Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren died he was 64

Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren ^[1] died he was 64. McLaren was a British performer, impresario, self-publicist and former manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls.^[2]

(22 January 1946 – 8 April 2010)

McLaren was born to Pete McLaren, a Scottish^[3] teenaged war deserter, and Emmy (née Isaacs) in the suburbs of post-World War II London. His father left when he was two and he was raised by his maternal grandmother, Rose Corre Isaacs, the formerly wealthy daughter of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish diamond dealers, in Stoke Newington. McLaren told Andrew Denton on Enough Rope, that his grandmother always said to him, "To be bad is good... to be good is simply boring".^[4] In The Ghosts of Oxford Street he says Charles Clore (who bought Selfridges) became his mother's lover. When he was six, McLaren's mother married Martin Levi, a man working in London's rag trade. When McLaren was in his forties, a Sunday newspaper found Pete McLaren in an English "greasy spoon garage".

McLaren's stepfather and mother owned a shmatte factory in London's East End called Eve Edwards London Limited. They lived well but Malcolm and his stepfather never got along. He left home in his teens. Following a series of jobs (including one as a wine taster), he went on to attend several art colleges through the 1960s, being expelled from several before leaving education entirely in 1971. It was during this time that he began to design clothing, a talent he would later utilise when he became a boutique owner.^{[citation needed]}

He had been attracted to the Situationist movement, which promoted absurdist and provocative actions as a way of enacting social change. In 1968 McLaren had tried unsuccessfully to travel to Paris to take part in the demonstrations there. McLaren would later adopt the movement's ideas into his promotion for the various pop and rock groups with whom he was soon to involve himself.^{[citation needed]}

In 1971, McLaren and his girlfriend, the designer Vivienne Westwood, opened a London clothing shop called Let It Rock on the Kings Road. The shop sold Teddy Boy clothes and McLaren and Westwood also designed clothing for theatrical and cinematic productions such as That'll Be The Day and Mahler. Let It Rock proved a success but McLaren grew disillusioned with the style of shop owing to problems with the Teddy Boys who were the shop's main customers. McLaren's son by Westwood, Joseph Ferdinand Corré, co-founded the lingerie brand Agent Provocateur.

McLaren travelled to New York City for a boutique fair in 1972 having already met the group the New York Dolls. That year he renamed the outlet at 430 Kings Road Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die and supplied the group with stagewear. In 1975, McLaren designed red leather costumes for the New York Dolls and used a Soviet-style hammer and sickle motif for their stage show as a provocative means of promoting them. This ploy was not successful and the Dolls soon broke up. However, it was while he was managing the Dolls that he first saw the Neon Boys perform.^{[citation needed]} The Neon Boys included Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell, who were later to form Television. In April 1975, McLaren returned to Britain, by which time he had renamed the store SEX, selling S&M (sadomasochistic) style clothing.^[5]

By 1975, McLaren had started to manage The Strand, the band who would later become the Sex Pistols. He soon convinced them to kick guitarist/songwriter Wally Nightingale out of the band and also introduced them to bassist Glen Matlock (who worked in SEX). His assistant, Bernie Rhodes (soon to be manager of The Clash), spotted John Lydon who was then sporting green hair, and torn clothes with the words "I hate" scribbled on his Pink Floyd shirt. His appearance and attitude impressed McLaren and Lydon, now dubbed "Johnny Rotten", was brought in to audition as a new frontman. Rotten joined, and the band was renamed The Sex Pistols (McLaren stating he wanted them to sound like "sexy young assassins").^{[citation needed]}

In May 1977, the band released "God Save the Queen" during the week of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. McLaren organised a boat trip down the Thames where the Sex Pistols would perform their music outside Houses of Parliament. The boat was raided by the police and McLaren was arrested, thus achieving his goal to attain publicity.

