Virginia Davis, called Walt Disney's first star because she was the first actress to play Alice in Disney's Alice shorts (which combined live action and animation), died last Saturday. She was 90.
Sammy Petrillo, star of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla died on August 15th at the age of 74. Petrillo built his career on his resemblance to Jerry Lewis and even teamed up with a Dean Martin imitator, Duke Mitchell. Obviously, Lewis wasn't happy with this and did everything he could to kill Petrillo's career and he pretty much faded away after the 50s.
__________________ "I had been looking for copies of Magic or Devil Doll for years, as I had memories of Creature Feature showing them back-to-back on 'Very Special Saturdays'. Later that night I would barricade my room to prevent knife wielding dummies from coming in and murdering me in my sleep." - Scott, Teleport-City.com
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Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote songs such as "Chapel of Love", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", and "Be My Baby", died today of a heart attack. She was 68.
Greenwich was a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and was considered one of the most successful songwriters. She also did a musical, Leader of the Pack, based on her life and work.
Ernest Brown, the last survivng member of the Original Copasetics, an ensemble of tap dancing stars that helped revive the dance form, died last Friday. He was 93.
Sheila Lukins, an influential cookbook author and Parade magazine food editor who helped popularize gourmet cooking in America, died Sunday of brain cancer. She was 66.
Lukins' The Silver Palette is one of the 10 best selling cookbooks of all time.
Leonie Cohn, who has died aged 92, was a distinguished producer of radio talks, especially for the Third Programme, and had worked as a wartime translator in the BBC German service; after the war she was seconded to Hamburg Radio.
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