Dead Celebs - 2005

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Former TNG Writer/Producer Herbert J. Wright Passes Away at Age 58

Writer/producer Herbert J. Wright, who helped bring STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION to life in 1987 and was responsible for the creation of the Ferengi, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, of natural causes.


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Versatile Musician Gatemouth Brown Dies

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, the singer and guitarist who built a 50-year career playing blues, country, jazz and Cajun music, died Saturday in his hometown of Orange, Texas, where he had gone to escape Hurricane Katrina. He was 81.

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Michael Sheard

The actor Michael Sheard, who has died of cancer aged 65, will be remembered by younger viewers as the abrasive and terrifying Latin teacher Maurice Bronson from the TV series Grange Hill, which was set in a London comprehensive. His stern countenance, barked orders and ill-fitting toupee made him a television icon in the programme between 1985 and 1989.

Michael Lawson Sheard, actor, born June 18 1940; died August 31 2005.

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Oscar-winning director, Robert Wise, died on Wednesday, September 14, 2005. He turned 91 on Sunday, September 11, 2005. Wise's body of work includes The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Andromeda Strain and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Goodnight, Robert Wise

 

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Cinematographer Guy Green Dies at Age 91

Guy Green, who won an Academy Award for cinematography for the 1946 film "Great Expectations," died Thursday of heart and kidney failure at his Beverly Hills home. He was 91.

Green, who also directed more than two dozen films, lapsed into a coma about 10 hours before his death, his wife of 57 years, Josephine Green, told The Associated Press on Thursday night.

"He was a gentleman in every sense of the word," his wife said. "There's not many around anymore. He was a man of integrity. Complete integrity. I've never known him otherwise."

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Songwriter Joel Hirschhorn Dies at 67

Joel Hirschhorn, who shared two Academy Awards for theme songs in "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno," has died. He was 67.

Hirschhorn, of Agoura Hills, died Sunday of a heart attack at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, his wife, documentary producer Jennifer Carter Hirschhorn, said Monday. He had broken his shoulder in a fall Friday night, she said.

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Film actress Constance Moore dies

Actress Constance Moore, star of several Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s, has died aged 84.

Moore died of heart failure at her Los Angeles home after a long illness, her son Michael Maschio said.

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Sid Luft

At the teary end of George Cukor's A Star is Born (1954), Judy Garland, as Vicki Lester, the star with the self-destructive, alcoholic husband (James Mason), famously announces, "Hello everybody - this is - Mrs Norman Maine." There was a time when Garland could have proudly announced, "This is Mrs Sidney Luft." Sid Luft, who has died aged 89, was Garland's third husband and manager, and the producer of A Star is Born, her remarkable comeback picture.

· Michael Sidney Luft, film producer, born November 2 1915; died September 15 2005.

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Mary Dees

In 1937, during the filming of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Saratoga, with Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, the platinum blonde star died - and it was assumed that the movie would be shelved. But MGM's Louis B Mayer and Irving Thalberg had other plans. Harlow's stand-in had been Mary Dees, and it was Dees, who has died aged 93, who for four minutes filled in for the star, back to the camera or wearing a floppy hat. Dees had a higher voice than Harlow, so another actor voiced the character. But Saratoga went on to be one of the biggest films of 1937, and arguably one of Harlow's best screen outings.

· Mary Ella Dees, actor, born September 1 1911; died August 4 2005.

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Motown singer/songwriter Willie Hutch dies

Veteran singer-songwriter-producer Willie Hutch, who helped compose several hits for the Jackson 5, died Monday of undisclosed causes in Dallas. He was 59.

Best known for his work at Motown, his association with the label began in 1970 when record producer Hal Davis asked Hutch to help complete a song for the Jackson 5. "I'll Be There" became a hit for the group as did Hutch's subsequent collaborations with the quintet: "Got to Be There" and "Never Can Say Goodbye."

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