatic cancer? Wow. Very sad.

brassmonkey · 03-01-2013, 01:24 PM

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...and spit out a fat kid named Wolfgang.

he's getting paid

Wolfgang William Van Halen, is an American musician. He is the bassist for Van Halen

Spunky · 03-01-2013, 01:31 PM

RIP Bonnie

SilentKnight · 03-01-2013, 01:37 PM

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Bonnie Franklin dies at 69

She was a typo away from "Bonnie Franklin dies during 69"

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude · 03-01-2013, 01:44 PM

Good program for it's era...remember to live One Day at a Time.

RIP Bonnie Franklin...

ADG

SilentKnight · 03-01-2013, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

he's getting paid

Wolfgang William Van Halen, is an American musician. He is the bassist for Van Halen

Its not Michael Anthony after botox?!!

Barry-xlovecam · 03-01-2013, 01:56 PM

That's a shame -- that is one of the cancers that are almost always fatal now and a terrible way to go. RIP

pornsprite · 03-01-2013, 11:04 PM

I watched that show Bonnie was on as a kid and enjoyed every episode. RIP

Captain Kawaii · 03-02-2013, 12:09 AM

i miss the nipples already...RIP, Nipple-Lady.

2013 · 03-02-2013, 12:14 AM

I just smoked a blunt for bon bon

GrantMercury · 03-02-2013, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude

Good program for it's era...remember to live One Day at a Time.

RIP Bonnie Franklin...

ADG

Yeah, it was ok. Didn't realize it was a Norman Lear show. In light of that, I'm surprised it wasn't better. Still, there was plenty of worse things to watch.

John-ACWM · 03-03-2013, 09:51 AM

RIP, awful disease

artwilliams · 03-03-2013, 10:02 AM

RIP Bonnie. I always thought she was the hot one.

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