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Ricardo Montalban 'Fantasy Island' Actor Dies
Ricardo Montalban, the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on TV's Fantasy Island, has died. He was 88. Montalban died Wednesday morning at his Los Angeles home of complications related to old age, said ...
Richard Sudhalter: A Brief Remembrance
Jazz historian Richard Sudhalter passed away last year at the age of 69, having spent the last several years of his life fighting significant health challenges. This Monday evening there will be a memorial concert in his honor at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York City, with an all-star lineup of musicians and spoken tributes ...
Don Randall Co-Founder of Fender Guitars Dies
Randall was one the founders of Fender Musical Instruments Corp. and named most of the classic products designed by Leo Fender. Donald D. Randall, the dynamic sales and marketing force behind legendary electric guitar designer Leo Fender's phenomenal success during his company's first two decades, has died. He was 91. Randall, one of the founders of ...
Jon Hager Survivng Twin Hee Haw Regular Dies
Jon Hager, who with his brother Jim performed in the musical comedy duo the Hager Twins on the television series Hee Haw, was found dead in his apartment here on Friday morning. He was 67. He apparently died in his sleep, said Sam Lovullo, who produced Hee Haw and was a friend of Mr. Hager. He ...
Claude Jeter Gospel Singer with Wide Influence Dies
The Rev. Claude Jeter, the founder of the gospel group the Swan Silvertones whose delicate yet potent falsetto had a wide influence on both pop and religious singers in the 1950s and 60s, died on Tuesday in the Bronx. He was 94. A versatile stylist, Mr. Jeter once sang bass with the Dixie Hummingbirds. But he ...
Cheryl Holdridge Popular Mouseketeer Dies
Cheryl Holdridge, the beautiful blond actress who first gained fame as a Mouseketeer on TV's The Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s, has died. She was 64. Holdridge died Tuesday at her home in Santa Monica after a two-year battle with lung cancer, said Doreen Tracey, another former Mouseketeer. Holdridge was 11 years old in the ...
Olga San Juan Actress Sang and Danced with Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire Passes
She was known as the 'Puerto Rican Pepperpot.' Olga San Juan, the actress dubbed the “Puerto Rican Pepperpot" for singing and dancing roles alongside stars that included Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, has died. She was 81. San Juan died late Saturday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank of kidney failure stemming ...
Hamiet Bluiett on Freddie Hubbard
St. Louis American editor Chris King, who also blogs at Confluence City and is one of the folks behind Poetry Scores, sent along the following text with a note saying, “This will be in the American this Thursday but you can make any use of it you wish with proper credit." Consider it used, with StLJN's ...
Mike Watt Riffs on Ron Asheton and the Stooges
Mike Watt, bassist for punk groups the Minutemen and Firehose, was invited in 2003 by Iggy Pop to join the Stooges when the seminal Michigan band reunited for its first performance in nearly 30 years at the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival. He continued to perform and record as a Stooge for the next 5 ...
Gene Parrish Longtime Classical Music Radio Host Dies
Gene Parrish, a longtime host of classical music programs on KUSC-FM (91.5) who also wrote and produced syndicated programs on worldwide jazz and American choral music, has died. He was 82. Parrish, of Hermosa Beach, died Friday of lung cancer at a Kaiser Permanente hospice-care facility in Harbor City, said his wife, Eleanor. Soon after joining ...
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