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Notable Television Actors Deaths

  • Maxine Stuart, 94 (1918 - 2013)

    Maxine Stuart

    The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Longtime soap opera actress Maxine Stuart has died at age 94. She had regular roles on "The Young and the Restless" and "The Edge of Night."Her daughter, Chris Ann Maxwell, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/19od2gZ ) that her mother died of natural causes on June 6 at her Beverly Hills home.Maxine Stuart began her career in the New York theater....

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  • Jean Stapleton, 90 (1923 - 2013)

    Jean Stapleton

    NEW YORK (AP) — Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker's far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV's groundbreaking 1970s comedy "All in the Family," has died. She was 90. Stapleton died Friday of natural causes at her New York City home surrounded by friends and family, her children said Saturday. "It is with great love and heavy hearts that we...

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  • Ron Weaver, 75 (2013)

    Ron Weaver

    Ron Weaver, a three-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning producer who worked on CBS' "The Bold and the Beautiful" for almost three decades, died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 75.

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  • Jeanne Cooper, 84 (1928 - 2013)

    Jeanne Cooper

    LYNN ELBER, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84. Cooper died Wednesday morning in her sleep, her son the actor Corbin Bernsen wrote on Facebook. The family confirmed the death to CBS, according to a network spokeswoman. ...

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  • Jack Shea, 84 (1928 - 2013)

    Jack Shea

    The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack Shea, who directed "The Jeffersons" and other TV hits and was a three-time president of the Directors Guild of America, has died at age 84.He died Sunday in Los Angeles from complications of Alzheimer's disease.During a four-decade career, Shea directed hundreds of episodes for shows such as "Silver Spoons" and "Sanford & Son," along with many Bob...

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