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Dorothy Malone once said, "I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera. Everybody said Peyton Place would be a mistake." It wasn't. Based on a 1956 novel and preceded by a 1967 movie, Peyton Place aired in prime time on ABC from 1964 to 1969.
Dorothy Malone, Oscar-winning star of Peyton Place and Basic Instinct, dies at 92
She won Best Supporting Actress for Written On The Wind (1956).
https://www.thewrap.com/dorothy-malo...ct-dies-at-92/
Let Petty's death serve as a warning to others: Taking fentanyl and oxycodone and temazepam and alprazolam and citalopram and acetylfentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl may not be the wisest thing to do.
Tom Petty died from accidental drug overdose, coroner says
The New York Times, Jan 19 2018
Tom Petty, the chart-topping singer and songwriter, died in October from an accidental drug overdose as a result of mixing medications that included opioids, the medical examiner-coroner for Los Angeles County announced today, ending the mystery surrounding his sudden death last year. The coroner, Jonathan Lucas, said Petty’s system showed traces of the drugs fentanyl, oxycodone, temazepam, alprazolam, citalopram, acetylfentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl.
In a statement posted to Petty’s Facebook page today, his wife Dana and daughter Adria said, "We knew before the report was shared with us that he was prescribed various pain medications for a multitude of issues and we feel confident that this was, as the coroner found, an unfortunate accident."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/a...-overdose.html
She was married to Ed Shearmur, who has composed music for more than 60 films and tv shows, including Elvis & Nixon, She's Funny That Way, College Road Trip, two Charlie's Angels movies and all three Diary Of A Wimpy Kid movies.
Allison Shearmur, producer of Cinderella, Rogue One, The Hunger Games, dies at 54
http://www.variety.com/2018/film/new...es-1202670745/
Jim Rodford, Kinks/Argent/Zombies bassist, dead at 76
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...-at-76-w515670
I wonder if anyone was ever referred to as a "pioneering heterosexual comedian"? Probably not -- just as we never hear of a Heterosexual Pride parade or a heterosexual rights movement.
Bob Smith, pioneering gay comedian and writer, dies at 59
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-at-59-1076420
He worked as a weatherman at several midwest television stations before joining the cast of ABC-TV's Good Morning America in 1975.
John Coleman, co-founder of The Weather Channel and longtime San Diego meteorologist, dies at 83
http://www.10news.com/news/founder-o...n-coleman-dies
He released six albums and performed regularly at B.B. King's Blues Club.
Preston Shannon, Memphis blues legend known as 'The King of Beale Street,' dead at 70
http://www.wreg.com/2018/01/22/prest...et-dead-at-70/
Among the many movies she appeared in: True Grit, Oh God, When Harry Met Sally, Fast Break, Pineapple Express, Dumb & Dumber and The Bonfire Of The Vanities.
Connie Sawyer, Hollywood’s oldest working actress, dies at 105
http://deadline.com/2018/01/connie-s...ce-1202266647/
Terry Evans, a Mississippi-born r&b/blues singer, songwriter and guitarist who released nine solo albums, died January 20 at age 80.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Evans_(musician)
He was best known for his 1968 number one Grazing In The Grass.
South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela dies at 78
http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/...D=ansmsnnews11