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Kirk Douglas, actor and Hollywood legend, dead at 103, family says

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Kirk Douglas, one of the most famous American leading men of the mid-20th century remembered for his dimpled chin, chiseled features, and virile Hollywood roles, died Wednesday at the age of 103, his family announced.

"It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103," Kirk's son, Michael Douglas, wrote in a statement shared to social media.

He continued: "To the world he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to.

Entire article: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kirk-douglas-dead-103-family

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R.I.P.
 
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Kirk Douglas, actor and Hollywood legend, dead at 103, family says

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Kirk Douglas, one of the most famous American leading men of the mid-20th century remembered for his dimpled chin, chiseled features, and virile Hollywood roles, died Wednesday at the age of 103, his family announced.

"It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103," Kirk's son, Michael Douglas, wrote in a statement shared to social media.

He continued: "To the world he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to.

Entire article: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kirk-douglas-dead-103-family

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R.I.P.
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Damn. Well you can't say he didn't have a great run.
 
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Dryden said:
Paths of Glory and Spartacus are two of my all time favorites.

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Kirk's company produced Spartacus, and Kirk's public announcement of Dalton Trumbo as the screenwriter was instrumental in ending the period of the Hollywood "blacklisting" that came from McCarthyism. He had a ton of great acting roles in numerous memorable movies, but his support of Trumbo, having the clout and the balls to do that at that time, may be his most enduring legacy.
 
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Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA

Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian, was hit and killed by a car in Los Angeles, authorities said. He was 91.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office confirmed Bean's Friday night death, saying it was being investigated as a “traffic-related” fatality. The coroner's office provided the location where Bean was found, which matched reports from local news outlets.

A man was walking in the Venice neighborhood when he was clipped by a vehicle and fell, Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Brian Wendling initially told local stations. A second driver then struck him in what police say was the fatal collision. Both drivers remained on the scene. Police were investigating and didn't identify the pedestrian to local outlets, which named Bean based on eyewitness accounts.

Bean enlivened such TV game shows as "To Tell the Truth" and played a crotchety merchant on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.”

He appeared in a number of films — notably, “Anatomy of a Murder” and “Being John Malkovich" — and starred in several top Broadway productions, receiving a Tony nod for the 1962 Comden-Green musical “Subways Are for Sleeping.” But fans remembered him most for his many TV appearances from the 1950s onward.

"Mr. Bean's face comes wrapped with a sly grin, somewhat like the expression of a child when sneaking his hand into the cookie jar," The New York Times noted in a review of his 1954 variety show, "The Blue Angel." It said he showed “a quality of being likable even when his jokes fall flat.”

Entire article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertain...and-killed-by-car-in-la/ar-BBZMFsI?li=BBnb7Kz
 
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Robert Conrad, Star of TV's 'The Wild Wild West,' Dies at 84

Renowned for doing his own stunts, he also starred on such shows as 'Hawaiian Eye' and 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' and on the miniseries 'Centennial.'

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Robert Conrad, the athletic, two-fisted actor who starred as Secret Service agent James West and did his own spectacular stunts on the 1960s futuristic CBS Western The Wild Wild West, has died. He was 84.

"He lived a wonderfully long life and while the family is saddened by his passing, he will live forever in their hearts," family spokesman Jeff Ballard told People magazine. No other details of his death were immediately available.

Conrad, among the actors employed by Warner Bros. Television to appear on the studio's stable of shows starting in the 1950s, first gained attention for playing Tom Lopaka, a partner in a detective agency, on ABC's Hawaiian Eye.

Entire article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/a...bEy8gfFNRK8P-HQJlcOA635XRltCQqgraIlggW-R9qIcg
 
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Robert Conrad, Star of TV's 'The Wild Wild West,' Dies at 84

Renowned for doing his own stunts, he also starred on such shows as 'Hawaiian Eye' and 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' and on the miniseries 'Centennial.'

wild_wild_west_tv_2-h_2018.jpg


Robert Conrad, the athletic, two-fisted actor who starred as Secret Service agent James West and did his own spectacular stunts on the 1960s futuristic CBS Western The Wild Wild West, has died. He was 84.

"He lived a wonderfully long life and while the family is saddened by his passing, he will live forever in their hearts," family spokesman Jeff Ballard told People magazine. No other details of his death were immediately available.

Conrad, among the actors employed by Warner Bros. Television to appear on the studio's stable of shows starting in the 1950s, first gained attention for playing Tom Lopaka, a partner in a detective agency, on ABC's Hawaiian Eye.

Entire article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/a...bEy8gfFNRK8P-HQJlcOA635XRltCQqgraIlggW-R9qIcg
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somebody finally knocked that battery off his shoulder.


RIP
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Robert Conrad, Star of TV's 'The Wild Wild West,' Dies at 84

Renowned for doing his own stunts, he also starred on such shows as 'Hawaiian Eye' and 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' and on the miniseries 'Centennial.'

wild_wild_west_tv_2-h_2018.jpg


Robert Conrad, the athletic, two-fisted actor who starred as Secret Service agent James West and did his own spectacular stunts on the 1960s futuristic CBS Western The Wild Wild West, has died. He was 84.

"He lived a wonderfully long life and while the family is saddened by his passing, he will live forever in their hearts," family spokesman Jeff Ballard told People magazine. No other details of his death were immediately available.

Conrad, among the actors employed by Warner Bros. Television to appear on the studio's stable of shows starting in the 1950s, first gained attention for playing Tom Lopaka, a partner in a detective agency, on ABC's Hawaiian Eye.

Entire article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/a...bEy8gfFNRK8P-HQJlcOA635XRltCQqgraIlggW-R9qIcg
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Baa Baa Black Sheep / Black Sheep Squadron was and is to this day one of my favorite shows from my early years. I’m not certain if it was the show that caused my love for the F4-U Corsair or the reverse...

RIP Pappy
 
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Kenny Rogers, country music icon, dies at 81

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Kenny Rogers, a longtime star of country music, died Friday night, according to a statement posted by his family. He was 81.

Known for such hits as “The Gambler,” “Lady,” “Islands in the Stream,” and “Lucille,” Rogers died peacefully at home in Sandy Springs, Ga., of natural causes at 10:25 p.m., the statement said.



Rogers later developed "The Gambler" into a series of television movies in which he starred.

In all, Rogers had 24 No. 1 hits and was the winner of six CMA Awards and three Grammys, the family's statement said.

He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and in 2013 he received the Country Music Association's Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, according to Variety.

Entire article: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kenny-rogers-country-music-icon-dead-at-81



You got to know when to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away,
And know when to run.

R.I.P.
 
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