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'Dallas' Star Larry Hagman "J.R.",
dies at 81
(Friday, Nov. 23, 2012) Larry Martin Hagman
(rf.)(September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American film and television actor best known for playing
ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1980s primetime television soap opera Dallas, and befuddled astronaut Major
Anthony "Tony" Nelson in the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
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Other personalities who have moved on:
- Carmen Basilio, (rf.) 85, American professional boxer. More...
- Henry Champ, (rf.) 75, Canadian journalist (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
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- Sam Sniderman,, (rf.) 92, Canadian entrepreneur, founder of Sam the Record
Man. More...
- Lance LeGault, (rf.) 75, American actor (The A-Team, Magnum, P.I.). More...
- Sun Myung Moon, 92, South Korean religious figure,
founder of the Unification Church, pneumonia. More...
- Hal David, 91, American lyricist. Best known for
his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach. Penned What's New Pussycat. More...
- Max Bygraves, 63, 89, British singer, variety performer
and TV game show host (Family Fortunes), complications from Alzheimer's disease. More...
- Scott McKenzie, 73, American singer ("San
Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)") and songwriter ("Kokomo"). More...
- William Windom, 88, American actor (Murder, She
Wrote, My World and Welcome to It, The Farmer's Daughter), heart failure. More...
- Ron Palillo, 63, American actor (Horshack on Welcome
Back, Kotter), apparent heart attack. More...
- Helen Gurley Brown, 90, American author, publisher,
and businesswoman; editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine (1965–1997). More...
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'Dallas' Star Larry Hagman "J.R.",
dies at 81
(Friday, Nov. 23, 2012) Larry Martin Hagman
(rf.)(September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American film and television actor best known for playing
ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1980s primetime television soap opera Dallas, and befuddled astronaut Major
Anthony "Tony" Nelson in the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
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Barbara Ann Scott, Canada's
Sweetheart
(Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012) Barbara Ann Scott
King (rf.)(May 9, 1928 – September 30, 2012) was a Canadian figure skater. She was
the 1948 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1947–1948), and a four-time Canadian national champion (1944–46,
48) in ladies' singles. Known as "Canada's Sweetheart", she is the only Canadian to have won the Olympic
ladies' singles gold medal, the first North American to have won three major titles in one year and the only Canadian
to have won the European Championship (1947–1948).
Scott died just weeks after she made her final visit to Ottawa to open a gallery at city hall to showcase artifacts from her storied career. Read more...
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Raylene Rankin, Rankin Family
singer
(Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012) Raylene Rankin
(rf.)(1960 – September 30, 2012) was a member of the internationally acclaimed Nova Scotia musical group
The Rankin Family. She and her four siblings - John Morris, Jimmy, Cookie and Heather - formed the group more than
20 years ago and are credited with taking Cape Breton Celtic music to the mainstream.
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Herbert Lom , Frustrated Boss of Inspector Clouseau
(Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012) Herbert Lom
(rf.)(September 11, 1917 – September 27, 2012) was a Czech-born film and television actor who moved to the
United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more than 60 years he appeared in character roles, usually portraying
villains early in his career and professional men in later years. He was best-known for his roles in The Ladykillers
and The Pink Panther film series. More...
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Andy Williams 'Moon River' crooner
(Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012) Howard Andrew
"Andy" Williams (rf.)(December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American
singer who recorded eighteen Gold and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety
show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owned the Moon River Theatre in Branson,
Missouri, named after the song "Moon River", with which he is closely identified. The singer known for
his wholesome, middle-America appeal was the antithesis of the counterculture. He outlasted many of the decade's
rock stars and fellow crooners such as Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. He remained on the charts into the 1970s and
continued to perform into his 80s. More...
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Winston Rekert starred in TV's Neon Rider
(Friday, Sept. 14, 2012) Winston Rekert
(rf.)(July 10, 1949 - September 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor from Vancouver. He won two Gemini Awards,
one for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series for the TV Series: Blue Murder in 2003
and one for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role for the TV Series Adderly in 1987. His
career spanned over 40 years in theatre, television and film. He was also in Neon Rider, a Canadian drama television
series which aired between 1990 and 1995 about a ranch for troubled kids.. More...
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Michael Clarke Duncan - 'Green Mile' actor
(Monday, Sept. 3, 2012) Michael Clarke
Duncan (rf.) (December 10, 1957 – September 3, 2012) was an American actor, best known
for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green Mile, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden
Globe. He is also recognized for his appearances in motion pictures such as Armageddon, The Whole Nine Yards, and
Daredevil, as well as voice acting roles in works such as Brother Bear, Delgo and in TV's Two and a Half Men. More...
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Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies
(Saturday, August 25, 2012) Neil Alden
Armstrong (rf.)(August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American NASA astronaut, test
pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot
upon the Moon. He died following complications from heart-bypass surgery he underwent earlier this month, just
two days after his birthday on August 5. As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, he became the first human to set
foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. As he stepped on the dusty surface, he said: "That's one small step for
man, one giant leap for mankind." More...
(Second astronaut to die in as many months. See Sally Ride, below.)
(Also read Patrick's Blog, here.)
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Phyllis Diller - American actress and comedienne
(Monday, August 20, 2012) Phyllis Diller
(rf.)(July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012[2]) was an American actress and comedienne. She created a stage persona
of a wild-haired, eccentrically dressed housewife who made self-deprecating jokes about her age and appearance,
her terrible cooking, and a husband named "Fang", while pretending to smoke from a long cigarette holder.
Diller's signature was her unusual laugh.. More...
