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Post by jimsteel on Mar 31, 2020 18:51:03 GMT -5
Floyd Cardoz, 59, Dies; Gave American Fine Dining an Indian Flavor He was the first chef born and raised in India to lead an influential New York City kitchen, at Tabla. He died in the coronavirus pandemic. Floyd Cardoz, an international restaurateur and the first chef to bring the sweep and balance of his native Indian cooking to fine dining in the United States, died on Tuesday at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, N.J. He was 59.
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Post by jimsteel on Mar 31, 2020 18:58:23 GMT -5
Lucia Bosé, Whose Acting Was Interrupted by Marriage, Dies at 89 She appeared in films by Antonioni and Buñuel before marrying the bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín, then resumed her career after they split up. Lucia Bosé, an Italian actress in neorealist films of the 1950s who walked away from her career to marry the Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín, only to return to acting after they separated, died on Monday in Segovia, Spain. She was 89. Her death was announced on social media by her son, the singer and actor Miguel Bosé. Roberto Liberatori, who wrote a 2019 autobiography of Ms. Bosé, said the cause was pneumonia. After she won the Miss Italy beauty pageant in 1947, Ms. Bosé traveled to Rome and drew the attention of the directors Michelangelo Antonioni and Giuseppe De Santis. In 1950 she appeared in De Santis’s “Under the Olive Tree” and Antonioni’s first feature film, “Story of a Love Affair.” One of her most prominent parts was as Clara, a would-be actress who marries a film producer played by Gino Cervi in Antonioni’s “The Lady Without Camelias” (1953). The producer’s jealousy drives Clara into a film that ultimately bombs. Clara’s “vacuity is so intense and so destructive that it drives her to marry a man she doesn’t love, have an affair with a shameless celebrity-collector and to believe that she is a serious actress,” Vincent Canby wrote in a review in The New York Times in 1981, when the film played at the Public Theater. “Ms. Bosé is as appealing as the essential emptiness of Clara allows,” he added. Ms. Bosé traveled to Spain to film Juan Antonio Bardem’s “Death of a Cyclist” (1955), where she met Mr. Dominguín, Spain’s foremost bullfighter and a celebrity who was profiled by Ernest Hemingway in a series of articles in Life magazine in 1960 that eventually became the posthumously published book “The Dangerous Summer.”
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Post by jimsteel on Mar 31, 2020 19:01:43 GMT -5
Spain's Princess Maria Teresa becomes first royal to die from coronavirus Spain's Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal to die from the novel coronavirus. The 86-year-old was a cousin of Spain’s King Felipe VI. She died after contracting COVID-19, her brother, Prince Sixto Enrique de Borbon, the Duke of Aranjuez, announced on Facebook. “On this afternoon… our sister Maria Teresa de Borbon Parma and Borbon Busset, victim of the coronavirus COVID-19, died in Paris at the age of eighty-six Princess Maria Teresa's death comes just weeks after King Felipe VI of Spain tested negative for the virus. She was born on July 28, 1933. Princess Maria Teresa studied in France and became a professor at Paris' Sorbonne as well as a professor of Sociology at Madrid's Complutense University, according to People. She was known for her outspoken views and activist work, which led to her nickname the "Red Princess."
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Post by TTX on Mar 31, 2020 19:57:24 GMT -5
RIP to all who have died.
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Post by throwingtoasters on Apr 1, 2020 18:31:49 GMT -5
www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/entertainment/adam-schlesinger-dead/index.htmlAdam Schlesinger, Emmy Winner and Fountains of Wayne Cofounder, Dies of Coronavirus Complications (CNN) Adam Schlesinger, the co-founder of pop-rock band Fountains of Wayne and an Oscar-nominated songwriter, has died from complications related to coronavirus. He was 52. "As many of you are aware, Adam had been hospitalized with Covid-19 and although he had been making some small improvements over the last few days, Adam's condition was critical and he was ultimately unable to recover from Covid-19 complications," read a statement from the band's attorney, provided to CNN. "He was truly a prolific talent and even more so, a loving and devoted father, son and friend." It added: "We are terribly sorry to convey this loss." Schlesinger's band, which was co-founded with Chris Collingwood, was best known for its 2003 hit "Stacy's Mom," a humorous track about a young boy who has a crush on his friend's mother. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award. But Schlesinger had success before that as a songwriter. He co-wrote the title track to the 1996 Tom Hanks film "That Thing You Do," and received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his work. After success with Fountains of Wayne, Schlesinger continued to branch out, earning Tony nominations for his work on the musical "Cry-Baby" and numerous Emmy nominations for other work, which included collaborations with Stephen Colbert and "Sesame Street." He won an Emmy last year for a song he co-wrote for CW's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," a show for which he wrote more than 100 songs and earned several nominations over the years. Schlesinger was hospitalized this week. A statement from his family, released by Collingwood via Twitter, confirmed Schlesinger was diagnosed with Covid-19. Schlesinger was put on a ventilator and sedated "to facilitate his recovery." "He is receiving excellent care, his condition is improving and we are cautiously optimistic," the statement said. "His family appreciates all of the love and support." News of his illness prompted an outpouring of well wishes from the music industry and beyond, as did word of his passing. "I am grasping for the right words. My dear friend Adam Schlesinger has passed away from Covid-19," wrote Dashboard Confessional singer Chris Carrabba on Twitter. "I knew him best as a mentor, and a friend." He added: "We must take this seriously. People are sick and dying. It is hard to stay locked indoors but lives will be saved. Take care of each other. Rest In Peace, my dear friend." Schlesinger was writing the lyrics and music for a new theater production with comedian Sarah Silverman at the time of his death, the attorney's statement added. Schlesinger was survived by his two daughters, Sadie and Claire, his life partner Alexis Morley, his parents Barbara and Stephen Schlesinger and his sister Lauren, according to the statement.
