Jean-Jacques Perrey, a French pioneer of electronic music, died Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, of lung cancer in Lausanne, Switzerland, according to multiple news sources. He was 87. Perrey’s “Baroque Hoedown” …
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John Orsino, a former Major League Baseball catcher, died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, following a long illness, according to The Associated Press. He was 78. …
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Pop and jazz singer popular in the 1950s.
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James Galanos, fashion designer for Nancy Reagan, has died at the age of 92.
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Actor Don Marshall’s TV credits include “Land of the Giants” and an episode of the original “Star Trek” series.
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Songwriter Claude “Curly” Putman, who penned classic country songs including “The Green, Green Grass of Home” and “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. He was 85. …
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Tammy Grimes, Actress who won a Tony award for “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” has died at the age of 82.
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Norman Brokaw, an influential Hollywood talent agent, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California, after a long illness, according to multiple news sources. He was 89.
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Actor known for playing Gustav Fiers aka The Gentleman in the movie “The Amazing Spider-Man.”
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Howard Davies, an acclaimed British theatre director, died Oct. 25 after fighting cancer, according to his family. He was 71.