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Bennett had three number-one hits: Because Of You and a remake of Hank Williams' Cold Cold Heart, both in 1951, and Rags To Riches in 1953. Among his other hits are Stranger In Paradise, Solitaire, Firefly, Here In My Heart, The Good Life, I Wanna Be Around, In The Middle Of An Island and Who Can I Turn To.
Tony Bennett, crooner who sang I Left My Heart In San Francisco, dies at 96
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/21/enter...-96/index.html
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Blair appeared on Broadway in A Few Good Men and the musicals A Chorus Line, King Of Hearts and The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas and appeared in seven movies and TV movies including Annie (1982) and Mighty Aphrodite.
Pamela Blair, original A Chorus Line star, dies at 73
https://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...at-73-20230723
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O'Connor's biggest hit, Nothing Compares 2 U, was written by Prince and went to number one in 18 countries in 1990. Among her other hits are My Special Child, Three Babies, The Emperor's New Clothes and Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home.
Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Irish singer, dies at 56
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/m...-dies-aged-56/
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Robert "Bo" Goldman wrote or co-wrote City Hall, Little Nikita, Meet Joe Black, Scent Of A Woman, The Rose and Rules Don't Apply. He received two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe awards and two Writers Guild of America awards.
Bo Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and Melvin & Howard, dies at 90
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...er-1235546036/
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Meisner co-founded Poco in 1968, joined Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band in 1969 and co-founded the Eagles in 1971. Meisner quit the Eagles in September 1977 and went on to release three studio albums and a live album. Among his solo hits are Hearts On Fire, Never Been In Love, Gotta Get Away and Deep Inside My Heart, a duet with Kim Carnes.
Randy Meisner, founding member of the Eagles, dead at 77
https://nypost.com/2023/07/27/randy-...es-dead-at-77/
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Swenson played Gretchen Wilomena Kraus on 159 episodes of Benson, 1979-86, and appeared in eight movies and TV movies including Lipstick, Advise & Consent, The Betsy and The Miracle Worker.
Inga Swenson, Broadway actress and Gretchen the cook on Benson, dies at 90
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...on-1235547250/
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Reubens starred in Pee-wee's Playhouse on CBS, 1986-90, and appeared in multiple episodes of Gotham, Dirt, Mosaic, The Blacklist and Murphy Brown. He voiced characters on Chowder, Tron: Uprising, Batman: The Brave & The Bold and other animated series and appeared in 40 movies and TV movies including Matilda, Buddy, Batman Returns, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Big Top Pee-wee, Mystery Men, Nice Dreams, Back To The Beach, The Blues Brothers and Flight Of The Navigator.
Paul Reubens, actor best known as Pee-wee Herman, dies at 70
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...s-70-rcna97343
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Cloud played drug dealer Fezco "Fez" O'Neill in 16 episodes of Euphoria, 2019-22, and appeared in the movies Freaky Tales, North Hollywood, The Line and Your Lucky Day.
Angus Cloud, star of HBO's Euphoria, dies at 25
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...s-25-rcna97420
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Gilpin appeared in eight movies and TV movies including Earthbound, She's Out Of Control, Where's Willie? and The Legend Of The Lone Ranger.
Marc Gilpin, Jaws 2 child actor and brother of Frasier star Peri Gilpin, dies at 56
https://ew.com/celebrity/marc-gilpin-jaws-2-actor-dead/
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Margolis played Hector Salamanca in eight episodes of Breaking Bad, 2009-11, and 22 episodes of Better Call Saul, 2016-22, and appeared in more than 70 movies including Scarface, Defiance, Black Swan, Hardball, Hannibal, Daredevil, Going In Style, The Cotton Club, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Secret Of My Success and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Mark Margolis, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul star, dies at 83
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/mar...ul-1235688012/
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Brothers Ray and Dave Davies formed the Kinks quartet in 1963 in London. Gosling was a member from 1970 to 1978. Among the Kinks' hits during those years are Apeman, Sleepwalker, Supersonic Rocket Ship, 20th Century Man and A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy.
John Gosling, keyboardist for the Kinks, dies at 75
https://variety.com/2023/music/obitu...er-1235688603/
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Friedkin directed 20 movies including The Boys In The Band and To Live & Die In L.A., four TV movies and eight documentaries.
William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, dead at 87
https://apnews.com/article/william-f...f3533c19c15094
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Swan appeared in 19 movies including Rudy, Backdraft, Doctor Detroit and Natural Born Killers. He played Babe Ruth's father in The Babe (1992).
Robert Swan, The Untouchables and Hoosiers actor, dies at 78
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/r...es-1235691866/
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The Band formed in 1967 in Toronto. All five members had previously been in Ronnie Hawkins' band, the Hawks. Among the Band's hits: The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up On Cripple Creek, Rag Mama Rag, Don't Do It and I Shall Be Released.
Robbie Robertson, leader of The Band, dies at 80
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/...nd-1235692172/
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Jones' best-known song is Try To Remember from the musical The Fantasticks. Ed Ames, Roger Williams and the Brothers Four had hit versions of the song in 1965. Gladys Knight reached #11 on the Hot 100 in 1975 with a medley of The Way We Were and Try To Remember.
Broadway lyricist and librettist Tom Jones dies at 95
Jones was best known for the musicals The Fantasticks, 110 In The Shade and I Do! I Do!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...-Away-20230812
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Tabuchi had performed regularly in Branson, Missouri since 1980 and also made several appearances at the Grand Ole Opry. He released seven studio albums and six live albums.
Longtime Branson performer Shoji Tabuchi dies at 79
https://newstalkkzrg.com/2023/08/12/...hi-dies-at-79/
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Timbaland & Magoo (Timothy Mosley and Melvin Barcliff) released three albums (1997, 2001, 2003). Up Jumps Da Boogie, their first single, featured Missy Elliott and Aaliyah and reached #4 on the R&B chart and #12 on the Hot 100 in September 1997.
Magoo, rapper who collaborated with Timbaland, dead at 50
https://www.syracuse.com/entertainme...ead-at-50.html
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Kent appeared in 28 shorts and feature films including Mirrors, Community, Abusing Protocol, Love Without Walls and The Man Who Wouldn't Die.
Darren Kent, Game Of Thrones and Dungeons & Dragons actor, dies at 36
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/d...ns-1235696978/
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Scotto performed in many operas including Rigoletto, Turandot, Tosca, Pagliacci, La Bohème, La Traviata and Madama Butterfly. She released 37 studio albums and four live albums and performed at opera houses in Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Paris, Florence, Moscow, Tokyo, Chicago, Dallas, New York, San Francisco and many other cities.
Renata Scotto, starring soprano of 20th-century opera, dies at 89
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obitu...a-singer-dead/
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Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss founded Carnival Records in 1961. In July 1962, the label released two singles, one by Charlie Robinson and one by Herb Alpert (as "Dore Alpert"). Alpert and Moss then discovered there was another label with that name so they renamed Carnival A&M. Among A&M's artists were Cat Stevens, Janet Jackson, Burt Bacharach, Wes Montgomery, Human League, Styx, Nazareth, the Police, the Carpenters, the Captain & Tennille, Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 and Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.
Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records, dies at 88
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/...ds-1235698242/