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SON OF FAMOUS ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 77

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Mickey Rooney Jr. (July 3, 1945 – July 16, 2022)


Rooney was an actor and the eldest son of the actor
Mickey Rooney.

He operated the Rooney Entertainment Group, a film and television production company. Mickey Rooney Jr. was a born-again Christian
who had an evangelical ministry in
Hemet, California.

After appearing as a "Mouseketeer" in the Mickey Mouse Club in
1955 along with his brother Tim, he played his first film role in 1967
in Hot Rods to Hell
.


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Mickey Rooney
(September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014)

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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CAMILLE BOHANNON

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Actor Harrison Ford is the recipient of various accolades, including
the
AFI Life Achievement Award and the Cecil B. DeMille Award, in 
addition to nominations for an
Academy Award and four Golden
Globe Awards
. He has been a leading man in films of several
genres. Ford is 80 years old today.

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COMPOSER OF MOVIE THEME HAS DIED

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Monty Norman (Monty Noserovitch)
(4 April 1928 – 11 July 2022)

LONDON (AP) — Monty Norman, a British composer who wrote
the theme tune for the James Bond films, has died. He was  94.

A statement posted Monday on Norman’s official website said:
"It is with sadness we share the news that Monty Norman died
on 11th July 2022 after a short illness."

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CHARACTER ACTOR HAS PASSED AT AGE 94

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L. Q. Jones (born Justus Ellis McQueen Jr.)
(August 19, 1927 – July 9, 2022)

L.Q. Jones, the colorful character actor who worked on
dozens of Westerns, including the Sam Peckinpah classics 
The Wild Bunch and Ride the High Country as a member of
the famed filmmaker’s regular posse, has died.

Jones died Saturday of natural causes at his home in the
Hollywood Hills.

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L Q Jones as Smitty (right) & Clint Walker as Cheyenne.

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L. Q. Jones – ”Love Wolf McQuade” 1983.

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CULTURAL ICON IS 66 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Known
for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most
popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as
an American cultural icon. Hanks’s films have grossed more than
$4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion worldwide, making him the fourth-highest-grossing actor in North America.

Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in a series of
comedy films which received positive media attention, such as
Splash (1984), Bachelor Party (1984), and Big (1988) He won two consecutive
Academy Awards
for Best Actor for starring as a gay
lawyer suffering from
AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and the title
character
in Forrest Gump (1994).

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The Money Pit (1986)

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Hanks collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on 
five films including: Saving Private Ryan (above) (1998.

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Hanks in Apollo 13 (1995).

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Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

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