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 home in Beverly Hills. He was 79.
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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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For a video game legend, Wednesday's release of 'Pac Man Championship Edition' for Xbox 360 will mark the end of a nearly three-decade career for one of gaming's most illustrious developers.
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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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Ossie Davis, an actor distinguished for roles dealing with racial injustice on stage, screen and in real life &#151; and perhaps best known as the husband and partner of actress Ruby Dee &#151; has died at the age of 87.
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Will Eisner, a master of American comics and a pioneer of the graphic novel who gave his name to the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars, has died at age 87, his publisher said on Tuesday.
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Charles E. Scripps, longtime chairman of media company E.W. Scripps Co., died on Saturday, the company said.
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Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, son of a famous and wealthy Texas family who became a pro sports visionary and author of the term "Super Bowl," died Wednesday night at a Dallas hospital.
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Actor and civil rights activist Ossie Davis, whose career spanned more than half a century, has died in Miami while working on a new movie, his office said on Friday.
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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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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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LOS ANGELES - Billionaire Marvin Davis, a former oilman who sold his 20th Century Fox studios to Rupert Murdoch in the 1980s, died Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 79...
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US actor Glenn Ford, who starred in dozens of films in a 53-year career, dies at his home in Beverly Hills.
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Lamar Hunt, the pro sports visionary who owned the Kansas City Chiefs and came up with the term "Super Bowl," died Wednesday night. He was 74.
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Country music singer Skeeter Davis, a veteran of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, died on Sunday, according to a family friend.
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LOS ANGELES The Disney animator who helped bring life to the dancing penguins in &quot;Mary Poppins&quot; has died. Frank Thomas was 92 when he passed away at his California home yesterday.
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Country music star Skeeter Davis dies of cancer aged 72. Plus more entertainment news in brief.