The band released their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols in October 1977 and played their last UK gig before embarking upon an American tour in January 1978. This tour saw the band split up after a series of arguments.^{[citation needed]} During his time managing the band McLaren was accused by band members (most notably by John Lydon) of mismanaging them and refusing to pay them when they asked asked him for money. McLaren has stated that he had planned out the entire path of the Sex Pistols and in the film, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle he set this plan out. The film was criticised for allegedly being too skewed towards McLaren and for being a launchpad for McLaren's future career in music as a performer (he performs the Max Bygraves song "You Need Hands" in the film) as well as a manager.^{[citation needed]}

McLaren kept the Sex Pistols' contract rights until Lydon took him to court in the 1980s to win the rights and unpaid revenues from McLaren. Lydon won and gained complete control from McLaren in 1987. McLaren and Lydon refused to speak to each other after the band split and in the 2000 film, The Filth and the Fury, the surviving members of the Sex Pistols put their version of events on film.

McLaren was approached by Adam Ant to manage Adam and the Ants following their debut album release in late 1979, soon after which three members of the band seceded to create Bow Wow Wow under McLaren's management; concurrently, McLaren managed Adam Ant as he found new band members for Adam and the Ants and worked on a new sound. McLaren was later to manage Jimmy The Hoover, formed in 1982, who gained a support slot on a Bow Wow Wow tour.

In 1983, McLaren released Duck Rock, an album which mixed up influences from Africa and the Americas, including hip-hop. The album proved to be highly influential in bringing hip-hop to a wider audience in the UK. Two of the singles from the album ("Buffalo Gals" and "Double Dutch") became top-10 hits in the UK. He then turned to electronic music and opera in the 1984 single "Madame Butterfly", based on the opera. The track is arranged with drum machines, atmospheric synthesizers and spoken verses. It reached #13 in the UK and #16 in Australia. The producer of the single, Stephen Hague, became a much sought after producer in the techno pop genre following his work with McLaren on the following full length LP, Fans.

McLaren's 1989 album Waltz Darling, was a funk/disco/vogueing inspired album. Waltz Darling incorporated elements of his former albums, i.e. spoken verses, string arrangements and eclectic mix of genres but featured such prominent musicians as Bootsy Collins or Jeff Beck with a glitzy, Louisiana-style production aimed at the US market. The singles, "Waltz Darling" and "Something's Jumpin' in Your Shirt" became top-20 radio hits in Europe.

In 1992, McLaren co-wrote the song "Carry On Columbus" for the feature film of the same name. The song plays over the end credits of the film. In 1994, he recorded the concept album Paris, with French artists such as Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Hardy.

In 1998, McLaren released Buffalo Gals Back 2 Skool (Virgin Records), an album featuring hip hop artists like Rakim, KRS-One, De La Soul and producer Henri Scars Struck revisiting tracks from the original Duck Rock album. In addition, that year, he created a band called Jungk. This project was not a commercial success. Also in 1997/1998, he released a track called "The Bell Song". Various remixes were released on 12" singles.

His song "About Her", based on "She's Not There" by The Zombies, rose to prominence when used by director Quentin Tarantino in Kill Bill Vol. 2. He was accused of plagiarism for this song in 2005 for allegedly copying the work of a French musician, but was cleared of the charges in November 2005 when the court in Angers, France threw out the case.^[6] The song uses Esther Bigeou's "St. Louis Blues" by repeatedly playing the verse, "My man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea."^[7]

McLaren's solo work, particularly from the Duck Rock period, has also been sampled by other artists. In 1999, a group called Dope Smugglaz had a UK top twenty hit with the track "Double Double Dutch" which made extensive use of samples from McLaren's original "Double Dutch". In 1997, Mariah Carey's "Honey" and "Honey (Bad boy remix)" sample "Hey DJ (Buffalo Girls)." In 2002, Eminem released a track called "Without Me", which sampled McLaren's song, "Buffalo Gals". In 2007, McLaren's song "World's Famous" was sampled by R&B singer Amerie on the song, "Some Like It", from her album Because I Love It.

