Farley Granger
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Born July 1, 1925 in San Jose, California.
Granger died of natural causes on March 27, 2011, at age 85.
Farley Granger was an American actor. In a career spanning several decades, he was perhaps best known for his two collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, Rope in 1948 and Strangers on a Train in 1951.
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Born Geraldine Anne Ferraro on August 26, 1935 in Newburgh, New York.
Geraldine Ferraro was an American attorney, a Democratic Party politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives. She was the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major American political party. Ferraro ran campaigns for a seat in the United States Senate from New York in 1992 and 1998, both times starting as the front-runner for her party’s nomination before losing in the primary election. She served as a United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights from 1993 until 1996, in the presidential administration of Bill Clinton. She also continued her career as a journalist, author, and businesswoman, and served in the 2008 presidential campaign of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Ferraro died on March 26, 2011 at the Massachusetts General Hospital due to multiple myeloma. She was 75 years old.
Elizabeth Taylor
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Born Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor on 27 February 1932 in Hampstead, London, England.
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor also known as Liz Taylor, was an English-American actress. A former child star, she grew to be known for her acting talent and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages. Taylor was considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood’s golden age. The American Film Institute named Taylor seventh on its Female Legends list.
Taylor died on March 23, 2011 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at the age of 79.
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Knut was born on December 5, 2006 in the Berlin Zoological Garden.
On 19 March 2011, Knut collapsed and died in his enclosure at the age of four. Witnesses reported that after the bear’s left leg began shaking, he walked around in circles before falling into the water. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Knut was a polar bear who was born in captivity at the Berlin Zoological Garden. Rejected by his mother at birth, he was raised by zookeepers. He was the first polar bear cub to survive past infancy at the Berlin Zoo in more than 30 years. At one time the subject of international controversy, he became a tourist attraction and commercial success
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Born on July 6, 1939 in Kingsbury, North London,England.
Harris died on March 18, 2011, two years after being diagnosed with throat cancer, at the home of his partner Janet Hemingway, in Winchester.
Jet Harris was an English musician. He was the bass guitarist of The Shadows until April 1962, and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with the drummer, Tony Meehan. In 2010, Harris was presented with a special award from the US Fender guitar company for his services to their company in effectively launching their bass guitar in the UK in 1960.
Michael Gough
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Born on November 23, 1916 in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya.
Michael Gough died on 17 March 2011 in London at the age of 94.
Gough was an English character actor who appeared in over 150 films. He is perhaps best known to international audiences for his roles in the Hammer Horror films from 1958, and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four movies of the Burton/Schumacher Batman franchise, beginning with Batman.
Comments OffNate Dogg
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Born on August 19, 1969 Nathaniel Dwayne Hale better known by his stage name Nate Dogg.
Nate Dogg died on March 15, 2011 in Long Beach, California from complications related to his previous strokes. He was 41 years old.
Nate Dogg was a R&B musician whose résumé included collaborations with Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg. Nate Dogg got his break thanks to a guest spot on Dr. Dre’s masterful 1992 record The Chronic, and he would go on to sign with Death Row Records in 1993. Along with a slew of guest collaborations, Nate Dogg released three solo albums between 1998 and 2003.
Comments OffRonnie Hammond
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Hammond died on March 14, 2011 due to a heart attack.
Ronnie Hammond was a member of Atlanta Rhythm Section. The group was best known for several regional and national hits during the 1970s, such as “Doraville,” “Jukin,” “Champagne Jam,” “Imaginary Lover,” “So Into You,” “I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight,” and a remake of the Classics IV hit “Spooky.”
Comments OffHugh Martin
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Born on August 11, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama
Martin died on March 11, 2011 at his home in California. He was 96.
Hugh Martin was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright. He is best known for his score for the classic 1944 MGM musical Meet Me In St. Louis, in which Judy Garland sang three Martin songs, “The Boy Next Door,” “The Trolley Song,” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” The last of these has become a Christmas season standard in the United States and around the English-speaking world and is widely considered one of the greatest Christmas songs of all-time.
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Born on April 4, 1966 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Mike Starr died On March 8, 2011 in Salt Lake City . He was 44. Reports later surfaced that Starr’s roommate had seen him mixing Methadone and anxiety medication hours before he was found dead.
Mike Starr was an American musician, best known as the original bassist in Alice in Chains, who he played with from the band’s formation in 1987 until 1993. Starr was later featured in the third season of the VH1 reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2010, which documented his treatment for heroin addiction beginning in August 2009 at the Pasadena Recovery Center. His subsequent stint staying in a sober living environment was then documented on the spinoff Sober House. Starr appeared in the eighth episode of Celebrity Rehab’s fourth season to provide testimonials about his recovery to that season’s patients. During this appearance, Starr marked six months and seven days of sobriety.
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