Congratulations Joe McBride.
Sorry you didn't get to Lisbon but being TDs 1000th dead famous person has to be a great consolation :)
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Congratulations Joe McBride.
Sorry you didn't get to Lisbon but being TDs 1000th dead famous person has to be a great consolation :)
Fcuking right! 95 he must have seen some great changes throughout his life.Quote:
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Hollywood producer Richard Zanuck dies
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Richard Zanuck and his wife and fellow producer Lili Fini Zanuck won an Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy
Prolific Hollywood producer Richard Zanuck has died aged 77, suffering a heart attack at his Beverley Hills home.
Dick Zanuck, as most people called him, was best known for his work on films such as The Sound of Music, Driving Miss Daisy and Jaws.
Son of Hollywood royalty, he became the youngest studio head in history when he took over 20th Century Fox aged 28.
His friend Steven Spielberg called him a "cornerstone of the film industry
Dick Zanuck's parents were the legendary movie mogul Darryl Zanuck and actress Virginia Fox.
After his father made him 20th Century Fox's head of production, the younger Zanuck went on to oversee the release of some of the era's classics, including The Sound of Music and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
He went on to run his own production company after several big-screen musicals for Fox flopped and his father fired him, spending most of his career as an independent producer.
Zanuck collaborated with Steven Spielberg on the blockbuster jaws and several other films.
"He taught me everything I know about producing. He was one of the most honourable and loyal men of our profession and he fought tooth and nail for his directors," Mr Spielberg said in a statement.
His 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy won four Oscars, including best picture for Zanuck and his wife and collaborator Lili Fini Zanuck.
In his later years, Zanuck collaborated closely with director Tim Burton on a number of fillms, including Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland.
The BBC's Peter Bowes in Los Angeles says Zanuck's sudden death deprives Hollywood of one of its most revered filmmakers.
Sylvester Stallone's son died. Not famous but another son of a famous celebrity. Seems to happen often with the children of the famed.
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Sage Stallone, eldest son of Sylvester Stallone, found dead at 36 | Movie Talk - Yahoo! Movies
Actress Celeste Holm dies at the age of 95
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Oscar-winning American actress Celeste Holm has died at the age of 95.
She made her name in the original Broadway production of the musical Oklahoma!, before moving on to Hollywood where she won an Oscar for her role in Gentlemen's Agreement.
Her other well-known films included The Tender Trap and High Society.
The actress's later years were marked by financial troubles and legal battles with her son over her fifth marriage, to a man 45 year her junior.
Relatives said she died at home in New York surrounded by friends and family.
Holm was born in New York and spent much of her life in her apartment on Central Park West, where she passed away on Sunday.
Her first major role Broadway role came in a 1940 revival of The Time of Your Life, co-starring fellow newcomer Gene Kelly, and in 1943 she earned wide recognition portraying Ado Annie in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!.
She moved on the Hollywood, winning the Academy Award in 1947 for best supporting actress for her performance in Gentlemen's Agreement. There were also Oscar nominations for Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950).
But Holm's heart lay on the East Coast, and she returned to New York and the theatre after a few years in Hollywood.
She also appeared in numerous television series in the 1970s and 1980s, including Fantasy Island and Falcon Crest.
Later in life she was caught up in a bitter family legal battle that pitted her two sons against her and her much younger fifth husband, former waiter Frank Basile.
The court case over investments and inheritance wiped out much of Holm's savings and left her dependent on Social Security in her final years.
95 is a cracking innings, well played ma'm. Loved Oklahoma! btw.
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Later in life she was caught up in a bitter family legal battle that pitted her two sons against her and her much younger fifth husband, former waiter Frank Basile.
The court case over investments and inheritance wiped out much of Holm's savings and left her dependent on Social Security in her final years.
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Living on Social Security checks on the upper west side. Amazing.Quote:
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Sounds like she got royally screwed. All her assets were put in a "trust" controlled by her son, supposedly to stop her then boyfriend getting any of it.
And then of course the kids started fighting over it and drained what she had left.
Cnuts.
16 July 2012 Last updated at 18:09 GMT
Jon Lord, founder of Deep Purple, dies aged 71
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Jon Lord co-wrote many of Deep Purple's hits including Smoke On The Water
Jon Lord, the former keyboard player with rock band Deep Purple, has died aged 71.
