Dead Celebs - 2005

Truth Seeker · Mar 11, 2005

Comedian Dave Allen dies aged 68

Irish comedian Dave Allen, famed for his TV routines as he perched on a stool with drink and cigarette in hand, has died in his sleep aged 68.

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lrsach01 · Mar 14, 2005

Karen Wynn Fonstad passed away Friday, March 11, 2005, from complications from breast cancer. Dragonlance fans will remember her cartography from such products as Dragonlance Adventures and Tales of the Lance, although she is perhaps best remembered for The Atlas of the Dragonlance World. Karen is also known for other atlases, including ones for the Forgotten Realms, Pern, and Middle-Earth. For more information, please see this article: (http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1110669403). Our thoughts and prayers go out to Karen's family and loved ones.

Truth Seeker · Mar 15, 2005

Molly Hatchet Lead Singer Dies at 53

Danny Joe Brown, the lead singer of the Southern rock band Molly Hatchet, died of complications from diabetes, his family said Monday. He was 53.

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Truth Seeker · Mar 16, 2005

Tom Dillon, Performer Who Served His Community as Actors' Fund President, Dead at 86

Tom Dillon, president emeritus of the entertainment industry charity The Actors' Fund of America and a veteran performer in many areas of show business, died March 14 of natural causes at The Actors' Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey.

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Cthulhu's Librarian · Mar 17, 2005

Fantasy & Sf author Andre Norton passed away thing morning.

http://sfwa.org/news/anorton.htm

Truth Seeker · Mar 18, 2005

Kihachi Okamoto

Probably the most popular film genre in Japan is jidai-geki , or period pictures usually set in the Togukawa era (circa 1616-1868). However, although jidai-geki is also the most celebrated genre to come out of Japan, one of its leading exponents, Kihachi Okamoto, who has died of cancer of the oesophagus, aged 82*passed away on Feb. 18*, was among the least known of postwar directors in the west.

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Truth Seeker · Mar 18, 2005

Diplomat, Historian George Kennan Dies

In 1947, diplomat George F. Kennan wrote an article that would guide America's postwar policy for decades. He proposed - in the piece signed "X" - that the United States stop the global spread of Communism through ideology and politics, not war.
The policy came to be known as "containment," and Kennan went on to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian.

Kennan, called a role model by his peers in the foreign service, died Thursday night at his Princeton home, said his son-in-law, Kevin Delany of Washington. He was 101.

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Truth Seeker · Mar 21, 2005

Cabaret Singer Bobby Short Dies

Bobby Short, the suave, tuxedoed cabaret singer who epitomized Manhattan glamour and sophistication with renderings of the great American songbook, died of leukemia Monday at 80.

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Truth Seeker · Mar 22, 2005

India's 'king of romance' dies

Veteran Indian actor Gemini Ganesan, who was once called the "king of romance" for liaisons on-and off-screen, has died at the age of 85.

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Truth Seeker · Mar 24, 2005

Seinfeld's TV Dad Dies

Barney Martin, who played Jerry Seinfeld's father Morty on more than 20 episodes of "Seinfeld," died on Monday (March 21) at the age of 82.

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