who rose from rural Mississippi to become the genre's first Black superstar, famously seen but not heard as the big bad Darth Vader in the original trilogy of the franchise, Brian Howe, lead singer of rock group Bad Company, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Schwartz had a nearly 40-year career with CBS, Viacom and Westinghouse Broadcasting. She was 79. Actor Bert Belasco, best known for his role in the television series "Let's Stay Together," died Nov. 8 at 38. Trailblazing actor Earl Cameron, who played supporting roles to entertainment icons such as James Bond and "Doctor Who," died July 3 at age 102. Shirley Ann Grau, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer whose stories and novels told of both the dark secrets and the beauty of the Deep South, died on Aug. 3 in a memory care facility of complications from a stroke. Grammy-nominated gospel singer Troy Sneed died in Jacksonville, Fla., April 27 from complications with the coronavirus. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1972, remaining at the top of the chart for four weeks. Vida. Bermuda-born Cameron, one of the first Black performers to appear in mainstream British films, played an intelligence operative in 1965’s “Thunderball” and had roles late in life in Hollywood hits such as “The Queen” (2006) and “Inception” (2010). 20 on the Billboard chart. Hogan was an authority on high-profile crime cases. His most notable hit was. ROME. Their success led to national syndication in 1988 and a new name, “Live! Franca Valeri (born 31 July 1920) is an Italian actress.She is known for her roles in It Happened in the Park, The Sign of Venus, A Hero … She was 42 and had suffered an aneurysm four days earlier. Robert Trump, 71. He also released a number of albums on his own. On Dec. 7, actress Natalie Desselle-Reid, who's best known for playing Halle Berry's stylish sidekick in the 1997 cult classic "B.A.P.S.," died from colon cancer. Florence Howe, an activist, educator and major contributor to American literature and culture as co-founder of the Feminist Press, died Sept. 12. Clark Middleton, best known for acting in "The Blacklist" and "Twin Peaks," died Oct. 4 in Los Angeles from West Nile Virus. Bruce Swedien, a five-time Grammy-winning audio engineer who collaborated with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, died Nov. 16. He designed the costume for Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust alter ego, and also developed friendships with top artists including Elton John and Stevie Wonder. Blinn won Emmy and Peabody honors for the 1971 TV movie “Brian’s Song,” and an Emmy and a Humanitas Prize in 1977 for “Roots.” He and Albert Magnoli wrote the 1984 Prince film “Purple Rain,” which Magnoli directed. Her father, a Jew, fled with her brother to Switzerland to escape what later would be, under German occupation of Italy, deportation to death camps of many members of Italy's small Jewish community.Â. Media in category "Franca Valeri" The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. Cobb also worked with such artists as with Pearl Bailey, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Stan Getz. Richard Herd, who is best known for his work in "Seinfeld" and "Star Trek," died on May 26 of complications from cancer. He was 52. ", Hal Ketchum, a 1990s country hitmaker and member of Nashville's famed Grand Ole Opry, died from dementia complications Nov. 23 at age 67. She was 91. Franca Valeri compie 99 anni: «Vi svelo l'elisir della lunga vita» «La vita che non costa un po' di fatica non è mai divertente. Nick McGlashan, a 7th-generation fisherman on Discovery's ". Friedman was the author of more than a dozen books, including "Stern" and “About Harry Towns.” He wrote the scripts for “Stir Crazy" and “Splash,” which earned him and Oscar nomination. He started dancing when he was 5 and became a principal dancer with Cirque du Soleil at 20. Jean Kennedy Smith, a diplomat and the youngest sister of President John F. Kennedy, died June 17 in her Manhattan home at 92. Though she never ran for office, she campaigned for her brothers, traveling the country for then-Sen. John F. Kennedy as he sought the presidency in 1960. Three decades later, Kennedy Smith was appointed ambassador to Ireland by President Bill Clinton. She also founded an arts education program that supports artists with physical or mental disabilities. English actor Ben Cross died Aug 18 in Vienna at the age of 72. Bonnie and her sisters recorded a slew of hits throughout the 1970s, including their breakout song "Yes We Can Can," "Wang Dang Doodle" and "How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)." Country singer Doug Supernaw, who had hits in the early ’90s with “I Don’t Call Him Daddy,” and “Reno,” died Nov. 13 of cancer. Oggi il compleanno della grande artista. The actors met while filming 1988's "The Experts," and were married in 1991. His third album, 1995's “You Still Got Me,” produced top 5 country hit “Not Enough Hours in the Night.”