Rod Kanehl, 70, an Original Met, Is Dead
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Rod Kanehl was a career minor leaguer who became a fan favorite at the Polo Grounds with the beloved but bumbling original Mets of 1962.
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Respected film critic Joel Siegel, who worked on Good Morning America, dies at the age of 63.
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U.S. playwright Arthur Miller, one of the giants of American literature, has died, his assistant said on Friday. He was 89.
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Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind "M-A-S-H," "Nashville" and "The Player" who made a career out of bucking Hollywood, has died at 81. The director died Monday night at a Los Angeles Hospital, Joshua Astrachan, a producer at Altman's Sandcastle 5 Productions in New York City, told The Associated Press.
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Jerry Orbach, who walked the beat on NBC's Law & Order   for the last 12 seasons as sardonic Detective Lennie Briscoe, has died   of prostate cancer, his publicist said Wednesday. He was 69.
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Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&amp;B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, has died, his spokesman said. He was 83.
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French actor Philippe Noiret, best-known for his role in Cinema Paradiso, dies in France at the age of 76.
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By MICHAEL KUCHWARA  NEW YORK - Broadway costume designer Alvin Colt - at age 90 - is being celebrated by the Museum of the City of New York.
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Jerry Orbach, the laconic, sharp-edged Lennie Briscoe of &quot;Law &amp; Order&quot; who came to symbolize New York City as much as any actor of his generation, died yesterday at age 69.
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Jacques Derrida, one of France's best-known philosophers and the founder of the deconstructionist school, has died of cancer at the age of 74, his entourage said.
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The popular comedian of yesteryears had been suffering from breathing problems for the last several days. He passed away on February 13 in Mumbai.
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Director Robert Altman, who  introduced an innovative ensemble style of filmmaking in such  works as "MASH," "Gosford Park" and "Nashville," has died at  age 81, his production company said on Tuesday.
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Portrait and fashion photographer  Richard Avedon died on Friday morning at age 81, a spokeswoman  for the family said.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Emiel N. Petrone, an integral  player in introducing the DVD and CD formats in the United  States, died here Aug. 23 after a brief illness. He was 61.
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Fashion Wire Daily - One of fashion&#39;s greatest designers, Gianfranco Ferre, died Sunday evening in Milan. He was 62.
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Arts & entertainment: Marcel Marceau, who revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, has died. He was 84.
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Playbill - Tim Albrecht, a dancer and choreographer who appeared in Harold Prince's most recent revival of Show Boat, died in Los Angeles on Dec. 9, his friend Joe Cassidy told Playbill.com.