Former Fox Studios Owner Marvin Davis Dies
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Billionaire Marvin Davis, a former oilman who sold his 20th Century Fox studios to Rupert Murdoch in the 1980s, died Saturday at his Beverly Hills home. He was 79.
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Vincent Sherman, who directed &amp;#151; and romanced &amp;#151; Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford during his heyday as a leading Hollywood filmmaker in the 1940s and &#039;50s, has died. He would have been 100 on July 16.
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Walt Disney animator Frank Thomas - one of the studio's original "nine old men" - dies at the age of 92.
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Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. said on Friday it replaced Chief Executive Jeff Shell, credited with steering the company through a patch of legal woes, with a Fox
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Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, an NFL visionary who helped foster the NFL-AFL merger, dies Thursday at age 74.
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Johnny Grant, a tireless show business figure dubbed the "honorary mayor of Hollywood" for his devotion to the historic movie industry hub, died on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department said. He was 84.
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US actor Glenn Ford, who made over 100 films, dies aged 90, at his home in Beverly Hills.
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As a bidding war raged yesterday for Hollywood Entertainment Corp. , the number two movie-rental chain, founder and chief executive Mark Wattles abruptly resigned.
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US artist Will Eisner, who revolutionised comic books with gritty newspaper strip The Spirit, dies aged 87.
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Actor Ossie Davis, whose career included credits as a producer, director, actor and writer, dies aged 87.
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Jerry Orbach, acclaimed as a quintessential New York actor for his work on Broadway, in films and as the star of television&#39;s &quot;Law &amp; Order,&quot; has died from cancer.
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Frank Thomas, one of Walt Disney&#39;s top artists who animated two dogs romantically nibbling a single strand of spaghetti in the 1955 Disney film Lady and the Tramp, has died.
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Herbert H. Haft, 84, the Washington area discount retailer whose drive to sell drugs at cut-rate prices made him a multimillionaire and whose empire dissolved in a nasty and very public family feud in the 1990s, died Thursday at Sibley Memorial Hospital.
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Director Russ Meyer, whose soft core porn films, &quot;The Immoral Mr Teas,&quot; &quot;Vixen&quot; and &quot;Beyond the Valley of the Dolls&quot; earned him millions of dollars and the title of Hollywood&#39;s &quot;King Leer,&quot; has died at age 82, his film company said
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Mickey Hargitay, the actor and world champion bodybuilder who was married to 1950s sex siren Jayne Mansfield and whose daughter is Emmy-winning winning actress Mariska Hargitay, has died. He was 80.
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Longtime Disney animator Art Stevens, who began his studio career working on "Fantasia" and went on to co-direct "The Fox and the Hound" and "The Rescuers," has died. He was 92.
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Marvin Mitchelson, the Hollywood  divorce lawyer who pioneered the concept of "palimony," died on  Saturday in Beverly Hills, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was  76.