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"Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the
grave. Our birth is nothing but our death begun." Bishop Hall
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Welcome to another edition of Dead End.
Here is some Dead End news: the body of "Curious George" co-
writer Alan Shalleck was found this week under garbage bags
at a senior citizen retirement village where he lived. Police
are treating Shalleck's death as a homicide.
Shalleck co-wrote several books with "Curious George" creator
Margret Rey and wrote and directed 105 episodes of the Disney
Channel's short cartoons based on the series, the newspaper
said. Police have not revealed the cause of Shalleck's death
but told the newspaper their investigation focused on homicide.
He was 76.
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GENE MCFADDEN, PHILLY HIT MAKER, DEAD AT 56
Philadelphia soul hit-maker Gene McFadden, who co-wrote
"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" with his partner John Whitehead,
has died at age 56. McFadden died at his Philadelphia home
Friday of liver and lung cancer, the Philadelphia Inquirer
reported Saturday. In addition to "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now,"
McFadden and Whitehead were responsible for hits such as the
O'Jays' "Backstabbers" and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes'
"Wake Up Everybody." The duo met in high school and formed a
band called the Epsilons, which toured with Otis Redding
until his death in 1967, the Inquirer said. They later had a
moderate hit in 1970 with "The Echo" and later changed their
name to Talk of the Town. Producers Kenny Gamble and Leon
Huff recognized McFadden and Whitehead's songwriting talent
and hired them at Philadelphia International, where they
stayed for 16 years. McFadden is survived by his wife, two
daughters and two sons.
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AL LEWIS, 'GRANDPA MUNSTER,' DEAD AT 82
Actor/comedian/political activist Al Lewis, best known as
TV's "Grandpa Munster," has died in New York at age 82. The
former New York gubernatorial candidate died Friday night,
the New York Daily News reported Sunday. The funnyman born
Albert Meister took the long route to fame, working as a a
salesman, waiter, poolroom owner, store detective, circus
clown and vaudeville performer before becoming a household
name via the role of Officer Leo Schnauser in the 1960s
sitcom, "Car 54 Where Are You?" His legend was solidified
when he became the patriarch of "The Munsters," which ran
only from 1964 to 1966, but remains popular in syndicated
reruns worldwide. The holder of a Ph.D. in child psychology
from Columbia University, had a popular New York restaurant
he called Grandpas' and ran for governor under the Green
Party flag in 1998. Among his survivors are his wife, three
sons and four grandchildren.
LOUISE SCRUGGS, MUSIC MANAGER, DEAD AT 78
Nashville's first female music manager, Louise Scruggs, the
wife of banjo legend Earl Scruggs, has died at age 78.
Scruggs died of respiratory problems at Nashville's Baptist
Hospital Thursday, the Tennessean reported. Scruggs helped
incorporate bluegrass into the folk music boom of the 1950s
and 1960s and helped turn the genre into a money-making
business, the newspaper said. Louise Certain spotted her
husband-to-be during a Grand Ole Opry show in 1946. Earl
Scruggs had just joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys band.
Despite his obvious talent, she recalled she was "more struck
by him, not his playing." The pair met after the show and
married two years later. She formed the Scruggs Talent Agency
and got her husband on the bill of the first Newport Folk
Festival in 1959, orchestrated live Flatt & Scruggs recordings
at Carnegie Hall and Vanderbilt University and set the deals
with TV's "The Beverly Hillbillies" and the big screen's
"Bonnie and Clyde." She is survived by her husband, Earl, as
well as sons Gary and Randy.
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SONNY KING, VEGAS FIXTURE, DEAD AT 83
Former Jimmy Durante sidekick Sonny "Lounge Giant" King has
died in Las Vegas. He was 83. King died at home Friday of
cancer, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. King and
Durante first hooked up for a brief stint in 1950 at New
York's Copacabana. They reunited again four years later and
remained a team until Durante's 1980 death, the newspaper
said. King recalled in an interview their relationship was
almost "spiritual." King frequently held court in the lounge
of the Las Vegas Sands while the Rat Pack played the main
room, the Times said. Frank Sinatra nicknamed him the "Lounge
Giant" and was the godfather to King's daughter, Antoinette,
who was born in 1958. Early in their careers, King's roommate
was another Rat Packer -- Dean Martin -- and he's credited
with introducing Martin to his comedy partner, Jerry Lewis.
King appeared in the Rat Pack movies "Sergeants 3" in 1962
and 1964's "Robin and the Seven Hoods." King is survived by
his wife, Peggy, a daughter, three sons, his brother and a
sister.
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Notable deaths this week in history...
In 1981, Bill Haley, a pioneer of the rock music genre, who
with his group the Comets recorded several rock hits, died
at the age of 55.
In 1993, Arthur Ashe, a tennis champion who spent his years
in the sport fighting discrimination and then spent the final
year of his life seeking to broaden public awareness on the
subject of AIDS, died at age 49.
In 1999, British author Iris Murdoch, whose novels offered
lively plots, complex characters and intellectual speculation,
died at the age of 79.
In 2001, actress, singer and author Dale Evans, known for
her partnership with husband Roy Rogers, died at the age
of 88.
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