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Altman co-founded King Harvest in 1969. They reached #13 on the Hot 100 in 1972 with Dancing In The Moonlight. From 1976 to 1979, Altman toured and recorded with the Beach Boys and with Mike Love's band Celebration.
Ronald Altbach, King Harvest keyboardist, dies at 76
https://snbc13.com/ron-altbach-olcot...dist-has-died/
Mirisch produced more than 50 movies including Scorpio, Midway, Dracula, Fitzwilly and Same Time Next Year and served as executive producer of more than 30 others including Kid Galahad, Follow That Dream, Halls Of Anger, The Magnificent Seven and They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Mirisch served three terms as president of the Producers Guild of America and four terms as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer of In The Heat Of The Night, dies at 101
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...er-1235334408/
Mattinson contributed to 37 Disney films as a writer, animator, producer, director or storyboard artist. He also illustrated several Little Golden Books adaptations of Disney films.
Burny Mattinson, animator and Disney’s longest-serving employee, dies at 87
His 70-year run with the company included work on Lady & The Tramp, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Strange World and The Great Mouse Detective.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...or-1235335758/
Constant is best known for playing Lucille Duval in the 1962 Jackie Gleason movie Gigot and Yolande Angelli in Disney's 1967 comedy Monkeys, Go Home!
Comedienne, dancer and singer Yvonne Constant dies at 92
https://www.letelegramme.fr/bretagne...3-13287610.php
Shorter was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1959 to 1964 and played on 11 of their albums. Shorter co-founded Weather Report in 1970 and played on their first 16 albums. As a bandleader, Shorter released 25 studio albums and three live albums. Among his best-known songs are Footprints, Infant Eyes, Julu, Orbits, Virgo, Speak No Evil, Second Genesis and Down In The Depths.
Wayne Shorter, pioneering jazz saxophonist, dies at 89
https://pitchfork.com/news/wayne-sho...st-dies-at-89/
Donaldson appeared in 18 movies including Adventures Of Rusty, Return Of Rusty, Once Upon A Time, The Red Stallion and Phone Call From A Stranger.
Ted Donaldson, young actor in Father Knows Best and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, dies at 89
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...yn-1235340464/
Lindley formed Kaleidoscope in 1966. After releasing four albums, the band broke up in 1970 and Lindley became a session musician, recording with Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Ry Cooder, Warren Zevon, Dolly Parton, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Hani Naser, Ben Harper, Joe Walsh, America, the Youngbloods and many others.
David Lindley, guitarist best known for work with Jackson Browne, dies at 78
https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...browne-dies-79
Sizemore appeared in more than 180 movies and TV movies including Dreamcatcher, Pearl Harbor, Red Planet, Wyatt Earp, Hunting Season, Black Hawk Down, Before I Sleep, Natural Born Killers and Born On The Fourth Of July.
Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan star, dies at 61
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/enter...ies/index.html
Lynyrd Skynyrd – originally My Backyard – formed in 1964 in Jacksonville, Florida. Rossington was the last surviving original member. Among their hits are Sweet Home Alabama, Free Bird, What's Your Name, Saturday Night Special, Smokestack Lightning and Good Lovin's Hard To Find.
Gary Rossington, original Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, dead at 71
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...tarist-dead-71
The Virginian ran for nine seasons, 1962-71, and is the third-longest-running television Western series behind Bonanza (14 seasons) and Gunsmoke (20 seasons). Lane played Elizabeth Grainger, the teenaged granddaughter of the owner of Shiloh Ranch, in 105 episodes, 1966-70.
Sara Lane, actress on The Virginian, dies at 73
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...an-1235342118/
Gordon produced and directed 22 movies and two TV movies and wrote 20 of them including Necromancy, Empire Of The Ants, Village Of The Giants, Attack Of The Puppet People, War Of The Colossal Beast, The Spider, The Cyclops and The Amazing Colossal Man.
Bert I. Gordon, auteur of mutant monster movies, dies at 100
Despite low budgets and years of mostly negative reviews, he gained a cult following for his giant villains, homemade effects and preposterous plotlines.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/m...rdon-dead.html
Topol appeared in 21 movies, TV movies and mini-series including Galileo, Flash Gordon, For Your Eyes Only, Cast A Giant Shadow and War & Remembrance.,
Chaim Topol, star of Fiddler On The Roof, dead at 87
https://people.com/movies/fiddler-on...ol-dead-at-87/
Blake played Mickey in 40 Our Gang comedy shorts, 1939-44, and starred in 82 episodes of Baretta, 1975-78. He appeared in more than 80 movies including PT 109, Town Without Pity, In Cold Blood, Lost Highway, Money Train, Electra Glide In Blue and The Horn Blows At Midnight.
Robert Blake, Baretta star acquitted in wife’s murder, dies at 89
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/o...lake-dead.html
In response to They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!, "Emperor" Bob Hudson, morning man at top-40 KRLA in Pasadena, released I'm Normal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD9VDj2n3Pg
Jerry Samuels, one of pop music’s most unique one-hit wonders as ‘Napoleon XIV,’ dies at 84
https://bestclassicbands.com/jerry-s...n-xiv-3-10-23/
Crump's autobiography, It's Kind Of A Cute Story, was published in 2012. He was an assistant animator in the 1950s and later helped design The Enchanted Tiki Room, The Haunted Mansion, it's a small world and Adventureland Bazaar at Disneyland and The Land and Wonders Of Life pavilions at Epcot.
Rolly Crump, Disney designer who helped define the look of Disneyland, dies at 93
https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...yland-designer
Caldwell had nine R&B hits including Can't Say Goodbye, My Flame, I Give In and Coming Down From Love.
Bobby Caldwell, What You Won’t Do For Love singer and songwriter, dead at 71
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/enter...ath/index.html
Reddick played Continental Hotel concierge Charon in four John Wick movies; Cedric Daniels in 60 episodes of The Wire, 2002-08; Philip Broyles in 90 episodes of Fringe, 2008-2013; and Chief of Police Irvin Irving in 68 episodes of Amazon Prime's Bosch, 2014-21. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Oz, Lost, Corporate, Resident Evil, Law & Order, CSI: Miami and American Horror Story.
The Wire star Lance Reddick dead at 60
https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-w...ick-dead-dies/
The Parliaments had a #3 R&B hit in 1967 with I Wanna Testify. The group evolved into the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic. Their hits include Flash Light, Aqua Boogie, Bop Gun, Up For The Down Stroke and Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Parliament) and Knee Deep and One Nation Under A Groove (Funkadelic).
Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins, former Parliament-Funkadelic singer, dies at 81
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...175251064.html
In 1941, Dea became the first magician to perform in Las Vegas. She appeared in 13 movies including King Of The Congo (1952) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957), often uncredited as a dancer or chorus girl.
Gloria Dea, the Strip’s first magician, dies at 100
https://www.reviewjournal.com/entert...t-100-2746632/
Jim Gordon, Eric Clapton drummer convicted of murdering mother, dead at 77
Layla co-writer, Traffic drummer and Wrecking Crew member would later develop schizophrenia and spend last 40 years in prison.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ry-1234697705/