Obits
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Comic-Con Founder Sheldon Dorf Dies at 76
Avid comic reader turned 300-attendee fest in Detroit to major Hollywood and fanboy event.
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‘Chuckles Bites the Dust’ Writer Dies
David Lloyd wrote for “Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Frasier,” “Wings.”
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Obit: Former AMPTP President Nick Counter
Chief negotiator of multiple labor disputes, Counter remembered as a consensus builder.
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Obit: Actor Carl Ballantine Dies at 92
Started in vaudeville, transitioned to films and TV including “McHale’s Navy.”
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Comic-Con Founder Dies
Sheldon Dorf was also an artist and comic strip letterer.
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Obit: ‘Dr. No’ Dies at 91
Joseph Wiseman played the sinister title character in the first James Bond film.
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Studio Chief Daniel Melnick Dies at 77
At MGM and Columbia, he was responsible for hits like “Goodbye Girl,” “China Syndrome” and “Total Recall.”
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Obit: Child Advocate Nancy Daly Dies at 68
Was married to CBS head Robert Daly and former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan
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Obit: Former TV Academy President Doug Duitsman Dies
Held senior positions with Columbia Pictures Television and Warner Brothers Television.
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Obit: Veteran Hollywood Publicist Frank Liberman dies at 92
Frank Liberman’s long client list was topped by Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller, whom he repped for decades.
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Obit: ‘Laugh-In’s’ Henry Gibson Dies at 73
Also starred in “Nashville” and other Robert Altman films.
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Obit: Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary Dies at 72
Was at the forefront of the folk movement in the ‘60s, as well as at the forefront of the civil rights and anti-Vietnam war movements.
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Obit: Patrick Swayze Dies at 57.
Patrick Swayze, the actor best known for his roles in "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost," died Monday after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 57. Swayze is most-recognized for his role as dance instructor Johnny Castle in the hit 1987 film "Dirty Dancing," for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. The film centers around an unlikely…
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