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Screech 86ed, Close on Close, the Day Lucy Said Goodbye to Viv & More!

Screech 86ed, Close on Close, the Day Lucy Said Goodbye to Viv & More!
Links the past, with relevance today: Just the four of us! (Image via Peacock) TV LINE: The Saved by the Bell reunion episode squeeze Lisa Tuttle in, but Screech was disappeared. That's what you get for being a turncoat actor who trashes his former co-stars! Oh, baby! (Image via Warner Bros.) GREG IN HOLLYWOOD: The…
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Dena Dietrich, Chiffon’s Prickly Mother Nature, Dies @ 91

Dena Dietrich, Chiffon’s Prickly Mother Nature, Dies @ 91
Dena Dietrich, a longtime stage actress who became a familiar face in countless households via her sardonic portrayal of Mother Nature in '70s and early '80s Chiffon Margarine ads, died Saturday, November 21, at 91. She was like butter. (Images via video still & head shot) Dietrich died at the Motion Picture Country Home, where…
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Rock Hudson: First Famous Face of AIDS

Rock Hudson: First Famous Face of AIDS
Before Rock Hudson, 59, was outed as suffering from AIDS in July of 1985, other well-known figures had contracted HIV and even died of the resulting syndrome, but no household names of Hudson's caliber — and certainly no icons of masculinity and wholesomeness. Rock in his heyday (Image via movie still) By July of 1985, Hudson…
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Remembering Mr. Trebek, Ivana This To Be Over, Ferrigno’s 69 & More!

Remembering Mr. Trebek, Ivana This To Be Over, Ferrigno’s 69 & More!
Links to the past, with relevance today: The man with all the ... questions. (Image via video still) EXTRATV: Friends remember Alex Trebek, who died at 80 on Saturday, including some warm words from 90-year-old Ed Asner. https://youtu.be/BogIUakQOl4 CBS THIS MORNING: Could 85-year-old Sophia Loren be heading toward another Oscar?! Still loving her ... (Image…
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‘Jeopardy!’ Star Alex Trebek Dies @ 80

‘Jeopardy!’ Star Alex Trebek Dies @ 80
Alex Trebek, the charmingly matter-of-fact host of the cerebral game show Jeopardy! for 36 years, has died following his highly publicized battle with pancreatic cancer. (Image via GIPHY) He was 80. The show's Instagram account confirmed his death Sunday, posting simply, "Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning,…
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‘Master of the Malaprops’ Norm Crosby Dies @ 93

‘Master of the Malaprops’ Norm Crosby Dies @ 93
ExtraTV reports: Longtime comic Norm Crosby has died at 93. Vintage Los Angeles confirmed his death. Reporting he died Saturday, the Facebook page — run by a family friend — did not cite a cause. Crosby in recent years (Image via Vintage Los Angeles) "We lost comedian Norm Crosby today," the moderator wrote, along with posting a…
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Bond Icon Sean Connery Dies @ 90

Bond Icon Sean Connery Dies @ 90
Sean Connery, the popular actor iconic for his portrayal of James Bond in seven films, died Saturday, October 31, at 90. Undercover cover (Image via Life) His death was confirmed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (b. 1970) of his native Scotland, who tweeted: "I was heartbroken to learn this morning of the passing of Sir Sean…
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Remembering the Complicated, Sexy, Riotously Funny Diana Dors

Remembering the Complicated, Sexy, Riotously Funny Diana Dors
Diana Dors, the British bombshell who was "England's answer to Marilyn Monroe" (and many others), was born 89 years ago today, but she's been gone so long she's long-forgotten by all but a few, certainly in America. Born Diana Fluck (!) in Swindon, Wilshire, England, she became an obsessive movie-goer, idolizing the beauties of the…
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