Lord, who co-wrote many of the group's legendary songs including Smoke On The Water, had been receiving treatment for pancreatic cancer since last August.
He co-founded Deep Purple in 1968 and also played with bands including Whitesnake during his career.
He died at the London Clinic on Monday, surrounded by family. "Jon passes from Darkness to Light," a statement said.
A classically-trained pianist, Lord was influenced by blues and jazz but approached his Hammond organ with a rock attitude and helped Deep Purple become pioneers of progressive and heavy rock.
The band established their sound and success at the start of the 1970s with albums including Deep Purple in Rock and Machine Head.
The group split up in 1976 but reformed in 1984 and the line-up has undergone numerous changes over the years, with Lord a mainstay until he left 2002.
In its classic years, the band also included guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, singer Ian Gillan, drummer Ian Paice and bassist Roger Glover.
Born in Leicester on 9 June, 1941, Jon Lord began playing piano and taking classical music lessons from an early age.
He received a scholarship to drama school in London at the age of 19, during which time he began playing jazz and rhythm and blues in pub gigs.
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Crazy how poor drug addicts live forever and these famous freaks always die your from drug ODs. This guy was probably a little late in the loafers considering the pedigree.....Quote:
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Stephen Covey:
Stephen Covey, '7 Habits' author, dies at 79 | Business & Technology | The Seattle TimesQuote:
Stephen Covey, '7 Habits' author, dies at 79
Considered a pioneer in the self-help genre aimed at helping readers become more productive in their lives, author Stephen R. Covey had an enormous impact on both the corporate world and the personal lives of millions.
Jon Lord, keyboard player with Deep Purple has shuffled off this mortal coil.
Was a big Deep Purple fan when I was a teenager.
yes sad news indeed..
All the guys we grew up with are going away, hell, they were older than us to give us the show. It is still sad to see them go, but like EVERYTHING, it has it's time and then it's GONE.
Dr Jack Matthews Wales rugby legend dies
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Former Wales and Lions centre Dr Jack Matthews has died aged 92.
Matthews was part of a legendary Welsh midfield partnership alongside Bleddyn Williams.
Ex-Newport and Cardiff star Matthews was also a doctor on the 1980 Lions tour of South Africa.
Matthews, who was made an OBE in 2001, played 17 times for Wales and skippered the side against France in Paris in 1951. He was also captain of Cardiff for four seasons.
He played six test matches for the Lions on the 1950 tour of Australia and New Zealand, earning the nick-name "Iron Man" for his crash tackling
Sir Alastair Burnet dies at 84
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Veteran newsreader Sir Alastair Burnet, best known for fronting ITV's News At Ten, has died aged 84.
In a statement, his family said he died at a nursing home in London, where he was being cared for after suffering several strokes.
The broadcaster presented his last news bulletin in August 1991, after retiring at the age of 63.
Close friend Andrew Neil called him "one of the greatest journalists of his generation".
"He will also always be recalled by family, friends and colleagues for his unparalleled professionalism, humour and gentlemanly kindness, especially to journalists starting out on their careers," fellow jourrnalist Neil said in tribute.
"Joy it was to be in his company and he was an inspiration to many who followed in his footsteps - the broadcasters' broadcaster."
Sir Alastair also had a distinguished career as a print journalist, editing publications such as The Economist and The Daily Express.
'Shoulders of giants'
He joined ITN in 1963 as its political editor, before switching to newsreading four years later.
Although remembered for his ITV work during the early and later stages of his career, he spent a short period at the BBC working on Panorama and fronted two general election programmes in 1974.
ITV News presenter Alistair Stewart said "Professionally, I owe Alastair everything. He was my friend and mentor - he was everything I ever aspired to be.
"Intellectually a giant and yet the kindest and most generous of men; he had an encyclopaedic knowledge of politics and yet a passionate and detailed grasp of the ins and outs of soccer."
John Hardie, chief executive of ITN, paid tribute to the broadcaster: "ITN stands on the shoulders of giants, none greater than Sir Alastair Burnet.
"He defined newscasting for a generation and his influence is still clearly evident today. He set the bar to a standard that has never been surpassed, and perhaps not even equalled.
"Sir Alastair will be sorely missed by many here at ITN, but his legacy lives on."