In 2006, author Paul Gorman published his book The Look: Adventures In Rock & Pop Fashion with a foreword and contributions from McLaren. The book included a CD featuring the track "Deux" from the Paris Remixes album.

In 1989, McLaren and composer Yanni arranged The Flower Duet into a work called Aria. The 'Flower Duet' theme, taken from the French opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes, had already been used by composer Howard Blake^[8] to accompany British Airways commercials since 1984. However, from 1989 McLaren and Yanni further arranged the Flower Duet and it featured in BA's "World's favourite Airline" global advertising campaign of the 1980s and 1990s.

McLaren attempted to make a film called Fashion Beast, from a script by comic book writer Alan Moore during the 1980s. McLaren took the Fashion Beast project to NYC in 1986, and was for a time funded through NYC-based nightlife impresario and producer Robert Boykin. Avenue Pictures recommended screenwriter Steve Means to rewrite the Alan Moore script. This was contracted and several drafts later the process slowed down with the physical deterioration of producer Boykin, who subsequently died in 1988. McLaren declared the project "an orphan." The film was never made, but McLaren was involved with other film and television projects. One such project was The Ghosts of Oxford Street, made for Channel 4 in 1991. This musical history of London's Oxford Street was directed and narrated by McLaren and included musical numbers by The Happy Mondays, Tom Jones, Rebel MC, Kirsty MacColl, John Altman and Sinéad O'Connor.^[9]

In 1985, McLaren approached the Red Hot Chili Peppers, early in their career, with interests in managing them, and reinventing the group. After hearing a short, live set, McLaren was "Clearly unimpressed"-according to Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis. He then proposed to reinvent the group and have them play really stripped-down, basic punk rock, with all of the emphasis on the frontman, Kiedis. Although Kiedis was flattered to be considered, he, along with the rest of the bandmates rejected the offer. Kiedis recalled the event, saying "It was like the Wizard of Oz had spoken, and what he had said was too ludicrous to take seriously", as his proposition was very different to the band's musical style.

In 2000, there was speculation that McLaren might stand to be elected as Mayor of London,^[10] although ultimately he did not run. He had an exhibition of some autobiographical work at the German^[11] called "Casino of Authenticity and Karaoke" about which he gave an interview.^[12][13]

In 2003, he wrote the article "8-Bit Punk" championing 8-bit music.^[14] He also appeared on "This Spartan Life", a popular machinima which frequently uses 8-bit music, and he also discussed the topic.^[14]

McLaren was one of the producers for the film adaptation of Fast Food Nation, which premiered on 19 May 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival. It was released in late 2006. In 2006, McLaren presented the documentary series Malcolm McLaren's Musical Map of London for BBC Radio 2. This was followed in 2007 by Malcolm McLaren's Life and Times in L.A.

Also in 2007, McLaren competed in a reality TV show for ITV titled The Baron. The series was due to be shown in August 2007, but was postponed owing to the death of fellow contestant actor Mike Reid shortly after filming was completed. It was eventually broadcast starting on 24 April 2008. McLaren came last in the competition, which was won by Reid. It was announced on 7 November 2007 that McLaren would be one of the contestants in the seventh series of the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, set in the outback of Australia and premiering on British television on Monday 12 November 2007, but he pulled out the day he had flown to Australia. He told press "it is fake", that he didn't know any of the other celebrities and quite frankly, "he didn't have the time". He was replaced by Katie Hopkins.

In January 2008, McLaren featured as one of the 'celebrity hijackers' in the UK TV series Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack, which was broadcast on E4. In his hijack, he encouraged the housemates to remove their clothes, daub themselves in paint and produce an artwork using only their bodies and a bicycle.

