A Valentine tribute to lifelong couple, actors and activists Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.
Academy Award Nominees
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Emmanuelle Riva, the acclaimed French actress, who was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in 2013, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, of cancer. She was 89.
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Mary Tyler Moore, the vivacious actress known best for roles on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. She was 80.
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Michael Herr, whose reports from the front lines of the Vietnam War for a magazine were turned into his acclaimed nonfiction novel “Dispatches,” died June 23, 2016, according to multiple …
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Douglas Slocombe, the cinematographer for “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” has died. He was 103.
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Robert Loggia, the gravelly voiced character actor from “Scarface,” “The Sopranos,” and “Big,” has died of Alzheimer’s disease, according to The Associated Press. He was 85.
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Three decades after her mysterious death, Hollywood leading lady Natalie Wood is very much in the news…
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When Halle Berry became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for best actress, for 2001’s Monster’s Ball, she dedicated her win to Dorothy Dandridge in her acceptance speech, …
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Melissa Mathison, who was Oscar-nominated for original screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” and also wrote “The Black Stallion,” died Wednesday in Los Angeles after an illness, her …
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River Phoenix’s life was nothing short of fascinating. Here are 20 facts about the acclaimed actor who died at the peak of his career.