Helen Boaden, director of BBC News, praised his "energy and drive" as unique.
"He was one of the great voices of television journalism and we at the BBC always admired his authority and presence," she added.
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I grew up at a time when Alastair was a prominent newsreader. I always preferred to watch BBC news (mainly because i wasn't a great lover of advertisements) but can recall vividly the endearing qualities he portrayed to his audience.
RIP Sir A, a truly great innings, well played!
Welsh actress Angharad Rees dies
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Welsh actress Angharad Rees, left, pictured in 1999 with Patricia Hodge
Welsh actress Angharad Rees has died following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Rees, who starred in BBC drama series Poldark in the 1970s after first appearing on screen in The Way We Live Now in 1969, also enjoyed an extensive theatre career.
A statement released by her family on Saturday night said: "The family of Angharad Rees (McAlpine) are deeply saddened to announce that Angharad passed away peacefully today with her family at her bedside in London, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
"She will be greatly missed by her family and friends."
Rees, who was 63, was married to the late Dynasty actor Christopher Cazenove for more than 20 years and they had two sons together, Linford and Rhys.
Linford, the elder of the two, died in a car crash on the M11 in Essex in 1999 aged 26.
She went on to marry David McAlpine in 2005, with whom she lived in London.
Rees, who played Demelza in Poldark, also had a role in cult classic Jack the Ripper film Hands Of The Ripper, while on stage she appeared in A Winter's Tale, Richard II and Romeo And Juliet.
In addition to her acting success, she also founded an eponymously titled jewellery design company based in Knightsbridge, with her pieces featured in the film Elizabeth, The Golden Age. Her family said she remained an active supporter of the arts and was an honorary fellow of Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.
Her funeral will be private but there are plans for a service in celebration of her life which will be announced at a later date.
Tributes paid to actor Simon Ward
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Tributes have been paid to the British actor Simon Ward, who has died at the age of 70.
Ward played Churchill in the Richard Attenborough film Young Winston, while he also appeared in the television series The Tudors and Judge John Deed.
His last major theatre performance came in 2010, when he played the lead role Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III.
Its director, Alastair Whatley, described him as a "king to the last".
"Already in declining health, Simon took on the one of the most challenging roles written in recent years," Whatley said.
Whatley said his "lasting memory" was of a performance at The Exeter Northcott theatre, near the actor's home town, which was one of Ward's last public performances.
"To an audience full of his family and friends, he gave a final blistering performance to a standing ovation from audience and cast members alike," he said. "A king to the very last. I know he will missed by many."
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Ward's agent said he died on Friday after a long illness, with his wife Alexandra and daughters at his bedside.
People who knew Ward have contacted the BBC to convey their memories of the actor.
Ward's stage career began in the 1960s
Michael Sumpter from Tunbridge Wells went to school with Ward and recalled that he stood out as a "magnificent" actor and "it was no surprise to see him rise to fame".
"I have followed his career with interest and the acting profession will be the poorer with his passing," he said.
Paul Raynor in Brisbane, Australia, said working with Ward was an experience he would never forget.
"His portrayal of Lawrence of Arabia in the 1986 Old Vic production of Ross was as dynamic and passionate a performance as anything you will see on stage," he said.
"His voice had an authoritative quality and stillness, his penetrating eyes and an acute observation of acting. He was a charming leading man, I am so desperately sad today."
David Page of Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, said he was a driver for Ward during the filming of Dracula in 1973.
"It was my job to pick up both Simon Ward and Nigel Davenport and take them out to the set around Pinewood," he said.
"Simon was always a gentleman and I greatly enjoyed hearing his stories and those of Nigel. Simon will, for me, always be remembered for his role as Winston Churchill in Young Winston."
The first American woman in space has died, according to her official website. She was 61 and had been battling pancreatic cancer.
In 1983, Ride shot into space as a mission specialist aboard Challenger. She went back in 1984, and was scheduled for another mission that got scrapped after the Challenger disaster.
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Sally Ride Dead: First American Woman In Space Dies At 61
The Huffington Post | Posted: 07/23/2012 5:53 pm Updated: 07/23/2012 9:09 pm
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Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel into space, died Monday at the age of 61, the Associated Press reported.
