Sidney Harman, Newsweek owner, hi-fi pioneer and philanthropist, dead at 92
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/ ... 1603.story
WASHINGTON (L.A. Times) - Sidney Harman, a philanthropist, polymath and pioneer in high-fidelity sound for homes and cars who tried to resuscitate an icon of American journalism when he bought Newsweek last year, has died. He was 92. Harman died Tuesday night (April 12) in Washington, D.C., of complications from leukemia, according to a statement from his family on the website of the Daily Beast, which Harman merged with Newsweek.
Harman's name is familiar to nearly anyone who grew up in a home with a high-fidelity stereo sound system. In 1953, he founded Harman/Kardon Inc. with Bernard Kardon, a fellow engineer with whom he worked at a New York electronics firm that specialized in public-address systems. In 1956, Kardon retired, and Harman took sole control of a company that burgeoned. By the late '60s, Harman International Industries was flourishing, and Harman was a millionaire.
The Rest In Peace and Remembrance Thread
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RANDY WOOD-Radio pioneer and owner of Randy's Record Shop
Randy Wood, who spread rhythm and blues to white teenagers over the airwaves and from his mail-order record store in
Gallatin, died Saturday at his home in California. He was 94.
He was also a major factor in introducing black R&B records to white audiences. Randy Wood radically influenced the
entertainment industry — an influence felt for more than half a century — by founding Randy's Record Shop in Gallatin. It became the largest mail-order record store in the world. Sales were brisk after Wood began using WLAC out of Nasville to promote the store, and R&B in general.
After discovering these records were available only in scarce quantity and not in his area, the entrepreneur started a 78 RPM mail-order business in 1947. He also sponsored a show on WLAC with DJ Gene Nobles and air personality Bill “Hoss” Allen that became a major influence on teenage musical tastes. Ads ran between the songs telling listeners the records were available at Randy's Record Shop. With WLAC’s power of 50,000 watts, the broadcast reached the Midwest, the East Coast and as far as Jamaica and the Caribbean. Mr. Wood used that phenomenal success to establish Dot Records in 1950 out of the shop that had moved to West Main Street to handle the booming mail-order business.
Through Dot Records, Randy Wood discovered pop star Pat Boone, who helped popularize songs by R&B stars Little Richard and Fats Domino. Other famous artists of the time such as Billy Vaughn, Lawrence Welk, Tab Hunter, Debbie Reynolds, the Mills Brothers and Leroy Van Dyke were also on the Dot Records label.
By 1950, the store was selling 500,000 records a year throughout the United States and in foreign markets. In 1951, the
annual sales totaled $62,000. A decade later, the total was $16 million.
Randy Wood, who spread rhythm and blues to white teenagers over the airwaves and from his mail-order record store in
Gallatin, died Saturday at his home in California. He was 94.
He was also a major factor in introducing black R&B records to white audiences. Randy Wood radically influenced the
entertainment industry — an influence felt for more than half a century — by founding Randy's Record Shop in Gallatin. It became the largest mail-order record store in the world. Sales were brisk after Wood began using WLAC out of Nasville to promote the store, and R&B in general.
After discovering these records were available only in scarce quantity and not in his area, the entrepreneur started a 78 RPM mail-order business in 1947. He also sponsored a show on WLAC with DJ Gene Nobles and air personality Bill “Hoss” Allen that became a major influence on teenage musical tastes. Ads ran between the songs telling listeners the records were available at Randy's Record Shop. With WLAC’s power of 50,000 watts, the broadcast reached the Midwest, the East Coast and as far as Jamaica and the Caribbean. Mr. Wood used that phenomenal success to establish Dot Records in 1950 out of the shop that had moved to West Main Street to handle the booming mail-order business.
Through Dot Records, Randy Wood discovered pop star Pat Boone, who helped popularize songs by R&B stars Little Richard and Fats Domino. Other famous artists of the time such as Billy Vaughn, Lawrence Welk, Tab Hunter, Debbie Reynolds, the Mills Brothers and Leroy Van Dyke were also on the Dot Records label.
By 1950, the store was selling 500,000 records a year throughout the United States and in foreign markets. In 1951, the
annual sales totaled $62,000. A decade later, the total was $16 million.
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Nobel laureate William Lipscomb dies at 91
BOSTON — William Nunn Lipscomb Jr., a Harvard University professor who won the Nobel chemistry prize in 1976 for his work on man-made compounds consisting of boron and hydrogen and the problems of chemical bonding, has died, his son said Friday. He was 91.
Lipscomb died Thursday night at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., of pneumonia and complications from a fall, said his son, James Lipscomb.
Two of Lipscomb's graduate students and a third who spent time at his lab have won Nobels. Yale University professor Thomas Steitz, who shared the 2009 chemistry prize, said Lipscomb was an inspiring teacher who encouraged creative thinking.
"He was a great mentor, letting us work freely, yet continually putting before us puzzles to be explained," said Lipscomb's first graduate student at Harvard, Roald Hoffman, who was awarded the chemistry prize in 1981.
"From him I learned of the importance of paying attention to experiment for a theoretician (as I was). And not to be afraid of the complexity of the real world," Hoffman, who now teaches at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., told the Associated Press by email.
Lipscomb was born in Ohio and grew up in Lexington, Ky. He graduated from the University of Kentucky and served for four years in the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development during WWII. He got a doctorate at the California Institute of Technology under the direction of Linus Pauling, the only person to win two individual Nobels (chemistry in 1954 and peace in 1962).
Lipscomb taught at the University of Minnesota for about 13 years before moving to Harvard, where he taught until he reached the school's mandatory retirement age of 70.
Students affectionately referred to him as "Colonel," in part a reference to his upbringing.
"The other reason he was called the Colonel was because at Harvard that time all the faculty were referred to as Dr. So-and-So or Prof. So-and-So ... and I think he didn't want to be called that and nobody called them by their first names _ so we couldn't call him Bill _ but the Colonel was sort of different, and so he could have this informal name," Steitz said.
Then-Kentucky Gov. Wendell Ford granted Lipscomb a commission of a Kentucky Colonel in 1973.
BOSTON — William Nunn Lipscomb Jr., a Harvard University professor who won the Nobel chemistry prize in 1976 for his work on man-made compounds consisting of boron and hydrogen and the problems of chemical bonding, has died, his son said Friday. He was 91.
Lipscomb died Thursday night at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., of pneumonia and complications from a fall, said his son, James Lipscomb.
Two of Lipscomb's graduate students and a third who spent time at his lab have won Nobels. Yale University professor Thomas Steitz, who shared the 2009 chemistry prize, said Lipscomb was an inspiring teacher who encouraged creative thinking.
"He was a great mentor, letting us work freely, yet continually putting before us puzzles to be explained," said Lipscomb's first graduate student at Harvard, Roald Hoffman, who was awarded the chemistry prize in 1981.
"From him I learned of the importance of paying attention to experiment for a theoretician (as I was). And not to be afraid of the complexity of the real world," Hoffman, who now teaches at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., told the Associated Press by email.
Lipscomb was born in Ohio and grew up in Lexington, Ky. He graduated from the University of Kentucky and served for four years in the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development during WWII. He got a doctorate at the California Institute of Technology under the direction of Linus Pauling, the only person to win two individual Nobels (chemistry in 1954 and peace in 1962).
Lipscomb taught at the University of Minnesota for about 13 years before moving to Harvard, where he taught until he reached the school's mandatory retirement age of 70.
Students affectionately referred to him as "Colonel," in part a reference to his upbringing.
"The other reason he was called the Colonel was because at Harvard that time all the faculty were referred to as Dr. So-and-So or Prof. So-and-So ... and I think he didn't want to be called that and nobody called them by their first names _ so we couldn't call him Bill _ but the Colonel was sort of different, and so he could have this informal name," Steitz said.
Then-Kentucky Gov. Wendell Ford granted Lipscomb a commission of a Kentucky Colonel in 1973.
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Actor Michael Sarrazin dies at 70
Apr 18, 2011 6:05 PM ET
Canadian actor Michael Sarrazin, known for his role opposite Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, died Sunday in Montreal at age 70.
He died after a brief illness, with his daughters Catherine and Michele at his side, according to a family spokesman.
Quebec City-born Sarrazin was a "brilliant actor who rocketed to fame in his early 20s when he was discovered by Hollywood," said his agent Michael Oscars.
He played in The Flim-Flam Man with George C. Scott, Sometimes a Great Notion with Paul Newman, and took on an extraordinary turn in the 1973 television production of Frankenstein: the True Story, as a character who fights for the monster.
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'Doctor Who' star Elisabeth Sladen dies aged 63
Apr 19, 9:23 PM (ET)
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER
LONDON (AP) - Elisabeth Sladen, a star sidekick of the "Doctor Who" series and a popular children's show actress, has died of cancer Tuesday, the BBC said. She was 63.
