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Sir Michael Parkinson: Chat show host dies aged 88

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Broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88, his family has confirmed.

His TV career spanned seven decades, and he interviewed the world's biggest stars on his long-running chat show.

A statement from Sir Michael's family said: "After a brief illness Sir Michael Parkinson passed away peacefully at home last night in the company of his family.

"The family request that they are given privacy and time to grieve."

Sir Michael's high-profile guests included Sir Billy Connolly, Muhammad Ali, Sir Elton John, Madonna and Dame Helen Mirren.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66411604

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Gary Wright, singer-songwriter known for 70s hits 'Dream Weaver' and 'Love Is Alive,' dies at 80
Source: ABC 7 Los Angeles

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (KABC) -- Gary Wright, best known for his 1976 hit songs "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive," died after long health battle, his son told Eyewitness News. He was 80.

His son, Justin, said his father had been suffering with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia for the past six years.

The singer-songwriter died Monday morning at his home in Palos Verdes Estates surrounded by his family and loved ones.

Word of his death spread on social media with many fans and fellow musicians sharing their memories of Wright, including singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop.

Read more: https://abc7.com/gary-wright-dream-weav ... /13736354/

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David McCallum of The Man from UNCLE and NCIS fame dies aged 90

Mon 25 Sep 2023 23.10 BST

Actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series The Man from UNCLE in the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the popular television show NCIS 40 years later, has died. He was 90.

McCallum died on Monday of natural causes, surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian hospital, CBS said in a statement.

“David was a gifted actor and author, and beloved by many around the world. He led an incredible life, and his legacy will forever live on through his family and the countless hours on film and television that will never go away,” said a statement from CBS.

Scottish-born McCallum had been doing well appearing in such films A Night to Remember (about the Titanic), The Great Escape and The Greatest Story Ever Told (as Judas). But it was The Man from UNCLE that made the blond actor with the Beatlesque haircut a household name in the mid-60s.

The success of the James Bond books and films had set off a chain reaction, with secret agents proliferating on both the large and small screens. Indeed, Bond creator Ian Fleming contributed some ideas as The Man from UNCLE was being developed, according to Jon Heitland’s The Man from UNCLE Book.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... ies-age-90

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Sir Michael Gambon dead: Actor famous for Dumbledore and the Singing Detective dies, aged 82

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Actor Sir Michael Gambon has died peacefully in hospital aged 82, according to his family.

The legendary star of stage and screen – who over a stellar six-decade career received three Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four BAFTA Awards – was best known to younger audiences as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series.

Sir Michael, who in 1999 was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama, died with his wife and son by his side in Essex following a bout of pneumonia.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ente ... 20247.html

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Diane Feinstein has died [View all]
Source: ABC

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, an 'icon for women in politics,' dies at 90, source confirms

Her career was filled with firsts: first woman mayor of SF and one of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate from California.

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Friday, September 29, 2023 8:38AM

SAN FRANCISCO -- Senator Dianne Feinstein has died at 90 years old, ABC7 Insider Phil Matier has confirmed. Her career was one of many firsts. She was the first woman president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman mayor of San Francisco, and one of two of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate from California.

"Dianne Feinstein, right from the start, was an icon for women in politics," said former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Senator Chuck Schumer adds, "She's a legend. A legend in California as the first woman senator. A legend in the Senate. She was the leader on so many different issues."

Born Dianne Goldman in San Francisco on June 22, 1933, she was raised by a Russian Orthodox mother and Jewish father. She worshipped at Temple Emanuel Synagogue and graduated from San Francisco's Convent of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic all girls' high school. She was in the glee club, ballet, camera club and athletics.

Read more: https://abc7news.com/senator-dianne-fei ... /13635510/

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Diane Feinstein has died [View all]
Source: ABC

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, an 'icon for women in politics,' dies at 90, source confirms

Her career was filled with firsts: first woman mayor of SF and one of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate from California.

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Friday, September 29, 2023 8:38AM

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Read more: https://abc7news.com/senator-dianne-fei ... /13635510/

Feinstein's death is receiving a lot of coverage and commentary on both CNN and MSNBC.

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Burt Young: Oscar-nominated Rocky actor dies aged 83

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Actor Burt Young, best known for playing Paulie Pennino in the Rocky films, has died at the age of 83.

Young received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor in 1977 for his role as the friend and future brother-in-law of boxer Rocky, played by Sylvester Stallone.

Stallone paid tribute to Young on social media, calling him an "incredible man and artist".

He added: "I and the world will miss you very much."

Born Gerald Tommaso DeLouise in Queens, New York, the Italian-American was in the US Marine Corps in the 1950s, and went on to study acting and build a career playing tough guys in TV shows and films.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67155816

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Man United legend Sir Bobby Charlton dies

2023-10-21 16:24



Manchester United and footballs fans around the world are in mourning following the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the greatest and most beloved players in the history of our club.

