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Graciela Perez Grillo Afro-Cuban Musician Dies
Graciela Perez Grillo, an Afro-Cuban music pioneer who was known as the First Lady of Latin Jazz, has died. She was 94. Graciela, as she was known professionally, died April 6 of natural causes at the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, where she had been hospitalized for some time, according to her representative, Richie ...
Hollywood Mourns Passing of the Oldest Munchkin from "The Wizard of Oz"
Hollywood said goodbye on Saturday to Meinhardt Raabe, one of the original Munchkins in the “Wizard of Oz." Flowers were placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for the Munchkins, according to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Raabe, 94, was considered the oldest living Munchkin and died Friday in Florida. Raabe was on hand with ...
'Designing Women' Actress Dixie Carter Dies at 70
Dixie Carter, best known for her role on “Designing Women" died Saturday at 70. Publicist Steve Rohr, who represented Carter as well as her husband actor Hal Halbrook, would not disclose where she died or the cause of death. “This has been a terrible blow to our family," Holbrook said in a written statement. “We would ...
Raabe, Munchkin Coroner in 'Wizard of Oz,' Dies
Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in “The Wizard of Oz" and proclaimed in the movie that the Wicked Witch of the East was “really most sincerely dead," has died. He was 94. His caregiver, Cindy Bosnyak, said Raabe died Friday morning at a hospital in Orange Park, Fla. He was one of the few ...
Eddie Carroll, Voice of Jiminy Cricket and Jack Benny Impersonator Dies
Eddie Carroll, an actor who for decades gave voice to Jiminy Cricket in Disney projects and impersonated Jack Benny in a noted one-man stage show, has died. He was 76. Carroll died Tuesday from a brain tumor at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, said his wife, Carolyn. “He was so proud to ...
Graciela, the First Lady of Afro-Cuban Jazz, Passes at 94
Graciela, the legendary First Lady of Afro-Cuban Jazz, has passed at the age of 94 at New York Cornell-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City at 7:58 am, Wednesday, April 07, 2010. A pioneer in music, as a black Cuban woman, in a so-called mans world she opened doors for all those who followed her. She performed ...
Eddie Johnson Chicago South-Side Jazz Saxman Dies
Eddie Johnson (Edwin “Eddie" Johnson) a Chicago South-side jazz legend passed away this morning April 7th, 2010...born December 11, 1920 in Napoleonville, Louisiana, was a jazz and blues tenor saxophonist. Images of Eddie: on left the 1950s and on right the 1970s. In 1946, Johnson joined trumpeter Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, appearing on several Capitol ...
Mike Zwerin, Jazz Critic and Author, is Dead at 79
Mike Zwerin, a jazz trombonist who became a prominent jazz critic and author, died Friday in Paris after a long illness. He was 79. When he was 18, nervously sitting in with Art Blakeys group at Mintons Playhouse, in Harlem, Mr. Zwerin was noticed by the trumpeter Miles Davis, who complimented the young player and used ...
Eugene Allen White House Butler from Truman Through Reagan
Eugene Allen, a White House butler who served presidents from Harry S. Truman through Ronald Reagan, has died. He was 90. Allen died of renal failure Wednesday at a hospital in Takoma Park, Md., the Washington Post reported. Allen, who was black, started at the White House in 1952, when racial segregation prohibited him from using ...
John Bunch, 1921-2010
Jazz this week lost John Bunch, a pianist whose imagination and adaptability kept him in demand for more than 60 years. Establishing his career in New York following his World War Two military service, Bunch slid smoothly from swing into bop and remained a reliable sideman and soloist who incorporated aspects of both eras in a ...
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