Obits
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Longtime Tarantino Film Editor Sally Menke Found Dead
Menke was nominated for an Academy Award earlier this year for her work “Inglorious Basterds”
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Actress Gloria Stuart Dies at 100
Stuart, who rose to fame in the 1930s, became the oldest-ever Oscar nominee for her role in “Titanic”
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Entertainer Eddie Fisher Dies at 82
Singer’s affair with Elizabeth Taylor and divorce from Debbie Reynolds was a tabloid sensation
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Screenwriter Irving Ravetch Dies at 89
His credits include “Hud,” “Norma Rae,” “The Long Hot Summer”
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Legendary Hollywood Columnist James Bacon Dies at 96
A Herald Examiner columnist for 17 years, he palled around with Bogart, broke the news of the Duke’s cancer, had an affair with Monroe
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NBC Correspondent Edwin Newman Dies at 91
Longtime newsman covered national politics and wrote two books on the English language
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Kevin McCarthy, ‘Body Snatchers’ Actor and Prolific Broadway Star, Dies
McCarthy died of natural causes at 96
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Claude Chabrol, French New Wave Pioneer, Dies
The critic-turned-director and producer was 80; no cause of death was given
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British Director Clive Donner Dies
New Wave-era filmmaker directed “What’s New Pussycat”; helped launch the careers of Ian McKellen and Alan Bates
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Costume Designer Michael Dennison Dies at 58
Suffered brain aneurysm while working on Katherine Heigl’s “One for the Money”
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‘Bonanza’ Creator David Dortort Dies at 93
Western fixture also produced “The High Chaparral” and “The Restless Gun”
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SAG’s Former Chief Negotiator Ken Orsatti Dies at 78
Credited with expanding union members’ earnings and contracts
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French Director Alain Corneau Dies
The filmmaker who rose to fame with “Tous les Matins du Monde” was 67
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Edward Kean, ‘Howdy Doody’ Writer, Dies at 85
Kean wrote the famous theme song and is credited with coining the word “kowabunga”