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Dig a hole: Dr. Joyce Brothers

Dr. Joyce Brothers was a celebrity in the truest sense of the word; a person famous for being famous. She ...

Dig a hole and Tulips Shall Grow: Ray Harryhausen

Never mind the above-the-line talent: Ray Harryhausen was one of the few special visual effects creators whose name in the ...

Peace Be With You Mr. Copley

My first week in San Diego, I had lunch with David Copley. I had no idea who he was at ...

Dig a hole: Jack Shea, three-time president of the DGA

Jack Shea. The name sounded so familiar. The rest of the world probably remembers Shea's contributions to television history through ...

Dig a hole: Deanna Durbin

Allow me not to be the first to say, "Was Deanna Durbin still alive?" She was a huge star in ...

Dig a hole: Jonathan Winters

God must have been in dire need of a good laugh. Someone please inform Jerry, Albert, Howard, and Joan they ...

Dig a hole: Mickey Rose

Woody Allen's former writing partner was 77

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/11/43568/ The man responsible for many of the howls contained in three of Woody Allen's earliest and funniest movies is ...

David Elliott remembers Roger Ebert

Former Chicago rival recalls Ebert before Siskbert

Where was I when Roger Ebert died? He'd have been proud. I was all alone in the Clairemont Town Square ...

Dig a hole: 'Stooge woman' Sally Starr

Philadelphians remember Sally Starr as the cowgirl host of Popeye Theater, a daily after school outlet for Popeye and Clutch ...

Dig a hole: Michael Winner

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/21/38741/ I read the news today, oh boy. Death Wish(es) director Michael Winner kept his appointment with death. Michael Winner ...

Dig a hole: Conrad Bain

Pictured: Conrad Bain at the 2003 TV Land Awards. The actor who helped Woody Allen test coffins in Bananas is ...

Dig a hole: Nagisa Oshima

Director of "Cruel Story of Youth" and "In the Realm of the Senses" dead at 80

Japanese writer and director, Nagisa Oshima, died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital near Tokyo. He was 80. Having seen but ...

RIP Patti Page: Famous former neighbor dies at Encinitas nursing home

“Tennessee Waltz,” “Old Cape Cod” and “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?” singer was 85

RIP San Diego music legend Patti Page, known for hits like “Tennessee Waltz,” “Old Cape Cod,” and “How Much Is ...

Dig a hole: Cliff Osmond

"Purkey" character actor appeared in several Billy Wilder films

Cliff Osmond, television screenwriter, acting teacher, and productive character actor, died on Saturday at his home in Pacific Palisades. He ...

Dig a hole: Charles Durning

Would characters actors please refrain from dying long enough for me to unwrap my Christmas presents? First Jack Klugman and ...

Dig a hole: Jack Klugman

Jack Klugman played the slob long before his role as TV's Oscar Madison made it fashionable. An image of cardinal ...

Everybody loves somebody sometime, except when your cat and Dean Martin die on Christmas Day

She was a full-grown Calico who couldn't have weighed more that 4 or 5 lbs. Aria was adorable, shy, but ...

Dig a hole: Larry Hagman

As a student of I Dream of Jeannie who never made it all the way through an episode of Dallas, ...

Dig a hole: Deborah Raffin

If the name fails to ring a bell it's either because you aren't old enough to have gone to the ...

Dig a Fox Hole: David Copley

Chances are, were it not for David Copley I'd still be in Chicago. It was due in part to Copley's ...

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