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Seymour Cassel of ‘Faces,’ ‘Rushmore’ Dies @ 84

Seymour Cassel of ‘Faces,’ ‘Rushmore’ Dies @ 84
Seymour Cassel, an actor with steady credits for over 60 years, died Sunday in L.A. of complications of Alzheimer's disease, Variety reports. He was 84. Seymour Cassel: January 22, 1935-April 7, 2019 (Image via video still) Cassel was born January 22, 1935, in Detroit. He debuted in the John Cassavetes (1929-1989) film Shadows (1958), and…
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Past & Curious: Body of Missing Mouseketeer Found?

Past & Curious: Body of Missing Mouseketeer Found?
Links to the past with relevance today ... Day's car was found in the possession of two strangers last year. (Image via Disney) VARIETY: Dennis Day (b. 1942), an original Mouseketeer, had been reported missing by his husband a year ago. Now, authorities have found human remains on his property — and it appears they…
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Noah Keen, ‘Twilight Zone’ Vet, Dies @ 98

Noah Keen, ‘Twilight Zone’ Vet, Dies @ 98
Noah Keen, a veteran stage, TV and movie actor, died March 24 at his home in Harlem. He was 98. Noah Keen — October 10, 1920-March 24, 2019 (Image via video still) Born October 10, 1920, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Keen moved to New York City, where he worked in radio at NBC. Though he was…
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Past & Curious: Brando, ‘Pet Sematary,’ Trebek & More!

Past & Curious: Brando, ‘Pet Sematary,’ Trebek & More!
Links from the past with relevance today: Great actor, and could've coasted on his looks! (Image via movie still) GR8ERDAYS (PLEASE FOLLOW): Brando was born 95 years ago this week. He's already been gone 15 years! Pet out (GIF via Paramount) L.A. TIMES: Director Mary Lambert, 67, reminsces about her struggle to get female-centered movies…
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Doris Day’s 12 Best Pieces of Work

Doris Day’s 12 Best Pieces of Work
We lost Doris Day at 97 in 2019. Having succeeded as a singer, actress in movies/on TV, TV host and animal-rights activist, she was one of Hollywood's most revered women. Here, my picks for the dozen best things she ever did, creatively. Let me know what I have left out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei_I_poCNFI&frags=pl%2Cwn (12) "A Guy Is…
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Past & Curious: ‘Twilight’s’ Latest Gleaming & More!

Past & Curious: ‘Twilight’s’ Latest Gleaming & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: Rod-like (Image via CBS) NYT: Why Twilight Zone (1959-1964) still works. Mime examples (Image via video still) KENNETH IN THE (212): Shields (b. 1951 & Yarnell (1944-2010) really are difficult to explain to millennials. I mean yeah, mimes, but ... how'd they land so many prime-time gigs? It…
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Agnès Varda, New Wave Cinema Icon, Dies @ 90

Agnès Varda, New Wave Cinema Icon, Dies @ 90
Agnès Varda, a Belgian-born French filmmaker whose work prefigured and came to epitomize the French New Wave, died Thursday, March 28, at her home after a battle with cancer, the BBC reports. Cléo from 5 to 7 (Image via movie still) She was 90. A commercial photographer early on, Varda was drawn to fine-arts photography…
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Ranking Roger of General Public, the Beat Dies at 56

Ranking Roger of General Public, the Beat Dies at 56
Ranking Rogers, lead singer of the Beat (aka the English Beat in North America) and a founding member of General Public, died at home in England Tuesday, March 26. Roger, second from right in black hat (Image via Arista) His death was confirmed by a post on the Beat's Facebook page, which read: “'He fought…
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‘Day of the Dead’ Actor Dies @ 70

‘Day of the Dead’ Actor Dies @ 70
Joseph Pilato has died at 70. Joseph Pilato: March 16, 1949-March 24, 2019 (Image via UPI) Best-remembered for his scene-stealing performance in Day of the Dead (1985) as Captain Rhodes, the actor reportedly died in his sleep Sunday evening, March 25. No cause is yet known. Pilato was born March 16, 1949, in Boston, where…
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