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Dick Clark dies at 82; he introduced America to rock 'n' roll
Dick Clark, the youthful-looking television personality who literally introduced rock 'n' roll to much of the nation on "American Bandstand" and for four decades was the first and last voice many Americans heard each year with his New Year's Eve...Tags: American Bandstand (tv program) , Buddy Holly, Merck & Company Incorporated, Indiana University, Diabetes
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Peter Bergman dies at 72; comedian in Firesign Theatre troupe
Peter Bergman, a founder of Firesign Theatre, the comic quartet that channeled the absurdist sensibility and chaotic impulses of the countercultural 1960s and '70s into a popular radio show and a series of cult-classic albums, has died at 72.
A...Tags: Cults and Sects, HBO (tv network), Radio Industry, Obituaries, The Washington Post
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Margie Petersen dies at 76; co-creator of automotive museum
Margie Petersen, a philanthropist who with her late husband, publishing magnate Robert E. Petersen, established the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, has died. She was 76.
Petersen, who also served on the museum's board of directors, died Friday...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Transportation Accidents, Museum of Natural History
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Burton S. Sperber dies at 82; landscape company founder
He was the founder and chairman of the board of Calabasas-based ValleyCrest Landscape Cos., the nation's largest landscape services company, whose projects have included the gardens at the Getty Center and the rooftop community garden at Walt Disney...Tags: Sociology, Companies and Corporations, Judaism, The Getty, Management Change
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Joanne Siegel dies at 93; model for Superman character Lois Lane
Joanne Siegel, who played a role in the creation of the Superman saga in the 1930s as Joe Shuster's teenage artist's model for Lois Lane and later married the Man of Steel's co-creator, writer Jerry Siegel, has died. She was 93.
Siegel, a longtime...Tags: Politics, Superman (fictional character), Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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PASSINGS: Bill Millin, Yvonne Lenart
Bill Millin
Bagpiper played at D-day invasion
Bill Millin, 88, a Scottish bagpiper who defied enemy fire as he led comrades into battle at the 1944 D-day landings in Normandy, France, died Wednesday at a hospital in Torbay, England, after a short...Tags: Heart Failure, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, England, Health
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Blake Edwards dies at 88; 'Pink Panther' director was master of slapstick comedy
Blake Edwards, a writer-director who battled depression in his personal life yet was known as a modern master of slapstick and sophisticated wit with hit films such as the "Pink Panther" comedies, "10" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died. He was 88....Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Frankie Laine, Romance (genre), Preston Sturges, Middletown
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Jose H. Rodriguez dies at 76; chef and owner of La Serenata de Garibaldi
The name that Jose H. Rodriguez chose for his Boyle Heights restaurant was steeped in tradition, much like the Mexican seafood he had served to acclaim since 1985, the year he opened La Serenata de Garibaldi.
Inspired by a mariachi plaza in the...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Restaurants, Jorge Rodriguez
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Cheryl Holdridge dies at 64; popular Mouseketeer
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...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Politics, George Balanchine, Death, Celebrities
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Patrick McGoohan dies at 80; TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner'
Patrick McGoohan, a two-time Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series "Secret Agent" and gained cult status later in the decade as the star of the enigmatic series "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.
McGoohan, whose...Tags: Cults and Sects, Celebrities, Astoria, Espionage and Intelligence, Wars and Interventions
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George Carlin mourned by fellow comedians
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersFriends and colleagues today mourned George Carlin, the acerbic, Grammy-winning comedian whose career spanned more than 50 years. Carlin, 71, died of heart failure after being taken to St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday evening. The...Tags: Heart Failure, Heart Attack, George Carlin, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Awards and Prizes
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