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Veteran actor Orson Bean killed by multiple vehicles

By Reel 360 Feb 9, 2020

Veteran actor Orson Bean was tragically killed at the intersection of Shell Avenue and Pisani Place in Venice California after being struck by two vehicles Friday night. He wa...

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Kobe Bryant: through the advertising years

By Colin Costello Jan 27, 2020

There was a famous 1996 Michael Jordan-Nike commercial from longtime agency Wieden and Kennedy called "Frozen Moments." In it, Jordan gets the ball and goes for a typical "Mich...

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Kobe Bryant, daughter die in helicopter crash – Updated

By Reel 360 Jan 26, 2020

Tragic news from California. Not even 24 hours after tweeting congratulations to Los Angeles Laker LeBron James for passing his NBA All-time scoring record, NBA legend Kobe Bry...

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Burson-Marsteller founder dies at 98

By Reel 360 Jan 13, 2020

Harold Burson, once a 14-cents-per-column-inch stringer for a Memphis newspaper, who reported the Nuremberg Trial for the Army radio network in Europe and whose one-man consult...

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Former NBA Commissioner David Stern passes at 77

By Reel 360 Jan 2, 2020

He oversaw the growth of the NBA from "just a league" into a global marketing juggernaut during his 30-year tenure. David Stern, the former commissioner of the National Basket...

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Beloved character actor Danny Aiello dies at 86

By Reel 360 Dec 15, 2019

This is very sad news. Oscar-nominated character actor Danny Aiello, who made his mark in numerous hit movies such as Moonstruck and Do the Right Thing, died Thursday nigh...

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Caroll Spinney, Big Bird & Oscar puppeteer dies

By Reel 360 Dec 9, 2019

He was the man who was pulling the strings behind our childhood. Acclaimed puppeteer and actor Caroll Spinney, who breathed life into Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Gro...

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‘Star Trek’ writer D.C. Fontana passes at 80

By Reel 360 Dec 4, 2019

In the 1960s, Dorothy Catherine (D.C.) Fontana boldly went where no female writer had ever gone before - into the writers room of the the original Star Trek series. Variety is r...

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‘MasterChef’ Gary Rhodes passes away at 59

By Reel 360 Nov 27, 2019

The Associated Press is reporting that spikey-haired lauded chef to the celebrities, Gary Rhodes has sadly died with his wife Jennie by his side. He was 59. Rhodes’ family sa...

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Harry Morton, founder of Pink Taco, dies at 38

By Reel 360 Nov 26, 2019

Multiple outlets are reporting that Harry Morton, the Los Angeles businessman best known for founding the iconic Hollywood hotspot, Pink Taco, died Saturday afternoon. He was 3...

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K-Pop Star Goo Hara dead at 28

By Reel 360 Nov 25, 2019

K-pop star Goo Hara was found dead on Sunday at her home in Seoul, South Korea. She was 28. Goo, whose real name was Goo Ha-ra, and also known under the single name Hara, was a...

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Original Marlboro Man, non-smoker, passes

By Reel 360 Nov 11, 2019

The advertising world has lost an icon. The man known as the original Marlboro Man died in Colorado Springs on Nov. 3. Robert Norris, 90, was a longtime rancher and well-known p...

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‘Friday,’ ‘Wayans Bros’ star John Witherspoon dies

By Reel 360 Oct 30, 2019

The Reel 360 Team will forever remember John Witherspoon in Robert Townsend's comedic spoof, Hollywood Shuffle, playing the owner of Winky Dinky Dog rambling about "Ho Cakes" an...

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Producer Robert Evans dies at 89

By Colin Costello Oct 29, 2019

The producer of the film that made me really want to make movies - to the point that I tried to 'swede' it in high school - has died. You bet your ass he did. Hollywood legen...

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Cokie Roberts succombs to breast cancer at 75

By Reel 360 Sep 18, 2019

We have lost an official "Living Legend." It's with sadness to report that legendary ABC News journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts died yesterday. Her death was ...

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Ric Ocasek, lead singer of The Cars, dies at 75

By Reel 360 Sep 16, 2019

He was known for his mop of black hair and black sunglasses. And now the music world is mourning the loss of The Cars lead singer and co-founder, Ric Ocasek. He was 75. A spoke...

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Valerie Harper of ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ and ‘Rhoda’

By Reel 360 Sep 2, 2019

This is a sad news. Valerie Harper, the actress best known for playing outspoken neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern from 1970 to 1978 on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoff Rhoda...

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‘Easy Rider’ Peter Fonda dies at 79

By Reel 360 Aug 16, 2019

Captain America has died. Peter Fonda, the two-time, Oscar-nominated star, who was best known for the iconic '60s film Easy Rider, has died of lung cancer. His publicist, Mel...

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‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Hitcher’ star Rutger Hauer dies

By Reel 360 Jul 24, 2019

This one hurts. Rutger Hauer, best known for his villainous turn as Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Blade Runner, has left us. He was 75. According to his his non...

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‘Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’s’ David Hedison dies

By Reel 360 Jul 22, 2019

On Irwin Allen's submarine series, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, David Hedison's Lee Crane was the good-looking, tough counterpart to Richard Basehart's Admiral Harriman Nels...