The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, according to a statement posted on the website of Sally Ride Science, a science education company she founded in 2001. She had been battling the disease for 17 months.
On June 18, 1983, Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when she blasted off on the Challenger as part of the STS-7 crew, according to NASA.
She flew her second shuttle mission on October 5, 1984, again aboard the Challenger. That mission, STS-41G, was the first shuttle crew to include two women.
After she retired from NASA in 1987, Ride became a member of the faculty of the University of California, San Diego and the California Space Institute, according to a statement posted to Sally Ride Science.
According to its website, Sally Ride Science is "dedicated to supporting girls’ and boys’ interests in science, math and technology."
Ride is survived by her partner Tam O’Shaughnessy, as well as her mother, sister, niece and nephew.
Children's author Mahy dies at 76
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New Zealand children's author Margaret Mahy, who wrote more than 120 books, has died at the age of 76.
Her cousin Ron Mahy said she died in Christchurch on Monday after being diagnosed with cancer.
The author's best-known books included A Lion in the Meadow, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate and Bubble Trouble.
Among her many awards were two Carnegie Medals and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her lifetime contribution to children's literature.
Mahy was also awarded the Order of New Zealand - one of only 20 living people to hold the country's highest honour - for her contribution to the field, which ranged from picture books to short stories and novels.
Born in Whakatane in 1936, Mahy was working as a librarian when an American publisher spotted one of her stories in a children's journal.
As one of New Zealand's most successful and prolific authors, she has some 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 collections published in 15 languages.
"It is in the nature of books, that they have the capacity to make you feel powerful about what you can alter and achieve in your life," she once said.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key paid tribute to Mahy, saying she was "widely acknowledged as one of this country's finest authors, and one of the world's greatest writers of children's and young adults' stories".
'Jeffersons' star Sherman Hemsley dies at 74
By the CNN Wire Staff
July 25, 2012 -- Updated 0232 GMT (1032 HKT)
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Sherman Hemsley reacts during a scene in an episode of "House of Payne" in April 2011. Hemsley, who played the brash George Jefferson on "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," died Tuesday at 74, his booking agent said.
(CNN) -- Sherman Hemsley, who played the brash George Jefferson on "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," died Tuesday at 74, his booking agent said.
Hemsley played Jefferson, a wisecracking owner of a dry cleaning business, on "All In the Family" from 1973 until 1975, when the spinoff "The Jeffersons" began an 11-season run on CBS. Police in El Paso, Texas, where Hemsley lived, said there was no evidence of foul play. The cause of death will be determined through an autopsy, according to a news release.
For the first few years on "All in the Family," George Jefferson was not seen, only referred to by his wife, Louise, played by the late Isabel Sanford.
He told Archive of American Television in 2003 that he was told by the show's producers that Jefferson should be "pompous and feisty."
Jefferson was every bit as big a bigot as his neighbor, Archie Bunker, played by Carroll O'Connor. Jefferson often referred to white people as "honkies."
He was also mean and condescending to his neighbors, his son Lionel and, when he moved to a ritzy apartment on Manhattan's East Side, to his maid. But his character was still wildly popular with TV audiences.
"By me loving Louise and Archie loving (his wife) Edith, you got away with being goofy and stupid," he said in 2003. "Because people said at least he loved something."
It made Jefferson human, he said.
One of his former co-stars said she was shocked to hear he had died.
"I thought Sherman was doing very well," said Marla Gibbs, who played feisty maid Florence Johnston on the "The Jeffersons." "I am saddened to hear that Sherman has made his transition. We were trying to come up with a new show that we could participate in, but of course, that cannot happen now.
"Sherman was one of the most generous co-stars I have ever worked with. He happily set me up so that I could slam him, and I did the same for him. I shall miss him deeply."
Hemsley said he drew on his experiences as a young man to develop Jefferson's celebrated strut, which he did during filming as a joke.
"The way we walked in South Philly, you think you bad," he said. "You gotta be important.
"We had done about seven or eight takes (on the 'Jeffersons' set) ... and then we started clowning around," he said of the walk. "That's the one they kept."
Hemsley also played Deacon Ernest Frye in the sitcom "Amen."
"With the passing of Sherman Hemsley, the world loses one of its most unique comedic talents, and a lovely man," Norman Lear, the creator of "All in the Family," said in a statement.
