/ Stars that died in 2023

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Eddie Fisher, American singer and entertainer, died from complications from hip surgery he was , 82

Eddie+FisherEdwin Jack "Eddie" Fisher  was an American singer and entertainer, who was one of the world's most famous and successful singers in the 1950s, selling millions of records and having his own TV show died from complications from hip surgery he was , 82. His divorce from his first wife, Debbie Reynolds, to marry his best friend's widow, Elizabeth Taylor, garnered scandalously unwelcome publicity at the time. He was also married to Connie Stevens.

 



(August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010)

Geoffrey Burgon, British composer. died he was , 69

Geoffrey Alan Burgon  was a British composer notable for his television and film themes died he was , 69.[1]
Burgon was born in Hampshire in 1941, and taught himself the trumpet in order to join a jazz band at school (Pewley Grammar School, Guildford). He entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with the intention of becoming a trumpet player. However, he found that he was more interested in composition. Burgon initially supported himself and his family as a freelance jazz trumpeter, until at the age of 30 he sold all his trumpets and devoted himself to composing.

(15 July 1941 – 21 September 2010)

Grace Bradley, American actress (The Big Broadcast of 1938), widow of William Boyd. died she was , 97


Grace Bradley was a film actress who was active in Hollywood during the 1930s  died she was , 97.

(September 21, 1913 – September 21, 2010)

 Early life

She was born on September 21, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York. As a child she took piano lessons and by the age of six she gave her first recital. She attended the Eastman School of Music near Rochester, New York by age twelve after winning a scholarship. Originally she had wanted to become a professional pianist. While in school she took dance lessons and played piano. Her grandfather wanted her to be educated in Berlin, Germany so that she could receive more formal education but a Broadway producer discovered her during one of her dance recitals and hired her for a professional show.

John Crawford,, American actor (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, The Waltons), died from a stroke. he was 90

John Crawford  was an American actor. Crawford was born Cleve Richardson in Colfax, Washington. In films from the 1940s  died from a stroke. he was 90, Crawford appeared in bit parts for many years before playing leads in several films in the UK in the late 1950s and early 1960s. When he returned to the US, he played supporting roles in several films but was more prolific on TV in character roles, in scores of series such as The Fugitive, The Dukes of Hazzard, Mission: Impossible, Hogans Heroes, and most notably as Sheriff Ep Bridges on The Waltons.


(September 13, 1920 - September 21, 2010)


Friday, December 10, 2010

Don Partridge, British musician and one-man band, died from a heart attack.he was , 68

Don Partridge [1][2] was an English singer and songwriter, known as the "king of the buskers"died from a heart attack.he was , 68.[3] He performed from the early 1960s as a busker and one-man band, and achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK in the late 1960s with the songs "Rosie" and "Blue Eyes".

(27 October 1941 – 21 September 2010)


Buddy Collette, American jazz saxophonist. died he was , 89


William Marcel "Buddy" Collette was an American tenor saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist died he was , 89. He was highly influential in the West coast jazz and West Coast blues mediums, also collaborating with saxophonist Dexter Gordon, drummer Chico Hamilton, and his lifelong friend, bassist Charles Mingus.


(August 6, 1921 – September 19, 2010)

 

Dickey Betts died he was 80

Early Career Forrest Richard Betts was also known as Dickey Betts Betts collaborated with  Duane Allman , introducing melodic twin guitar ha...