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Jackie Cooper, 88

May 4, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

For a whole generation of moviegoers, Jackie Cooper’s entire film career is contained in only one film role–the definitive Perry White in the definitive Superman (with all apologies to Frank Langella). And while he was [click for more]

Elizabeth Taylor, 79

March 23, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

She might only be remembered by some for all the jokes told about her numerous marriages. For a whole generation, her most memorable film role was as Fred Flintstone’s mother-in-law in 1994’s The Flintstones. But [click for more]

Tony Curtis, 85

September 30, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

Actor Tony Curtis has died of cardiac arrest early Wednesday morning in his Las Vegas home. He was 85. Curtis, born Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx, New York, was a rare mix of mantinee idol [click for more]

SUPERMAN, JAMES BOND Screenwriter Mankiewicz Has Died

August 3, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

Hollywood screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz has died from complications due to pancreatic cancer. He was 68. Mankiewicz, the son of legendary screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, started his career in New York. His book for the 1970 musical [click for more]

Meinhardt Raabe, Munchkinland’s Coroner, Has Died

April 11, 2010 Rich Drees

Meinhardt Raabe, who famously pronounced the Wicked Witch of the East dead after Dorothy’s house fell on her in MGM’s 1939 classic The Wizard Of Oz, has died Friday, April 9th, in Orange Park, FL [click for more]

Actor John Forsythe Has Died At Age 92

April 2, 2010 Rich Drees

John Forsythe, the baritone-voiced actor who made an impression in two hit television series, has passed away yesterday in Santa Ynez, CA. He was 92. As both the disembodied voice of Charlie assigning his sexy [click for more]

Peter Graves Has Died

March 15, 2010 Rich Drees

Peter Graves, the actor perhaps best remembered for his role as team leader Jim Phelps on the 1960s TV series Mission: Impossible and his comedic turn as Captain Oveur in the 1980 comedy Airplane!, has [click for more]

Corey Haim Has Died

March 10, 2010 Rich Drees

Corey Haim, the actor who rocketed to fame during his teen years in the 80s but was never able to sustain those heights into adulthood, has died early this morning at Providence St. Joseph Medical [click for more]

Actress Brittany Murphy, 32, Found Dead

December 20, 2009 Rich Drees

Actress Brittany Murphy has died earlier today in Los Angeles of an apparent cardiac arrest. After being found unconscious in the shower by her mother, she had been rushed to Cedar-Sinani Hospital where she was [click for more]

Comic Actor Henry Gibson Has Died

September 16, 2009 Rich Drees

Comic actor Henry Gibson, whose film career spanned four decades, died Monday, September 13, 2009, at his home in Malibu, California it was announced earlier today. He was 73. After making his breakthrough in the [click for more]