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Dahli
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11-27-2000

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What an incredibly beautiful young woman. I am so sad for her loved ones as well...

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

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Oh no!! I loved him in Clueless!!!

Cwcoop
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04-19-2008

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DH will be so sad to hear about "Gen Hammond". He LOVES Stargate.
We also loved Mr Davis in "Best in Show".

Mocha
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08-12-2001

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Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

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Such sad news. I really enjoyed watching him on Stargate as General Hammond. I suppose his health problems are why he left the show.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

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Larry Harmon Of 'Bozo The Clown' Fame Dies At 83

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Larry Harmon, who appeared as Bozo the Clown for decades and licensed the name to other Bozos around the world, had died at age 83.

Harmon died Thursday at his home of congestive heart failure, his longtime publicist, Jerry Digney, told The Associated Press.

Although not the first person to play Bozo, Harmon took on the famous clown's persona and, as an entrepreneur, he licensed the character to others, particularly TV stations. Those stations then recruited their own Bozos for local shows.

Harmon met his alter ego after answering a casting call to make personal appearances as a clown to promote records. He got the job and eventually bought the rights to Bozo.

Along the way, he embellished Bozo's distinctive look: the orange tufted hair, the bulbous nose, the outlandish red, white and blue costume.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

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Actress Evelyn Keyes dies at 91 in California

Sandra
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07-06-2004

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- Former White House press secretary Tony Snow has died of cancer. He was 53.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

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Dr. Michael DeBakey: 1908-2008
'Greatest surgeon of the 20th century' dies

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5884576.html

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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EVELYN KEYS

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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TONY SNOW

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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MICHAEL DEBAKEY

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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I was just talking to Mame about Evelyn Keyes the other day! I assumed she had already passed.

How sad on all counts.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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:-(

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

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Estelle Getty died this morning. No link, was just on the news.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

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LINK TO CNN BIT

Mocha
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08-12-2001

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Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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ESTELLE GETTY
SOPHIA

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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Oh, how sad. I know that she had been ill for a very long time now. My thoughts and prayers go out to all who loved her.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

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From USA today;

Golden Girl Estelle Getty died at her Los Angeles home Tuesday morning. She was 84.

The New York-born actress was revered for her wisecracking, perennially caustic stint as Sophia Petrillo on the beloved 1985-1992 series about four female retirees enjoying their golden years.

Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m., said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica, Calif.

"She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents," Gettleman said. "She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived."

Getty, the queen of one-liners, was nominated for seven Emmys, and won for best supporting actress in a comedy series in 1988. She nabbed a Golden Globe in 1986. And she was the recipient of the Golden Razzie award for her equally caustic turn opposite Sylvester Stallone in 1992's Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.

In interviews, the prickly actress was as sharp-tongued as her character. 'I don't reveal my height or my age," she snapped to a reporter from London's Mail on Sunday in 1992.

Getty was married to the late businessman Arthur Gettleman. Besides Carl, she is survived by another son, Barry.

Ironically, while she made a career of playing mothers, including Cher's in Mask, Getty didn't relish her own time raising her kids.

"No, I wouldn't claim I enjoyed it," she told People in 1986. "It was the days of Dr. Spock and everything was so regimented. You stayed home and never left. Fear kept me from enjoying my children. It was such a chore being a mother in those days."

Before Golden Girls made her the most famous grandma on television, Getty was a steadily employed, if largely unknown, theater actress who had two memorable turns — in 1982's Tootsie and 1985's Mask. But at an age when most actors pen their autobiographies and fade into obscurity, Getty became a star.

"I paid my dues," she told the Chicago Tribune in 1989.

Getty, the daughter of Polish immigrants, grew up on Manhattan's Lower East Side. She dreamed of being an actress and tried her hand at stand-up comedy in her late teens. Had it not been for a chance meeting with actor Harvey Fierstein, Getty might have worked behind a desk and raised children. Instead, he cast her in Torch Song Trilogy on Broadway.

When she auditioned for Golden Girls, producers thought her too young to play Bea Arthur's mother. (Arthur was born the year before Getty.) Getty proved them wrong. And she tried to enjoy every second of her late-found fame and fortune.

"People who make it to the top when they're young have to worry about staying there," she told People. "The nice thing about making it at this stage is that I don't have to worry about staying up here that long.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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:-( I read her autobio not long ago...

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

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Randy Pausch has passed away. i'm so very very sad.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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Oh no! That breaks my heart. He leaves a wonderful legacy. His last lecture is inspiring.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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Please, who is Randy Pausch?

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

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I am so sad to hear this. I kept holding out hope that he would live.