Sladen joined the broadcaster in 1973 as Doctor Who's assistant Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist-turned-intrepid time traveler whose on-screen energy and tongue-in-cheek delivery eventually gave her career an unlikely second act in her own spin-off series, "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
"Sarah Jane Smith was everybody's hero when I was younger, and as brave and funny and brilliant as people only ever are in stories," Steven Moffat, the series's lead writer, said in a statement. "Many years later, when I met the real Sarah-Jane - Lis Sladen herself - she was exactly as any child ever have wanted her to be."
Doctor Who centers on a time-hopping alien known only as The Doctor, but Sladen turned his sidekick into a star, playing opposite Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker for three-and-a-half seasons.
She would return to the role numerous times over the years, and when the series was resurrected in 2005, she was brought back as well - as the star of her own alien-busting television show.
"I left Sarah Jane a great many years ago, but she never left me," Sladen said in an interview when the series was launched.
Sladen's was praised for playing the role with humor and warmth, but she never warmed to science fiction, telling a television audience a couple of years ago that she found the genre was too complex. In an admission sure to shock Doctor Who's die-hard fans, she said she never even bothered to learn the meaning of the TARDIS, The Doctor's iconic telephone box-shaped time machine (it stands for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space.)
"I only learned that after I left," she said, explaining that the drama in science fiction didn't come from the aliens or the gadgets. "It's about relationships," she said. "It's about a body of people banding together to overcome adversity."
The BBC said that Sladen was survived by her husband, actor Brian Miller, and a daughter, Sadie.
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Skip O'Brien, CSI regular, dead at 60
Played Detective Ray O'Riley in 24 episodes, from the pilot in 2000 to 2003
Skip O'Brien AGE: 60 • formerly of Hazlet Skip O'Brien, 60, of Glendora, Calif., passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Born Bernard Francis O'Brien in Jersey City, Skip moved to Union Beach as a young boy, and lived there until he entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1968. After graduating from Brookdale College in 1980, he moved to California to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. During his 30 year career, Skip appeared in many commercials, TV series and movies. In 1981, he married Susanne Bordeaux of Aberdeen; they lived in California, where they raised two children, Erin, 23 and Russell, 20. He relocated to Hazlet in 2010 to be close to his family. Skip was predeceased by his parents, Bernard and Margaret O'Brien. He is survived by his wife, Susanne; a daughter, Erin; a son, Russell; a sister, Kathleen O'Brien; a brother, Thomas O'Brien; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Apr 18, 2011 6:05 PM ET
Canadian actor Michael Sarrazin, known for his role opposite Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, died Sunday in Montreal at age 70.
He died after a brief illness, with his daughters Catherine and Michele at his side, according to a family spokesman.
Quebec City-born Sarrazin was a "brilliant actor who rocketed to fame in his early 20s when he was discovered by Hollywood," said his agent Michael Oscars.
He played in The Flim-Flam Man with George C. Scott, Sometimes a Great Notion with Paul Newman, and took on an extraordinary turn in the 1973 television production of Frankenstein: the True Story, as a character who fights for the monster.
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'Doctor Who' star Elisabeth Sladen dies aged 63
Apr 19, 9:23 PM (ET)
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER
LONDON (AP) - Elisabeth Sladen, a star sidekick of the "Doctor Who" series and a popular children's show actress, has died of cancer Tuesday, the BBC said. She was 63.
Sladen joined the broadcaster in 1973 as Doctor Who's assistant Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist-turned-intrepid time traveler whose on-screen energy and tongue-in-cheek delivery eventually gave her career an unlikely second act in her own spin-off series, "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
"Sarah Jane Smith was everybody's hero when I was younger, and as brave and funny and brilliant as people only ever are in stories," Steven Moffat, the series's lead writer, said in a statement. "Many years later, when I met the real Sarah-Jane - Lis Sladen herself - she was exactly as any child ever have wanted her to be."
Doctor Who centers on a time-hopping alien known only as The Doctor, but Sladen turned his sidekick into a star, playing opposite Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker for three-and-a-half seasons.
She would return to the role numerous times over the years, and when the series was resurrected in 2005, she was brought back as well - as the star of her own alien-busting television show.
"I left Sarah Jane a great many years ago, but she never left me," Sladen said in an interview when the series was launched.
Sladen's was praised for playing the role with humor and warmth, but she never warmed to science fiction, telling a television audience a couple of years ago that she found the genre was too complex. In an admission sure to shock Doctor Who's die-hard fans, she said she never even bothered to learn the meaning of the TARDIS, The Doctor's iconic telephone box-shaped time machine (it stands for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space.)
"I only learned that after I left," she said, explaining that the drama in science fiction didn't come from the aliens or the gadgets. "It's about relationships," she said. "It's about a body of people banding together to overcome adversity."
The BBC said that Sladen was survived by her husband, actor Brian Miller, and a daughter, Sadie.
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Skip O'Brien, CSI regular, dead at 60
Played Detective Ray O'Riley in 24 episodes, from the pilot in 2000 to 2003
Skip O'Brien AGE: 60 • formerly of Hazlet Skip O'Brien, 60, of Glendora, Calif., passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Born Bernard Francis O'Brien in Jersey City, Skip moved to Union Beach as a young boy, and lived there until he entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1968. After graduating from Brookdale College in 1980, he moved to California to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. During his 30 year career, Skip appeared in many commercials, TV series and movies. In 1981, he married Susanne Bordeaux of Aberdeen; they lived in California, where they raised two children, Erin, 23 and Russell, 20. He relocated to Hazlet in 2010 to be close to his family. Skip was predeceased by his parents, Bernard and Margaret O'Brien. He is survived by his wife, Susanne; a daughter, Erin; a son, Russell; a sister, Kathleen O'Brien; a brother, Thomas O'Brien; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
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TV on the Radio bassist Gerard Smith; bodybuilder Serge Nubr
Gerard Smith, TV on the Radio bassist-keyboardist, dead at 34
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/tv- ... d=13423567
(ABC NEWS) - Gerard Smith, bassist for the critically-acclaimed rock band TV on the Radio, died on Wednesday (April 20) from lung cancer. He was 34 years old.
"We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer. Gerard passed away the morning of April 20, 2011. We will miss him terribly," the band posted on its website.
TV on the Radio canceled five upcoming tour shows -- in Detroit, Chicago, Denver and Minneapolis -- for of its new album, "Nine Types of Light," which reached number 12 on this week's Billboard charts. Smith joined the Brooklyn-based band in 2005, and he contributed to its two acclaimed albums "Return to Cookie Mountain," in 2006 and "Dear Science" in 2008, which Rolling Stone magazine named Album of the Year.
French bodybuilder Serge Nubret dead at 72
"Pumping Iron" competitor, finished second to Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1975 Mr. Olympia competition
Serge Nubret, French professional bodybuilder, bodybuilding federation leader, movie actor and author, died from complications of a stroke and long illness on April 19, 2011. Known by the nicknames "The Black Panther" and "The Nubret Lion," Nubret earned many bodybuilding titles during his professional career, including Mr. Europe (1966), Mr. Universe (1976) and WBBG Pro. Mr. World (1977). He is best known for his role in the bodybuilding documentary "Pumping Iron," where he competed as a last-minute entry against (eventual seven time winner) Arnold Schwarzenegger for the title of Mr. Olympia in 1975. While he looked fantastic, Serge finished second in the Tall Man category to Schwarzenegger, while Lou Ferrigno finished third.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/tv- ... d=13423567
(ABC NEWS) - Gerard Smith, bassist for the critically-acclaimed rock band TV on the Radio, died on Wednesday (April 20) from lung cancer. He was 34 years old.
"We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer. Gerard passed away the morning of April 20, 2011. We will miss him terribly," the band posted on its website.
TV on the Radio canceled five upcoming tour shows -- in Detroit, Chicago, Denver and Minneapolis -- for of its new album, "Nine Types of Light," which reached number 12 on this week's Billboard charts. Smith joined the Brooklyn-based band in 2005, and he contributed to its two acclaimed albums "Return to Cookie Mountain," in 2006 and "Dear Science" in 2008, which Rolling Stone magazine named Album of the Year.
French bodybuilder Serge Nubret dead at 72
"Pumping Iron" competitor, finished second to Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1975 Mr. Olympia competition
Serge Nubret, French professional bodybuilder, bodybuilding federation leader, movie actor and author, died from complications of a stroke and long illness on April 19, 2011. Known by the nicknames "The Black Panther" and "The Nubret Lion," Nubret earned many bodybuilding titles during his professional career, including Mr. Europe (1966), Mr. Universe (1976) and WBBG Pro. Mr. World (1977). He is best known for his role in the bodybuilding documentary "Pumping Iron," where he competed as a last-minute entry against (eventual seven time winner) Arnold Schwarzenegger for the title of Mr. Olympia in 1975. While he looked fantastic, Serge finished second in the Tall Man category to Schwarzenegger, while Lou Ferrigno finished third.
