Dolores Wilson, American opera singer, died from natural causes she was , 82

Dolores Mae Wilson  was an American coloratura soprano who had an active international opera career from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. Beginning her career with major theatres in Europe, she performed in six seasons at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City during the 1950s. She is perhaps best known for originating the title role in the world premiere of Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe at the Central City Opera in 1956. After abandoning her opera career, she embarked on a second career as a musical theatre actress; making several appearances on Broadway in the following decades.




(August 9, 1928 – September 28, 2010)

Tony Curtis American actor (Some Like It Hot, Spartacus, The Defiant Ones), died from cardiac arrest. he was , 85,

Tony Curtis  was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s died from cardiac arrest. he was , 85,. He acted in over 60 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances.
Although his early film roles were partly the result of his good looks, by the latter half of the 1950s he became a notable and strong screen presence. He began proving himself to be a “fine dramatic actor,” having the range to act in numerous dramatic and comedy roles. In his earliest parts he acted in a string of "mediocre" films, including swashbucklers, westerns, light comedies, sports films, and a musical. However, by the time he starred in Houdini (1953) with his wife Janet Leigh, "his first clear success," notes critic David Thomson, his acting had progressed immensely.^[1][2]

(June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010)

Greg Giraldo, American comedian (Comedy Central Roast), died from a accidental prescription drug overdose he was , 44

Greg Giraldo was an American stand-up comedian, television personality, and retired lawyer, died from a accidental prescription drug overdose he was , 44 Giraldo was best known for his appearances on Comedy Central's televised roast specials, as well as for his work on that network's television shows Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and the programming block Stand-Up Nation, the latter of which he hosted.


(December 10, 1965 – September 29, 2010)

Early life

Giraldo was born in The Bronx and was raised in Queens.^[1] He attended Regis High School. He was the oldest son of immigrant parents from Colombia (father) and Spain (mother), and was raised Roman Catholic.^[2] He attended Camp Rising Sun, the Louis August Jonas Foundation's international summer scholarship program.^{[citation needed]} He went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and a law degree from Harvard Law School.^[3]

Before becoming a comedian Giraldo worked as a lawyer, spending less than a year as an associate for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom ^[4] before changing his occupation. Despite his prior career, Giraldo rejected that persona and very rarely discussed his days as a lawyer.

Career

Giraldo performed regularly at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan. Giraldo was a regular panelist on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Additionally, he was the star of the short-lived Common Law, and also starred in several pilots, including The Greg Giraldo Show and Gone Hollywood for Comedy Central. The New York Times has praised Giraldo as "a talented comedian with a winning personality." In 2004, he was featured in the spoken-word Lazyboy song, "Underwear Goes Inside the Pants."
Giraldo performed more than a dozen times on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and appeared regularly on The Howard Stern Show. He has also appeared as a member of the panel in the NBC show The Marriage Ref.^[3] He had two half-hour specials on Comedy Central Presents, wrote segments for Last Call with Carson Daly, and Giraldo was a panelist on Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time special.
Giraldo said on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on July 7, 2005, that he had quit drinking alcohol.^{[citation needed]} His series Friday Night Stand-Up with Greg Giraldo began on Comedy Central in late 2005 and ran until 2006. His CD Good Day to Cross a River was released 2006 on Comedy Central Records.
Giraldo appeared in Comedy Central's annual roasts,^[3] roasting Chevy Chase, Pam Anderson, William Shatner, Jeff Foxworthy, Flavor Flav, Bob Saget, Joan Rivers, Larry the Cable Guy, and David Hasselhoff, as well as the TBS roast of Cheech & Chong.

Giraldo was a regular on Comedy Central's television series Lewis Black's Root of All Evil. Giraldo was one of the Advocates lobbying for their side to be considered the "root of all evil." He won in two of his nine appearances. Giraldo served as a judge during season seven of the NBC reality competition show Last Comic Standing.^[3]
In 2008, Giraldo appeared in venues across the United States as the headlining act of the Indecision '08 Tour, produced by Comedy Central. In 2009, Midlife Vices was released, his only one-hour special for Comedy Central.

