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Dick Beals dies at 85; voice of Speedy Alka-Seltzer
Dick Beals, a voice actor best known for injecting youthful enthusiasm into the character of Speedy Alka-Seltzer in mid-20th century television commercials for the pain remedy, has died. He was 85.
Beals, whose radio and television career spanned seven...Tags: High School Sports, Entertainment, Radio, Television, Radio Industry
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Harry Morgan dies at 96; star of TV's 'MASH'
Emmy Award-winning actor Harry Morgan, who played the crusty yet sympathetic Col. Sherman T. Potter in the sitcom "MASH" and the hard-nosed LAPD Officer Bill Gannon in the television drama "Dragnet," died Wednesday. He was 96.
Morgan died at his home...Tags: University of Chicago, Theater, The Front Page (movie), Hospitals and Clinics, Drama (genre)
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Television 'Pioneers' reflect again
Zap2ItTelevision has been part of so many people's lives for so long, there's always an audience for its past. If there weren't, Nick at Nite and TV Land likely wouldn't exist, nor would have the 2008 PBS miniseries "Pioneers of Television." Each of its...Tags: Real Estate, Robert Culp, Davy Crockett, Fiction, Stephen J Cannell
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Nathan Scott dies at 94; film and TV composer, arranger and conductor
Nathan Scott, a film and television composer, arranger and conductor whose credits include composing music for the TV classics "Dragnet" and "Lassie," has died. He was 94.
Scott, the father of jazz saxophonist and composer-arranger Tom Scott, died...Tags: Movies, Lassie (dog), Death, Obituaries, Entertainment
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The 'Dragnet' house in Palm Springs gets an updated look
The first time Robin Mininni saw the 1960s Palm Springs home, she hated the décor: the black-and-white giant floral prints on curtains and bedspreads, uncomfortable-looking '50s furniture set against turquoise living room walls, and bedrooms painted in...Tags: Patrick Stewart, Eddie Fisher, Arts and Culture, Real Estate Agents, Elizabeth Taylor
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Roy E. Disney Dead at 79
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- Roy E. Disney, the son and nephew of The Walt Disney Co. founders who twice led shareholder revolts that shook up the family business, died Wednesday. He was 79. The Walt Disney Co. announced that Disney died in Newport Beach, Calif.,...Tags: Movies, Academy Awards, Family, Elections, Board of Directors
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Vic Mizzy dies at 93; film and TV composer wrote 'Addams Family' theme song
Vic Mizzy, a film and television composer best known for writing the memorable theme songs for the 1960s sit-coms "Green Acres" and "The Addams Family," has died. He was 93.
Mizzy died of heart failureSaturday at his home in Bel-Air, said Scott Harper, a...Tags: Family, Stranger Than Fiction, The Addams Family (tv program), Eddie Albert, Don Knotts
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Paul Burke dies at 83; actor starred in gritty TV show 'Naked City'
Paul Burke, who received two Emmy nominations in the early 1960s for his role as Det. Adam Flint in the acclaimed dramatic TV police series "Naked City" and later starred as a World War II Army Air Forces colonel in the action-adventure series "Twelve O'...Tags: Dynasty (tv program), Movies, Family, ABC (tv network), Periodicals
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John Adams sweeps Emmys; Mad Men basic cables first win in drama
Los Angeles Times staff writersFreshmen television cable series showed up their more established broadcast brethren at the 60th annual Emmy Awards on Sunday, underscoring cable's expanding role as the home of critically acclaimed programming. Amid a ceremony intent on casting back...Tags: Survivor (tv program), FX (tv channel), Mariska Hargitay, Comedy (genre), Death
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