Knowlden appeared in 41 movies, 1931-44. The first was Women Love Once with Paul Lukas. She was four when filming began. Among her other films: David Copperfield, Les Misérables, Show Boat, Slave Ship, The Mind Reader, Imitation Of Life, Anthony Adverse, As The Earth Turns and Angels With Dirty Faces.
Marilyn Knowlden, famed child actress in six best picture Oscar nominees, dies at 99
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...fe-1236372615/
Carrie Underwood's Jesus, Take The Wheel topped Billboard's country chart for six weeks in January-February 2006 and reached #20 on the Hot 100. It is one of 27 number-one hits written or co-written by Brett James. Among the others are Blessed by Martina McBride, Who I Am by Jessica Andrews. I Hold On by Dierks Bentley and Out Last Night by Kenny Chesney. James also had five country hits of his own, 1995-2003, including After All and Chasin' Amy.
Brett James, Grammy-winning Jesus, Take The Wheel songwriter, dies in North Carolina plane crash
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/enter...lane-crash-hnk
Milner played Tod Stiles in Route 66 (1960-64), LAPD patrol officer Pete Malloy in Adam-12 (1968-75) and Karl Robinson in Swiss Family Robinson (1975-76) and appeared in 51 movies and TV movies including Flood, Compulsion, Ski Fever, Springfield Rifle, Marjorie Morningstar, Last Of The Comanches, My Wife's Best Friend, Zebra In The Kitchen, 13 Ghosts and Gunfight At The O.K. Corral..
Martin Milner, Route 66 and Adam-12 star, dies at 83
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...dies/71854338/
Curtis joined the Crickets in 1958 and became lead singer after Buddy Holly died in a plane crash in 1959. Curtis released eight solo albums and had 13 country hits, 1966-86, including Good Ol' Girls, My Way Of Life, The Cowboy Singer and a remake of Paul Simon's 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover. Curtis wrote and recorded the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song, Love Is All Around.
Sonny Curtis, member of Buddy Holly’s Crickets & I Fought The Law writer, dies at 88
https://bestclassicbands.com/sonny-c...e-law-9-20-25/
Wofford released 15 albums as a bandleader and recorded five albums with Shelly Manne. Wofford also recorded with Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Cher, Nilsson, Joan Baez, Kenny Burrell, Kenny Rankin, Quincy Jones, Sérgio Mendes, Sonny Stitt, Richard "Groove" Holmes and others.
Mike Wofford, pianist of choice for jazz and pop greats, dies at 87
https://www.yoursun.com/charlotte/fe...97665abec.html
Elaine Merk appeared in two 1937 Our Gang shorts, Reunion In Rhythm and Rushin' Ballet, and appeared (uncredited) in six feature films, 1937-40, including Nothing Sacred (with Frederic March and Carole Lombard), The Star Maker (with Bing Crosby) and The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer.
Elaine Merk Binder, one of the last surviving Munchkins from The Wizard Of Oz, dies at 94
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/e...oz-1236525749/
Carroll released 50 singles, including duets. Ten were as RC Groove and five were as Testament. Among his best-known songs are Preach, Get On The Floor, Walking Down The Street, Wasn't For The Music, Nikes (with Joel Corry), Lucky Star (with Superfunk) and Back Together (with Hardsoul).
Ron Carroll, legendary house music vocalist and DJ, dies at 57
https://edm.com/news/ron-carroll-death/
Cardinale appeared in 111 movies and TV movies including Cartouche, Henry IV, A Man In Love, Fiasco In Milan, Blindfold (with Rock Hudson), Goha (with Omar Sharif), Circus World (with John Wayne), Lost Command (with Anthony Quinn), The Professionals (with Burt Lancaster & Lee Marvin), The Pink Panther and Once Upon A Time In The West.
Claudia Cardinale, enchantress of Italian cinema, dies at 87
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...st-1236378179/
McNeely released 20 albums as a bandleader and recorded with Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Mel Lewis, Thad Jones, Phil Woods, Bob Lark, Ted Curson, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and many others. Among McNeely's best-known songs are Hiatus, Blue Note, Threnody, The Wheel, Extra Credit, A Single Sky, Ad Parnassum and East Coast Blow Out
Jazz pianist Jim McNeely dies at 76
https://ukjazznews.com/rip-jim-mcneely/
The Yardbirds formed in 1963 in London. Among their hits are For Your Love, Heart Full Of Soul, I'm A Man, Shapes Of Things and Over Under Sideways Down.
Chris Dreja of the Yardbirds dies at 79
https://www.noise11.com/news/chris-d...es-79-20251002
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