R.I.P. Celebrities(Non Wrestlers or Sports related) 2023

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BOSTON MARATHON FAMOUS DOG SPENCER DEAD AT 13


Spencer -- the dog who became a star for cheering on runners during the Boston Marathon each year -- has sadly passed away after battling cancer. He was 13.

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Chris Chesser, Producer of ‘Major League,’ Dies at 74

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Graeme Malcolm, an actor and prolific audiobook narrator who appeared in more than a half dozen Broadway productions throughout his career, passed away. He was 71.

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Tom Whitlock, an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning songwriter from Springfield, died Friday in Tennessee following a battle with Alzheimer's disease AT 68

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Rick Newman, founder of the comedy club staple of the 70’s and 80’s, has passed away AT 81


Newman opened up the club in December 1972. Over the years, some of the biggest names in comedy passed through the club, including Andy Kaufman, Jerry Seinfeld, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Elayne Boosler, David Brenner, Larry David, Gilbert Gottfried, Eddie Murphy, Richard Lewis, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Louis C.K., Ray Romano, and countless others. Additionally, the club also featured singers, and was responsible for Pat Benatar’s big break. Newman even wound up representing her.

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Bethlyn Hand, Former Motion Picture Association Exec, Dies at 85

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Alicia Allain Schneider, filmmaker and wife of former 'Dukes of Hazzard' star, has died. Alicia and John got married in 2019 and she was a filmmaker and music producer alongside her husband at John Schneider Studios in Holden

She was 53

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Walter Mirisch, a former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and an Oscar-winning producer for “In the Heat of the Night,” died Feb. 24 in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 101.

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Slovak filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko, who was named the best movie director of the 20th century in his country, has died. He was 84.

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U.S. billionaire financier Thomas Lee dies at 78, family says
Over the past 46 years, Lee was responsible for investing more than $15 billion of capital in hundreds of transactions, including the acquisition and subsequent sales of such brand names as Snapple Beverages and Warner Music.