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I remember RG best for his appearance on the Simpsons "Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg, Batmobile broke a wheel and Joker got away, hey!"
 
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He was a Vegas resident for years, and hung out with all the who's who in show biz, and not one time did I ever hear anything negative about him, he lived next door to Wayne Newton, and was friends with all he met, and still loved to appear on stage here ;) they played a tribute honoring him on our local radio station and OMG when he sang "AVA MARIE" it brought me to tears, and they had a moment of silence and the lights went dim on the STRIP :(
 
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desertwind Wow that was a nice tribute to Robert Goulet. He did have an awesome voice.
 
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Thomas Dawes, singer and jingle writer, dead at 64
By Alison Peterson, The New York Times

NEW YORK—Thomas W. Dawes, a rock musician and composer who wrote music for some of advertising's best-known commercial jingles, including Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz for Alka-Seltzer and 7Up, the Uncola, died on Oct. 13 in Manhattan. He was 64. The cause was a stroke after carotid artery surgery, said his wife, Ginny Redington Dawes.

Dawes was a co-founder of the Cyrkle, a folk-pop group with a brief career that is best known for its 1966 hit single "Red Rubber Ball," written by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley. When Dawes left the band, he turned to the jingle business. He wrote 30 to 40 in the 1970s and '80s, his wife estimated, a number of them immortalized in pop culture. Aside from his work for Alka-Seltzer and 7Up, some of his catchier tunes were on campaigns for L'eggs hosiery (Our L'eggs Fit Your Legs) and American Airlines (We're American Airlines, Doing What We Do Best). The 7Up jingle, which he wrote, was recorded by his band and submitted as a demo in a company jingle contest for rock groups.

When Dawes met his wife, she was a competitor in the jingle business. They later collaborated on a number of advertising tunes, including music for the familiar Coke Is It, the McDonald's catchphrase You, You're the One and, for American Airlines, Something Special in the Air.

Originally named the Rhondells, the Cyrkle was discovered by Nat Weiss, a lawyer who was a partner of Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager. According to Dawes, John Lennon suggested the Cyrkle's name and distinctive spelling.

In 1966 the Cyrkle opened for the Beatles on their final U.S. tour and released their second, and last, successful single, Turn Down Day. In the mid-'70s Dawes also worked with the band Foghat and produced two of its albums, "Rock & Roll" and "Energized."
 
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Actress Deborah Kerr Dies at Age 86
Oct 18, 1:09 PM (ET)
By JILL LAWLESS

LONDON (AP) - Deborah Kerr, who shared one of Hollywood's most famous kisses while portraying an Army officer's unhappy wife in "From Here to Eternity" and danced with the Siamese monarch in "The King and I," has died. She was 86.

Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk in eastern England, her agent, Anne Hutton, said Thursday.
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^^Her husband only survived her a few weeks: Scriptwriter Peter Viertel dies.
 
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Ach! I remember watching Chef Tell on PM Magazine back in the day! AIYA! I'm so sorry to hear he's gone on to that big kitchen in the sky....
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who could remember that far back. :) Chef Tell will be missed. :(

Robert Goulet was amazing. There's no other way to say it. He was making himself known to the younger generation with his commercials for Emerald Nuts. Desertwind, you wrote an amazing tribute to Mr. Goulet. I wish I could have been in LV to see it.

I can't believe Frank Callari died; this was the first I'd heard about it.

RIP Thomas Dawes and Peter Viertel
 
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Fabulous Moolah dead at 84
The New York Times

Mary Lillian Ellison, whose flying drop kicks, flying head scissors and hair-pulling "flying mare" body slams brought her renown as the professional wrestler the Fabulous Moolah, died Friday in Lexington, S.C., near her home in Columbia. She was 84. She died at a hospital after shoulder replacement surgery and might have had a heart attack or a blood clot, said her daughter, Maryetta Austin.

For more than half a century, as a wrestler, promoter and trainer, the Fabulous Moolah was a leading figure on the women's circuit. She held versions of the women's wrestling championship for all but short intervals from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s. World Wrestling Entertainment brought her back at age 76. Clad in a sequined jacket over a green leotard, she pinned her opponent, Ivory, in a match at Cleveland and was again proclaimed the champion.

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From TV Guide online:

Dancing Star Marie Osmond's Father Dead at 90

Osmond family patriarch George Osmond passed away early Tuesday at the age of 90. Donny Osmond in fact was on the ET set this morning preparing to tape a segment for tonight's show when he heard the sad news. The Osmond clan, who lost their mother, Olive, three years ago, was scheduled to appear on and be honored by The Oprah Winfrey Show this Friday. Marie Osmond, who currently is competing on Dancing with the Stars, immediately flew to Utah to be with her loved ones.

