Dead Celebs - 2005
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Templetroll
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Richard Pryor reported dead of a heart attack.
Jamdin
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Templetroll said:
Yes, sadly, he is dead. From http://news.yahoo.com/ :
LOS ANGELES - Richard Pryor, the caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off, has died, his ex-wife said Saturday. He was 65.
Pryor died of a heart attack at his home in the San Fernando Valley sometime late Friday or early Saturday, Flyn Pryor said.
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Sci-Fi author Robert Sheckley has passed away. 
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Richard Pryor
"He was the Charlie Parker of comedy, a master of telling the truth that influenced every comedian that came after him," Jones said in a statement. "The legacy that he leaves will forever be with us."
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"He was the Charlie Parker of comedy, a master of telling the truth that influenced every comedian that came after him," Jones said in a statement. "The legacy that he leaves will forever be with us."
Good Night...Jo Jo Dancer.
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J. N. Williamson (1932-2005)
Gerald Neal Williamson, who wrote horror as J. N. Williamson and Julian Shock, died Thursday, December 8, 2005 at the Riverwalk Village nursing home near Indianapolis.
Williamson was a prolific writer in the 1980s and early '90s, with over 40 novels and over 150 short stores. Several collections of his short story were published and he edited the Masques series of anthologies. The last of the series, Darker Masques, was published in 2002. In 2003 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers of America.
In addition to his fiction, Williamson was appreciated for the assistance he gave to young writers and for editing How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction.
He was 77 years old.
http://sfwa.org/news/jnwilliamson.htm
Gerald Neal Williamson, who wrote horror as J. N. Williamson and Julian Shock, died Thursday, December 8, 2005 at the Riverwalk Village nursing home near Indianapolis.
Williamson was a prolific writer in the 1980s and early '90s, with over 40 novels and over 150 short stores. Several collections of his short story were published and he edited the Masques series of anthologies. The last of the series, Darker Masques, was published in 2002. In 2003 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers of America.
In addition to his fiction, Williamson was appreciated for the assistance he gave to young writers and for editing How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction.
He was 77 years old.
http://sfwa.org/news/jnwilliamson.htm
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Flights of angels sing thee to they rest, Mr. Pryor.
Thanks for all the laughs. The afterlife just got funnier. Rest in peace.
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Thanks for all the laughs. The afterlife just got funnier. Rest in peace.
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Popular Bollywood producer dies
Veteran film-maker Ramanand Sagar, who produced one of India's most popular TV series, has died in the city of Mumbai (Bombay) aged 87 after an illness.
Sagar was noted for producing Ramayana, a TV series on the Hindu epic.
After starting out as a film technician in Mumbai - home to Bollywood - he went on to become a prolific film-maker.
"All of us are born in this world, bring our deaths with us and no-one can stop it. His life came to an end and has left us," his son Prem Sagar said.
In Remembrance.
Veteran film-maker Ramanand Sagar, who produced one of India's most popular TV series, has died in the city of Mumbai (Bombay) aged 87 after an illness.
Sagar was noted for producing Ramayana, a TV series on the Hindu epic.
After starting out as a film technician in Mumbai - home to Bollywood - he went on to become a prolific film-maker.
"All of us are born in this world, bring our deaths with us and no-one can stop it. His life came to an end and has left us," his son Prem Sagar said.
In Remembrance.
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Sex, Lies and Videotape producer dies, aged 49
Producer Robert F Newmyer, whose credits on Sex, Lies and Videotape, Training Day and the Santa Clause films demonstrated his talent for straddling the worlds of studio and independent pictures, has died. He was 49.
He had been on location in Toronto, supervising the production on a new FBI thriller called Breach, when he suffered a heart attack brought on by asthma while working out at a gym.
In Remembrance.
Producer Robert F Newmyer, whose credits on Sex, Lies and Videotape, Training Day and the Santa Clause films demonstrated his talent for straddling the worlds of studio and independent pictures, has died. He was 49.
He had been on location in Toronto, supervising the production on a new FBI thriller called Breach, when he suffered a heart attack brought on by asthma while working out at a gym.
In Remembrance.
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