Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in “Fiddler on the Roof,” has died in Tel Aviv, Israeli leaders said Thursday. He was 87.
The cause was not immediately released.
Israeli leaders on Thursday tweeted their memories and condolences to Topol’s family.
Israel’s ceremonial president, Isaac Herzog hailed Topol as “one of the most outstanding Israeli actors,” who “filled the movie screens with his presence and above all entered deep into our hearts.”
Benny Gantz, Israel’s former minister of defense, praised Topol for helping Israelis connect to their roots.
Entertainment
Robert Blake, actor known for "Baretta" and "Lost Highway," dies at 89
Updated on: March 9, 2023 / 9:19 PM / CBS/AP
Actor Robert Blake, whose decades-long film and television career was tarnished by a notorious murder trial, has died at the age of 89.
Blake died in Los Angeles, his niece Noreen confirmed to CBS News Thursday. She said he died after a battle with heart disease, adding that he "passed away peacefully with family and friends."
The Los Angeles County coroner's office told CBS News that it "did not have a report" about Blake's death.
Entertainment
Robert Blake, actor known for "Baretta" and "Lost Highway," dies at 89
Updated on: March 9, 2023 / 9:19 PM / CBS/AP
Actor Robert Blake, whose decades-long film and television career was tarnished by a notorious murder trial, has died at the age of 89.
Blake died in Los Angeles, his niece Noreen confirmed to CBS News Thursday. She said he died after a battle with heart disease, adding that he "passed away peacefully with family and friends."
The Los Angeles County coroner's office told CBS News that it "did not have a report" about Blake's death.
Him and that cockateel, was entertained.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:07 pm
by John Thomas8
sad-cafe wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:12 pm
Gary Rossington
Entertainment
Robert Blake, actor known for "Baretta" and "Lost Highway," dies at 89
Updated on: March 9, 2023 / 9:19 PM / CBS/AP
Actor Robert Blake, whose decades-long film and television career was tarnished by a notorious murder trial, has died at the age of 89.
Oh, he was a TV action hero from my younger life. The character Baretta had a pet cockatoo at home which was prominently featured in most episodes.
ETA I had to look it up. Her name was Lala \.
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:42 am
by RTH10260
Traute Lafrenz, the last of the White Rose anti-Nazi resistance, dies aged 103 Lafrenz was arrested twice by the Gestapo and eventually liberated in April 1945 and settled in the US
Agence France-Presse in Berlin
Thu 9 Mar 2023 20.40 GMT
The last surviving member of the White Rose resistance movement, which urged Germans to stand up against Nazi tyranny during the second world war, has died, according to the group’s historical foundation.
Traute Lafrenz died at her home in South Carolina on Monday at the age of 103, the group said in a statement on Thursday, paying tribute to her “courageous resistance and lasting testimony”.
One of the most famous groups to resist the Nazis in Germany, the White Rose distributed anti-war pamphlets at Munich university in 1942-3, calling on people to rise up against the regime.
According to the foundation, Lafrenz met Hans Scholl, one of the founders of the group along with his sister Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst, in the summer of 1941.
A year later, Lafrenz, a medical student, came across a flyer and realised Hans Scholl’s involvement from the literary quotations used in the text.
She carried flyers to Hamburg where they were distributed by friends.
When Hans and Sophie Scholl were arrested in February 1943, Lafrenz drove to the city of Ulm to inform their family.
Following a summary trial, the original White Rose leaders – the Scholl siblings and Probst – were beheaded at the Stadelheim prison in Bavaria, along with others including their philosophy professor Kurt Huber.
In April 1943, Lafrenz also fell into the hands of the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, and was sentenced to a year in prison for “complicity”.
Shortly after her release, she was arrested again by the Gestapo in Hamburg. Lafrenz spent time in four Nazi prisons before her liberation from the one in Bayreuth in April 1945.
She emigrated to the US in 1947, where she completed her medical studies.
On her 100th birthday in 2019, the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, praised her as a “hero of freedom and humanity”.
The white guy in Hollywood who got away with killing his wife.
