07:49 AM EDT 05/09/2008
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Country Superstar Eddy Arnold Dies
Originally posted 05/08/2008 03:45PM
Country superstar Eddy Arnold, whose 1965 hit "Make the World Go Away" helped get him elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame the following year, died at a care facility near Nashville Thursday morning, a week shy of his 90th birthday on May 15, the Associated Press reports.
In 1967, the clean-cut country boy with the mellow baritone was the first recipient of the entertainer of the year award from the Country Music Association, and was renowned for lending his voice to the "countrypolitan" Nashville sound, to which he was considered a pioneer.
His other hits included "Cattle Call," "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me," "Anytime," "Bouquet of Roses," "What's He Doing in My World?" "I Want to Go With You," "Somebody Like Me," "Lonely Again" and "Turn the World Around."
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Cameron Diaz's Family Pays Tribute to Her Father
Originally posted 04/23/2008 03:30PM
Cameron Diaz's family remembered her father Emilio for his humor and honesty, and said they're coping with his April 15 death with the help of "an amazing outpouring of love."
"His love for laughter was undeniable and he embraced life head-on in such a dynamic way that he was impossible to forget," the family said in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE.
Emilio Diaz, 58, died from post-influenza MRSA pneumonia, an aggressive staph infection that can occur in all ages and in otherwise healthy people, the family said.
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Charlton Heston Dies at 84
Originally posted 04/06/2008 12:00AM
Oscar winner Charlton Heston died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 84 years old.
Lydia, his wife of 64 years, was at his side, the Heston family said in a statement.
"Charlton had made an announcement of his Alzheimer's diagnosis in 2002 and had very much retired from public life," a family spokesperson tells PEOPLE. "He had been at home most of the past years."
Heston won the Academy Award for best actor in 1959's Ben-Hur. He also played Moses in The Ten Commandments in 1956. Later in life, he was known as much for his political work than acting, serving as president of the National Rifle Association.
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Friends Remember Heath Ledger on his 29th Birthday
Originally posted 04/04/2008 02:55PM
As family and friends continue to try to come to grips with Heath Ledger's death in January, Friday marked what would have been the actor's 29th birthday.
"It was an honor to work with him, and I think that he'll always be in people's thoughts," Ledger's Brokeback Mountain costar Kate Mara, who played his older daughter, told PEOPLE at a Beverly Hills event for the Kenneth Cole Awareness Fund. "I think he affected people that he'd never met before."
In Australia, the Ledger family kept a low profile, and there were no notices in the local papers in memoriam.
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Screen Legend Richard Widmark Dies
Originally posted 03/26/2008 03:50PM
Richard Widmark, who shot to Hollywood stardom and a 40-movie career with his first screen role – as a giggling killer in the 1947 film noir Kiss of Death – has died after a lengthy illness. He was 93.
Widmark's wife, Susan Blanchard, said the Midwestern-born actor died at his Roxbury, Conn., home on Monday, the Associated Press reports. No further details were provided.
"It was a big shock, but he was 93," she said.
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Beatles' First Road Manager Neil Aspinall Dies
Originally posted 03/24/2008 01:30PM
Neil Aspinall, a longtime friend and member of The Beatles' business enterprises, died of cancer in New York City, surviving members of the band announced Monday, the Associated Press reports. He was 66.
British newspapers reported over the weekend that Paul McCartney, 65, visited the hospital where Aspinall, who was a Liverpool school chum of McCartney and George Harrison's, was being treated.
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YouTube Tributes Surface for Corinne Bailey Rae's Husband
Originally posted 03/24/2008 11:20AM
While police continue to investigate the the suspected drug death of Jason Rae, he is already receiving tribute messages on a YouTube clip.
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Oscar Winner Paul Scofield Dies
Originally posted 03/20/2008 08:30AM
Paul Scofield, a Best Actor Oscar winner for his intransigent Sir Thomas Moore in 1966's A Man for All Seasons, died Wednesday in a hospital near his home in southern England, according to his agent. He was 86.
Scofield had been suffering from leukemia, the Associated Press reports.
Playwright Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, about 16th-century Lord Chancellor Moore's refusal to bow to Henry VIII's demand that Moore recognize the king's desire to divorce his wife, first opened in London in 1960, moved to Broadway the following year – and won Scofield both the Tony and the Oscar. (The movie was also named 1966's Best Picture of the Year).
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Juliette Binoche Pens Emotional Goodbye to Anthony Minghella
Originally posted 03/19/2008 06:50PM
Juliette Binoche wrote this heartfelt remembrance of Anthony Minghella, who directed her in The English Patient and Breaking and Entering. The Oscar-winning director died Tuesday:
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Jude Law Deeply Saddened by Anthony Minghella's Death
Originally posted 03/18/2008 12:35PM
Two of the late director Anthony Minghella's most notable leading men, Jude Law and Ralph Fiennes, as well as his leading ladies, have expressed sadness and shock over the death of their friend and collaborator.
Minghella passed away at age 54 early Tuesday after suffering a fatal hemorrhage following surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck, said his rep.
"I'm devastated, there is really no way to put it into words," says Minghella's Cold Mountain star Nicole Kidman, 40. "He was a gift to the world."
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