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Jan 21
2013
12:02 PM ET
'Death Wish' director Michael Winner dies at age 77
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Jan 18
2013
06:13 PM ET
Robert F. Chew, a.k.a. Prop Joe on 'The Wire,' is dead
Robert F. Chew, the Baltimore actor who played the brilliant and lovably devious drug kingpin Proposition Joe in all five seasons of The Wire, has died. The Baltimore Sun reports that Chew died of apparent heart failure. A Baltimore native, Chew was active in the city’s theater scene for decades, including having an important role as a teacher of young actors in Baltimore’s Arena Players. He appeared in small roles on Wire creator David Simon’s two previous Baltimore-set TV series, Homicide: Life on the Street and The Corner.
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Jan 17
2013
02:03 PM ET
'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94
Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running “Dear Abby” advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94.
Publicist Gene Willis of Universal Uclick said Phillips died Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Phillips’ column competed for decades with the advice column of Ann Landers, written by her twin sister, Esther Friedman Lederer. Their relationship was stormy in their early adult years, but later they regained the close relationship they had growing up in Sioux City, Iowa. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 15
2013
04:31 PM ET
Japanese film director Oshima dies at 80
Nagisa Oshima, a Japanese director internationally acclaimed for his films Empire of Passion and In the Realm of the Senses, has died of pneumonia. He was 80.
His office, Oshima Productions, said Oshima died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital near Tokyo after being in and out of hospital since he was struck by a stroke more than a decade ago.
A former student radical from Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, Oshima debuted in 1959 with A Town of Love and Hope, quickly earning a reputation of a “new wave” director with social and political themes during the 1960, often depicting youths raging against the society. He tackled controversial social issues throughout his career, ranging from capital punishment and racism to homosexuality.
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Jan 14
2013
01:22 PM ET
Coroner releases new report in Natalie Wood's death
A newly released report shows coroner’s officials amended Natalie Wood’s death certificate based on unanswered questions about bruises on her upper body but were lacking several pieces of evidence and could only conclude that she drowned under undetermined circumstances more than 30 years ago.
Los Angeles County coroner’s officials state in an 10-page addendum to Wood’s autopsy report that some of the bruises may have occurred before she went into the water and drowned, but that could not be definitively determined.
The report reveals new details about a renewed investigative interest in Wood’s case, but it does not answer many of lingering questions about the actress’ death and a Sheriff’s Department spokesman said it has not changed the ongoing status of the case.
Jan 8
2013
07:17 PM ET
Ned Wertimer of 'The Jeffersons' dies at 89
Ned Wertimer, best known for his role as Ralph Hart the doorman on all 11 seasons of The Jeffersons, has died at age 89 from complications following a fall in his Burbank home in late November, his manager said in a statement provided to EW Tuesday. Wertimer got his start in the ’60s — acting on Broadway and in the puppet series The Shari Lewis Show – before moving to L.A. His last on-screen appearance was as a pirate in 2007′s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
Jan 7
2013
04:30 PM ET
California broadcaster Huell Howser dies at 67
Huell Howser, longtime host of Los Angeles local television show California’s Gold, has died at 67. KCET, the station that produced his show, shared the news on their Facebook page: “KCET regrets to inform you that Huell Howser passed away last night. We are saddened by the loss. KCET.org will be launching a page later today where Huell fans can share their favorite memories of him.” Howser retired from California’s Gold late last year.
A household name in Southern California, Howser brought to life the hidden corners of Los Angeles and beyond on the travel magazine-style show California’s Gold and various other programs, including Visiting with Huell Howser, throughout his career. Originally from Tennessee, Howser adopted California as his home after moving to L.A. in 1981, working at KCBS and Entertainment Tonight before landing at then-PBS affiliate KCET in 1985.
Dec 27
2012
04:36 PM ET
Broadway to honor Jack Klugman and Charles Durning
The theater community will honor Jack Klugman and Charles Durning by dimming Broadway’s lights in back-to-back memorials.
The marquees at all Broadway theaters will go dark for one minute at 8 p.m. Thursday in honor of Durning, who died Monday at 89. Durning amassed several important Broadway credits, including playing Big Daddy in a 1990 revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, David Rabe’s Boom Boom Room and opposite George C. Scott in Inherit the Wind in 1996.
On Friday, the 40 Broadway marquees will go dark at 8 p.m. for Klugman, who also died Monday at 90. Klugman earned a Tony Award nomination for Gypsy in 1960 and his Broadway roles included parts in I’m Not Rappaport and The Sunshine Boys.
Dec 26
2012
12:49 PM ET
Gerry Anderson, creator of 'Thunderbirds' puppet series, dies
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Gerry Anderson, puppetry pioneer and British creator of the sci-fi hit Thunderbirds TV show, has died. He was 83.
Anderson’s son Jamie said his father died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday at a nursing home near Oxfordshire, England, after being diagnosed with mixed dementia two years ago.
His condition had worsened dramatically over the past six months, his son said.
Anderson’s television career launched in the 1950s. Once Thunderbirds aired in the 1960s, “Thunderbirds are go!” became a catchphrase for generations. It also introduced the use of “supermarionation” — a puppetry technique using thin wires to control marionettes — and made sci-fi mainstream, according to Jamie Anderson.
“He forever changed the direction of sci-fi entertainment,” Jamie told the Associated Press. “Lots of animation and films that have been made in the past 20 or 30 years have been inspired by the work that he did.” READ FULL STORY »
Dec 21
2012
03:14 PM ET
Author, 'Whorehouse' playwright King dies
Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular bordello became a hit Tony Award-nominated musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and a movie starring Burt Reynolds, died Thursday. He was 83.
His wife, Barbara Blaine, said King died after battling emphysema at Chevy Chase House, a retirement home in Washington where he had been living the past six months. “One of the things that I will always remember about Larry is that he remained funny all the way through this illness,” she said.
He wrote in a good ol’ boy vernacular style similar to other Southern authors such as Roy Blount and Charles Portis. King wrote two musicals, five plays, 14 books, a few screenplays and hundreds of magazine articles, for which he won an O. Henry Award in 2001.
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