Notable deaths of 2011: Film and television

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Bert SchneiderHarry MorganAlan SuesBill McKinneyKen RussellAndy RooneyGil CatesSue MengersFrances BayJohn CalleyCliff RobertsonPolly PlattG.D. SpradlinSherwood SchwartzPeter FalkLaura ZiskinJames ArnessJeff ConawayArthur LaurentsJackie CooperMadelyn Pugh DavisMichael SarrazinArthur MarxFarley GrangerElizabeth TaylorJane RussellWalter SeltzerBetty GarrettJohn BarryMaria SchneiderCharlie CallasDon KirshnerSusannah YorkDavid NelsonPeter YatesPete PostlethwaiteAnne Francis

The former Hollywood press agent made a successful leap to producing. Seltzer led successful ad campaigns for 1935's "Mutiny on the Bounty" and 1955's "Marty" and later helped Charlton Heston make "Soylent Green" and "The Omega Man." In retirement he was a tenacious fundraiser for the Motion Picture and Television Fund. Above, he receives the Fund's Silver Medallion from actors Burt Lancaster, left, and Kirk Douglas. He was 96. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-seltzer-20110220,0,4258710.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br>
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-2010notables-film-tv-gallery,0,7212804.photogallery"><span class="center_label">Notable film and television deaths of 2010</span></a>

Walter Seltzer

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The former Hollywood press agent made a successful leap to producing. Seltzer led successful ad campaigns for 1935's "Mutiny on the Bounty" and 1955's "Marty" and later helped Charlton Heston make "Soylent Green" and "The Omega Man." In retirement he was a tenacious fundraiser for the Motion Picture and Television Fund. Above, he receives the Fund's Silver Medallion from actors Burt Lancaster, left, and Kirk Douglas. He was 96. Full obituary

Notable film and television deaths of 2010

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