Stanley Karnow, Author of 'Vietnam: A History,' Dies at 87
January, 27, 2013 2:37 pm | Comments On #stanley karnow, Television, vietnam, vietnam: a historyStanley Karnow, who wrote a definitive book about the Vietnam War, “Vietnam: A History,” and later won a Pulitzer for a history of the Philippines, died Sunday morning. He was 87.
Karnow had congestive heart failure and died in his sleep at his home in Potomac, Md., his son Michael Karnow told the Associated Press.
After covering the war for Time, the Washington Post and other publications through the 1970s, Karnow worked on an epic PBS documentary and wrote the million-selling "Vietnam: A History,” which was published in 1983.
The PBS series won six Emmys, a Peabody and a George Polk award and was the highest-rated documentary at the time for public television, with an average of 9.7 million viewers per episode. The series was even-handed, so much so that it was criticized heavily by liberals as well as conservatives.
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Read MoreMichael Winner, Filmmaker Best Known for 'Death Wish,' Dead at 77
January, 21, 2013 12:16 pm | Comments On #Charles Bronton, Death Wish,, Michael Winner, Movies, Times of LondonMichael Winner, the British filmmaker best known in America for the “Death Wish” movies starring Charles Bronson, died Monday at his home in London, his wife Geraldine announced.
Winner was 77 and had been in failing health for some time with heart and liver difficulties, Reuters reported.
A man with an acerbic wit and eclectic talent and tastes, Winner collected antiques and rare books and was also a popular food critic for the Times of London in his later years.
A bon vivant, his column was called “Winner’s Dinners” was a no-holds barred look at London restaurants. He was often barred from an establishment after a particularly...
Read MoreRobert F. Chew, Proposition Joe on 'The Wire,' Dies
January, 18, 2013 2:42 pm | Comments On #dies, Proposition Joe, Robert F. Chew, Television, The WireRobert F. Chew, who played the shrewdly calculating Propositon Joe on "The Wire," has died. He was 52.
Chew died of apparent heart failure in his sleep at his home in Northeast Baltimore, his sister, Clarice Chew, told The Baltimore Sun. The actor, who also appeared in "The Wire" creator David Simon's series "Homicide" and miniseries "The Corner," also taught child and adult actors with Baltimore’s Arena Players.
Among his students were the young actors who played students and corner boys in...
Read More'Dear Abby' Advice Columnist Pauline Phillips Dead at 94
January, 17, 2013 11:05 am | Comments On #dear abby, dear abby dead, Media, pauline phillips, pauline phillips deadPauline Phillips, who created the iconic advice column "Dear Abby," has died at the age of 94 in Minneapolis, the Associated Press reports.
A representative for Phillips told the AP that Phillips died in Minneapolis after battling Alzheimer's disease.
Phillips, who founded the column in 1956, wrote under the pen name Abigail Van Buren. Her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, assumed control the column from her mother in 2002 after co-writing it for years.
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Read MoreConrad Bain, 'Diff'rent Strokes' Star, Dead at 89 (Report)
January, 16, 2013 10:19 am | Comments On #conrad bain, conrad bain rip, Diff'rent Strokes, different strokes, TelevisionConrad Bain, who played Philip Drummond, the wealthy white widower who adopted two young African-American brothers in the hit sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," died Monday, the Associated Press reports. He was 89.
Bain died in Livermore, Calif., on Monday, his daughter told the AP. She said he died of natural causes.
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Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1923, Bain studied at the Banff School...
Read MoreOscar and Emmy Nominated Writer Thomas S. Cook Dead at 65
January, 14, 2013 6:56 pm | Comments On #China Syndrome, Movies, thomas s. cook, WGA, WGAW, writers guildThomas S. Cook, an Academy and Emmy Award-nominated writer, has died at the age of 65.
Cook, who was also a winner of the Writers Guild Award, died on Jan. 5 at his home in Hollywood after a battle with cancer, according to the Writers Guild.
Cook, also known as T.S. Cook, is best known for co-writing the screenplay for the 1979 nuclear power suspense thriller “The China Syndrome” with Mike Gray and James Bridges. The trio shared Academy Award, Golden Globe, and British Academy of Film and Television screenplay nominations, and received a Writers Guild Award for Original Drama – Screen.
A Writers Guild, West member since 1975, Cook wrote numerous telefilms and television series over...
Richard Ben Cramer Dies at 62; Media Honors Pulitzer Prize Winner
January, 08, 2013 7:05 am | Comments On #dies, Media, Richard Ben Cramer, What it TakesRichard Ben Cramer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, died Monday night of lung cancer at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore. He was 62.
Leading lights in media and politics rushed to pay tribute to a man whom many said had transformed presidential campaign coverage with "What It Takes," his seminal account of the 1988 race for the White House. Clocking in at over 1,000 pages, Cramer's book gave readers unprecedented behind-the-scenes accounts of the campaigns of then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, Kansas Senator Robert Dole, Delaware Senator Joe Biden and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.
Meticulously researched, "What It Takes" finally hit store shelves...
Read MoreArchitecture Writer Ada Louise Huxtable, Awarded First Pulitzer for Criticism, Dead at 91
January, 07, 2013 4:59 pm | Comments On #architecture, culture, Media, ObitsAda Louise Huxtable, the architecture critic who was awarded the first Pulitzer Prize for criticism, has died. She was 91.
Huxtable, who was the architecture critic for the New York Times from 1963 to 1982 and, later, the Wall Street Journal, died Monday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the Journal reported.
Huxtable was a firm believer in the power of tall buildings to enhance a city and decried the cookie-cutter suburban developments springing up around New York in the 1960s.
“The promise of... a new, improved suburbia in the greater metropolitan area, the dreams of beauty and better living are mire in mud,” Huxtable wrote in Newsweek magazine. She added that these suburban...
Read MorePatti Page, 'Tennessee Waltz' Singer, Dead at 85
January, 02, 2013 12:33 pm | Comments On #music, patti page, patti page dead, patti page ripPatti Page, the singer who rose to fame in the 1950s with such fare as "Tennessee Waltz" and "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window," died Tuesday at age 85, the New York Times reports.
Also read: Hollywood Says Goodbye: Notable Celebrity Deaths of 2012
According to the Times, Page died in Encinitas, Calif.
Born Clara Ann Fowler in Claremore, Okla., in 1927, the singer adopted her stage name after she was enlisted to host a...
Read MoreMike Hopkins, Oscar-Winning Sound Editor, Dies in Rafting Accident
December, 31, 2012 7:04 am | Comments On #mike hopkins, Movies, Obits, Oscar, sound editorMike Hopkins, the Oscar-winning sound editor behind "King Kong" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, died in a drowning accident in New Zealand on Sunday. He was 53.
Hopkins (pictured right) was rafting with friends through the Tararua Range on New Zealand's North Island when the raft capsized, throwing him into the Waiohine River, according to the Australian.
Hopkins was wearing a wetsuit, lifejacket and a helmet, but the river's fast flow dragged him under, police told the newspaper.
The sound editor shared an Oscar...
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