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Polly Holliday, who played Flo in Alice ("Kiss my grits!") and was the mean old lady in Gremlins, died yesterday. She was 88.

Mark Volman, a founding member of the Turtles who later joined the Mothers of Invention, died last Friday. He was 78.

Rick Davies of Supertramp died last Friday. He was 81.

Fashion designer Giorgio Armani died today; he was 91.

Terence Stamp, General Zod in the Superman movies, died today. He was 87. Stamp was also in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert among others.

Soap opera actor Tristan Rogers died today of lung cancer. He was 79. Rogers was in The Rescuers Down Under.

Oscar the bionic cat* died; he was 18. * Not to be confused with Oscar, the cat who could tell when people were going to die.

Bobby Whitlock, who co-founded Derek and the Dominoes, died today. He was 77.

Singer Cleo Laine died yesterday; she was 97.

Musician (and Megalo Mart spokesman) Chuck Mangione died Tuesday. He was 84.

George Kooymans of Golden Earring died today of ALS. He was 77.

Julian LeFey, who helped design The Elder Scrolls, died yesterday of cancer. He was 59.

Award winning songwriter Alan Bergman died yesterday. He was 99.

Singer Connie Francis died yesterday. She was 87. Her song "Pretty Little Baby" was recently popular worldwide.

Alan G. Hassenfeld, the CEO and chairman of Hasbro from 1989 to 2008 (Hasbro bought Wizards of the Coast during this period), died Tuesday. He was 76.