Comic and TV host Jan Murray dead at 89
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Jan Murray, one of the fabled generation of comics who rose from the Catskills to prime time TV, tickling fans of the 1950s game show &quot;Treasure Hunt,&quot; has died. He was 89.
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Sidney Sheldon, who won awards in three careers, Broadway theater, movies and television, then at age 50 turned to writing best-selling novels about stalwart women who triumph in a hostile world of ruthless men, has died. He was 89.
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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.
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Veteran British broadcaster John Peel, who championed pretty much every new cutting edge pop and rock act over the past 35 years on his radio shows, has died after a heart attack, the BBC announced on Tuesday.
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Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the super-hip team of entertainers known as the Rat Pack and led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist, Warren Cowan, said on Thursday.
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US stand-up comedian Richard Jeni dies of gunshot wounds in a suspected suicide in Los Angeles.
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Charles Nelson Reilly, a frequent guest and panellist on American TV shows in the 1970s and '80s, dies aged 76.
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Legendary television entertainer Johnny Carson has died of emphysema at age 79, the NBC television network reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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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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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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Comedian Cyril Fletcher, a regular on TV and radio shows such as That's Life and Does the Team Think?, dies at 91.
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Joey Bishop, the deadpan comedian, TV host and last of the super-hip team of performers known as the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his publicist said on Thursday.
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Gretchen Wyler, a veteran Broadway actress who enjoyed a second career on television and was a leading animal rights activist, died Sunday. She was 75.
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Legendary television entertainer  Johnny Carson has died of emphysema at age 79, the NBC  television network reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, a wartime courier for the Polish anti-Nazi resistance and the director of Radio Free Europe's Polish service during the Cold War, has died, Polish officials said Friday. He was 91.
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Sir John Harvey-Jones, the outspoken former boss of the chemical giant ICI and TV business guru, died yesterday aged 83.
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Jackie Torrence, who overcame a speech impediment as a child to become a renowned storyteller, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack, her sister said. She was 60.