Annette Funicello was known for being nice, onscreen and in real life. When she came down with Multiple Sclerosis, she did much to teach people about the disease. I could never sit through a Beach movie, but that wasn't her fault.
Roger Ebert was known for being generous to fellow film lovers. I remember when he and Gene Siskel started reviewing films on the PBS show Sneak Preview. He kindly supported the three For the Love of Film blogathons that I have participated in.
I have enjoyed every Les Blank film that I have seen.
Margaret Thatcher? Not generous. Not nice. I have not enjoyed her work. She destroyed unions. She hurt the needy. She beat up on Argentina. She did not oppose apartheid enough to try to do anything about it. I suppose conservatives will try to make her a saint, they way they did her friend, the mediocre actor, mediocre governor, and mediocre president Ronald Reagan.
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