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ACTOR MICHAEL CAINE IS 91 YEARS OLD

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Michael Caine Addresses Rumors He's Retiring From Acting After Latest Film | IBTimes

Michael Caine has appeared in more than 160 films over 
a career spanning eight decades and is considered a
British film
 icon. 

He has received
many awards including two Academy
Awards
, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards,
and a
Screen Actors Guild Award.

As of 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have
grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. Caine is one of only
five male actors to be nominated for an Academy Award
for acting in
five different decades.

Caine is known for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge
in
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992).

    
   

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Batman Begins (2005) - Backdrops — The Movie Database (TMDb)

Michael Caine Says Batman Begins Is One of the Greatest Things He's Ever Done
2005

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ACTOR RAY MILLAND DIED ON THIS DAY

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Ray Milland (Alfred Reginald Jones)
(3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986)


Ray Milland was a Welsh-American actor and film director
who is often remembered for his portrayal of an alcoholic
writer in
Billy Wilder‘s The Lost Weekend (1945), which
won him
Best Actor at Cannes, a Golden Globe Award,
and ultimately an
Academy Award.

       
Milland died of
lung cancer at the Torrance Memorial
Medical
Center in Torrance, California, on 10 March
1986. He was 79  years old. In line with his instructions,
no funeral was held.          
 

His body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered
into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of
Redondo Beach, California.  

        
      
         

      
      
      
      
     

        

       
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WE LOST A FUNNY MAN ON THIS DAY IN 1994

Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) - IMDb

Wagons East! (1994) - Peter Markle | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie

The comedic star John Candy died suddenly of a heart
attack on March 4, 1994, at the age of 43. At the time of
his death, he was living near Durango, Mexico, while
filming Wagons East, a Western comedy co-starring 
comedian Richard Lewis. Lewis died recently on
February 27th.

John Candy - taken on the set of the film 'Wagons East.' On March 4th, 1994 while the film was ...


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It's not just candy day for kids, but John Candy Day for all - Streeter

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POPULAR CHARACTER ACTOR HAS PASSED

Charles Dierkop Dies: Actor From 'The Sting' Was 87

Charles Dierkop, 'Butch Cassidy' and 'Police Woman' actor, dies at 87

Charles Dierkop, known for playing rough-and-tumble roles
in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, has
died at ag e 87.  

Dierkop had recently suffered a heart attack and pneumonia before he died Sunday at a hospital in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
(The Hollywood Reporter) 

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‘STAR TREK’ ACTOR HAS DIED AT 49

Kenneth Mitchell wears blue suit at Star Trek panel

Kenneth Mitchell, who starred in "Star Trek: Discovery" and "Jericho," died on Saturday following complications with
ALS.

Star Trek actor Kenneth Mitchell dies at 49 after battle with ALS | Daily Mail Online

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