Hollywood "mayor" Johnny Grant dies at 84
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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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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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OCEAN BREEZE PARK, Fla. - In a community where everyone is over 55, it's fitting that Mayor Dorothy Geeben's age has made her a celebrity of sorts. At 96, Geeben may be the nation's oldest mayor.
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Jerry Orbach, the Tony Award-winning star of Promises, Promises and other musicals, has died at the age of 69, according to a radio report citing his manager, Robert Malcolm.
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LOS ANGELES  Â Johnny Grant, the avuncular honorary mayor of Hollywood who traveled the world as Tinseltown's No. 1 cheerleader for more than a half-century, has died. He was 84.
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Comedian Johnny Carson, the king of  U.S. late-night television as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show"  for nearly 30 years -- and the last face millions of Americans  saw before drifting off to sleep -- died on Sunday at age 79.
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Johnny Grant, Hollywood's honorary mayor, was found dead Wednesday night, Los Angeles police said. Grant, 84, appeared to have died of natural causes. Authorities found him in his bed at the Roosevelt Hotel, where he lived, about 7 p.m. Pacific Time (1...
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Billionaire Marvin Davis, who made a  fortune first in the oil business and later in entertainment,  died over the weekend at his home in Beverly Hills, California,  at the age of 79, his publicist said late on Saturday.
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Russ Meyer, the self-styled &quot;king of the nudies&quot;, has died at his home in the Hollywood hills. He was 82 and had been suffering from dementia and complications following pneumonia.
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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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Betty Comden, whose more than 60-year collaboration with Adolph Green produced the classic New York stage musical "On the Town," as well as "Singin' in the Rain," considered by many to be the best movie musical ever made, has died. She was 89.
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Television entertainer Johnny Carson has died of emphysema at age 79, the NBC television network reported on its Web site Sunday.
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Belgrade Mayor Nenad Bogdanovic, who launched the Serbian capital's postwar recovery, died Thursday at age 54.
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Attorney Marvin Mitchelson, who represented Hollywood stars including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joan Collins and Sylvester Stallone, died on Saturday night, a hospital spokeswoman said on Sunday. He was 76.
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U.S. songwriter and actress Betty Comden, who collaborated with Adolph Green to write some of the greatest stage and screen musicals such as "Singin' in the Rain," died of heart failure on Thursday in New York at age 89, media reports said.
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Actor Glenn Ford, a handsome and   quiet character actor who made his mark in big films like   "Gilda" and "The Big Heat," died on Wednesday in his Beverly   Hills home, police said. He was 90.
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Russ Meyer, the notorious maverick director of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Mondo Topless, Motor Psycho and Beneath The Valley Of The Ultravixens, has died at age 82 in his home in the Hollywood Hills.