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Cole played Pete Cochran in 123 episodes of The Mod Squad, 1968-73, and Harlan Barrett in 68 episodes of General Hospital, 1991. (The character was killed off.) Cole also appeared in 12 movies and TV movies including Chuka, Nickel Mountain, The Bubble, The Apostate and The Return Of The Mod Squad.
Michael Cole, actor on The Mod Squad, dies at 84
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George Kresge Jr. loved Lee Falk's Mandrake The Magician comic strip which debuted in 1934. It inspired him to become a mentalist. Kreskin worked for several years as a clinical pyschologist while developing his act and his supposed ability to make "predictions." He hosted a syndicated TV series from 1972 to 1977 and authored 15 books and booklets on ESP and "mind power."
The Amazing Kreskin, mentalist and popular TV late show guest, dies at 89
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-89-rcna183757
Jacobson played Erin Jones in 22 episodes of Falcon Crest, 1985-87, and appeared in 30 movies and TV movies including Visage, Last Look, Excess Flesh, Forbidden Love, Baby Sister, Breaking The Silence, The Jigsaw Murders and Cats Dancing On Jupiter.
Jill Jacobson, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Falcon Crest actress, dies at 70
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/j...ss-1236250038/
Brewer & Shipley are best known for One Toke Over The Line, which reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1971. Among their other hits are Tarkio Road, Witchi-Tai-To, Yankee Lady and Shake Off The Demon.
Michael Brewer of Brewer & Shipley dead at 80
https://americansongwriter.com/micha...ey-dead-at-80/
Guitarist Nile Rodgers, bassist Bernard Edwards, drummer Tony Thompson and vocalists Luci Martin and Norma Jean Wright formed Chic in 1977 in New York City. After one hit, Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah), Wright left the group and was replaced by Alfa Anderson, who sang lead on Le Freak, Good Times, My Forbidden Lover and I Want Your Love. The original group broke up in 1983. Rodgers formed a new Chic group in 1996.
Alfa Anderson, Chic vocalist and disco icon, dies at 77
https://soultracks.com/alfa-anderson...ies-at-age-77/
Delano played Rhonda Vasek in six episodes of L.A. Law (1987), Officer Barbara Semanski in 12 episodes of Northern Exposure (1991-95) and Bobbi Glass in 36 episodes of Popular (1999-2001) and appeared in 30 movies and TV movies including Ratboy, Miracle Mile, Me Time, Silk Hope, Sleepwalkers, A Mighty Wind, The Wicker Man, The Ladykillers and Addams Family Reunion.
Northern Exposure star Diane Delano dies at 67
https://people.com/northern-exposure...-at-67-8762465
DeSanto, born Umpeylia Balinton in Brooklyn, toured with the Johnny Otis Revue in 1955 and the James Brown Revue in 1959-60. She had a #4 R&B hit in October 1960 with I Want To Know. Among her other hits are Slip-In Mules, Soulful Dress, Use What You Got and In The Basement, a duet with Etta James. In May 2024, DeSanto was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Sugar Pie DeSanto, larger-than-life R&B performer, dies at 89
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13969767/s...nto-dead-at-89
Cummings co-founded Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show in 1968 in Union City, New Jersey..The name was shortened to Dr. Hook in 1975. The band had six top-ten hits: Sylvia's Mother, The Cover Of Rolling Stone, Only Sixteen, Sharing The Night Together, When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman and Sexy Eyes.
George Cummings, Dr. Hook co-founder and guitarist, dies at 86
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries...ry?id=57047919
Evans appeared in 67 movies and TV movies including Mom, Metro, Never Die Alone, Adventures In Babysitting, School Daze, Ruthless People, Interstate 60, Tales From The Hood, The Great White Hype, The Mighty Quinn, The Watermelon Heist and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again.
Art Evans, A Soldier's Story and Die Hard 2 actor, dies at 82
https://www.usatoday.com/story/enter...d/77157303007/
Perry produced albums for Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Carly Simon, Art Garfunkel, Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart, Neil Diamond, Randy Travis, Donna Summer, Andy Williams, the Manhattan Transfer, the Pointer Sisters and many others. Perry played a record producer – what clever casting! – in the 1978 movie American Hot Wax, which was based on the life of disc jockey Alan Freed.
