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‘Avengers,’ Bond Star Diana Rigg Dies @ 82

‘Avengers,’ Bond Star Diana Rigg Dies @ 82
Diana Rigg, iconic since her Avengers role in the '60s, has died at 82, The Guardian reports. The fashion of it all! (GIF via GIPHY) Rigg's death was announced via statement by her agent, which read: "It is with tremendous sadness that we announce that Dame Diana Rigg died peacefully early this morning. She was…
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‘Kojak,’ ‘Knots Landing’ Star Kevin Dobson Dies @ 77

‘Kojak,’ ‘Knots Landing’ Star Kevin Dobson Dies @ 77
Kevin Dobson, the burly star of Kojak and Knots Landing, died Sunday, September 6, after suffering a heart attack. He was 77. Dobson's death was announced on Facebook by the United Veterans Council of San Joaquin County. He was a longtime veterans' rights advocate, and a veteran of the U.S. Army himself. Dobson's veteran supporters…
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‘Revenge of the Creature’ Starlet Lori Nelson Dies @ 87

‘Revenge of the Creature’ Starlet Lori Nelson Dies @ 87
Lori Nelson, whose big-screen claim to fame was as the damsel in distress in the horror flick Revenge of the Creature, died August 23 at 87. She got carried away with her career. (Image via Universal-International) THR reports that Nelson, who had long suffered from Alzheimer's disease, died at home in L.A. Leggy Nelson at the peak…
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Quiet Riot Drummer Frankie Banali Dies of Cancer @ 68

Quiet Riot Drummer Frankie Banali Dies of Cancer @ 68
Frankie Banali, the outrageous drummer for '80s rock outfit Quiet Riot, died Thursday following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 68. Top of the pops (Image via Pasha) Banali had been diagnosed with the disease in April of last year, with a GoFundMe page tracking his progress. According to his grieving family, Banali: “...…
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‘Cocoon’ Actor Wilford Brimley Dies @ 85

‘Cocoon’ Actor Wilford Brimley Dies @ 85
Wilford Brimley, the curmudgeonly character actor most famous for Cocoon (1985) and as the no-nonsense face of Quaker Oats and Liberty medical, died Saturday in St. George, Utah. In Absence of Malice and (inset) The Natural (Images via Columbia & TriStar) He was 85. TMZ confirmed that Brimley, who had lived with diabetes (in TV…
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Olivia de Havilland, Golden Age Icon, Dies at 104

Olivia de Havilland, Golden Age Icon, Dies at 104
Less than a month after her 104th birthday, Old Hollywood icon Olivia de Havilland has died in Paris of natural causes. De Havilland won two Oscars in her long career. (GIF via GIPHY) Her publicist Lisa Goldberg confirmed de Havilland's death to The Hollywood Reporter. At the time of her death, she had been the oldest…
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He-Man Actor John Saxon Dies @ 83

He-Man Actor John Saxon Dies @ 83
Tough-guy actor John Saxon, whose career stretched from bit parts in the 1954 classics It Could Happen to You and A Star Is Born to 2015's The Extra, died Saturday of pneumonia at 83. ExtraTV confirmed his death. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDFnMkxhwW4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Saxon was born August 5, 1936 (some sources cite 1935), in Brooklyn. He was discovered at…
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Regis Philbin Dies @ 88

Regis Philbin Dies @ 88
Nine years after leaving his iconic morning show Live! for good, Regis Philbin — who set a record for most hours on television with over 16,000 — died Friday of natural causes at 88. In an exclusive statement to People magazine, the Philbin family said: "His family and friends are forever grateful for the time…
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