Matches, Hatches, Dispatches

Dick Gautier, who played Hymie the Robot in Get Smart, and Conrad Birdie in the original 1960 Broadway production of Bye, Bye Birdie, has died aged 85.

Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell gave birth to a boy named Montague on Saturday. Both she and husband, Red Bull F1 team boss Christian Horner, have a daughter from previous relationships.

British actor Gordon Kaye, best known for his role as Rene on BBC sitcom Allo Allo (set in a small town cafe in German-occupied France during WWII), has died at the age of 75.

American actress Mary Tyler Moore has died aged 80.

American actor Mike Connors has died aged 92. He was best known for playing Joe Mannix on detective drama Mannix for eight seasons from 1968 to 1975.

British actor Sir John Hurt has died aged 77 after a long battle with cancer. Hurt was perhaps best known for playing the severely deformed Joseph Merrick in the 1980 film The Elephant Man, but also had roles in Midnight Express, Alien, 1984 and the Harry Potter movie franchise. He also played War Doctor in Doctor Who and features in movie Jackie (in cinemas now) in which Natalie Portman portrays Jacqueline Kennedy.

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American actress. Barbara Hale best remembered for her role as secretary Della Street on the long running television series "Perry Mason’ and television movies has died aged 94.

I was thinking that we weren’t losing that many celebrities this year and then suddenly there’ve been five in five days. :anguished:

I absolutely loved his performance in 1984.

Saddened by this news

(unironically) SAD REACTS ONLY.

Sir John was one of those actors which just made you joyful when you’d see him in any role. I really enjoyed him in Doctor Who more than anything else, it showed a different side to him I hadn’t seen before. Rip legend.

Richard Hatch, star of original Battlestar Galactica and the recent remake, has died aged 71. Hatch played Captain Apollo in the original series, which aired from 1978 to 1979, and portrayed Tom Zarek in the 2003 re-imagined series.

Warren Frost, who played Dr Will Hayward in Twin Peaks and its sequel, has died aged 91. His son Mark Frost was the show’s co-creator.

Titanic and Aliens star Bill Paxton dies at the age of 61

British actor and former basketballer Neil Fingleton has died at just 36 from lethal heart failure. Fingleton was Britain’s tallest man at 7’7" and played the giant Mag The Mighty on Game of Thrones.

Rachael Finch has given birth to a baby boy, her second child. Her daughter Violet was born in 2013.

Natalie Portman welcomes second child, a girl
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/its-a-girl-natalie-portman-welcomes-second-child/news-story/7fb07cc7790e1c5cdb527fc0e8f95900

Tommy Page, a pop singer who later became a record company executive, publisher of Billboard magazine and a vice president at Pandora, has died aged 46.

One of Australia’s finest sports journalists, Trevor Grant, died on Sunday aged 65. He worked for many of Melbourne’s newspapers over a 40-year career, including The Age, The Sporting Globe, The Herald and the Herald Sun. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2015.

Former actress Frances Hargreaves, best known for playing Marilyn McDonald in Number 96, has died aged 62. She also appeared in The Young Doctors.