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Thursday, June 22, 2023

Paxton Whitehead, 'Back to School' actor who found humor in the stodgy, dies at 85 by Daniel E. Slotnik / The New York Times

Perhaps his best-known character was Philip Barbay, the uptight dean of a business school and the nemesis of Thornton Melon, Rodney Dangerfield’s character, in “Back to School” (1986).

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:00PM
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Robert Guillaume, Emmy-winning star of 'Benson,' dies at 89 by Daniel E. Slotnik / The New York Times

Robert Guillaume, who dreamed of being the first black tenor to sing at the Metropolitan Opera but settled for acting onstage and on television — and won Emmy Awards for playing the same c…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:10PM