LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 — Parley Baer, a character actor who was the mayor on “The Andy Griffith Show,” the voice of the Keebler cookie elf in television commercials and the voice of Chester on “Gun- smoke” on radio, died here on Friday. He was 88. … Read full obituary
Moors murderer Myra Hindley has been cremated.
A private funeral service held for the child killer was attended by only a handful of mourners… Read full story
UK ‘Moors Murderer’ Myra Hindley dies
Serial killer Myra Hindley, one of Britain’s infamous “Moors Murderers” who with her lover Ian Brady tortured and killed at least four children in the 1960s, died Friday after 36 years in prison as one of the nation’s most hated criminals. … Read full obituary
The Oscar-winning actor James Coburn died yesterday of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home. He was 74 years old. … Read full obituary
The actor who played Wally of Wally World in “National Lampoon’s Vacation” has died. Eddie Bracken was 87. He died of complications after recent surgery. … Read full obituary
Merlin Santana, a television and film actor who appeared in this year’s Eddie Murphy movie “Showtime,” was shot to death while sitting in a parked car, authorities said Sunday. … Read full obituary
Prolific Italian film director Antonio Margheriti, who sometimes used the name Anthony M. Dawson and who specialized in making science fiction, horror and adventure movies, has died. He was 72. … Read full obituary
Jonathan Harris, the flamboyantly fussy actor who portrayed the dastardly, cowardly antagonist Dr. Zachary Smith on the 1960’s sci-fi show “Lost in Space,” has died. He was 87. … Read full obituary
Larry Dobkin, a veteran character actor whose television and film career spanned seven decades, has died. He was 83. … Read full obituary
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