Actor-comedian Red Buttons dies at age 87
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Red Buttons, the flame-haired  comedian and Oscar-winning actor of 1957 film &quot;Sayonara,&quot; died  on Thursday at his Los Angeles-area home at the age of 87 of  vascular disease, his publicist said.
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Actor John Vernon, who appeared in National Lampoon's Animal House, dies at the age of 72..
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Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television and then in a dramatic role won the 1957 Oscar as supporting actor in &quot;Sayonara,&quot; died Thursday. He was 87.
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Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the august group of entertainers known as the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist, Warren Cowan, said on Thursday.
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The irascible George Carlin --  voted, through a Comedy Central poll of network executives and  industry veterans, the second-best stand-up comedian of all  time behind Richard Pryor -- turned 70 on May 12.
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Actor Glenn Ford died on Wednesday   in his Beverly Hills home, police said. He was 90.
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Johnny Carson, the quick-witted "Tonight Show" host who became a national institution putting his viewers to bed for 30 years with a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter and heartland charm, died Sunday. He was 79.
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Soon after Johnny Carson's death last weekend, NBC announced the 79-year-old entertainer had died of emphysema, a respiratory disease that can be attributed to smoking.
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Comic actor Charles Nelson Reilly, a lauded Broadway performer and campy game show guest in the 1970s and 1980s, has died in Los Angeles, a representative for the actor said on Monday.
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Rodney Dangerfield, the acid-tongued put-down comic whose chief comedic target was always himself, died Tuesday at the age of 82, according to Reuters.
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Pioneering comedian Charlie Williams, who found fame on hit 1970s TV show The Comedians, dies aged 78.
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Actor Brad Renfro has died at age 25, PEOPLE has confirmed.   Renfro died Tuesday at a Los Angeles apartment where he spent the night with friends, Craig Harvey, chief investigator for the Los Angeles county coroner, tells PEOPLE.   Renfro was hear...
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Actress and comedian Brett Somers, who amused game show fans with her quips on the "Match Game" in the 1970s, has died, her son said. She was 83. Somers died Saturday at her home in Westport of stomach and colon cancer, Adam Klugman said Monday.
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Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died. Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley for the device that made the couch potato possible, died Thursday of heart failure at a Boise nursing home at 93, Zenith Electronics Corp. said Friday.
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American actor, pictured with Robert Shaw in the shark terror blockbuster, has died at the age of 75
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Actor John Inman, most famous for the comedy Are You Being Served?, dies aged 71.
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Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at 89