In 2001, Lear told Larry King that he discovered Hemsley doing the Broadway play "Purlie."
He remembered him "singing and dancing, and (Hemsley) was one of the most unique actors on the stage."
In 1990, he released an album, "Ain't That a Kick in the Head," and two years later another, entitled "Dance."
"I had the pleasure of working with him on 'House of Payne,' " said producer and director Tyler Perry. "He brought laughter and joy to millions. My childhood would have been a lot sadder without him. Thanks for the joy, thanks for your talent and thanks for your life. I celebrate it in all of its beauty. God bless you, Mr. Hemsley."
Hemsley was nominated for an Emmy in 1985 but lost to Bill Cosby.
Dog Day Afternoon writer Frank Pierson dies
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Pierson penned the famous line 'Attica!' in Dog Day Afternoon
Frank Pierson, who won an Oscar for his screenplay of the 1975 Al Pacino film Dog Day Afternoon, has died aged 87.
His family said he died of natural causes at a Los Angeles hospital after a short illness.
Pierson was also Oscar-nominated for his screenplays for the 1967 Paul Newman prison drama Cool Hand Luke and 1965 western Cat Ballou.
More recently, he worked as a writer and producer on TV shows Mad Men and The Good Wife.
After three seasons on Mad Men, he had been expected to return for the show's sixth run next year.
Best known for Dog Day Afternoon - based on a real-life bank heist in Brooklyn - Pierson penned the famous moment when Pacino shouted "Attica!" outside the bank in reference to the Attica prison riot in New York State in 1971.
He also wrote and directed Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson's film musical, A Star Is Born, as well as a number of other TV movies.
As well as writing, Pierson served two terms as president of the Writers Guild of America West, and was president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars, from 2001 to 2005.
"Young rock 'n' rollers always look to the old bluesmen as models of how to keep their art strong and rebellious into older years. For screenwriters, Frank has been our old blues master for a long time," said Phil Robinson, Academy governor of the writers branch.
"He's always shown us - better than anyone else - how to do it with class, grace, humour, strength, brilliance, generosity and a joyful tenacity."
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I remember going to a Deep putple concert and seeing the keyboard there with 'JON LORD' in big letters on the front.
It seemed incredibly surreal that jon Lord who I'd read about and listened to was actually here.
Can't remember much after that to tell the truth.
Keeping up with the obits....a sign we're getting old. :)
Coronation Street actor Geoffrey Hughes dies aged 68
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Hughes featured in Keeping up Appearances for five years
The actor, who was known to millions as Coronation Street binman Eddie Yeats in the 1970s and 1980s, died "peacefully in his sleep" on Friday night.
It followed a "long courageous battle" with prostate cancer, his family said.
Hughes, who lived on the Isle of Wight, was also known for his roles as Twiggy in TV comedy The Royle Family and Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances.
He had thought he had beaten prostate cancer in 2009, but was told it had returned after collapsing at home in 2010.
Hughes first appeared in 1960s shows such as Z-Cars and The Likely Lads. He was the voice of Paul McCartney in the Beatles film Yellow Submarine.
Other roles included Vernon in Heartbeat and Uncle Keith in teen drama Skins, guest-starring in episodes of Doctor Who, Casualty, Boon and The Upper Hand.
Hughes was appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant for the Isle of Wight in 2009, providing the official link between the island and royalty at formal events
Darryl Cotton, Australian singer. Dead at 62, 27th July 2012. Liver cancer over short period.
My mum died same age from the same disease. Might retire I think. :confused:
[quote=Bugs;586770]Personally I think he was just another idiot who loved to shoot at stuff and turned into a spoiled little brat when someone told him, they were going to take away his favourite toy.Quote:
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Author Maeve Binchy dies aged 72
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Best-selling Irish author Maeve Binchy has died aged 72 after a short illness.
Binchy, born in Dalkey, Co Dublin, has sold more than 40 million books. Her works were often set in Ireland and have been translated into 37 languages.
They include The Lilac Bus as well as Tara Road and Circle of Friends, which were both adapted for screen.
Binchy trained as a teacher before moving into journalism and writing, publishing her first novel - Light a Penny Candle - in 1982.
She had written the novel in her spare time from her day job as a journalist at The Irish Times.
