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MAUREEN O’HARA HAS DIED AT 95

  

Obit-Maureen OHara
Maureen O’Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons in Ireland)
(August 17, 1920 – October 24, 2015)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) –  Maureen O’Hara, the flame-haired Irish movie
star who appeared in classics ranging from the grim "How Green Was My
Valley" (1941) to the uplifting "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947) and bantered
unforgettably with John Wayne in several films has passed.

According to her longtime manager, Johnny Nicoletti, O’Hara died in her sleep
at her home in Boise, Idaho.

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COMEDIAN DIES AT 79


Marty Ingels (Martin Ingerman) (March 9, 1936 – October 21, 2015)

Ingels is best known as co-star of the 1960s ABC television series I’m Dickens,
He’s Fenster
, and as the voice of many cartoon characters and commercials. He
died from a massive stroke at Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California.

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CO-FOUNDER OF BAND HAS DIED AT 74


Chuck Negron, Cory Wells and Danny Hutton in 1969


Cory Wells (Emil Lewandowski) (February 5, 1942 – October 20, 2015)

Three Dog Night co-founder and vocalist Cory Wells died unexpectedly Tuesday
in Dunkirk, N.Y. He had been touring with the band until September 2015 when
he developed "severe back pain." No cause of death was given.


From the album Touch Me.

 

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ACTOR KEVIN CORCORAN HAS DIED AT 66


Kevin Anthony "Moochie" Corcoran
(June 10, 1949 – October 6, 2015)

(Fox News) – Kevin Corcoran, best known as the youngest
brother in the classic Disney kids film "Old Yeller," died
Tuesday. He enjoyed a career as a child actor before
transitioning as an adult to a career behind the camera,
working in various capacities on numerous films and
television shows, including "Pete’s Dragon," and most
recently as a producer on "Sons of Anarchy."

Born in Santa Monica, California, Corcoran got his start in
a small role in "The Glen Miller Story" in 1954, establishing
himself as a child actor playing several different, yet similar
characters all called “Moochie” in various Disney productions.

He would play different versions of “Moochie” throughout the
1950s, and among his roles during this period were parts in
three Mickey Mouse Club serials, episodes of the series of
television shorts "Spin and Marty," and "The Shaggy Dog."

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BILLY JOE ROYAL IS DEAD AT 73


Billy Joe Royal (April 3, 1942 – October 6, 2015)

The singer known for his 1965 recording of ‘Down in the Boondocks,’ died
unexpectedly in his sleep at his home in Morehead City, North Carolina on
Tuesday.


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