Theater and film director founded L.A.’s flagship Mark Taper Forum.
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News Obituaries
Edward Albee (1928 – 2016), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf playwright
by Legacy StaffAlbee was one of the most acclaimed and influential American playwrights of the 20th century. He won the Tony Award for best play for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1963) and …
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Brian Rix, a British actor and campaigner for people with learning disabilities, died Aug. 20, 2016, after a long illness, according to The Guardian. He was 92. Rix specialized in …
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Billy Name, a photographer and filmmaker who archived pop artist Andy Warhol’s studio known as the Factory, died July 18, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He was 76. The …
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Actress Ronnie Claire Edwards was best known for playing Corabeth Godsey on “The Waltons.”
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Character actress Angela Paton, known best for her role in “Groundhog Day” with Bill Murray, died Thursday, according to her family. She was 86.
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Beth Howland, a character actress known best for playing the accident-prone waitress Vera Gorman on the TV sitcom “Alice”
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Julia Meade, an actress who worked in film and theater and was well-known as a television commercial pitchwoman, died May 16 at her home in New York, New York, according …
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Rita Gam, a veteran actress known best for her roles in the 1950s, died Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to multiple news sources. She was 88.
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Michael White, the Scottish-born producer of theater and film hits — including “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” and “Oh! Calcutta!” – has died. He …