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https://sports.yahoo.com/red-bull-fo...222421842.html
Red Bull president and CEO Dietrich Mateschitz, a man who co-founded an energy drink company that would eventually become one of the world's largest sports empires, has died, his company confirmed Saturday. He was 78.
Born in Austria in 1944, Mateschitz founded Red Bull GmbH alongside Thai businessman Chaleo Yoovidhya in 1984. The brand would become the top energy drink company in the world, with Mateschitz owning 49 percent of the company.
Long known for aggressive and innovative marketing, Mateschitz's Red Bull found a novel way to get its name and logo in front of as many people as possible: buy and rename sports teams, specifically in soccer and auto racing.
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...on-1235235205/
Lenny Lipton, who wrote the poem that became the Peter, Paul and Mary hit “Puff the Magic Dragon” and developed technology used for today’s digital 3D theatrical projection systems, has died.
He was 82.
Lipton died Wednesday of brain cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son Noah told The Hollywood Reporter.
While studying engineering as a freshman at Cornell University, Lipton, inspired by a 1936 Ogden Nash poem, “The Tale of Custard the Dragon,” wrote a poem in 1959 on a typewriter owned by another physics major at the school, Peter Yarrow.Comment
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https://variety.com/2022/tv/obituari...ry-1235412784/ Leslie Jordan, an actor, writer and singer best known for his roles in “Will & Grace,” “American Horror Story” and “Hearts Afire,” has died. He was 67. Jordan was driving in Hollywood Monday morning and crashed into the side of a building at Cahuenga Blvd. and Romaine St. It was suspected he suffered some sort of medical emergency. Jordan was a veteran actor whose credits also included “The Help,” “The Cool Kids” and “Call Me Kat,” which is currently airing its third season on Fox. One of Jordan’s most celebrated roles was his turn as Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram in the stage play “Sordid Lives,” which was later adapted into a 2000 cult romantic comedy film of the same name.Comment
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https://deadline.com/2022/10/chet-wa...68-1235153493/
Chet Walker, a Broadway dancer and choreographer who created the Tony-winning 1999 hit musical Fosse, died October 21 at his home in Cornelius, NC, from a glioblastoma tumor. He was 68.
His death was announced by his family. Husband Jack, their daughter Charlie and other family members were at his side when he died.Comment
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/25/polit...ies/index.html
Ashton Carter, who served as President Barack Obama’s final defense secretary, has died, his family said. He was 68.
Carter, who led the Defense Department from February 2015 to January 2017, suffered a “sudden cardiac event” on Monday night in Boston, his family said in a statement.
He is survived by his wife, Stephanie, and his children, Ava and Will.Comment
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https://www.avclub.com/rip-jules-bas...702327#replies
Jules Bass, the producer and director who worked with partner Arthur Rankin Jr. to create a still-iconic series of stop-motion-animated holiday-themed TV specials (including Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty The Snowman) and other memorable hand-drawn animated projects (The Last Unicorn, The Hobbit, ThunderCats), has died. The Hollywood Reporter says he had been at an assisted living facility in New York but doesn’t give a specific cause of death. Bass was 87.
Born in Philadelphia in 1935, Bass went to New York University and worked in advertising before he met Alan Rankin Jr. and they went into business together. They founded a company called Videocraft International in 1960 (it later became known as Rankin/Bass Productions) to produce animated movies and TV shows through Japanese animation studios like MOM Production (lead by animator Tadahito Mochinaga, who did the stop-motion “Animagic” work for Rankin/Bass), Mushi Productions, and Topcraft (a studio that went bankrupt in 1984, leaving employees Isao Takahata, Toshio Suzuiki, and Hayao Miyazaki to form Studio Ghibli). Though it took a few years, Videocraft’s first big hit came in 1964 with the release of NBC’s Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer special, which still airs every year (though it’s on CBS now).
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^I love Rankin and Bass. R.I.P.
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https://apnews.com/article/jerry-lee...source=Twitter
Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and sustained a career otherwise upended by personal scandal, died Friday morning at 87.
The last survivor of a generation of groundbreaking performers that included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard, Lewis died at his Mississippi home, south of Memphis, Tennessee, representative Zach Farnum said in a release. The news came two days after the publication of an erroneous TMZ report of his death, later retracted.
Of all the rock rebels to emerge in the 1950s, few captured the new genre’s attraction and danger as unforgettably as the Louisiana-born piano player who called himself “The Killer.”
Tender ballads were best left to the old folks. Lewis was all about lust and gratification, with his leering tenor and demanding asides, violent tempos and brash glissandi, cocky sneer and crazy blond hair. He was a one-man stampede who made the fans scream and the keyboards swear, his live act so combustible that during a 1957 performance of “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” on “The Steve Allen Show,” chairs were thrown at him like buckets of water on an inferno.
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https://pitchfork.com/news/d-h-pelig...er-dies-at-63/
D.H. Peligro, Dead Kennedys longtime drummer, has died. The band confirmed the news on Instagram, writing, “Dead Kennedys’ drummer D.H. Peligro (Darren Henley) passed away in his Los Angeles home yesterday, October 28th. Police on the scene stated that he died from trauma to the head caused by an accidental fall. Arrangements are pending and will be announced in the coming days. We ask that you respect the family’s privacy during this difficult time. Thank you for your thoughts and words of comfort.” Peligro was 63 years old.
