Entertainment industry obituaries

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Gordon produced and directed 22 movies and two TV movies and wrote 20 of them including Necromancy, Empire Of The Ants, Village Of The Giants, Attack Of The Puppet People, War Of The Colossal Beast, The Spider, The Cyclops and The Amazing Colossal Man.

Bert I. Gordon, auteur of mutant monster movies, dies at 100
Despite low budgets and years of mostly negative reviews, he gained a cult following for his giant villains, homemade effects and preposterous plotlines.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/m...rdon-dead.html

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Topol appeared in 21 movies, TV movies and mini-series including Galileo, Flash Gordon, For Your Eyes Only, Cast A Giant Shadow and War & Remembrance.,

Chaim Topol, star of Fiddler On The Roof, dead at 87

https://people.com/movies/fiddler-on...ol-dead-at-87/

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Blake played Mickey in 40 Our Gang comedy shorts, 1939-44, and starred in 82 episodes of Baretta, 1975-78. He appeared in more than 80 movies including PT 109, Town Without Pity, In Cold Blood, Lost Highway, Money Train, Electra Glide In Blue and The Horn Blows At Midnight.

Robert Blake, Baretta star acquitted in wife’s murder, dies at 89

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/o...lake-dead.html

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In response to They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!, "Emperor" Bob Hudson, morning man at top-40 KRLA in Pasadena, released I'm Normal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD9VDj2n3Pg

Jerry Samuels, one of pop music’s most unique one-hit wonders as ‘Napoleon XIV,’ dies at 84

https://bestclassicbands.com/jerry-s...n-xiv-3-10-23/

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Crump's autobiography, It's Kind Of A Cute Story, was published in 2012. He was an assistant animator in the 1950s and later helped design The Enchanted Tiki Room, The Haunted Mansion, it's a small world and Adventureland Bazaar at Disneyland and The Land and Wonders Of Life pavilions at Epcot.

Rolly Crump, Disney designer who helped define the look of Disneyland, dies at 93

https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...yland-designer

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Caldwell had nine R&B hits including Can't Say Goodbye, My Flame, I Give In and Coming Down From Love.

Bobby Caldwell, What You Won’t Do For Love singer and songwriter, dead at 71

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/enter...ath/index.html

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Reddick played Continental Hotel concierge Charon in four John Wick movies; Cedric Daniels in 60 episodes of The Wire, 2002-08; Philip Broyles in 90 episodes of Fringe, 2008-2013; and Chief of Police Irvin Irving in 68 episodes of Amazon Prime's Bosch, 2014-21. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Oz, Lost, Corporate, Resident Evil, Law & Order, CSI: Miami and American Horror Story.

The Wire star Lance Reddick dead at 60

https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-w...ick-dead-dies/

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The Parliaments had a #3 R&B hit in 1967 with I Wanna Testify. The group evolved into the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic. Their hits include Flash Light, Aqua Boogie, Bop Gun, Up For The Down Stroke and Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Parliament) and Knee Deep and One Nation Under A Groove (Funkadelic).

Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins, former Parliament-Funkadelic singer, dies at 81

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...175251064.html

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In 1941, Dea became the first magician to perform in Las Vegas. She appeared in 13 movies including King Of The Congo (1952) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957), often uncredited as a dancer or chorus girl.

Gloria Dea, the Strip’s first magician, dies at 100

https://www.reviewjournal.com/entert...t-100-2746632/

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Jim Gordon, Eric Clapton drummer convicted of murdering mother, dead at 77
Layla co-writer, Traffic drummer and Wrecking Crew member would later develop schizophrenia and spend last 40 years in prison.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ry-1234697705/