Will Dunham
By Will Dunham
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Fast Forward Martin Landau, Star Of ‘Mission Impossible’ And ‘Ed Wood,’ Dies At 89
Martin Landau, a star of the 1960s television series “Mission: Impossible” who made a late-career comeback with an Academy Award-winning performance in the 1994 film “Ed Wood,” died on Saturday at age 89, his publicist said on Sunday. Landau died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles from unexpected complications during a short hospitalization for…
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Fast Forward Professor Irwin Corey, Comic Who Grew Up in Jewish Orphanage, Dies at 102
Madcap comedian Professor Irwin Corey, who billed himself as “the world’s foremost authority” and entertained audiences in comedy clubs and on TV and stage with rambling and nonsensical commentary, has died at age 102, his family said on Tuesday. Corey died at his Manhattan townhouse on Monday, the comedian’s daughter-in-law Lien Corey said by phone….
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Culture Debbie Reynolds Dies at 84 — Just Day After Daughter Carrie Fisher
Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds, who sang and danced her way into the hearts of millions of moviegoers around the world in musicals like “Singin’ in the Rain,” died on Wednesday at age 84, her son said. Reynolds, one of the most enduring and endearing Hollywood actresses, died hours after being rushed to the hospital in…
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Fast Forward Arthur Hiller, ‘Love Story’ Director, Dies at 92
Film director Arthur Hiller, whose sentimental “Love Story” starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal stands as one of the most popular romantic movies ever made and the biggest hit of 1970, died on Wednesday at the age of 92, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said. Hiller, whose work also included successful collaborations…
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Fast Forward Leonard Nimoy, Played Logical Mr. Spock on Star Trek, Dies at 83
(Reuters) — Leonard Nimoy, who won fame and fans with his portrayal of logic-bound, half-alien Mr. Spock in the “Star Trek” TV series and movies, died on Friday. He was 83. Nimoy, who had battled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), died in the morning at his home in Los Angeles’ Bel Air section, his agent,…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Admits ‘Not 100% Sober’ for State of Union Nap
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says there was a good reason she nodded off while attending President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address last month: “I wasn’t 100 percent sober.” Ginsburg, 81, could be seen falling asleep in her seat during Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress in the House of…
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