Tommy Crain
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Born John Thomas “Tommy” Crain on January 16, 1951,. Nashville, TN.
Tommy Crain died January 13, 2011, in Franklin, Tenn. He was the age of 59.
John Thomas “Tommy” Crain, a guitarist in the classic Charlie Daniels Band lineup of the 1970s-’80s who enjoyed a 15 year run with the band,
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Born Paul Vincent Picerni December 1, 1922. New York City, New York United States.
Picerni passed away on January 12th from a heart attack at his home in Llano, California. He died at the age of 88.
When Italian organizations began to complain about the use of Italian gangsters on TV’s, The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack as G-man Eliot Ness, Picerni joined the cast of the show as Ness’s number-one aide, Lee Hobson, from 1960-63.In 1964, he portrayed Pierre Lafitte in, The Great Adventure. For some 30 years, Picerni was the half-time master of ceremonies for the Los Angeles Rams home games. He had since moved to Anaheim, California.
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Born John Carroll Dye January 31, 1963 Amory, Mississippi, U.S.
John Dye was found dead in his home in San Francisco, California on January 10, 2011. His family reported that he died from heart failure. He was 47.
John Dye was an American film and television actor known for his role as Andrew in the television series Touched by an Angel.
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Born David Oswald Nelson October 24, 1936,New York, New York, U.S.
David Nelson died on January 11, 2011 in Century City, California from complications of colon cancer.
David Nelson, along with his brother and their parents, appeared on the long-running sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet in the 1950s and 1960s. During the run of the series, Nelson directed several episodes. After the series’ end, he continued acting, directing and producing. His last film appearance was in Cry-Baby (1990). For his contribution to the motion picture industry, David Nelson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1501 Vine Street, on May 9, 1996.
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Born Peter James Yates, July 24, 1929. Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Yates died in London on 9 January 2011. He was 81 years old.
Peter Yates first film as director, was a “lightweight” vehicle for Cliff Richard. Yates had directed the original Royal Court production of N. F. Simpson’s play One Way Pendulum and was chosen to make the film version released in 1964. Robbery (1967), a crime thriller, is a fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery of 1963. This led to Bullitt (1968), of which Bruce Weber has written, “Mr. Yates’s reputation probably rests most securely on “Bullitt” (1968), his first American film — and indeed, on one particular scene, an extended car chase that instantly became a classic.”
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Born April 13, 1924,
Del Reisman died of a heart attack in Toluca Lake, Los Angles on January 8, 2011, at the age of 86.
Del Reisman began his career in television on the 1950s shows, Playhouse 90 and Matinee Theater, which were both live anthology series. He collaborated closely with Rod Serling on The Twilight Zone, which aired from 1959 until 1964, as the series’ story editor.
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Born Norman Neale Williams II, on June 15, 1940, Los Angeles, California
Aron Kincaid died at age 70 on January 6, 2011, at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Hospital of heart-related problems.
Aron Kincaid appeared with Corcoran in the 1965 comedy “The Girls on the Beach” and had roles in “Beach Ball” and “Ski Party,” and made what was billed as a “guest appearance” in “Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine.” His other film roles include the Disney musical “The Happiest Millionaire,” “The Proud and the Damned” and a cameo in the slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night. He also made guest appearances on TV series such as “The Beverly Hillbillies” and “Get Smart” before moving to San Francisco in the early 1970s and launching a successful career as a model.
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