Popular singer during the big band era…
Died August 19
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Janusz Glowacki, the renowned Polish-born U.S. playwright and screenwriter whose “Antigone in New York” won a 1998 critics award, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He …
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Brian Aldiss, the acclaimed English science fiction writer, died Aug. 19, 2017, in Oxford, England. His family shared the news via the writer’s Twitter account. “It is with great sadness …
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Legendary comedian advocated for civil rights…
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Jack Riley, a veteran comic actor who appeared on “The Bob Newhart Show,” died Aug. 19, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He was 80. Riley’s wife, Ginger Lawrence, told …
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He was covering the Syrian civil war for The Global Post.
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His other movies included “Days of Thunder” and “Beverly Hills Cop II.”
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From vaudeville to Hollywood to television, for nearly 70 years Groucho Marx was one of the all-time great kings of comedy.
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The Call frontman Michael Been died of a heart attack backstage at a music festival. He may not have wanted it any other way…
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He produced the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960.
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