"I just feel so bad for Marie and her family," her Dancing partner Jonathan Roberts tells TVGuide.com. "I'm just going to do everything I can to be with her this week and give her all the support and encouragement that I can."

Just weeks ago, Marie's fellow Dancing contender, Jane Seymour, lost her mother.
 
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Hank Thompson dies of lung cancer at 82

DALLAS - Hank Thompson has died of lung cancer just days after canceling his tour. The country singer was 82.


Thompson died late Tuesday at his home in the Fort Worth suburb of Keller, said spokesman, Tracy Pitcox, who is also president of Heart of Texas Records.

"He was battling aggressive lung cancer," Pitcox said Wednesday in a statement. "He remained conscious until the last couple of hours and passed away peacefully at about 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday night surrounded by his friends and family."

The last show Thompson played was Oct. 8 in his native Waco. That day was declared "Hank Thompson Day" by Gov. Rick Perry and Waco Mayor Virginia DuPuy.

Fans loved Thompson's distinctive gravelly voice and his musical style, a mix of honky-tonk and Western swing. He was named to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.

His first recording was "Whoa, Sailor" in 1946. That year, he started a band called the Brazos Valley Boys, which won Billboard magazine's touring band of the year award 14 consecutive times.

Thompson had 29 hits reach the top 10 between 1948 and 1975. Some of his most famous songs include "Humpty Dumpty Heart" and "A Six Pack to Go."

His album "The Wild Side of Life" reached No. 1 in 1952. It inspired a famous "answer song" written by J.D. Miller, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." Recorded by Kitty Wells, the song was the first No. 1 hit by a woman soloist on the country music charts and made Wells a star.

Thompson grew up a fan of Gene Autry, which fueled his love of the guitar. By the time he finished high school, he was playing on a local radio show, where he was featured as "Hank the Hired Hand."

He served in the Navy, and studied electrical engineering at Southern Methodist University, the University of Texas and Princeton.

Thompson considered a career in engineering, but remained in show business. He caught the attention of Tex Ritter, who helped him get a contract with Capitol Records.

Pitcox said Thompson requested that no funeral be held.

A "celebration of life," open to fans and friends, will be held Nov. 14 at Billy Bob's Texas, a Fort Worth honky-tonk.

Survivors include his wife, Ann. He had no children.


Condolences to all.
 
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In recent years the WWF (now WWE) would bring in Fabulous Moolah for both "acting" and in-ring work on an annual basis or so. She was amazing to watch even though she was older. You could tell she still had her moves. She was a real wrestler, not the "sports entertainers" Vinny Mac's got today. I'll miss watching her.

It's a shame Marie's father passed. You never heard a negative word about him, and his kids never went the Lindsay Lohan - Britney Spears - Michael Jackson detour.

Sincerest condolences to them all.
 
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Director Delbert Mann Dies in LA
Nov 12, 3:16 PM (ET)
By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Delbert Mann, who transformed Paddy Chayefsky's classic teleplays "Marty" and "The Bachelor Party" into big-screen triumphs and helped bring TV techniques to the film world, died Sunday. He was 87.

Mann died of pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son Fred Mann said Monday.
 
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RIP to all those who we have lost recently.

May they all Rest in Peace
 
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Norman Mailer, riveting writer, I have "THE EXECUTIONERS SONG" & "MARILYN" about the Gary Gilmore murderer , and of coure Marilyn Monroe. He had the ability to take you right to the scene, and you felt like you were there, but 84, that's a pretty long life, I'm glad I've got books he wrote. RIP :(
 
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Donda West Death May Be Surgery-Related
Nov 12, 10:54 PM (ET)
By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ

(AP) Kanye West and his mother Donda hold his three awards backstage at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - An autopsy was scheduled for the mother of Kanye West after preliminary information suggested she died of surgical complications, a coroner's investigator said Monday.

What kind of surgery Donda West, who was often seen at the musician's side, had was not immediately clear. West had approached a plastic surgeon months ago about a procedure, but he never performed it because she did not return with a medical clearance for a condition that concerned him, the surgeon's publicist said Monday.

West died Saturday night at age 58 at Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina del Rey, where paramedics took her after she stopped breathing at her home, according to Deborah Ettinger, a hospital vice president.
 
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Mr. Whipple: Charmin Icon Dead at 91[/b]
Dick Wilson, who over the course of 21 years appeared in more than 500 Charmin bathroom tissue commercials as Mr. George Whipple, died Monday of natural causes. He was 91.

In addition to the ad campaign in which his grocer scolded shoppers with, "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin" (all the while being a closeted squeezer himself), Wilson played a drunk on several episodes of Bewitched and various characters on Hogan's Heroes and The Bob Newhart Show.
 
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