Sybil Christopher Dies; Richard Burton's Ex-Wife Ran Nightclubs, Produced Theater (Update)
March, 12, 2013 1:44 pm | Comments On #Arthur, bay street theatre, culture, Elizabeth Taylor, George Harrison, Richard Burton, Sybil Christopher, truman capoteSybil Christopher, the wife that Richard Burton famously left for Elizabeth Taylor, has died. She was 83.
Long Island's Bay Street Theatre, which Christopher co-founded and served as artistic director for 22 years, announced her death last week, but did not specify the cause. Murphy Davis, a co-director of the theatre and one of Christopher's close friends, told TheWrap on Tuesday that she passed away March 7.
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Born Sybil Williams on March 27, 1929 in...
Read MoreBobby Rogers, Co-Founder of Miracles With Smokey Robinson, Dies
March, 03, 2013 1:49 pm | Comments On #bobby rogers, music, smokey robinson, tears of a clown, the miraclesBobby Rogers, who founded the Motown singing group the Miracles with Smokey Robinson, has died. He was 73.
Motown Museum board member Allen Rawls told the Associated Press that Rogers died Sunday morning at his home. Rogers lived in the Detroit suburb of Southfield and had been ill for several years.
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Rogers (far right in photo above) formed the Miracles in 1956 with his cousin Claudette Rogers, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Robinson. Rogers and The Miracles were inducted into...
Read MoreBonnie Franklin, 'One Day at a Time' Star, Dead at 69
March, 01, 2013 10:15 am | Comments On #bonnie fraklin rip, Bonnie Franklin, TelevisionBonnie Franklin, the Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated actress who played Ann Romano in the CBS hit sitcom "One Day at a Time," died Friday at her home. She was 69.
News broke in September that Franklin had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was surrounded by family and friends at the time of her death, an individual familiar with the situation told TheWrap
Born in Santa Monica, Calif., in 1944, Franklin first appeared on television at age nine, in "The Colgate Comedy Hour," and made her Broadway debut in 1970 in "Applause." She also had a semi-regular role on ABC's "Gidget."
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Read MoreDale Robertson, Star of Movie and TV Westerns, Dead at 89
February, 28, 2013 10:43 am | Comments On #dale robertson, dale robertson dead, dale robertson r.i.p., TelevisionDale Robertson, who hosted TV western series "Death Valley Days" and starred in a number of big-screen westerns in the '50s and '60s, died Wednesday at the age of 89 of complications from lung cancer.
Younger audiences would remember him from appearances on "Dallas" and "Dynasty"; he also starred in "J.J. Starbuck," which ran on NBC for one season from 1987 to 1988.
He died in San Diego, Calif., his wife Susan told the New York Times.
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Read MoreFamed Pianist Van Cliburn Dies at 78
February, 27, 2013 10:18 am | Comments On #classical music, Cold War, death, George Bush, Moscow, music, musician, obituary, Russia, Time Magazine, van cliburnVan Cliburn, the American pianist who stunned Russian audiences at the height of the Cold War with performances of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos, died Wednesday at his home in Forth Worth, Tex., after a battle with cancer.
He was 78.
“Van Cliburn was an international legend for over five decades, a great humanitarian and a brilliant musician whose light will continue to shine through his extraordinary legacy,” his publicist, Mary Lou Falcone, said in a statement to the Associated Press. “He will be...
Read MoreOscar-Winning Animator Bob Godfrey Dies at 91
February, 22, 2013 9:01 am | Comments On #animator, Bob Godfrey, MoviesBob Godfrey, the so-called Godfather of British animation, died has died at 91, BBC News reports.
No cause of death was disclosed.
Godfrey was nominated for four Oscars for his animated shorts over the course of his career, winning one in 1975 for "Great," a 25-minute, humorous animated film about the life of civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He was the first British animator to receive an Oscar.
He is best known, however, for his work on a series of beloved children's TV cartoons such as "Roobarb "(1974), which explored a rivalry between a green dog and a pink cat;...
Read MoreMindy McCready, Country Singer, Dead of Apparent Suicide at 37
February, 17, 2013 6:44 pm | Comments On #mindy mccready, music, news, suicide
Country singer Mindy McCready has died at 37 of an apparent suicide.
Update: In a news release, the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas said that McCready was found dead Sunday afternoon with what appeared to be a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Deputies were sent to a home around 4 p.m. and found her body on the front porch. An autopsy is pending.
Numerous media outlets reported Sunday that the troubled singer, whose partner died barely a month ago and who has battled substance abuse, had died.
E! Online spoke to an individual...
Read More'Midnight Express' Editor Gerry Hambling Dead at 86
February, 11, 2013 10:45 am | Comments On #Alan Parker, gerry hambling, MoviesGerry Hambling, the British film editor whose credits include "Midnight Express," "Pink Floyd: The Wall" and "Mississippi Burning," died Feb. 5 in England. He was 86.
Hambling, who entered the film industry at 16 as an editor's apprentice, was a longtime collaborator of director Alan Parker, editing 14 of his films.
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“He was undoubtedly one of the finest film editors that the British film industry has produced," Parker remembered.
John Grover, vice chairman of the...
Read More'Wild Thing' Singer Reg Presley Dead at 71
February, 04, 2013 6:09 pm | Comments On #music, reg presley, reg presley rip, the troggs, wild thingReg Presley, the frontman for The Troggs who snarled his way to rock fame on the iconic song "Wild Thing," died Monday following a battle with lung cancer. He was 71.
According to the BBC, Presley -- born Reginald Maurice Ball in Andover, Hampshire, England -- died surrounded by family members at his home in Hampshire.
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Though The Troggs (short for "Troglodytes," the group's...
Read MoreEd Koch, Former New York Mayor, Dies at 88
February, 01, 2013 7:30 am | Comments On #dead, Ed Koch, Movies, new york mayer, ObitsEd Koch, the former New York mayor and movie critic, died Friday in a Manhattan hospital. He was 88.
The three-term mayor died of congestive heart failure at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Hospital, a family spokesman told the Associated Press. He died just two days after a documentary about his life, entitled "Koch," premiered in New York.
Koch was expected at the premiere, but was admitted to the hospital a day earlier with fluid in his lungs and shortness of breath.
Koch took over at City Hall in 1978 and was credited with lifting New York City out of looming bankruptcy in the 1970s...
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