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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1931

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James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

After his death in a car crash, Dean became the first actor
to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for
Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations, In 1999, the American
Film Institute
ranked him the 18th best male movie star
of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars
list.

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OREGON BORN ACTOR HAS DIED AT 81

This is why Howard Hesseman was uniquely qualified to play WKRP's Dr.  Johnny Fever

Howard Hesseman, WKRP in Cincinnati's Dr. Johnny Fever, dies at 81 - The  Globe and Mail
Howard Hesseman (February 27, 1940 – January 29, 2022) 


Hesseman played DJ John "
Dr. Johnny Fever" Caravella on
WKRP in Cincinnati, Captain Pete Lassard in Police Academy
2: Their First Assignment
, Sam Royer on One Day at a Time,
and schoolteacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class. He 
died Saturday from complications of colon surgery in Los
Angeles,
California. Hesseman was born in Lebanon, Oregon.

Howard Hesseman, 'WKRP in Cincinnati' Star, Dead at 81 - Rolling Stone

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TV ACTOR WAS FOUND DEAD TODAY AT 65

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Officials: Bob Saget, 'Full House' actor, dead at 65
Robert Lane Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022)


(FOX NEWS) – “Full House” Actor Bob Saget is dead after being
found in a hotel room in Orlando on Sunday afternoon, according
to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

"Earlier today, deputies were called to the Ritz-Carlton Orlando,
Grande Lakes for a call about an unresponsive man in a hotel
room. The man was identified as Robert Saget & pronounced
deceased on scene. Detectives found no signs of foul play or
drug use in this case," the tweet read.

Saget had performed a stand-up comedy set in Jacksonville
Saturday evening.

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OSCAR WINNING ACTOR HAS DIED AT 94

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Sidney L. Poitier ( February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022)


In 1964, Sidney Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor becoming
the first Black male and Bahamian actor to win the award.

He also received two further Academy Award nominations, ten
Golden Globes nominations, two Primetime Emmy Awards
nominations, six
BAFTA nominations, eight Laurel nominations,
and one
Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination. Poitier was
one of the last surviving major stars from the
Golden Age of
Hollywood
cinema, and after the death of Kirk Douglas in 2020,
was the oldest living and earliest surviving male
Academy Award
winner

The star’s death was confirmed to Fox News on Friday by the
Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office.

 

Amazon.com: Sidney Poitier Collection [DVD] : Movies & TV

Sidney Poitier Wins the Oscar | Today in Black History
Sidney Poitier was awarded the 1964 Academy Award for
Best Actor for his role in the movie Lilies of the Field.

 

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COVER GIRL BETTY WHITE ~

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February, 1955

 

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January, 1987

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