Big Bad John singer Jimmy Dean has died at the ripe old age of 81. While best-known for that deep, rumbling voice of his, Dean also had a hand in giving the Muppets their break. A man of many talents.…
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RIP Pauly Fuemana
Sad, he was just 40 years old. The news report he died ”after a short illness”.
Brittany Murphy dead
News reports say actress/singer Brittany Murphy has died of a cardiac arrest. She was just 32. Her films included 8 Mile and Clueless. ON THE WEB Brittany Murphy dies
RIP James Whitmore
Actor James Whitmore died on Friday. He was 87. He had a long career in Hollywood, with his first movie starring role coming in the 1949 movie Battlefield. The most well-known of his more recent acting exploits would probably be…
RIP John Martyn
British singer-songwriter-guitarist John Martyn — who released more than 20 albums of his own and worked with the likes of Eric Clapton, Dave Gilmour and Phil Collins — died on Thursday. He was 60. ON THE WEB: Times Online obituary…
RIP Dale Wasserman
Man of La Mancha author Dale Wasserman died of congestive heart failure on December 21. He was 94. Wasserman also penned the stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Ever the forward-thinking writer, he gave…
RIP Robert Adler
The man who has made billions of blokes happy and revolutionised the way we watch telly died this week. Robert Adler was one of the two men credited with creating the remote control. Without him we’d still be wearing a…