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Harry Belafonte, Calypso King Who Worked for African American Rights, Dies at 96
Variety via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoSinger, actor, producer and activist Harry Belafonte, who spawned a calypso craze in the U.S. with...
TCM Film Festival Wraps With Focus on WB at 100 and Screen Sirens of the ’60s
Variety via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoIf the 14th annual TCM Classic Film Festival had an official focus, it was on the 100th anniversary...
Today in History: April 14, Abraham Lincoln is shot
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoToday in History Today is Friday, April 14, the 104th day of 2023. There are 261 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and ...
Walter Mirisch, Former Academy President and ‘In the Heat of the Night’ Producer, Dies at 101
Variety via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoWalter Mirisch, a former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and an...
Ray Cordeiro, ‘Uncle Ray,’ World’s Most Durable DJ, Dies at 98
Variety via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoRay Cordeiro, a fixture of the music scene in Hong Kong for some seven decades, died on Friday, age...
Jim Stewart, Stax Records Founder and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 92
Variety via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoJim Stewart, who founded what became the Stax Records label and produced some of the great soul...
Anita Kerr, Leader of Famed Backup Chorale the Anita Kerr Singers, Dies at 94
Variety via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoGrammy winning singer and arranger Anita Kerr, whose vocal ensemble the Anita Kerr Singers became a...
Angela Lansbury, ‘Murder, She Wrote’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Star, Dies at 96
Variety via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoActress Angela Lansbury, whose 75-year career encompassed triumphs on the big screen, in musical...
Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner’s Daughter Turned Country Superstar, Dies at 90
Variety via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoLoretta Lynn, who rose from an impoverished childhood in Kentucky’s coal fields to become a...
Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter and country queen, dies
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoLoretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in...