Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet, the Oscar-nominated director of such modern classics as Network, 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon and The Verdict, has died. He was 86.
Lumet died Saturday morning of lymphoma at his Manhattan home, his stepdaughter, Leslie Gimbel, told The New York Times.
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Lena Horne
Lena Horne, the jazz singer, actress and civil rights activist who became the first African-American performer to be put under contract by a major movie studio in 1942, has died. She was 92.
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Horne died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday, according to The Associated Press. No details of her death have been released.
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Vanessa Williams, A Capitol Fourth
Of all the leading men in the multimedia career of Vanessa Williams, Kevin Clash is — by far — the least recognized.
In fact, this strappingly handsome, soft-spoken and unassuming African-American gentleman may be the most famous anonymous star in the celebrity universe. For Clash, a puppeteer since his childhood in Baltimore, provides the voice and movements for Elmo,
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Vanessa Williams, A Capitol Fourth
Of all the leading men in the multimedia career of Vanessa Williams, Kevin Clash is — by far — the least recognized.
In fact, this strappingly handsome, soft-spoken and unassuming African-American gentleman may be the most famous anonymous star in the celebrity universe. For Clash, a puppeteer since his childhood in Baltimore, provides the voice and movements for Elmo,
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