[DeadCelebrityAlert] Leonard Nimoy, 83

 


Leonard Nimoy, the much-beloved "Star Trek" star, passed away on Friday at his Bel Air residence in Los Angeles. He was 83.

Nimoy's wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed the news to the New York Times and said his death was caused by the final stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Nimoy was hospitalized earlier this week at the UCLA Medical Center after suffering from chest pain. Last year the veteran actor revealed he had pulmonary disease (COPD), which he blamed on years of smoking -- a habit he had given up 30 years prior.

Nimoy, who was best known for his role as Mr. Spock on "Star Trek" held down a variety of roles in his over 50-year career and earned four Emmy Award nominations for his outstanding contributions to film and television.  After Star Trek, Nimoy played the role IMF agent Paris on Mission Impossible from 1969-71.



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[DeadCelebrityAlert] Lesley Gore, 'It's My Party' Singer, Dead at 68

 

Lesley Gore, 'It's My Party' Singer, Dead at 68

Singer also teamed with producer Quincy Jones for million-selling singles "Judy's Turn to Cry" and "You Don't Own Me"

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Lesley Gore, the singer of Sixties hits like "It's My Party," "Judy's Turn to Cry" and "You Don't Own Me," 
passed away today at a New York City hospital following a bout with cancer. 
Gore was 68. "She was a wonderful human being – caring, giving, a great feminist, great woman, great human being, 
great humanitarian," Gore's partner Lois Sasson told the Associated Press.
The New Jersey-raised Gore was just a junior in high school when Quincy Jones signed the singer to Mercury Records
 and produced her first single "It's My Party." The song would eventually top the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 – 
giving Jones his first smash single as producer – and spawn the quasi-sequel "Judy's Turn to Cry," which also sold over a million copies the same year. Amy Winehouse would later cover "It's My Party" for a Quincy Jones tribute album.
After graduating college in the late Sixties and staying largely out of the spotlight throughout the Seventies, 
Gore resurfaced in 1980 when "Out Here On My Own," a song she co-wrote with her brother Michael for the 
Fame soundtrack, was nominated for a Best Original Song Academy Award; Michael Gore would instead end up 
winning the Oscar for his song "Fame."
Gore came out to the public when she served as host on a few episodes of the PBS' LGBT newsmagazine series 
In the Life. She released her final album Ever Since in 2005.
Jones and Gore would team for two more platinum singles in 1963: "She's a Fool" and the empowering, ahead-of-its-time 
feminist anthem "You Don't Own Me." Jones continued to collaborate with Gore until 1966, crafting singles like
 "Maybe I Know" and "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows." 
The following year, Gore would work with songwriting legend Bob Crewe on the track "California Nights"
 and appear on the TV series Batman as a member of Catwoman's gang.

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Re: [DeadCelebrityAlert] Gary Owens, 80

 

Just doesn't seems right! I am so sad!


On Friday, February 13, 2015 8:06 PM, "Dana Legg danalegg@comcast.net [DeadCelebrityAlert]" <DeadCelebrityAlert@yahoogroups.com> wrote:




He'll always be Space Ghost to me!

On Feb 13, 2015, at 8:17 PM, ccour79992@aol.com [DeadCelebrityAlert] <DeadCelebrityAlert@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Gary Owens, the droll, baritone-voiced announcer on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and a familiar part of radio, TV and movies for more than six decades, has died. He was 80.

The veteran voiceover star died Thursday at his Los Angeles-area home, his son, producer Scott Owens, said Friday. Gary Owens had struggled with complications from diabetes, which he had since childhood, family spokeswoman Vicki Greenleaf said Friday.

Owens hosted thousands of radio programs in his long career, appeared in more than a dozen movies and on scores of TV shows, including Lucille Ball and Bob Hope specials. He also voiced hundreds of animated characters, was part of dozens of comedy albums and wrote books.

On "Laugh-In," the 1968-73 sketch show starring Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, Owens was shown on camera in a parody of an old-school announcer, with his hand cupped firmly over his ear. But his voice was always the real thing, rich and authoritative.

Owens had "such a great voice, so smooth. That was his real voice, even if he was ordering in a restaurant," said Tom Kenny, the "SpongeBob SquarePants" voice actor who worked with Owens on cartoons including "Dexter's Laboratory."

"Laugh-In" creator and producer George Schlatter, who knew Owens but said he hired him for the show after hearing his voice boom through a restaurant restroom, called him a "lovely, lovely man."

"He had a whimsical, fey sense of humor and he brought a lot to 'Laugh-In' in the way of thoughts, words and jokes," Schlatter said.
Given Owens' jam-packed resume, was he a workaholic?

"Gary did not work. Gary played," Schlatter said. "He was a very charming, creative, witty guy who had a good time."

