Category Archives: ’70s

Singer B.J. Thomas Dies @ 78

B.J. Thomas, who sang the evergreen hits "Hooked on a Feeling" and "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," died Saturday, May 29, at his Arlington, Texas. He was 89. Thomas in his heyday, and in recent times The versatile singer had previously announced he had terminal lung cancer in March. His Facebook page broke the sad news…
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‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Love Boat’ Star Gavin MacLeod Dies @ 90

Gavin MacLeod, familiar to TV fans as sarcastic news writer Murray Slaughter on Mary Tyler Moore and as no-B.S. Capt. Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat, died Saturday, May 29, at his Palm Desert, California, home. Will you Mary me? (Image via CBS) He was 90. MacLeod's death, following several months of failing health, was…
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Spacey Comeback WON’T Feature Redgrave, Buy Indy’s Hat & More!

Links to the past, with relevance today: Vanessa & Franco over 50 years ago, in Camelot (Image via Warner Bros.) VARIETY: If Franco Nero, 79, couldn't get his own wife — legend Vanessa Redgrave, 83 — to commit to appearing in his pre-ill-fated film, but could get Kevin Spacey ... that is not shaping up to…
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Cher Turns 75, Announces Biopic!

Cher — 75 years old today, May 20 — is the gift that keeps on giving. You better believe it!(GIF via GIPHY) Already a tireless singer, live performer and actor who's been a household name for 56 years, she is now allowing her storied life and career to be turned into a big-screen biopic. She…
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Norman Lloyd, Whose Career Spanned 9 Decades, Dies @ 106

Norman Lloyd, considered one of the world's oldest living actors, died Tuesday at his L.A. home at the incredible age of 106. Lloyd in Saboteur (Image via Universal) His death, reported by THR, was confirmed by his son, Michael. Born on November 8, 1914, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Lloyd grew up in Brooklyn, although he…
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Sharon Gless Teases Memoir, RIP Nick Kamen & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: She writes, but will she make house calls? (Image via S&S) FACEBOOK: Sharon Gless's memoir Apparently, There Were Complaints (Simon & Schuster) is out December 7. In a video sent to superfan Michael Stern, she admits it took seven years to write and isn't sure she could ever…
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Billie Hayes, Witchiepoo on ‘H.R. Pufnstuf,’ Dies @ 96

Billie Hayes — whose Witchiepoo character was one of pop culture's most fabulous and famous witches, so much so that Margaret Hamilton of The Wizard of Oz fame told her she was her favorite — has died at 96. Hayes in 2012 with the author, and with Jack Wild. (Images by Matthew Rettenmund/via NBC) Hayes…
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