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Mark Davis, WWVA newsman
Mark Davis, WWVA newsman
Obit in Wheeling IntelligencerDAVIS, Mark (Joseph Tarantini) 80, of Wheeling, died Monday, April 18, 2011 in Wheeling Hospital.
He was born in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Rocco and Blanche Bisegna Tarantini.
He was the retired News Director and Anchorman at WTRF TV7, Wheeling and spent his entire professional career in television and radio including news reporter at WWVA radio. He received numerous awards during his career including the Presidents Award for Outstanding Achievement in 1981, the Distinguished West Virginian Award in 1977, the Philadelphia Regional Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Outstanding News Single News Broadcast and the 1996-97 Mid Atlantic Emmy Award.
He was a Catholic and a veteran of the US Air Force serving in the Korean War. ...
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'Bewitched' creator Sol Saks dies in LA at 100
LOS ANGELES — Friends and family say the writer who created the television comedy "Bewitched" has died. Sol Saks was 100.
Saks' wife Sandra says he died Saturday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for pneumonia.
Saks wrote the pilot script for "Bewitched," but he never wrote another episode of the ABC series about a witch married to a mortal. The show starring Elizabeth Montgomery ran from 1964 to 1972.
Longtime friend Paul Wayne told the Los Angeles Times that the pilot script earned Saks royalties for life.
Saks is survived by his wife, daughter Mary Spivey, son Daniel Saks, two granddaughters and two great-grandsons.
His wife says no service will be held because Saks considered a lavish 100th birthday party a living memorial.
LOS ANGELES — Friends and family say the writer who created the television comedy "Bewitched" has died. Sol Saks was 100.
Saks' wife Sandra says he died Saturday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for pneumonia.
Saks wrote the pilot script for "Bewitched," but he never wrote another episode of the ABC series about a witch married to a mortal. The show starring Elizabeth Montgomery ran from 1964 to 1972.
Longtime friend Paul Wayne told the Los Angeles Times that the pilot script earned Saks royalties for life.
Saks is survived by his wife, daughter Mary Spivey, son Daniel Saks, two granddaughters and two great-grandsons.
His wife says no service will be held because Saks considered a lavish 100th birthday party a living memorial.
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Huey Meaux, music producer, 82
Eddie Burris, drummer/songwriter, dead at 79
Co-wrote "Okie From Muskogee"
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118035745?refCatId=16
Roy Edward "Eddie" Burris, a drummer for Merle Haggard's band the Strangers who co-wrote the 1969 song "Okie From Muskogee" with Haggard, died Tuesday of heart-related problems at a Tulsa hospital. Burris, a native Oklahoman who grew up in Bakersfield, was 79.
A member of the Bakersfield country legend's band in the 1960s, Burris reportedly co-wrote "Muskogee" with Haggard while on the band's tour bus in '69. The song spent four weeks at No. 1 on the country charts and was included on the hit LP of the same name. (Oddly, Burris did not play drums on the recording.)
Burris left the Strangers in 1970 and evidently retired from music, working as a truck driver and fishing-shop owner.
Flamboyant music producer Huey Meaux dead at 82
Texan produced B.J. Thomas first hit, discovered Doug Sahm and revived Freddy Fender's career in 70s
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7535590.html
DALLAS — Music producer Huey P. Meaux, who discovered recording artists Doug Sahm and Barbara Lynn and revived the recording career of Freddy Fender before scandal and prison ended Meaux's career, has died at the age of 82.
Meaux got his big break as a producer in 1962, when he produced "You'll Lose a Good Thing" by Barbara Lynn Ozen of Beaumont, billed as Barbara Lynn.
In 1965, he moved to cash in on the British Invasion by building a faux-British rock band around San Antonio-born singer-songwriter Doug Sahm. The Sir Douglas Quintet dressed in the British mod fashion, down to the long hair and boots, but their sound was a hybrid all their own of Cajun, Tejano, country and rock and roll. Their biggest hit, "She's About A Mover," is a classic example.
Meaux produced B.J. Thomas' first hit record, Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." In the 1970s, he took a washed-up Tex-Mex performer from South Texas named Freddy Fender and produced his chart-topper "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and subsequent "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights."
The end of the 1970s marked the end of Meaux's peak. In 1996, police raided his leased studio in Houston and found hundreds of videotapes and photos of Meaux having sex with underage girls — most of them teenagers but one as young as 8. Police said they also found cocaine. Meaux jumped bail and was arrested in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in 1996 to possession of child pornography and cocaine, bond jumping and sexual assault of a child. He was released four years ago.
Co-wrote "Okie From Muskogee"
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118035745?refCatId=16
Roy Edward "Eddie" Burris, a drummer for Merle Haggard's band the Strangers who co-wrote the 1969 song "Okie From Muskogee" with Haggard, died Tuesday of heart-related problems at a Tulsa hospital. Burris, a native Oklahoman who grew up in Bakersfield, was 79.
A member of the Bakersfield country legend's band in the 1960s, Burris reportedly co-wrote "Muskogee" with Haggard while on the band's tour bus in '69. The song spent four weeks at No. 1 on the country charts and was included on the hit LP of the same name. (Oddly, Burris did not play drums on the recording.)
Burris left the Strangers in 1970 and evidently retired from music, working as a truck driver and fishing-shop owner.
Flamboyant music producer Huey Meaux dead at 82
Texan produced B.J. Thomas first hit, discovered Doug Sahm and revived Freddy Fender's career in 70s
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7535590.html
DALLAS — Music producer Huey P. Meaux, who discovered recording artists Doug Sahm and Barbara Lynn and revived the recording career of Freddy Fender before scandal and prison ended Meaux's career, has died at the age of 82.
Meaux got his big break as a producer in 1962, when he produced "You'll Lose a Good Thing" by Barbara Lynn Ozen of Beaumont, billed as Barbara Lynn.
In 1965, he moved to cash in on the British Invasion by building a faux-British rock band around San Antonio-born singer-songwriter Doug Sahm. The Sir Douglas Quintet dressed in the British mod fashion, down to the long hair and boots, but their sound was a hybrid all their own of Cajun, Tejano, country and rock and roll. Their biggest hit, "She's About A Mover," is a classic example.
Meaux produced B.J. Thomas' first hit record, Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." In the 1970s, he took a washed-up Tex-Mex performer from South Texas named Freddy Fender and produced his chart-topper "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and subsequent "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights."
The end of the 1970s marked the end of Meaux's peak. In 1996, police raided his leased studio in Houston and found hundreds of videotapes and photos of Meaux having sex with underage girls — most of them teenagers but one as young as 8. Police said they also found cocaine. Meaux jumped bail and was arrested in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in 1996 to possession of child pornography and cocaine, bond jumping and sexual assault of a child. He was released four years ago.
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Phoebe Snow, 'Poetry Man' singer, dies at 60
It wasn't long after the release of "Poetry Man," the breezy, jazzy love song that would make Phoebe Snow a star, that the singer experienced another event that would dramatically alter her life. In 1975, she gave birth to a daughter, Valerie Rose, who was found to be severely brain-damaged. Her husband split from her soon after the baby was born. And, at a time when many disabled children were sent to institutions, Snow decided to keep her daughter at home and care for the child herself.
The decision to be Valerie's primary caretaker would lead her to abandon music for a while and enter into ill-fated business decisions in the quest to stay solvent enough to take care of Valerie.
Snow, who worked her way back into the music performing world in the 1980s and continued to perform in recent years, died on Tuesday from complications of a brain hemorrhage she suffered in January 2010, said Rick Miramontez, her longtime friend and public relations representative. She was 60.
Snow never regretted her decision to put aside music so she could focus on Valerie's care. She was devastated when her daughter, who was not expected to live beyond her toddler years, died in 2007 at 31.
"She was my universe," she told the website PopEntertainment.com that year. "She was the nucleus of everything. I used to wonder, am I missing something? No. I had such a sublime, transcendent experience with my child. She had fulfilled every profound love and intimacy and desire I could have ever dreamed of."
After her stroke last year, Snow endured bouts of blood clots, pneumonia and congestive heart failure, said her manager, Sue Cameron.
"The loss of this unique and untouchable voice is incalculable," Cameron said. "Phoebe was one of the brightest, funniest and most talented singer-songwriters of all time and, more importantly, a magnificent mother to her late brain-damaged daughter, Valerie, for 31 years. Phoebe felt that was her greatest accomplishment."
Known as a folk guitarist who made forays into jazz and blues, Snow put her stamp on soul classics such as "Shakey Ground," "Love Makes a Woman" and "Mercy, Mercy Mercy" on over a half dozen albums.
