Argentinian film maker Jorge Preloran, a pioneer in the field of ethnographic documentary, died March 28 after a 10-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 75.
Longtime Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, who punctuated innumerable home runs with his “Outta Here!” call, died Monday after being found in the broadcast booth before a game against the Washington Nationals. He was 73.
BOSTON -- A charismatic retired baseball player was found dead at his Northborough home Monday after an apparent accident, the Worcester County District Attorney's office said.
Mark Fidrych, 54, of 260 West St., was found dead on his farm, said Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.
Fidrych, a retired major league player for the Detroit Tigers, was found by a family friend underneath a dump truck at about 2:30 p.m. He appeared to have been working on the truck at the time of the accident, Early's office said.
Award winning French writer Maurice Druon died Tuesday. He was 90.
Druon co-wrote the French patriotic anthem Chant des Partisans and oversaw French language and usage for almost 40 years. He won the Prix Goncourt, France's most acclaimed literary award, for Les grandes familles.
Sir Clement Freud, the grandson of Sigmund Freud, died yesterday. He was 84.
Clement was one of the UK's first celebrity chefs, writing a number of books and columns about food. He did a popular series of dog food commercials and spent 10 years as a liberal member of Parliament.
Jack D. Hunter, who wrote the World War I aviation novel The Blue Max (which was made into a movie starring George Peppard and Ursula Andress), died Monday. He was 87.
J. G. Ballard, best known for Empire of the Sun, although he also wrote science fiction, died yesterday. He was 78.
Ballard's stories were set in ecologically unbalanced landscapes caused by technological excess. His books Empire of the Sun and Crash were adapted into movies.
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Actor Jody McCrea, the son of Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, died April 4 of cardiac arrest. He was 74.
Jody began acting with his father on the TV western Wichita Town and appeared in numerous TV and film productions, most notably the Beach Party movies.
Jack Cardiff, award-winnning cinematographer (Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes) and director (Sons and Lovers, War and Peace, and Scent of a Mystery which was filmed in "Smell-O-Vision") died at his home in England. He was 94.
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Timothy D. Wright, Singer, Dies at 61
The Rev. Timothy D. Wright, a Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer who filled his recordings, and his Brooklyn church, with his rolling, booming baritone, died on Friday. He was 61 and lived in Roosevelt, N.Y., on Long Island.
J. G. Ballard, best known for Empire of the Sun, although he also wrote science fiction, died yesterday. He was 78.
Oddly enough, the only work of his I've read was his sci-fi classic, The Drowned World, and have not been able to find a good copy of his The Burning World (or its expanded form, The Drought).
Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86.
Arthur died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side, family spokesman Dan Watt said. She had cancer, Watt said, declining to give further details.
Indian actor, director, and producer Feroz Khan, who starred in over 50 films and received several prestigious honors during his career, died today of cancer. He was 69.
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