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Posted: September 2026

Armand Hammer

Oil Tycoon

1898-1990

92 Years Old

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Eve Arden

Actress

1908-1990

1930s through the 1980s

She was in about 100 Movies and TV Shows!
She was Principal McGee in Grease!
She was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995!

82 Years Old
Heart

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Hayedeh

Iranian Singer

1942-1990

1960s and 1970s

47 Years Old

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/hayedeh.php]
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Jack Arnold

Director

1912-1992

1950s through 1980s

He did almost 100 Movies and TV Shows!
He directed Creature from the Black Lagoon!
He was the main director for Gilligan's Island and did a bunch of episodes of the Brady Bunch, the Love Boat and a bunch of others you've heard of!!

79 Years Old
Heart

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/jack-arnold.php]
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Oscar Lerman

Producer

1919-1992

He produced a handful of Movies in the 1970s

He was married to Jackie Collins!

72 Years Old
Cancer

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/oscar-lerman.php]
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Vivienne Segal

Actress / Broadway Star

1897-1992

1910s through the 1950s

She was in about a half a dozen Movies in the 30s!

95 Years Old
Heart

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/vivienne-segal.php]
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Charles Aidman

Actor

1925-1993

1950s through the 1980s

He was in about 180 Movies and TV Shows!
He was Lt. Harrold in Pork Chop Hill!
He was the Narrator in The Twilight Zone for 30 Episodes!
He was Senator Hastings in Uncommon Valor!

68 Years Old
Cancer

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/charles-aidman.php]
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Don DeFore

Actor

1913-1993

1930s through the 1970s

He was in about 75 Movies and TV Shows!
He was Mr. Thornberry on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet!
in 1955 he was president of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences!

80 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/don-defore.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.058029,-118.441075]

Frank Zappa

Musician

1940-1993

1950s through the1990s

He made about 60 Record Albums!
He is in both the Jazz and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame!
In 1988 he won the Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist) Oscar for Jazz from Hell!
In 1996 he and his wife Gail Zappa won Best Recording Package - Boxed Oscar for Civilization Phaze III!
In 1997 they gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy!

52 Years Old
Prostate Cancer

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/frank-zappa.php]
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Janet Margolin

Actress

1943-1993

1960s through the 1980s

She was in about 50 Movies and TV Shows!
She was the Prosecutor in Ghostbusters II!
She was Louise in Take the Money and Run!

50 Years Old
Ovarian Cancer

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/janet-margolin.php]
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Sammy Cahn

Musician

1913-1993

1930s through 1970s

In 1955 he won the Best Music, Original Song Oscar for Three Coins in the Fountain!
In 1958 he won the Best Music, Original Song Oscar for the song "All the Way" in The Joker Is Wild!
In 1960 He won the Best Music, Original Song Oscar for the song "High Hopes" in A Hole in the Head!
In 1964 he won the Best Music, Original Song Oscar for the song "Call Me Irresponsible" in Papa's Delicate Condition!

79 Years Old
Heart

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[eatlife.net/stars/sammy-cahn.php]
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Swifty Lazar

Hollywood Agent

1907-1993

1930s through the 1980s

He had lots of big name clients: Cary Grant, Cher, Ernest Hemingway, Gene Kelly, Humphrey Bogart, Madonna, Walter Matthau!

86 Years Old
Diabetes

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/swifty-lazar.php]
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Burt Lancaster

Actor

1913-1994

1940s through the 1990s

He was in about 90 Movies and TV Shows!
He was Dr. Moonlight Graham in Field of Dreams!
He was Captain Vallo in The Crimson Pirate!
In 1961 he won the Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar for Elmer Gantry!

80 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/burt-lancaster.php]
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James T. Aubrey

Producer

1918-1994

1970s and 1980s

He produced a dozen Movies and TV Shows!
They called him the Smiling Cobra!
He was president of CBS Television in the 1960s!

75 Years Old
Heart

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/james-t-aubrey.php]
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Dean Martin

The King of Cool

1917-1995

1950s through the 1980s

He was in about 75 Movies and TV Shows and made about 35 Record Albums!
He sang That's Amore!
He was Dude in Rio Bravo!!
He sang Ain't That a Kick in the Head!
He was Sam Harmon in Ocean's Eleven!
He sang Everybody Loves Somebody!
He was part of the Rat Pack!
He sang Sway!
He hosted the Dean Martin Show 1965-1974!
He sang Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me!
He was Jamie Blake in the Cannonball Run!!
He sang Volare!

78 Years Old
Lung Cancer

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/dean-martin.php]
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[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... 34.058568,-118.440521]

Eva Gabor

Actress

1919-1995

1940s through the 1990s

She was in over 75 Movies and TV Shows!
She was Lisa Douglas the wife in Green Acres!
Zsa Zsa Gabor was her older sister!

