Director Robert Altman dies
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Director Robert Altman, who revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking with an irreverent style that critics hailed as "American Art Cinema" has died at age 81, his production company said on Tuesday.
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Sidney Lumet, the acclaimed American film-maker who directed 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon, is finally getting an Oscar. In almost 50 years the 80-year-old director
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Portrait and fashion photographer  Richard Avedon died on Friday morning at age 81, a spokeswoman  for the family said.
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Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who made stars of Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, dies, aged 83.
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Dr. Judah Folkman, a groundbreaking researcher who worked to cut off cancer from its blood supply, curing the disease in mice and giving humans hope for a cure, has died. He was 74.
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Playwright Arthur Miller, a titan of  American theater who wrote "Death of a Salesman" and was  revered for works that spoke for the common man, has died. He  was 89.
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Dr. Judah Folkman, who discovered  that tumors generate their own network of tiny blood vessels to  nourish themselves, has died at the age of 74, Harvard Medical  School said on Tuesday.
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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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Oscar-winning filmmaker Sven Nykvist, who was legendary director Ingmar Bergman's cinematographer of choice, died Wednesday after a long illness, his son said. He was 83.
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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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Actor Jerry Orbach, longtime star of  the "Law & Order" television series, died from prostate cancer  on Wednesday, his manager told a local New York City radio  station. He was 69.
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On November fifth, 1942, American showman George M. Cohan died in New York at age 64.
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Aaron Russo, who managed Bette Midler and went on to produce such films as "Trading Places," has died. He was 64.
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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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U.S. playwright Arthur Miller, one of the giants of American literature, has died, his assistant said on Friday. He was 89.
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Portrait and fashion photographer Richard Avedon died on Friday morning at age 81, a spokeswoman for the family said.
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Fons Rademakers, the Dutch director who won an Oscar in 1987 for his film The Attack, dies, aged 86.