Snow's defining hit, however, was "Poetry Man," which she wrote herself. The song, anchored by her husky voice and a fluid guitar, was a romantic ode to a married man. It reached the Top 5 on the pop singles chart in 1975, and garnered her a Grammy nomination for best new artist.
Soon after that, her daughter was born. She was born with hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the brain cavity that inhibits brain development. Snow's husband, musician Phil Kearns, left her while Valerie was still a baby.
For years, Snow fought the diagnosis of Valerie's mental condition, but in 1983, she told The New York Times that she had accepted her daughter's fate.
"I've finally settled into realizing that my daughter is what she is," she said. "Any progress she makes is fantastic, but I no longer foresee any miracles happening. I went through phases of the occult and of trying to find every single doctor in the country who could possibly do something. I realize now that I can't move mountains."
While she was caring for Valerie, her career started to take a downward spiral. Inexperienced in the music business, she broke contracts with record companies and others, and found herself embroiled in a number of lawsuits and severe financial problems.
"With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business," she told the Times in the same interview. "Because my first record was such a hit, I was terribly spoiled and I thought I couldn't do anything wrong. I was also desperate to make tons of money because of my responsibility to my daughter. And there was no longer any joy in making music."
She started to make her way back into the music business and by the early 1980s was performing shows again. In 1989, she released her first album in eight years, "Something Real." She also supplemented her income doing through the 1980s and into the 1990s by singing commercial jingle for companies including Michelob, Hallmark and AT&T.
Among her other hits was her duet with Paul Simon on the song "Gone at Last." She also sang "Have Mercy" with Jackson Browne.
Snow was born Phoebe Ann Laub to white Jewish parents in New York City in 1952, and raised in Teaneck, N.J. Though many assumed she was black, Snow never claimed African-American ancestry.
She changed her name after seeing Phoebe Snow, an advertising character for a railroad, emblazoned on trains that passed through her hometown. Snow quit college after two years to perform in amateur nights at Greenwich Village folk clubs.
In her later years, Snow continued to make an impact musically. She sang the theme for NBC's "A Different World" and the jingle "Celebrate the Moments of Your Life" for General Foods International Coffees. She also sang at radio host Howard Stern's wedding to Beth Ostrosky in 2008 and for President Bill Clinton, who asked her to perform at Camp David during his presidency.
In 2003, she released "Natural Wonder," her first album of new, original material in 14 years. Her other albums include 1989's "Something Real," and 1981's "Rock Away." In 2008, she released a live album titled "Live" and a best-of CD in 2001.
After her daughter died, Snow continued to perform. Despite her devastation; she dedicated each performance to Valerie's memory.
In an interview with CBS' "Sunday Morning," she said sometimes it was difficult for her to perform, as she remembered her daughter.
"And then other nights I feel like it's my strongest connection to her and it's my way of sharing her with everybody," she said.
A private funeral is planned for Snow, who is survived by her sister and other relatives.
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It wasn't long after the release of "Poetry Man," the breezy, jazzy love song that would make Phoebe Snow a star, that the singer experienced another event that would dramatically alter her life. In 1975, she gave birth to a daughter, Valerie Rose, who was found to be severely brain-damaged. Her husband split from her soon after the baby was born. And, at a time when many disabled children were sent to institutions, Snow decided to keep her daughter at home and care for the child herself.
The decision to be Valerie's primary caretaker would lead her to abandon music for a while and enter into ill-fated business decisions in the quest to stay solvent enough to take care of Valerie.
Snow, who worked her way back into the music performing world in the 1980s and continued to perform in recent years, died on Tuesday from complications of a brain hemorrhage she suffered in January 2010, said Rick Miramontez, her longtime friend and public relations representative. She was 60.
Snow never regretted her decision to put aside music so she could focus on Valerie's care. She was devastated when her daughter, who was not expected to live beyond her toddler years, died in 2007 at 31.
"She was my universe," she told the website PopEntertainment.com that year. "She was the nucleus of everything. I used to wonder, am I missing something? No. I had such a sublime, transcendent experience with my child. She had fulfilled every profound love and intimacy and desire I could have ever dreamed of."
After her stroke last year, Snow endured bouts of blood clots, pneumonia and congestive heart failure, said her manager, Sue Cameron.
"The loss of this unique and untouchable voice is incalculable," Cameron said. "Phoebe was one of the brightest, funniest and most talented singer-songwriters of all time and, more importantly, a magnificent mother to her late brain-damaged daughter, Valerie, for 31 years. Phoebe felt that was her greatest accomplishment."
Known as a folk guitarist who made forays into jazz and blues, Snow put her stamp on soul classics such as "Shakey Ground," "Love Makes a Woman" and "Mercy, Mercy Mercy" on over a half dozen albums.
Snow's defining hit, however, was "Poetry Man," which she wrote herself. The song, anchored by her husky voice and a fluid guitar, was a romantic ode to a married man. It reached the Top 5 on the pop singles chart in 1975, and garnered her a Grammy nomination for best new artist.
Soon after that, her daughter was born. She was born with hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the brain cavity that inhibits brain development. Snow's husband, musician Phil Kearns, left her while Valerie was still a baby.
For years, Snow fought the diagnosis of Valerie's mental condition, but in 1983, she told The New York Times that she had accepted her daughter's fate.
"I've finally settled into realizing that my daughter is what she is," she said. "Any progress she makes is fantastic, but I no longer foresee any miracles happening. I went through phases of the occult and of trying to find every single doctor in the country who could possibly do something. I realize now that I can't move mountains."
While she was caring for Valerie, her career started to take a downward spiral. Inexperienced in the music business, she broke contracts with record companies and others, and found herself embroiled in a number of lawsuits and severe financial problems.
"With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business," she told the Times in the same interview. "Because my first record was such a hit, I was terribly spoiled and I thought I couldn't do anything wrong. I was also desperate to make tons of money because of my responsibility to my daughter. And there was no longer any joy in making music."
She started to make her way back into the music business and by the early 1980s was performing shows again. In 1989, she released her first album in eight years, "Something Real." She also supplemented her income doing through the 1980s and into the 1990s by singing commercial jingle for companies including Michelob, Hallmark and AT&T.
Among her other hits was her duet with Paul Simon on the song "Gone at Last." She also sang "Have Mercy" with Jackson Browne.
Snow was born Phoebe Ann Laub to white Jewish parents in New York City in 1952, and raised in Teaneck, N.J. Though many assumed she was black, Snow never claimed African-American ancestry.
She changed her name after seeing Phoebe Snow, an advertising character for a railroad, emblazoned on trains that passed through her hometown. Snow quit college after two years to perform in amateur nights at Greenwich Village folk clubs.
In her later years, Snow continued to make an impact musically. She sang the theme for NBC's "A Different World" and the jingle "Celebrate the Moments of Your Life" for General Foods International Coffees. She also sang at radio host Howard Stern's wedding to Beth Ostrosky in 2008 and for President Bill Clinton, who asked her to perform at Camp David during his presidency.
In 2003, she released "Natural Wonder," her first album of new, original material in 14 years. Her other albums include 1989's "Something Real," and 1981's "Rock Away." In 2008, she released a live album titled "Live" and a best-of CD in 2001.
After her daughter died, Snow continued to perform. Despite her devastation; she dedicated each performance to Valerie's memory.
In an interview with CBS' "Sunday Morning," she said sometimes it was difficult for her to perform, as she remembered her daughter.
"And then other nights I feel like it's my strongest connection to her and it's my way of sharing her with everybody," she said.
A private funeral is planned for Snow, who is survived by her sister and other relatives.
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Inventor of Teleprompter dies, Obama speechless
Hubert J. “Hub” Schlafly Jr., a television engineer who aided countless politicians and performers when he helped invent the scrolling public-speaking crutch known as a teleprompter, died April 20 of undisclosed causes at a hospital in Stamford, Conn. He was 91.
Inspiration for the teleprompter came in the late 1940s from a Broadway actor, Fred Barton, who dreamed up a device that would help him remember his lines. He pitched his idea to Irving Kahn, then vice president for radio and television at 20th Century Fox.
Kahn turned to Mr. Schlafly, director of television research at Fox.
“I said it was a piece of cake,” Mr. Schlafly told the Stamford Advocate newspaper in 2008.
He installed a motorized scroll of paper inside half a suitcase. Actors’ lines were printed on the paper in half-inch letters, and the suitcase was set up next to studio cameras. The scrolling speed was controlled by a stagehand.
“We tried at one time to have the speaker control the speed,” Mr. Schlafly told the Advocate. That idea went nowhere, he said. “It was like patting your head and rubbing your stomach.”
Gambling that they would find customers for their invention, Barton, Kahn and Mr. Schlafly quit their jobs to start a new company, TelePrompTer Corp.
