Entertainment industry obituaries

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Schickele created the fictional character P.D.Q. Bach, "the only forgotten son of the Bach family," and between 1965 and 2007 released 17 albums of P.D.Q. Bach's humorous compositions such as 1712 Overture, Lip My Reeds, Fanfare For The Common Cold and The Only Piece Ever Written For Violin & Tuba. Four of the albums (1990-91-92-93) won Grammy awards for best comedy recording. Schikele also composed the score for the 1972 Bruce Dern movie Silent Running and co-wrote the title song.

Peter Schickele, 'P.D.Q. Bach' parodist and film/Broadway composer, dies at 88

https://deadline.com/2024/01/peter-s...ry-1235795823/

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Shaw released 15 studio albums and two live albums. Among her best-known songs are California Soul, Go Away Little Boy, Mercy Mercy Mercy, Pictures & Memories and It's Better Than Walkin' Out.

R&B and jazz legend Marlena Shaw dies at 81

https://www.soultracks.com/story-marlena-shaw-dies

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The Shangri-Las formed in 1963 in Queens, New York. In September 1964, they reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 with Remember (Walkin' In The Sand). Two months later, Leader Of The Pack went to number one. Among their other hits are Long Live Our Love, Give Us Your Blessings, Give Him A Great Big Kiss and I Can Never Go Home Anymore.

Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las, dies at 75

https://pitchfork.com/news/mary-weis...as-dies-at-75/

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Jewison directed 24 movies including Fiddler On The Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, Agnes Of God, The Cincinnati Kid, The Thomas Crown Affair, Send Me No Flowers and The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming. He won 12 Academy Awards and 12 Golden Globe awards.

Norman Jewison, director of Moonstruck and In The Heat Of The Night, dies at 97

https://variety.com/2024/film/obitua...ht-1235882301/

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Graham played Detective Matthew Sikes in 22 episodes of Alien Nation (1989-90) and five Alien Nation TV movies and appeared in 44 episodes of the YouTube series The Jace Hall Show (2008-12).

Gary Graham, star of Alien Nation, dies at 73
He also appeared in several Star Trek properties and in such films as Hardcore and All The Right Moves.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...on-1235804804/

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Charles Osgood Wood III hosted CBS News Sunday Morning from April 1994 to September 2016. From 1971 through 2017, he hosted The Osgood File, a weekday series of three-minute commentaries heard nationwide on CBS News Radio stations.

Charles Osgood, longtime CBS News Sunday Morning anchor and radio host, dead at 91

https://nypost.com/2024/01/23/entert...o-host-was-91/

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Farian co-wrote Boney M.'s Daddy Cool, La Bouche's Be My Lover, No Mercy's Please Don't Go and Milli Vanilli's All Or Nothing, Girl I'm Gonna Miss You and Baby Don't Forget My Number.

Frank Farian, Boney M. and Milli Vanilli founder, dies at 82
The controversial German producer also worked with Meat Loaf and Stevie Wonder.

https://pitchfork.com/news/frank-far...er-dies-at-82/

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Melanie, backed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, reached #6 on the Hot 100 in July 1970 with Lay Down (Candles In The Rain). In December 1971, she had a number-one hit with Brand New Key. Among her other hits are Bitter Bad, The Nickel Song, Ring The Living Bell and Peace Will Come (According To Plan).

Melanie, Brand New Key singer-songwriter and Woodstock favorite, dies at 76

https://deadline.com/2024/01/melanie-dead-1235803995/

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Rivera made her Broadway debut in 1950 as a dancer in Guys & Dolls. She originated the roles of Anita in West Side Story (1957), Rose Alvarez in Bye Bye Birdie (1960) and Velma Kelly in Chicago (1975). In 2018 she was honored with a Tony award for lifetime achievement in theatre.

Chita Rivera, Tony-winning Broadway star, dead at 91

https://people.com/chita-rivera-dead...y-star-7971697

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In addition to his many starring roles on Broadway, Battle played Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story, a 2001 episode of The Wonderful World Of Disney.

Hinton Battle, three-time Tony award winner and original scarecrow in The Wiz, dies at 67

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203727...iz-dies-at-67/