Also in 2008, New York City public arts group Creative Time premiered 9 pieces of Malcolm's 21 part sound painting series entitled Shallow via MTV's massive HD screen in Times Square.^[15] The series, which originally premiered at Art 39 Basel in June,^[16] was the first instalment of an on-going public arts content partnership between Creative Time and MTV.^[15]

McLaren spent his later years living with his Korean American girlfriend Young Kim between Paris and New York.^[17] He died of mesothelioma on 8 April 2010. His body will be flown back to England to be buried in Highgate Cemetery, North London.^[1][18]

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James Aubrey died he was 62

James Aubrey died he was 62. Aubrey was a British stage and screen actor. He trained for the stage at the Drama Centre London. He made his professional acting debut in a 1962 production of Isle of Children. Aubrey made his screen acting debut in the 1963 adaptation of Lord of the Flies. Aubrey performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company during their 1974–1975 season. Theatres at which Aubrey performed included the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Comedy Theatre, and the Old Vic. His most recent film work was in an episode of Brief Encounters in 2006.

(28 August 1947 – 8 April 2010)

James Aubrey Tregidgo was born in 1947 in Klagenfurt, Austria. His parents were Major Aubrey James Tregidgo and Edna May Tregidgo (née Boxall). He was educated at the Wolmer's Boys' School in Kingston, Jamaica, the Windsor Boys' School (Germany) and St. John's School (Singapore). He married Agnes Kristin Hallander, although the marriage ended in divorce. Aubrey trained for the stage at the Drama Centre London from 1967 through 1970.^[1]

Aubrey made his first professional stage appearance at the Wilmington Playhouse in March 1962 in the role of Philip in Isle of Children. It was in this same role that he made his Broadway theatre debut,^[1] appearing in a 1962 production at the Cort Theatre which lasted only 11 performances.^[2] From 1970 through 1972, Aubrey performed at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, appearing in such roles as Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night and Theridamas in Tamburlaine.^[1]

Aubrey's London theatre debut was at the Royal Court Theatre in June 1973 as the Constable in Magnificence. From 1973 through 1974, Aubrey toured with the Cambridge Theatre Company as Diggory in She Stoops to Conquer and again as Aguecheek. Aubrey performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company for their 1974–1975 season, appearing in such roles as Sebastian in The Tempest and Froth in Measure for Measure. He toured with the Cambridge Theare Company again in 1979 in the roles of Mark in The Shadow Box and Tony in From the Greek. Other venues at which Aubrey appeared include the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Comedy Theatre, and the Old Vic.^[1]

Aubrey made his film debut in the 1963 adaptation of Lord of the Flies in the role of Ralph.^[1][3] In 1976, Aubrey portrayed Gavin Sorenson in the television adaptation of Bouquet of Barbed Wire. He went on to play the same role in the 1977 television adaptation of the novel's sequel, Another Bouquet. In 1983, Aubrey starred in Forever Young directed by David Drury. Aubrey portrayed Mark in three episodes of Lytton's Diary in 1986. In 1997, Aubrey appeared in an adaptation of Robert Ludlum's The Apocalypse Watch. His most recent film work was in an episode of Brief Encounters in 2006.^[3]

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Graciela Perez-Gutierrez died she was 94

Afro-Cuban jazz pioneer Graciela Perez-Gutierrez, dubbed the first lady of Latin American jazz, has died at the age of 94.

The Grammy-nominated singer, alternately known by the surname Perez Grillo, died in New York on Tuesday of natural causes after having been in hospital for some time, according to her spokesman, Richie Viera.

"Graciela was one of the most brilliant divas that Cuba had to offer the world," documentary filmmaker Ivan Acosta, who has written, directed and produced several documentaries about Cuban music and musicians, told El Nuevo Herald.

Born in Havana in 1915, Perez Grillo was a singer and musician who had her start as a teen member of Cuba's Orquestra Anacaona — a celebrated all-female troupe that performed gigs in New York, Paris and in the Caribbean throughout the 1930s.

Her brother-in-law, Mario Bauza, summoned her to New York in the early 1940s to fill in for her bandleader brother, Machito, when he was drafted into the U.S. army. She stayed on to front the band, Machito and the Afro-Cubans, even when he returned.