They introduced the device in 1950 on the CBS soap opera “The First Hundred Years,” and it soon became a standard accouterment for live broadcasts, such as “The Tonight Show” and “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
The company’s breakthrough came in 1952, when former president Herbert Hoover inaugurated the teleprompter as a politicians’ tool in a speech before the Republican National Convention. At one point, Hoover interrupted his script to improvise. When the teleprompter paused, Hoover panicked and, under his breath, urged that the scrolling resume.
The moment was observed by hundreds of reporters, and their stories served as free advertising. “We must have gotten 10,000 newspaper clippings from around the world about Hoover using the prompter,” Mr. Schlafly once recalled. “That got us into the public- speaking business.”
TelePrompTer Corp. served as a consultant to at least five political conventions. The company developed an all-in-one convention podium, which came with a prompter, plumbing to deliver drinking water and an elevator to give shorter speakers a lift.
Refining the prompter concept, the company eventually replaced the conspicuous suitcase unit with glass panels placed on either side of the speaker — a familiar sight to anyone who’s watched a State of the Union address in recent decades.
Later, the company’s Lens Line Prompting System superimposed words in front of the camera, allowing a speaker to look directly into the lens while reading a speech.
In ensuing decades, others refined and updated the teleprompter concept, developing computerized text and software that scrolls automatically at the speed of a speaker’s sentences.
Hubert J. “Hub” Schlafly Jr., a television engineer who aided countless politicians and performers when he helped invent the scrolling public-speaking crutch known as a teleprompter, died April 20 of undisclosed causes at a hospital in Stamford, Conn. He was 91.
Inspiration for the teleprompter came in the late 1940s from a Broadway actor, Fred Barton, who dreamed up a device that would help him remember his lines. He pitched his idea to Irving Kahn, then vice president for radio and television at 20th Century Fox.
Kahn turned to Mr. Schlafly, director of television research at Fox.
“I said it was a piece of cake,” Mr. Schlafly told the Stamford Advocate newspaper in 2008.
He installed a motorized scroll of paper inside half a suitcase. Actors’ lines were printed on the paper in half-inch letters, and the suitcase was set up next to studio cameras. The scrolling speed was controlled by a stagehand.
“We tried at one time to have the speaker control the speed,” Mr. Schlafly told the Advocate. That idea went nowhere, he said. “It was like patting your head and rubbing your stomach.”
Gambling that they would find customers for their invention, Barton, Kahn and Mr. Schlafly quit their jobs to start a new company, TelePrompTer Corp.
They introduced the device in 1950 on the CBS soap opera “The First Hundred Years,” and it soon became a standard accouterment for live broadcasts, such as “The Tonight Show” and “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
The company’s breakthrough came in 1952, when former president Herbert Hoover inaugurated the teleprompter as a politicians’ tool in a speech before the Republican National Convention. At one point, Hoover interrupted his script to improvise. When the teleprompter paused, Hoover panicked and, under his breath, urged that the scrolling resume.
The moment was observed by hundreds of reporters, and their stories served as free advertising. “We must have gotten 10,000 newspaper clippings from around the world about Hoover using the prompter,” Mr. Schlafly once recalled. “That got us into the public- speaking business.”
TelePrompTer Corp. served as a consultant to at least five political conventions. The company developed an all-in-one convention podium, which came with a prompter, plumbing to deliver drinking water and an elevator to give shorter speakers a lift.
Refining the prompter concept, the company eventually replaced the conspicuous suitcase unit with glass panels placed on either side of the speaker — a familiar sight to anyone who’s watched a State of the Union address in recent decades.
Later, the company’s Lens Line Prompting System superimposed words in front of the camera, allowing a speaker to look directly into the lens while reading a speech.
In ensuing decades, others refined and updated the teleprompter concept, developing computerized text and software that scrolls automatically at the speed of a speaker’s sentences.
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X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene dies at 53
Poly Styrene, the braces-wearing singer who belted out "Oh bondage, up yours!" with the band X-Ray Spex, has died at the age of 53.
Styrene, whose real name was Marion Elliott-Said, had been suffering from cancer.
A statement on the singer's official website and Twitter feed said Tuesday that "the beautiful Poly Styrene, who has been a true fighter, won her battle on Monday evening to go to higher places."
Boy George was among those paying tribute on Twitter, writing, "Oh bless you Poly you will be missed! Legend!"
X-Ray Spex released just one album, 1978's "Germ Free Adolescents." But its aggressively catchy single "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" became an enduring punk anthem.
Styrene later said the song _ a gleeful nonconformist shout-out _ was inspired by the iconic bondage trousers designed by Vivienne Westwood.
"Some people think that little girls should be seen and not heard," Styrene sang _ before letting everyone know exactly what she thought of that idea.
Of British and Somali heritage, Styrene was born in 1957 in the London suburb of Bromley _ a quiet corner backwater with a strong rock `n' roll streak that was also the childhood home of David Bowie, Billy Idol and Siouxsie Sioux.
As a teenager she released a reggae single before being inspired to form a punk band after seeing the Sex Pistols play in 1976. X-Ray Spex stood out from the punk crowd during its short career, both because of its female singer and for including a saxophone player in the lineup.
Styrene's attitude and energy inspired other female singers, and she was often cited as a precursor of the 1990s "riot grrrl" movement.
Styrene later joined the Hare Krishna movement and released several solo albums _ the most recent, "Generation Indigo," just last month.
She told the BBC in an interview she would like to be remembered for something spiritual, but "I know I'll probably be remembered for `Oh Bondage, Up Yours!'"
Earlier this year she revealed she was battling breast cancer that had spread to her spine and lungs, but said she hoped to overcome the disease through a combination of conventional medicine and alternative remedies.
She is survived by her daughter, Celeste Bell-Dos Santos, who fronts the band Debutant Disco.
Poly Styrene, the braces-wearing singer who belted out "Oh bondage, up yours!" with the band X-Ray Spex, has died at the age of 53.
Styrene, whose real name was Marion Elliott-Said, had been suffering from cancer.
A statement on the singer's official website and Twitter feed said Tuesday that "the beautiful Poly Styrene, who has been a true fighter, won her battle on Monday evening to go to higher places."
Boy George was among those paying tribute on Twitter, writing, "Oh bless you Poly you will be missed! Legend!"
X-Ray Spex released just one album, 1978's "Germ Free Adolescents." But its aggressively catchy single "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" became an enduring punk anthem.
Styrene later said the song _ a gleeful nonconformist shout-out _ was inspired by the iconic bondage trousers designed by Vivienne Westwood.
"Some people think that little girls should be seen and not heard," Styrene sang _ before letting everyone know exactly what she thought of that idea.
Of British and Somali heritage, Styrene was born in 1957 in the London suburb of Bromley _ a quiet corner backwater with a strong rock `n' roll streak that was also the childhood home of David Bowie, Billy Idol and Siouxsie Sioux.
As a teenager she released a reggae single before being inspired to form a punk band after seeing the Sex Pistols play in 1976. X-Ray Spex stood out from the punk crowd during its short career, both because of its female singer and for including a saxophone player in the lineup.
Styrene's attitude and energy inspired other female singers, and she was often cited as a precursor of the 1990s "riot grrrl" movement.
Styrene later joined the Hare Krishna movement and released several solo albums _ the most recent, "Generation Indigo," just last month.
She told the BBC in an interview she would like to be remembered for something spiritual, but "I know I'll probably be remembered for `Oh Bondage, Up Yours!'"
Earlier this year she revealed she was battling breast cancer that had spread to her spine and lungs, but said she hoped to overcome the disease through a combination of conventional medicine and alternative remedies.
She is survived by her daughter, Celeste Bell-Dos Santos, who fronts the band Debutant Disco.
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Late posting... I was sure someone had beat me to it.
Norio Ohga passes away at 81
Sony has announced the death of Norio Ohga, who passed away from multiple organ failure at the age of 81 this past Saturday, April 23. Ohga is credited as the inventor of the revolutionary leap in music and data technology, the compact disc. He was also the founder of Sony Computer Entertainment in 1993.
During the development of the CD, it was Mr. Ohga’s instincts as a trained musician that led him to push for a 12 centimeter format, providing sufficient recording capacity at 75 minutes to enable listeners to enjoy all of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony without interruption. It was due to this format that Sony were able to move beyond music and movies only.
Moving to the optical format changed music and computing forever, and opened the path to DVDs and high definition formats like Blu-Ray.
Norio Ohga passes away at 81
Sony has announced the death of Norio Ohga, who passed away from multiple organ failure at the age of 81 this past Saturday, April 23. Ohga is credited as the inventor of the revolutionary leap in music and data technology, the compact disc. He was also the founder of Sony Computer Entertainment in 1993.
During the development of the CD, it was Mr. Ohga’s instincts as a trained musician that led him to push for a 12 centimeter format, providing sufficient recording capacity at 75 minutes to enable listeners to enjoy all of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony without interruption. It was due to this format that Sony were able to move beyond music and movies only.
