Dead Celebs - 2005

[Truth Seeker]

Bollywood actor Sunil Dutt dies

Veteran Bollywood actor turned politician Sunil Dutt has died aged 75 of a heart attack in Mumbai (Bombay). India has declared a day of mourning.

Mr Dutt, minister for sport in India's Congress-led government, had been ill for some time. Tributes have poured in from actors, fans and politicians.

Sunil Dutt became a star in the 1950s and appeared in more than 100 films.

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Graham Kennedy (1934 - 2005)

Graham Kennedy, forever known as 'The King' of the tube Down Under, has sadly passed away.

The 71-year-old entertainer died at a nursing home in the NSW southern highlands. He had had a rough trot the last few years -battling illnesses streaming from when he fell down a set of stairs in 2003, breaking his leg and skull.

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[DMH]

Thurl Ravenscroft

FULLERTON, California (AP) -- Thurl Ravenscroft, who provided the rumbling "They're Grrrrreeeat!" for Kellogg's Tony the Tiger ads and voiced a host of Disney characters, has died. He was 91

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/24/ravenscroft.ap/index.html

 

[Wombat]

Ismail Merchant

Ismail Merchant, one half of Merchant-Ivory Films, is dead.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050525/ap_en_mo/obit_merchant

I have admired his films these many years. He started my obsession with Helena Bonham Carter, enhanced my admiration of Anthony Hopkins, and created films that I wanted to watch over and over.

Tonight I shall, once again, watch A Room With A View and Wings of the Dove.

Pax

 

[Jamdin]

Eddie Albert, best known for his role as Oliver Douglas on TV's Green Acres, died today (May 27, 2005) at the age of 99 according to http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050527/ap_en_tv/obit_albert

Goodnight, Mr. Albert

 

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Eddie Albert, best known for his role as Oliver Douglas on TV's Green Acres, died today (May 27, 2005) at the age of 99 according to http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050527/ap_en_tv/obit_albert

Goodnight, Mr. Albert

Just three days ago, he was playing basketball with his granddaughter, in his wheelchair...at 99. Young in spirit. God Bless you Mr, Albert.

 

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Concert Pianist Ruth Laredo Dies at 67

Ruth Laredo, the elegant pianist who recorded the entire solo works of Rachmaninoff and the sonatas of Scriabin, has died. She was 67.

Laredo died Wednesday in her apartment, said her manager James Murtha. She had ovarian cancer and last performed May 6 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Photographer Fay Godwin dies, 74

Photographer Fay Godwin, one of the UK's most acclaimed landscape and portrait photographers, has died at 74.

Godwin was known for her images of the British countryside as well as portraits of authors such as Ted Hughes and Doris Lessing.

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Jazz great Oscar Brown dead at 78

Oscar Brown Jr., a legendary rhythm & blues and jazz singer, died on Sunday at age 78 following a two-month illness, his son said on Monday.

The songwriter and playwright had been hospitalized in April and again in mid-May complaining of pain and paralysis in his legs. He had emergency surgery on May 16 to address an abscess on his lower spine, Napoleon Brown said.

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Geoffrey Toone

The actor Geoffrey Toone, who has died aged 94, came from a theatrical generation that was expected to behave a little larger than life, both on or off the stage, in the days almost before talking pictures - let alone television - caught the public imagination.

Geoffrey Toone, actor, born November 15 1910; died June 1 2005.

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