Pulaski

Garry Shandling, comedian, aged 66. Cause not yet reported.

Ray

Garry Shandling, the envelope-pushing comedian best known for playing a fictional talk show host on "The Larry Sanders Show," died Thursday in a Los Angeles-area hospital, NBC News has learned. He was 66. Shandling was felled by a heart attack and was pronounced dead at St. Johns Hospital in Santa Monica after being transported there from his home around 10:40 a.m. by the Los Angeles Fire Department, sources said.

Bob

Trap Door animator Terry Brain dies after cancer battle - BBC News

Terry Brain...animator behind Trapdoor

Ray

Earl Hamner Jr., a novelist and television writer who drew on childhood memories of life in the Virginia countryside to create “The Waltons,” a family drama that defied expectations to become one of the most successful and popular TV shows of the 1970s and early 1980s, died March 24 at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 92.
The cause was bladder cancer, his daughter, Caroline Hamner, told the Los Angeles Times.

Jerseygirl

Patty Duke aged 69 died today of sepsis from a ruptured intestine.

I remember watching The Patty Duke Show years ago when I lived in the UK.

Oscar-Winning Actress Patty Duke Is Dead at 69 - NBC News

Ray

Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke, who hit the trifecta of stardom with her turns on the big and small screens, is dead, her manager confirmed. She was 69. The Queens-born daughter of a troubled cashier and alcoholic cab driver, Duke overcame a dark childhood to become one of the Hollywood's most respected actresses and president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985 to 1988.

Ray

James Noble, best known for his role as Governor Eugene Gatling on “Benson,” died on Monday in Connecticut, The New York Times reports. He was 94.
The actor died at Norwalk Hospital after suffering a stroke.
Noble — born in Dallas, Texas, on March 5, 1922 — began his stage career in the 1949 Broadway production of “The Velvet Glove.” The actor went on to play John Hancock in the musical “1776” and portrayed Reverend John Witherspoon in its 1972 movie adaptation

mikelincs

Ronnie Corbett, aged 85. No more Ronnies.

Ronnie Corbett, best known for The Two Ronnies, dies aged 85 - BBC News

Lion in Winter

So it's good night from me...

mikelincs

Lion in Winter

National treasures

Nutek

Yes.

moneypenny20

That's sad, however I just giggled and thought of fork handles. Daughter is looking at me as though I'm mad. You Tube education coming right up.....

Bud the Wiser

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