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 iconoclastic producer of "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces," "The Last Picture Show" and the Oscar-winning "Hearts and Minds" helped filmmakers break out of the studio system. Schneider also co-created the Monkees, the popular made-for-TV rock quartet modeled on the Beatles who starred in their own Emmy-winning sitcom from 1966 to 1968. He was 78. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-bert-schneider-20111214,0,1747674.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br>
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Bert Schneider

( Associated Press )

The iconoclastic producer of "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces," "The Last Picture Show" and the Oscar-winning "Hearts and Minds" helped filmmakers break out of the studio system. Schneider also co-created the Monkees, the popular made-for-TV rock quartet modeled on the Beatles who starred in their own Emmy-winning sitcom from 1966 to 1968. He was 78. Full obituary

Notable film and television deaths of 2011

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