Personal life

Giraldo was married twice, telling an interviewer in October 2009, "I got married when I was 24. And that didn't last very long at all."^[2] In that same interview, he said he had been living apart from his second wife for a year and was in separation proceedings, and that his oldest son was age nine.^[2] At the time of his death, he had three children and was divorced.^[3][5]

Death

On September 25, 2010, Giraldo overdosed on prescription medication.^[6] After he failed to appear for a scheduled performance at the Stress Factory, police officers found him in his hotel room at the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and rushed him to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in that town.^[5] TMZ reported that he had been in a coma for four days when his family had life support removed.^[7] He died on September 29, 2010.^[5][8]

Discography

• Lazyboy TV (2004) Asylum Records
• Good Day to Cross a River (2006) Comedy Central Records
• Midlife Vices (2009) Comedy Central Records

Audio/video

• The Comedy Hall of Fame Archives: "Greg Giraldo (1965–2010)"

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Clifford B. Hicks American writer and editor (Popular Mechanics, Alvin Fernald series) died he was , 90

Clifford B. Hicks was an American writer and magazine editor, best known for his children's books chronicling the adventures of Alvin Fernald died he was , 90.


(August 10, 1920 – September 29, 2010)

Biography

Hicks was born in Marshalltown, Iowa in 1920.^[1] He graduated cum laude from Northwestern University, then served as a U.S. Marine during World War II, earning the Silver Star. In 1945, he joined the staff of Popular Mechanics magazine, and became a special projects editor in 1963. He wrote the magazine's Do-It-Yourself Materials Guide and edited the Do-It-Yourself Encyclopedia.^[1]
In 1959, Hicks penned his first children's book, First Boy on the Moon, which was dubbed Best Juvenile Book of the Year by the Friends of American Writers. The next year, he wrote The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald,^[1] the first of a series of books about a boy who relies on his "Magnificent Brain" to solve problems.^[2] The books inspired a pair of two-part Disney television movies: The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton (1974), and The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper (1976).^[3]
Hicks wrote one non-fiction children's book, The World Above (1965), which discusses the Earth's atmosphere and the universe beyond.^[4] In 1971, he began the Peter Potts series,^[1] which follows the misadventures of a small town boy who often gets into trouble "by accident".^[5] Hicks also wrote a two-act play, Alvin Fernald, Mayor for a Day (1992), which was based on one of his Alvin Fernald books.^[1]
On September 29, 2010, Hicks died at his home in Brevard, North Carolina at the age of 90.^[6]

Children's books authored by Clifford Hicks

Alvin Fernald series

• The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald - 1960 (illustrated by Charles Geer)
• Alvin's Secret Code - 1963
• Alvin Fernald, Foreign Trader - 1966
• Alvin Fernald, Mayor for a Day - 1970
• Alvin Fernald, Superweasel - 1974
• Alvin's Swap Shop - 1976
• Alvin Fernald, TV Anchorman - 1980
• The Wacky World of Alvin Fernald - 1981
• Alvin Fernald, Master of a Thousand Disguises - 1986
• Alvin Fernald's Incredible Buried Treasure - 2009

Peter Potts series

• Peter Potts - 1971
• Pop and Peter Potts - 1984
• Peter Potts Book of World Records - 1987

Other children's books

• First Boy on the Moon - 1959
• The World Above - 1965

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Mickey Freeman, American comedian and television actor (The Phil Silvers Show) died he was , 93

 Joe Mantell  was an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Angie" in the 1955 film Marty,^[1] which earned the Best Picture Award  died he was , 93.

(né Mantel; born December 21, 1915 – died September 29, 2010)

Mantell appeared in Storm Center (1956) and Chinatown (1974). In the latter he played Lawrence Walsh, partner of private eye Jake Gittes. He delivered the film's famous last line, "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown."
The character of Walsh reappeared in The Two Jakes. He had a small role in Hitchcock's The Birds.^[2] Mantell appeared frequently in series television, including two episodes of The Twilight Zone: "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" (in a starring role) and "Steel".
Mantell was born in Brooklyn, New York to Polish Jewish immigrant parents. His name was originally spelled "Mantel" and accented on the first syllable, but at the beginning of his acting career Mantell added the extra "L" and changed the pronunciation to "Man-TELL". On September 29, 2010, Mantell died in Tarzana, California, aged 94.^[3][4]

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Arthur Penn, American film director and producer (Bonnie and Clyde, The Missouri Breaks), he died from heart failure he was , 88

Arthur Hiller Penn ^[1] was an American film director and producer with a career as a theater director as well. Penn amassed a critically acclaimed body of work throughout the 1960s and 1970s  he died from heart failure he was , 88.


(September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010)

Romina Yan, Argentine actress (Chiquititas), died from a cardiac arrest. she was , 36

Romina Yankelevich De Giaccomi , better known as Romina Yan, was an Argentine actress, screenwriter, singer and dancer died from a cardiac arrest. she was , 36. She made her television debut in the program Jugate Conmigo, which followed up with the internationally successful series Chiquititas, created by her mother Cris Morena. Romina died at age 36 on September 28, 2010, after suffering a heart attack^[1].


(5 September 1974 – 28 September 2010^[1][2])