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		<title>Patrick Swayze Dies at the Age of 57</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Swayze]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Swayze&#039;s publicist reports the actor has passed away at the age of 57 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Reports began surfacing this weekend saying the actor best known for his roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost had returned home for his final days.

&#034;Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer/Director John Hughes Dies at the Age of 59</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Hughes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It looks as if 2009 will continue to deal a cruel hand to several of the entertainment industry&#039;s icons with today being no exception as CNN is reporting writer/director/producer and altogether generational icon, John Hughes died today of a heart attack while taking a morning walk in Manhattan. It seems almost pointless to list his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karl Malden Passes Away at the Age of 97</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Malden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a rough two weeks for the entertainment business when it comes to the passing of major celebrity names as Karl Malden has passed away at the age of 97. Malden died in his sleep about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, his manager Bud Ross tells CNN.

Malden won an Oscar for his performance alongside Marlon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson Dies at the Age of 50</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No, it&#039;s not movie news, but growing up in the age of Michael Jackson I can&#039;t help but report this as TMZ was the first to report the passing of pop star Michael Jackson who died after suffering from a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon and paramedics were unable to revive him. Paramedics arrived Jackson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: David Carradine Found Dead in a Bangkok Hotel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Carradine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: CNN&#039;s report now says Carradine was found &#034;hanging by a nylon rope,&#034; which &#034;was believed to be from the hotel room curtains, Bangkok Police Lt. Col. Pirom Chanpirom said.&#034; There were no signs of forced entry. Autopsy results are not expected for at least another day. &#034;Knowing David, he would never commit suicide,&#034; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Departed: Those We Lost in 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Lists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Minghella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Renfro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlton Heston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estelle Getty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Carlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Ledger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaac Hayes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Newman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Scofield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roy Scheider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Bottoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Pollack]]></category>

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(from left) Paul Newman, Bernie Mac, George Carlin, Estelle Getty, Roy Scheider and Heath Ledger


For the past two years I have started doing a recap of a select group of notable names we lost from the entertainment world (and a few others) over the past year. This is by no means an all-encompassing list, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Newman Passes Away at the Age of 83</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/paul_newman_passes_away_at_the_age_of_83_20080927</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/paul_newman_passes_away_at_the_age_of_83_20080927#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Newman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Strangely enough I was recently considering writing a Cinematic Revival article about Paul Newman as I had been revisiting several of his earlier films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler, The Verdict, Slap Shot and many others.

Unfortunately we now learn that what we have gotten is all we are going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Trailer to Remember LaFontaine By</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer_to_remember_lafontaine_by#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don LaFontaine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Dusk Till Dawn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It may sound weird to even ask who is going to voice movie trailers as voice actor Don LaFontaine died Monday of complications from a collapsed lung, but his voice has become synonymous with movie marketing. So many times it has been made fun of due to the corny things he would say such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isaac Hayes Passes Away at 65</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/isaac_hayes_passes_away_at_65</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaac Hayes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, they say celebrities pass away in threes, and after Bernie Mac&#039;s untimely death at the age of 50 yesterday we now lose another celeb as Isaac Hayes died today. Sheriff&#039;s officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.

Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comedian Bernie Mac Dies at 50</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/comedian_bernie_mac_dies_at_50</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/comedian_bernie_mac_dies_at_50#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Mac]]></category>

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Bernie Mac


I don&#039;t know much about Bernie Mac as a man, but I loved him as an entertainer and I learned today he has died on Saturday after being hospitalized with pneumonia. Publicist Danica Smith confirmed the death in a statement but gave no further details. &#034;We ask that his family&#039;s privacy continues to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Carlin Passes Away at Age 71</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Carlin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently prepping my mid-2008 features and one part of it is going to detail the folks we have lost already this year and the list is crazy. Seriously, as I was putting it together I took a look back at last year and it seems as if this year looked at prior years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sydney Pollack Dies of Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sydney_pollack_dies_of_cancer</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 18:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Pollack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CNN is reporting that Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack died of cancer this Monday afternoon at his home in Pacific Palisades. He was 73.

Pollack won the Oscar for Best Director with the 1986 film Out of Africa, which also went on to win six other Oscars including Best Picture.

He was seen as recently as, the [...]]]></description>
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