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‘MURDER,SHE WROTE’ STAR HAS DIED AT 96

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Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury 
(16 October 1925 – 11 October 2022)

Angela Lansbury, three-time Oscar nominee and five-time Tony
Award winner who solved 12 seasons’ worth of crimes as the novelist/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ Murder, She
Wrote,
has died.

Her family announced she died in her sleep Tuesday morning at
her home in Los Angeles…five days short of her birthday.

Lansbury, who received an Emmy nomination for best actress
in a drama series for each and every season of Murder, She
Wrote
— yet never won.

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MOVIE USED CAR MAKES AUCTION MONEY

The DB5 wears its on-screen scars from a chase scene shot in Matera, Italy.
The DB5 wears its on-screen scars from a chase scene shot
in Matera, Italy.

(FOX NEWS) – Bond is coming to the rescue again. At least his
car is.
An Aston Martin DB5
used during the making of the
latest 007
installment, "No Time to Die," has been auctioned
for over $3 million to raise money for charity.

The car is a replica that was built by Aston Martin to be identical
to the iconic 1964 car that Bond first drove in "Goldfinger."

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Sean Connery first drove the Aston Martin DB5 in the film "Goldfinger."
Sean Connery first drove the Aston Martin DB5 in the film "Goldfinger."

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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TIM MAGUIRE

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James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

After his death in a car crash on September 30, 1955, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy
Award
nomination for Best Actor for his role in East of
Eden
. Upon receiving a second nomination for his role in
Giant the following year.

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THE SINGING COWBOY BORN ON THIS DAY

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Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry

Gene Autry, the cowboy crooner and Hollywood hitmaker who
helped popularize
country-western music and became one of
the most celebrated performers in American history, was born
in Tioga, Texas, on this day in history, Sept. 29, 1907.

"In addition, his success as a singing cowboy launched an entire
genre of movies and paved the way for successful rivals such as
Roy Rogers and Tex Ritter."
  (FOX NEWS)

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ACTRESS LOST BATTLE WITH PARKINSON’S

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Venetia Stevenson (born Joanna Venetia Invicta Stevenson)
(10 March 1938 – 26 September 2022)

Venetia Stevenson, an English-American model, actress and
daughter of Hollywood luminaries who appeared in films including Darby’s Rangers, Island of Lost Women and
Horror
Hotel
after being labeled “the most photogenic girl in the world”,
has died. She was 84.

According to her brother, actor and photographer Jeffrey Byron,
Stevenson died Monday at a health care facility in Atlanta, Ga.
(The Hollywood Reporter)

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