Moving to the optical format changed music and computing forever, and opened the path to DVDs and high definition formats like Blu-Ray.
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Pastor / Author Rev. David Wilkerson Killed In Texas Car Accident
Rev. David Wilkerson, founding pastor of Times Square Church in New York City and author of the well-known book The Cross and the Switchblade, was killed Wednesday in a head-on collision in Texas. He was 79.
"It is with deepest of sadness that we have to inform you of the sudden passing of Reverend David Wilkerson, our founding pastor," Times Square Church Senior Pastor Carter Conlon said in a statement on the church website.
Wilkerson was driving east on U.S. 175 in Texas Wednesday afternoon, and moved into the opposite lane where a tractor trailer was driving westbound. The truck driver saw the car and tried to move out of the way, but still collided with the pastor's car head on, according to Public Safety Trooper Eric Long.
It's unclear what caused Wilkerson to veer into the other lane. His wife Gwen was also involved in the crash and rushed to the hospital, along with the truck driver. Wilkerson was pronounced dead on the scene.
Wilkerson posted a blog dated April 27 -- the day of his death. In the post, titled "When All Means Fail," he encouraged those facing difficulty to "hold fast" and stand strong in faith.
"To those going through the valley and shadow of death, hear this word: Weeping will last through some dark, awful nights, and in that darkness you will soon hear the Father whisper, "I am with you,'" Wilkerson wrote. "Beloved, God has never failed to act but in goodness and love. When all means fail-his love prevails. Hold fast to your faith. Stand fast in his Word. There is no other hope in this world."
Rev. Wilkerson spent the early part of his ministry reaching out to gang members and drug addicts in New York, as told in his bestselling book "The Cross and the Switchblade".
"The term LEGEND is often used to describe a person of extreme influence but what about a man that supersedes superlatives..david wilkerson," his cousin tweeted right after confirming his death.
In 1971, he started World Challenge, Inc. as an umbrella for his crusades, conferences, evangelism and other ministry. The Times Square Church was founded under the group in 1987.
The church is now led by Pastor Carter Conlon and has more than 8,000 members.
Wilkerson also founded Teen Challenge, a Christian outreach program for troubled young people.
"Please remember the Wilkerson family in your prayers as our founder, Rev. David Wilkerson, went to be with the Lord this evening," Teen Challenge told Twitter followers.
He is survived by his wife, four children and 11 grandchildren.
Rev. David Wilkerson, founding pastor of Times Square Church in New York City and author of the well-known book The Cross and the Switchblade, was killed Wednesday in a head-on collision in Texas. He was 79.
"It is with deepest of sadness that we have to inform you of the sudden passing of Reverend David Wilkerson, our founding pastor," Times Square Church Senior Pastor Carter Conlon said in a statement on the church website.
Wilkerson was driving east on U.S. 175 in Texas Wednesday afternoon, and moved into the opposite lane where a tractor trailer was driving westbound. The truck driver saw the car and tried to move out of the way, but still collided with the pastor's car head on, according to Public Safety Trooper Eric Long.
It's unclear what caused Wilkerson to veer into the other lane. His wife Gwen was also involved in the crash and rushed to the hospital, along with the truck driver. Wilkerson was pronounced dead on the scene.
Wilkerson posted a blog dated April 27 -- the day of his death. In the post, titled "When All Means Fail," he encouraged those facing difficulty to "hold fast" and stand strong in faith.
"To those going through the valley and shadow of death, hear this word: Weeping will last through some dark, awful nights, and in that darkness you will soon hear the Father whisper, "I am with you,'" Wilkerson wrote. "Beloved, God has never failed to act but in goodness and love. When all means fail-his love prevails. Hold fast to your faith. Stand fast in his Word. There is no other hope in this world."
Rev. Wilkerson spent the early part of his ministry reaching out to gang members and drug addicts in New York, as told in his bestselling book "The Cross and the Switchblade".
"The term LEGEND is often used to describe a person of extreme influence but what about a man that supersedes superlatives..david wilkerson," his cousin tweeted right after confirming his death.
In 1971, he started World Challenge, Inc. as an umbrella for his crusades, conferences, evangelism and other ministry. The Times Square Church was founded under the group in 1987.
The church is now led by Pastor Carter Conlon and has more than 8,000 members.
Wilkerson also founded Teen Challenge, a Christian outreach program for troubled young people.
"Please remember the Wilkerson family in your prayers as our founder, Rev. David Wilkerson, went to be with the Lord this evening," Teen Challenge told Twitter followers.
He is survived by his wife, four children and 11 grandchildren.
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Emmy winning-TV producer Roger Gimbel dies at 86
Apr 28, 3:57 PM (ET)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Emmy Award-winning TV producer Roger Gimbel, who worked with stars including Bing Crosby and Sophia Loren, has died. He was 86.
Spokesman Dale Olson said Thursday that Gimbel died of pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Gimbel's wife, actress Jennifer Warren, was at his side.
Gimbel's 500-plus productions received 18 Emmys, including one for 1973's "A War of Children," about Irish and Protestant friends engulfed by strife in Belfast.
He worked on TV movies including "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" and "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom" and produced specials with Crosby, Loren, Dean Martin and others.
Gimbel, a Philadelphia native, was a member of the Gimbels department store family. Besides his wife, Roger Gimbel's survivors include four children.
Apr 28, 3:57 PM (ET)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Emmy Award-winning TV producer Roger Gimbel, who worked with stars including Bing Crosby and Sophia Loren, has died. He was 86.
Spokesman Dale Olson said Thursday that Gimbel died of pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Gimbel's wife, actress Jennifer Warren, was at his side.
Gimbel's 500-plus productions received 18 Emmys, including one for 1973's "A War of Children," about Irish and Protestant friends engulfed by strife in Belfast.
He worked on TV movies including "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" and "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom" and produced specials with Crosby, Loren, Dean Martin and others.
Gimbel, a Philadelphia native, was a member of the Gimbels department store family. Besides his wife, Roger Gimbel's survivors include four children.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/01/us ... y-sources/
Usama bin Laden is dead, putting an end to the worldwide manhunt that began nearly a decade ago on Sept. 11, 2001. The architect of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil was killed a week ago inside Pakistan by a U.S. bomb.
President Obama announced the stunning development during an address to the nation late Sunday night from the White House.
“Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Usama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda.”
The U.S. had been waiting for the results of a DNA test to confirm his identity before going public. Sources said the vice president informed congressional leaders late Sunday night that the world’s most wanted man had indeed been killed.
The announcement comes nearly a decade after the 2001 terror attacks which triggered the Afghanistan war and started a tireless hunt for the terrorist mastermind and Al Qaeda leader.
In recent years, that hunt had increasingly led U.S. intelligence across the border and into Pakistan, where Al Qaeda is thought to be concentrated.
In light of bin Laden’s death, authorities around the world are being urged to take security precautions. One source said officials are concerned bin Laden’s death could incite violence or terrorist acts against U.S. personnel overseas.
Usama bin Laden is dead, putting an end to the worldwide manhunt that began nearly a decade ago on Sept. 11, 2001. The architect of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil was killed a week ago inside Pakistan by a U.S. bomb.
President Obama announced the stunning development during an address to the nation late Sunday night from the White House.
“Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Usama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda.”
The U.S. had been waiting for the results of a DNA test to confirm his identity before going public. Sources said the vice president informed congressional leaders late Sunday night that the world’s most wanted man had indeed been killed.
The announcement comes nearly a decade after the 2001 terror attacks which triggered the Afghanistan war and started a tireless hunt for the terrorist mastermind and Al Qaeda leader.
In recent years, that hunt had increasingly led U.S. intelligence across the border and into Pakistan, where Al Qaeda is thought to be concentrated.
In light of bin Laden’s death, authorities around the world are being urged to take security precautions. One source said officials are concerned bin Laden’s death could incite violence or terrorist acts against U.S. personnel overseas.
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Roscoe Swerps Dies
Hermon W. Yarbrough, best known as Roscoe Swerps, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on April 30, 2011.
He was born in Winston Salem, N.C., to Dee W and Fronie Key Yarbrough, who preceded him in death; as did his only sister, Nellie Yarbrough Barton.
He is survived by his caring wife of 50 years, Edith Weaver Yarbrough; three children, Kathy Yarbrough of Charleston, Penny Yarbrough Bowers (Ted) of Charleston, and Mark Yarbrough (Becky Gainer) of Clendenin. He has five grandchildren, Brandie Reed Green of Elkview, Laura Reed of Santa Clara, Calif., and Joshua, Jackson, and McKenzie Yarbrough of Elkview; as well as two great-grandchildren, Shelby and Joey Green of Elkview.
His greatest pleasures in life were his family and his music. He entertained all with his great talent for the steel guitar and making people laugh as Roscoe Swerps. Herman was also employed at Paul White Chevrolet as a car salesman, a job he truly loved and enjoyed.
