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After graduating from Yale in 1955 with a BA in drama, Glines spent seven years as a writer for Captain Kangaroo and four years as a writer for Sesame Street -- an inauspicious start to a prolific playwriting career that would net him a Tony award for Torch Song Trilogy.
John Glines, Tony award-winning producer and playwright, dies at 84
https://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...-Away-20180808
Landsberg was not happy working at an advertising agency and quit to become an actor and writer. He appeared in dozens of movies and tv shows, most notably as a regular in Don Rickles' 1976-78 US Navy sitcom, CPO Sharkey.
David Landsberg, CPO Sharkey actor and Cosby writer, dies at 73
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/da...Flks?ocid=AMZN
In addition to his 44 movies, Kline filmed the 1966 pilot episode of The Monkees and 12 episodes of James Franciscus' 1963-65 NBC series Mr. Novak.
Richard Kline, Oscar-nominated cinematographer on Camelot, Body Heat, Soylent Green and King Kong, dies at 91
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-91-1133353
King began performing in nightclubs as a teenager and released 33 albums from 1956 to 1998. She died March 22, 2018 in Palm Springs but her death was not reported until today. In this age of tablets, cellphones, social media and the World Wide Web, how was the news of her death kept secret for five months?
Morgana King, jazz singer who played Marlon Brando's wife in two Godfather films, dies at 87
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituar...814-story.html
Bassist/vocalist Randy Rampage would have had no credibility in the worlds of punk and thrash metal if he had used his real name: Randall Desmond Archibald.
Randy Rampage, former D.O.A. bassist and Annihilator frontman, dead at 58
http://www.metalinsider.net/sad-news...age-dead-at-58
She had 43 top-40 hits. Seventeen of those were top-ten hits. Respect and (with George Michael) I Knew You Were Waiting For Me went to number one. Her death from pancreatic cancer came just three days after she went into hospice care. R-E-S-P-E-C-T.......and R.I.P., Aretha Franklin.
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, dies at 76
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/enter...ead/index.html
The heavy-metal band Huntress formed in 2009 in Highland Park, California, and released three CDs and two EPs. Lead singer Jill Janus, who had a four-octave range, battled schizophrenia and manic depression for more than half her life, a life which has now come to an end.
Huntress lead singer Jill Janus dies by suicide at 43
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/hun...arent-suicide/
From 1959 until 1972 when Motown moved from Detroit to Los Angeles, various combinations of the 15 studio musicians known as the Funk Brothers played, without credit, on every Motown/Tamla/Gordy recording. Their pay: $10 an hour.
Eddie Willis, one of the last Funk Brothers, dies at 82
Detroit Free Press, Aug 20 2018 3:28 PM
Guitarist Eddie Willis, who played on many of the best-known Motown hits from the Detroit era, died this morning at his home in Gore Springs, Mississippi. He was 82 and had been suffering complications from a childhood bout with polio. With the death of Willis, only guitarist Joe Messina remains from the seminal core lineup of the Funk Brothers, the revered Motown house band that largely worked in obscurity. The group's legacy was brought to wider prominence with the 2002 award-winning documentary Standing In The Shadows Of Motown.
https://www.freep.com/story/entertai...rs/1044428002/
Costanzo, who was still performing at age 96, released 18 solo albums and appeared in seven movies, including Elvis Presley's Harum Scarum.
Jack 'Mr. Bongo' Costanzo dead at 98; collaborated with Judy Garland, Billy May, Stan Kenton, Nat 'King' Cole
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...819-story.html
Chin, who died August 14 in Stockton, California, played violin with the Stockton Symphony Orchestra before embarking on a movie career. He appeared in many films in the US and China, including 50 First Dates, The Art Of War, Natural Born Killers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. He also appeared in the videos for Weird Al Yankovic's Fat and Michael Jackson's Black Or White.
Glen Chin, Stockton actor who 'made it,' dies at 70
http://www.recordnet.com/news/201808...-it-dies-at-70
"I wish I could switch places with her for just one day!" Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster starred in Freaky Friday in 1976. A 1995 made-for-television remake starred Shelley Long and Gaby Hoffman. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan starred in a theatrical remake in 2003. On August 10, 2018, a new version starring Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Heidi Blickenstaff premiered on the Disney Channel.
Barbara Harris, actress in Nashville, Family Plot and Freaky Friday, dies at 83
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-83-1034053
Zadan co-produced three Academy Awards telecasts, several live musicals broadcast on NBC and several movies including Footloose, Sing, Chicago, Hairspray, Brian's Song and The Bucket List.
Craig Zadan, prolific stage, TV and film producer, dies at 69
https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/cr...im-1202913206/
Ronnie Van Zant wrote the lyrics of Sweet Home Alabama and Ed King and Gary Rossington composed the music. The "one, two, three" count at the beginning of the recording is King's voice. King also wrote the distinctive guitar intro.
Ed King, guitarist in Strawberry Alarm Clock and Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies at 68
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/le...ses-away-at-68
Lazy Lester -- no, that wasn't his real name -- released 22 albums and 16 singles. His best-known songs are Sugar Coated Love, They Call Me Lazy, You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby, I Hear You Knockin' and I'm A Lover Not A Fighter. He was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall Of Fame in 1998 and the Memphis Blues Hall Of Fame in 2012.
Blues singer/songwriter/multi-insrumentalist Lazy Lester dead at 85
https://www.americanbluesscene.com/b...er-dead-at-85/
No more "champagne wishes and caviar dreams." Robin Leach hosted Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous from 1984 to 1995. He and Matt Lauer co-hosted a spinoff, Fame Fortune & Romance, in 1986-87. Leach had never fully recovered from a massive stroke he suffered nine months ago while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas. He had another stroke four days ago.
Robin Leach, host of Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous, dead at 76
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robin-l...us-dead-at-76/
In a seven-decade career as an actress, dancer and choreographer, Nelson staged elaborate dance numbers for dozens of movies and tv shows -- and in several films that featured tap dancing, it was the dubbed-in sound of Nelson's tap-dancing that audiences heard.
Hollywood choreographer Miriam Nelson dies at 98
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/m...nd-1202910676/V
Among the Houston hip-hop group's hits in the 1990s: Six Feet Deep, Crooked Officer, The World Is A Ghetto and Mind Playing Tricks On Me
Collins 'DJ Ready Red' Leysath, Geto Boys member and producer, dies at 53
https://www.vibe.com/2018/08/get-boy...-heart-attack/
The metalcore band We Came As Romans, originally known as This Emergency, formed in 2005 in Michigan and has released five albums and two EPs. Pavone joined the group in 2008.
We Came As Romans vocalist Kyle Pavone dead at 28
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...ad-28-57402403
Marvin Neil Simon -- he never used his first name -- worked as a comedy writer on five different tv series in the 1950s. He wrote 33 plays including Sweet Charity, Brighton Beach Memoirs and The Goodbye Girl. He wrote 25 screenplays for movies, the majority of which were adaptations of his plays.
Legendary playwright Neil Simon, known for The Odd Couple and Barefoot In The Park, dies at 91
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituar...826-story.html
Stage/movie/tv actor Fredd Wayne -- he wisely changed his name from Fred Wiener -- died this morning at age 93. He appeared in 13 films and 141 tv shows including several westerns and several episodes of Perry Mason but was best known for portraying Benjamin Franklin in a one-man stage show and on television. On a 1966 episode of Bewitched, Clara conjured up an electrician to fix a broken lamp and Ben Franklin appeared! Here is that episode featuring Fredd Wayne:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ebk4f
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredd_Wayne