Richard Perry, record producer behind You're So Vain and other hits, dies at 82
https://apnews.com/article/richard-p...f2038e67b17d27
During his career, Gumbel worked as a sports anchor at WMAQ-Channel 5 in Chicago and WFAN radio in New York, anchored ESPN's SportsCenter, called games of MLB, the NBA, the NFL and NCAA and was a television anchor for the 1992 Winter Olympics in France, the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Longtime CBS Sports anchor Greg Gumbel dies at 78
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/artic...3-844daa850bbc
Hussey portrayed Mary in the 1977 TV mini-series Jesus Of Nazareth and appeared in 37 movies and TV movies including Black Christmas, Lost Horizon, Distortions, Ice Cream Man, Death On The Nile, Three Priests, The Cat & The Canary and The Corsican Brothers.
Olivia Hussey, star of Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet, dies at 73
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...et-1236094870/
Maurice Williams and four friends formed the Royal Charms in 1953. They changed their name to the Gladiolas in 1957, the Excellos in 1958 and the Zodiacs in 1959 and had a number-one pop hit and #3 R&B hit in November 1960 with Stay. A remake by the Four Seasons was a hit in 1964 and a remake by Jackson Browne, David Lindley and Rosemary Butler was a hit in 1978.
Maurice Williams, R&B singer and composer of Stay, dead at 86
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...-zodiacs-dead/
Lavin appeared in many Broadway plays and musicals including A Family Affair, The Riot Act, The Diary Of Anne Frank, Something Different, Last Of The Red Hot Lovers and Broadway Bound. She starred in the 1976-85 CBS sitcom Alice as Alice Hyatt, an aspiring singer who works as a waitress at a roadside diner in Phoenix, She starred as Edie Kurland on ABC's Room For Two, 1992-93. Lavin appeared in 31 movies and TV movies including Maricela, Wanderlust, How To Be A Latin Lover, The Morning After and The Muppets Take Manhattan.
Linda Lavin, Alice star & Tony-winning Broadway actor, dies at 87
https://deadline.com/2024/12/linda-l...er-1236243483/
MacInnes appeared in 45 movies and TV movies including Outland, Enigma, Hellboy, Witness, Gross Anatomy, Formula 51, Superman II, Judge Dredd, Eyes Wide Shut, Strange Brew, The Jacket, The Black Dahlia, John & Yoko: A Love Story and two Star Wars films.
Star Wars actor Angus MacInnes dead at 77
https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/entert...or-dead-at-77/
Russell (real name: John Russell Countryman) appeared in 14 movies between 1937 and 1945 including Sabotage, Jesse James, Prison Break, Always Goodbye (with Barbara Stanwyck), Five Of A Kind (with the Dionne Quintuplets) and Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.
Johnny Russell, Shirley Temple’s co-star in The Blue Bird, dies at 91
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...an-1236095706/
Capodice played Carmine Cerullo on General Hospital, 1994-95, and appeared in 77 movies and TV movies including Speed, Detention, Carolina, Cooperstown, Last Call, Q&A, Independence Day, Jacob's Ladder, Wall Street, Chain Of Command, Price Of Glory, Kiss Of A Stranger, Enemy Of The State and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
John Capodice, General Hospital alum, dies at 83
https://soapoperanews.net/2025/01/01...l-alum-was-83/
Alan, Jay, Wayne and Merrill Osmond formed the Osmond Brothers barbershop quartet in 1958. After five-year-old Donny joined the group in 1963, they shortened their name to the Osmonds. Four-year-old Jimmy joined in 1967. The Osmonds' One Bad Apple was a number-one hit in February 1971. Among their other hits are Yo-Yo, Down By The Lazy River, Hold Her Tight, Crazy Horses, Double Lovin' and Love Me For A Reason..
Wayne Osmond, singer and guitarist with the Osmonds, dies at 73
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/a...mond-dead.html
Thomas & Friends, also known as Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, was adapted from a series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher and aired from 1984 to 2021 in the UK and from 1989 to 2019 in the United States.
Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends series creator Britt Allcroft dead at 81
https://nypost.com/2025/01/03/entert...ft-dead-at-76/
Gimme Little Sign was a #9 pop hit and #19 R&B hit for Brenton Wood in October 1967. Among his other hits are Baby You Got It, Catch You On The Rebound, I Think You've Got Your Fools Mixed Up and a 1977 disco remake (backed by Jim Gilstrap, Marlene Jeter and Maxine Anderson) of the Fleetwoods' Come Softly To Me.
Brenton Wood, The Oogum Boogum Song soul singer, dies at 83
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/...er-1236265160/