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Buy from Amazon.com: Porter Wagoner CDs, Books, DVDs

Porter Wayne Wagoner (Aug 12, 1927 – Oct 28, 2007) was an American country music singer. Famous for his flashy Nudie suits and blond pompadour, Wagoner introduced a young Dolly Parton to his long-running television show. Together, "Porter and Dolly" were a well-known duet team for many years. Parton wrote the song "I Will Always Love You" after Wagoner suggested she shift from story songs to focus on love songs.

Porter Wayne Wagoner’s Death
Porter Wagoner died of Lung Cencer
Porter Wagoner was 80 years old at the time of his death

Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – Run That By Me One More Time

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Buy from Amazon.com: Teresa Brewer Audio CD

Teresa Brewer (May 7, 1931 – October 17, 2007) was an American pop and jazz singer who was one of the most popular female singers of the 1950s. Born Theresa Breuer in Toledo, Ohio, Brewer died of a neuromuscular disease at her home in New Rochelle, N.Y. at the age of 76

Death of Teresa Brewer
Teresa Brewer died on October 17, 2007, at her home in New Rochelle, New York, of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a rare degenerative brain disease. Teresa Brewer was 76 at the time of his death.

Altogether, she recorded nearly 600 song titles. For her contribution to the recording industry, Teresa Brewer has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street.

In the 1980’s and 1990’s Teresa Brewer recorded a number of albums including tribute albums to Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and Irving Berlin. She also recorded with such jazz greats as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bobby Hackett.

Teresa Brewer Singing “Music, Music, Music!”

Search Amazon for Joey Bishop DVDs & Movies

Joey Bishop (February 3, 1918 – October 17, 2007) was an American entertainer, perhaps best remembered as being a member of the "Rat Pack" with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. He was the last survivor of that group of entertainers.

In 1941, Bishop married Sylvia Ruzga, who died in 1999. They had one son, Larry Bishop.

Bishop appeared on television as early as 1948 and was a frequent guest on television talk shows, game shows, and comedy shows. He is listed as #96 on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 greatest standups of all time.

Bishop was the last living member of The Rat Pack and was also the longest-lived member.

Cause of Death
Publicist and longtime friend, Warren Cowan, announced Bishop died of multiple causes at his home in Newport Beach, CA on October 17, 2007.  Joey Bishop was 89 years old at the time of his death.

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Buy from Amazon.com: Deborah Kerr’s Movies, DVD

Deborah Kerr, CBE (September 30, 1921 – October 16, 2007) was a Golden Globe Award-winning Scottish actress who was also awarded an honorary Academy Award and BAFTA recognition.

Debora Kerr – Cause of Death
Debora Kerr died of the effects of Parkinson’s disease on October 16, 2007. Debora Kerr was 86 years old at the time of her death.

Deborah Kerr was appointed a Commander of the British Empire in 1998, but was unable to accept the honour in person due to ill health.

For her contributions to the motion picture industry, she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street.

She was admitted as a member of the BAFTA Fellowship in 1991.

She was awarded an Honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards in 1993 in recognition of the "perfection, discipline and elegance" of her screen work.

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Remember Dead Celebrities, Deborah Kerr from An Affair to Remember

Massachusetts Senetor Edward "Ted" Kennedy had a surgery to remove plaque in his neck.  Boston on Friday to unclog a partially blocked carotid artery in his neck and is expected to make a full recovery.

In Boston, Dr. Richard Cambria made an incision and removed plaque that was blocking more than 70 percent of his left carotid artery.

The surgery lasted about an hour in Massachusetts General Hospital.
Ted Kennedy is 75 years old.

On October 9, 2007, Singer Bobby Brown suffered a mild heart attack in Los Angeles. Brown complained of severe chest pains Tuesday night and was taken to two different hospitals. He was admitted to Tarzana Regional Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley and released early Wednesday morning in good condition.

Next day, October 10, 2007, Bobby Brown Denied having heart attack. “None of it’s true,” Brown said. “I went in for a checkup. The doc gave me a clean bill of health.”

Bobby Brown is 38 years old and once married to Whitney Houston. Currently thay are battling over custody of a teenage daughter.

Tough choice to make… who would YOU rather stay with? Whitney? or Bobby?

Remembering the cast of Little House On the Prairie. 

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• Hermione Baddeley “Kezia” 1906-1986
• Victor French “Isaiah Edwards” 1934-1989
• Ted Gehring “Ebenezer Sprague” 1929-2000
• Dabbs Greer “Rev. Robert Alden” 1917-2007
• Moses Gunn “Joe Kagen” 1929-1993
• Kevin Hagen “Mr. Hiram Baker” 1928-2005
• Michael Landon “Charles Ingalls” 1936-1991
• Queenie Smith “Mrs. Whipple” 1898-1978
• Karl Swenson “Lars Hanson” 1908-1978
• Dub Taylor “Houston Lamb” 1907-1994
• Steve Tracy “Percival Dalton” 1952-1986

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Lois Maxwell (February 14, 1927 – September 29, 2007) was a Golden Globe-winning Canadian actress, known for originating the role of Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise. Starring in fourteen James Bond movies, many fans credit her as the definitive Miss Moneypenny. She was succeeded by Caroline Bliss and later Samantha Bond.

In late 90’s she was diagnosed with bowel cancer; following surgery in 2001, she left the United Kingdom and moved to Perth, Western Australia to live with her son’s family. She remained there until her death at Fremantle Hospital, on September 29, 2007; she was 80 years old.

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I was never a fan of James Bond, but I remember Miss Moneypenny.  I never paid much attention to her though.   She was the origianl Miss Moneypenny.  She was in total 14 of James Bond movies.

 

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Marcel Mangel (March 22, 1923 – September 22, 2007), better known by his stage name Marcel Marceau, was a well-known mime artist, among the most popular representatives of this art form world-wide.

Marceau passed away on September 22, 2007. He died of a heart attack in his house of Cahors (France); he was 84.

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I hate mimes. But, never gave them a chance. I guess I am close minded. So, I am willing to give it a shot and learn more about the world of mime just for the sake of Celebrating Marcel Marceau’s life.

I know one of his quotes – "Don’t let the mime speak they will not stop" (something like that)

I knew of his name for some reason the name Marcel Marceau was very familiar to me. I didn’t know it was a name of a world famous mime.

If you look at the youtube clips of him you can tell Marcel is a good mime (and very popular). I wouldn’t mind seeing his show.

God bless Marcel Marceau

Alice Ghostley (August 14, 1926 – September 21, 2007) was a Tony Award-winning American actress. She was best known for her roles as Bernice Clifton on Designing Women (Emmy Nomination, Best Supporting Actress; 1992), as Esmeralda on Bewitched, and as Cousin Alice on Mayberry R.F.D..

Death

Alice Ghostley died at her home in Studio City, California on September 21, 2007 after a long battle with colon cancer and a series of strokes. Her death finally came from lung cancer. She was 81 years old. She is survived by a sister, Gladys Ghostley.