The week Hollywood died...
by ElMaruecan82 | created - 26 Oct 2014 | updated - 26 Oct 2014 | PublicThey say celebrities' death come in three but on that doomed last week of September 2010, something even more shocking happened: in a span of 7 days, Hollywood lost 7 of its glorious performers. Which one's work were you the most fan of?
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1. Eddie Fisher
Soundtrack | Carol
In 1953 Eddie Fisher was given his own fifteen-minute TV show called Coke Time (1953), sponsored by the Coca-Cola company. This show proved to be so popular that Coke then offered Eddie a $1 million contract to be their national spokesperson. A deal of that magnitude was almost unheard of at this ...
September 22, 2010
2. Art Gilmore
Actor | Highway Patrol
Art Gilmore was born on March 18, 1912 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Highway Patrol (1955), Dragnet (1951) and Dragnet 1967 (1967). He was married to Grace Weller. He died on September 25, 2010 in Irvine, California, USA.
September 25, 2010
3. Gloria Stuart
Actress | Titanic
Gloria Stuart was born on a dining room table on 4th Street in Santa Monica, California on July 4, 1910. Her early roles as a performing artist were in plays she produced in her home as a young girl. She was the star of her senior class play at Santa Monica High School in 1927. Attending the ...
September 26, 2010
4. Sally Menke
Editor | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Sally Menke was born on December 17, 1953 in Mineola, New York, USA. She was an editor and producer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) and Inglourious Basterds (2009). She was married to Dean Parisot. She died on September 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
September 27, 2010
5. Arthur Penn
Director | Bonnie and Clyde
Arthur Penn was born on September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Little Big Man (1970) and The Miracle Worker (1962). He was married to Peggy Maurer. He died on September 28, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York,...
September 28, 2010
6. Joe Mantell
Actor | Marty
Joe Mantell was an American actor of Austrian-Jewish descent. His original last name was "Mantel", but he added an additional l at the end. He was once nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor .
In 1915, Mantell was born in Brooklyn, New York City. His parents were immigrants from the ...
September 29, 2010
7. Tony Curtis
Actor | Some Like It Hot
Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz, the eldest of three children of Helen (Klein) and Emanuel Schwartz, Jewish immigrants from Hungary. Curtis himself admits that while he had almost no formal education, he was a student of the "school of hard knocks" and learned from a young age that the only ...
September 29, 2010
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