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Beloved Murder, She Wrote
Star Dies at 96

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Oct 11, 2022 3:12 PM CDT

Beloved Murder, She Wrote Star Dies at 96

Angela Lansbury was also a film, theater star in her long career

(Newser) - Angela Lansbury, the big-eyed, scene-stealing British actress who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals Mame and Gypsy and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series Murder, She Wrote, has died five days shy of her 97th birthday. Lansbury died Tuesday at her...

She Stunned Tinseltown With 'Take No Prisoners' Reporting

'She Told the Truth
About Hollywood'

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Oct 10, 2022 9:25 AM CDT

'She Told the Truth About Hollywood'

Nikki Finke, founder of Deadline entertainment news site, has died at age 68

(Newser) - Deadline is reporting on a death that hits especially hard among its own: Nikki Finke, the fiery entertainment journalist who founded the Hollywood trade site, died Sunday at the age of 68 at her home in Boca Raton, Fla., after a long illness. Finke, who Variety notes was notorious...

WWE Wrestler
Sara Lee Dead at 30

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Oct 7, 2022 2:40 PM CDT

WWE Wrestler Sara Lee Dead at 30

'Tough Enough' contestant, mother of 3 dies unexpectedly of unknown cause

(Newser) - Sara Lee, a professional wrestler who nabbed a WWE contract as season 6 winner of the Tough Enough reality TV competition, has died. Lee's mother confirmed the 30-year-old mother of three, who was married to fellow wrester Westin Blake, died unexpectedly. "We are all in shock and arrangements...

'Love Goddess' Comedian Judy Tenuta Dead at 72

Always a
'Happy Time
to Be Around
Her'

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Oct 7, 2022 9:55 AM CDT

Always a 'Happy Time to Be Around Her'

'Love Goddess' comedian Judy Tenuta dies at 72 of ovarian cancer

(Newser) - Judy Tenuta, a brash stand-up who cheekily styled herself as the "Love Goddess" and toured with George Carlin as she built her career in the 1980s golden age of comedy, died Thursday. She was 72. Tenuta died at home in Los Angeles, with her family around her, publicist Roger...

Track Dad Who
Helped Son Finish
Memorable Race Has Died

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Oct 5, 2022 10:25 AM CDT

Track Dad Who Helped Son Finish Memorable Race Has Died

Jim and Derek Redmond participated in 'one of the most inspirational moments in Olympic history'

(Newser) - Jim Redmond wasn't supposed to be on the track at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. He wasn't even an athlete, yet he played a key role in what the Olympic Committee calls "one of the most inspirational moments in Olympic history." Per NPR, Jim Redmond died...

'True Legend'
Loretta Lynn Takes
Her Final Bow

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Oct 4, 2022 10:35 AM CDT

'True Legend' Loretta Lynn Takes Her Final Bow

Trailblazing country singer died at home in Tennessee on Tuesday at the age of 90

(Newser) - The "Coal Miner's Daughter" has sung her last tune. Country singer Loretta Lynn died "peacefully ... in her sleep" Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., family members tell the AP . The 90-year-old, who suffered a stroke in 2017, died from natural causes, a rep tells TMZ...

She Declined Brando's Oscar for Him, Took Racist Heat

2 Weeks After Academy
Apology, Littlefeather Dies at 75

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Oct 3, 2022 8:03 AM CDT

2 Weeks After Academy Apology, Littlefeather Dies at 75

Native American actor received 50-year-old mea culpa after she turned down Brando Oscar in '73

(Newser) - Last month, Sacheen Littlefeather received a mea culpa 50 years in the making from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which apologized for how she was treated when she rebuffed a 1973 Oscar for Marlon Brando. Now, just over two weeks later, the Native American activist and actress...

His 'Fight of the Century'
Against Ali Made Him Famous

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Oct 1, 2022 9:00 AM CDT

His 'Fight of the Century' Against Ali Made Him Famous

Popular Japanese wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki is dead at 79

(Newser) - Popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died at 79. Inoki brought Japanese pro wrestling to fame and pioneered mixed martial arts matches between top wrestlers and champions from other combat sports like...

Judah Samet
Survived
Bergen-Belsen,
Mass Shooting

obituary

Sep 29, 2022 6:40 PM CDT

Judah Samet Survived Bergen-Belsen, Mass Shooting

After 'Schindler's List,' he decided to tell his story

(Newser) - Judah Samet, a Holocaust survivor who narrowly escaped a shooting rampage at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, died Tuesday. He was 84. Samet, who survived the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in World War II, was running a few minutes late for services at the Tree of Life of Life synagogue and...

A Hip-Hop
Legend
Is Dead
at 59

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Sep 29, 2022 12:01 AM CDT

A Hip-Hop Legend Is Dead at 59

'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper Coolio dies in Los Angeles

(Newser) - The rapper Coolio, one of the biggest hip-hop stars of the 1990s, has died at age 59, reports the AP . The rapper—real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr.—is best known for his monster hit "Gangsta's Paradise" of 1995, featured in the Michelle Pfeiffer film Dangerous Minds....

