Category Archives: ’50s

Yvette Mimieux Dies @ 80

About 10 days after turning 80, '60s actress Yvette Mimieux has died. Mimieux celebrated her 80th on January 8, and reportedly died in her sleep January 18, 2022. A family rep confirmed her death, due to natural causes, to Deadline. Mimieux got her start on television, first on the Jock Mahoney (1919-1989) action-adventure series Yancy…
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‘Be My Baby’ Singer Ronnie Spector Dies @ 78

Ronnie Spector, an indelible voice in popular music from her time with the Ronettes through an abusive marriage to Phil Spector and beyond, has died following what her family describes as a brief bout with cancer. She was 78. From her late-'80s comeback swing (Image via Columbia) In a statement, her loved ones said, "Our…
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‘Dobie Gillis’ Star Dwayne Hickman Dies @ 87

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis star Dwayne Hickman has died at 87, journalist George Pennacchio confirms. With Bob Denver on Dobie (Image via CBS) Hickman died of complications of Parkinson's disease. Born in Los Angeles on May 18, 1934, Hickman's older brother was movie actor Darryl Hickman (b. 1931), who became a noted child…
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Rooney Mara to Play Audrey Hepburn, Betty White’s Final Days & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: Close enough? (GIF via GIPHY) INSTYLE: Rooney Mara has been cast as Audrey Hepburn in an upcoming biopic. JUST JARED: This actress was briefly Faye Dunaway's assistant. On the plus side, she went over her annotated Chinatown script with her. On the negative side, she was Faye Dunaway's…
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Sidney Poitier, Oscar-Winning Icon, Dies @ 94

It's a truly sad day, as one of Hollywood's most impactful talents, the trail-blazing Sidney Poitier, has died. He was 94. None like him (Image via movie still) His passing was confirmed, with no details, by Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell. No specific cause was given. In December, it had been announced that a play…
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Joan Copeland, Broadway & Soap Actress, Sister of Arthur Miller, Dies @ 99

Joan Copeland, a longtime fixture of the New York stage who was the younger sister of playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005), died early Tuesday, January 4, at 99. Born June 1, 1922 — exactly four years before her future sister-in-law Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) — Copeland's theater credits included Detective Story (1949), Not for Children (1951), Handful of…
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