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Levy also appeared in all 12 episodes of the 1995 tv series Cleghorne and had a small role in the hilarious 1997 movie Mouse Hunt, which starred Nathan Lane and Lee Evans.
Steve 'Bean' Levy, actor in Ray Donovan and Shameless, dies at 58
https://www.yahoo.com/news/steve-lev...042127901.html
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Finney worked as a Shakespearean actor in British theatre before making his first movie, The Entertainer, in 1960. It was directed by Tony Richardson, who had previously directed him in plays. Among Finney's many films: Tom Jones, Scrooge, Annie (he was Daddy Warbucks), Erin Brockovich, Skyfall, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Legacy and Before The Devil Knows You're Dead.
Albert Finney, five-time Oscar nominee, dead at 82
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/08/enter...gbr/index.html
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Webster, whose father Paul wrote Secret Love, The Shadow Of Your Smile and Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, photographed not only album covers (including the Doors' first album and The Mamas & The Papas' first album) but also Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, Dean Martin, Jane Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Barbra Streisand and dozens of other celebrities.
Guy Webster, photographer of album covers for the Doors, Byrds, Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, dies at 79
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guy-webster-dies/
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Sirola appeared in more than 600 movies and tv shows incuding Wolf, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, Get Smart, Diagnosis Murder, Hawaii Five-O, Simon & Simon, The Magician, The Montefuscos, Hang 'Em High, Strange Bedfellows and The Greatest Story Ever Told. As a voiceover artist, he recorded more than 10,000 commercials for radio and television.
Joseph Sirola, actor and Tony-winning producer, dies at 89
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-89-1162858
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Argenziano appeared in 70 movies including Capone, Swordfish, Broken Arrow, Stand & Deliver, Sudden Impact and Gone In 60 Seconds and appeared in more than 90 television shows and tv-movies, including 22 episodes of Booker and 25 episodes of Stargate SG-1.
Stargate actor Carmen Argenziano dies at 75
https://www.tmz.com/2019/02/10/starg...ano-dead-dies/
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In 1958, The RIAA began issuing gold records for million-selling ssingles. In 1976, they began issuing platinum records for singles which sell two million copies -- and the first platinum award went to Johnnie Taylor's number-one pop and r&b hit Disco Lady. The song was written by Harvey Scales, who also wrote the Dells' Be For Real For Me. Scales previously led a band, Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds. They released 13 singles between 1963 and 1970 but had only one chart hit, Get Down, which reached #32 on the r&b chart and #79 on the Hot 100 in November 1967. Scales also released eight solo singles, 1972-79.
Harvey Scales, 'Milwaukee's Godfather of Soul' and writer of hit Disco Lady, dies at 77
https://www.jsonline.com/story/enter...es/2847266002/
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Ganz starred in dozens of French, German, Italian, Greek and Swedish films. He also had roles in several American films including The Boys From Brazil in 1978 and The Manchurian Candidate in 2004.
Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler in Downfall and an angel in Wings Of Desire, dies at 77
https://www.latimes.com/local/obitua...216-story.html
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Burbridge, who played flute, organ and keyboards, recorded seven albums with the Derek Trucks Band and six with the Tedeschi Trucks Band (which included Derek Trucks and Trucks' wife Susan Tedeschi; Trucks' uncle Butch was a co-founder and drummer of the Allman Brothers Band).
Multi-instrumentalist Kofi Burbridge dies at 57
https://jambands.com/news/2019/02/16...dge-1961-2019/
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The children's show Buster & Me aired on KRON-Channel 4 from 1977 to 1987 and was in reruns until 2002. Robin Goodrow starred with her two adopted chimpanzees, Buster and Vanilla. The chimps were puppets. Buster was voiced by Chris Pray; Goodrow voiced Vanilla. Pray also had small roles in Dirty Harry and American Graffiti -- and Buster had a cameo in Robin Williams' 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire.
Christopher Pray, San Francisco improv comic and Buster & Me puppeteer, dies at 72
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/ent...dies-at-age-72
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Ennis released 13 albums and ten singles. Her biggest album was Lullabies For Losers (1955). She sang with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, the Count Basie Band and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; duetted with Joe Williams at the Monterey Jazz Festival; sang for Presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter; performed at the Apollo Theater and at concerts and supper clubs throughout the United States; and in the 1980s, she and her husband owned a live jazz venue called Ethel's Place. Whew!
Ethel Ennis, Baltimore's 'First Lady Of Jazz,' dies at 86
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/ob...218-story.html