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Film Obituary Udo Kier Actor Germany Culture
German actor Udo Kier, whose offbeat charisma made him a cult figure in both arthouse and Hollywood cinema, has died at 81 in California, US magazine Variety reported. With a career spanning more than half a century, Kier appeared in hundreds of films, often stealing scenes with his unmistakable presence. Kier first rose to fame in the 1970s ...
This is Beirut, 24/11 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music Jimmy Cliff Obituary Reggae Legend Jamaica culture
Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon, has died, his wife said Monday. He was 81. "It is with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia," his wife Latifa Chambers wrote on his official ...
This is Beirut, 11/11 12:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Film Obituary Homayoun Ershadi Iran Culture
Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi died at 78 on Tuesday after a battle with cancer, state news agency IRNA reported. Ershadi rose to international fame with his breakout role in the late Abbas Kiarostami's Palme d'Or-winning Taste of Cherry (1997), which tells the story of a hopeless man looking for someone to bury him after his planned ...
This is Beirut, 10/11 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Painter Erik Bulatov Obituary Contemporary Art Russia Culture
Erik Bulatov, a pillar of Russia's contemporary art scene known for works mocking Soviet propaganda, has died in Paris at the age of 92, the Russian Academy of Fine Arts told AFP Monday. Bulatov was best known as one of the creators of the Sots Art movement that made use of Soviet slogans and shot him to fame in the final years of the USSR. "One ...
This is Beirut, 28/10 15:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Television Prunella Scales Obituary UK actress Britain Culture
Actress Prunella Scales, best known for her role as the long-suffering Sybil in the British TV comedy classic Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93, her family said Tuesday. The actress died "peacefully at home in London" on Monday, her sons Samuel and Joseph said. "She was watching Fawlty Towers the day before she died," they said in a statement on ...
This is Beirut, 27/10 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Film Obituary Bjorn Andresen Sweden Actor Culture
Bjorn Andresen, a Swedish actor known for his performance in Luchino Visconti's award-winning Death in Venice (1971), has died at the age of 70, an associate told AFP Monday. At the age of 15, Andresen was approached by the Italian director, who was searching for an actor to play Tadzio, a beautiful adolescent who composer Gustav von Aschenbach, ...
This is Beirut, 14/10 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Filmmaker Nasser Taghvai Obituary Anti-censorship Iran Culture
Prominent Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai, widely known for his long struggle against censorship, Taghvai has died at the age of 84, his wife said Tuesday. "Nasser Taghvai, an artist who chose the difficulty of living freely, has earned his liberation," his wife, actor Marzieh Vafamehr, wrote on Instagram. Taghvai was born on July 13, 1941 in ...
This is Beirut, 10/10 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music Obituary John Lodge The Moody Blues Britain Culture
British singer and guitarist John Lodge, a longtime member of the band The Moody Blues, has died at the age of 82, his family announced on Friday. Lodge, a bass player, vocalist and songwriter who joined the English rock band two years after its 1964 formation, died "unexpectedly" surrounded by loved ones, relatives said. "It is ...
This is Beirut, 08/10 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Obituary Politics Boston Joan Kennedy
Joan Kennedy, the poised and private former wife of Senator Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy, died Wednesday at her home in Boston. She was 89. Her death was confirmed by Steve Kerrigan, chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, the New York Times reported.. Marrying into one of America’s most visible political dynasties, Ms. Kennedy often ...
This is Beirut, 06/10 14:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Literature Jilly Cooper Obituary Britain Culture
Jilly Cooper, who has died aged 88, was the best-selling British writer whose racy novels were famously filled with sex, snobbery and fun. With suggestive titles such as Tackle!, Mount! and Score!, Cooper's books were publishing sensations, selling 11 million copies in the UK alone. Her agent Felicity Blunt said Monday that "she will ...
This is Beirut, 25/09 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Obituary Architect Kongjian Yu Accident China Brazil Culture
Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, known for his so-called nature-mimicking "sponge cities," has died in a small plane crash in Brazil with two filmmakers documenting his work, police said Wednesday. The 62-year-old was considered a leading figure in sustainable urban planning; his "sponge cities" replace concrete surfaces with natural ...
This is Beirut, 24/09 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Obituary Claudia Cardinal Icon Film Italy France Culture
Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale, who died on Tuesday aged 87, entranced audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze that made her the muse of Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini. With her fierce beauty and husky voice, Cardinale not only captivated Italy's greatest filmmakers, but she also played opposite most of the leading men of ...