Howard Keel, Star of Musicals, Dies at 85
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Howard Keel, the broad-shouldered baritone who romanced his way through a series of glittery MGM musicals such as "Kiss Me Kate" and "Annie Get Your Gun" and later revived his career with television's "Dallas," died Sunday. He was 85.
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Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics for 11 musicals including "Chicago" and "Cabaret," died Saturday at his home due to a heart attack.  He also wrote the lyrics for the standard "New York, New York" in 1977, later recorded by Frank Sinatra. E...
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Howard Keel, a coal miner's son who overcame childhood poverty to star in some of MGM's most famous musicals, including "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," and later revived his career on TV's "Dallas," died on Sunday at age 85, his family said.
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British actress Pat Kirkwood, a star of stage and screen in the 1940s and 1950s, dies at the age of 86.
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Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television and then won a 1957 Oscar with a surprising dramatic turn in &quot;Sayonara,&quot; died Thursday. He was 87.
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LOS ANGELES: Legendary US bandleader and jazz clarinettist Artie Shaw, the big band era&#39;s reluctant King of Swing, died today at the age of 94, the manager of his orchestra said.
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British actress Pat Kirkwood, a star of stage and screen since the 1930s, dies at the age of 86.
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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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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," has died. She was 89.
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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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Top French coiffeur Alexandre de Paris, who styled the hair of Elizabeth Taylor and many other stars, dies at 85.
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Frankie Laine, the full-voiced  singer who became one of the most popular entertainers of the  1950s with such hits as "I Believe," "Jezebel" and the theme to  the TV Western "Rawhide," died on Tuesday at 93.
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Washington, Nov. 8 (NNN): Star of American musicals on stage and screen and later in hit 80s TV series Dallas, Howard Keel, has died of colon cancer aged 85.
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Mr. Kidd was the award-winning choreographer of exuberant dance numbers for Broadway shows like âFinianâs Rainbowâ and âGuys and Dollsâ and Hollywood musicals including âThe Band Wagonâ and âSeven Brides for Seven Brothers.â
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Howard Keel, the tireless song-and-dance man who took a late career encore as a patriarch on the prime-time TV soap opera &quot;Dallas,&quot; died yesterday, hours before the nationally televised reunion of the show&#39;s cast.
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Playbill - Tim Albrecht, a dancer and choreographer who appeared in Harold Prince's most recent revival of Show Boat, died in Los Angeles on Dec. 9, his friend Joe Cassidy told Playbill.com.
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"She came to the conclusion that the more she spoke the truth, the more she was disbelieved"  Actress Pat Kirkwood, once a star of British musical theater, has died, a close family friend said Wednesday. She was 86.Kirkwood's career of more than 60 years included leading roles in musicals written by Noel Coward and Cole Porter. But Kirkwood was dogged her whole life by rumors of a romantic liaison with Prince Philip _ which she always denied _ after the two were spotted dancing at a London nightclub.Kirkwood died on Christmas Day at a nursing home in Ilkley, northern England, author and royal biographer Michael Thornton, said in a statement. She had been suffering from Alzheimer's Disease and a chest infection, he said. Read more