He was 81
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RIP Sid Caesar, Your Comic of Comics
TV comedy’s man of a thousand voices set the stage for a half-century and more of laughter.
‘There Will Never Be Another Shirley Temple’
My husband always had a crush on Shirley, but he ended up with me instead, says fellow child star Margaret O’Brien
Shirley Temple’s Life in Pictures
The iconic actress, who became one of the first young stars in Hollywood and later became a political activist and ambassador, has died at 85
Aaron Sorkin: Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Saved 10 Lives
The creator of ‘The West Wing’ and the renowned actor shared a struggle with drug addiction. Sorkin remembers a performer who dominated the real estate upon which his characters walked
Pete Seeger Through the Years
The legendary American folk singer died on Monday at 94
Albuquerque Paper Runs Obituary For Walter White
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Richard Dawson, 1932–2012
Richard Dawson, actor, game show host and professional charmer, died Saturday at age 79. Dawson first came to fame on American televisions as good-humored British POW Cpl. Newkirk on Hogan’s Heroes, but he was best-known as a sly, saucy daytime TV conversationalist on Match Game and, most famously, Family Feud.
On Match Game, that …
Robin Gibb, 1949-2012: Remembering the Bee Gees Co-Founder
The Bee Gees founding member died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.
The Life and Career of Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch, 1964-2012
A look back at the life of influential rapper Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys
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Dick Clark, America’s Party Chaperone, Dies at Age 82
The sentence “Dick Clark died today” seems like a contradiction in terms. If there was someone who was supposed to be forever young, untouched by time, it was him: if not immortal, then at least amortal. He was a contradiction: one of TV’s longest-serving colossi, best known for shows that celebrated eternal youth (American Bandstand) …
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Grand Inquisitor: Mike Wallace Dies at 93
If investigative journalism has a face, that face belongs to Mike Wallace. Wallace, who died April 7 at age 93 after a long illness, did a wide range of jobs in his time, and he was just one of many journalists who practiced an adversarial style of interview in the prime of his career. But even more than reporters like Bob Woodward and …
The Voice: Whitney Houston (1963-2012)
One of the greatest voices in the history of American popular music has been silenced. An appreciation of the talents of Whitney Houston