Though perhaps not as well known as some latter Latina singers and musicians, Perez Grillo nonetheless helped pave the way more contemporary artists, according to friends and music historians.

"[She] was where it all started," Bobby Sanabria, who played on three of her records, told the New York Daily News. "Without her, there is no Celia Cruz or La Lupe or any of the stars today."

With Machito's band, her hits included songs like Si, Si, No, No and Ay Jose. Her other best-known songs include Esta es Graciela (This is Graciela) and Yo soy asi (That's the Way I Am).

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Kelvin Henderson died he was 62

Kelvin Henderson died he was 62. Henderson was Bristol born and bred, country music singer, broadcaster and promoter. Kelvin's talents have earned him tours with some of the biggest names in country music, appear-ances at the Wembley Country Music Festivals and the Albert Hall, a successful television series "Country Comes West" and his own weekly, networked radio show "My Style Of Country" for BBC South and West, which, because of his vast and varied knowledge of the music and its performers, and the eclectic play list, has become one of the most popular regional shows.

Kelvin's love of the music is not only apparent when he is playing or broadcasting, but also in his tireless effort to promote it, to bring it to a wider audience, an audience that he rightly feels it deserves, and, even though this is often not financially viable, he has been re-sponsible for bringing some of the best acts in acoustic country mu-sic to Bristol, including Guy Clark, Peter Rowan, Tom Russell, Rosie Flores and of course the late great Townes Van Zandt, to name a few.
With all this going on it's difficult to imagine how he finds the time to go out on the road, but that's exactly what he's been doing for the last thirty years. He shows no sign of stopping just yet, and intends to main-tain his sta-tus as a professional musician.

Playing guitar in the band is Mike Willis. Regular Prom goers will be well aware of just how good Mike is, having seen him partner Kelvin as a duo. For those of you who haven.t had the pleasure, be prepared for a real treat. Comparisons with Albert Lee, James Burton and others of that ilk are not without foundation, whether on electric or acoustic, Mike can pick with the best of them.
On bass and harmony vocal, is Dave Gould. Dave started on the Bristol folk music scene as a 5 string banjo player and has been playing in Kelvin.s band, on and off, for a good many years. Dave can also be seen with local bluegrass/roots band .Ponchatrain..

Newest member to the band is drummer Jim Chapman, also a superb musician with a background in rock, pop and cabaret providing him with enough experience to play just about any style.

The band play an eclectic mix of traditional country, contemporary, and new country, all with a feel you might be forgiven to think wouldn.t be possible outside of a Texas honky tonk.

Mr Henderson, who lived in Brislington, died from the rare degenerative disease progressive supra nuclear palsy. He leaves a wife and two children.

He was elected to the British Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

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Christopher Cazenove died he was 66

Christopher Cazenove died he was 66. Cazenove was a British cinema, television and stage actor.

(17 December 1943 – 7 April 2010)

He often portrayed British aristocrats, and first made his name in the early 1970s drama series, The Regiment. Other notable roles included Charlie Tyrrell in the UK series The Duchess of Duke Street and Ben Carrington in the US soap opera Dynasty. He also appeared several times in the British drama series Judge John Deed.


On the stage, he appeared as Henry Higgins in British and American productions of My Fair Lady in 2005 through 2008.
Cazenove was born to Arnold De Lerrison and Elizabeth Laura (née Gurney, 1914–1994)^[1] in Winchester, Hampshire, and educated at the Dragon School, Eton College and Oxford.
His marriage to actress Angharad Rees lasted from 1973 until she divorced him in 1994. They had two sons, Linford James (20 July 1974^[2] — 10 September 1999), who died when he crashed his car on the M11 in Essex,^[3] and Rhys William (born December 1976).^[4] Since 2003, he had been in a relationship with Isabelle Davies.^[5]
In February 2010, Cazenove collapsed at his London home. He was taken to St Thomas' Hospital in London, suffering from septicemia.^[6]
He died on 7 April 2010 from the effects of the illness at St Thomas's Hospital, aged 66.^[5] Cazenove's death occurred seven days after the death of John Forsythe, who had played his half-brother, Blake Carrington, on Dynasty.

