Caroll Spinney, the 84-year-old voice-actor legend and puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, has announced he is moving on from Sesame Street.
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Dead or Alive: Famously Dead, Surprisingly Alive
This post combines two elements of pop culture nostalgia that regularly come up in terms of celebs of the past — "Oh, my God, I can't believe he/she died!" and, "Oh, my God, I can't believe he/she is still alive!" ...
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Turning Points: More Age Shockers from Movies & TV
Continuing in a series of age-obsessed posts, here, I go out of my way to blow your mind. This was written in 2018!!! ...
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Past & Curious: Cher & Reba Honored, Carole Cook Roasted & More
Stories linked to the past, relevant to today ...
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Bill Daily of ‘I Dream of Jeannie,’ ‘The Bob Newhart Show,’ Dies @ 91
Another ubiquitous TV presence has passed away — Bill Daily, famous as affable Major Healey on I Dream of Jeannie and as nutty Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show, died Tuesday in New Mexico, ExtraTV reports. He was 91.
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Burt Reynolds, Movie Icon & Sex Symbol, Dead @ 82
Burt Reynolds, who for many years was America's #1 box-office draw and who became one of the most potent male sex symbols of all time, has died. He was 82.
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Gloria Jean, Universal Teen Star of the ’40s, Dies @ 92
Gloria Jean, thought to be the oldest-surviving Universal Pictures star of the Golden Age of Hollywood, died August 31, 2018, at 92.
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Lypsinka Slays Wigstock
Lypsinka, a performer who reveres and revives famous folks of the past in her inimitable (and increasingly rare) live performances, lip-synched everyone under the table at Saturday's Wigstock revival in NYC.
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Tiffany Unveils ‘Worlds Away’ Video
Tiffany (b. 1971) is one of those rare singers who actually gets way better as she goes along.
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Charlotte Rae of ‘Facts of Life’ Fame Dies @ 92
Charlotte Rae, the dramatic actress of the stage and TV who became iconic as fluttery-but-firm Mrs. Garrett on Diff'rent Strokes (1978-1979) and The Facts of Life (1979-1986; 2001) has died at age 92, ExtraTV reports.
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