Dead Celebs - 2005

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Classic Actress Li Li-li Died at 90 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

Li-li, one of the most famous Chinese actresses in the 1930s died yesterday in Beijing. Originally named Qian Zhenzhen, she was born in Beiping (now Beijing) in 1915.

When she was only 11, Li had her screen début by playing a supporting role in Yan Shan Yin Xia (The Hidden Hero of Yan Mountains), with her parents. She became a dancer after moved to Shanghai with her family in 1927.

Five years later, Li took the leading role in Huo Shan Qing Xue (literal: Loving Blood of the Volcano) and began her life as a movie star. In the following five years, Li was involved in over a dozen films, including Ti Yu Huang Hou (The Queen of Sports), Da Lu (The Big Road) and Lang Shan Die Xue Ji (The Wolf Hill).

After Japan launched the full-scale invasion of China in 1937, Li starred in three films about the war against the Japanese, Re Xue Zhong Hun (Fight to the Last), Gu Dao Tian Tang (Paradise in the Besieged City) and Sai Shang Feng Yun (Unrest in Saishang). After her career as a movie star ended in the early 1950's for political reasons, she became a professor at Beijing Film Academy.

In 1992, Li played herself in a biopic of Ruan Ling-Yu, another movie star in the 1930s, who took her own life at the age of 25.

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Emery 'Detroit Junior' Williams Jr. Dies

Blues pianist and songwriter Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams Jr., an energetic performer who entertained audiences despite losing a leg to diabetes, died Tuesday. He was 73.

Williams died of heart failure at his Chicago home, said longtime friend Bruce Iglauer, founder and president of Alligator Records.

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German actress Werner dies at 84

German actress and singer Ilse Werner, best known for her film roles in the 1930s, has died at the age of 84.

Born in Jakarta, formerly Batavia, Werner came to Germany at the age of 10 and made her name at the legendary UFA studios in Babelsberg, outside Berlin.

Her most memorable films, made during World War II, included Die Schwedische Nachtigall (Swedish Nightingale) and Wir Machen Musik (We're Making Music).

Renowned for her whistling skills, she died in a retirement home in Luebeck.

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Actress Dorris Bowdon Dies at 90

Dorris Bowdon, a film actress of the 1930s and '40s and widow of writer-producer Nunnally Johnson, died Tuesday at the Motion Picture Country House. She was 90.

Her death was caused by strokes, heart failure and old age, said Bowdon's daughter Fredda Johnson.

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Best-Selling Author Judith Rossner Dies

Author Judith Rossner, whose hugely successful novel "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" was made into a movie starring Diane Keaton, has died, her family said Wednesday. She was 70.

Rossner died Tuesday night at NYU Medical Center. The cause was not immediately determined, said her brother-in-law, Rayner Pike, a retired Associated Press writer.

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Eccentric Millionaire Abe Hirschfeld Dies

Eccentric multimillionaire Abe Hirschfeld, an immigrant who lived the American dream until his increasingly bizarre behavior led him into politics, publishing and prison, died Tuesday. He was 85.

The irascible Hirschfeld, who made his fortune building parking lots and health clubs after coming to the United States from Israel, died at Mount Sinai Hospital of cardiac arrest after suffering from cancer, his family said.

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[Jamdin]

Goodnight, Miss Ellie

Barbara Bel Geddes, known as Miss Ellie Ewing in the long-running TV series "Dallas," has died at the age of 82. She died of lung cancer on Monday, August 8th, 2005.

Full article at CNN.com

 

[Poster Bard]

Two people who made it past 100 years old passed recntly, Catherine Woolley 23 July and Ray Crist 25 July. Also, aside from James Doohan 20 July, we lost another ST associate. The original ST Theme song singer passed - Loulie Jean Norman 2 August

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Matthew McGrory (1973 - 2005)

Actor Matthew McGrory has passed away, at the young age of 32.

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Oscar-Winning Art Director Golitzen Dies

Alexander Golitzen, an art director and production designer who shared Academy Awards for his work on 1943's "Phantom of the Opera," 1960's "Spartacus" and 1962's "To Kill a Mockingbird" during a career that spanned decades, has died. He was 97.

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