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Luigi Waites died he was 82

Luigi Waites died he was 82. Waites was a jazz drummer and vibraphonist from Omaha, Nebraska. He performed weekly gigs in the Omaha area both solo and with ensembles such as Luigi, INC. He served the Omaha music community for over 60 years. He toured Europe twice and performed with jazz legends such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington. Luigi, Inc has shared the stage with Jean-Luc Ponty, James Brown and Dizzy Gillespie.^[1]

(July 10, 1927 – April 6, 2010)

Luigi Waites was born Lewis Waites on July 10, 1927 in Omaha, Nebraska. Waites began playing drums at age twelve, and soon after began playing local nightclubs around Omaha. In those days there were two local musicians unions; one black, one white.

During his high school years, Waites regularly played in bars and clubs which sometimes affected his ability to get enough sleep on school nights. He might perform as a professional musician until the wee hours and then jump into a taxicab standing by in front of his mother's house to rush him to class at Central High School the next morning. This, to the chagrin of some of his instructors, since on a teacher's salary in that day most schoolteachers could not afford to take a cab to work each day. While Waites served in the U.S. Army at Camp Lee, Virginia, he met jazz drummer Elvin Jones.

In 1960, Waites founded The Contemporaries, a multicultural, independent drum corps that featured jazz rhythms, lyres and modern dance steps. Then, during the 1970s, Luigi Waites was a solo artist in The National School Tours program where he performed in classrooms and school assemblies. When leading his band, Luigi Inc, he performed on vibraharp rather than drums. He appeared with the group over 1,700 times on Sunday nights in Omaha at the bar, Mr. Toad.^[2]

As a drummer, Luigi Waites was influenced by Buddy Rich, Joe Jones, Louie Bellson and Max Roach.^[1]

Waites died at 4 a.m. on April 6, 2010 at Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska of natural causes. He was 82 years old
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Eddie Carroll died the was 76

Eddie Carroll was a voice actor who took over the role of Jiminy Cricket in 1973 after the death of original voice Cliff Edwards in 1971. He grew up in Canada. In the 1950s, he moved to Hollywood to become an actor. According to an interview, he was the uncle of actress Erika Eleniak, who played Elly May in the 1990s version of the Beverly Hillbillies. Eddie Carroll entertained in dinner theatres as a Jack Benny impersonator and provided the voice of Jiminy Cricket until his death in 2010.

(September 5, 1933 - April 6, 2010)


The Canadian-born actor assumed the role of Jiminy for all manner of Disney media, including the Kingdom Hearts video game series (2002's "Kingdom Hearts" and 2005's "Kingdom Hearts II") and the 1999 video game "Disney's Villains' Revenge." The Encino, California resident was also noted for his superb Jack Benny impersonation, both live and in voiceover commercials or re-creations. Until a recent injury which may have resulted in the cause of his death, Carroll had been performing the critically-acclaimed one-man tribute stage show Jack Benny: Laughter in Bloom, which he wrote himself. He was Jiminy Cricket (the Ghost of Christmas Past) in the 1983 featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol, and portrayed Jiminy in the 2001 TV series Disney's House of Mouse. As well, he was Jiminy in the 1992 attraction "Fantasmic!". Sometimes credited as Ed E. Carroll, he was born in Edmonton, Alberta on September 5, 1933. During the 1970s, he co-wrote scripts for Hanna-Barbera and other cartoon studios (notably The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, along with Jamie Farr). His many live-action TV credits included roles on Gomer Pyle, Mary Tyler Moore, and a weekly NBC series with Don Knotts.


