Entertainment industry obituaries

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Walton was a costume designer and set designer for 50 Broadway and off-Broadway plays including Pippin, Picnic, Chicago, Grand Hotel, Guys & Dolls, A Christmas Carol and Annie Get Your Gun and for 20 movies including Equus, Petulia, Mary Poppins, All That Jazz, The Wiz, Murder On The Orient Express and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.

Tony and Academy Award-winning designer Tony Walton dies at 87
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https://www.broadway.com/buzz/201927...on-dies-at-87/

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Forke played helicopter pilot Alex Lambert on 35 episodes of Wings (1992-95), played software company manager Carey in 10 episodes of Dweebs (1995) – but only six of those episodes aired – and played prep school guidance counselor Nikki Hardin in 17 episodes of Mr. Rhodes (1996-97). She also appeared in multiple episodes of Lois & Clark and Party Of Five.

Farrah Forke, Wings co-star, dies at 54

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...s-54-rcna18496

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Considine played Spin Evans in 26 episodes of The Adventures Of Spin & Marty (1955), played Frank Hardy in 29 episodes of The Hardy Boys (1956-57), played Steven Abernathy in 18 episodes of Annette (1958) and played Mike Douglas in 184 episodes of My Three Sons (1960-65). He also appeared in 10 movies including Patton, The Clown, The Shaggy Dog, The Daring Dobermans and Sunrise At Campobello.

Tim Considine, actor on My Three Sons and Spin & Marty, dies at 81

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...ty-1235104594/

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Ryan played Burke Devlin in 107 episodes of Dark Shadows (1966-67), played Captain Chase Reddick in 23 episodes of Chase (1973-74), played Dan Walling in 18 episodes of Executive Suite (1977), played Anthony Tonell in 36 episodes of Santa Barbara (1989) and played Edward Montgomery in 199 episodes of Dharma & Greg (1997-2002). He also appeared in multiple episodes of Cannon, Renegade, Dallas, Wings, Naked City, Having Babies, Silk Stalkings, The Chisholms, 2000 Malibu Road and Murder She Wrote.

Mitchell Ryan, actor in Lethal Weapon and Dharma & Greg, dies at 88

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...eg-1235104831/

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Brown played building superintendent Nathan Bookman in 52 episodes of Good Times (1975-79). He was a regular on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1970 to 1972 and appeared in multiple episodes of Sister Sister, Kenan & Kel, The Parent 'Hood and The Wayans Brothers.

Good Times actor Johnny Brown dies at 84

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/05/enter...ath/index.html

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Joni James – real name: Giovanna Carmello Babbo – had 14 top-40 hits between 1952 and 1960, including Have You Heard, Your Cheatin' Heart, Why Don't You Believe Me, How Important Can It Be, You Are My Love, There Goes My Heart and a remake of Kitty Kallen's Little Things Mean A Lot.

Joni James, popular songstress of the 1950s, dies at 91

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...0s-1235099860/

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Miles played cornet and trumpet and released 12 albums between 1987 and 2020. He also recorded with Fred Hess, Ginger Baker, Bill Frisell, Joe Henry, Jason Moran, Joshua Redman and others.

Ron Miles, cornetist who imbued modern jazz with heart and soul, dies at 58

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/10856...oul-dies-at-58

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Janis played Fred McConnell in 53 episodes of Mork & Mindy (1978-82). He also appeared in multiple episodes of Quark, Frasier, Suspense, St. Elsewhere and Murder She Wrote and in several movies including Roseland, Beyond Glory, The Cable Guy and The Buddy Holly Story.

Conrad Janis, trombonist and Mork & Mindy actor, dies at 94

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...dy-1235107604/

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Delgado played Fix-It Shop owner Luis Rodriguez on 426 episodes of Sesame Street (1971-2014), played Ruben Castillo on 19 episodes of Lou Grant (1979-82) and appeared in multiple episodes of Falcon Crest, Quincy M.E., The Chisholms and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Emilio Delgado, Luis on Sesame Street for four decades, dies at 81

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/a...gado-dead.html

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Sponge formed in 1992 in Detroit. They've released nine studio albums, nine live albums and 29 singles. Among their biggest hits are Plowed, Rainin', Wax Ecstatic, Have You Seen Mary, Lavatorium, Rotting Piñata and Molly (16 Candles Down The Drain.)

Mike Cross, founding guitarist of Sponge, dies at 57

https://www.spin.com/2022/03/mike-cr...ge-dies-at-57/