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Marvin Hamlisch - composer ‘The Way We Were’
(Monday, August 6, 2012) Marvin Frederick
Hamlisch (rf.) (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor.
He was one of only eleven EGOTs – those who have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. He was also one of only two
people to have won those four prizes and also a Pulitzer Prize (the other was Richard Rodgers). Hamlisch also won two Golden Globes. He is seen here with
Barbra Streisand who recorded the hit song The Way We Were. More...
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Gore Vidal - Chronicler of American life and politics
(Tuesday, July 31, 2012) Eugene Luther
Gore Vidal (rf.) (October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was a liberal American author, playwright,
essayist, screenwriter, and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar (1948), outraged conservative
critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality. He also ran for political
office twice and was a longtime political critic. "Hailed as one of America's greatest man of letters".
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Tony Martin - Singer and movie musical star
(Friday, July 27, 2012) Tony Martin (rf.) (December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012) was born as Alvin Morris in San Francisco, California, the son
of Hattie (née Smith) and Edward Clarence Morris. His family was Jewish, and all of his grandparents had
immigrated from Eastern Europe. He received a saxophone as a gift from his grandmother at the age of ten.He was
a featured vocalist on the George Burns and Gracie Allen radio program. On the show Allen playfully flirted with
Tony, often threatening to fire him. She'd say things like, "Oh, Tony, you look so tired, why don't you rest
your lips on mine?" He married actress and dancer Cyd Charisse (seen in this picture) in 1948. More...
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Geoffrey Hughes - British Actor
(Friday, July 27, 2012) Geoffrey Hughes (February 2, 1944 – July 27, 2012) was an English actor. As well as a wide range of TV and film appearances,
Hughes was best known for a series of supporting roles in popular UK television dramas. He played Vernon Scripps
in the British drama series Heartbeat (2001–05, 2007); Twiggy in the popular television comedy The Royle Family
(1998–2000, 2006, 2008); Onslow in the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990–95) and Eddie Yeats in the soap opera
Coronation Street (1974–83, 1987). Geoffrey's film credits include: Smashing Time; Till Death Us Do Part; The Bofors
Gun; The Virgin Soldiers; Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall; Carry On at Your Convenience; and TV films: Needle
and The Man from the Peru. He was also the voice of Paul McCartney in the Beatles' cartoon film Yellow Submarine.
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Chad Everett
(Tuesday, July 24, 2012) Chad Everett (June 11, 1936 – July 24, 2012) a ruggedly handsome actor who played young Dr. Joe Gannon on the TV drama
"Medical Center," has died. He was 75. Although Everett had a range of TV and movie roles over a career
that began in the early 1960s, he made a lasting impression as Dr. Gannon on "Medical Center." The dramatic
series aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976 and followed the personal and professional lives of the staff at a teaching
hospital in Los Angeles. More...
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Sherman Alexander Hemsley - The Jeffersons
(Tuesday, July 24, 2012) Sherman Alexander
Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) a comic actor who vaulted from a supporting
role on Norman Lear’s groundbreaking 1970s sitcom "All in the Family" to a lead role as George in the
spinoff “The Jeffersons,” was found dead Tuesday in El Paso. He was 74. Hemsley was born and raised in South Philadelphia
by his mother, who was a factory worker. He attended Central High School for a time. He dropped out of school and
joined the United States Air Force returning to Philadelphia working for the Post Office while attending acting
school at night. More...
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Sally Ride - First female Astonaut
(Monday, July 23, 2012) Sally Kristen
Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American physicist and astronaut. She joined
NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman to enter space. As of 2012, Ride also remains the youngest
American astronaut to be launched into space at the age of 32. In 1987, she left NASA to work at Stanford University's
Center for International Security and Arms Control. She died at her home in the San Diego community of La Jolla.
She was 61. More...
(See also Neil Armstrong above.)
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Kitty Wells - The Queen of Country Music
(Monday, July 16, 2012) Kitty Wells (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012) better known as the "Queen of Country Music," died in Madison,
Tennessee, on Monday, July 16, after complications from a stroke. Her 1952 hit recording, "It Wasn't God Who
Made Honky Tonk Angels", made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts, and turned
her into the first female country star. She was born Ellen Muriel Deason and ranks as the sixth most successful
female vocalist in the history of Billboard's country charts. Her Top 10 hits continued until the mid-1960s. More...
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Ernest Borgnine - Actor dies at 95
(Sunday, July 8, 2012) Ernest Borgnine (rf.) (born Ermes Effron Borgnino) (January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American film and television
actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning
an Oscar in 1955 for Marty. On television, he played Quinton McHale in the 1962–1966 series McHale's Navy and co-starred
in the mid-1980s action series Airwolf, in addition to a wide variety of other roles. More...
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Cartoonist Jim Unger, the man behind Herman, dies at 75
 (Tuesday, May 29, 2012) Jim Unger (rf.) (21 January 1937 – 29 May 2012) was a Canadian cartoonist, best known for his syndicated comic strip
Herman which ran for 18 years in 600 newspapers in 25 countries. He died at 75 in Saanich, BC. He will be remembered
as an artist, trailblazer and offbeat comic. Read more... |
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Questions linger surrounding Natalie Wood's mysterious
dea th
Death certificate changed over these questions
(Los Angeles, Calif., Published on Wednesday August 22, 2012) Natalie Wood’s death certificate
has been changed to reflect some of the uncertainties and lingering questions surrounding the actress’ drowning
more than 30 years ago.
The document was amended earlier this month and shifts Wood’s death from an accidental drowning to “drowning and
other undetermined factors,” according to a copy of the certificate obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
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Wood is seen here with her actor husband Robert Wagner.
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