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The Oxford English Dictionary defines "B movie" as "a low-budget movie, especially (formerly) one made for use as a companion to the main attraction in a double feature." Corman directed 55 B movies and produced or executive-produced 385 B movies. Among them: Black Scorpion, Bucket Of Blood, Angels Die Hard, Death Race 2000, The Trip, The Wild Angels, The Pit & The Pendulum and The Man With The X-Ray Eyes.
Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and 'King of the Bs,' dies at 98
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/roger...b0866a5b2c088f
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Damon (real name: Alan Harris) appeared in 50 movies including Johnny Yuma, House Of Usher, Temptation, Inside Detroit, Screaming Eagles, Between Heaven & Hell, The Devil's Wedding Night, This Rebel Breed and Crypt Of The Living Dead.
Mark Damon, film sales pioneer and former leading man, dies at 91
https://www.screendaily.com/news/mar...193304.article
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Sanborn released 25 albums. Five went to number one on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart. He also recorded with Bob James, Gil Evans, Paul Butterfield, George Benson, James Brown, B.B. King, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel, Kenny Loggins, Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, the Manhattan Transfer and many others. Among Sanborn's best-known song are Angela, The Dream, It's You, Lisa, Chicago Song, A Change Of Heart, Anything You Want, Hideaway, Pearls and Let's Just Say Goodbye.
David Sanborn, Grammy award-winning saxophonist, dead at 78
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/13/enter...ath/index.html
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Jimmy James & The Vagabonds formed in 1960 in Jamaica. They released seven studio albums, one live album and 24 singles. Among their hits are Red Red Wine, I Am Somebody, Now Is The Time, No Good To Cry and I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me. James also released 18 solo singles.
Jimmy James dies at 84
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024...4-passes-away/
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Coleman played Merle Jeter on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, 1976-77, and Forever Fernwood, 1977-78; Bill Bittinger on Buffalo Bill, 1983-84; Slap Maxwell on The Slap Maxwell Story, 1987-88; Otis Drexell on Drexell's Class, 1991-92; Burton Fallin on The Guardian, 2001-04; and Louis Kaestner on Boardwalk Empire, 2010-11. He appeared in 80 movies and TV movies including Melvin & Howard, Tootsie, Bite The Bullet, Maybe Baby, Pray TV, You've Got Mail, The Muppets Take Manhattan and The Prersident's Plane Is Missing.
Dabney Coleman, 9 To 5 star who made a career out of playing jerks, dies at 92
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...ie-1235902521/
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Barbata played on albums by Stephen Stills, Neil Young, John Sebastian, Johnny Rivers, Linda Ronstadt, Lee Michaels, Jefferson Starship and many others.
John Barbata, drummer for the Turtles, CSNY and Jefferson Airplane, dies at 79
https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...erson-airplane
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Fuller played Claudia Barbour on the NBC Radio drama One Man's Family from 1945 to 1959 and appeared in 14 movies including Alias The Champ, Singing Gun, Flame Of Youth, Unmasked, The Red Menace, The Savage Horde and Women From Headquarters.
Barbra Fuller, star of Republic pictures and One Man’s Family on radio, dies at 102
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...ly-1235903503/
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Peggi Blu – her real name was Peggy Blue – sang in several gospel groups including the Nat Lewis Singers, Clara Walker & the Redeemers and the Gospel Starlets. Blu released three albums and nine singles and had a #91 R&B hit in 1987 with Tender Moments. She appeared in 14 Broadway and off-Broadway musicals including Jezebel, Sisterella, The Wiz and Bubbling Brown Sugar.
Legendary Star Search winner and soul songstress Peggi Blu dies
https://www.soultracks.com/story-peggy-blu-dies
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Ifield had four number-one hits in England in 1962-63: I Remember You (which reached #5 in the US in October 1962), Lovesick Blues, The Wayward Wind and Confessin' (That I Love You). Among his other hits: It's My Time, Please, Don't Blame Me and Call Her Sweetheart.
Country legend Frank Ifield, who helped launch the Beatles, dies at 86
https://www.nme.com/news/music/count...age-86-3757704
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Train formed in 1994 in San Francisco. Among their hits are Meet Virginia, Drops Of Jupiter, Calling All Angels, Hey Soul Sister, Drive By and 50 Ways To Say Goodbye. Colin left the group in late 2003.
Charlie Colin, former bassist and founding member of Train, dies at 58
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlie...train-bassist/
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Hickman, the older brother of The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis star Dwayne Hickman, appeared in more than 60 movies and TV movies including Network, Tea & Sympathy, Southwest Passage, Sea Of Lost Ships, Black Gold, Island In The Sky, The Happy Years, The Human Comedy and Two Years Before The Mast.
