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Orson Bean, born Dallas Frederick Burrows, starred in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter on Broadway, was a longtime panelist on To Tell The Truth, co-starred on Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, Fernwood 2Nite and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and appeared on The Tonight Show more than 200 times. His wife, Alley Mills, co-starred on The Wonder Years and The Bold & the Beautiful.
Orson Bean, actor and guest on TV game shows, dies at 91
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/08/us/ac...-91/index.html
Conrad appeared in several movies including Young Dillinger, The Lady In Red and Jingle All The Way and starred in the tv series Hawaiian Eye, The Wild Wild West, The D.A. and Baa Baa Black Sheep. He also released several records for Warner Bros. in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His vocal coach was Dick Marx, the father of singer Richard Marx.
Robert Conrad, star of television series The Wild Wild West, dies at 84
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebri...-84/ar-BBZNgR0
Among Kelly's Broadway credits: Something More, The Dozens and Sophisticated Ladies. She appeared in 15 movies including Sweet Charity, Soylent Green and The Andromeda Strain. On television, she appeared in episodes of Amen, Kojak, Cannon, Good Times, Night Court (12 episodes), Santa Barbara (24 episodes), Sanford & Son, The Golden Girls and other series.
Broadway and film actress Paula Kelly dies at 76
https://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...at-76-20200209
Coleman played Eric Brown in Nanny McPhee (2005) and appeared in It's Alive, Edward's Turmoil and The Fourth Kind (all 2009). At the 2010 British Independent Film Festival, he won an award for Best Young Actor. He was also a conservationist and climate activist and held a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of Manchester.
Raphaël Coleman, child star of Nanny McPhee, dies at 25
https://variety.com/2020/film/obitua...ee-1203500360/
Mays was a member of Woody Herman's band prior to teaming with guitarist Pat Metheny, bassist/trumpeter Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb in 1977 to form the Pat Metheny Group. The group has gone through many lineup changes but Mays was a member from 1977 until his death. The Pat Metheny Group has released 11 studio albums and two live albums and won 11 Grammy awards. They also recorded the soundtrack to the 1985 spy film The Falcon & The Snowman, which included David Bowie's This Is Not America. Mays also released several solo albums and played on albums by Joni Mitchell, Bobby McFerrin, Rickie Lee Jones, Earth Wind & Fire and other artists.
Noted jazz keyboardist Lyle Mays dies at 66
https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/Not...567758491.html
Shabalala founded the South African male choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo in 1960 and served as the group's musical director. (Ladysmith was his home town; "mambazo" is the Zulu word for "axe.") They've released 65 albums and ten compilation CDs and they've won five Grammy awards. They backed up Paul Simon on his 1986 CD Graceland and have also recorded with Des'ree, David Guetta and B*Witched.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala dies at 78
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/new...a-15046517.php
Willie Nelson had a #62 country hit in 1971 with Me & Paul. In 1985, he reached #14 with a new version of the song. "Paul" was Paul English, Willie's drummer and gun-toting bodyguard. He also appeared in Willie's 1986 Western movie Red Headed Stranger.
Paul English, Willie Nelson's longtime drummer, dies at 87
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...d-obit-951669/
Harris worked as a session drummer in Memphis in the 1950s and early '60s. He appeared in several episodes of Hee Haw, in the movies Final Chapter: Walking Tall and W.W. & The Dixie Dancekings and the made-for-tv movie The Last Days Of Frank & Jesse James.
Legendary rodeo clown Lecile Harris dies at 83
https://www.meridianstar.com/news/lo...daa640425.html
Cohen played Miranda's housekeeper Magda in 13 episodes of HBO's Sex & The City and in two Sex & The City movies. She also had recurring roles in Damages, Nurse Jackie and Law & Order and appeared in dozens of other tv shows and movies including NYPD Blue, Invincible, Munich (as Golda Meir), The Station Agent and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Lynn Cohen, Sex & The City actress and veteran Broadway performer, dies at 86
https://www.thewrap.com/lynn-cohen-s...er-dies-at-86/
After Waligwa was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016, Queen Of Katwe director Mira Nair raised funds to pay for surgery and radiotherapy. Waligwa recovered in 2017 but the tumor returned last December and ultimately took her life. Only 15. How sad.
