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Buffalo Boy Made Good
 Buffalo Boy Made Good 
APPRECIATION
Jun 13, 2008 6:35 PM CDT

Buffalo Boy Made Good

Tim Russert is remembered today by friend and foe alike

(Newser) - Tim Russert, who died today at age 58, was "possibly America's most influential political journalist," James Poniewozik writes in Time. His no-nonsense style was informed by a Jesuit education in working class Buffalo—but not all appreciated his "gotcha," visceral style of questioning. Yet "his...

Wonderful Life's Young George Dies

Bob Anderson, 75, played altruistic young soda jerk in famous role

(Newser) - Bob Anderson, who played the young George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life, has died of cancer. He was 75. Growing up in Hollywood with Tinseltown relatives, he first appeared onscreen as a baby, the AP reports. At 7, he acted with Shirley Temple and in 1945 appeared in...

Jim McKay Dead at 86
 Jim
 McKay
 Dead at 86 
Obituary
Jun 7, 2008 12:34 PM CDT

Jim McKay Dead at 86

ABC sportscaster was first to win Emmy

(Newser) - Veteran sportscaster and TV journalist Jim McKay has died at age 86 of natural causes, ESPN reports. McKay is most famous for hosting ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and for covering the tragic 1972 Olympics in Munich, which were marred by the Black September attack on Israeli athletes. McKay...

Paul Sills, 'Orson Welles of Improv'
 Paul Sills,
 'Orson Welles
 of Improv' 
Appreciation
Jun 3, 2008 2:00 PM CDT

Paul Sills, 'Orson Welles of Improv'

Second City co-founder, dead at 80, saw movement reach SNL heights

(Newser) - For a performer, Paul Sills kept a pretty low profile. But make no mistake: The Second City co-founder was a massive influence not just on improvisational comedy, but on comedy and theater in general. Without Sills, who died yesterday at 80, there would be no Chicago improv scene, no Saturday ...

Subject of Lorenzo's Oil Dead at 30
Subject of Lorenzo's Oil Dead at 30
Obituary
May 31, 2008 5:28 PM CDT

Subject of Lorenzo's Oil Dead at 30

ALD sufferer took controversial oil made by his parents

(Newser) - Lorenzo Odone, the ALD-plagued child whose plight inspired the film Lorenzo’s Oil, died yesterday at age 30, the AP reports. Doctors said he would die by age 8, but he lived while taking an oil developed by his parents. Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte starred in the 1992 film...

Harvey Korman: More Than a Second Banana
Harvey Korman: More Than a Second Banana
Appreciation
May 31, 2008 1:48 PM CDT

Harvey Korman: More Than a Second Banana

Mel Brooks and Carol Burnett regular was an underrated master

(Newser) - Harvey Korman was sometimes described as the “quintessential second banana,” and he did indeed make his name in supporting roles. But Korman, who died this week at 81, was a special second banana. For Mel Brooks, he became the perfect scheming underling, hilariously worming his way through movie...

Comic Great Harvey Korman Dead at 81

Emmy winner found fame on Carol Burnett Show

(Newser) - Harvey Korman, who gained comic fame with his bust-a-gut sketches on the "Carol Burnett Show" in the 1960s and 70s, has died at age 81 from complications of an aneurysm, the AP reports. Korman won four Emmys for his TV work, often pairing with Burnett or Tim Conway. He...

Pollack's 'Films Always Felt Like Best Pictures'
Pollack's 'Films Always Felt Like Best Pictures'
appreciation
May 27, 2008 3:45 PM CDT

Pollack's 'Films Always Felt Like Best Pictures'

Capable in every genre, he let actors speak for themselves

(Newser) - Sydney Pollack was a throwback, Desson Thomson writes in the Washington Post. He liked to say he didn’t have a style, and it was true—he "made movies in what seemed like every conceivable genre—thrillers, westerns, epics, actioners and comedies. But his formula was pretty much the...

Oscar Winner Sydney Pollack Dead at 73

Director mixed art, commerce in classic American films

(Newser) - Oscar-winning filmmaker Sidney Pollack died of cancer today at age 73 in Los Angeles, the New York Times reports. His career, defined by classics like Tootsie and Out of Africa, spanned an era when directors wrangled stars and battled studios to make artful yet commercial films. He later grieved that...

Colombian Rebels Confirm Leader's Death

Marulanda, 78, died of a heart attack 'in arms of his companion'

(Newser) - A top Colombian rebel confirmed the death of FARC chief Manuel Marulanda in a TV interview today. Marulanda died of a heart attack 2 months ago, at age 78, "in the arms of his companion," he said. With "Sureshot" gone, new rebel leader Alfonso Cano may struggle...