He was loved by many and will be greatly missed by all.
Service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at Elk Hills Memorial Park, with Pastor J. Fred Barton officiating. The funeral procession will leave the funeral home at 1:30 p.m.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 2, 2011, at Hafer Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Hubbard Hospice Care, Charleston, W.Va.
Online condolences can be made at www.haferfuneralhome.com.
Hafer funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Hermon W. Yarbrough, best known as Roscoe Swerps, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on April 30, 2011.
He was born in Winston Salem, N.C., to Dee W and Fronie Key Yarbrough, who preceded him in death; as did his only sister, Nellie Yarbrough Barton.
He is survived by his caring wife of 50 years, Edith Weaver Yarbrough; three children, Kathy Yarbrough of Charleston, Penny Yarbrough Bowers (Ted) of Charleston, and Mark Yarbrough (Becky Gainer) of Clendenin. He has five grandchildren, Brandie Reed Green of Elkview, Laura Reed of Santa Clara, Calif., and Joshua, Jackson, and McKenzie Yarbrough of Elkview; as well as two great-grandchildren, Shelby and Joey Green of Elkview.
His greatest pleasures in life were his family and his music. He entertained all with his great talent for the steel guitar and making people laugh as Roscoe Swerps. Herman was also employed at Paul White Chevrolet as a car salesman, a job he truly loved and enjoyed.
He was loved by many and will be greatly missed by all.
Service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at Elk Hills Memorial Park, with Pastor J. Fred Barton officiating. The funeral procession will leave the funeral home at 1:30 p.m.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 2, 2011, at Hafer Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Hubbard Hospice Care, Charleston, W.Va.
Online condolences can be made at www.haferfuneralhome.com.
Hafer funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
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For those too young to remember the Buddy Starcher and Sleepy Jeffers shows where Hermon Yarbrough appeared as Roscoe Swerps, here's a photo:
Accoring to mywvhome.com, those in the photo are (L to R): Pudgy Parsons , Norman Chapman, Roscoe Swerps (Herman Yarbrough), Buddy Starcher, Mary Ann Starcher, and Butch Lester. The photo is from 1964 or 1965.
Accoring to mywvhome.com, those in the photo are (L to R): Pudgy Parsons , Norman Chapman, Roscoe Swerps (Herman Yarbrough), Buddy Starcher, Mary Ann Starcher, and Butch Lester. The photo is from 1964 or 1965.
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Dave Michaels, Program Director for Citadel Media’s Classic
Wonder why this was not posted before.
Dave Michaels, Program Director for Citadel Media’s Classic Hits format, passed away April 20, 2011, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Michaels joined ABC Radio Networks in 2000 as the PD and midday personality for then Oldies Radio. Under his meticulous guidance and leadership, the format evolved into Classic Hits and continued to grow in popularity. Classic Hits remains one of the most successful of Citadel Media’s eight 24-hour formats.
“Dave Michaels was a consummate broadcaster and wonderful friend to everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him,” said John Rosso, President of Citadel Media. “For more than four decades, his vibrant personality shined through as he graced the microphones of local stations across the country and entertained millions of music listeners. His charming wit and presence will be tremendously missed both in our hallways and on the air.”
Michaels’ radio career began as the evening DJ for KMAK in Fresno in 1968. He served as an on-air host in multiple markets, including several stations in Los Angeles. He completed his station journey at KLOU in St. Louis before joining the network. Michaels is survived by two sisters, Rachel and Nancy Youdelman.
This was also posted on Radio Ink Magazine's site:
(4/20/2011 8:40:21 PM)
Dave will be greatly missed!! And he 58, not 60. I am his big sister and I know.
- Nancy Youdelman
Dave Michaels, Program Director for Citadel Media’s Classic Hits format, passed away April 20, 2011, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Michaels joined ABC Radio Networks in 2000 as the PD and midday personality for then Oldies Radio. Under his meticulous guidance and leadership, the format evolved into Classic Hits and continued to grow in popularity. Classic Hits remains one of the most successful of Citadel Media’s eight 24-hour formats.
“Dave Michaels was a consummate broadcaster and wonderful friend to everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him,” said John Rosso, President of Citadel Media. “For more than four decades, his vibrant personality shined through as he graced the microphones of local stations across the country and entertained millions of music listeners. His charming wit and presence will be tremendously missed both in our hallways and on the air.”
Michaels’ radio career began as the evening DJ for KMAK in Fresno in 1968. He served as an on-air host in multiple markets, including several stations in Los Angeles. He completed his station journey at KLOU in St. Louis before joining the network. Michaels is survived by two sisters, Rachel and Nancy Youdelman.
This was also posted on Radio Ink Magazine's site:
(4/20/2011 8:40:21 PM)
Dave will be greatly missed!! And he 58, not 60. I am his big sister and I know.
- Nancy Youdelman
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Jackie Cooper, former child star, dies at 88
LOS ANGELES — With his boyish looks and his thick head of blond hair, Jackie Cooper seemed to be eternally young. He was "Skippy," taking the popular comic strip character to the big screen in a turn that would garner a best actor Oscar nod at age 9.
Cooper remained the youngest player to be nominated for that category, an accolade that he likely didn't care much about at the time: The handsome kid with the winning smile fell asleep during the ceremony in the lap of another nominee, Marie Dressler.
It was that honesty that kept Cooper grounded about life in the spotlight and the realities of being a working actor, whether he was starring in films or TV shows, or behind the scenes as a director or studio honcho.
"He was a fascinating guy who really did everything, from all different aspects of the business," said his son, Russell Cooper. "You can't really say that about many people."
Jackie Cooper, 88, died Tuesday at a nursing facility in Santa Monica, Calif., said his other son, John.
Cooper reigned with Shirley Temple as one of the most popular child stars of the 1930s. Starting in comedy shorts, he rose to top ranks with "Skippy," a sentimental adaptation of a popular comic strip. He followed with such hits as "The Champ," "The Bowery," "Treasure Island" and "O'Shaughnessy's Boy," all co-starring Wallace Beery.
With his career fading after World War II, Cooper left Hollywood for the New York theater. He returned to Hollywood and starred in two successful situation comedies, "The People's Choice" (1955-58) and "Hennessey" (1959-62). He appeared as a Navy doctor in "Hennessey," which he also produced and directed.
"I think it's tough to direct and star in a feature," he commented in a 1971 interview. "Either the direction or the performance will suffer. But an actor can direct himself in television. I found it essential to relieve the crushing boredom of starring in a series."
He directed more than 250 half-hour and hour-long series episodes, 16 two-hour movies and numerous pilots and commercials. At one point, he vowed he would never act again. But he returned for an occasional role, most notably as gruff Daily Planet editor Perry White in Christopher Reeves' four "Superman" movies.
"He managed to change with the business," said his son John. "Early in his life, he experienced the kind of success that many people do not have, if they have that kind of success at all, until much later."
Jackie had a memorable bit in the 1929 musical "Sunny Side Up" and appeared in eight of the popular "Our Gang" comedies, including "Pups Is Pups" and "Teacher's Pet." Those credits led to a test that won him the title role of "Skippy."
The director of the 1931 film was his uncle, Norman Taurog. A crucial scene called for Jackie to cry. The tears wouldn't come, and Taurog became angry. He called the boy's beloved dog a nuisance and said he would send it to the pound. Jackie threw a tantrum, infuriating the director.
"If you don't do what I say, I'll have the policeman shoot the dog," Taurog threatened, pointing to the armed security guard.
The tears flowed, and the scene was filmed, and Taurog went on to win the Oscar for best director. Fifty years later, Cooper titled his autobiography, "Please Don't Shoot My Dog."
He was born John Cooper Jr. on Sept. 15, 1922, in Los Angeles. His Jewish father, who ran a music store, had married an Italian musician, Mabel Leonard, but deserted her when their son was 2. Destitute, his mother found work at Fox studio as a secretary. Through her brother-in-law, Taurog, she was able to arrange extra work in movies for young Jackie.
MGM signed Cooper to a contract after "Skippy," and he attended the studio school with Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland and Freddie Bartholomew. Cooper proved an ideal combination with Beery, the rough, tough character whose heart is melted by the winsome kid.
Unlike some child actors, Cooper was able to sustain his stardom through adolescence. Among Cooper's other 1930s films: "Sooky" (a sequel to "Skippy"), "Broadway to Hollywood," "Lone Cowboy," "Dinky," "The Devil Is a Sissy" (with Rooney and Bartholomew), "Peck's Bad Boy," "White Banners," "Gangster's Boy," "That Certain Age" (opposite Deanna Durbin), "What a Life" (as Henry Aldrich), "Seventeen" and "The Return of Frank James."
After four years in the Navy, he returned to find his career had slumped.
"I managed to find work, but it was in low-budget pictures," he recalled in 1971. "I couldn't see myself continuing like that.
