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Jack D. Hunter, who wrote the World War I aviation novel The Blue Max (which was made into a movie starring George Peppard and Ursula Andress), died Monday. He was 87.
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J. G. Ballard, best known for Empire of the Sun, although he also wrote science fiction, died yesterday. He was 78.
Ballard's stories were set in ecologically unbalanced landscapes caused by technological excess. His books Empire of the Sun and Crash were adapted into movies.
Ballard's stories were set in ecologically unbalanced landscapes caused by technological excess. His books Empire of the Sun and Crash were adapted into movies.
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Felix “Doc” Blanchard, the 1945 Heisman Trophy winner and Army’s Mr. Inside in one of college football’s most famous backfields, has died. He was 84.
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Actor Jody McCrea, the son of Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, died April 4 of cardiac arrest. He was 74.
Jody began acting with his father on the TV western Wichita Town and appeared in numerous TV and film productions, most notably the Beach Party movies.
Jody began acting with his father on the TV western Wichita Town and appeared in numerous TV and film productions, most notably the Beach Party movies.
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Jack Cardiff, award-winnning cinematographer (Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes) and director (Sons and Lovers, War and Peace, and Scent of a Mystery which was filmed in "Smell-O-Vision") died at his home in England. He was 94.
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British Academy Award nominated director Ken Annakin died Wednesday. He was 94.
Annakin directed over 50 films, including Swiss Family Robinson, Battle of the Bulge, and The Longest Day.
Annakin directed over 50 films, including Swiss Family Robinson, Battle of the Bulge, and The Longest Day.
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Timothy D. Wright, Singer, Dies at 61
The Rev. Timothy D. Wright, a Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer who filled his recordings, and his Brooklyn church, with his rolling, booming baritone, died on Friday. He was 61 and lived in Roosevelt, N.Y., on Long Island.
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The Rev. Timothy D. Wright, a Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer who filled his recordings, and his Brooklyn church, with his rolling, booming baritone, died on Friday. He was 61 and lived in Roosevelt, N.Y., on Long Island.
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Oddly enough, the only work of his I've read was his sci-fi classic, The Drowned World, and have not been able to find a good copy of his The Burning World (or its expanded form, The Drought).
Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86.
Arthur died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side, family spokesman Dan Watt said. She had cancer, Watt said, declining to give further details.
Arthur died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side, family spokesman Dan Watt said. She had cancer, Watt said, declining to give further details.
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Indian actor, director, and producer Feroz Khan, who starred in over 50 films and received several prestigious honors during his career, died today of cancer. He was 69.
