Lois Maxwell, the Canadian-born actress who was to many fans the definitive Miss Moneypenny in James Bond films, has died in Western Australia aged 80, the BBC reported last night. … Read full obituary
September 7, 2007 — Marcia Mae Jones, who launched her career in Hollywood as a child actress and appeared in films of the 1930s such as “The Champ,” “Heidi” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” has died. She was 83. … Read full obituary
PARIS — Marcel Marceau, who revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, has died, French media reported Sunday. He was 84.
France-Info radio and LCI television said the family had announced the death of Marceau. No other details were released. … Read full obituary
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on “Bewitched” and Bernice on “Designing Women,” has died. She was 81. … Read full obituary
BEIJING, China (AP) — A man in southern China appears to have died of exhaustion after a three-day Internet gaming binge, state media said Monday.
The 30-year-old man fainted at a cyber cafe in the city of Guangzhou Saturday afternoon after he had been playing games online for three days, the Beijing News reported. … Read full story
WESTPORT, Conn., Sept. 17 (AP) — Brett Somers, the actress and comedian who amused game show fans with her quips on “Match Game,” one of the most popular quiz shows of the 1970s, died on Saturday at her home here. She was 83. The cause was stomach and colon cancer, her son Adam Klugman said. …
Ms. Somers married Jack Klugman, the future star of the television shows “Quincy” and “The Odd Couple,” in 1953. They separated in 1974, but never divorced. She appeared on several episodes of “The Odd Couple,” playing the ex-wife of Mr. Klugman’s character. … Read full obituary
British former world rallying champion Colin McRae was believed to have been killed in a fatal helicopter crash at his home on Saturday, police told AFP. … Read full obituary
Anita Roddick, the founder of the Body Shop cosmetics store, has died after suffering a major brain haemorrhage. She was 64. … Read full obituary
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Jane Wyman, the Oscar-winning actress who was Ronald Reagan’s first wife and starred in the popular 1980s television drama “Falcon Crest,” died on Monday at age 90, her longtime manager said. … Read full obituary
HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — Author Madeleine L’Engle, whose novel “A Wrinkle in Time” has been enjoyed by generations of schoolchildren and adults since the 1960s, has died, her publicist said Friday. She was 88. … Read full obituary
LICKING, Missouri (AP) — Actress Miyoshi Umeki, who won an Oscar for her performance as the doomed wife of an American serviceman in “Sayonara” and later starred in the Broadway musical “Flower Drum Song,” has died of cancer. She was 78. …
Umeki also portrayed Mrs. Livingston, the housekeeper, in the ABC series, “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” (1969-1972), which starred Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz. … Read full obituary
Effi Barry, 63, a regal first lady of Washington who endured her husband’s [Marion Barry] very public sex and drug scandal during his tenure as mayor, died early this morning of leukemia at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. … Read full obituary
Wall Street big shot Seth Tobias was mysteriously found dead yesterday in the swimming pool of his Florida mansion, police said. … Read full obituary
Former Rep. Jennifer Dunn, who became the most powerful Republican woman in Washington state history during six terms representing Seattle’s east-side suburbs, died Wednesday after developing a blood clot in her Virginia apartment, said a statement from her family. She was 66. … Read full obituary
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 — Representative Paul E. Gillmor, an Ohio Republican who represented much of the northwestern and north-central part of the state, was found dead in his apartment on Wednesday. … Read full obituary
Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C’s and ebullient showmanship made him one of the world’s most beloved tenors, has died, his manager told The Associated Press. He was 71. … Read full obituary
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Rev. D. James Kennedy, a pioneering megachurch pastor who became one of the nation’s most prominent Christian broadcasters and a key figure in the rise of the religious right, died Wednesday, a church spokesman said. He was 76. …
Kennedy was also a close colleague of the Rev. Pat Robertson, the Rev. Jerry Falwell and other religious broadcasters and was an early board member of the Moral Majority, which Falwell formed in 1979. … Read full obituary
Dr. Lewis O’Donnell, known as Mr. Trolley to many passed away on Tuesday. He was one of the stars of the popular children’s television series “The Magic Toyshop” that ran in Central New York from 1955 to 1982. The show was also one of the longest run children’s programs in the country. … Read full obituary
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