Farewell to
One of Film's
Greatest Villains

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Sep 24, 2022 10:15 AM CDT

Farewell to One of Film's Greatest Villains

Oscar winner Louise Fletcher, Nurse Ratched in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' dies at 88

(Newser) - Louise Fletcher, the actress who won an Academy Award for playing Nurse Ratched in Milos Forman's 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, has died at the age of 88, reports ABC7 . She died in her sleep at her home in Montdurausse, France, of unspecified causes, agent...

Death of
Hilary Mantel
'an Enormous
Loss to Literature'

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Sep 23, 2022 6:34 AM CDT

Death of Hilary Mantel 'an Enormous Loss to Literature'

British writer who wrote historical fiction about Thomas Cromwell suffered a stroke

(Newser) - Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author of the acclaimed Wolf Hall saga, has died. She was 70. Mantel died "suddenly yet peacefully," surrounded by close family and friends, publisher HarperCollins said Friday, per the AP . Her longtime literary agent, Bill Hamilton, confirmed to the New York Times that...

Max Lerner, One of Last
'Ritchie Boys,' Dead at 98

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Sep 20, 2022 6:04 PM CDT

Max Lerner, One of Last 'Ritchie Boys,' Dead at 98

The specially trained soldiers served as interrogators, spies, and saboteurs

(Newser) - Maximillian "Max" Lerner, one of the last of the so-called Ritchie Boys, has died at age 98. According to the New York Times, he was among roughly 11,000 primarily foreign-born, German-speaking soldiers recruited to Camp Ritchie, a secret intelligence training center in Maryland during World War II. Lerner...

He Brawled
With Sinatra
in 'Manchurian
Candidate'

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Sep 17, 2022 7:45 AM CDT

He Brawled With Sinatra in 'Manchurian Candidate'

Character actor Henry Silva, last surviving star of original 'Ocean's 11,' dies at 95

(Newser) - He tried to take down Frank Sinatra's character in The Manchurian Candidate and was the last surviving star of the original Ocean's 11. Now, a goodbye for Henry Silva, a character actor known for his villainous turns on the silver screen. Silva's son, Scott Silva, confirmed the...

Founder of
Two Buck Chuck Dies

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Sep 14, 2022 6:21 AM CDT

Founder of Two Buck Chuck Dies

'At the end, we all have an expiration date,' said Fred Franzia, who died at 79

(Newser) - The man who turned "Two Buck Chuck" into an American phenomenon is dead. Fred Franzia, co-founder of Bronco Wine Company, died early Tuesday at his home in California with family by his side, according to a letter sent to Bronco employees, per Wine Spectator . A cause of death wasn'...

Captain of Exxon Valdez
Has Died at Age 75

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Sep 13, 2022 7:01 PM CDT

Captain of Exxon Valdez Has Died at Age 75

1989 oil spill created one of the worst environmental disasters in US history

(Newser) - Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker that ran aground and caused one of the worst oil spills in US history, has died, the New York Times reports. He was 75. He died in July after struggling with COVID-19 and cancer, his nephew Sam Hazelwood told the...

Ken Starr Dead at 76

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Sep 13, 2022 4:45 PM CDT

Ken Starr Dead at 76

His investigation led to Bill Clinton's impeachment

(Newser) - Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president’s impeachment, died Tuesday at age 76, his family said. In 2020, he was recruited to the legal team representing Donald Trump in the nation’s third presidential impeachment...

A Genius of
Film Is Dead

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Sep 13, 2022 6:07 AM CDT

A Genius of Film Is Dead

French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard dies at 91

(Newser) - Jean-Luc Godard, the ingenious "enfant terrible" of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his debut feature Breathless and stood for years as one of the world's most vital and provocative directors, has died, French media reported, per the AP . He was 91. Godard...

'The Work Dried Up'
for Blacklisted Actress

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Sep 10, 2022 3:35 PM CDT

'The Work Dried Up' for Blacklisted Actress

Marsha Hunt went to Washington with Bogart and Bacall

(Newser) - Marsha Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's so-called Golden Age of the 1930s and '40s who worked with performers ranging from Laurence Olivier to Andy Griffith in a career disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist, has died. She was 104. Hunt, who appeared...

Queen Elizabeth's
Long Reign Is Over

Sep 8, 2022 12:34 PM CDT

Queen Elizabeth's Long Reign Is Over

Monarch dies at 96, with son Prince Charles as heir to the throne

(Newser) - Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign is over. Buckingham Palace said Thursday that the queen has died at age 96. The news came after members of the royal family were summoned to her side at the royal Balmoral estate in Scotland by doctors concerned about her health. Elizabeth's 73-year-old...