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Welcome to another edition of Dead End.
This week we remember a legendary singer/songwriter, a soap
opera producer known for turning General Hospital into a pop
phenomenon, a longtime adviser and strategist to U.S.
President Ronald Reagan, and the Emmy Award-winning director
and creator of ABC's hit soap "Dark Shadows." Read on to find
out more about these folks and their accomplishments.
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GENE PITNEY, SINGER/SONGWRITER, DEAD AT 65
Singer/songwriter Gene Pitney was found dead Wednesday in
his hotel room in Wales at age 65. The cause of death was
not yet known but foul play was not suspected, the BBC said.
Pitney had performed Tuesday night at St. David's Hall in
Cardiff. The crooner became a teenage idol in the early
1960s with his breakthrough hit "Town Without Pity." He
followed the success of this song with classics like "(The
Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" and "Only Love Can Break a
Heart." His songs were recorded by music's top stars during
a career that spanned 40 years and he performed in the
background on several Rolling Stones songs. He was inducted
in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Pitney is
survived by his wife and three sons, who live in Connecticut.
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GLORIA MONTY, SOAP PRODUCER, DEAD AT 84
"General Hospital" producer Gloria Monty, who turned the ABC
soap into a pop phenomenon in the late 1970s, died of cancer
at age 84. CBS hired in 1954 her to direct the pilot for
the "Secret Storm" and she ended up staying there as producer/
director for 14 years, the Times said. In 1978, Monty was
given 13 weeks to save ABC's foundering "General Hospital."
She added action, adventure, science fiction and probably
the most controversial soap opera story line ever -- the
romance and eventual marriage of Laura Webber and her
rapist, Luke Spencer. An estimated 30 million people watched
the couple's 1981 wedding, a record for daytime television,
the Times said. Monty pushed "General Hospital" to the No. 1
daytime soap and went on to win two Emmy Awards. Her husband
of 39 years died in 1991 and she is survived by her sister,
Norma, who served as head writer for "General Hospital."
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LYN NOFZIER, REAGAN ADVISER, DEAD AT 81
Lyn Nofziger, a longtime adviser and strategist to U.S.
President Ronald Reagan, has died at his Falls Church, Va.,
home at the age of 81. Nofziger began his time at Reagan's
side to the 1966 California gubernatorial campaign. After
serving as press secretary in Reagan's 1980 presidential
campaign, Nofziger stayed on in the White House as assistant
for political affairs until Jan. 22, 1982. He opened a
lobbying firm in Washington and continued as an informal
adviser to Reagan. His counsel was later sought by a variety
of Republican candidates for offices that included the
presidency and the statehouses in Maryland and New Jersey,
The Washington Post reported. A onetime reporter, it was
Nofziger who briefed the media on Reagan's legendary "I
forgot to duck" remark after being shot in 1981. He report-
edly irked first lady Nancy Reagan with his appearance,
which often featured shirts that appeared to be too small,
and Mickey Mouse ties with the knot pulled down, the news-
paper said. Survivors include his wife, Bonnie; a daughter;
and two grandchildren.
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DAN CURTIS, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER, DEAD AT 78
The Emmy Award-winning director and creator of ABC's hit
soap "Dark Shadows," Dan Curtis, died in Los Angeles Monday
at age 78. The cause of death was cancer, Daily Variety
reported. In addition to the gothic afternoon soap, "Dark
Shadows," Curtis produced and directed the Emmy-winning TV
miniseries "War and Remembrance" and the Golden Globe-
winning "The Winds of War." "Dark Shadows" ran for 1,225
episodes from 1966 to 1971, spawned two feature spinoffs and
a 1991 TV remake, Variety said. Curtis produced and directed
several TV movies including "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll
& Mr. Hyde," "The Night Stalker," "Trilogy of Terror," "The
Turn of the Screw" and "Dracula." "Bridgeport: When Every
Day Was the Fourth of July" and "The Long Days of Summer"
were loosely based on his life, Variety said. His film
credits include "Burnt Offerings," a 1996 horror film
starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed and Bette Davis. He is
survived by two daughters.
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Notable deaths this week in history...
In 1891, Phineas T. Barnum, best remembered for founding the
first modern three-ring circus, which also would eventually
became the biggest and most important circus in the world,
the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, died at age
80.
In 1947, Henry Ford, noted automotive pioneer, the founder
and unchallenged master of an industrial empire with assets
of more than a billion dollars, died at the age of 83.
In 1994, rock musician Kurt Cobain, the singer and guitarist
for the seminal grunge band Nirvana, was found dead in his
Seattle home with his arms holding a shotgun that had been
fired into his head.
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