Category Archives: ’80s

Joan Collins Rocks Bikini at 89, Madonna Revisits ‘Material Girl’!

Links to the past, with relevance today: Dynasty of 1 (Image via Instagram) INSTAGRAM: She's older than Jessica Tandy was when she won her Oscar, and older than Gloria Stuart when she appeared in Titanic, but you can't keep a glamour gal down: Joan Collins posts bikini pic at 89. The video should include Keith…
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Nichelle Nichols, Trailblazing Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies @ 89

The actress who effected positive change with her portrayal of Nyota Uhura on TV's Star Trek — Nichelle Nichols — died on July 30, 2022, in Silver City, New Mexico. An enterprising young woman (Image via NBC) She was 89. ExtraTV confirmed her death, citing her manager/business partner, Gilbert Bell. Bell had been among the parties…
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Tony Dow, TV’s Wally Cleaver, Dies of Cancer @ 77

Just two months after announcing a terminal cancer diagnosis, TV's Tony Dow has died at 77. Unsurprisingly, a generation crushed on Wally (Image via CBS/ABC) In a since-deleted post on his Facebook page, Dow's death was confirmed: “It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share with you the passing of our beloved Tony…
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Paul Sorvino of ‘GoodFellas,’ ‘Romeo + Juliet’ Dies @ 83

Terrible year for amazing actors from mob movies: Ray Liotta, James Caan, Tony Sirico and now Paul Sorvino. RIP Mr. Liotta & Mr. Sorvino. (Image via Warner Bros.) Sorvino, who went from comic roles to the performance of a lifetime in Martin Scorsese's GoodFellas, died of natural causes on July 25 in Florida at 83.…
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‘Hill Street Blues’ Emmy Nominee Taurean Blacque Dies @ 82

Taurean Blacque of Hill Street Blues, the show for which he was Emmy-nominated, died Thursday, July 21, following what THR called "a brief illness." He was 82. Gracing Jet (he's in the back) with the Generations cast (Image via Jet) Born May 10, 1940, in Newark, Blacque was a trained stage actor who was involved…
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