. [3][4], Paulo Roberto Cotechiño centravanti di sfondamento, Interview with Franca Valeri (Kolot, 23 giugno 2014), È morta Franca Valeri, addio alla comicità femminile che sapeva graffiare: aveva appena compiuto 100 anni, "Franca Valeri, Italy's Pioneering Comic Actor, Dies at 100", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franca_Valeri&oldid=995077428, Articles with Italian-language sources (it), Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 December 2020, at 02:42. Rapper Mo3 (real name Melvin Noble), 28, was killed in a Dallas highway shooting Nov. 11. American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor Bruce Jay Friedman died June 3 at age 90. He would later shoot photographs for other publications, including Esquire, Newsweek, Playboy and Vogue. Shaver penned songs for Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Elvis Presley. Pioneering radio host Barry Farber, who hosted a conservative talk show for decades in New York City, died of natural causes May 6, a day after his 90th birthday. An extraordinary mother and wife," her family said in a statement. She was 37. Khan played the police inspector in. Smith got her start in the late '20s playing in her family band, the Schmitz Sisters Family Orchestra, with five older sisters, and in the 1930s was billed as the “world's fastest girl drummer.” She played drums alongside Billie Holiday, in the 1945 film “Here Come the Co-Eds,” on "The Ed Sullivan Show” and at President Harry Truman’s inauguration in 1949. He played Telly Savalas' eager young partner Detective Bobby Crocker on TV's "Kojak" from 1973 to 1978. The title of this DVD translates as "An Evening With Carla Fracci". She was 33. Franca Valeri (2011) photo: Associazione Amici di Piero Chiara, license cc-by-2.0. "Â, Italian actress Franca Valeri, seen here in 2009, died in her sleep at home in Rome, nine days after her 100th birthday. On his own, Rance Allen was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for best gospel performance for “I Understand,” which featured Mariah Carey and BeBe Winans among others. Royana Black Hubbell, a Broadway and sitcom actress, died in Los Angeles on July 14 following a cancer battle. Eddie Van Halen died of cancer Oct. 6, his son, Wolfgang Van Halen, confirmed  on Twitter. Chisholm was also a veteran of the screen, appearing in several TV shows and films, including Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" and "Law & Order: SVU. The Feminist Press helped revive such acclaimed and influential works as Charlotte Perkins Gilman's “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and Rebecca Harding Davis' “Life in the Iron Mills.”. Michael J. ", Terry Lott, Sony Music Archive via Getty Images. He was knighted in 1983. Menzel's 1966 movie “Closely Watched Trains” won the Academy Award for the best foreign language film. “We mourn the loss of one of our brothers,” original Temptation Otis Williams told USA TODAY in a statement. The genial, versatile broadcaster who became one of television's most familiar and welcome faces with more than 15,000 hours on news, game and talk shows. Las Vegas legend Roy Horn, 75, who tested positive for coronavirus in April, died of complications from the respiratory illness on May 8. He was last seen in the 2019 Netflix film "Drive.". Kiss guitarist Bob Kulick died May 29 at age 70. The group now also serves as the house band for Jimmy Kimmel's "The Tonight Show." Franca Valeri, the versatile actor who pioneered female comic roles in Italy's post-war years, died Aug. 9 in her sleep at age 100. Baron Wolman, Rolling Stone magazine's first chief photographer, died Nov. 2 from complications related to ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. "It was the ugliest moment of my life," especially since Valeri was not allowed under the Fascist anti-Jewish crackdown to keep attending school or go to the theater, her passion. Mexican ballad singer and composer Armando Manzanero died at the age of 85, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Dec. 28. His most recent film, "Playing for Keeps," premiered this month at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Mack earned a songwriting Grammy Award for 1996's "Blue," made famous by LeAnn Rimes. He was 88. She adored that boy. American mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias, who created roles in a pair of Samuel Barber world premieres and made her Broadway debut at age 81, died May 3. Martina Franca Men's 2-piece 100 Wool Tan Brown Dress Suit W Tie | Size L. Ozz Franca - $289.99. Steve Priest, the bassist and co-founder of the U.K. band Sweet, died June 4 at the age of 72. William “Bill” Pursell, a Grammy-nominated composer who worked as a Nashville studio musician with artists including Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, died Sept. 3 of COVID-19-related pneumonia. Grau won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for her fourth book, “The Keepers of the House.” The book drew critical praise but also threatening phone calls for its depiction of a long romance between a wealthy white man and his Black housekeeper in rural Alabama. She wrote "Julia Reed's South" and "Julia Reed's New Orleans: Food, Fun and Field Trips for Letting the Good Times Roll," and was a contributing editor to Garden & Gun magazine. Kulick played lead for three of the studio songs on the group's eighth album, "Alive II." Mardones, who also wrote songs for stars such as Brenda Lee and Three Dog Night, achieved a rare success with “Into the Night.” It reached No. Dave Greenfield, the keyboard player with British punk band The Stranglers (pictured far left in this 1980 photo), died May 3 after contracting the coronavirus following a stay in hospital for heart problems. Cipiglio. Valeri was a teenager when Benito Mussolini's anti-Jewish laws were enacted in 1938. Franca Valeri, an elegant, ironic and versatile actor who pioneered female comic roles in Italy's post-war years and helped the nation laugh at … Other titles include 1974 novel "Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe" and 1991's "The Drowning of Stephan Jones.". With Regis and Kathie Lee" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," died of natural causes July 24 at age 88. Philbin, who had years of experience in local morning talk, teamed up with Kathie Lee Johnson (later Gifford) in 1985 on “The Morning Show” in New York. "Movie Mike" was the senior film critic and home entertainment columnist for USA TODAY from 1985 to 2009. He was 80. Franca Valeri, 100. The instrumentalist, singer and songwriter started as a session musician, playing for Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Leonard Cohen, Tammy Wynette and others. "He defined an era and a style,” Daniel Craig, the longest standing James Bond, told USA TODAY in a statement. Daniel Menaker, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction and a longtime editor at The New Yorker and Random House who worked with Alice Munro, Salman Rushdie, Colum McCann and many others, died of pancreatic cancer Oct. 26. Chatterjee had a career in Bengali-language films that spanned six decades and was best known for his work with Ray, one of the world’s most influential Indian directors. He formed the Charlie Daniels Band in 1971, and released “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” in 1979. Dame Vera Lynn, the World War II forces sweetheart who serenaded British troops abroad and sang "We'll Meet Again" during the U.K.'s times of distress, died June 18, her family said. He was nominated for a Grammy Award five times. She was an actress and writer, known for Tosca e altre due (2003), Parigi o cara (1962) and Il segno di Venere (1955). José Padilla, a Spanish disc jockey known as the Emperor of Chill for the chill-out music he played at sets in Ibiza, died Oct. 18. He joined the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 1982 and earned a spot in the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. When he read in the newspaper the news about the racial laws, he cried," Corriere della Sera quoted Valeri as saying in an interview. The animated series began in 1969 and featured lovable characters Velma, Fred, Daphne, Shaggy and Shaggy's dog Scooby-Doo, who rode in their green van solving mysteries. Betchler, DJ Charlie The Prince and more. Bell co-wrote many of the group's biggest hits, including "Ladies Night," "Jungle Boogie," "Celebration" and "Summer Madness. Literary critics say Anaya’s World War II-era novel about a young Mexican-American boy’s relationship with an older curandera, or healer, influenced a generation of Latino writers because of its imagery and cultural references that were rare at the time of its 1972 publication. She was 82. Early in his career, Crosby realized he needed a gimmick to differentiate himself from the burgeoning generation of comedians who were achieving fame on the many network TV variety shows. Se noti qualche anomalia o qualcosa … They also were the first African American group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. Elmo's Fire” and famously took the Batman franchise into camp with 1995’s “Batman Forever” and 1997’s “Batman & Robin,” died on June 22. Lander battled multiple sclerosis for over 30 years, his wife said. Kennedy also had guest roles on TV's "That Girl," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "Cannon" and "Hardcastle and McCormick.". Manz was just 15 when she provided the narration for Terrence Malick’s "Days of Heaven," which won the Oscar for cinematography. Martina Franca - $49.99. Investigators believe he was shot while driving and was the intended target.