Wow. I’m a little slow on the mark on this one guys but can we take a moment to remember Jeff Conaway?? He died this past Friday in LA. He had been on life support for a couple of weeks after an apparent overdoes (although his hasn’t been confirmed).
This makes me sad. Addiction is a terrible disease. And Jeff Conaway will ALWAYS be a part of my, and likely your, childhood.
Grease was one of the first movies I ever saw at a theatre. My sister took me to see it in London, Ontario with her friends (could I be any cooler??).
I’ve since watched it probably a billion times…and I was always Kenickie girl. I always wanted Sandy to dump John Travolta and go for Kenickie. I was always pissed at Rizzo for being mean to him and taking that greaser to the dance. (What the hell was his name??) Didn’t she know he didn’t like Cha-Cha?!?!?!?
Anyway – I’m going to choose to remember Jeff Conaway from those days and thank him for being such an integral part of my growing up!
RIP Kenickie!
Very sad – I remember seeing him on one of those intervention reality shows and thinking how sad his life had become. I loved him in Grease, and in Taxi too.
Yes, that was sad news. I loved Kenickie too… I was a bit young to watch Taxi back in the day, but I remember where his face appears in the opening credits, you know? Shucks. Another one bites the dust…
Grease and the Grease soundtrack were huge for me growing up. Yes, RIP Kenickie.