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Al Gordon dies at 89; Emmy-winning comedy writer for Jack Benny

2012-05-25 00:00:00

Al Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who spent much of his more than 40-year career writing for Jack Benny's penny-pinching, vain and perennially 39-year-old persona, has died. He was 89. Gordon died Wednesday of age-related causes at Cedars-...

Bob Henry dies at 92; TV producer and director

2012-03-23 00:00:00

Bob Henry, an Emmy Award-winning television variety-show producer and director who produced Nat King Cole's groundbreaking musical variety program in the 1950s and helped make Flip Wilson a household name as the producer of his hit comedy-variety show...

Bob Henry, TV producer and director, dies at 92

2012-03-21 21:37:42

TCA 2011: Ed Sullivan: No joke teller, but he brought the funny

2011-07-31 21:36:42

The legend of prep star Wilt and his first battles with Kareem

2010-09-01 21:35:16

MTV's 'Dogg After Dark' puts Snoop's paw prints on the variety genre

2009-02-25 00:00:00

No surprise here, but Snoop Dogg is not a big worrier. Tucked into a banquette at a Hollywood nightclub last week, the rapper seemed entirely at ease about the prospects of his new MTV variety show, “Dogg After Dark.” "The people that tune in...

Ernie Barnes dies at 70; pro football player, successful painter

2009-04-30 00:00:00

Ernie Barnes, a former professional football player who became a successful figurative painter, known for depictions of athletes and ordinary people whose muscled, elongated forms express physical and spiritual struggles, died Monday at Cedars-Sinai...

Notable passings of 2012

2013-01-03 14:20:00

Some stories are harder to write than others. Obituaries are among the hardest, as the represent an obligation to do justice to the folks who have passed and hopefully to bring solace to their loved ones. Some of Laguna's best and brightest died in...

Woe, the woolly bear goeth

2012-10-01 16:27:00

Oh no, say it ain’t so. The Hagers-Town Town and Country Almanack has announced that its celebrated woolly bear competition will go the way of the typewriter, Pontiac, soda can pull-tabs, Flip Wilson, false eyelashes and (if there is any justice...

'He was an inspiration ... motivator'

2012-03-22 14:59:00

Emmy Award-winning television producer Bob Henry died March 18 at his Laguna Beach home after a long illness. He was 92. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Catherine of Siena, preceded by a rosary at 9:30 a.m. Henry will be...

Graham Norton did not name his dog after Madonna (sort of)

2012-01-13 14:53:00

When I talked to Graham Norton in December, his "scrappy mixed terrier thing" kept interrupting by attacking her loudest toy. Her name, he said, is Madge, which led me to ask if she's named after Madonna. "Well yes, but I didn't do it! I don't want to...

Inez Alice Chappell, manicurist

2011-11-11 10:38:00

Inez Alice Chappell, a former Pennsylvania Avenue manicurist and thoroughbred racing fan, died Nov. 2 of heart failure at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital Center. The Northwest Baltimore resident was 86. The daughter of an arabber and a homemaker,...

is known for their guest-stars, but they aren't strangers to being guest-stars themselves.

2009-11-08 20:33:33