Entertainment industry obituaries

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Douglas played John Abbott in 821 episodes of The Young & The Restless, 1981-2016. In 2008 he appeared in 27 episodes as a new character, Alistair Wallingford. Douglas also appeared in multiple episodes of Hunter, Barnaby Jones, Police Story, Mannix, Mission Impossible, The FBI, The Rockford Files and The Streets Of San Francisco.

Jerry Douglas, who starred on The Young & The Restless for more than 30 years, dies at 88

https://www.usatoday.com/story/enter...tt/6381565001/

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The Moody Blues formed in 1964 in Birmingham, England. Their biggest hits were Go Now!, Question, Gemini Dream, Your Wildest Dreams, Tuesday Afternoon, The Voice, The Story In Your Eyes, Isn't Life Strange, Nights In White Satin, Ride My See-Saw and I'm Just A Singer In A Rock & Roll Band.

Moody Blues drummer Graeme Edge dies at 80

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...e-dies-aged-80

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Woolf appeared in 21 movies including Marat/Sade, Alfred The Great, The Lion In Winter, The Love Pill, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Gorky Park, Maid To Order, Superman III and The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Doctor Who, Frost's Weekly and Stranger In The City.

British actor Henry Woolf dies at 91

https://dailysportgame.com/who-was-h...sh-actor-dies/

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Fox played Clive Pettibone in 17 episodes of Avonlea, 1993-96, and appeared in multiple episodes of Guidestones, Being Erica, Street Legal and Across The River To Motor City. He also voiced characters in Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, Babar, The Adventures Of Tintin and X-Men: The Animated Series.

Stage and screen actor David Fox remembered as champion of Canadian theatre

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment...atre-1.5665841

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Spike Jones & His City Slickers had 14 top-20 novelty hits between 1942 and 1953 including Der Fuehrer's Face, Cocktails For Two, Chinese Mule Train and Leave The Dishes In The Sink, Ma. Their songs featured banjo, violin, tuba, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, cowbells, bird calls, hiccups and gunshots.

Spike Jones drummer Joe Siracusa dies at 99

https://www.newsfromme.com/2021/11/1...iracusa-r-i-p/

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Freeman played serial killer Howard Epps in three episodes of Bones, 2005-07, and played Gavin Dillon in seven episodes of Raising The Bar, 2008-09. He also appeared in several movies including Skateland, Warrior Road, The Seventh Day, The Wicked Within and Dark Was The Night

Heath Freeman, NCIS and Bones actor, dead at 41

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/16/enter...bit/index.html

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Two of Frishberg's best-known songs are Peel Me A Grape (1962), which has been recorded by Anita O'Day, Blossom Dearie, Nancy Wilson, Vanessa Williams, Diana Krall and many others, and Van Lingle Mungo (1969), which was named for a former Dodgers/Giants pitcher and consists solely of unusual names of baseball players. As a jazz pianist, Frishberg released 20 albums and recorded with Jimmy Rushing, Ben Webster, Rebecca Kilgore, Herb Alpert, Lani Hall, Susannah McCorkle, the Manhattan Transfer and many others.

Dave Frishberg, writer of songs sardonic and sarcastic, dies at 88

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/a...berg-dead.html

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Two of Frishberg's best-known songs are Peel Me A Grape (1962), which has been recorded by Anita O'Day, Blossom Dearie, Nancy Wilson, Vanessa Williams, Diana Krall and many others, and Van Lingle Mungo (1969), which was named for a former Dodgers/Giants pitcher and consists solely of unusual names of baseball players. As a jazz pianist, Frishberg released 20 albums and recorded with Jimmy Rushing, Ben Webster, Rebecca Kilgore, Herb Alpert, Lani Hall, Susannah McCorkle, the Manhattan Transfer and many others.

Dave Frishberg, writer of songs sardonic and sarcastic, dies at 88

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/a...berg-dead.html

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How many rap singers have been shot and killed? I don't know. Many years ago, I lost count. Young Dolph released seven albums, 19 mixtapes and 28 singles. Among his best-known songs are Cut It (with O.T. Genesis), Major (with Key Glock), Aspen (with Key Glock), RNB (with Megan Thee Stallion), Preach, Royalty, Get Paid, By Mistake and 100 Shots.

Young Dolph, popular Memphis-based rapper, dead at 36

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/enter...bit/index.html

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Paul Revere – yes, that was his real name – and the Raiders had 15 top-40 hits between 1961 and 1971 including Kicks, Hungry, Good Thing, Too Much Talk, Indian Reservation and Him Or Me, What's It Gonna Be.

Keith Allison, member of Paul Revere & the Raiders, dies at 79

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...rs-1235050769/