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Ojeda appeared in more than 80 movies including Romancing The Stone – he played Colonel Zolo, commander of Colombia's secret police – and in more than 1500 episodes of Mexican telenovelas and drama series including La Gata, La Otra, Por Ella Soy Eva, Corazón Salvaje, El Precio De Tu Amor, Tormenta En El Paraíso and Laberintos De Pasión.
Legendary Mexican actor Manuel Ojeda dead at 81
https://www.the-sun.com/news/5979735...el-ojeda-dead/
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No alcohol was found in Heche's blood after her August 5 car crash – just cocaine and fentanyl. Gee, that's good to know.
Ann Heche dies days after car crash at 53
https://news.yahoo.com/anne-heche-di...181514751.html
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As a member of the group of Los Angeles session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, Pitman played on hundreds of 1960s-70s hit records including Be My Baby, Help Me Rhonda, Good Vibrations, Mr. Tambourine Man, Strangers In The Night, The Little Old Lady From Pasadena and Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head. He also played on more than 200 movie soundtracks including M*A*S*H”, Blue Hawaii, Goodfellas, Dirty Dancing and Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
Bill Pitman, Wrecking Crew guitarist, dead at 102
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bill...ing-crew-dead/
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Griggs was diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer in 2020. She died today, just two days after entering hospice care.
Another World and One Life To Live actress Robyn Griggs dead at 49
https://soaphub.com/days-of-our-live...gs-dead-at-49/
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Dowse played Yvonne Teasley in 31 episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 (1991-2000) and Judge Rebecca Damsen in 21 episodes of The Guardian (2001-04). She also appeared in multiple episodes of Charmed, Secrets & Lies, Insecure, Imposters, All Of Us, Good Trouble and Built To Last and in several movies including Pleasantville, Bio-Dome, Ray, Starship Troopers and Dr. Dolittle 2.
Beverly Hills 90210 actress Denise Dowse dead at 64 after battling meningitis
https://www.eonline.com/news/1341595...ing-meningitis
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David released four solo albums and four albums with his wife Lauri Bono. He also recorded with John Mayall, Illinois Speed Press and the Fabulous Rhinestones and is the voice of Sonny Eclipse, an audio-animatronic singer/organist at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.
Blues guitarist Kal David dies at 79
https://kesq.com/news/2022/08/16/blu...id-dies-at-79/
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Petersen directed 24 movies and TV movies including Outbreak, Poseidon, Troy, The Swarm and In The Line Of Fire.
Wolfgang Petersen, Oscar-nominated director of Das Boot and Air Force One, dead at 81
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/16/enter...sen/index.html
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Helen Grayco was married to novelty bandleader Spike Jones from 1949 until his death in 1965 and appeared with him on his television series in 1954, 1957, 1960 and 1961. She released two albums, After Midnight in 1957 and The Lady In Red in 1958, and 13 singles including Diga Diga Do, Teach Me Tonight, Night Train and Them There Eyes.
Singer Helen Grayco dies at 97
https://abtc.ng/helen-grayco-cause-of-death/
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Patton appeared in thirteen 1940s movies including Janie, Black Eagle, The Burning Cross, The Lucky Stiff and A Double Life but is best known for playing Ruth Dakin Bailey, the sister-in-law of James Stewart's character George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life (1946).
Virginia Patton, actress in It’s A Wonderful Life, dies at 97
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...fe-1235203102/
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Kornman appeared in 24 Our Gang comedy shorts, 1926-36, and in several movies including The Interns, Up In Arms, Cinderella Jones and Abbott & Costello Go To Mars. (Her older sister Mary appeared in 44 Our Gang shorts, 1923-37.) Kornman also worked as a fashion model as Ricki VanDusen.
Our Gang actress, 1940s fashion model Mildred Kornman dies at 97
https://extratv.com/2022/08/21/our-g...an-dies-at-97/
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Allison co-wrote Peggy Sue, That'll Be The Day, Look At Me, Think It Over, Tell Me How, Well All Right and More Than I Can Say. In October 1958, calling himself "Ivan," he had a #68 hit with Real Wild Child.