Darryl Hickman, child star of Leave Her To Heaven and The Grapes of Wrath, dies at 92
https://ew.com/darryl-hickman-leave-...ead-92-8653909
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Richard and his brother Robert, who died in 2012, wrote more than a thousand songs for movies, animated films, Broadway musicals, television shows and theme park attractions. Among them are Feed The Birds (Walt Disney's personal favorite), Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Step In Time, A Spoonful Of Sugar, Let's Go Fly A Kite, Jolly Holiday, Chim Chim Cher-ee, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, it's a small world, Winnie The Pooh, The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers, The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room and There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. They also wrote Annette's Tall Paul and Pineapple Princess, Johnny Burnette's You're Sixteen and Hayley Mills' Let's Get Together. The Sherman Brothers were inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2005.
Richard Sherman, prolific Disney songwriter, dies at 95
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard...er-dies-at-95/
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Catalytic converters contain platinum, palladium and rhodium. Thieves can sell them on the black market for more than $1,000. Around 1,600 converters are stolen every month in California. Johnny Wactor was shot and killed by three men attempting to steal the converter from his car. Wactor played Brando Corbin on General Hospital, 2020-22, and appeared in multiple episodes of Siberia, Westworld, Hollywood Girl, Army Wives, Age Appropriate and Barbee Rehab.
Johnny Wactor of General Hospital shot and killed in downtown Los Angeles
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/joh...ngeles-report/
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MacRae played Gomer Pyle's girlfriend Lou-Ann Poovie on Gomer Pyle: USMC, 1966-69, and Meg Baldwin on General Hospital, 1969-73. She also appeared in multiple episodes of Gunsmoke, Route 66, Another World, Days Of Our Lives and Search For Tomorrrow and in eight movies including Everything's Ducky, The Wild Westerners and Love In A Goldfish Bowl.
Elizabeth MacRae, General Hospital and Gomer Pyle: USMC actor, dies at 88
https://deadline.com/2024/05/elizabe...or-1235943121/
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Anderson appeared in multiple episodes of Bosch, Boomtown, Felicity, Bay City Blues, Major Crimes, Close To Home, Thirtysomething and NYPD Blue and in 32 movies and TV movies including Nightwatch, Infinity, Thick As Thieves, A Time To Remember and Missing In Action.
Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter actor Erich Anderson dies at 67
http://www.fridaythe13thfranchise.co...l-chapter.html
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Paige played Catherine Hackett in 15 episodes of Trapper John, M.D., 1985-86; Iona Huntington in 40 episodes of General Hospital, 1989-90; and Minx Lockridge in more than 100 episodes of Santa Barbara, 1990-93. She appeared in 39 movies and TV movies including Cheyenne, Roberta, Bathing Beauty, Silk Stockings, Of Human Bondage, Two Gals & A Guy, Follow The Boys, Bachelor In Paradise and Please Don't Eat The Daisies.
Janis Paige, star of Hollywood and Broadway, dies at 101
https://apnews.com/article/janis-pai...3023d722865e70
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2 Live Crew's biggest hit, Banned In The U.S.A., a protest song set to the tune of Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A., reached #13 on Billboard's R&B chart and #20 on the Hot 100 in August 1990. Among their other hits are Move Somethin', Do The Bart, Mama Juanita, Me So Horny and Pop That Coochie.
Brother Marquis of Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew dead at 58
https://www.usatoday.com/story/enter...r/73964946007/
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LoBianco played Lieutenant Alex Ascoli in 11 episodes of Jessie (1984) and Arturo Taft in eight episodes of Palace Guard (1991) and appeared in 68 movies and TV movies including F.I.S.T., Marciano, Nixon, Bloodbrothers, City Heat, Kill The Irishman, Somewhere In Queens, The Juror, The Last Request and The Honeymoon Killers.
Tony Lo Bianco, actor in The French Connection and The Seven-Ups, dies at 87
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...ps-1235921243/
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Bofill had eight top-40 R&B hits, 1979-88, including Too Tough, Tonight I Give In, I'm On Your Side, Something About You, This Time I'll Be Sweeter and a remake of Gino Vannelli's I Just Wanna Stop.
Angela Bofill, I Try singer, dead at 70
https://people.com/singer-angela-bof...-at-70-8663925
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Cason was lead singer of the Statues, whose Blue Velvet was a #84 hit in August 1960, and, as "Garry Miles," had a #18 solo hit that same month with Look For A Star. Cason wrote Everlasting Love, a hit for Robert Knight in 1967, Carl Carlton in 1974, and Gloria Estefan in 1995.
Nashville songwriter Buzz Cason dies at 84
https://www.countryinsider.com/news/...f2db78cc4.html
