RIP Cicely Tyson. Great actress, I remember her in various roles from 1960s and 1970s.
Pioneering US actress Cicely Tyson dies aged 96
In 2018, Cicely Tyson became the first African American woman to receive an honorary OscarPioneering Hollywood actress Cicely Tyson - who was known for portraying strong African-American characters - has died aged 96, her manager has said.
No cause of the death was given. The former fashion model had a career that spanned seven decades.
Tyson won two Emmys for her performance in the 1974 civil rights-era film The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
She also became the first black woman to take on a main role in the TV drama East Side/West Side in the 1960s.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55851522
She made a huge conytribution to fillm and televsion as well as playing dignified roles for Afircan Americans.
RIP Cicely Tyson.
I forgot that Tanya Roberts was also a Bond Girl . I just remember her in Charlie's Angels and a few other things. There's confllicting info on her age wirth sources saying 71 and others saying 65 years old.
RIP.
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Bond girl Tanya Roberts mistakenly reported dead by publicist after collapsing at US home
Posted TueTuesday 5 JanJanuary 2021 at 11:12am, updated TueTuesday 5 JanJanuary 2021 at 11:34am
Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in A View to a Kill and later played Midge Pinciotti in the sitcom That '70s Show, has been mistakenly reported dead by her publicist after falling at her home.
Key points:- A number of news outlets wrongly reported that Tanya Roberts died on Sunday
- Ms Roberts, who was a Bond girl, does not have COVID-19 but is in poor condition after a fall
- The actor played Midge, mother of Donna, on the sitcom That '70s
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-05/tanya-roberts-not-dead-mistakenly-reported-publicist/13031742
IMDB Tanya Roberts
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000617/
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RIP Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook, Emmy And Tony-Winning Actor, Dies At 95Feb 2, 2021Actor Hal Holbrook, who reached a career zenith playing Mark Twain in his solo show Mark Twain Tonight for decades, died on Tuesday, January 23. He was 95.
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001358/
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Political viewsHolbrook occasionally criticized the politicization of religion.[45] He was a registered independent, but leaned towards the liberal end of the U.S. political spectrum.[46] He criticized the Republican Party while Barack Obama was in office.[46]
In 2016, he castigated then-Republican-candidate Donald Trump for not having "the maturity to run the country".[14] Holbrook praised Senator Bernie Sanders as the only politician who does not "say what they think might get them elected" and praised his honesty.[47] In 2017, Holbrook again criticized President Trump, saying, "We have [Trump] who has been elected president now who is upending and destroying a great many of our American values...he's trying to distort the American dream, which he's doing every hour of the day."[48] Holbrook opposed President Trump's immigration ban and praised protests against the ban.[48]
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Good on you Hal. You're not the only one who thought that Bernie Sanders was a stannd up guy!
He was in a film with Fritz Weaver . Great film. Might have been Creepshow .
RIP Hilton Valentine
nine.com.auhoney celebrityHilton Valentine, guitarist of The Animals, has died at 77By CNN| 4 days ago
The Animals' guitarist Hilton Valentine, best known for the iconic opening riff on the English rock band's arrangement of 'The House of the Rising Sun,' has died at the age of 77.
The band's record label ABKCO Music announced Valentine's death in a statement Friday, saying it learned of the guitarist's death from his wife, Germaine Valentine. The statement did not identify the cause of death.
Hilton Valentine of The Animals on American Bandstand in 1983. (WireImage)
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