"About that time, I had become acquainted with some New York actors, like Keenan Wynn and John Garfield. Garfield kept telling me to 'get back to New York where you can learn your craft.'"
Cooper followed the advice and appeared as Ensign Pulver in Broadway and road companies of "Mister Roberts." He starred in two hit comedies: "Remains to Be Seen" and "King of Hearts."
During the early 1950s, the television industry was exploding in New York, and he acted in many live dramas. It led to his return to Hollywood and success with "The People's Choice" and "Hennessey."
Tiring of the weekly series grind, Cooper in 1964 accepted a five-year contract as production head of Screen Gems, the TV arm of Columbia Pictures.
"Like so many of those jobs, the honeymoon was over after the first two years," he remarked. "Then you find yourself spending all your time trying to sell your bosses on what you want to do. My last selling job was 'The Flying Nun.' They kept telling me that people wouldn't watch a show about Catholics." He persisted, and the series starring Sally Field became a hit.
After almost 50 years in the business, Cooper thought of retiring in the early 1970s. Then producer Mike Frankovich offered him a role in "The Love Machine," and a film to direct, "Stand Up and Be Counted." He continued with occasional acting roles and a heavy schedule of directing for television.
Cooper married three times: to June Horne (with whom he had a son, John) and Hildy Parks, then to Barbara Kraus (with whom he had a son, Russell, and two daughters, Julie and Christina).
"There's not a child actor in the lot," he once remarked happily.
LOS ANGELES — With his boyish looks and his thick head of blond hair, Jackie Cooper seemed to be eternally young. He was "Skippy," taking the popular comic strip character to the big screen in a turn that would garner a best actor Oscar nod at age 9.
Cooper remained the youngest player to be nominated for that category, an accolade that he likely didn't care much about at the time: The handsome kid with the winning smile fell asleep during the ceremony in the lap of another nominee, Marie Dressler.
It was that honesty that kept Cooper grounded about life in the spotlight and the realities of being a working actor, whether he was starring in films or TV shows, or behind the scenes as a director or studio honcho.
"He was a fascinating guy who really did everything, from all different aspects of the business," said his son, Russell Cooper. "You can't really say that about many people."
Jackie Cooper, 88, died Tuesday at a nursing facility in Santa Monica, Calif., said his other son, John.
Cooper reigned with Shirley Temple as one of the most popular child stars of the 1930s. Starting in comedy shorts, he rose to top ranks with "Skippy," a sentimental adaptation of a popular comic strip. He followed with such hits as "The Champ," "The Bowery," "Treasure Island" and "O'Shaughnessy's Boy," all co-starring Wallace Beery.
With his career fading after World War II, Cooper left Hollywood for the New York theater. He returned to Hollywood and starred in two successful situation comedies, "The People's Choice" (1955-58) and "Hennessey" (1959-62). He appeared as a Navy doctor in "Hennessey," which he also produced and directed.
"I think it's tough to direct and star in a feature," he commented in a 1971 interview. "Either the direction or the performance will suffer. But an actor can direct himself in television. I found it essential to relieve the crushing boredom of starring in a series."
He directed more than 250 half-hour and hour-long series episodes, 16 two-hour movies and numerous pilots and commercials. At one point, he vowed he would never act again. But he returned for an occasional role, most notably as gruff Daily Planet editor Perry White in Christopher Reeves' four "Superman" movies.
"He managed to change with the business," said his son John. "Early in his life, he experienced the kind of success that many people do not have, if they have that kind of success at all, until much later."
Jackie had a memorable bit in the 1929 musical "Sunny Side Up" and appeared in eight of the popular "Our Gang" comedies, including "Pups Is Pups" and "Teacher's Pet." Those credits led to a test that won him the title role of "Skippy."
The director of the 1931 film was his uncle, Norman Taurog. A crucial scene called for Jackie to cry. The tears wouldn't come, and Taurog became angry. He called the boy's beloved dog a nuisance and said he would send it to the pound. Jackie threw a tantrum, infuriating the director.
"If you don't do what I say, I'll have the policeman shoot the dog," Taurog threatened, pointing to the armed security guard.
The tears flowed, and the scene was filmed, and Taurog went on to win the Oscar for best director. Fifty years later, Cooper titled his autobiography, "Please Don't Shoot My Dog."
He was born John Cooper Jr. on Sept. 15, 1922, in Los Angeles. His Jewish father, who ran a music store, had married an Italian musician, Mabel Leonard, but deserted her when their son was 2. Destitute, his mother found work at Fox studio as a secretary. Through her brother-in-law, Taurog, she was able to arrange extra work in movies for young Jackie.
MGM signed Cooper to a contract after "Skippy," and he attended the studio school with Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland and Freddie Bartholomew. Cooper proved an ideal combination with Beery, the rough, tough character whose heart is melted by the winsome kid.
Unlike some child actors, Cooper was able to sustain his stardom through adolescence. Among Cooper's other 1930s films: "Sooky" (a sequel to "Skippy"), "Broadway to Hollywood," "Lone Cowboy," "Dinky," "The Devil Is a Sissy" (with Rooney and Bartholomew), "Peck's Bad Boy," "White Banners," "Gangster's Boy," "That Certain Age" (opposite Deanna Durbin), "What a Life" (as Henry Aldrich), "Seventeen" and "The Return of Frank James."
After four years in the Navy, he returned to find his career had slumped.
"I managed to find work, but it was in low-budget pictures," he recalled in 1971. "I couldn't see myself continuing like that.
"About that time, I had become acquainted with some New York actors, like Keenan Wynn and John Garfield. Garfield kept telling me to 'get back to New York where you can learn your craft.'"
Cooper followed the advice and appeared as Ensign Pulver in Broadway and road companies of "Mister Roberts." He starred in two hit comedies: "Remains to Be Seen" and "King of Hearts."
During the early 1950s, the television industry was exploding in New York, and he acted in many live dramas. It led to his return to Hollywood and success with "The People's Choice" and "Hennessey."
Tiring of the weekly series grind, Cooper in 1964 accepted a five-year contract as production head of Screen Gems, the TV arm of Columbia Pictures.
"Like so many of those jobs, the honeymoon was over after the first two years," he remarked. "Then you find yourself spending all your time trying to sell your bosses on what you want to do. My last selling job was 'The Flying Nun.' They kept telling me that people wouldn't watch a show about Catholics." He persisted, and the series starring Sally Field became a hit.
After almost 50 years in the business, Cooper thought of retiring in the early 1970s. Then producer Mike Frankovich offered him a role in "The Love Machine," and a film to direct, "Stand Up and Be Counted." He continued with occasional acting roles and a heavy schedule of directing for television.
Cooper married three times: to June Horne (with whom he had a son, John) and Hildy Parks, then to Barbara Kraus (with whom he had a son, Russell, and two daughters, Julie and Christina).
"There's not a child actor in the lot," he once remarked happily.
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'Gypsy' playwright Arthur Laurents mourned
Arthur Laurents, the director, playwright and screenwriter who wrote such enduring stage musicals as ''West Side Story'' and ''Gypsy,'' as well as the movie classics ''Rope'' and ''The Way We Were,'' died Thursday May 5, 2011. He was 93. Laurents died in his sleep in his New York City home.
His credits as a stage director also include "I Can Get It for You Wholesale," best remembered as the musical that introduced a 19-year-old Streisand to Broadway in 1962, and "La Cage Aux Folles" (1983), the smash Jerry Herman musical that ran for four years.
While serving in the Army during World War II, Laurents wrote military training films as well as scripts for such radio programs as "Army Service Forces Present" and "Assignment Home."
His wartime experiences led to his first Broadway play, "Home of the Brave," which opened in December 1945. The military drama about anti-Semitism had a short run but later was made into a well-received movie in which the theme was changed to racial rather than religious prejudice.
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AP Drama Writer Michael Kuchwara contributed to this report before his death in 2010.
Arthur Laurents, the director, playwright and screenwriter who wrote such enduring stage musicals as ''West Side Story'' and ''Gypsy,'' as well as the movie classics ''Rope'' and ''The Way We Were,'' died Thursday May 5, 2011. He was 93. Laurents died in his sleep in his New York City home.
His credits as a stage director also include "I Can Get It for You Wholesale," best remembered as the musical that introduced a 19-year-old Streisand to Broadway in 1962, and "La Cage Aux Folles" (1983), the smash Jerry Herman musical that ran for four years.
While serving in the Army during World War II, Laurents wrote military training films as well as scripts for such radio programs as "Army Service Forces Present" and "Assignment Home."
His wartime experiences led to his first Broadway play, "Home of the Brave," which opened in December 1945. The military drama about anti-Semitism had a short run but later was made into a well-received movie in which the theme was changed to racial rather than religious prejudice.
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AP Drama Writer Michael Kuchwara contributed to this report before his death in 2010.