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Music Country Hall of Fame

Posted on Photos from The Plain Dealer on December 28, 2011, 11:54AM

FILE - In this June 8, 1973 file handout photo, country music singer Ferlin Husky is shown. Husky and Billy Sherrill were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday, May 23, 2010. (AP File Photo) NO SALES 

MUSIC BLUES

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David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, 84, a link to Mississippi Delta origins of Chicago blues, sings during an appearance at Buddy Guy's club in Chicago. Illustrates MUSIC-BLUES (category e), by Stephen Braun 1998, Los Angeles Times. Moved Monday, March 16, 1998. (MUST CREDIT: Photo for the Los Angeles Times by Todd Rosenberg.) 

MUSIC BLUES

Posted on Photos from The Plain Dealer on December 28, 2011, 11:54AM

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, 84, a link to Mississippi Delta origins of Chicago blues, sings during an appearance at Buddy Guy's club in Chicago. Illustrates MUSIC-BLUES (category e), by Stephen Braun 1998, Los Angeles Times. Moved Monday, March 16, 1998. (MUST CREDIT: Photo for the Los Angeles Times by Todd Rosenberg.) 

Betty Garrett

Posted on Photos from The Plain Dealer on December 28, 2011, 11:54AM

FILE - Actress Betty Garrett poses at her home in Los Angeles on in this Dec. 16, 1997 file photo. Garrett, who played Frank Sinatra's sweetheart in two MGM musicals before her career was hampered by the Hollywood blacklist, died Saturday Feb. 12, 2011 in Los Angeles. Later in life she became well-known to TV audiences with recurring roles in... 

KIRSHNER

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"People don't know if I'm alive or dead! My body of work is as big as anyone's and nobody knows the half of it," says music impresario Don Kirshner, who plans to change all that. The "man with the golden ear," as Time magazine once called him, intends to start a global entertainment company. Illustrates KIRSHNER (category e), by David... 

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Cliff Robertson Obit

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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 1963 file photo, actor Cliff Robertson takes a break as the skipper of the PT 109, Lt. John F. Kennedy in the movie "PT 109." Robertson died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. He was 88. (AP Photo) 

England obit Russell

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FILE- British film director Ken Russell with British model Twiggy during the filming of the movie "The Boy Friend", at Elstree Studios, north of London, England, in this file photo dated Aug. 4, 1971. Ken Russell has died aged 84 it is announced Monday Nov. 28, 2011. Russel, whose daring and sometimes outrageous films often tested the patience of audiences... 

Andy Rooney

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Newsman Andrew Rooney, CBS News producer and correspondent in August 1978 in New York office. (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez) 

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James Arness of "Gunsmoke". PHOTO CREDIT: CBS. For Scott Sheldon 5/10/04 Arness 

Amy Winehouse

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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2007 file photo, British singer Amy Winehouse poses for a photograph at a studio in north London, Friday, Feb. 16, 2007. British police say singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London on Saturday, July 23, 2011. The singer was 27 years old. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) 

Sidney Lumet

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FILE - This Tuesday Jan. 31, 2006 picture shows director Sidney Lumet during an interview in his New York office where he discussed the current state of TV news, the focus of his 1976 film, "Network." Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died the family said Saturday,... 

YATES-OBIT

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Peter Yates, a British film director best known for "Bullitt" and its famous Steve McQueen car chase, "Breaking Away" and "The Dresser" for its Academy Award nominations, and the box-office blockbuster "The Deep" has died in London. He was 81. Here, Yates poses for a photo on January 25, 1980. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times/MCT) 

CLEMONS

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** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND OF FEB. 13-16 ** Clarence Clemons poses for a photo during an interview, Jan. 29, 2003, at his Singer Island, Fla., home. Clemons, 61, the longtime saxman for Bruce Springsteen, has a new solo album, "Live in Asbury Park," recorded during a weekend of homecoming concerts in Asbury Park, N.J., Labor Day weekend 2001. (AP Photo/Hillery... 

LAURENTS-OBIT

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Playwright-director Arthur Laurents, who wrote the books for the beloved musicals "West Side Story" and "Gypsy," has died. He was believed to be 93. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT) Laurents 

TAYLOR CLEOPATRA

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor poses as Queen Cleopatra in this photo from Joseph L. Mankiewiez' 1963 film, 'Cleopatra'. (AP Photo) 20TH CENTURY FOX In one of the most famous latter-day portrayals of the Egyptian queen, Elizabeth Taylor played the title role in Joseph L. Mankiewiez' 1963 film, "Cleopatra." Most likely, the real Cleopatra did not have violet eyes. 

