2010----In Remembrance.

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Erich Segal, who wrote Love Story and Yellow Submarine, died Sunday of a heart attack. He was 72.

 

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Bill McLaren, "the Voice of Rugby", probably the greatest rugby commentator in the history of the game, died today aged 86. He will be missed by rugby fans all over the world for his fairness and lack of bias in reporting, and his colourful descriptive language.

 

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Crime novelist Robert B. Parker died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 77.

Among his works were the Jesse Stone series and the Spenser series (the basis for the TV series Spenser For Hire).

 

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Glen W. Bell Jr., the founder of Taco Bell, died last Saturday. He was 86.

 

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Dragon Ball Actor Daisuke Gouri Passes Away (Updated)

The Tokyo Shimbun paper reports that Daisuke Gouri, the voice actor best known for playing Robin Mask in the Kinnikuman television anime series as well as Umigame and Mr. Satan in the Dragon Ball franchise, has passed away in Tokyo last Sunday. He was 57.

In Remembrance.

 

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Jennifer Lyon, a contestant on Survivor: Palau, died yesterday of breast cancer. She was 37.

 

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Actress Jean Simmons died yesterday of lung cancer. She was 80.

Simmons first appeared in Give Us the Moon and got her big break in Great Expectations. She was nominated for an Oscar for Sir Lawrence Olivier's Hamlet. She also appeared in Black Narcissus, the original version of The Blue Lagoon, Elmer Gantry, Guys and Dolls, Spartacus, The Happy Ending (nominated for Best Actress Oscar), and other films.

 

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James Mitchell, who played Palmer Cortlandt on All My Children for 30 years, died yesterday of lung disease complicated by pneumonia. He was 89.
Mitchell had been a trained dancer on Broadway for many years. He also appeared on The Turning Point, Oklahoma, and The Band Wagon and taught theater students at Yale and Drake Universitites. He appeared on All My Children's 40th anniversary special earlier this month.

 

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Pianist Earl Wild dies at 94

Pianist Earl Wild, who learned his craft from students of Liszt and Ravel and became one of America's master keyboardists, has died. He was 94.

Wild died of congestive heart disease Saturday at his home in Palm Springs, Calif., his publicist, Mary Lou Falcone, said Monday.

In Remembrance.

 

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Pernell Roberts, the last surviving member of the Cartwright clan, died yesterday of cancer. He was 81.

Roberts played Adam Cartwright on Bonanza and the title character on Trapper John, M.D. He also won a Drama Desk award for Macbeth.