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Angela Lansbury, Entrancing Star of Stage and Screen, Dies at 96
Angela Lansbury, the irrepressible three-time Oscar nominee and five-time Tony Award winner who solved 12 seasons' worth of crimes as the novelist/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ Murder, She Wrote, has died.
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Michael Callan, Actor in ‘West Side Story’ and ‘Cat Ballou,’ Dies at 86
Michael Callan, the actor and dancer who portrayed Riff in the original Broadway production of West Side Story before starring in such films as Gidget Goes Hawaiian, The Interns and Cat Ballou, has died. He was xx.
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Austin Stoker, Star of John Carpenter’s ‘Assault on Precinct 13,’ Dies at 92
Austin Stoker, the actor from Trinidad who starred as the heroic cop battling a band of marauding gang members inside a decommissioned police station in the John Carpenter thriller Assault on Precinct 13, has died. He was 92. Stoker died Friday of renal failure on his birthday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his […]
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Art Laboe, DJ Known for Playing “Oldies but Goodies,” Dies at 97
Art Laboe, the DJ and music promoter who spent 79 continuous years on the radio, was an innovator of the compilation album and coined and trademarked the term “Oldies but Goodies,” has died. He was 97. Laboe died peacefully Friday at his home in Palm Springs after a brief bout with pneumonia, Joanna Morones, a […]
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Eileen Ryan, Actress and Mother of Sean Penn, Dies at 94
Eileen Ryan, an actress who appeared on Broadway and in films and TV shows in collaborations with her late husband, actor-director Leo Penn, and her two-time Oscar-winning son, Sean Penn, died Sunday at her home in Malibu, a publicist announced. She was 94. Survivors also include another son, composer-songwriter Michael Penn. Her youngest boy, actor […]
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Fred Schneier, Longtime Viacom and Showtime Executive, Dies at 95
Fred Schneier, who oversaw programming at Showtime, headed Viacom Pictures and produced films for his own banner, has died. He was 95. Schneier died Sept. 15 at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Diane Schneier Perrin, announced. In 1983, Schneier moved from New York to Los Angeles to support the launch of Showtime Networks […]
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Eclectic Comedienne Judy Tenuta Dies at 72
Judy Tenuta, the eclectic comedienne known as “The Love Goddess” and “Aphrodite of the Accordion” to her legions of fans, has died. She was 72. Tenuta died Thursday at her home Studio City after a battle with stage 4 ovarian cancer, publicist Harlan Boll announced. During her first solo stand-up performance, Tenuta shocked audiences by […]
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Lenny Lipton, “Puff the Magic Dragon” Lyricist and 3D Filmmaking Pioneer, Dies at 82
Lenny Lipton, who wrote the poem that became the Peter, Paul and Mary hit “Puff the Magic Dragon” and developed technology used for today’s digital 3D theatrical projection systems, has died. He was 82. Lipton died Wednesday of brain cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son Noah told The Hollywood Reporter. While […]
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Douglas Kirkland, Famed Photographer of Hollywood Luminaries, Dies at 88
Douglas Kirkland, the legendary photographer who trained his lens on the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot, Mick Jagger, Catherine Deneuve, Kim Basinger, Angelina Jolie and so many others, has died. He was 88. Kirkland died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, a family spokesperson said. The […]
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Charles Fuller, Playwright and Screenwriter Behind ‘A Soldier’s Play,’ Dies at 83
Charles Fuller, the pioneering Philadelphia playwright who received a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award and an Oscar nomination for A Soldier’s Play, has died. He was 83. Fuller, who also explored racism and the Black experience with his earlier plays The Brownsville Raid and Zooman and the Sign, died Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, […]
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Joan Hotchkis, Actress in ‘The Odd Couple’ and ‘Ode to Billie Joe,’ Dies at 95
Joan Hotchkis, who appeared as Oscar Madison’s girlfriend on ABC’s The Odd Couple and in films including Breezy and Ode to Billie Joe before becoming a playwright, screenwriter and feminist performance artist, has died. She was 95. Hotchkis died Sept. 27 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, her daughter, Paula Chambers, announced. A member of The Actors Studio, Hotchkis played […]
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William G. Borchert, Emmy-Nominated Screenwriter of ‘My Name Is Bill W.,’ Dies at 89
William G. Borchert, the Emmy-nominated screenwriter behind the 1989 Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm My Name Is Bill W., which starred James Woods and James Garner as the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, has died. He was 89. Borchert died Saturday at his home in Stratford, Connecticut, his son Robert P. Borchert told The Hollywood Reporter. […]
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