Owens, a native of Plankinton, South Dakota, was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in Washington D.C. in 1995 and into the National Television Hall of Fame in 2001.

In his early career, Owens hopscotched from radio jobs in states including South Dakota and Colorado. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1961.
He was heard on a variety of Los Angeles radio stations including KMPC, KFI and KIIS FM, and hosted a national show on The Music of Your Life Network. He was part of Armed Forces Radio for 10 years and host of the syndicated "Soundtrack of the 60s."

The catchphrase "beautiful downtown Burbank," employed by Owens on his KMPC show, became a favorite of Johnny Carson on NBC's "Tonight Show."

Owens' animation voiceover credits include "Space Ghost," ''Blue Falcon" and "Garfield and Friends" and "The Ren & Stimpy Show."

"National Lampoon's European Vacation," ''The Green Hornet" and "Neil Simon's Prisoner of Second Avenue" were among his film credits.

Besides son Scott, Owens is survived by his wife of 57 years, Arleta, and their other son, Chris, a musician and producer. A memorial service was pending, the family said.




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Re: [DeadCelebrityAlert] Gary Owens, 80

 

He'll always be Space Ghost to me!


On Feb 13, 2015, at 8:17 PM, ccour79992@aol.com [DeadCelebrityAlert] <DeadCelebrityAlert@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Gary Owens, the droll, baritone-voiced announcer on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and a familiar part of radio, TV and movies for more than six decades, has died. He was 80.

The veteran voiceover star died Thursday at his Los Angeles-area home, his son, producer Scott Owens, said Friday. Gary Owens had struggled with complications from diabetes, which he had since childhood, family spokeswoman Vicki Greenleaf said Friday.

Owens hosted thousands of radio programs in his long career, appeared in more than a dozen movies and on scores of TV shows, including Lucille Ball and Bob Hope specials. He also voiced hundreds of animated characters, was part of dozens of comedy albums and wrote books.

On "Laugh-In," the 1968-73 sketch show starring Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, Owens was shown on camera in a parody of an old-school announcer, with his hand cupped firmly over his ear. But his voice was always the real thing, rich and authoritative.

Owens had "such a great voice, so smooth. That was his real voice, even if he was ordering in a restaurant," said Tom Kenny, the "SpongeBob SquarePants" voice actor who worked with Owens on cartoons including "Dexter's Laboratory."

"Laugh-In" creator and producer George Schlatter, who knew Owens but said he hired him for the show after hearing his voice boom through a restaurant restroom, called him a "lovely, lovely man."

"He had a whimsical, fey sense of humor and he brought a lot to 'Laugh-In' in the way of thoughts, words and jokes," Schlatter said.
Given Owens' jam-packed resume, was he a workaholic?

"Gary did not work. Gary played," Schlatter said. "He was a very charming, creative, witty guy who had a good time."

Owens, a native of Plankinton, South Dakota, was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in Washington D.C. in 1995 and into the National Television Hall of Fame in 2001.

In his early career, Owens hopscotched from radio jobs in states including South Dakota and Colorado. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1961.
He was heard on a variety of Los Angeles radio stations including KMPC, KFI and KIIS FM, and hosted a national show on The Music of Your Life Network. He was part of Armed Forces Radio for 10 years and host of the syndicated "Soundtrack of the 60s."

The catchphrase "beautiful downtown Burbank," employed by Owens on his KMPC show, became a favorite of Johnny Carson on NBC's "Tonight Show."

Owens' animation voiceover credits include "Space Ghost," ''Blue Falcon" and "Garfield and Friends" and "The Ren & Stimpy Show."

"National Lampoon's European Vacation," ''The Green Hornet" and "Neil Simon's Prisoner of Second Avenue" were among his film credits.

Besides son Scott, Owens is survived by his wife of 57 years, Arleta, and their other son, Chris, a musician and producer. A memorial service was pending, the family said.




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[DeadCelebrityAlert] Gary Owens, 80

 

Gary Owens, the droll, baritone-voiced announcer on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and a familiar part of radio, TV and movies for more than six decades, has died. He was 80.

The veteran voiceover star died Thursday at his Los Angeles-area home, his son, producer Scott Owens, said Friday. Gary Owens had struggled with complications from diabetes, which he had since childhood, family spokeswoman Vicki Greenleaf said Friday.

Owens hosted thousands of radio programs in his long career, appeared in more than a dozen movies and on scores of TV shows, including Lucille Ball and Bob Hope specials. He also voiced hundreds of animated characters, was part of dozens of comedy albums and wrote books.

On "Laugh-In," the 1968-73 sketch show starring Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, Owens was shown on camera in a parody of an old-school announcer, with his hand cupped firmly over his ear. But his voice was always the real thing, rich and authoritative.

Owens had "such a great voice, so smooth. That was his real voice, even if he was ordering in a restaurant," said Tom Kenny, the "SpongeBob SquarePants" voice actor who worked with Owens on cartoons including "Dexter's Laboratory."

