Richard Threlkeld
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Born on November 30, 1937 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Richard Threlkeld was an American television news correspondent who spent 25 years with CBS News. During his news career, Threlkeld covered the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. In the United States he covered such stories as the Robert F. Kennedy assassination and the Patty Hearst kidnapping, as well as numerous political campaigns.
Threlkeld was killed in an accident on January 13, 2012, in Amagansett, New York. His 2008 Mini convertible collided with a propane truck. He was 74.
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Richard Hopkins started spearheading the “reality revolution” in British television in 2000, when he produced the Bafta award-winning first series of Big Brother.
Hopkins died on January 7,2012 from cancer at the age of 47.
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Bob Holness
Born on November 12, 1928 in Vryheid, Natal, South Africa.
Bob Holness was an English radio and television presenter. In 1956 he played James Bond in a radio production of Moonraker. Holness joined the BBC as a presenter on Late Night Extra, initially on the BBC Light Programme and later on BBC Radio 1 and 2, presenting alongside people like Terry Wogan, Michael Parkinson and Keith Fordyce.
Bob Holness died on January 6, 2012, aged 83.
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Born on May 11, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Joe Bodolai was a comedy television and film writer and producer. He is best known for producing such television shows as It’s Only Rock & Roll, Comics! and The Kids in the Hall and helping to launch the careers of the young talent featured on those shows. He also co-wrote the first draft of the film Wayne’s World with Mike Myers.
Bodolai was found dead on December 26, 2011 in a Hollywood hotel room of an apparent suicide; he was 63.
Comments OffAndy Rooney
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Born on January 14, 1919 in Albany, New York.
Andy Rooney was an American radio and television writer. He was most notable for his weekly broadcast “A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney”, a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired October 2, 2011. He died one month later, on November 4, 2011, at age 92.
Andy Rooney died on November 4, 2011, at the age of 92, due to complications from an undisclosed surgery.
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Born on February 4, 1929.
Daniel Burke was an American television executive. Together with Capital Cities Chairman Tom Murphy, Burke spearheaded the $3.5 billion acquisition of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in 1986 by Capital Cities, a much smaller company. Burke became President of ABC following the merger, running the daily operations of the television network until his retirement in 1994. Together, Burke and Murphy streamlined ABC’s operations and made the network more profitable. In 2011, the Los Angeles Times called Burke one of the “architects of the modern television industry.”
Daniel Burke died from complications of type 1 diabetes at his home in Rye, New York, on October 26, 2011, at the age of 82.
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Born on May 19, 1964 in Massachusetts, U.S.
Don Lapre was an American TV pitchman. He was a high school dropout who became a multi-level marketing/infomercial salesman. His work involved such products as “The Greatest Vitamin in the World” and the “Making Money Package”. Lapre was criticized as selling questionable business plans that often did not work for his clients. In June 2011, Lapre was charged with 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and promotional money laundering related to his Internet businesses. He was arrested on June 24, 2011, for failing to appear in court to face these charges.
On October 2, 2011, Lapre died of an apparent suicide while awaiting trial in federal custody.
Eleanor Mondale
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Born on January 19, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Eleanor Mondale was an American radio personality television host, and actress. Mondale dropped out of college in 1981 to move to Hollywood. She worked briefly as an extra and had one speaking line in the TV series 240-Robert. She then returned to college, graduating in 1982. By January 1983, Mondale was back in Hollywood, where she had small roles on TV shows such as Three’s Company, Dynasty, and Matt Houston. Mondale was a regular guest on Howard Stern’s E! TV show during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Mondale died of brain cancer at her home in Minnesota on September 17, 2011, aged 51.
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Frank Potenza was a former New York City police officer who turned to comedy as “Uncle Frank” on his nephew Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show. Potenza, 77 years of age, served as a police officer for two decades and as a private security guard before Kimmel asked him to join his fledgling show as a guard and cast member in 2003.
Potenza died on August 23, 2011.
Comments OffElwy Yost
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Born on July 10, 1925 in Weston, Ontario, Canada.
Elwy Yost was a television host, best-known for hosting CBC’s weekday Passport to Adventure series from 1965–67, and TVOntario’s weekday Magic Shadows, from 1974 until the mid-1980s, and Saturday Night at the Movies from 1974–99. Elwy wrote a mystery novel, White Shadows, which was published in 2003.
Yost died in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 21, 2011, aged 86.
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