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:20 pm
by somerset
I wondered when the conversation would get around to this I was living in The Valley at the time, and the local headline news pretty much washed away any reputation he had as an actor.
Former congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, a megaphone for the women’s movement, the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee and a liberal Democrat known for her barbed wit, notably coining the term “Teflon president” to lambaste President Ronald Reagan, died March 13 at a hospital in Celebration, Fla. She was 82.
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:58 pm
by Mrich
Dick Fosbury, innovative high jumper who introduced the "Fosbury Flop" and revolutionized the high jump, at age 76
This one hurts. Lance Riddick poured everything into every role he did whether serious or comedic. Dead at 60 from natural causes
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 7:20 pm
by sugar magnolia
They're running Fringe on HLN for hours every day. Maybe they ran out of Forensic Files episodes?
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:40 pm
by Dr. Ken
sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 7:20 pm
They're running Fringe on HLN for hours every day. Maybe they ran out of Forensic Files episodes?
I got into fringe very late in its run I think it was season 3 at the time. I saw an episode with the parallel universe and it made me start watching it. If you watch until season 4 and stop it was a great show. Kind of wish they did another season without season 5
sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 7:20 pm
They're running Fringe on HLN for hours every day. Maybe they ran out of Forensic Files episodes?
I got into fringe very late in its run I think it was season 3 at the time. I saw an episode with the parallel universe and it made me start watching it. If you watch until season 4 and stop it was a great show. Kind of wish they did another season without season 5
I got partway into the last season and gave up, but the first 4 were fantastic
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:50 pm
by Phoenix520
RIP Fringe.
Ahem.
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:44 am
by Volkonski
New York Times
Stuart Hodes, who danced with Martha Graham in the 1940s and ’50s and who for the rest of his life served the field of dance as a performer, choreographer, educator, administrator and author, has died. He was 98.
Willis Reed Jr. (June 25, 1942 – March 21, 2023) was an American basketball player, coach and general manager. He spent his entire professional playing career (1964–1974) with the New York Knicks. In 1982, Reed was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[1] In 1996, he was voted one of the "50 Greatest Players in NBA History".[2] In October 2021, Reed was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all-time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.[3]
After retiring as a player, Reed served as assistant and head coach with several teams for nearly a decade, then was promoted to general manager and vice president of basketball operations (1989–1996) for the New Jersey Nets. As senior vice president of basketball operations, he led them to the NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003.[4]
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:06 am
by busterbunker
We're still getting over that. Walt can say it better than me.
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced today that company co-founder Gordon Moore has passed away at the age of 94.
Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announce that company co-founder Gordon Moore died on March 24, 2023, at the age of 94.
The foundation reported he died peacefully on Friday, March 24, 2023, surrounded by family at his home in Hawaii.
Moore and his longtime colleague Robert Noyce founded Intel in July 1968. Moore initially served as executive vice president until 1975, when he became president. In 1979, Moore was named chairman of the board and chief executive officer, posts he held until 1987, when he gave up the CEO position and continued as chairman. In 1997, Moore became chairman emeritus, stepping down in 2006.
During his lifetime, Moore also dedicated his focus and energy to philanthropy, particularly environmental conservation, science and patient care improvements. Along with his wife of 72 years, he established the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which has donated more than $5.1 billion to charitable causes since its founding in 2000.
“Those of us who have met and worked with Gordon will forever be inspired by his wisdom, humility and generosity,” reflected foundation president Harvey Fineberg. “Though he never aspired to be a household name, Gordon’s vision and his life’s work enabled the phenomenal innovation and technological developments that shape our everyday lives. Yet those historic achievements are only part of his legacy. His and Betty’s generosity as philanthropists will shape the world for generations to come.”
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s eldest son, Nicholas, dies of gastric cancer aged 43 Oscar-winning composer says son, also a successful composer, died on Saturday in hospital surrounded by family
Nadeem Badshah
Sat 25 Mar 2023 20.51 GMT
Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced that his eldest son, Nicholas, has died from gastric cancer aged 43.
I was living in The Valley at the time, and the local headline news pretty much washed away any reputation he had as an actor.