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ACTOR DAVID WARNER HAS DIED AT AGE 80

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David Warner as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (1984).

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David Hattersley Warner (29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022)

Warner was an English actor, who worked in film, television, and
theatre. He portrayed both romantic leads and villainous characters.

David Warner died of a cancer-related illness at Denville Hall in Northwood, London, at age 80. He was diagnosed with the illness
eighteen months prior to his death.

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David Warner and Gregory Peck in The Omen (1976).

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Warner played various characters in the Star Trek franchise.

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POPULAR SUPPORTING ACTOR HAS DIED

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Paul Anthony Sorvino (April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022)

Actor, opera singer, businessman, writer, and sculptor Paul
Sorvinor often portrayed authority figures on both sides of
the law and was
known for his roles as Paulie Cicero, based         
on
Paul Vario,  in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and             
NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the TV series Law & Order.                  

Sorvino died from natural causes at the
Mayo
Clinic in
Jacksonville, Florida. He was 83.
 

PHOTO: Paul Sorvino is pictured in 'Goodfellas.'
Paul Sorvino in Goodfellas.

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PROLIFIC MOVIE MAKER HAS DIED AT 89

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Bob Rafelson (February 21, 1933 – July 23, 2022)

(Hollywood Reporter) – Bob Rafelson, the writer, director,
producer and maverick who set the tone for the swinging,
psychedelic 1960s with The Monkees, then was a pioneer
in one of the most influential eras of independent film, 
history has died.

Rafelson, who collaborated with Jack Nicholson on seven
features, including the classics Easy Rider (1969), Five
Easy Pieces
(1970) and The King of Marvin Gardens (1972),
died Saturday night of natural causes at his home in Aspen,
Colorado.

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Rafelson (far right) with The Monkees.

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MOVIE SET TRAGEDY ON THIS DAY IN 1982

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On July 23, 1982, Vic Morrow and two child actors, Renee Shinn
Chen and Myca Dinh Le, are killed in an accident involving a
helicopter during filming on the
California set of Twilight Zone:
The Movie
. Morrow, age 53, and the children, ages six and seven,
were shooting a
Vietnam War battle scene in which they were
supposed to be running from a pursuing helicopter. Special-
effects explosions on the set caused the pilot of the low-flying
craft to lose control and crash into the three victims. The accident
took place on the film’s last scheduled day of shooting.

Twilight Zone co-director John Landis (Blues Brothers, Trading
Places, National Lampoon’s Animal House
) and four other men
working on the film, including the special-effects coordinator and
the helicopter pilot, were charged with involuntary manslaughter. According to a 1987 New York Times report, it was the first time
a film director faced criminal charges for events that occurred
while making a movie.

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Victor Morrow (Victor Morozoff)
(February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982)

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

today in history

    
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Camille Bohannon
     
   

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Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

Williams is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of
all time.

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