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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Len Lesser, the veteran character actor best known
for his role as Uncle Leo on "Seinfeld," has died. He was 88. Lesser’s family
said in a statement that the actor died Wednesday in Burbank, California
from cancer-related pneumonia.

Patty Andrews (pictured recently above on the right with actress Joan Leslie) was
the lead singer of The Andrews Sisters, an extremely popular and successful close
harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted
of three actual sisters…Patty, Laverne, and Maxene Andrews (shown below). They
were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. Their biggest  hit was
“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. 

The Andrews Sisters from left to right, LaVerne, Patty, and Maxene

LeVar Burton, is a German-born actor, director, producer and author. He is 
well-known for portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC-TV
miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also known for 
his portrayal of Geordi LaForge on the syndicated science fiction series
Star Trek: The Next Generation.

LeVar Burton in Roots

LeVar in Star Trek: The Next Generation

Jane Seymour, is an English actress well-known for her roles as the Bond
Girl in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die, and the CBS-TV series
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993 – 1998).


Jane Seymour with Roger Moore in Live and Let Die

Jane Seymour as Dr. Michaela “Mike” Quinn

Kenneth "Ken" Mars was born April 14, 1936. He was a television, movie and voice actor, best-remembered for his roles in several Mel Brooks films: the insane Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in 1968’s The Producers, and the relentless police 
Inspector Hans Wilhelm Fredrich Kemp in 1974’s Young Frankenstein. He died 
Saturday, February 12th of cancer at the age of 74.