Category Archives: Memorial

Memorial service Monday for film star Tony Curtis

By doris | Published: October 4, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The memorial service for screen legend Tony Curtis will be held Monday at the Palm Mortuary and Cemetery, Green Valley in Las Vegas, Nevada, his manager said. The service will take place at 11 a.m. (2 p.m. ET), said Cecelia Jackson with the funeral home. The Curtis family requested [...]

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‘Rebel’ actor Corey Allen dies at 75

By doris | Published: June 29, 2010

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — Corey Allen, who fatally challenged James Dean to a “chicken race” in the 1955 film classic “Rebel Without a Cause” before embarking on a career as a prolific TV director, died of natural causes in Hollywood on Sunday, two days before his 76th birthday.

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A year later, fans remember Michael Jackson

By doris | Published: June 27, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com A year after Michael Jackson’s death caused a worldwide outpouring of shock, tears and tributes, the anniversary of his passing was being marked Friday on a quieter scale, as fans remembered their fallen King of Pop with vigils, prayer and, of course, music. The electric, enigmatic and troubled icon died on [...]

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Kinks bassist Pete Quaife dead at 66

By doris | Published: June 26, 2010

Full Story at Marquee.Blog.CNN.com Pete Quaife, the original bassist of the Kinks, has died, according to bandmate Ray Davies. Quaife was 66. Quaife died of kidney failure Wednesday in Herlev, Denmark. He moved to Denmark in 2005 after many years in Canada. He had recently gotten engaged to his partner, Elisabeth. “I am overwhelmed with [...]

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‘Dynasty’ actor John Forsythe dies at age 92

By doris | Published: April 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com LOS ANGELES – John Forsythe, the handsome, smooth-voiced actor who made his fortune as the scheming oil tycoon in TV’s “Dynasty” and the voice of the leader of “Charlie’s Angels,” has died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 92.

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Friends, colleagues honor Walter Cronkite

By doris | Published: September 10, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com “He was a great anchorman in the news business, because his greatest contribution was not his knowledge or his expertise — as great as those were — it was his steady holding to what was most important,” said his colleague and longtime friend Andy Rooney, who addressed the crowd in a [...]

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Michael Jackson reaches his ‘final resting place’

By doris | Published: September 4, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Jackson’s burial may lay to rest some of the mystery and controversy that erupted with his sudden death on June 25. His large family was divided over where the superstar’s final resting place should be, but matriarch Katherine Jackson settled on a crypt inside the well-guarded and ornate Great Mausoleum at [...]

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Dead stars and classic art will surround Michael Jackson

By doris | Published: September 3, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Only his family and closest friends will attend the private funeral inside the ornate Great Mausoleum on the grounds of Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California. The news media, which has closely covered every aspect of Jackson’s death, will be kept at a distance, with cameras no closer than the cemetery’s [...]

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Jay-Z announces 9/11 charity concert

By doris | Published: September 1, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com So, this year the hip-hop artist will hold a charity concert at Madison Square Garden in New York on the anniversary of the attacks. He announced the show, named “Answer the Call,” at a press conference with government officials Monday morning at the Midtown New York venue. Standing next to officials, [...]

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Jackson burial moved to September 3

By doris | Published: August 23, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Jackson was scheduled to be laid to rest August 29, on what would have been his 51st birthday. The private ceremony will still take place at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, according to a statement from Ken Sunshine. No reason was given for the change in date. The [...]

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