Entertainment industry obituaries

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Tylo played Quentin Chamberlain (originally Quinton McCord) in 43 epsiodes of Guiding Light, 1981-84 and 1996-97, played Alcalde Luis Ramone in 45 episodes of The Family Channel's Zorro series, 1990-91, and played Alexander "Blade" Bladeson in 48 episodes of The Young & The Restless, 1992-95. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Another World, General Hospital, All My Children and The Bold & The Beautiful..

Soap opera veteran Michael Tylo passes away at 73

https://celebratingthesoaps.com/gene...es-away-at-73/

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As a pianist, Renzi recorded with Ruth Brown, Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Maureen McGovern, Peggy King. Peggy Lee, Liza Minnelli, Sylvia Syms, Blossom Dearie, Carol Sloane, Grady Tate, Gerry Mulligan and many others. Renzi also spent ten years as musical director for the PBS children's series Sesame Street.

Composer and musical director Mike Renzi dies at 80

https://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...at-80-20210929

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Floyd was born in Latta, North Carolina and many of his operas were set in the South. Among his works: Susannah, Slow Dusk, Markheim, Wuthering Heights, Of Mice & Men, Willie Stark, Bilby's Doll, Cold Sassy Tree, The Sojourner & Mollie Sinclair and The Passion Of Jonathan Wade. In 1983, the National Opera Institute presented Floyd with its highest honor, the Award For Service To American Opera.

Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, has died at 95

https://www.npr.org/sections/decepti...-composer-dead

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VosTV in Voskresensk, Russia, is reporting the death of actor Ravil Isyanov at age 59. Isyanov was born in Voskresensk and emigrated to the United States in 1991. He played Admiral Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Ruskov in five episodes of The Last Ship, 2014-18, and played Anatoli Kirkin in seven episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles, 2013-21. He also appeared in multiple episodes of GLOW, Shooter, The Americans, The Mentalist, Alias and 24 and in the movies Defiance, Follow Me, Anywhere With You, GoldenEye, The Jackal, The Saint, No Escape and Transformers: Dark Of The Moon.

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Kalter was an announcer on To Tell the Truth, The $25,000 Pyramid, The Money Maze, The $128,000 Question and The Late Show With David Letterman and was the announcer on all 124 episodes of Jim Hendricks' 1985-89 USA Network series Commander USA's Groovie Movies. Kalter also voiced radio and television commercials for Gillette, Michelin, Bufferin, AT&T, American Airlines and hundreds of other companies.

Alan Kalter, David Letterman's Late Show announcer, dies at 78

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...er-1235025323/

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Horgan played Dr. John Morrison in 306 episodes of The Doctors, 1970-74, and played Thatcher Ross in 27 episodes of Ryan's Hope, 1978-79. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Guiding Light, One Life To Live, Casablanca and The Gentle Falcon and recorded several audio books, including several Sherlock Holmes novels, for the National Library Service For The Blind.

Soap actor Patrick Horgan dead at 92

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/a...gan-dead-at-92

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Adams played Zahir Arif in 48 episodes of HBO's 1997-2003 series Oz and played Officer Jeff Westby in 11 episodes of NBC's Homicide: Life On The Street, 1996-99. He also played a detective in the 2002 John Leguizamo movie Empire.

Oz star Granville Adams dies at 58 after long battle with cancer

https://ew.com/tv/oz-star-granville-adams-dies-58/

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The Beat – known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat – formed in 1978 in Birmingham, England. Their hits include Save It For Later, I Confess, Mirror In The Bathroom, Too Nice To Talk To and Can't Get Used To Losing You.

The Beat drummer Everett Morton dead at 71

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beat...t-morton-dead/

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Ruthie Tompson died today, October 11, at age 111. She appeared as an extra in several of Walt Disney's Alice comedies in the mid-1920s and joined the studio's Ink & Paint department in 1937. She worked on Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia and Dumbo and eventually became supervisor of the Scene Planning department. She worked on every animated feature until Walt Disney Productions President Card Walker issued a memo, "Anyone 65 or older as of October 1975 will be immediately terminated." Ruthie had turned 65 three months earlier. Disney executive chairman Robert Iger wrote on Twitter, "RIP Ruthie Thompson, a true animation legend." Yes, he misspelled her name!

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/rem...uthie-tompson/

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Estus released seven singles in the US and UK, 1984-89. Me Or The Rumours was a #15 dance hit in 1988. Heaven Help Me, a duet with George Michael, reached #3 on the R&B chart and adult contemporary chart and #5 on the Hot 100 in April 1989. Spell reached #11 on the adult contemporary chart in August 1989.

Deon Estus, bassist for Wham! and George Michael, dies at 65
Estus performed with various other musicians over the years, including Tina Turner, Elton John, Marvin Gaye, George Clinton and Annie Lennox.

https://ew.com/music/deon-estus-bass...-michael-dead/