Nikita Pearl Waligwa, actor in Disney's biographical drama Queen Of Katwe, dies at 15
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/n...es-1203505360/
Davis voiced Mikey Blumberg in 129 episodes of Recess and three direct-to-video Recess movies. He also appeared in Rush Hour and in episodes of Rosanne and 7th Heaven.
Jason Davis, voice actor in Disney Channel's Recess, dies at 35
Davis also played the young version of Chris Farley's character in Beverly Hills Ninja.
https://www.thewrap.com/jason-davis-...ss-dies-at-35/
Nakahara played a lieutenant and nurse in 167 episodes of M*A*S*H. She was given screen credit in only 43 of them because most of her appearances were non-speaking roles. She also appeared in the movies Doctor Doolittle (1998), Clue, Shattered, Black Day Blue Night and 3 Ninjas Kick Back.
M*A*S*H actress Kellye Nakahara dies after battle with cancer
https://www.thewrap.com/mash-actress...e-with-cancer/
Ja'Net DuBois – her birth name was Jeanette – played Willona Woods on 133 episodes of Good Times (1974-79). She also co-wrote and sang Movin' On Up, the theme song of The Jeffersons, and appeared in episodes of ER, Kojak, Sanford & Son, Home Improvement, A Different World, The Facts Of Life, The Wayans Bros. and other series.
Good Times star Ja'Net DuBois dies at 74
https://www.usatoday.com/story/enter...74/4799201002/
Caldwell also voiced the Grand Councilwoman, leader of the United Galactic Federation, in Disney's 2002 animated film Lilo & Stitch.
Zoe Caldwell, winner of four Tony awards, dies at 86
Her signature performances included the title role in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie and Maria Callas in Master Class.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/a...well-dead.html
Pop Smoke, born Bashar Barakah Jackson, was shot and killed early this morning during a home invasion robbery. Among his best-known songs are Welcome To The Party, Dior, Flexin' and Shake The Room.
Pop Smoke, rising rap star, killed in Hollywood Hills home by masked gunmen
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...men-police-say
Dixie Crush formed in 2015 in Chicago. They play at clubs, casinos and music festivals throughout the Midwest, performing cover versions of current country hits by Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Thomas Rhett, Kenny Chesney, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Florida Georgia Line and other artists.
Dixie Crush singer Lindsey Lagestee dies at 25
https://www.billboard.com/articles/n...-lagestee-dead
Peggy-Jean Montgomery, billed as Baby Peggy, was only 19 months old when she appeared in the silent comedy short Her Circus Man. After being signed to a contract by Century Film Corporation, she made more than 100 shorts, 1921-24. In August 1923, a new contract guaranteed her an annual salary of $1,500,000! Montgomery also appeared in 22 feature films for Universal, 1921-38. Jack Montgomery, her father, was a stuntman and a double for Tom Mix.
Baby Peggy, child star of silent films, dies at 101
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-101-831926
Here is Baby Peggy's fourth film, Playmates, released May 18, 1921. Brownie the Wonder Dog gives her a bath. The title cards are in Spanish.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pRnbe2y38lU
Guitarist and songwriter David Roback co-founded alt-rock band Mazzy Star (originally known as Opal) in 1983. They've released four albums, two EPs and 12 singles. Their biggest hit was Fade Into You, which reached #3 on the modern rock chart and #44 on the Hot 100 in 1994. Among their other hits are Halah, Blue Flower and Into Dust.
Mazzy Star co-founder David Roback dies at 61
https://www.billboard.com/articles/n...id-roback-dead
Cooper appeared in 31 movies including Red Tomahawk, Arizona Raiders, Gunfight At Comanche Creek and Support Your Local Gunfighter. He also appeared in 53 television series including several episodes of Mannix, Laramie, Gunsmoke, Combat, Perry Mason and The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo.
Ben Cooper, Western star of Johnny Guitar and Bonanza, dies at 86
https://www.thewrap.com/ben-cooper-w...za-dies-at-86/
Loreley "Lee" Phillip hosted a daily talk-and-interview program on WBBM-Channel 2 in Chicago from 1953 to 1986. She and Paul Gibson co-hosted afternoons on AM 780 WBBM in 1958-59. She and her husband, William Bell, created two daytime dramas for CBS, The Young & The Restless in 1973 and The Bold & The Beautiful in 1987.
The Young & The Restless and The Bold & The Beautiful co-creator Lee Phillip Bell dies at 91
https://ew.com/tv/2020/02/26/lee-phi...ul-co-creator/