Paul Newman, actor who personified cool, dies

WESTPORT, Conn. — Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as “Hud,” “Cool Hand Luke” and “The Color of Money” — followed by a second act as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario — has died. He was 83.

Newman died Friday at his farmhouse near Westport following a long battle with cancer, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends.

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Pink Floyd founding member Richard Wright dies

LONDON: Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.

Pink Floyd’s spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member’s family did not want to give more details about his death.

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Master of Hollywood Voiceovers, Don LaFontaine, Dies at 68

I loved this guy. His voice reminded me of my father’s voice. We’ll miss him. For more on this story, go to:
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Dr. Dre’s son found dead in Los Angeles

Andre Young, Jr., the 20 year old son of Rapper Dr. Dre, was found dead by his mother in their Woodland Hills home Saturday.

An autopsy was performed Monday, but the county coroner, Lt. John Kades indicated Andre’s cause of death possibly wouldn’t be determined for weeks until toxicology tests are done.

“Tarleton Twin” Gone With The Wind Actor, Fred Crane, Dies at 90

Fred Crane, the old-school actor whose distinct Southern drawl got him a role in the 1939 classic film as one of Scarlett O’Hara’s suitors in “Gone With the Wind,” has died. Crane played the part of one of the Tarleton twins.

Crane came by his role by chance when he accompanied his cousin to the movie audition. His accent was such a hit he landed the role of Brent Tarleton, the character that spoke the opening lines to the movie, “What do we care if we were expelled from college, Scarlett? The war is going to start any day now, so we’d have left college anyhow.”

Scarlett, played by the beautiful Vivien Leigh, replied to Brent and his twin brother, played by George Reeves (who later played Superman), “Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk’s spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream.”

His 5th wife, Terry Lynn Crane, said that he died Thursday of complications from diabetes. She did not give any further details. He was 90 years old an is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

BREAKING NEWS: Relatives of Helena Bonham Carter Die in Crash

Four relatives of actress Helena Bonham Carter died in a minibus crash during a safari vacation in South Africa on Wednesday, according to the UK newspaper, Telegraph…

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Heath’s Co-Stars Give Matilda Ledger Their Salaries

Heath may have gone to that great Theater in the Sky, but Chivalry, thank goodness, is not dead…
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio has died

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EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cleveland Clinic official says Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio has died.

Eileen Sheil, a clinic spokeswoman, states Tubbs Jones died at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm that burst and left her with limited brain function…

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CHINA NEWS: Hua Guofeng, Mao Zedong’s successor as Chinese Communist Party chairman, has died

Hua Guofeng, Mao Zedong’s successor as Chinese Communist Party chairman, has died. He was 87.
Guofeng died at 12:50 pm in Beijing of an as yet unspecified illness.

His death marked the passing of one of the last of an old guard of Communist leaders who had lived through the Mao era… read the rest of the post HERE: MAO’S SUCCESSOR DIES AT 87.

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Dave Matthews Founding Band Member Dies at 46

Dave Matthews Band saxophone player LeRoi Moore, one of the group’s founding members and a key part of its eclectic jazz-infused sound, died Tuesday from injuries he sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident in June. He was 46.

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