Carroll's Jack Benny production opened in Los Angeles. He continued to perform the show in theaters across North America, as well as engagements in Las Vegas, Reno and Atlantic City. His performance earned front-cover stories in major newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and the Daily News. The entertainment industry lauded his show with numerous honors, including the coveted Golden Mike Award for Entertainment Excellence and the Preservation of Broadcast History. On TV, he was singled out for in-depth profiles on CNN, Turner Broadcasting and Headline News, as well as the featured story on ABC's Entertainment Magazine. Carroll's television career began with the MGM series The Lieutenant, followed by a recurring role on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. A long list of TV credits followed, including such classic shows as All in the Family, One Day at a Time, Fantasy Island, Life With Lucy and Love, American Style, plus recurring roles on the popular Maude and Alice series. He also appeared with such luminaries as Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Milton Berle and -- ironically -- Benny himself on their television specials.

Numerous appearances on the famed Hollywood Palace show with Knotts led to him co-starring with Don on a weekly NBC series. His most recent TV credits included guest-starring roles on Frasier and Spy-TV. On stage, he played leading roles in musicals, drama and comedy in more than two dozen theater productions from Los Angeles to New York, where he appeared in Legends On Broadway. He also had the unique experience of breaking new ground in the theater by playing two roles simultaneously. He portrayed Benny playing the fastidious Felix Unger in a new adaptation of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. Critics said, "Juggling two roles at once is a precarious undertaking for any actor, but Carroll plays it just right... a superior performance marked by nuance and sharp timing." Carroll got his start in Canadian theater and working as a writer in radio and television. An NBC scholarship for a new talent brought him to Los Angeles, and he was soon drafted into the army, where he wrote and produced shows for Armed Forces Radio and Television. Pursuing his acting career after the service, Carroll expanded his other talents with a comedy album, writing songs that led to a recording contract and writing songs for other artists, including a hit single ("How Is Julie") for the singing group The Lettermen. During this time, Eddie and Farr formed Carroll-Farr Productions and were soon involved in creating and developing projects and pilots for ABC, CBS, Screen Gems/Columbia and H-B. In addition, they created the TV series Man to Man and wrote and co-produced a full season of episodes for MGM-TV. Over the years, Carroll also appeared in over 200 commercials and used his voiceover talents in more than a hundred animation, radio and TV spots. An honorary member of the famed Friars Club, he also served on the board of directors of the prestigious Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters, a group of more than 700 professionals who have worked in radio and television for more than twenty years. Each year, PPB holds five special events to honor the achievements of prominent actors, entertainers, directors, producers and writers who have distinguished themselves in the Broadcast media. Carroll was a recipient of the Diamond Circle Award For Many Distinguished Years In Radio And Television by the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters. The organization also has the distinction of building a library that has compiled the largest collection of radio and television memorabilia in existence. He and Carolyn Springer, a doctor of psychology, married in 1963. At the time of his death, his wife was writing a book, Touring the World with a Husband and Two Suitcases!. Besides his wife, Eddie Carroll is survived by their two children, Tina, an artist and actress, and Leland, a doctor of kinesiology and chiropractic. Video of Carroll discussing his work as Jiminy Cricket can be seen on the D23 Web site.
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Neva Morris died she was 114

Neva Morris was an American supercentenarian. At the age of 114 years, 246 days, she was the oldest verified living person in the United States following the death of 114-year-old Mary Josephine Ray. On December 22, 2009, Morris, aged 114 years 141 days, surpassed Olivia Patricia Thomas as the oldest Iowan ever verified. On February 13, 2010, Morris became one of the 40 oldest people ever.

(neé Freed; August 3, 1895 - April 6, 2010)

Born in Ames, Iowa, where she lived her entire life, to Schuyler and Carebie Freed as the youngest of four children. Neva Freed married Edward Leonard Morris in 1914. The couple had four children: Leslee, Mary Jane, Walter, and Betty Lee. They lived with Edward’s parents, Gertrude Rutherford and Walter Leonard Morris, on a farm encompassing 224 acres of land.^[1] She assisted in helping her four children attend Iowa State University by raising chickens, hogs and dairy cattle.^[2]Neva's son-in-law, 90-year-old Tom Wickersham, who lived in the same retirement home as Morris,^[2] said “It didn’t hurt that she worked hard all her life and ate hearty and healthy meals prepared from meat, dairy products and vegetables produced on the farm.”^[1] Walter Morris, age 82^[3], Neva’s youngest son and only living child, believed that her secret was her passion for fast cars, as witnessed by her 80-year accident-free driving record.^[1] Aged 90 years, she purchased a 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis.^[2] She discontinued driving when she was 95 years of age.^[2]

