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Actor Ena Hartman who played police dispatcher Katy Grant on the TV series Dan August and appeared in such films as Our Man Flint (1966), Airplane (1970) and Terminal Island (1973) has died, age 93. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ena-hartman-dead-dan-august-terminal-island-1236232278/

Damn! Wasn't expecting this in spite of Loretta Swit's age. She was great as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan especially since the character was allowed to grow as a person. "The Nurses" episode is one of my favorites due to this. Also, while the show teased Margaret and Hawkeye, I always wanted her with Winchester. R.I.P. Ms. Swit.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler the last surviving grandchild of 10th President of the United States John Tyler, has died, age 96. President Tyler's birth and his grandson's death were separated by 235 years. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/29/nx-s1-5415207/president-tyler-grandson-harrison-ruffin-tyler https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/05/29/harrison-ruffin-tyler-grandson-president/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/harrison-ruffin-tyler-dead.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harrison-ruffin-tyler-grandson-president-john-tyler-dies/

Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker Marcel Ophuls who directed and was nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar for The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) and won for Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988) has died, age 97. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/movies/marcel-ophuls-dead.html https://deadline.com/2025/05/marcel-ophuls-dead-sorrow-and-the-pity-1236411029/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marcel-ophuls-dead-sorrow-pity-documentarian-was-97-1236230035/ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/marcel-ophuls-dead-the-sorrow-and-the-pity-1236410230/ https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/marcel-ophuls-dead-the-sorrow-and-the-pity-1235126757/

New York State of Mind.

WBD is a mess, so I believe it. I never trusted them to do right by TCM; I just hope they find a buyer who does.

Academy Award winning Director/Screenwriter Robert Benton who won Oscars for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Kramer vs Kramer (1980), Best Original Screenplay for Places in the Heart (1985) and nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Bonnie and Clyde (1968) has died age 92. https://deadline.com/2025/05/robert-benton-director-dead-kramer-vs-kramer-1236395867/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-benton-dead-bonnie-clyde-kramer-kramer-1236215494/ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/robert-benton-dead-kramer-vs-kramer-1236396406/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/movies/robert-benton-dead.html

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