Robert Blake, as ‘Mickey’ in the "Our Gang", shorts (1942).
Robert Blake in “Baretta” which ran on ABC-TV from 1975 to 1978.
Actor Robert Blake, best known as the star of the 1970s TV drama
Baretta and the crime film In Cold Blood (1967), died Thursday at
his home in Los Angeles. He had long-term heart issues and spent
the last few years listening to jazz music, playing his guitar and
watching classic movies.
SANDY KOZEL
Former Associated Press photographer Jack Smith, left, is
pictured with fellow photographer Steven Nehl, then of the Oregonian newspaper.
SEATTLE (AP) — Jack Smith, an Associated Press photographer
who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St.
Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, boxer Mike Tyson biting off
part of Evander Holyfield’s ear, and weeping figure skater Tonya
Harding at the Olympics during a 35-year career with the news organization, has died. He was 80.
His wife Judy said he passed away on Jan. 4 at his home in La
Mesa, California. He had cancer and had been in hospice care.
Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (November 29, 1961 – March 3, 2023)
Tom Sizemore is known for his supporting roles in Born on
the Fourth of July (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro
Man (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993),
Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995),
Saving Private Ryan (1998), Red Planet (2000), Black Hawk
Down (2001), Pearl Harbor (2001), and the revival television
series Twin Peaks (2017), and for voicing Sonny Forelli in the
video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002).
On February 18, 2023, Sizemore suffered a ruptured brain
aneurysm at his Los Angeles home that occurred as a result
of a stroke and was hospitalized where remained in critical
condition, in a coma and in intensive care and never
regained conciseness."
Tom Sizemore and Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan (1998)
