Rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis died Friday, October 28, of undisclosed causes in Memphis, according to 117 Entertainment. He was 87. The rocker was one of the first people inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (Image via vintage headshot) TMZ had mistakenly reported the legend's death just days before and issued a…
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Inside Carol Burnett’s Apartment, Jerry Lee Lewis Is Alive @ 87, Leslie Jordan’s Last Interview & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Carol's corner (Image via Cannon Schmidt/The Salty Shutters for Sotheby's International Realty) PEOPLE: Carol Burnett has listed her lovely L.A. digs for over $4M. A peek inside. TMZ: TMZ accidentally reported that Jerry Lee Lewis, 87, had died. He hadn't. EXTRATV: Carly Simon is grieving the loss of…
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Leslie Jordan, Emmy Winner & Late-Blooming Instagram Star, Dies @ 67
Leslie Jordan, the pint-sized, flamboyant character actor who became famous — and won an Emmy — for his role as Beverely Leslie on Will & Grace (2001-2007; 2017-2020), died Monday after crashing his car into a building in Hollywood. Jordan's success on Instagram was such that he went from 20K to 80K to 6M followers…
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Anna May Wong Gets Her Due, Kevin Spacey Gets Off, Horror TV Celebrated & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: A long time coming (GIF via GIPHY) CNN: Anna May Wong, the silent film star who was the first Asian celebrity in the U.S., will become the first Asian face on American currency. EBAY: The coolest Debbie Harry promotional item of all time. When Debbie and H.R. Giger…
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‘Come Into My Life’ Singer Joyce Sims Dies @ 63
I'm so sad to hear that singer Joyce Sims died this week at 63 — no cause given. When I was in college in Chicago, I — a Top 40 fanatic — was exposed to so many club songs that never crossed paths with Casey Kasem. Chicago, a music mecca, was a place where songs…
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Dionne Warwick Dazzles at Saks
Dionne Warwick, 81, was the special performer at a Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation event on October 11, 2022, to raise money and awareness for the cause of mental health. Warwick — from the front row! (Images by Matthew Rettenmund) The veteran entertainer can still captivate a room, as she at L'Avenue at Saks while crooning…
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Michael Callan, ‘West Side Story’s’ Original Riff, Dies @ 86
Michael Callan, the original Riff in Broadways West Side Story on Broadway, died October 10 at 86. Callan (seated) when he was professionally known as Mickey Calin in West Side Story (Image via NYPL) His death, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, was attributed to pneumonia by…
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Angela Lansbury, Versatile Old Hollywood Star Iconic on Stage and Screen, Dies @ 96
When news broke of Angela Lansbury's death on October 11, 2022, Harvey Fierstein tweeted, "She, my darlings, was EVERYTHING!" Her film career lasted from 1944-2022, but will she always be Jessica? (Image via CBS) It would be hard to think of a better, more succinct way of summarizing the career of a woman who made indelible…
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Depeche Mode on the Road, Wynonna on Mom Naomi Judd’s Deathwish, RIP ‘Odd Couple’ GF & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: I hope they never let me down again! (Image via DepecheMode.com) CLASSIC POP: New album and world tour for Depeche Mode. She was Dr. Nancy Cunningham. (Image via ABC) INSTAGRAM: RIP Joan Hotchkis, who has died at 95. You'll probably best remember her as Oscar's sometimes girlfriend on…
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Loretta Lynn, the Boundary-Pushin’ First Lady of Country Music, Dies @ 90
Loretta Lynn, one of country music's most indelible icons and the form's most-awarded artist, died on Tuesday at 90. Lynn's final album (Image via Victrola) A family statement reported that the legend passed away at her Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, home. Lynn's family confirmed their "precious mom" had "passed peacefully in her sleep." https://twitter.com/LorettaLynn/status/1577312734529601536?s=20&t=tcRWQcwdvzqCcV1K9MNqJQ Reba McEntire…
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