BBC Dublin correspondent Ruth McDonald said Binchy's warm, witty, perceptive stories, were read and enjoyed around the world.
In 2000, Binchy was ranked third in the World Book Day poll of favourite authors - ahead of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.
Binchy received a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Book Awards in 2010, the same year her last novel, Minding Frankie, was published
yes that was sad mate..i was a fan of ZOOT in me younger years..at least he did,nt suffer long..him and shirl will probably havin a beer together now i reckonQuote:
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US singer Tony Martin dies aged 98
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Veteran American singer and actor Tony Martin has died at the age of 98.
He was best known for such romantic 1950s ballads as There's No Tomorrow and To Each His Own, and his 60-year marriage to dancer Cyd Charisse.
A peer of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, Martin also starred in movie musicals from the 1930s to the '50s, alongside stars such as Judy Garland.
Business manager Stan Schneider said he had died "peacefully" of natural causes at his Los Angeles home on Friday.
Musician and longtime friend Gabriel Guerrero described Martin as "the ultimate crooner who outlasted all his contemporaries".
He said he had "truly remained the butterscotch baritone until he was 98".
Martin was featured in 25 films, most of them made during the heyday of Hollywood musicals. His good looks saw him often cast as the romantic lead.
His first singing role came in the 1936 film Sing Baby Sing, which starred Alice Faye - one of the Fox studio's biggest stars and Martin's future first wife .
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Martin and second wife Cyd Charisse were married for 60 years
He joined MGM in 1940 where he acted alongside the likes of Lana Turner, Esther Williams and the Marx Brothers.
Martin divorced Faye after two years before meeting rising dance star Charisse, whom he married in 1948.
He and Charisse, who partnered Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly during her career, were together until her death in 2008.
Martin also produced and starred in Casbah in 1948, a musical version of the 1938 film Algiers
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I always remember Charles Heston from the original " Planet of the Apes " movie.
Best one I reckon.
And "Soylent Green is People!".
Heston was also the NRA's prize spokesman, I wonder if they've prised it from his cold, dead hands yet?
What page is Charlton Heston on? He died years ago.
He would be turning in his grave if he knew that typing Charlton in Wikipedia brings up Charlton Athletic FC above him.
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Writer Gore Vidal, 86, has died
https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif Gore Vidal, pictured here in 2006, has died at age 86. (Genaro Molina / February 10, 2006)
by Elaine Woo July 31, 2012, 9:02 p.m.
Gore Vidal, the iconoclastic writer, savvy analyst and imperious gadfly on the national conscience, has died. He was 86.
Vidal died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills of complications of pneumonia, said nephew Burr Steers.
Vidal was a literary juggernaut who wrote 25 novels, including historical works such as “Lincoln” and “Burr” and satires such as “Myra Breckinridge” and “Duluth.” He was also a prolific essayist whose pieces on politics, sexuality, religion and literature -- once described as “elegantly sustained demolition derbies” -- both delighted and inflamed and in 1993 earned him a National Book Award for his massive “United States Essays, 1952-1992.”
Threaded throughout his pieces are anecdotes about his famous friends and foes, who included Anais Nin, Tennessee Williams, Christopher Isherwood, Orson Welles, Truman Capote, Frank Sinatra, Jack Kerouac, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Eleanor Roosevelt and a variety of Kennedys. He counted Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Al Gore among his relatives.
He also wrote Broadway hits, screenplays, television dramas and a trio of mysteries under a pseudonym that remain in print after 50 years.
When he wasn’t writing, he was popping up in movies, playing himself in “Fellini’s Roma,” a sinister plotter in sci-fi thriller “Gattaca” and a U.S. senator in “Bob Roberts.” In other spare moments, he made two entertaining but unsuccessful forays into politics, running for the Senate from California and Congress in New York, and established himself as a master of talk-show punditry who demolished intellectual rivals like Norman Mailer and William F. Buckley with acidic one-liners.
“Style,” Vidal once said, “is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.” By that definition, he was an emperor of style, sophisticated and cantankerous in his prophesies of America’s fate and refusal to let others define him.
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A lot of people checking out. Just like being born.
R.I.P. to all.
RIP Gore Vidal. Courageous, outspoken and witness to some of the greatest events of the last century.
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