Hollywood: Mrs. Slocombe dies at 86

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Actress Mollie Sugden dies at 86

The TV star, best known for playing Mrs Slocombe in long-running BBC sitcom Are You Being Served?, died at the Royal Surrey Hospital after a long illness.

Mollie Sugden had a long and successful acting career In pictures: Mollie Sugden

Sugden found early TV success with comedy series Hugh and I in 1962 and in Coronation Street as the gossiping Nellie Harvey.

But it was The Liver Birds in the late 1960s and early 1970s that enabled her to make her first real impact, as Nerys Hughes' snobbish mother Mrs Hutchinson.

And then in 1972 came Are You Being Served? and the role she became best known for - the blue-rinsed Betty Slocombe, with her affectation of middle-class gentility and her outrageous use of the double-entendre.

Sugden went on to have her own slot on consumer programme That's Life and even found new fame in the US where re-runs of Are You Being Served? transformed both Sugden and co-star John Inman into cult figures in the early 1990s.

Hollywood: Karl Malden dies at 97

I remember him best as the preacher from "Pollyanna."

Celebrity News: Michael Jackson dies at age 50

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Michael Jackson dies in LA hospital

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50.

Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ed Winter, the assistant chief coroner for Los Angeles County, confirmed his office had been notified of the death and would handle the investigation.

The circumstances of Jackson's death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times.

Jackson was preparing for what was to be his greatest comeback: He was scheduled for an unprecedented 50 shows at a London arena, with the first set for July 13. He was in rehearsals in Los Angeles for the concert, an extravaganza that was to capture the classic Jackson magic

It sure seems a lot of celebrities are dieing lately.

Celebrity News: Farrah Fawcet dies at age 62

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'Charlie's Angel' Farrah Fawcett dies at 62

LOS ANGELES – Farrah Fawcett, the "Charlie's Angels" star whose feathered blond hair and dazzling smile made her one of the biggest sex symbols of the 1970s, died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 62.

Ryan O'Neal, the longtime companion who had reunited with Fawcett as she fought anal cancer, was at her side, along with close friend Alana Stewart, Bloch said.

She had been diagnosed with cancer in 2006.

Celebrity News: "Ed McMahon: 1926-2009"

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Ed McMahon 1926-2009

Beloved Johnny Carson sidekick, Star Search Host and known for many other- Ed McMahon has died this morning at Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles this morning..

McMahon was not only famous in other areas, but McMahon was a Fighter Pilot in the Marine Corp. during World War II.

His entertainment career included his most famous role as Johnny Carson’s sidekick on the Tonight Show, Star Search, T.V. bloopers among many others. He was survived by three daughters and three sons. He was recently diagnosed with bone cancer, and unfortunately that took him from us.

He was 86!

"Palin Rips Letterman: His Jokes Are 'Perverted'"

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Palin Rips Letterman: His Jokes Are "Perverted"

Gov. Sarah Palin shot back at late night talk show host David Letterman Wednesday for jokes he made about one of her daughters -- calling them "disgusting" and "sexually perverted."

Letterman joked that during Palin's visit to Yankees stadium on Sunday "her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez."

On Tuesday, Letterman said "the toughest part of her visit was keeping [disgraced former Gov.] Eliot Spitzer away from her daughter."

"Laughter incited by sexually perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/NY entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands: That acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone's daughter, contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of mirrors by older men who use and abuse others."

Another great example of the moral decline of Hollywood.

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