Suzanne Marie Somers (October 16, 1946 – October 15, 2023)

Just a day before her 77th birthday, Suzanne Somers passed
away Sunday morning following a 50-year battle with cancer. 

Somers‘ family had plans to celebrate her 77th birthday
Monday, Instead, they will celebrate her life.

Joyce DeWitt, John Ritter and Suzanne Somers

Suzanne Somers in "American Graffiti" (1973).

Piper Laurie (Rosetta Jacobs)
(January 22, 1932 – October 14, 2023)

(AP) – Piper Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated
actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one
point abandoning acting altogether in search of a "more
meaningful" life, died early Saturday at her home in Los
Angeles

Laurie died of old age, her manager, Marion Rosenberg,
told The Associated Press via email, adding that she
was "a superb talent and a wonderful human being."

Piper Laurie in ‘Carrie’ (1976)

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Legendary British actor Michael Caine, at the age of 90, has
decided to retire from acting, marking the end of an era in
the film industry.

The Oscar-winning actor, known for his roles in iconic films
such as "The Italian Job," "The Dark Knight," and "Alfie,"
has announced that he will no longer be taking on new roles.

The news comes as a shock to fans and the industry alike,
who have admired Caine’s work for decades.

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ROSS SIMPSON

The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama
film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros.
Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing
and speech (in several isolated sequences).

Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound
films and effectively marked the end of the silent film era
with the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Al Jolson (1886 – 1950) as Jack Robin on stage, in a
publicity shot representing the film’s final scene.

William Bendix in “Lifeboat” (1944) 20th Century Fox.

This is one of the iconic Hitchcock cameos mostly because of
the logistics of it. After all, this is a film about a group of people
stranded on a lifeboat. How could Hitch finagle himself in? Why
by having himself appear in an ad in a newspaper. Hitchcock
can be seen in the before-and-after photos for Reduco Obesity
Slayer.