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The ten people who were murdered in Boulder, CO.

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https://deadline.com/2021/03/jessica...nt-1234721873/

Jessica Walter, the award-winning actress whose career spanned five decades, passed away in her sleep at home in New York City on Wednesday, March 24. She was 80.

Walter’s career included everything from a standout turn in Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut, Play Misty for Me, to The Flamingo Kid and her Emmy-nominated turns on Trapper John M..D. and Streets of San Francisco. For her performance as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, Walter earned yet another Emmy nomination and two SAG nominations.

Wow this is unexpected.

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https://deadline.com/2021/03/richard...-2-1234721842/

Richard Gilliland, a prolific actor who nearly 50-year career included Designing Women, Thirtysomething and series-regular roles on Just Our Luck, Operation Petticoat and Heartland, has died. He was 71. His family said he died March 18 in Los Angeles after an unspecified brief illness.

Born on January 23, 1950, in Fort Worth, Texas, Gilliland appeared in dozens of TV shows, ranging from The Streets of San Francisco, Medical Center, a recurring role on McMillan & Wife and Marcus Welby, M.D. in the 1970s through The Waltons, Fantasy Island and The Love Boat to St. Elsewhere, Night Court, Matlock, Judging Amy, Becker, Crossing Jordan, 24, CSI, Criminal Minds and Murder, She Wrote. He also co-starred in the 1978 NBC miniseries Little Women.

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Poet and actor Craig “muMs” Grant died at the age of 52. Grant, who starred in HBO’s Oz and more recently in the Starz drama Hightown, died due to natural causes, according to his representatives at the Ellis Talent Group.

Born and raised in New York City’s Bronx borough, Grant attended Mount St. Michael Academy High School. He became popular as muMs da Schemer, a stage name he used during his slam-poetry days. He appeared in the documentary SlamNation, which followed the 1996 Nuyorican Poetry Slam team he was a part of. He was a member of the city’s LAByrinth Company, an off-Broadway and ethnically diverse non-profit organization.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/b...rtry-dead.html

Larry McMurtry, a prolific novelist and screenwriter who demythologized the American West with his unromantic depictions of life on the 19th-century frontier and in contemporary small-town Texas, died on Thursday. He was 84.

The death was confirmed by Amanda Lundberg, a spokeswoman for the family. She did not specify a cause or say where he died.

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Finian’s Rainbow, winner of the 2012 Queen Mother Champion Chase and part of Nicky Henderson’s famous seven winners at that year’s Cheltenham Festival, has died aged 18.

Owned by Michael Buckley, Finian’s Rainbow was a three-time Grade 1 winner over fences and was remembered as a “gentle giant” by his trainer on Thursday.

“He was a special horse and we had a lot of fun with him over hurdles and fences,” Henderson said. “He really was the most lovely person and an absolute gentle giant of a horse. Michael absolutely loved him.”

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Houston Tumlin, whose funny portrayal of a disrespectful brat in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” was his only major acting role, died by suicide Tuesday at his home in Pelham, Alabama, Deadline reported. He was 28.

Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans said Tumlin shot himself, according to People.

Tumlin played Walker Bobby, the eldest son of Will Ferrell’s NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby.

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Best-selling children’s author Beverly Cleary, who introduced young readers across three generations to the love of reading through such characters as Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, died on March 25. She was 104.

Publisher HarperCollins confirmed the news in a press release Friday.

“We are saddened by the passing of Beverly Cleary, one of the most beloved children’s authors of all time. Looking back, she’d often say, ‘I’ve had a lucky life,’ and generations of children count themselves lucky too. Her timeless books are an affirmation of her everlasting connection to the pleasures, challenges, and triumphs that are part of every childhood," said Suzanne Murphy, president and publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books, in the release.

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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...213134613.html

Best-selling children’s author Beverly Cleary, who introduced young readers across three generations to the love of reading through such characters as Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, died on March 25. She was 104.

Publisher HarperCollins confirmed the news in a press release Friday.

“We are saddened by the passing of Beverly Cleary, one of the most beloved children’s authors of all time. Looking back, she’d often say, ‘I’ve had a lucky life,’ and generations of children count themselves lucky too. Her timeless books are an affirmation of her everlasting connection to the pleasures, challenges, and triumphs that are part of every childhood," said Suzanne Murphy, president and publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books, in the release.

That's a BIG one...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/b...rtry-dead.html

Larry McMurtry, a prolific novelist and screenwriter who demythologized the American West with his unromantic depictions of life on the 19th-century frontier and in contemporary small-town Texas, died on Thursday. He was 84.

The death was confirmed by Amanda Lundberg, a spokeswoman for the family. She did not specify a cause or say where he died.

If any of you haven't seen Hud, I highly recommend it.

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If any of you haven't seen Hud, I highly recommend it.

A great, but very dark flick.

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Netflix only has it for "Save" status, sadly.

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Minnesota Twins bench coach Mike Bell, the younger brother of Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell, died Friday of kidney cancer. He was 46.

At the request of Bell's family to take the field in his honor, the Twins said their exhibition game against Atlanta would be played as scheduled.

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In the abstract, I oppose the death penalty. But then a case like this comes along that's so heinous, it makes me regret that the electric chair was ever scrapped. Good riddance to this vile son of a bitch. I hope he suffered.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wa...90/ar-BB1f803i

G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died Tuesday at age 90.

His son, Thomas Liddy, confirmed the death but did not reveal the cause, other than to say it was not related to COVID-19.