In Remembrance...2008

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Guillaume Depardieau, son of Gerard Depardieau, died today of pneumonia. He was 37.

Guillaume was nominated for multiple Cesars and won Most Promising Actor in 1996 for Les Apprentis, but was better known for his personal problems.

 

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Soap opera writer James E. Reilly died over the weekend. He was 60.

Reilly created Passions and served as head writer for Days of Our Lives and The Guiding Light.

 

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Neal Hefti, a big band trumpeter, arranger, and composer, died last Saturday. He was almost 86.

Hefti is best known for writing the theme for the Batman TV series. He also did the theme for The Odd Couple.

 

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Emmy-nominated actress and singer Edie Adams, who was married to comedian Ernie Kovacs, died yesterday. She was 81.

 

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Levi Stubbs, the lead singer of The Four Tops, died last Friday. He was 72.

Stubbs did the voices for Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors and Mother Brain in Captain N: The Game Master.

Abdul "Duke" Fakir is now the only surviving Top.

 

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Game show host Jack Narz died last Wednesday from complications of two strokes. He was 85.

Narz may be best known as the host of Dotto, one of the first casualties of the quiz show scandals. He later hosted Concentration (1973-1978).

 

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Richard Blackwell, best known for his annual list of the worst dressed women, died yesterday of complications from an intestinal infection. He was 86.

 

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Soul singer Dee Dee Warwick, the sister of Dionne Warwick, died last Saturday. She was 63.

 

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Comedian Rudy Ray Moore died yesterday. He was 81.

Moore was best known for playing the title character in the movie Dolemite, which was based on his stand-up routines.

 

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Rudy Ray Moore, aka Dolemite passed.

GiantRealm | Dolemite, R.I.P.