Christian Star Bids Goodbye to Slain Daughter

Chapmans remember tot accidentally killed by brother in memorial

(Newser) - Christian pop star Steven Curtis Chapman and his family yesterday bid goodbye to his 5-year-old daughter in a memorial service that honored a little girl who loved to draw flowers and do dishes "buck naked," People reports. Maria Sue Chapman, one of three daughters Chapman and his wife...

Laugh-In Creator Dick Martin Dead at 86
Laugh-In Creator Dick Martin
Dead at 86
obituary
May 25, 2008 11:17 AM CDT

Laugh-In Creator Dick Martin Dead at 86

Zany funnyman socked it to US audiences, topped ratings for years

(Newser) - The final judge has come for Dick Martin, co-founder of the groundbreaking comedy show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and later a prolific director, the AP reports. Martin, the wacky counterpoint to partner Dan Rowan's straight man, died last night at age 86 of respiratory problems. Laugh-In, which began in 1968,...

Carter Aide Hamilton Jordan Dead at 63
Carter Aide Hamilton Jordan Dead at 63
Obituary
May 21, 2008 3:07 AM CDT

Carter Aide Hamilton Jordan Dead at 63

Architect of Carter's White House run succumbs to cancer

(Newser) - Jimmy Carter's former chief of staff, Hamilton Jordan, has died at the age of 63 after battling cancer for more than 20 years, AP reports. Jordan was at the core of Carter's "Georgia Mafia," and helped propel the Democrat into the White House in 1976. "He was...

Wine Whiz Mondavi Dead at 94
 Wine Whiz
 Mondavi Dead at 94 
May 16, 2008 7:54 PM CDT

Wine Whiz Mondavi Dead at 94

Dapper vintner proved California grapes could rival Europe's

(Newser) - California wine master Robert Mondavi died peacefully today in his Napa Valley home at age 94, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Disciples and critics alike have praised the vintner for elevating West Coast wine from jug juice to world-class vino. "His legacy and his vision for what California could...

Rauschenberg Rocked
Rauschenberg Rocked
appreciation
May 16, 2008 12:37 PM CDT

Rauschenberg Rocked

Talking to the painter was 'like being on some ecstatic drug': David Byrne

(Newser) - In some ways, Robert Rauschenberg lived more of the rock ’n’ roll life than his friend and collaborator David Byrne, who offers an affectionate farewell in the New York Times today. His life was just as wild and unpredictable as his work, says the Talking Heads founder. "Conversation...

Robert Rauschenberg, American Master, Dies at 82

Made mark in pop art, but sculpted and even won a Grammy

(Newser) - Robert Rauschenberg, a pioneer of pop art and one of the greatest American artists of the 20th century, died yesterday at 82, the AP reports. Rauschenberg's "combine paintings" of the 1950s, which incorporated three-dimensional objects ranging from soda bottles to stuffed birds, were seen as revolutionary, but over a...

Country's Eddy Arnold Dies at 89
 Country's
 Eddy Arnold Dies at 89 
Obituary
May 8, 2008 1:16 PM CDT

Country's Eddy Arnold Dies at 89

The 'Tennessee Plowboy' sold 85M records, brought music to the masses

(Newser) - Eddy Arnold, the “Tennessee Plowboy,” died this morning at the age of 89, the Tennessean reports. Ranked as Billboard’s most popular country musician of all time, Arnold sold more than 85 million records and had 37 singles on the pop charts. Besides being remembered as a caring...

Ice Cream Guru Robbins Dead

 Ice Cream Guru
 Robbins Dead 
May 6, 2008 11:45 PM CDT

Ice Cream Guru Robbins Dead

'31 Flavors' co-founder leaves behind countless fans

(Newser) - Irvine Robbins, the co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, has died at 90, the LA Times reports. Robbins grew up scooping ice cream at his family’s Tacoma, Wash., shop and opened his own store in California in 1945. As his chain expanded, he loved inventing and naming new...

Woman Who Defied Interracial Marriage Ban Dies at 68

Mildred Loving launched case that led to Supreme Court changing law in 1967

(Newser) - Mildred Loving, whose challenge to Virginia law led to the Supreme Court decision overturning bans on racially mixed marriage, has died at the age of 68. Loving, who was black, and her white husband Richard pleaded guilty to “cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of...

Would-Be Hitler Killer Dead at 90
Would-Be Hitler Killer Dead at 90
Obituary
May 3, 2008 6:29 PM CDT

Would-Be Hitler Killer Dead at 90

Von Boeselager escaped after trying to murder the Führer twice

(Newser) - The last surviving member of a cabal that twice tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler died this week at age 90, the Telegraph reports. Nearly all of Phillip Von Boeselager’s co-conspirators were executed after a 1944 attempt to plant a bomb under the table at Hitler’s East Prussian headquarters,...

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