June 23rd, 2008
Versatile actress Dody Goodman, born Delores Goodman, passed away in New Jersey on Sunday, June 22, at the age of 93 (although some reports claim she was 92) following a battle with illness. For the last eight months, she had resided in the Actors Fund Home located in Englewood, New Jersey.
Younger people probably know […]
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May 30th, 2008
Another celebrated comedy entertainer has died this week. On Thursday, multiple Emmy winner Harvey Korman, probably best known for his hilarious work on CBS’ The Carol Burnett Show, passed away at the age of 81 following complications due to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm suffered four months ago.
On Carol Burnett’s self-titled sketch-comedy television series, […]
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May 27th, 2008
Today brings news of yet another death in the entertainment industry. Director, producer, and actor Sydney Pollack passed away of cancer on Monday, Memorial Day, at the age of 73.
Most prominent as a director of such multi-genre films as The Interpreter (2005), The Firm (1993), Out of Africa (1985), Tootsie (1982), Three Days of […]
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May 25th, 2008
Dick Martin, one-half of the duo that brought Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In to television viewers from 1968 to 1973, passed away of respiratory complications in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday. He was 86.
Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, which Martin co-hosted with fellow nightclub comedian Dan Rowan, got its start as an NBC special that aired […]
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April 10th, 2008
On Tuesday, April 8, Monk co-star Stanley Kamel passed away due to an apparent heart attack. According to Access Hollywood, the 65-year-old New Jersey native was found in his California home.
Kamel portrayed Dr. Charles Kroger, the psychiatrist of OCD sufferer Adrian Monk, on the hit USA crime dramedy. He entertained fans as that […]
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February 12th, 2008
According to the Associated Press, 60-year-old Married with Children co-creator Ron Leavitt passed away of lung cancer on Sunday, February 10, in Los Angeles.
Married with Children made the central characters’ Bundy family name a pop-culture phenomenon, while elevating stars Ed O’Neill, Katey Sagal, David Faustino, and Christina Applegate to TV superstar status. Applegate, of […]
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