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Irving Brecher dies at 94; Comedy writer got an Oscar nod for 'Meet Me in St. Louis'
Irving Brecher, a comedy writer whose career in radio, television and the movies included writing two Marx Brothers comedies, co-writing the Judy Garland musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" and creating the radio and TV series "The Life of Riley," has died. He...Tags: CBS Corp., Larry Gelbart, Jackie Gleason, Ernie Kovacs, George Burns
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Debbie Reynolds sings, jokes, does impressions -- and shows a little leg
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMary Frances Reynolds is back in the old neighborhood. You know her as Debbie Reynolds. That's the name given to her when, as a 16-year-old, she was first under studio contract. Talent scouts had spotted her in the Miss Burbank beauty contest, which she'...Tags: Theater, North Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Music
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Movies
BASIC CABLE "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" **** 9:15 p.m., TCM A young lady (Betty Hutton) finds herself "in trouble" and doesn't know who Daddy is. Writer/director Preston Sturges does a beautiful job of playing it for laughs in this 1944 comedy. The...Tags: Preston Sturges, Movies
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Requiem: 2007 passings of note
Among the major notables who passed from the scene this year, three of the most famous -- two masters of cinema and a genius of football -- died on the same day: July 30. Two others -- a historic Russian leader and a U.S. chronicler of war -- left us...Tags: Tina Turner, Lee Hazlewood, Cleveland Browns, Tom Moore, Football
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PREMIUM CABLE "THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" **** 7 p.m., TCM Some were miffed that this 1952 circus epic took the best picture Oscar over such formidable competition as "High Noon" and "The Quiet Man," but its director, Cecil B. DeMille, was overdue....Tags: Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Movies
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'Annie Get Your Gun' Star Hutton Dies
Zap2It.comBetty Hutton, the energetic star of movie musicals like "Annie Get Your Gun," has died. She was 86 years old. The silver screen actress passed away in Plm Springs recently, confirmed a friend, report news sources. Hutton was unique during the '40s since...Tags: Theater, Bankruptcy, Michigan, Bodies of Water, Annie Oakley
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Novelist, Screenwriter Sidney Sheldon dies
Zap2It.comSidney Sheldon, a writer whose keen grasp of popular tastes fueled a string of feverishly romantic and suspenseful books that made him a perennial bestseller with millions of copies in print around the world, died Tuesday. He was 89. Sheldon died of...Tags: Newspapers, Theater, Stefanie Powers, Washington Post Company, Shirley Temple
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Film Sweetheart June Allyson Dies at 88
Zap2It.comActress June Allyson, the perky blond with the husky voice who was one of Hollywood's most beloved stars in the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 88. Allyson died Saturday at her home in Ojai of pulmonary respiratory failure and acute bronchitis after a...Tags: Celebrity Mothers, Judy Garland, New York, Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney
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Tightly planned day unravels into chaos
Sentinel Staff WriterIt was the longest day in their long lives, starting in pre-dawn darkness at their South Florida condo in Stuart and ending a few hours before sunrise in an Orlando motel for train-wreck refugees. E. Ernst and Mary Evertz, both 81, and their daughter...Tags: Beach Vacations, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Pompano Beach, Health and Safety at School, New York
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