November 29, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: A sweet send-off (Image via Instagram) INSTAGRAM: Kristin Davis, 58, is paying tribute to her late co-star Frances Sternhagen, who just died this week at 93. TWITTER: Brenda Lee is in contention for #1 song on the Hot 100 next week. It would be her…
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Marty Krofft, Co-Creator of ‘Land of the Lost,’ ‘H.R. Pufnstuf,’ Dies @ 86
November 25, 2023 Marty Krofft, one half of the Krofft brand of brothers who brought us a slew of iconic '70s kids' shows, died Saturday, November 25, 2023, of kidney failure in L.A. Me, with Sid (L) and Marty Krofft in 2011. (Image courtesy of Matthew Rettenmund) He was 86, and is survived by older…
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Peter White of ‘All My Children’ & ‘The Boys in the Band’ Dies @ 86
November 3, 2023 White (center) with Laurence Luckinbill (L) and Frederick Combs in The Boys in the Band (Image via Cinema Center Films) Peter White was sharing the stage with legend Myrna Loy in the late '60s when he was offered the opportunity to create the role of Alan in the daring play The Boys…
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Matthew Perry, ‘Friends’ TV Icon, Dies @ 54
October 28, 2023 Matthew Perry, the Friends star with the killer timing who could not have been funnier, was found dead on Saturday in his jacuzzi after a 911 call suggested a cardiac event. Perry was a king of timing on Friends. (Image via NBC) TMZ reports he may have drowned, but no official cause…
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Richard Moll, ‘Night Court’s’ Bull, Dies @ 80
October 27, 2023 Richard Moll, the stone-faced 6'8" actor whose tender-hearted performance as bailiff Bull Shannon charmed Night Court viewers across all nine seasons of the "Must See TV" series, died October 26, 2023, at his Big Bear Lake, California, home. 'Night, Bull (Images via NBC) ExtraTV.com confirmed his passing. Moll was born January 13,…
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‘Shaft’ Legend Richard Roundtree Dies of Pancreatic Cancer @ 81
October 24, 2023 Richard Roundtree, the sexy, charismatic star of Shaft, died October 24 at 81. ExtraTV confirmed he died after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Legend (Image via MGM) Roundtree was born July 9, 1942, in New Rochelle, New York. By 1963, he was an Ebony Fashion Fair model who was discovered by…
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Stamos Stumbles with Danza Diss, ‘Moonlighting’ Principals Praise Willis, World’s Oldest Dog Dies & More
October 23, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Good Lord! (Image via TV Guide) EXTRATV: John Stamos, 60, is publishing his memoir, and like Britney Spears — he has some scores to settle First up, Stamos recounts in the book catching his then-girlfriend Teri Copley (of We Got It Made fame) in bed…
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Burt Young, ‘Rocky’ Staple, Dies @ 83
Burt Young, the Lee Strasberg-trained actor known for his ability to deliver working-class tough guys with layers, died October 8 at 83, his daughter confirmed. His Paulie was an all-time screen favorite. (Image via UA) Young was instantly recognizable for his Paulie from the Rocky films, all of them from Rocky (1976) to Rocky Balboa…
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Lara Parker, ‘Dark Shadows’ Star, Dies at 84
Lara Parker, whose performance as Angelique on the cult-hit Gothic soap Dark Shadows endeared her to generations of fans of the series, died October 12 at 84. Suicide blonde (Image via video still) Her death was confirmed by longtime friend and co-star Kathryn Leigh Scott, who wrote on Facebook, "We met as 'Josette' and 'Angelique'…
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RIP Suzanne Somers — Why the ‘Three’s Company’ Star & Fitness Guru Was My Queen of Camp
October 15, 2023 Suzanne Somers had survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 20 years, and in July confirmed she was battling a recurrence of the disease. Still, it comes as a shock to many — People Magazine posted an exclusive about her birthday plans this morning — to learn that she died…
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