Dead Celebrity Alert

Original ELO cellist Mike Edwards, 62, in freak accident

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:29:28 +0000

A founding member of ELO has been killed following a freak accident involving a giant bale of hay. Mike Edwards, 62, who played cello for the band [Electric Light Orchestra] for three years, died when the giant bale weighing 50 stone crashed down on top of his van. … Read full story

“Gone with the Wind”’s Bonnie Blue Butler: Cammie King Conlon, 76

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:27:30 +0000

Cammie King Conlon, who jokingly lamented that she was famous for an experience she barely remembered, portraying Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler’s ill-fated young daughter in the film “Gone With the Wind,” has died. She was 76. … Read full obituary

Rue McClanahan: Actress Who Played Blanche Devereaux in The Golden Girls

Buffy — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:00:03 +0000

Rue McClanahan was an American actress fêted for her role as the fun-loving southern belle Blanche Devereaux in the 1980s US sitcom The Golden Girls, for which she won an Emmy award in 1987. …

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Dennis Hopper Dies at 74; Actor Directed Counterculture Classic ‘Easy Rider’

Buffy — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:31:00 +0000

Dennis Hopper, the maverick director and costar of the landmark 1969 counterculture film classic “Easy Rider” whose drug- and alcohol-fueled reputation as a Hollywood bad boy preceded his return to sobriety and a career resurgence in the films ” Hoosiers” and “Blue Velvet,” died Saturday. He was 74. …

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Gary Coleman dies at 42; child star of hit sitcom ‘Diff’rent Strokes

Buffy — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:26:49 +0000

Gary Coleman, who soared to fame in the late 1970s as the child star of the hit sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes” and whose post-TV-series life included a stint as a shopping mall security guard and an unlikely run for California governor, died Friday. He was 42. …

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Art Linkletter dies at 97; broadcasting pioneer created ‘Kids Say the Darndest Things’

Buffy — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:23:48 +0000

Art Linkletter, the radio and television talk-show pioneer who was best known for eliciting hilarious remarks from the mouths of babes and who late in life was a popular motivational speaker and author, challenging seniors to live as zestfully as he did, has died. He was 97. …

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Ronnie James Dio dies at 67; legendary heavy metal singer

Buffy — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:14:51 +0000

Ronnie James Dio, a legendary heavy metal singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath and also was lead singer for the bands Rainbow and Dio, has died. He was 67. …

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Lena Horne dies at 92; singer and civil rights activist who broke barriers

Buffy — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:46:30 +0000

Lena Horne, the silky-voiced singing legend who shattered Hollywood stereotypes of African Americans on screen in the 1940s as a symbol of glamour whose signature song was “Stormy Weather,” died Sunday in New York City. She was 92. …

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‘As the World Turns’ actress Helen Wagner dies at 91

Buffy — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:22:34 +0000

Helen Wagner, who played mild-mannered Nancy Hughes on the CBS soap opera “As the World Turns” for more than a half-century, has died, CBS announced. She was 91. …

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Actress Lynn Redgrave dies of cancer at 67

Buffy — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:19:41 +0000

Lynn Redgrave, a member of the distinguished British acting family who became an overnight sensation playing the title character in the 1966 film “Georgy Girl” and later achieved acclaim on stage as both an actress and a writer, has died. She was 67. …

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