Roger E. Mosley, who appeared on more than 150 episodes of the '80s classic Magnum, P.I. with Tom Selleck, has died at 83 following a car crash. Following the accident, which happened Thursday in Lynwood, California, Mosley was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A., where he died early Sunday, August 7, 2022. Mosley with…
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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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Maureen Arthur of ‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’ Dies @ 88
Maureen Arthur, the vivacious actress who made her biggest splash in the Broadway production and film version of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, died Wednesday in her Beverly Hills home following a battle with Alzheimer's battle, THR reports. She was 88. Arthur with Dick Kallman in How to Succeed (Image via NYPL)…
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Philip Baker Hall, Hard-Nosed Bookman on ‘Seinfeld,’ Dies @ 90
"Many Americans linger in adolescence, but [Philip Baker] Hall is the kind of man who puts on a tie before he leaves the house." — Roger Ebert, 1996 Philip Baker Hall, the world-weary character actor whose single most famous performance became a deadpan comic role as a library cop on Seinfeld, died June 12 at…
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Walking in L.A.: Cool, Boosted ’50s Footage
It isn't meant to be completely historically accurate, but this remastered footage of women walking in Los Angeles in the '50s has been colorized to make it more accessible. It was also painstakingly restored, giving it an eerily current look — with only the women's striking fashions (and those shoes!) to give it away as…
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David Birney of ‘Bridget Loves Bernie’ Dies @ 83
David Birney, the prolific stage and TV actor best remembered as the star of the progressive sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie in the '70s, died April 29 at 83 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Power couple in the '80s (Image via TV Guide) Birney was born April 23, 1939, in Washington, D.C., growing up…
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Rock-Era Teen Idol Bobby Rydell, ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ Star, Dies @ 79
Bobby Rydell, one of the quintessential teen idols of the early rock era, died Tuesday, April 5, 2022. He was 79. Rydell, who survived a double-organ (liver and kidney) transplant in 2012, succumbed after a bout with pneumonia just shy of his 80th birthday. His great, radio announcer Jerry Blavat, confirmed Rydell's death, writing on…
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‘Better Than Cats’: Where That Came From
If you sarcastically go around saying of new, terrible Broadway shows, "I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats," there are (probably) a couple of reasons for that. Lee Wilkof, Ellen Greene & Hy Anzell in the original Little Shop of Horrors (Image via handout) But one reason you say it is not because…
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Sally Kellerman of ‘M*A*S*H’ Fame Dies @ 84
Sally Kellerman, Oscar-nominated as Hot Lips Houlihan in M*A*S*H (1970), died Thursday at 84. Loretta Swit shared her condolences regarding Kellerman's death. (Image via Instagram) ExtraTV reported she had battled dementia and died in a care facility. Born on June 2, 1937, in Long Beach, California, Kellerman moved with her family as a girl and…
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‘Full House’ Star Bob Saget Dies @ 65
Bob Saget, a household name since starring on Full House and hosting America's Funniest Home Videos, died suddenly Sunday, January 9, in his Orlando Ritz-Carlton hotel room. He was 65. Saget appeared on The View in 2020. (Image via ABC) No cause is known at this time, and TMZ has reported no cause is yet…
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