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OSCAR-WINNING ANIMATOR HAS DIED AT 86

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Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019)

LONDON (AP) — Richard Williams, a Canadian-British animator whose work
on the bouncing cartoon bunny in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) helped
blur the boundaries between the animated world and our own, has died. His 
daughter, Natasha Sutton Williams, said the Oscar-winning artist died from
 
cancer at his home in Bristol, England on Friday.

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COMEDIAN ARTE JOHNSON HAS DIED AT 90

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Arthur Stanton Eric Johnson (January 20, 1929 – July 3, 2019)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Arte Johnson, who won an Emmy for comedy
sketch work on the television show "Laugh-In," has died in Los Angeles.

Family representative Harlan Boll says Johnson died early Wednesday of
heart failure following a three-year battle with bladder and prostate cancer.

No services have been planned, but his ashes will be spread in a private
ceremony.

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AUTOMOBILE EXECUTIVE HAS DIED AT 94

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Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca (October 15, 1924 – July 2, 2019)


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Lee Iacocca helped create the Ford Mustang and
then rescued Chrysler from bankruptcy in the 1980s. A member of
the family said he passed away today, but could not provide any 
further details.

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SINGER /ACTRESS HAS DIED AT 97

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Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff) (April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) 

According to the Doris Day Animal Foundation, she recently
contracted a serious case of pneumonia which resulted in
her death early Monday at her Carmel Valley home.

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POPULAR ZOOLOGIST HAS DIED AT 89

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Marlin Perkins (left) and Jim  Fowler.

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Jim Fowler (April 9, 1930 – May 8, 2019)

Fowler was an professional zoologist and host of the Emmy 
Awardwinning television show Mutual of Omaha’s Wild 
Kingdom
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Jim Fowler (left) on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(middle).

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