Morris was a member of PEO Chapter OH, a 60-year member of Collegiate United Methodist Church, and for 75 years was active in Eastern Star.^[1] She also enjoyed singing in women’s choral groups, including one in Gilbert and the Story County Women’s Chorus under the direction of Max Exner.^[1] Neva particularly loved to sing “You Are My Sunshine.”^[1]

Morris' husband Edward died in the 1960s.^[3] At age 99, Morris moved from her farm home to North Grand Care Center^[1] and later to Northcrest Community in 1998.^[3] According to Wickersham in March 2010, she "had hearing and vision loss but was able to participate in limited activity at the nursing home".^[4]

At about 4 a.m. on April 6, 2010, Morris died with her 90-year-old son-in-law by her bedside.^[4] She was the second oldest living person in the world. She is survived by one son, eight grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren, and several great-great-grandchildren
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Corin William Redgrave died he was 70

Corin William Redgrave died he was 70. Redgrave was an English actor and political activist.

(16 July 1939 – 6 April 2010)

Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, the son of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson.

Redgrave was educated at the independent Westminster School and at King's College at the University of Cambridge.

Redgrave played a wide range of character roles on film, television and stage.

He won the Olivier Award for his performance as Boss Whalen in Tennessee Williams' Not About Nightingales. He later repeated the role on Broadway, where he earned a Tony Award nomination. He appeared in Shakespearean plays such as Much Ado About Nothing, Henry IV, Part 1, and The Tempest. He also gained critical and popular approval in the works of Noël Coward, notably a highly successful revival of A Song At Twilight co-starring his sister Vanessa Redgrave and his second wife Kika Markham.

On screen he is best known for his roles in such acclaimed and diverse films as A Man for All Seasons, Excalibur, and Four Weddings and a Funeral.

He wrote a play Bluntly Speaking, which has been produced at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Redgrave was a lifelong activist in left-wing politics. With his elder sister Vanessa, he was a prominent member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party. More recently, he became a defender of the interests of the Romani people.

Both Redgrave and his wife, Kika Markham, expressed support for Viva Palestina, a humanitarian convoy, led by British MP George Galloway, attempting to break the siege of the Gaza Strip.

Corin Redgrave represented the third generation of a theatrical dynasty spanning four generations.

• His grandparents were Roy Redgrave and Margaret Scudamore.
• His parents were Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. He wrote a biography of his father.
• His sisters were Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave; through Vanessa, his nieces were Natasha and Joely Richardson, and Carlo Gabriel Nero was his nephew.
• His first wife Deirdre Hamilton-Hill (1943-1997) gave him an acting daughter, Jemma Redgrave, best known for her title role in the British television series Bramwell; and a son, Luke, a camera operator and production assistant.
• His second wife was the actress Kika Markham, by whom he had two sons, Arden and Harvey.

In June 2005, he was described by his family as being in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital following a severe heart attack at a public meeting in Basildon, Essex.^[1] Redgrave had also been undergoing treatment for prostate cancer since 2000. His first wife, Deirdre Redgrave, died of cancer and his sister, Lynn, is in remission from breast cancer for which she was treated in recent years.

In March 2009 Corin made his return to the London stage playing the title role in Trumbo, based on the life of the blacklisted Hollywood screen writer Dalton Trumbo. On opening night Corin dedicated his performance to the memory of Natasha Richardson, his niece, who had died earlier that week following a skiing accident.

He died on 6 April 2010 in a South London hospital.^[2]

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