TIM MAGUIRE
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)
After his death in a car crash on September 30, 1955, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy
Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in East of
Eden. Upon receiving a second nomination for his role in
Giant the following year.
Venetia Stevenson (born Joanna Venetia Invicta Stevenson)
(10 March 1938 – 26 September 2022)
Venetia Stevenson, an English-American model, actress and
daughter of Hollywood luminaries who appeared in films including Darby’s Rangers, Island of Lost Women and Horror
Hotel after being labeled “the most photogenic girl in the world”,
has died. She was 84.
According to her brother, actor and photographer Jeffrey Byron,
Stevenson died Monday at a health care facility in Atlanta, Ga.
(The Hollywood Reporter)
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary)
(21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022)
Estelle Louise Fletcher
(July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022)
Actress Louise Fletcher, who won an Academy Award
for her portrayal as the heartless Nurse Ratched — one
of the most reviled characters in movie history — in
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died.
Her son stated Fletcher died Friday of natural causes at
her home in Montdurausse, France. She had survived
two bouts with breast cancer.
Fletcher with her Academy Award in 1954.
Without warning, a powerful Category 3 hurricane slammed into
Long Island and southern New England, causing 600 deaths and devastating coastal cities and towns. Also called the Long Island Express, the Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was the most destructive storm to strike the region in the 20th century.
