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Jean-Paul Belmondo, Icon of the French New Wave, Dies @ 88

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Icon of the French New Wave, Dies @ 88
Jean-Paul Belmondo, the French film icon closely associated with the New Wave genre of the early '60s, and who went on to become one of his country's most bankable action stars, died Monday, September 6, at his Paris home. An indelible image from Breathless (GIF via GIPHY) He was 88. Belmondo, born April 9, 1933,…
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‘Today’s’ Willard Scott, 1st Ronald McDonald, Dies @ 87

‘Today’s’ Willard Scott, 1st Ronald McDonald, Dies @ 87
Willard Scott did not make it to the front of the Smucker's jar. Famous for announcing the birthdays of centenarians using the sponsor's jelly jars on Today from 1980-2015, Scott died at 87 Saturday. https://youtu.be/PzlTcJGDrEA His death was announced by his friend and successor, Al Roker, on Instagram. Roker wrote: "We lost a beloved member…
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TV Icon Ed Asner Dies @ 91

TV Icon Ed Asner Dies @ 91
Ed Asner, a TV icon for his performances on Mary Tyler Moore and Lou Grant, died Sunday at his home Sunday. He was 91. Didn't we all? (GIF via GIPHY) His family announced his death on Twitter, writing, "We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully. Words cannot express the…
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‘Dynasty’s’ Dex Dexter, Michael Nader, Dies @ 76

‘Dynasty’s’ Dex Dexter, Michael Nader, Dies @ 76
Michael Nader, the dashing actor most famous for playing Dex Dexter on Dynasty, died Monday at his Northern California home of cancer. He was 76. Nader with co-star Joan Collins (Image via ABC) MichaelFairmanTV.com was first to report the sad news. In a statement to the outlet, Nader's wife Jodi Lister said, “With heavy heart, I’m…
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Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones Dies at 80

Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones Dies at 80
Rolling Stones star Charlie Watts (above left, with Ronnie Wood), the sartorially resplendent, reserved drummer for one of rock's most iconic bands, died Tuesday at 80, less than a month after bowing out of the band's No Filter Tour due to an unspecified medical procedure. In a statement, a publicist for the family reported, "It…
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Patricia Hitchcock, ‘Strangers on a Train’ Star, Dies @ 93

Patricia Hitchcock, ‘Strangers on a Train’ Star, Dies @ 93
Patricia Hitchcock, whose performance as a bespectacled Barbara in the film classic Strangers on a Train included participation in an iconic scene, has died at 93. Ms. Hitchcock through the years (Images via headshots) THR reports she died at her Thousand Oaks, California, home on Monday. The daughter of Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)…
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Jane Withers, ’30s Child Star & Josephine the Plumber, Dies @ 95

Jane Withers, ’30s Child Star & Josephine the Plumber, Dies @ 95
Jane Withers, an actress known as a foil for Shirley Temple as a child actress, as a star of the movie classic Giant, and as larger-than-life Josephine the Plumber on a long-running series of TV spots, has died at 95. At the peak of her fame (Image via 20th Century Fox) Withers died Saturday evening,…
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Movie & TV Muscleman William Smith Dies @ 88

Movie & TV Muscleman William Smith Dies @ 88
William Smith had a longer career in movies than George Burns or Olivia de Havilland, but while he was never a household name like they were, he was certainly a household face — and figure. Mr. Smith as he appeared in 2011 (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) Bill in his beefcake days, around 1961 On Kolchak:…
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RIP Herb Tarlek — ‘WKRP’ Actor Frank Bonner Dies @ 79

RIP Herb Tarlek — ‘WKRP’ Actor Frank Bonner Dies @ 79
Frank Bonner, the WKRP in Cincinnati actor who expertly embodied fast-talking, loud-mouthed, loud-jacketed Herb Tarlek, died Wednesday, June 16. Plaid boy, plaid boy ... what ya gonna do?! (Images via CBS) Bonner was 79 and had been ill with Lewy body dementia. Bonner's daughter Desiree Boers-Kort and his WKRP co-star Gary Sandy both confirmed his death, with Boers-Kort…
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