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Aaron Pryor
October 20, 1955 – October 9, 2016
April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016
Debbie Reynolds went on to establish a film career as one of
the most popular actresses of her time. Known for an array
of musicals in the 1950s, she made a star turn in Singin’ in
the Rain (1952), in which she offered a spirited performance
opposite Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor. The following
decade, Reynolds won the respect of her peers with her title
role in the musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown, for which she
received an Academy Award nomination. She continued to
act and sing for more than 40 more years via film, television
and the stage.
She starred in How the West Was Won (1963), and The
Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a biographical film about
the famously boisterous Molly Brown. Her performance as
Brown earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for
Best Actress. Her other films include The Singing Nun (1966),
Divorce American Style (1967), What’s the Matter with Helen?
(1971), Charlotte’s Web (1973), Mother (1996) (Golden Globe
nomination), and In & Out (1997). Reynolds was also a cabaret
performer. In 1979 she founded the Debbie Reynolds Dance
Studio in North Hollywood, which still operates today.
On December 28, 2016, Reynolds died at the age of 84, just
one day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher, died.
Aaron Pryor was inducted into the International
Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996, and in 1999 was
voted by the Associated Press as the world’s
best light welterweight of the 20th century.
Pryor died on October 9, 2016 after suffering
from heart disease. Pryor was inducted into the
International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996, and
in 1999 was voted by the Associated Press as
the world’s best light welterweight of the 20th
century.
Willie Rogers
1915 - November 18, 2016
Willie Rogers, the oldest surviving member of
the original Tuskegee Airmen, has died at the
age of 101. Rogers largely served in logistics
during his time with the famed, groundbreaking
World War II aviation unit. Rogers, who lived in
St. Petersburg, Fla., for the last 50 years of his
life, was so low key about his participation over
the years to the point where some of his own
family members did not know about his historic
past. In 1942, Rogers was drafted into the army
and served as part of the 100th Air Engineer
Squad. He also served with the Red Tail Angels.
Sean Rooks
September 9, 1969 – June 7, 2016
Former NBA center and Philadelphia 76ers
assistant coach Sean Rooks died at 46 of a
heart attack after suffering from cardiovascular
disease. He played in the National Basketball
Association (NBA) from 1992 to 2004, and was
an Assistant for Player Development for the
Philadelphia 76ers. He played college basketball
for the Arizona Wildcats, earning all-conference
honors in the Pac-10 (known later as the Pac-12)
as a senior.
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