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FORMER CHILD ACTRESS DIED AT 88

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Jackie Lynn Taylor (June 29, 1925 – May 5, 2014)

Taylor, who starred as one of the "Little Rascals" in five of Hal Roach’s
“Our Gang” comedy shorts in 1934, died Monday of Alzheimer’s disease
in Citrus Heights, Calif., near Sacramento.

The child actress also appeared in two Laurel & Hardy films, “The Devil’s
Brother” (1933) and “Babes in Toyland” (1934), also for Roach.

she was later a host and reporter at KTTV Los Angeles and other stations
around California.

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VOICE ACTOR HAS DIED AT 64

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Lee Marshall (Marshall Aaron Mayer) (November 28, 1949 – April 26, 2014)

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Lee Marshall, one of the actors who supplied the
voice of Tony the Tiger in commercials, died on Saturday, April 26 at a Santa 
Monica hospital of esophageal cancer.

Marshall began voicing the Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes mascot in 1999, filling in for
the original actor, Thurl Ravenscroft. His career included radio newsman, rock ‘n’
roll disc jockey, sports broadcaster, and a pro wrestling ring interviewer.

  

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EFREM ZIMBALIST JR. HAS DIED AT 95

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Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (November 30, 1918 – May 2, 2014)

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.,best remembered for his role in the long-running
ABC television series "77 Sunset Strip" (1958-1964) and even the
longer running ABC-TV hit "The F.B.I.(1965-1974)," died Friday at 
his home in California of natural causes

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ACTOR BOB HOSKINS HAS DIED AT 71

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Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr.  (October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014)

LONDON (AP) – British actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from noir
drama "Mona Lisa" to animated fantasy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" has died. A  
family statement released Wednesday by publicist Clair Dobbs said Hoskins died
in a hospital after a bout of pneumonia. He had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s
disease in 2012.

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UNRELEASED RECORDINGS FOUND

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Hank Williams, Sr.  (
Hiram King Williams)  (9-17-1923 / 1-1-1953)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Previously unreleased recordings of country music
legend Hank Williams performing songs on a 1950 radio show will be released
next month for download and on vinyl.

"The Garden Spot Programs, 1950" features 24 songs and jingles from a taped
show that aired on early country radio stations, sponsored by a Texas plant
nursery. Most of the tapes were lost, but only the copies from one station, KSIB-
AM in Creston, Iowa, survived. The recordings were transferred, restored and
mastered for release May 20 by Omnivore Records.

The singer’s daughter, Jett Williams, said in a written statement that no one knew
these recordings existed.

Williams’ biographer, Colin Escott, wrote the liner notes for the album and said
the recordings were used to augment live acts on local radio stations.

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