Sir Bobby was a hero to millions, not just in Manchester, or the United Kingdom, but wherever football is played around the world.

He was admired as much for his sportsmanship and integrity as he was for his outstanding qualities as a footballer; Sir Bobby will always be remembered as a giant of the game.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/ ... XFz7w_miWA

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A truly evil man – his actions contributed to millions of innocent human deaths.

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Henry Kissinger, secretary of state to Richard Nixon, dies at 100

Thu 30 Nov 2023 04.07 GMT

Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state under Richard Nixon who became one of the most prominent and controversial figures of US foreign policy in the 20th century, has died. He was 100.

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But his legacy was also defined by his contempt for human rights and efforts to protect US corporate interests at all costs, with opponents across the world casting him as a war criminal. He supported Indonesia’s military dictator in the invasion of East Timor, backed the invasion of Angola by the apartheid regime in South Africa and worked with the CIA to overthrow the democratically-elected president of Chile. He also authorized wiretaps of reporters and his own staff.

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On the political and intellectual right and left, Kissinger’s legacy differs.

On the right, he is seen as a brilliant statesman, a master diplomat, an exponent of power politics deployed to the benefit of America, the country to which his family fled on leaving Germany in 1938.

On the left, hostility burns over his record on Chile, where the CIA instigated the overthrow of Salvatore Allende; on Pakistan, where he and Nixon turned a blind eye to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands; on the Middle East; on Cyprus; on East Timor and more.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... hard-nixon

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The Pogues star Shane MacGowan, best known for Christmas hit Fairytale Of New York, dies at 65

Born in Kent on Christmas Day in 1957, Shane MacGowan will forever be associated with the festive period thanks to The Pogues' 1987 hit, Fairytale Of New York, featuring the late Kirsty MacColl.

Thursday 30 November 2023 12:27, UK

Musician and singer Shane MacGowan, best known as the frontman of The Pogues, has died at the age of 65.

His wife Victoria Mary Clarke shared the news in a post on Instagram, saying: "Shane will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life."

MacGowan had suffered from several health issues in recent years and was treated in St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin for an infection earlier this month. He was released from hospital last week ahead of his upcoming birthday on Christmas Day, with his former bandmates Spider Stacy and Terry Woods among those who visisted him.

https://news.sky.com/story/the-pogues-s ... 5-13008760

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Former Chancellor Alistair Darling dies aged 70

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Alistair Darling, the Labour chancellor who steered the UK through the 2008 financial crisis, has died aged 70, a family spokesperson has said.

Following Labour's landslide 1997 election win, Lord Darling served in cabinet for 13 years under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Alongside cabinet roles he led the successful Better Together Campaign in 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

The former Edinburgh MP died after a "short spell" in hospital, his family said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67578993

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Sandra Day O’Connor, the First Female Supreme Court Justice Is Dead at 93
by Pete Williams and Lawrence Hurley
December 1, 2023

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(NBC) Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the justice who held the court’s center for more than a generation, died Friday, the court said in a statement.

Her cause of death was complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness. She was 93.

Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement that O'Connor "blazed an historic trail as our nation's first female justice."

He said the justices "mourn the loss of a beloved colleague, a fiercely independent defender of the rule of law, and an eloquent advocate for civics education."

From the early 1990s until her retirement in 2005, she was the indisputable swing justice, often casting the deciding vote in the court’s most contentious cases. Her lack of a consistent judicial philosophy rankled some, but others praised her practical bent as a moderating influence.

Read more here: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supr ... cna127589

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Tracy Tormé, ‘Sliders’ Co-Creator and ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Writer, Dies at 64

JANUARY 9, 2024 5:40PM

Tracy Tormé, a UFO expert and son of stylish crooner Mel Tormé who co-created the 1990s series Sliders and was hand-picked by Gene Roddenberry to serve as the head writer on Star Trek: The Next Generation, has died. He was 64.

Tormé died Thursday of complications from diabetes in Escondido, California, his sister and brother, actress Daisy Tormé (Superman & Lois) and recording artist James Tormé, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Tormé also was a writer on Saturday Night Live during its eighth season (1982-83); wrote and produced with Travis Walton the fantasy drama film Fire in the Sky (1993), starring D.B. Sweeney and Robert Patrick; and was a consultant on the acclaimed Robert Zemeckis sci-fi drama Contact (1997).

He wrote the original treatment for the Francis Lawrence-directed I Am Legend (2007) and received co-producer credit on that film, which grossed $585.4 million for Warner Bros. Smith battles mutants as the last human in New York in the post-apocalyptic thriller that was based on a Richard Matheson novel.

On the first two seasons (1987-89) of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Tormé wrote the episode “The Big Goodbye,” which went on to receive a Peabody Award — the only episode of any Star Trek series to win one of those — and was instrumental in the use of the Holodeck as the show’s centerpiece. He also served as an executive story editor and creative consultant before departing.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv ... 235783832/

Only just saw this when searching up Sliders, RIP Tracy Torme.