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Murder, She Wrote's William Windom Dies at 88
By Liz Raftery, TV GUIDE
Emmy-winning actor William Windom died Thursday of congestive heart failure at his home in California, The Associated Press reports. He was 88.
Windom won an Emmy for his turn as writer John Monroe on the 1969 NBC comedy My World and Welcome To It and later developed a one-man touring show inspired by the series.
He went on to guest-star on several series, including The Twilight Zone and Star Trek, and appeared in more than 50 episodes of Murder, She Wrote as Dr. Seth Hazlitt, opposite Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury). Windom also played the prosecuting attorney in the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Born in New York City, Windom was a paratrooper in World War II and attended several colleges, including the University of Kentucky and Williams College in Massachusetts, the AP reports. His great-grandfather, after whom he was named, was the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury under President Benjamin Harrison at the turn of the 19th century.
Windom is survived by his fifth wife, Patricia, as well as four children, Rachel, Heather, Hope and Rebel.
William Windom, played Commodore Matthew Decker on Star Trek's classic episode, "The Doomsday Machine."
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As the man behind Count von Count, puppeteer Jerry Nelson helped teach generations of kids how to count. The performer died on Thursday at age 78 of unspecified causes, according to CBC Radio-Canada.
Nelson created the number-loving Count von Count on Sesame Street -- not to mention Mr. Snuffleupagus and Grover's customer Mr. Johnson. He also played Gobo Fraggle, the central character on HBO's Fraggle Rock.
Born in Tulsa, OK and raised in Washington, DC, Nelson began working with Muppets creator Jim Henson in 1965, and performed full-time on Sesame Street beginning in the 1970s. Working on The Muppet Show plus the films The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, he played such characters as Sgt. Floyd Pepper (of the band Electric Mayhem), Pigs in Space's Dr. Julius Strangepork, Kermit the Frog's nephew Robin and Gonzo's chicken girlfriend Camilla.
Although health reasons forced him to retire from operating Muppets characters in 2004, he continued to voice the Count until his death.
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“Green Mile” actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54, his fiancée says.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Clarke Duncan's fiancee says the Oscar nominee for "The Green Mile" has died while being hospitalized following a July heart attack.
Publicist Joy Fehily released a statement from Clarke's fiancée, the Rev. Omarosa Manigault, saying the 54-year-old actor died Monday morning in a Los Angeles hospital after nearly two months of treatment following the July 13 heart attack.
The 6-foot-5, 300 pound Duncan appeared in dozens of films, including such box office hits as "Armageddon," ''Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda,"
Duncan had a handful of minor roles before "The Green Mile" brought him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. The 1999 film, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, starred Tom Hanks as a corrections officer at a penitentiary in the 1930s. Duncan played John Coffey, a convicted murderer.
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