Warren Mercer Oates (July 5, 1928 – April 3, 1982)

Actor Warren Oates was best known for his roles in several films directed
by Sam Peckinpah including The Wild Bunch (1969) and Bring Me the
Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974). He starred in numerous films during the
early 1970s which have since achieved cult status including The Hired
Hand (1971), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) and Race with the Devil
(1975). Oates also portrayed Sergeant Hulka in Stripes (1981).

Gunsmoke episode, "Circus Trick" from 1965

Warren Oates in Stripes

    Andrew Samuel "Andy" Griffith (June 1, 1926–July 3, 2012) 

Andy Griffith was a television icon, best known as the sage town
sheriff in the ’60s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and as a defense
attorney on 1980s-’90s drama Matlock. He died today in Roanoke
Island, N.C.

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Jamie Farr was born Jameel Joseph Farah in Toledo, Ohio. He is best
known for having played the role of cross-dressing Corporal, later
Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom M*A*S*H
from 1972 to 1983..

One of Farr’s first film roles (far left) was in 1955, in Blackboard Jungle,
billed as Jameel Farah.

Kathy Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery
(1990), for which she won both the Academy Award for Best
Actress and a Golden Globe.

 

              Nora Ephron (May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012)

(Fox News)-Author, director and screenwriter Nora Ephron died today
in a New York hospital from complications from the blood disorder
myelodysplasia, with which she was diagnosed six years ago.

Nora Ephron is best remembered for her romantic comedies and was
a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay
for three films: Slikwood (1983), When Harry Met Sally (1989), and
Sleepless in Seattle (1993). Her most recent film was Julie & Julia in
2009.