RHYTHMBLUES

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0599315 (BC-BPI-RHYTHMBLUES) HEAVY DUTY: Look for Heavy D to sign a production deal with Bad Boy Records. As VP of A&R at Uptown Records in the early 90s, he worked with a young upstart known as Sean Puffy Combs. Now, Combs, head of Bad Boy, looks ready to reunite with his colleague. I just don t want the responsibility of... 

DAVID NELSON

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** FILE ** David Nelson is shown in this Nov. 3, 1987 file photo. David Nelson is not an easy name to have these days, even if you're a former child star. The nationwide dragnet for terrorists across the country has caused men with his name to be pulled off airplanes, questioned by FBI agents and harassed when traveling by... 

Peter Falk

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FILE - In this 1972 file photo originally released by NBC, Peter Falk is ahown as homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo in the NBC series, "Columbo." Falk, the stage and movie actor who became identified as the squinty, rumpled detective in "Columbo," died Thursday, June 23, 2011 at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home. He was 83. (AP Photo/NBC, file) 

Pinetop Perkins

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This 1988 file photo shows blues pianist Pinetop Perkins. Perkins, one of the last old-school bluesmen and oldest Grammy winner, died at his home of cardiac arrest Monday, March 21, 2011, his manager said. He was 97. (AP File Photo) 

Steve Jobs

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FILE- This 1993 file photo shows Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computers. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/File) 

Obit Jane Russell

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FILE - In this file handout photo, Jane Russell is shown in a scene from the movie "The Outlaw." A family member on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 said Russell, stunning star of 1940s and 1950s films, has died at age 89. (AP File Photo) NO SALES 

Jackie Cooper

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FILE - In this Sept. 10, 1979 file photo, producer, director and actor Jackie Cooper poses with his Emmy at the 31st annual Emmy Awards, in Los Angeles. Cooper, the child movie star who won a best actor Oscar nomination at 9 for "Skippy" and grew up to play The Daily Planet editor in as Christopher Reeves' four "Superman" movies,... 

Jack LaLanne

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FILE - In this Feb. 20, 1980 file photo, Jack LaLanne pumps iron in the gym in his home in Hollywood, Calif. LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired television viewers to trim down and pump iron for decades before exercise became a national obsession, has died. He was 96. (AP Photo, File) 

Obit Hitchens

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FILE - Essayist Christopher Hitchens speaks during a debate on Iraq and the foreign policies of the United States and Britain, in this Sept. 14, 2005 file photo taken in New York. Vanity Fair reports Hitchens died on Thursday Dec. 15, 2011 at the age of 62 from complications of cancer of the esophagus his magazine. The magazine reports he... 

Morgan

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FILE - In this 1976 handout photo, Harry Morgan poses on the set of his television show "MASH," The Emmy-winning character actor whose portrayal of the fatherly Col. Potter on television's "M*A*S*H" highlighted a show business career that included nine other TV series, 50 films and the Broadway stage, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. He was 96. Morgan appeared in... 

Lynn Redgrave, George Shearing

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FILE - In this 1968 file photo, actress Lynn Redgrave, left, and George Shearing are shown at an Arts and Entertainment Network Party in New York. Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, died Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 in Manhattan of congestive heart... 

Betty Garrett

Posted on Photos from The Plain Dealer on December 28, 2011, 11:51AM

FILE - Actress Betty Garrett poses at her home in Los Angeles on in this Dec. 16, 1997 file photo. Garrett, who played Frank Sinatra's sweetheart in two MGM musicals before her career was hampered by the Hollywood blacklist, died Saturday Feb. 12, 2011 in Los Angeles. Later in life she became well-known to TV audiences with recurring roles in... 

England obit Russell

Posted on Photos from The Plain Dealer on December 28, 2011, 11:50AM

FILE- British film director Ken Russell with British model Twiggy during the filming of the movie "The Boy Friend", at Elstree Studios, north of London, England, in this file photo dated Aug. 4, 1971. Ken Russell has died aged 84 it is announced Monday Nov. 28, 2011. Russel, whose daring and sometimes outrageous films often tested the patience of audiences... 

YATES-OBIT

Posted on Photos from The Plain Dealer on December 28, 2011, 11:50AM

Peter Yates, a British film director best known for "Bullitt" and its famous Steve McQueen car chase, "Breaking Away" and "The Dresser" for its Academy Award nominations, and the box-office blockbuster "The Deep" has died in London. He was 81. Here, Yates poses for a photo on January 25, 1980. (Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times/MCT)