Pioneer Adult Filmmaker Russ Meyer Dies
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LOS ANGELES Sept. 22, 2004 - Russ Meyer, producer-director who helped spawn the &quot;skin flick&quot; with such films as &quot;Faster, Pussycat!
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Like the rest of the world, we were shocked to learn that Russell Jones, the rapper best known to the world as Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard, died suddenly on Saturday (November 13) afternoon.
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Actor Roy Scheider, a two-time  Oscar nominee best known for his roles as a small-town police  chief in "Jaws" and his portrait of famed choreographer Bob  Fosse in "All That Jazz," died on Sunday at age 75.
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The director of controversial cult film Man Bites Dog has died aged 38, it is reported.
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Jazz clarinetist Artie Shaw, famed for his classic recordings of "Begin the Beguine" and "Lady Be Good" as well as turbulent marriages to movie stars Lana Turner and Ava Gardner, died on Thursday at age 94, his manager Will Curtis said.
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LOS ANGELES  - &quot;The Blair Witch Project&#39;s&quot; director of photography Neal Fredericks died while shooting his latest film on Saturday, Aug. 14 at the age of 35.
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Artie Shaw, the legendary jazz band leader who enthralled audiences with his clarinet during the swing era, has died at the age of 94, the BBC reported.
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By James Dowd dowd@commercialappealcom  A deep-seated faith expressed in a commitment to social justice marked the life and career of Dr. Ray Maxwell Allen, a man remembered by family and friends as a progressive thinker with a compassionate heart.
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WASHINGTON - Il regista Russ Meyer, considerato un pioniere del &#39;soft-core&#39; con film come &#39;Vixen&#39; e &#39;Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!&#39;, Ã¨ morto a Los Angeles per le complicazioni di una polmonite. Aveva 82 anni.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, a former televangelist who helped lead a huge television ministry before its collapse in a sex and corruption scandal, has died, her Web site reported on Saturday.
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Henry Meyer was a Jewish teenager imprisoned by the Nazis in World War II. Elmer Reis was an Army soldier who helped liberate the German concentration camp where Meyer had been a prisoner.
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Jazz clarinetist Artie Shaw, famed  for classic recordings of "Begin the Beguine" and "Oh, Lady Be  Good" as well as turbulent marriages to movie stars Lana Turner  and Ava Gardner, died on Thursday at age 94, his manager Will  Curtis said.
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LOS ANGELES  - Laszlo Kovacs, one of Hollywood's most influential and respected directors of photography, died Saturday night in his sleep. He was 74.
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Sir Anthony Meyer, the Tory backbencher who challenged Margaret Thatcher for the party leadership in 1989, has died.
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Director Russ Meyer, whose soft core porn films, "The Immoral Mr Teas," "Vixen" and "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" earned him millions of dollars and the title of Hollywood's "King Leer," has died at age 82, his film company said on Wednesday.
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"MASH" director Robert Altman, who revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking with a chaotic, irreverent style that critics hailed as "American Art Cinema," has died at age 81, his production company said on Tuesday.
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Ulrich Muehe, the star of Oscar-winning German film The Lives of Others, dies at the age of 54.