Category Archives: ’60s

Connie Sawyer, World’s Oldest Living Working Actor, Dies @ 105

Connie Sawyer, a veteran of vaudeville who was a pioneering female stand-up comedian (billed as a "girl comic") before settling into a relatively late-blooming career as a TV and film actress, died Sunday at 105. (more…)

Dorothy Malone, Oscar Winner & ‘Peyton Place’ Star, Dies @ 93

Dorothy Malone, famous as Constance MacKenzie on the TV adaptation of Peyton Place (1964-1968), has died in Dallas of natural causes, Variety reports. She was 93. (Update: Originally thought to be 92, her daughter confirmed her mother was 93, the opposite of a Peyton Place plot point.) (more…)

Any discussion of Hollywood's handsomest men would be incomplete without Guy Madison. (more…)

Bradford Dillman Dies @ 87: The Way He Was

Handsome actor Bradford Dillman, best known as J.J. in The Way We Were (1973) has died, THR reports. He passed away January 16 in Santa Barbara after suffering from pneumonia. (more…)

Today, one of the most popular celebrities alive (who would be more universally liked?), Betty White, turns 96. (more…)

All the stars and noteworthy names we lost in 2018 ... (more…)

Via Deadline: Veteran actor Donnelly Rhodes, whose career stretched back to early TV and encompassed over 160 movies and series, has died. He had just turned 80 last month. (more…)

Today would have been the 92nd birthday of Kerwin Mathews, best known as a fantasy hero for his lead roles in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) and Jack the Giant Killer (1962). (more…)

Ray Thomas, known as a singer, flautist and composer for the British rock band the Moody Blues, died January 4 of prostate cancer at his home in Surrey. He was 76. Thomas, a founding member of the band, composed nearly 30 songs for them, including "Another Morning" and "Twilight Time" on what is considered their…

Jerry Van Dyke, Dick’s Kid Brother & ‘Coach’ Star, Dies @ 86

Jerry Van Dyke, a stand-up comic who got a leg up from his superstar brother Dick Van Dyke (b. 1925), and who went on to establish his own successful career on TV, has died. He was 86. (more…)

Category Archives: ’60s

Connie Sawyer, World’s Oldest Living Working Actor, Dies @ 105

Dorothy Malone, Oscar Winner & ‘Peyton Place’ Star, Dies @ 93

Guy Madison: Hollywood Heartthrob

Bradford Dillman Dies @ 87: The Way He Was

Betty White Turns 96!

Celebs We Lost in 2018

‘Soap’ Star Donnelly Rhodes Dies @ 80

Kerwin Mathews, Cinema’s Sexy Sinbad

Moody Blues Singer Ray Thomas Dies @ 76

Jerry Van Dyke, Dick’s Kid Brother & ‘Coach’ Star, Dies @ 86

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