"Laugh-In" creator and producer George Schlatter, who knew Owens but said he hired him for the show after hearing his voice boom through a restaurant restroom, called him a "lovely, lovely man."

"He had a whimsical, fey sense of humor and he brought a lot to 'Laugh-In' in the way of thoughts, words and jokes," Schlatter said.
Given Owens' jam-packed resume, was he a workaholic?

"Gary did not work. Gary played," Schlatter said. "He was a very charming, creative, witty guy who had a good time."

Owens, a native of Plankinton, South Dakota, was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in Washington D.C. in 1995 and into the National Television Hall of Fame in 2001.

In his early career, Owens hopscotched from radio jobs in states including South Dakota and Colorado. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1961.
He was heard on a variety of Los Angeles radio stations including KMPC, KFI and KIIS FM, and hosted a national show on The Music of Your Life Network. He was part of Armed Forces Radio for 10 years and host of the syndicated "Soundtrack of the 60s."

The catchphrase "beautiful downtown Burbank," employed by Owens on his KMPC show, became a favorite of Johnny Carson on NBC's "Tonight Show."

Owens' animation voiceover credits include "Space Ghost," ''Blue Falcon" and "Garfield and Friends" and "The Ren & Stimpy Show."

"National Lampoon's European Vacation," ''The Green Hornet" and "Neil Simon's Prisoner of Second Avenue" were among his film credits.

Besides son Scott, Owens is survived by his wife of 57 years, Arleta, and their other son, Chris, a musician and producer. A memorial service was pending, the family said.




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[DeadCelebrityAlert] Fw: David Carr, New York Times columnist, has died at 58

 



On Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:50 PM, Huffington Post <dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com> wrote:


David Carr, New York Times columnist, has died at 58
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Prominent New York Time columnist David Carr died in the newsroom on Thursday night, the paper announced.

The journalist was 58.

Carr covered media and culture for the Times, and his column "The Media Equation" was among the paper's most popular.

Earlier Thursday, Carr appeared at the New School in New York for an event with Edward Snowden, and journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras.

In 2008, he published a memoir about his drug addiction and recovery titled "The Night of the Gun." Carr was also a leading role in role in the documentary film, Page One, about the tumultuous times in journalism. In 2014, he was named the Lack Professor of Media Studies at Boston University.

In a memo, Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet called Carr the "finest media reporter of his generation, a remarkable and funny man who was one of the leaders of our newsroom."

Carr was born in Minnesota in 1956, and was the former editor of the Twin Cities Reader and the Washington City Paper. He is survived by a wife, Jill, and three children.
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Re: [DeadCelebrityAlert] RIP Shirley Temple

 

You know that's a year old, right?


On Feb 12, 2015, at 9:40 AM, Wanna Be Like Stevie! joditrotter@yahoo.com [DeadCelebrityAlert] <DeadCelebrityAlert@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


- Shirley TempleFilm actress
- Shirley Temple Black was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer and public servant, most famous as Hollywood's number one box-office star from 1935 through 1938.

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- Born: April 23, 1928, Santa Monica, CA
- Died: February 10, 2014, Woodside, CA
- Children: Lori Black, Linda Susan Agar, Charles Alden Black Jr.
- Spouse: Charles Alden Black (m. 1950–2005), John Agar (m. 1945–1950)
- Parents: George Francis Temple, Gertrude Temple

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[DeadCelebrityAlert] RIP Shirley Temple

 


- Shirley TempleFilm actress
- Shirley Temple Black was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer and public servant, most famous as Hollywood's number one box-office star from 1935 through 1938.

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- Born: April 23, 1928, Santa Monica, CA
- Died: February 10, 2014, Woodside, CA
- Children: Lori Black, Linda Susan Agar, Charles Alden Black Jr.
- Spouse: Charles Alden Black (m. 1950–2005), John Agar (m. 1945–1950)
- Parents: George Francis Temple, Gertrude Temple

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[DeadCelebrityAlert] Bob Simon, 73

 

"60 Minutes" correspondent Bob Simon died Wednesday in a car accident in New York City, CBS News reported. He was 73.

Simon's career in news spanned some 50 years and earned him countless awards.

He joined CBS News in 1967 as a reporter and editor based in New York. Simon went on to report from all over the world.

He covered the war in Vietnam and was on one of the last helicopters out of Saigon, according to his CBS News biography.
In 1991, Simon was captured by Iraqi forces at the start of the Gulf War. He and three colleagues spent 40 days in prison, an experience he later wrote about in his book "Forty Days."

Among his many awards are four Peabodys, 27 Emmys and the Overseas Press Club's highest honor for a body of work, the biography read.

Simon and his wife, Françoise, have one daughter, who is a producer for "60 Minutes."






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