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2013 Entertainment Industry Obituaries

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William Froug wrote and produced dozens of radio programs, including an adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, then moved into the new medium of television. He produced episodes of Bewitched, Gilligan's Island, The Twilight Zone, Alcoa Theatre and other series, wrote several books about screenwriting, and taught screenwriting at UCLA. Froug died on August 25 at age 91.

http://www.emmys.tv/news/2013/willi...g-writer-producer-and-longtime-ucla-professor
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I remember the Cal Worthington commercials very well. Frankly I thought Cal had already passed.
 
At one time, Worthington owned 29 auto dealerships. At the time of his death---while watching a football game on tv---he still owned dealerships in Long Beach, Carlsbad (California) and Anchorage. Now let's all check out http://www.mydogspot.com/

Fred Katz learned piano and cello as a child. He backed Tony Bennett and Lena Horne and latyer played with the Chico Hamilton Quintet. In 1959 Katz released his landmark album, Folk Songs For Far Out Folk. He died on September 7 at age 94.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-fred-katz-dies-20130909,0,1766008.story
 
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The casting director for the 1952-66 tv series The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet had a very easy job: "We'll have Ozzie Nelson play Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson play Harriet Nelson, David Nelson play David Nelson, and Ricky Nelson play Ricky Nelson." Don Nelson, Ozzie's younger brother, was one of the writers for the series. He also worked on several other tv series, co-wrote four Disney movies, and recorded two albums as a jazz singer/saxophonist. Don Nelson died on September 10 at age 86.

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-don-nelson-20130912,0,7369862.story
 
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Some of you may have heard of a British group known as the Beatles. They had their own label, Apple Records. In 1968, Apple released a single by British singer/guitarist Jackie Lomax. Sour Milk Sea was written and produced by George Harrison but it got no higher than #117 on Billboard's Bubbling Under chart. The B-side, The Eagle Laughs At You, stalled at #125. That was pretty much the extent of Lomax's big recording career. He spent the rest of his life playing small clubs and working as a session musician. Lomax died in his sleep September 15 at age 69.

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-jackie-lomax-20130917,0,2128180.story
 
He claims that he once shined Dick Biondi's shoes. WLS Silver Dollar Surveys cover the walls of his small basement apartment in Hegewisch, IL. He will show an autographed copy of Biondi's record "The Pizza Song" to anyone who asks. Arnie Froemler is alive and well, and he is 68 years old today. Happy Birthday, Arnie!
 
Jerry G. Bishop worked in radio and television in several cities, most notably Chicago and San Diego. He jocked at WMAQ and WCFL and portrayed Svengoolie, the zany green-haired host of WFLD-TV's Friday night horror movies. In San Diego, he worked at KFMB radio and for 12 years hosted KFMB-TV's Sun-Up San Diego. Bishop died on September 15 at age 77.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3067700/posts
 
John Calvert was an illusionist and sleight-of-hand artist. I suppose his greatest trick was living to the age of 102. Calvert, who died on September 27, performed regularly in Las Vegas and Hollywood and played Detective Michael Watling, "The Falcon," in three movies. Calvert's hands were used as a "stand-in" for Clark Gable's hands in a card-playing scene in the 1941 movie Honky Tonk.

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-john-calvert-20130929,0,5985629.story
 
Brazilian bossa-nova guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves led a very dull and unproductive life. All he managed to accomplish in his 73 years was to perform at Carnegie Hall, tour with Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie, write the Brazilian standard Chora Tua Tristeza, spend ten years as guitarist and musical director of Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, produce several albums for other artists, and write and arrange music for dozens of movies and tv shows, including He Said She Said, L.A. Story and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Eh! Castro-Neves died of cancer September 27.

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-oscar-castro-neves-20130930,0,7395348.story
 
At age 10, A.C. Lyles got a job passing out handbills for a silent movie theater owned by Paramount Studios. He stayed with Paramount, working in the mailroom and working his way up to publicist and then producer. At the time of his death September 27 at age 95, he still had an office at Paramount and worked as an unofficial goodwill ambassador. How sad that he died after an 85-year career---He was so close to retirement!

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-a-c-lyles-20131001,0,302219.story
 
She is best known for her 1956 role as Blanch Dubois in the Tennessee Williams epic "A Streetcar Named Desire". It was in her 5th grade class play at Wilson Elementary School in Watonga OK. After several decades of trying to duplicate that fame, she eventually retired and moved to the Alpaca farm in Indiana that she inherited from her parents. Unfortunately, Clara Broemfeld didn't understand the mating habits of Alpacas. She was trampled to death on August 25th at the age of 66.
 
Fonz, is your lloony llama reference supposed to teach me a llesson that I should lleave out all the obituaries of llitle-known personallities and just post obituaries of llongtime llegends? Okay, how about author Tom Clancy? Many of his books have topped the New York Times best-seller list and four were made into movies, including Patriot Games and The Hunt For Red October. Clancy died October 1 at age 66.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/02/tom-clancy-dead_n_4029876.html?flv=1
 
All credit due to Cranky Yankee, who posted this in Classic TV; it really belongs here too. Actor Mike Road died on April 14 at age 95. He appeared as a regular in several late-50's/early 60's TV series including Surfside 6 and The Roaring 20's; but will probably be most remembered as the voice of "Race" Bannon in Hanna-Barbera's cartoon series Jonny Quest.
 
Mike Road was also the voice of Reed Richards in the 1978 animated Fantastic Four series. You may not remember it---it lasted just 13 episodes. The voice of Benjamin J. Grimm was provided by Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch on The Addams Family. Cassidy went from a series that included The Thing (a hand in a box) to voicing a Fantastic Four character known as The Thing. Wooh!
 
Guess you don't recognize a parady when you see one, LA. The truth is, I was doing just the opposite. With all due respect to the deceased, most readers never heard of 90% of the people in the obits you post. Seems like your just posting the obit columns from the LA Times.
 
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