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Hall was born Thomas Hall in Olive Hill, Kentucky. He worked as a DJ at WMOR in Morehead and added the middle initial when he began a singing career. Hall had 54 country hits, 1967-86, including 21 top-tens and seven number ones. His hits include Homecoming, I Love, I Care, Country Is, Faster Horses, Ravishing Ruby, I Like Beer, Salute To A Switchblade, Ballad Of Forty Dollars, A Week In A Country Jail, That Song Is Driving Me Crazy, The Year That Clayton Delaney Died and Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine.
Tom T. Hall, 'The Storyteller' of country music, dies at 85
https://www.tennessean.com/story/ent...ic/8219502002/
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The Everly Brothers, Don and Phil, had 49 hits, 1957-68, and charted one final song in 1984, On The Wings Of A Nightingale. Four of their 15 top-ten hits went to number one: Wake Up Little Susie, All I Have To Do Is Dream, Bird Dog and Cathy's Clown. Among their other hits are Bye Bye Love, Problems, Let It Be Me, Poor Jenny, Crying In The Rain, Til I Kissed You, Walk Right Back and When Will I Be Loved. Phil died in January 2014.
Don Everly, of harmonizing rock'n’roll pioneers The Everly Brothers, dies at 84
https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...-brothers-dies
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Micki Grant, born Minnie Perkins, starred in the 1972 Broadway musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope and won a Grammy award for writing the score. She wrote music and lyrics for 17 other musicals including Eubie!, Step Lively Boy, The Prodigal Sister and Your Arms Too Short To Box With God.. Grant also wrote Dodie Stevens' 1959 hit Pink Shoe Laces, played attorney Peggy Nolan on Another World, 1966-73, and played Helen Tynan on Guiding Light, 1982-84.
Micki Grant, composer, playwright and performer, dies at 80
https://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...ge-80-20210822
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Eastman also appeared in the 1996 horror movie Santa Claws and in the 1995 Sinbad/Phil Hartman comedy Houseguest.
Marilyn Eastman, actress and vital behind-the-scenes player on Night Of The Living Dead, dies at 87
She helped finance the low-budget film, then played Helen Cooper in the George A. Romero horror classic.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...ad-1235001774/
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UB40 formed in 1978 in Birmingham, England. They took their name from Unemployment Benefit Form 40, an attendance card issued by the Department of Employment to people claiming unemployment benefits. UB40's hits include Higher Ground, Homely Girl, One In Ten, Red Red Wine, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Can't Help Falling In Love, Here I Am (Come & Take Me) and a remake of Sonny & Cher's I Got You Babe with Chrissie Hynde.
UB40 founding member Brian Travers dies at 62
https://variety.com/2021/music/obitu...er-1235046999/
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Before joining the Rolling Stones, Watts was a graphic designer and played drums with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. In addition to recording 36 albums with the Rolling Stones, Watts also formed his own band and released ten albums.
Charlie Watts, longtime drummer for the Rolling Stones, dies at 80
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/24/enter...ead/index.html
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The death of Simply Red keyboardist and backing vocalist Fritz McIntyre was announced today on the band's Facebook page. He was 63 and was a.member of the group from its founding in 1985 until 1996. Their hits included Holding Back The Years, Something Got Me Started, Money's Too Tight To Mention and a remake of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes' If You Don't Know Me By Now.
https://www.facebook.com/simplyred
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Nader played Dex Dexter in 152 episodes of Dynasty, 1983-89, and played Dmitri Marick in 415 episodes of All My Children, 1991-2001, 2013. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Gidget and Bare Essence and in several movies including Fireball 500, The Trip, Beach Party, Beach Blanket Bingo, Bikini Beach and How To Stuff A Wild Bikini.
Michael Nader, All My Children and Dynasty actor, dies at 76
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...76-1235003211/
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Malone often played with only one drumstick while using his left hand to beat the drums as though they were conga drums. He played on hundreds of recordings by Ray Charles, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Crystal Gayle, Lynn Anderson, Don Williams, Merle Haggard, Michael Johnson, Dr. Hook and many others.
Kenny Malone, drummer on Dolly Parton, Dobie Gray hits, dies at 83
https://www.usatoday.com/story/enter...is/5611092001/
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Mindler played River Byng in the 2011 Paul Rudd comedy Our Idiot Brother. He also appeared in the short films Frequency (2013) and Solo (2015) and in Fox's TV movie Chad: An American Boy (2016).
