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BOXING LEGEND HAS PASSED AWAY AT 78

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Earnie Dee Shaver (August 31, 1944 – September 1, 2022)

 

(ESPN) – Earnie Shavers, who is often considered the hardest
punching boxer of all time, had a professional record of 74-14-1
with 68 total knockouts during his 26-year-career that spanned
from 1969 to 1995. He died Thursday, September 1 from a short-
illness at his daughter’s home in Virginia


Muhammad Ali (left) Vs. Earnie Shavers.

Image 1 - Earnie Shavers vs Muhammad Ali 1977 Autographed 8x10 MSG Boxing Poster Reprint
1977


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TV CHARACTER ACTOR HAS PASSED AT 89

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(1933 – 2022)

(Fox News) – According to a Los Angeles Times
obituary, Richard Roat, who acted on iconic shows
such as "Friends," "The Golden Girls," and "Seinfeld," 
died suddenly on Aug. 5 in Orange County, Calif. No
other details about his death were disclosed.

With over 135 acting roles to his name, Roat portrayed
numerous characters on television, movies and even
Broadway.

He once played the late Betty White‘s boyfriend on her
sitcom "The Golden Girls" and appeared alongside
Jay
Leno
(below) in the 1978 made-for-TV movie "Almost
Heaven."

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MOTOWN’S MARVELETTES MEMBER IS DEAD

NEW YORK - CIRCA 1965: Motown singing group The Marvelettes (L-R Katherine Anderson, Wanda Young (Rogers)and Gladys Horton) pose for a portrait circa 1965 in New York City, New York. (Photo by James Kriegsmann/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Wanda Young (Image Source: Instagram)
Wanda LaFaye Young (Rogers)
(August 9, 1943 – December 15, 2021),

(FoxNews) – Wanda Young, best known as a member of Motown’s
popular and chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died. She was 78.

Meta Ventress, Young’s daughter, told the New York Times that
her mother died on Dec. 15 in Garden City, Mich. She
told the
outlet
that the cause of the singers death had to do with
complications due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

 

 

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SINGER-SONGWRITER DEAD AT 85

Shooting at Tom T. Hall's Home Leaves Two Injured
Thomas T. Hall (May 25, 1936 – August 20, 2021)


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter
who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s
simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard,
has died.

His son, Dean Hall, confirmed the musician’s death on Friday
at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. Hall, known as “The
storyteller” for his unadorned yet incisive lyrics, composed
hundreds of songs.

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ACTRESS JESSICA WALTER HAS DIED AT 80

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Jessica Walter (January 31, 1941 – March 23, 2021)

 

Besides many film appearances, Walter is most recently known for her
role as Lucille Bluth on the Fox sitcom Arrested Development which
originally aired from November 2, 2003, to February 10, 2006.

Jessica Walter died in her sleep at her home in Manhattan on March
24. No cause of death has been given.

 

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