76 Years Old
Fell in Shower Broke Hip

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/eva-gabor.php]
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Hugh O'Connor

Actor

1962-1995

Late 1980s through mid-90s

He was in every In the Heat of the Night episode as Lonnie Jamison!
His father was Carroll O'Conner!

32 Years Old
Cocaine Addition Suicide

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/hugh-oconnor.php]
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Irene Tedrow

Actress

1907-1995

1940s through the 1980s

She was in about 200 Movies and TV Shows!
She was Mrs. Lucy Elkins on Dennis the Menace!

87 Years Old
Stroke

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/irene-tedrow.php]
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Michael V. Gazzo

Actor / Writer

1923-1995

1950s through the 1990s

He was in about 70 Movies and TV Shows!
He was Frankie Pentangeli in The Godfather Part II!
He was Sonny in Cannonball Run II!
He wrote the screenplay for King Crole!

71 Years Old
Stroke

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/michael-v-gazzo.php]
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Nancy Kelly

Actress

1921-1995

1920s through the 1970s

She was in about 50 Movies and TV Shows!
She was Christine Penmark in The Bad Seed!

73 Years Old
Diabetes

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G. David Schine

Producer

1927-1996

1970s

He was Executive Producer for The French Connection!

86 Years Old
Private Plane Crash

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/g-david-schine.php]
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June Gale

Actress

1911-1996

1930s and 1940s

She was in about 50 Movies and TV Shows!
Composer Oscar Levant was her husband!

85 Years Old
Pneumonia

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/june-gale.php]
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Lew Ayres

Actor

1908-1996

1930s through 1980s

He was in over 150 Movies and TV Shows!
He was Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front!
He was married to Ginger Rogers in the 1930s!

88 Years Old
Coma

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Pamela Mason

Actress

1916-1996

1930s through the 1970s

She was in about 30 Movies and TV Shows!
She was the Artist in Charade!

80 Years Old
Heart

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/pamela-mason.php]
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Ross Hunter

Producer

1920-1996

1950s through the 1970s

He did about 50 Movies and TV Shows!
He produced Airport!

75 Years Old

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/ross-hunter.php]
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Whit Bissell

Actor

1909-1996

1940s through the 1980s

He was in over 300 Movies and TV Shows!
He was Dr. Alfred Brandon in I Was a Teenage Werewolf!

86 Years Old
Parkinson's

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/whit-bissell.php]
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Brian Keith

Actor

1921-1997

1940s through the 1990s

He was in about 175 Movies and TV Shows!
He was Uncle Bill on the TV Show Family Affair!
He was Sheriff Axel Dumire in the TV Series Centennial!

75 Years Old
Cancer Suicide by Gunshot

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Daisy Keith

Actress

1969-1997

She played Kim Stafford on the Heartland TV Show

She was in about 10 Episodes!
Her father was Brian Keith!

27 Years Old
Suicide by Gunshot

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/daisy-keith.php]
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Hy Averback

Director / Producer

1920-1997

1950s through 1980s

He directed almost 75 Movies and TV Shows!
He directed 20 episodes of M*A*S*H! It was his voice that was the loudspeaker!

75 Years Old
Heart

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[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/hy-averback.php]
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Carl Wilson

Beach Boy's Guitarist / Singer

1946-1998

He was the youngest of the three brothers!

51 Years Old
Lung Cancer

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[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/beach-boys.php]
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Don Taylor

Director / Actor

1920-1998

1940s through the 1980s

He was involved in over 100 Movies and TV Shows!
He directed Tom Sawyer!
He directed Escape from the Planet of the Apes!
He was Lt. James Dunbar in Stalag 17!

78 Years Old
Heart

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/don-taylor.php]
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Ed Simmons

Writer / Producer

1919-1998

1950s through the 1980s

He was involved in about 25 Movies and TV Shows!
He was a writing supervior for over 100 episodes of the Carol Burnett Show!

78 Years Old
Heart Attack

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/ed-simmons.php]
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Jonathan Hole

Actor

1904-1998

1950s through the 1980s

He was in about 175 Movies and TV Shows!

93 Years Old
Natural Causes

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/jonathan-hole.php]
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George C. Scott

Actor

1927-1999

1950s through the 1990s

He was in about 100 Movies and TV Shows!
He was General George S. Patton in Patton!
He was Bert Gordon in The Hustler!
He was Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre!
He was General Harlan Bache in Taps!
He was a Juror in 12 Angry Men!
In 1971 he won the Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar for Patton!

71 Years Old
Abdominal Aneurysm

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/vips/george-c-scott.php]
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Mel Torme

The Velvet Fog

1925-1999

1940s through the 1990s

He acted in about 50 Movies and TV Shows and made about 35 Record Albums!
He wrote The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire)!
In 1983 and 1984 he won the Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male Grammy!
In 1999 they gave him a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award!

73 Years Old
Stroke

ON EAT LIFE:
[https://www.eatlife.net/stars/mel-torme.php]
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