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Walter E. Grauman, prolific TV and film director, responsible for Barnaby Jones, Murder She Wrote, etc etc but also directed Deathlist favourite Olivia De Havilland in Lady In A Cage, dies at 93. http://variety.com/2015/tv/people-news/director-walter-grauman-dies-at-93-1201457322/

That's actually a VERY juicy tidbit. My 'Coincidental Deaths' database has a couple actor-director pairings, the most recent of which I believe was Richard Widmark/Jules Dassin ("Night in the City") back about 5 years ago. Synchronicities like that may be working right here right now. I'll be looking for ODH's death notice before Easter, and hit #3 for DL.

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Walter E. Grauman, prolific TV and film director, responsible for Barnaby Jones, Murder She Wrote, etc etc but also directed Deathlist favourite Olivia De Havilland in Lady In A Cage, dies at 93. http://variety.com/2015/tv/people-news/director-walter-grauman-dies-at-93-1201457322/

That's actually a VERY juicy tidbit. My 'Coincidental Deaths' database has a couple actor-director pairings, the most recent of which I believe was Richard Widmark/Jules Dassin ("Night in the City") back about 5 years ago. Synchronicities like that may be working right here right now. I'll be looking for ODH's death notice before Easter, and hit #3 for DL.

SirC

 

Who knows, he might drag Angela Lansbury into the mix. Although I still say it's too soon for her.

 

Edit: Grauman also directed 633 Squadron. The planes involved? de Havilland Mosquitos. Coincidence?

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Alberta Watson at 60, was in multiple pish like Nikita,24, Heartland etc, but I mind her best from the great The Keep where she was the profs daughter

 

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http://deadline.com/2015/03/alberta-watson-dies-24-actress-nikita-1201397120/

 

Edit...doh, never checked the canuk thread :(

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Alberta Watson at 60, was in multiple pish like Nikita,24, Heartland etc, but I mind her best from the great The Keep where she was the profs daughter

 

*snip*

 

 

 

http://deadline.com/2015/03/alberta-watson-dies-24-actress-nikita-1201397120/

 

Edit...doh, never checked the canuk thread :(

What tickled me slightly - two movies she was in were "Stone Cold Dead" and "The Sweet Hereafter".

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A key figure in the preservation of early films, Roger Mayer dies after a heart attack at 88:

 

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-roger-mayer-20150326-story.html

 

According to Martin Scorsese, he was a key figure in the attempts to colourize old black-and-white movies.

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Sally Forrest, actress and dancer during Hollywood's Golden Age dies at 86:

 

http://www.brandonsun.com/entertainment/breaking-news/sally-forrest-actress-and-dancer-of-hollywoods-golden-age-dies-of-cancer-at-86-297724231.html?thx=y

 

Edit: Ok, already posted in Dead of 2015, I know, I know... (now)

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Geoffrey Lewis.... Never mind already posted (edit)

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Pale Rider was pretty much a remake of High Plains Drifter, and Dysart and Geoffrey Lewis were the main baddies in the 2 films were they not?

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Richard Dysart, star of LA Law and in The Thing, Pale Rider and Being There, has died at 86. http://deadline.com/2015/04/richard-dysart-dead-la-law-emmy-winner-1201407406/

 

UK Obit, not on DDP: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/richard-dysart-starred-l-law-dies-86-182453915.html#Kpv3vFn

R.I.P. Richard Dysart.

Top actor.

What a fabulous presence he brought to the screen in portraying the part of Leland McKenzie.

Sad day.

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Prop Master Edward Aiona who worked on all of Clint Eastwood's films since Dirty Harry, dies at 83. http://variety.com/2015/film/news/edward-aiona-clint-eastwoods-property-master-dies-at-83-1201469709/

Along w Mr Lewis yesterday, an addition to the Coincidental Deaths db!

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Stick that with Dysart too SC...
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Prop Master Edward Aiona who worked on all of Clint Eastwood's films since Dirty Harry, dies at 83. http://variety.com/2015/film/news/edward-aiona-clint-eastwoods-property-master-dies-at-83-1201469709/

Along w Mr Lewis yesterday, an addition to the Coincidental Deaths db!

SC

Stick that with Dysart too SC...

Indubitably

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Vivian Nathan, original member of Actors' Studio and who played Jane Fonda's psychiatrist in Klute, dies at 98 (according to the article, 93 according to IMDB). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vivian-nathan-dead-actors-studio-787755

 

Edit: she died on the fifteenth anniversary of her husband's death, apparently.

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Judith Malina, revolutionary American theater director, is dead at 88.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/theater/judith-malina-founder-of-the-living-theater-dies-at-88.html

 

Her death was caused by lung problems related to smoking. She also played occasionally in films and on TV, like on The Sopranos and on Dog Day Afternoon.

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