Our Idiot Brother actor Matthew Mindler dead at 19
The former child actor was reported missing late Wednesday from Millersville University.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...-idiot-brother
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As an actor and as a voice actor, Asner appeared in more than 400 movies, shorts, television series and TV movies. He portrayed Lou Grant in 166 episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1970-77, and 114 episodes of Lou Grant, 1977-82. He appeared in multiple episodes of Gunsmoke, Route 66, The Untouchables, The FBI, The Bronx Zoo, The Practice, The Trials Of Rosie O'Neill, Naked City, Slattery's People, Insight, Police Story, Off The Rack, Hearts Afire and many other series. Asner voiced Carl Fredricksen in Up (2009) and voiced J. Jonah Jameson in 35 episodes of Spider-Man, The Animated Series, 1994-98. Ed Asner and Mary Tyler Moore each won seven Emmy awards for acting. They rank second behind Mary Tyler Moore Show co-star Cloris Leachman, who won nine.
Ed Asner, television legend and Mary Tyler Moore Show star, dies at 91
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-dies-n1255932
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Iron Butterfly organist/vocalist Doug Ingle wrote a song called In The Garden Of Eden in 1966. He was drunk and slurring his words when he sang the song to Ron Bushy so Ron could write it down. Ron thought Doug said "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida." That became the song's title – and Iron Butterfly's biggest hit. It was the title track of their second album and was cut from 17:25 to 2:52 for release as a single, which reached #30 in October 1968. The band's other hits include Easy Rider, Soul Experience, Are You Happy, Filled With Fear and In The Time Of Our Lives.
Iron Butterfly drummer Ron Bushy dies at 79
https://ew.com/music/iron-butterfly-...on-bushy-dies/
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Among Perry's many reggae hits are Captive, Never Get Weary, Mad Head, Old For New, Prince In The Back, Cannot Wrong & Get Right, Hold Down, Please Don't Go, Roast Duck, Kiss Me Neck and I Am The Upsetter.
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, reggae giant and dub pioneer, dead at 85
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...-obit-1045198/
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In 1962 in Tupelo, Mississippi, Lee Williams' uncle formed a gospel group, the Spiritual QC's. The initials stood for "Qualified Christians." When the group broke up in 1968, Williams started a new gospel group with the same name. They've released 12 studio albums and three live albums. Among their best-known songs are Jesus Rose, Fall On Me, So Good To Me, Cooling Water, Can't Run, Welcome Home, I Can't Give Up and That's What He Said.
Gospel singer Lee Williams, founder of the Spiritual QC's, dies at 75
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...es-75-79755352
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Blues singer/pianist Carol Fran released 11 singles, 1957-67, including Knock Knock, One More Chance and One Look At You Daddy and remakes of the Platters' The Great Pretender and the Orioles' Crying In The Chapel. She released five albums, 1992-2001.
Louisiana blues artist Carol Fran dies at 87
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_ro...c27269ff2.html
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From 1959 to 1962, Scott played Bozo the Clown on WRC-Channel 4 in Washington DC. From 1963 to 1965, he portrayed "Ronald McDonald, the Hamburger-Happy Clown" in commercials for a local McDonald's franchisee which had been a sponsor of the Bozo show. In 1965, the McDonald's chain began using the character in national commercials with circus clown Michael Polakovs playing Ronald McDonald.
Willard Scott, longtime weatherman for Today, dies at 87
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/04/enter...ath/index.html
Willard Scott's Ronald McDonald was downright scary! Here is his first commercial from 1963:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNKywk1HNAQ
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Theodorakis composed more than a thousand songs, hymns, cantatas, operas, plays, ballets, film scores and other musical works. Among the many movies he scored are Z, Serpico, Electra, Phaedra, State Of Siege, Zorba The Greek and Faces In The Dark. Theodorakis released more than 200 albums including movie soundtracks.
Mikis Theodorakis, composer of Zorba The Greek, dies at 96
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58419832
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Belmondo appeared in more than 90 movies, shorts and TV movies including Breathless, Incorrigible, Casino Royale, Les Misérables, That Man From Rio, Weekend At Dunkirk, A Man & His Dog, The Vultures and Love Is A Funny Thing.
French film great Jean-Paul Belmondo dies at 88
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11811293
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Williams played Omar Little in 41 episodes of The Wire, 2002-08, and played Chalky White in 45 episodes of Boardwalk Empire, 2010-14. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Alias, Community, Six Degrees, The Kill Point, The Philanthropist, Law & Order, Hap & Leonard, Lovecraft Country, Walk This Way and F Is For Family.
Michael K. Williams, The Wire actor, dies at 54
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...54-1235009002/
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Meyers appeared in more than 80 movies, shorts and TV movies including Streaker, Chance Encounter, Cigarette Girl, Curbside Confessions, The Conversion, The Way I See Things, Walk The Line, 100 Lives and Nothing But The Truth.
Memphis actor, filmmaker, artist and ad executive Don Meyers dies at 86
https://www.commercialappeal.com/sto...es/5747028001/
