Robert Swan, the veteran character actor who appeared in key
roles in the notable sports films Hoosiers, Rudy and The Babe, 
died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer at his home in
Rolling Prairie, Indiana.

Swan also portrayed a Canadian Mountie in Brian De Palma’s
The Untouchables (1987) and a bloodied deputy in Oliver
Stone’s Natural Born Killers (1994) and was other lawmen in
Who’s That Girl (1987) and Mo’ Money (1992).

Robert Swan in Natural Born Killers.

Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes
and emotionally vulnerable characters. He is the recipient
of numerous accolades including two Academy Awards,
four BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two
Primetime Emmy Awards. Hoffman has received numerous
honors including the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997, the
AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy
Center Honors Award in 2012.

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    William David Friedkin (August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023)

   
LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Friedkin, the Oscar winning
director who became a top filmmaker in his 30s with the
gripping “The French Connection” and the horrifying “The
Exorcist” and struggled in the following decades to match
his early success has died. He was 87.

Friedkin died from heart failure and pneumonia at his home
in Bel Air, Los Angeles.

Friedkin (left) on set of The Exorcist.

Filmed in Portland, Oregon (2003).

Lucille Désirée Ball

On August 6, 1911, Lucille Desiree Ball, one of America’s
most famous redheads and beloved comic actresses, was
born near Jamestown, New York.

“I love Lucy” ran from October 15, 1951 to May 6, 1957 on
CBS.

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June
1, 1926 – August 4, 1962)

Iconic Hollywood movie star Marilyn Monroe was found
dead in her Los Angeles home at age 36 on this day in
history, August 5, 1962.

Monroe died between 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on August 
4, the toxicology report showed the cause of death was
acute barbiturate poisoning.

A brief investigation after her death resulted in conclusions
by the Los Angeles police that Monroe’s cause of death
was suicide.

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