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Tony Award winner Brian Bedford dies
The great British classical stage Tony Award winning actor Brian Bedford who was a star on and off-Broadway for years, has died at the age of 80. He was a protégé of John Gielgud and a theater-school classmate of Alan Bates, Albert Finney and Peter O’Toole, but because he performed only occasionally in movies and on television…
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White Was Too Fattening
The veteran French actor Michel Galabru, winner of a Cesar Award (French Oscars) has died aged 93 years old. Despite his many heavyweight serious roles he will always be fondly remembered for play the ultra-conservative politician Simon Charrier in the classic gay movie “La Cages Aux Folles”. When forced to don drag to avoid the…
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Legendary R & B singer Natalie Cole dies
The R & B singer Natalie Cole, winner of 9 Grammy Awards died today at the age of 65 after several years of health issues.The daughter of the late great Nat King Cole, Natalie rose to musical success in the mid-1970s with hits “This Will Be”, “Inseparable”, and “Our Love”. Her biggest success however came…
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The great American artist Elsworth Kelly dies
Elsworth Kelly one of the greatest American Artists of the 20th Century has just died at aged 92. He is survived by his husband of some 28 years the photographer Jack Shear. Kelly’s simplistic and highly colorful work made his work so highly accessible and here are just a few of our many favorite…
