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Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter has died, age 89. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/768874324/wayne-shorter-sage-of-the-saxophone-dies-at-89 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/wayne-shorter-jazz-legend-dead-obit-1234689732/ https://deadline.com/2023/03/wayne-shorter-dead-weather-report-saxophonist-joni-mitchell-collaborator-was-89-1235277053/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/wayne-shorter-dead-jazz-saxophone-pioneer-1235339590/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/arts/music/wayne-shorter-dead.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/02/wayne-shorter-jazz-saxophonist-dead/ Herbie Hancock on Twitter Charles Lloyd on Twitter

TCM Remembers Raquel Welch

Producer Walter Mirisch who won an Academy Award for In the Heat of the Night and produced such films as Some Like it Hot, The Apartment, The Magnificent Seven, West Side Story, The Great Escape, and Fiddler on the Roof has died, age 101. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/walter-mirisch-dead-heat-of-the-night-producer-1235334408/ https://deadline.com/2023/02/walter-mirisch-dead-oscar-winning-producer-in-the-heat-of-the-night-west-side-story-1235271201/ https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/walter-mirisch-dead-academy-president-in-the-heat-of-the-night-1235535877/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/movies/walter-mirisch-dead.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/27/hollywood-producer-walter-mirisch-dead/

Animator and Disney Legend Burny Mattison who worked on such films as Mickey’s Christmas Carol, Lady and the Tramp, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King and was Disney's longest serving employee has died, age 87. https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/remembering-disney-legend-burny-mattinson/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/burny-mattinson-dead-disney-animator-1235335758/ https://deadline.com/2023/02/burny-mattinson-dead-disney-animation-longest-castmember-1235273367/ https://variety.com/2023/film/news/burny-mattinson-dead-disney-animator-beauty-and-the-beast-1235537545/

SAG Awards 2023 In Memoriam SAG Members In Memoriam 2023 List https://www.sagawards.org/inmemoriam

Now we know why Dilbert had so many problems at the office.

Composer Tom Whitlock who won an Academy Award for co-writing Take My Breath Away as well as Danger Zone both for the movie Top Gun has died, age 68. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tom-whitlock-dead-top-gun-danger-zone-1235333135/ https://deadline.com/2023/02/tom-whitlock-dead-top-gun-oscar-winner-take-my-breath-away-danger-zone-1235269311/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/arts/music/tom-whitlock-dies.html https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-whitlock-top-gun-danger-zone-dead/

Director George T. Miller who directed The Man from Snowy River and The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter has died, age 79. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/george-miller-dead-man-from-snowy-river-neverending-story-ii-director-1235329622/ https://deadline.com/2023/02/george-miller-dies-director-the-man-from-snowy-river-the-neverending-story-ii-was-79-1235264399/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/21/remembering-george-t-miller-the-man-from-snowy-river-alone-is-a-huge-contribution-to-australian-film

BAFTA Awards 2023 In Memoriam (film)

Actor Stella Stevens who starred in such films as Girls! Girls! Girls!, The Poseidon Adventure and The Nutty Professor has died, age 84. https://deadline.com/2023/02/stella-stevens-dead-poseidon-adventure-elvis-presley-nutty-professor-1235263438/ https://variety.com/2023/film/news/stella-stevens-dead-nutty-professor-poseidon-adventure-1235526977/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/stella-stevens-dead-nutty-professor-1235328909/

TCM occasionally airs The Last of Sheila as well as my other Raquel Welch faves: The Three/Four Musketeers. R.I.P. Ms. Welch.

How is Candace Cameron Bure cancelled? Her IMDB page shows steady work with The Hallmark Channel making Christmas specials. Bure (presumably) plans to do the same with GAF. That's a helluva a lot better than many child/teen actors who disappeared forever after their hit TV series ended its run.

Director Hugh Hudson who received an Academy Award nomination for Chariots of Fire has died, age 86. https://deadline.com/2023/02/hugh-hudson-dead-chariots-of-fire-director-1235256234/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hugh-hudson-dead-chariots-of-fire-1235322411/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/10/hugh-hudson-director-of-chariots-of-fire-dies-aged-86 https://variety.com/2023/film/news/hugh-hudson-dead-chariots-of-fire-1235519555/

Wow! I never knew Burt Bacharach and Hal David were responsible for A House is Not a Home or that Dionne Warwick sung it. Now that Luther Vandross version - whew! 🔥🔥🔥 R.I.P. Mr. Bacharach.

I loved V! too. As far as I'm concerned, the second miniseries and weekly TV show don't exist.

Screenwriter Arnold Schulman who received Academy Award nominations for Love with a Proper Stranger and Goodbye, Columbus and an Emmy nomination for And the Band Played On has died, age 97. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/arnold-schulman-dead-goodbye-columbus-1235318174/

Actor George R. Robertson who played Chief/Commissioner Hurst in the Police Academy films has died, age 89. https://deadline.com/2023/02/george-r-robertson-dead-police-academy-chief-hurst-1235249402/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/george-robertson-dead-police-academy-1235317246/ https://consequence.net/2023/02/george-r-robertson-dead/

I don't know what happened. Iconic. R.I.P. Ms. Dillon.

Actor Melinda Dillon who was nominated for an Academy Award for Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Absence of Malice and played Ralphie's mother in A Christmas Story has died, age 83. https://deadline.com/2023/02/melinda-dillon-dead-close-encounters-a-christmas-story-absence-of-malice-actress-1235249273/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/melinda-dillon-dead-close-encounters-christmas-story-1235317335/ https://www.thewrap.com/melinda-dillon-nominated-actress-close-encounters-obit/ https://variety.com/2023/film/news/melinda-dillon-dead-a-christmas-story-1235512472/

Actor Kevin O'Neal best known for playing Private Ben Whitledge on the TV series No Time for Sergeants has died, age 77. O'Neal was the younger brother of actor Ryan O'Neal. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kevin-oneal-dead-no-time-for-sergeants-1235313290/ https://deadline.com/2023/01/kevin-oneal-dead-actor-ryan-oneal-brother-was-77-1235245265/

Floyd Sneed, drummer for the band Three Dog Night has died, age 80. https://deadline.com/2023/01/floyd-sneed-dead-three-dog-night-drummer-was-80-1235245967/ https://bestclassicbands.com/floyd-sneed-obituary-three-dog-night-drummer-1-29-23/

Kathy Bates starred as a lawyer in her own show - Harry's Law. It was cancelled due to appealing to "older" viewing demographics (hey, don't blame me, NBC said it). Kathy Bates was "not" happy about it (link below). Wonder why they just didn't reboot (return, re-visit, re-imagine, re-whatever) that show? Actually, I do know. Matlock, unlike Harry's Law, has instant name recognition. https://deadline.com/2013/08/tca-kathy-bates-spits-on-nbc-555705/

How many times after these acquisitions have we heard: "Yes! Of course we're keeping X!" only for X to disappear a year later.

Interesting article. Funny enough, none of the reasons listed is why I'm skeptical of Warner/Discovery's intentions. It was pulling TCM Remembers for the second time simply to slap the W/D name/logo at the end.