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Nov 27, 2024
Earl Holliman (1928–2024), Police Woman costar
Earl Holliman was an actor best known for his award-winning work in the 1956 western romance “The Rainmaker,” and starring opposite Angie Dickinson in the TV drama “Police Woman.”
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Jun 11, 2024
Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. (1928–2024), civil rights leader
Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. was a civil rights leader whose focus on non-violent protest proved highly influential to and helped shape the 1960s civil rights movement.
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Mar 22, 2024
Julie Robinson Belafonte (1928–2024), actress and activist
Julie Robinson Belafonte was an actress and activist best known as the longtime wife of .
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Sep 21, 2023
Dick Clark (1928–2023), U.S. senator who opposed apartheid
Richard “Dick” Clark was a former U.S. senator who walked across the state of Iowa to meet residents in-person during his 1972 campaign.
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May 29, 2023
George Maharis (1928–2023), star of TV’s Route 66
George Maharis was an actor best known for his starring role on the 1960s TV series “Route 66.”
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May 22, 2018
Robert Indiana (1928 – 2018), creator of iconic “LOVE” pop art
Robert Indiana, the pop artist best known of his 1960s "LOVE" series, has died at his island home off the coast of Maine, according to the Associated Press. He was 89.
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Jun 10, 2017
Adam West (1928 - 2017), TV's Batman
Adam West, the actor best known for his performance as television’s Batman in the 1960s, died Friday, June 9, 2017, in Los Angeles, after a short battle with leukemia, according to multiple news sources. He was 88.
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Apr 24, 2017
Robert M. Pirsig (1928 - 2017), Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author
Author penned the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."
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Jan 6, 2017
Sam Lovullo (1928 - 2017), Hee Haw co-creator
Sam Lovullo, the TV executive who co-created and produced the long-running comedy-variety series "Hee Haw," died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at his Encino, California, home. He was 88.
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Jul 2, 2016
Elie Wiesel (1928 - 2016), Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night
Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning author who told the story of his Holocaust internment in his autobiographical novel "Night," died July 2, 2016. "When I began to write, it was to tell other survivors to write," he once said. "All we have is words."
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Oct 3, 2012
Remembering Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall was one of those rarest of actors: a child star who went on to a long and successful career as an adult...
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Feb 20, 2012
Bewitched by Dick York
Dick York, who died 20 years ago today, was once poised for a spectacular career. But then disaster struck.
