In Remembrance...2008

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Veteran Indian actor M.N. Nambiar, who appeared in over 1,000 films (usually as the villian), died today. He was 89.

 

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Clive Barnes, longtime theater and drama critic for The New York Post (and The New York Times before that), died yesterday. He was 81.

 

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Irving Gertz, a prolific composer for B movies, died November 14. He was 93.

Gertz wrote scores for over 200 films, including The Incredible Shrinking Man, It Came From Outer Space, and The Creature Walks Among Us.

 

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Nutrional biochemist Irving C. Gunsalus, who discovered lipoic acid (which has been used to treat chronic liver disease) and one of the active forms of vitamin B6, died October 25 of congestive heart failure. He was 96.

 

[Mark]

We're losing a lot of 90+ Irvings lately. RIP

 

[Truth Seeker]

Brenden Foster: 'I had a great time'

In Remembrance.​

 

[Steel_Wind]

Re: Brendan Foster

That was, easily, the most depressing "in remembrabce" tribute on these threads, ever.

 

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Betty James, whose company, James Industries, created the Slinky, died November 20. She was 90.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Conductor Richard Hickox dies of heart attack

British conductor Richard Hickox, who made a particular mark in opera and choral music with orchestras around the world, has died of a heart attack, his agent said Monday. He was 60.

In Remembrance.

 

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John Michael Hayes, a screenwriter who worked with Alfred Hitchcock, died last Wednesday. He was 89.

Among his works were To Catch a Thief, The Trouble With Harry, the 1956 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Rear Window, which was nominated for a Best Screenplay Oscar. He also wrote the screenplay for Peyton Place, which was also nominated for an Oscar.