All Obituaries articles – Page 5
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NewsReuben Barnes, Dolby and Soho Screening Rooms projectionist, dies aged 56
Barnes ran the Ray Dolby Theatre at Dolby London.
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NewsCanadian industry pays tribute to distribution veteran Tony Cianciotta
Celebration of life will be held at later date.
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NewsShelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining’, dies aged 75
Duvall starred in seven films by Robert Altman.
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News‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ producer Jon Landau dies aged 63
The Oscar-winning producer had been diagnosed with cancer.
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NewsOscar-winning ‘Chinatown’ screenwriter Robert Towne dies at 89
Towne was an in-demand script doctor who became a key figure in the seventies Hollywood.
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NewsBill Cobbs, prolific film and TV character actor, dies aged 90
Veteran American actor appeared in films including The Bodyguard and Night At The Museum.
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NewsDonald Sutherland, star of ‘Don’t Look Now’, ‘Klute’, ‘The Hunger Games’, dies aged 88
Canadian actor died in Miami after long, unspecified illness.
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NewsAnouk Aimee, French star of ‘A Man And A Woman’, dies aged 92
Anouk won a Bafta and Golden Globe for her role in ‘A Man And A Woman’.
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NewsAl Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ dies at 94
The producer also created TV hit Walker, Texas Ranger and co-created Hogan’s Heroes.
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News‘Super Size Me’ director Morgan Spurlock dies aged 53
The US filmmaker was Oscar-nominated for his fast-food documentary.
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NewsFred Roos, producer and Francis Ford Coppola collaborator, dies at 89
Roos most recently executive producer Coppola’s Cannes entry Megalopolis.
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NewsDabney Coleman, actor known for ‘Tootsie’ and ‘9 To 5,’ dies at 92
The American character actor most recently appeared on the big screen in Rules Don’t Apply.
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NewsMark Damon, film sales pioneer and former leading man, dies on eve of Cannes aged 91
Producer credits include ’Monster’, ‘2 Guns’, ’The Upside Of Anger’.
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NewsRoger Corman, indie pioneer and B-movie godfather, dies aged 98
Indpendent pioneer passed away on Thursday at Santa Monica home.
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NewsLaurent Cantet, Palme d’Or-winning French director, dies
The French director of films including 2008’s The Class was 63.
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NewsUK’s Reel Cinemas founder KC Suri dies aged 68
Suri moved from India to the UK in 1981, founding the Reel Cinemas chain in 2001, and growing it to 16 sites.
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NewsChance Perdomo, UK actor from ‘Sabrina’, ‘After’ series, dies in motorcycle accident aged 27
“His passion for the arts and insatiable appetite for life was felt by all,” said a statement from his family.
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NewsLouis Gossett Jr., Oscar-winning drill sergeant in ‘An Officer And A Gentleman’, dies at 87
Brooklyn-born actor became first black man to win supporting actor Oscar.
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NewsPaula Weinstein, producer, studio and Tribeca Enterprises exec, dies at 78
Film credits include The Perfect Storm, Blood Diamond, Analyze This.
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News‘The King’s Speech’ writer David Seidler dies aged 86
Seidler had a stammer, as had King George VI, the subject of his Bafta and Oscar-winning 2010 feature.