Obituaries.

Big-voiced singer Teresa Brewer, somebody whose records I heard zillions of times in the days before I became potty trained, has died at the age of 76.

She was very young then in the 1950s, as was I. In fact, I wasn't even born when she had some of her hits.

Brewer was married twice, divorced once, and widowed once. She had four daughters, one stepson, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
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Actress Deborah Kerr, 86, has gone from here to eternity. She died Tuesday in Suffolk, England.

In this famous still, she's sucking face with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity. It caused quite a stir at the time:




(Columbia Pictures)

The LA Times must have expected her death because she got quite a long write-up.
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The last of the famed Rat Pack, comedian Joey Bishop, has died at the age of 89.

He was less flamboyant than most of that exclusive club.

Bishop's wife died in 1999. He had a son, two grandkids, and some gal he shacked up with for several years.
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