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Notable Television Actors Deaths

  • 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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  • Allan Arbus, 95 (1918 - 2013)

    Allan Arbus

    The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Allan Arbus, who played the wise — and wisecracking — psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman on TV's "M.A.S.H.," has died at age 95.Arbus' daughter Arin told the Los Angeles Times Tuesday that her father died of congestive heart failure at his Los Angeles home Friday.Arbus didn't begin acting until his 40s. He was a television regular who appeared on several...

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  • Frank Bank, 71 (1942 - 2013)

    Frank Bank

    DERRIK J. LANG, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Bank, who played oafish troublemaker Lumpy on the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver," has died. He was 71. A spokesman for the Hillside Memorial Park in Los Angeles says Bank died Saturday. No other details were provided. Bank played Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on the popular sitcom, which ran from 1957 to 1963. Lumpy served as...

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