Peg Lynch, creator and star of Ethel and Albert, recently passed away at the age of 98. Her contributions to radio and early television may not be well known, but materially this forgotten show exists.
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In Memoriam: Peg Lynch and Her Records of Broadcast History
Missionary for the Movies: Remembering Roger Ebert
Roger showed that popular film criticism could be an intellectually honorable enterprise—more than that, a calling.
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In Memoriam: Joe Simon, Co-Creator of Captain America
Joe Simon may not have had the name recognition of some of his contemporaries, but his impact on the comic book medium was profound.
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Being Gary Coleman
Friday, Gary Coleman passed away after what appeared to be, by most accounts, an incredibly difficult 42 years, many of which were spent in an unsuccessful attempt to stay out of the spotlight and live as normal a life as humanly possible.
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