Comedian and actor George Burns (1896-1996) is a show business legend. When he died at the age of 100 in 1996, he had spent 90 years as a comic entertainer, making numerous television and film appeara...
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Peggy Gilbert, a noted saxophonist who helped female jazz musicians gain acceptance over a decades-long career of leading all-women ensembles, has died. She was 102.A Los Angeles resident, she died...
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Wallace Seawell, a photographer who snapped portraits of such Hollywood stars as Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn and George Burns during a career spanning more than 60 years, has died. He was 90.Seawel...
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Frank Rosenfelt, who as chairman and CEO of MGM Studios helped green-light such classic movies as "Network" and "Doctor Zhivago," has died. He was 85.Rosenfelt died Thursday at his Los Angeles home...
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In 2010, South Africa will become the first African country to
host the premier world's sporting event, the Football World Cup. The
countdown has already begun: stadiums are...
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Bart BurnsLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Bart Burns, an actor who appeared on Broadway, in movies and TV shows for five decades, died Wednesday. He was 89.Burns died of natural causes at his home in the West H...
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Long after most of its customers left the neighborhood to pursue the American Dream, the last matzo factory on the Lower East Side is moving out, saying goodbye to a part of town that was once home...
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Hollywood's starmakers always are on the lookout for a fresh new face and they found one in Mae Laborde, albeit of the wrinkled variety. The 97-year-old Laborde is just four years into her acting c...
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James DeakinBARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) _ James Deakin, a longtime White House correspondent whose critical reporting put him on Richard Nixon's "enemies list" and earned angry rebukes from Lyndon Johnso...
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New languages are discovered every year, and “goodbye” is a lousy word in every one of them. We said it a lot in 2005, with sadness every time. But before we throw out the Dom from New ...
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New languages are discovered every year, and “goodbye” is a lousy word in every one of them. We said it a lot in 2005, with sadness every time. But before we throw out the Dom from New...
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George Burns
Peggy Gilbert, saxophonist who led women jazz groups, dies at 102
