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‘Last Picture Show’ Director Peter Bogdanovich Dies @ 82

‘Last Picture Show’ Director Peter Bogdanovich Dies @ 82
Peter Bogdanovich, the director who scored three classics in a row with the '70s hits The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc? and Paper Moon, died shortly after midnight on Thursday, January 6, of natural causes. He was 82. The director in 2013 (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) His daughter Antonia confirmed his passing, saying he…
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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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Gregory Sierra of ‘Sanford and Son,’ ‘Barney Miller’ Dies @ 83

Gregory Sierra of ‘Sanford and Son,’ ‘Barney Miller’ Dies @ 83
Gregory Sierra, known to all classic TV fans for his groundbreaking roles on Sanford and Son and Barney Miller, died January 4 in Laguna Woods, California. Sierra, 83, had battled cancer. His death was reported by ExtraTV. Born on January 25, 1937, in New York City, he had a hardscrabble existence after being abandoned by…
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What’s Up, Child Actor Dies, Roe v Roe & More — Past & Curious

What’s Up, Child Actor Dies, Roe v Roe & More — Past & Curious
Links to the past, with relevance today: Just what the Doc ordered (GIF via GIPHY) NYT: A revisitation of the screwball pastiche What's Up, Doc? (1972). Are you a fan? (I never was! I'm sorry!) PEOPLE: Little Richard, who died this month at 87, was buried after a short service in Alabama. KENNETH IN THE…
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