Monday, May 25, 2015

OBITUARY

Carol Richards (Swiedler), singer, radio and television performer, well-remembered for her duet with Bing Crosby on the hit single "Silver Bells", died Friday in Vero Beach, Florida. She was…

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Obituary: Jerome "Jerry" Leshay

Jerome "Jerry" Leshay, a TV director and producer with a variety of drama, musical and comedy show credits to his name, has died at age 79.

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Danny Hatton McBride

Danny played guitar and sung with over 75 name artists over the past 50 years. His work as the lead guitarist for ShaNaNa was seen on their TV show and in the movie GREASE.

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Obituary: Eileen Rodgers Thompson

Eileen Rodgers Thompson, former Broadway and Columbia Records singing star, 73, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2003 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte.
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Death Notice: Peter Hobbs

Peter enjoyed a 50-year career as an actor in theater, TV, and film. He played on Broadway (notably, "Teahouse of the August Moon" and "Billy Budd"); on TV (from his role as Peter Ames in "S…

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Obituary: Ralph Kessler

He played first trumpet with the New York productions of "Annie Get Your Gun," "Call Me Madam" and "Miss Liberty." Ralph was music arranger on the "Arthur Godfrey & Friends" television show …

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Obituary: Caroline McWilliams

Her career included numerous feature television roles, starting with her breakthrough role as Janet Mason on Guiding Light and followed by starring roles on Soap, Benson, Nearly Departed, an…

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Robert Schlitt, Television scriptwriter

In 1960, his English translation of Felicien Marceau's "The Egg" opened at Broadway's Cort Theater, where it was included on several "10 best plays of the Season" lists.

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Obituary: Don Snell

Snell, 57, created a one-man show, "A Private Spirit," based on the music of Noel Coward, which he performed around the United States.

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Death Notice: SYLVIA E. DAVIS

DAVIS--Sylvia E., 100, of New York, died November 3, 2010 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home, Englewood, NJ.

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Obituary: Sid Conrad, Actor

His biggest work was on stages from New York to Los Angeles, from Alaska to Florida, and included two one-man shows, Will Rogers USA and Spencer Tracy.

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Death Notice: Bruce Gordon

His starring roles in television series included four years with The Untouchables, in which he played the infamous Frank Nitti. In later years, he chose to live in Santa Fe, and came out of …

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