Posts Tagged ‘best-known’

Soul star Etta James dies aged 73

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Soul and blues singer Etta James, best known for the tracks At Last and for I’d Rather Go Blind, has died aged 73.

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Author Reginald Hill dies aged 75

Friday, January 13th, 2012

The author Reginald Hill, who is best known for his crime novels about police detectives Dalziel and Pascoe, has died at the age of 75.

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Roger Corman on producing 400-plus films and why the audience is always right

Friday, January 13th, 2012

The most shocking moment in “ Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel ” isn’t a clip from a film by the documentary’s subject, director and producer Roger Corman, best known for such B-movie classics as “ Bloody Mama ,” “ Piranha ” and “ Death Race 2000 .” It comes when Jack Nicholson breaks down in tears recalling Corman’s influence on his own life and career. Read full article > >

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Trinian’s cartoonist Searle dies

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

British cartoonist Ronald Searle, best known for creating the fictional girls school St Trinian’s, dies aged 91.

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US pop artist James Rizzi dies

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

US pop artist James Rizzi, best known for his cartoon-like art, dies aged 61.

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Mash star Harry Morgan dies at 96

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

US actor Harry Morgan, best known for playing Colonel Sherman Potter in the popular series Mash, dies at the age of 96.

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Film-maker Ken Russell dies at 84

Monday, November 28th, 2011

British film director Ken Russell, best known for his 1969 film Women In Love, dies at the age of 84.

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Playwright Delaney dies aged 71

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Playwright Shelagh Delaney, best known for penning A Taste of Honey, dies at the age of 71.

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VIDEO: James Earl Jones in Oscar honour

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Actor James Earl Jones, best known as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars, has been given an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement.

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The promise and peril of wellness

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

The  Cleveland Clinic  is best known for providing excellent health care. A bustling, brisk medical campus, the clinic has been ranked the top hospital in the country for cardiac care for 16 years. It treats Saudi sheiks — and funds itself, at least in part, through their grateful, post-operation donations — and is constantly toured by campaigning politicians looking to associate themselves with the best of American medicine. Read full article > >

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Voice of Rainbow’s Zippy and George dies

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Actor and singer Roy Skelton, best known for voicing puppets George and Zippy in the popular children’s programme Rainbow, dies aged 79.

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Ain’t Half Hot Mum’s Hewlett dies

Sunday, June 5th, 2011

Donald Hewlett, who was best known for his role in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, has died aged 90.

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Rag Trade star Miriam Karlin dies

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Actress Miriam Karlin, best known for her role as shop steward Paddy in television sitcom The Rag Trade, dies in London aged 85.

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Grease Star Jeff Conaway Dead at 60

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Jeff Conaway, best known for his roles in Grease and Taxi, died Friday due to complications from pneumonia, his sister told The Los Angeles Times. The 60-year-old actor was found unconscious in his home in California on May 10 and had been in a coma…

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Thatcher impersonator Janet Brown dies

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Actress and comic Janet Brown, who was best known for impersonating former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, dies aged 87.

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