Jerry Allison, drummer of Buddy Holly's band The Crickets, dead at 82
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ry-1234579635/
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The Creed Taylor Orchestra released four albums, 1958-60. Taylor produced more than 400 albums for artists including Herbie Mann, Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Cal Tjader, John Coltrane, Ruby Braff, Patti Austin, Bob James, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Lalo Schifrin, Deodato, Carmen McRae and Grover Washington Jr.
Jazz trumpeter Creed Taylor dies at 93
The visionary record producer and founder of the Impulse! and CTI labels brought bossa nova to the global market.
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/creed-taylor-rip/
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Tata played restaurant owner Nat Bussichio in 228 episodes of Beverly Hills 90210, 1990-2000. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Batman, Mannix, Vega$, Hill Street Blues, The FBI, The Rockford Files, Adam-12 and No Time For Sergeants.
Joe E. Tata, Beverly Hills 90210 actor, dead at 85
https://www.etonline.com/joe-e-tata-...d-at-85-189740
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DeFrancesco signed a recording contract with Columbia when he was 16. He released 32 studio albums and one live album and also recorded with Van Morrison, Jimmy Smith, Miles Davis, Houston Person, Lee Ritenour, John McLaughlin and many others.
'The best jazz organ player on the planet': Joey DeFrancesco dies at 51
https://www.azcentral.com/story/ente...es/7904500001/
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Mable John released 11 singles, 1960-68, but had only one hit. Your Good Thing Is About To End reached #6 on the R&B chart and #95 on the Hot 100 in August 1966.
Mable John, Motown’s first female solo artist, dead at 91
Blues singer and older sister of Little Willie John also recorded for Stax Records and was a longtime member of Ray Charles' Raelettes.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...it-1234583204/
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LuPone played Tom Bergman in 77 episodes of Search For Tomorrow, 1983, and appeared in 16 movies including Breaking Point, High Stakes, Funny Games and Jesus Christ Superstar.
Robert LuPone, Broadway actor and artistic director, dies at 76
LuPone was nominated for a Tony for his performance as Zach in A Chorus Line.
https://www.playbill.com/article/rob...tor-dies-at-76
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Dean played an assassin named Syonide in nine episode of Black Lightning, 2018. She co-stars as fashion model Yaya in the movie Triangle Of Sadness, which premiered in May 2022 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it recieved an eight-minute standing ovation and won the Palme d'Or award. It will be released in the US on October 7. .
Charlbi Dean, Triangle Of Sadness and Black Lightning actor, dies at 32
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/c...ng-1235354577/
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Rockabilly singer/guitarist West co-wrote and recorded Rave On! in December 1957. A version by Buddy Holly became a hit in 1958. West released only three singles (1956, 1958, 1961). Most of the songs he recorded remained unreleased until 2002 when they appeared on a 24-track CD, Sweet Rockin' Rock-Ola Ruby.
Sonny West, writer of Buddy Holly’s Oh Boy! and Rave On, dies at 85
https://www.fox34.com/2022/09/08/son...nny-west-dies/
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Hunt appeared in 62 movies including Irene, Desert Gold, College Holiday, Hollywood Boulevard, Unholy Partners, Panama Hattie, Pride & Prejudice, The Inside Story and A Letter For Evie. She played Jennifer Peck in 14 episodes of the 1959 CBS television series Peck's Bad Girl and appeared in multiple episodes of Ironside, Climax!, Police Story and Zane Grey Theatre.
Marsha Hunt, blacklisted 1940s film star, dies at 104
https://www.al.com/news/2022/09/mars...es-at-104.html
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Ging played Beau McCloud in 13 episodes of Tales Of Wells Fargo (1961), Dr. Paul Graham in 58 episodes of The Eleventh Hour (1962-64), Lt. Dan Ives in seven episodes of Mannix (1970-74), Lt. Ted Quinlan in 31 episodes of Riptide (1984-85) and General Harlan "Bull" Fulbright in six episodes of The A-Team (1985-86). He also appeared in multiple episodes of Kojak, Lassie, Perry Mason, Barnaby Jones, Mackenzie's Raiders and The FBI and in several movies including Sniper's Ridge, Mosby's Marauders, High Plains Drifter and Play Misty For Me.
Actor Jack Ging dies at 90
https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2022/09/1...ng-dies-at-90/