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Comedic actor Tom Poston, 85

Posted: Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 2:26 pm

Tom Poston, the tall, pasty-faced comic who found fame and fortune playing a clueless everyman on such hit television shows as “Newhart” and “Mork and Mindy,” has died. He was 85. … Read full obituary

Filed under Movies & Stage, Television

Platters singer Zola Taylor, 69

Posted: Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 2:25 pm

Zola Taylor, who broke gender barriers in the 1950s as a member of The Platters, harmonizing with her male colleagues on hits like “The Great Pretender,” has died, her nephew said Tuesday. She was 69. … Read full obituary

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