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Bubbly Comic Actress Arlene Golonka Dies @ 85

Bubbly Comic Actress Arlene Golonka Dies @ 85
According to close friends, longtime stage, film, and TV actress Arlene Golonka, best remembered for her time on two series set in the idyllic, fictional town of Mayberry, died Monday. She was 85. With Clint Eastwood on the Hang 'em High set (Image via UA) Born January 23, 1936, in Chicago, the bubbly blonde with impeccable…
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Billie Hayes, Witchiepoo on ‘H.R. Pufnstuf,’ Dies @ 96

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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‘Sound of Music’ & Stage Legend Christopher Plummer Dies @ 91

‘Sound of Music’ & Stage Legend Christopher Plummer Dies @ 91
Via ExtraTV: Christopher Plummer, the stage legend best known for his performance in the all-time movie classic The Sound of Music, died Friday at the age of 91. A timeless image (GIF via GIPHY) Deadline reports the beloved actor died at his Weston, Connecticut, home. He was with his wife of 53 years, Elaine Taylor, who later confirmed he…
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Icon Cicely Tyson Dies @ 96

Icon Cicely Tyson Dies @ 96
The legendary Cicely Tyson has died at 96. Goodbye, dear woman. (Image via CBS) Tyson died Thursday, as reported by ExtraTV and confirmed by her longtime manager Larry Thompson in a statement from her family that read: "With a heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon. At this time, please…
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Cloris Leachman, Oscar & Emmy Legend, Dies @ 94

Cloris Leachman, Oscar & Emmy Legend, Dies @ 94
Cloris Leachman, the Oscar winner best known for her TV work on Mary Tyler Moore — and who racked up a record-setting nine Emmy wins — has died at 94, ExtraTV reports. Her career lasted over 70 years. (Image via Playbill) Leachman died of natural causes at home in Encinitas, California. Her daughter Dinah was with…
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‘Police Academy’s’ Marion Ramsey Dies @ 73

‘Police Academy’s’ Marion Ramsey Dies @ 73
Actress and singer Marion Ramsey of the Police Academy movies died Thursday at her home in L.A. She was 73. Our Miss Hooks (Image via Warner Bros.) Deadline reports she had recently been ill, but that no cause of death has been determined. Born May 10, 1947, in Philadelphia, Ramsey got her start on Broadway,…
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Broadway’s Best Remembered, RIP Phyllis McGuire & More

Broadway’s Best Remembered, RIP Phyllis McGuire & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: The theater community was ravaged this year. (Image via video still) YOUTUBE: Raul Esparza directs a solemn reminiscence of the Broadway luminaries we lost in 2020, including Diahann Carroll (who is pictured above in a shot by Carl Van Vechten). Truly an improvement on most of these things.…
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