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https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/28/inga-...tcom-broadway/

Inga Swenson, famous for her work in the early 1980s ABC sitcom "Benson," is dead.

The actress died Sunday night in Los Angeles as a result of natural causes ... her son, Mark, tells TMZ.

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https://deadline.com/2023/07/julian-...92-1235449728/

Julian Barry, whose 1971 Broadway play and 1974 movie, both titled Lenny and telling the story of legendary comic Lenny Bruce, died Tuesday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 92.

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Oh no!

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/p...an-1235683504/

Paul Reubens, the actor best known for portraying Pee-wee Herman, died Sunday night after a private bout of cancer. He was 70.

“Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing the last six years,” wrote Reubens in a statement posted to Instagram after his death. “I have always felt a huge amount of love and respect from my friends, fans and supporters. I have loved you all so much and enjoyed making art for you.”

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^Sad, but I respect his decision. Will watch Pee Wee soon.

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R.I.P. to yet another childhood icon of mine

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Euphoria star Angus Cloud has died. He was 25.

The actor, who starred as Fezco in the hit HBO series, died at his family’s home in Oakland, California on Monday, his family confirmed to PEOPLE.

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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...eet-dies-at-82

The pioneering Welsh wrestler Adrian Street, who found fame after leaving his mining community to become a flamboyant fighter, has died at the age of 82.

The Brynmawr-raised performer was known for his androgynous appearance and claimed to have taken part in more than 12,000 fights during a career that spanned seven decades – including one contest where he dropkicked Jimmy Savile.

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https://apnews.com/article/new-jerse...source=Twitter

Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who rose to become one of New Jersey’s most prominent Black leaders and passionately advocated for revitalizing cities and against gun violence, died Tuesday after a sudden illness. She was 71.

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https://deadline.com/2023/08/carl-da...ce-1235453959/

American-born conductor and composer Carl Davis, who had lived in the UK since 1961, has died in Oxford aged 86.

BAFTA-winner Davis composed music for more than 100 TV programs, created new scores for the concert performance of silent movies, and wrote many ballet and concert works.

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...ul-1235551107/

Mark Margolis, the journeyman actor who turned in a commanding performance as the vindictive drug runner Hector Salamanca, a man of few words and a bell, on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has died. He was 83.

Margolis died Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a short illness, his son, actor and Knitting Factory Entertainment CEO Morgan Margolis, announced.

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What the hell? And he just made a new movie too? Wow, what a weird coincidence. What a great career, though. To Live and Die in L.A., Boys in the Band, The French Connection, The Exorcist, Killer Joe, that's enough of a great filmography, but he made so much more too. RIP!

https://news.sky.com/story/william-f...-dies-12935662

William Friedkin, who directed the classic movies The Exorcist and The French Connection, has died aged 87.

His wife, producer and former studio head Sherry Lansing, said he died in LA earlier today, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...mp-1235557921/

Arthur Schmidt, the two-time Oscar-winning film editor who collaborated with director Robert Zemeckis on 10 films, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump and the Back to the Future trilogy, has died. He was 86.

Schmidt died Saturday of an unknown cause at his home in Santa Barbara, his brother Ron Schmidt told The Hollywood Reporter.

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https://apnews.com/article/sixto-rod...source=Twitter

Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugarman,” has died. He was 81.

Rodriguez’s death Tuesday in Detroit was announced on the Sugarman.org website and confirmed Wednesday by his granddaughter, Amanda Kennedy.

He died following a short illness, according to his wife, Konny Rodriguez, 72.

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https://apnews.com/article/sixto-rod...source=Twitter

Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugarman,” has died. He was 81.

Rodriguez’s death Tuesday in Detroit was announced on the Sugarman.org website and confirmed Wednesday by his granddaughter, Amanda Kennedy.

He died following a short illness, according to his wife, Konny Rodriguez, 72.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/a...tson-dead.html

Robbie Robertson, the chief composer and lead guitarist for the Band, whose work offered a rustic vision of America that seemed at once mythic and authentic, in the process helping to inspire the genre that came to be known as Americana, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 80.