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Hollywood screen legend Tony Curtis passed away in his Las Vegas home this evening of cardiac arrest. He was 85.
Another famous father passes as Tony is the father of Jamie Lee (Halloween) Curtis.
Surprisingly... no Slabbers had him on their list.
Comedian, and judge on Last Comic Standing, Greg Giraldo has died of an accidental drug overdose. He was 44.
He was hospitalized in New Brunswick, NJ after he overdosed on prescription pills, the overdose was not a suicide attempt.
Gloria Stuart, the veteran actress who played the older version of survivor Rose in James Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, has died in her Los Angeles home at age 100.
No Slabber had her on their list.
Singer and entertainer, Eddie Fisher, has died at the age of 82, following complications from hip surgery. He was 82.
He was married to Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, and Connie Stevens. He's also the father of Carrie "Princess Leia" Fisher.
NBC newscaster Edwin Newman, has died at the age of 91.
At NBC from 1952 until his retirement in 1984, Newman did political reporting, foreign reporting, anchoring of news specials, "Meet the Press," "Today," "The Nightly News," midday news and a variety of radio spots. He announced the death of President Kennedy on radio and analyzed the Vietnam War.
(TECHNICALLY... he died on August 13th... but his family didn't report it to the world till today. Rather than go back and readjust August's tally, and as no one had him, he's getting thrown onto the slab here in September.)
Harold Gould, the actor who played Rhoda’s father Martin Morgenstern on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, has died of prostate cancer. He was 86.
Oscar-nominated actor Kevin McCarthy, known for his roles in Death of a Salesman, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, UHF, and Innerspace has died at the age of 96.
Small 'c' celebrity, Glenn Shadix, famous for playing Otho the interior decorator in "Beetlejuice", died this morning after falling at his home in Alabama. He was 58.
