Jaye P. Morgan, the 1950s pop singer who became a household name for her bawdy antics as a celebrity judge on The Gong Show, has died at 94 in Castle Rock, Washington, closing a career that spanned vaudeville stages, Billboard charts, and late-night television. Morgan's family announced her death on Monday, The Hollywood Reporter reported. […] The post Jaye P. Morgan, hitmaking singer and irreverent 'Gong Show' panelist, dead at 94 appeared first on American Almanac .
Jaye P. Morgan, the 1950s pop singer who became a household name for her bawdy antics as a celebrity judge on The Gong Show, has died at 94 in Castle Rock, Washington, closing a career that spanned vaudeville stages, Billboard charts, and late-night television. Morgan's family announced her death on Monday, The Hollywood Reporter reported . No cause of death was disclosed. She is survived by a son, Paul. Born Mary Margaret Morgan on December 3, 1931, in a log cabin in Mancos, Colorado, she was performing before she could read. By age three, she had joined a vaudeville act with her father, mother, five brothers, and a sister. The Morgan family landed a spot in the 1935 Pat O'Brien movie musical Stars Over Broadway, and eventually…Open
Hal Williams, the veteran television actor who spent more than five decades on screen and became a fixture in American living rooms through roles on Sanford and Son and 227, has died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. He was 91 years old. Williams died of natural causes on Wednesday morning after dealing with […] The post Hal Williams, veteran star of 'Sanford and Son' and '227,' dead at 91 appeared first on American Almanac .
Hal Williams, the veteran television actor who spent more than five decades on screen and became a fixture in American living rooms through roles on Sanford and Son and 227, has died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. He was 91 years old. Williams died of natural causes on Wednesday morning after dealing with ongoing health issues, his manager Zna Portlock Houston told TMZ . Houston said the actor had recently returned from a trip to Ohio, where he attended a celebration honoring the legacy of Sanford and Son, and had felt tired in the roughly two weeks since coming home. His passing marks the loss of a working actor from an era when network sitcoms were a shared national experience, when tens of millions of Americans watched the…Open
Burrows spent his career behind the camera specializing in situation comedies. Few viewers recognized him or knew his name, other than to see it flash quickly on the screen in the opening credits. But they knew his work.
The actor, who died on Friday, was a fan favorite on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” even as his character mixed quiet heroism with hostility toward the show’s women.