In Remembrance...Celebrities In 2006.


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Legendary R&B singer Ruth Brown, who was the top female black singer of the 1950s, died yesterday from complications following a stroke and heart attack. She was 78.
 

GrayLinnorm said:
Harvey Manning, who wrote dozens of mountaineering and hiking guides, died Sunday in Bellevue, Wash. He was 81.

A purist to the end, Manning eschewed new-fangled outdoor equipment, camping under a tarp instead of a tent for instance.

In Remembrance.
 

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Jeremy Slate, a versatile character actor who co-wrote and starred in the cult film "Hell's Angels '69", and went on to appear on "One Life to Live" for eight seasons, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 80.

Slate gained fame in the early 1960s on "The Aquanauts" and co-starred with Elvis Presley in "Girls! Girls! Girls!" He made numerous guest appearances on various TV shows.
 

Bettye Ackerman Jaffe, who appeared on Ben Casey with her husband Sam Jaffe, died November 1, four days after a stroke. She was 82.

She made her film debut in the 1959 drama Face of Fire and made a number of guest appearances in TV series, including Perry Mason and St. Elsewhere.
 

Gary Graver, a veteran director, producer, and cinematographer, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 68.

Graver shot several films for Roger Corman and filmed Grand Theft Auto, Ron Howard's directoral debut, but is best known as the cinematographer for several Orson Welles films, including F for Fake and The Other Side of the World, which was unfinished when Welles died and which Graver unsuccessfully tried to bring to the screen until his own death.
 

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GrayLinnorm said:
Jeremy Slate, a versatile character actor who co-wrote and starred in the cult film "Hell's Angels '69", and went on to appear on "One Life to Live" for eight seasons, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 80.

Slate gained fame in the early 1960s on "The Aquanauts" and co-starred with Elvis Presley in "Girls! Girls! Girls!" He made numerous guest appearances on various TV shows.

In Remembrance.
 

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