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R.I.P. Bernard Hill, Lord Of The Rings and Titanic actor
Bernard Hill has died. Per Variety, his agent, Lou Colson, confirmed Hill’s death with no cause given. Known for highly dramatic and consequential roles in several of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, Hill died at the age of 79 with his fiancée and son by his side. Born on December 17, 1944, in Blackley, Manchester, England, Hill hails from a strict family of Catholic miners who were bewildered by his chosen occupation. Nevertheless, Hill caught the acting bug in college after seeing David...
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R.I.P. Zack Norman, comedian and Romancing The Stone star
Zack Norman, the stand-up comic best known for his role in Romancing The Stone, has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. His family announced that he died Sunday night of natural causes at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. He was 83 years old. Norman, given name Howard Jerrold Zuker, was born in Boston in 1940. After receiving an executive MBA degree from Harvard Business School, he pursued stand-up comedy through the late 1960s. He eventually made his television debut...
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R.I.P. Larry Dalrymple, Simpsons cast member and barfly
Larry Dalrymple has died. Perhaps best known for his staggering 35 seasons on The Simpsons as the sad, balding drunk who hung out at Moe’s, Dalrymple was a long-running fixture of the bar’s dank milieu. Springfield barkeep Moe Szyslak confirmed his death on Sunday. No cause of death was given. He was 42. Dalrymple, or “Slumpo” as his friends and well-wishers affectionately referred to him, was found dead at his post in Moe’s Tavern, a local haunt where he spent much of the last 35 years....