Dead Celebs - 2005

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Richard Wolfson

Musician, film-maker and writer Richard Wolfson, who has died of heart complications aged 49, was the co-author of one of the most remarkable musical projects of recent decades, Kaddish, which he and Andy Saunders produced as the band Towering Inferno. Richard Jonathan Wolfson, musician, film-maker and writer, born April 25 1955; died February 1 2005.

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Rock pioneer Johnson dies aged 80

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Johnnie Johnson, who inspired the Chuck Berry hit Johnny B Goode, has died at the age of 80.
Johnson, who collaborated with Berry on hits including Roll Over Beethoven and No Particular Place to Go, died at his St Louis home on Wednesday.

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Danish Jazz Bassist Orsted Pedersen Dead at 58

Acclaimed Danish jazz bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen has died at the age of 58, Danish media reported Wednesday.

The musician, dubbed "the great Dane," made hundreds of recordings and accompanied jazz greats like Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald.

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Oscar-Nominated Actress Ruth Hussey Dies

Ruth Hussey, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as James Stewart's wise-cracking girlfriend in 1940's "The Philadelphia Story," has died. She was 93.

Hussey died Tuesday at a convalescent home in Newbury Park in Ventura County of complications from an appendectomy, according to her son, John Longnecker.

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Pop artist Paolozzi dies aged 81

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, one of the most influential British artists of the 20th Century, has died aged 81. He had been ill for several years and died on Friday morning in a London hospital, his family said.

Born to Italian parents in Leith, near Edinburgh, in 1924, the artist and sculptor is regarded as the founder of the British pop art movement. His most famous works include a series of mosaics on the walls of Tottenham Court Road Tube station in London.

Best known for mechanical sculptures, his other works include a statue of Sir Isaac Newton in the piazza of the British Library.

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Acting legend Sir John Mills dies

Sir John Mills, one of Britain's best-loved actors and the star of over 100 films, has died at the age of 97.
His films included Great Expectations in 1946 and War and Peace in 1956 and he won an Oscar in 1971 for playing a village idiot in Ryan's Daughter.

He died at home in Buckinghamshire on Saturday morning after a chest infection that lasted several weeks.

"He was unequalled as a world [and] British movie star," his close friend Lord Richard Attenborough said.

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Jazz Be-Bop Drummer Stan Levey Dead at 79

Pioneering be-bop jazz drummer Stan Levey, who kept time for such musical greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Stan Kenton orchestra, has died at age 79, friends said on Friday.

Levey, who ended a 30-year music career in 1973 to become a photographer, died on Tuesday at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Los Angeles, about two months after undergoing cancer surgery, said friend and business partner Arthur Pritz.

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RAMBO PART II Director Dies

George P. Cosmatos, who directed RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II and TOMBSTONE, has died at the age of 64. He had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Of the the RAMBO film he directed, Cosmatos said, "It's a psychological release for people to have a hero who can do the fighting and dirty work while we eat our popcorn."

He was in January 4, 1941 in Tuscany, Italy. His given name was Yorgo Pan Cosmatos. Cosmatos also directed LEVIATHAN (1989) and COBRA(1986). Provided by CineScape.

 

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'Tonight' Show Bandleader Jose Melis Dies

Former "Tonight" show bandleader Jose Melis, who led the orchestra for Jack Paar and traded jokes with the talk show host, has died. He was 85.

Melis died from a respiratory infection April 7 at Boswell Memorial Hospital in Sun City, his son, Michael Melis, said Monday.

As bandleader for the "Tonight" show from 1957 to 1962, Melis also became a well-loved personality whose Cuban accent endeared him to many fans, his son said.

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