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#41 Post by weirdfilms33 » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:49 pm

Rocky and Bullwinkle creator and animation artist Alexander Anderson Jr has died at the age of 90.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11634895
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#42 Post by JayCherno » Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:57 am

Sad news today that the fine Scottish actor Gerard Kelly has passed away.

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#43 Post by weirdfilms33 » Fri Oct 29, 2010 4:34 pm

James MacArthur, best known to American television audiences as "Danno" in the classic TV series "Hawaii Five-O," died of natural causes today in Florida. He was 72 years old.

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#44 Post by weirdfilms33 » Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:03 pm

Hollywood director George Hickenlooper, who won an Emmy in 1992 for the film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, has died at the age of 47.

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#45 Post by weirdfilms33 » Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:48 am

Jill Clayburgh, the Oscar-nominated actress whose portrayal of suddenly single women in the 1970s helped define feminism in movies and reshape the role of leading lady, died today at her home in Lakeville, Conneticut; she was 66.

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#46 Post by jaybee » Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:24 pm

Dino De Laurentiis, legendary producer of such movies as La Strada, Barbarella, Flash Gordon, Death Wish, Dune and Silence of the Lambs any many others

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#47 Post by destresserai » Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:25 pm

Hammer horror actress Ingrid Pitt dies aged 73


Hammer horror actress Ingrid Pitt, best known for starring in cult classics such as Countess Dracula, has died at the age of 73.

The Polish-born star passed away at a hospital in south London after collapsing a few days ago.

She was regarded by many fans as the queen of Hammer Horror films.

The star's death comes weeks after film-maker Roy Ward Baker, who directed Pitt in The Vampire Lovers, died at the age of 93.


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#48 Post by lisapip » Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:47 pm

and a great lady to meet and talk too.
great actress.
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#49 Post by The Sparrow » Mon Nov 29, 2010 4:03 am

Leslie Nielsen has died aged 84.

Nearly two weeks ago - at the age of 84 - Nielsen was taken into hospital in Florida where he lived, suffering from pneumonia.
His condition had worsened over the last two days and relatives said he passed away peacefully, our correspondent says.


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#50 Post by weirdfilms33 » Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:20 pm

Irvin Kershner has died.

Irvin Kershner - the man who gave us some of the most indelible moments in cinema history with The Empire Strikes Back - has died. He was 87.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=29588

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11862557

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