Born Darren Henley on July 9, 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri, Peligro began learning how to play the drums at a young age. During junior high, he fell in love with rock music in particular thanks to KISS, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, and Black Sabbath. He moved to San Francisco as a teenager and lived on the streets in a van, where he was introduced to artists like Television, the Ramones, Devo, and the Go-Gos. Once he met the members of S.S.I. and joined the band, he felt like a new world opened up to him. “They told me about thrift store shopping and clubs and punk gear,” Peligro later recounted in an interview. “It was actually quite exciting, when I think about that time, because people were accepted. It was my first introduction to gay people and different-colored hair and mohawks and people just living free, like everyday was Halloween!” He became a fixture of both the San Francisco and Los Angeles music scenes while playing with S.S.I., most notably for melding his drumming style to blend punk rock, hardcore, metal, and reggae.Comment
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https://nypost.com/2022/11/01/julie-...ia-dead-at-49/
Julie Powell, the food writer best known for her wildly popular memoir “Julie & Julia,” has died suddenly at the age of 49.
The best-selling author passed away at her home in Olivebridge, New York last Wednesday after going into cardiac arrest, according to the New York Times. She is survived by her husband, brother and parents.
Powell became a literary sensation in 2005 following the release of “Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen” — a humorous account of her attempt to recreate every recipe from Julia Child’s classic cookbook “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”
The tome sold more than one million copies, and led to a 2009 film adaptation directed by Nora Ephron and starring Meryl Streep. Oscar-nominee Amy Adams played Powell in the hit movie, which grossed almost $130 million at the box office.
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https://www.eater.com/23434677/gael-...rant-critic-88 Gael Greene, the “insatiable” restaurant critic who shaped New York Magazine’s food coverage for 40 years, has died, as first reported by writer and editor Ruth Reichl. She was 88 years old. Born and raised in Michigan, Greene was named the magazine’s critic in 1968, the same year the publication was founded, after an earlier stint as a general assignment reporter at the New York Post. Greene’s reviews became known for their sense of zeal, offering full narratives of wit and humor alongside assessments of the food, in language that could pivot beautifully between sensuous appreciation and blunt instrument. “Le caneton smitane was tender, juicy, superbly flavored duck with a lovely sour cream sauce but our sweetbread addict found le ris de veau au champagne gross and unappetizing,” Greene wrote in a 1969 review of La Caravelle, in a story that opened with a four-paragraph treatise on New Yorkers’ warped psyche. “New York is a mecca for masochists,” she wrote. “It is the Atlantis of our masochist fantasies. How could we live anywhere else? We thrive on discomfort, frustration and scorn.”Comment
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https://www.nfl.com/news/ray-guy-hal...s-at-age-of-72
Ray Guy, the greatest punter in the history of professional football, died Thursday following a lengthy illness, his alma mater, Southern Mississippi, announced. He was 72.
In 1973, Guy became the first punter selected in the first round of the NFL draft in the league's history, launching a legendary career that would see him enshrined as the first pure punter in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. The punter earned three first-team All-Pro selections and seven trips to the Pro Bowl during his 14-year career spent exclusively with the Raiders, appearing in every game (207 total) and reaching three Super Bowls (XI, XV, XVIII).
Guy established himself as the game's top punter, leading the NFL in gross punt average in three separate seasons and holding the Raiders record for most career punts (1,049). Guy had just three punts blocked in his career and ended his career with a streak of 619 consecutive punts without a block.Comment
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https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/05/aaron...did=social-twa
Aaron Carter has died ... TMZ has learned.
The singer-turned-rapper and actor was found dead Saturday at his house in Lancaster, CA ... multiple sources tell us Aaron's body was found in his bathtub. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they received a 911 call at 11 AM Saturday that a male had drowned in the tub.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... homicide detectives have been dispatched to the scene, but we have no information or evidence of foul play. It's standard operating procedure for homicide detectives to investigate such death scenes.Comment
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https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/202211/9221/
The woman who helped create the look for classic Disney attractions such as Pirates of the Caribbean and It's a Small World has died. Disney Legend Alice Davis has passed away at age 93.
Alice Estes studied animation and costume design at Chouinard Art Institute, which trained countless Disney animators and artists and was one of the precursors of Walt and Roy Disney's California Institute of the Arts. It was at Chouinard where Alice met her future husband, Marc Davis - one of Disney's Nine Old Men and later one of the leading creators at what became Walt Disney Imagineering.
Marc asked Alice to design a dress for the live-action reference model he was employing to create the character of Briar Rose/Princess Aurora for 1959's "Sleeping Beauty," which began Alice's work for The Walt Disney Company - and her marriage to Marc. Walt Disney later asked Alice to work with Mary Blair to design the costumes for the Audio Animatronic characters on It's a Small World. After that, she worked with Marc's character designs for Pirates of the Caribbean to create the costumes for that enduring Disneyland classic.
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