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 1, 2020 23:10:33 GMT -5
Odin, Bran Stark’s Direwolf From Game of Thrones Dies at Age 10 He passed away from cancer Odin, the Northern Inuit Dog who played Bran Stark’s direwolf Summer on Game of Thrones, died on Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 10 years old and a very good boy. Owner William Muhall bought Odin and Thor, another Northerin Inuit who played Robb Stark’s Greywind, with money he saved up at age 18. Weeks later, both puppies were booked to star in the first episode of Season 1 of Game of Thrones. Since then, they’ve gone on tour, helped raise money for charities, and brought joy to countless fans’ lives. Muhall said he couldn’t be prouder of Odin and “his legacy speaks for itself.” Rightfully so, as Game of Thrones will go down as one of the best TV shows of the 2010s.
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 2, 2020 11:32:32 GMT -5
White Sox Broadcaster, Ex-MLB Player Ed Farmer Dies at Age 70 The Chicago White Sox announced Ed Farmer, who was a longtime radio broadcaster for the team and played 11 seasons in the major leagues, died Wednesday at the age of 70. Farmer's playing career started in 1971, and he suited up for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, White Sox and Oakland Athletics as a right-handed pitcher before his retirement in 1983. He appeared in 370 games throughout his career, making one All-Star appearance in 1980 while with the White Sox. Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune noted Farmer, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago, started his career as a radio announcer for the White Sox in 1992. He became the team's play-by-plan man in 2006. According to Rosenthal, Farmer had an inherited polycystic kidney disease that led to the death of his mother when she was 38 years old. The former pitcher received a transplanted kidney from a brother and at one time had to take up to 56 pills daily. Farmer finished his career with a 30-43 record, 4.30 ERA and 395 strikeouts. He pitched his final game in the major leagues in 1983, but he continued his career in the minors through the 1986 campaign.
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 2, 2020 18:00:29 GMT -5
‘Yogi Bear Show’ Voice Actress Julie Bennett Dies Of COVID-19 At 88 Julie Bennett, a longtime voice-over performer and actress perhaps best known for her role as Cindy Bear in the classic Hanna-Barbera Yogi Bear cartoons, died March 31 from COVID-19. She was 88. Bennett, who later became a personal manager under the name Marianne Daniels, began her career in animation voice-overs with roles on the “Fractured Fairy Tales” segments of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show before being cast as Yogi’s girlfriend on The Yogi Bear Show. She reprised the Cindy character for the 1964 feature film Hey There It’s Yogi Bear and subsequent Yogi series. She also had roles in other Hanna-Barbera projects, the 1962 feature Gay Purr-ee, various Mr. Magoo and Looney Tunes cartoons, the 1963 short Transylvania 6-500 and Woody Allen’s 1966 What’s Up, Tiger Lily? Most recently, she voiced Aunt May Parker in 1997’s Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Bennett also provided the voice for a talking Barbie Doll, according to Scroggs. As an actress, Bennett appeared on such classic TV series as Dragnet, Leave It to Beaver, Superman, Gunsmoke, The Tonight Show, The Sid Caesar Show and Love, American Style along with various Bob Hope specials. On one of the latter, she gave nine-time Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz his first on-camera kiss in a sketch.
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Post by TTX on Apr 2, 2020 18:14:41 GMT -5
I remember Julie. RIP.
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Post by jimsteel on Apr 2, 2020 18:51:58 GMT -5
R.I.P. Motown singer and songwriter Ronn Matlock at 72 The native Detroiter was best known as a songwriter, and he was part of the Motown stable of talent, working with The Originals, Eddie Kendricks, and Bobby Taylor, and continued his work with former Motown producer Michael Stokes on some of the 70s recordings by Enchantment. Matlock also had a solo singing career, with a rich baritone that resembled Johnny Bristol. He scored moderate hits in 1979 with “Can't Forget About You,” “Working Man,” and “Take Me To The Top (Of Your Mountain)” from his Love City EP on Cotillion Records. Expansion Records released a limited edition 7 inch called You Got The Best Of Me from that same album in 2016. Mattlock had collaborated with numerous other artists, including Keith Barrow ('You Know You Wanna Be Loved,' 'Turn Me Up') , Shirley Caesar, Merry Clayton, Millie Scott, Rick James, and Norman Whitfield.
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