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Barbara Walters biographer reveals which actress should play her in a movie

The biographer of the late legendary broadcaster Barbara Walters shared which actress should play her in a movie. Susan Page, Washington bureau chief for USA Today and author of “The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters,” spoke with Fox News Digital following her appearance at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival earlier this month. When asked what Hollywood starlet …

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Barbara Walters would expect Kamala Harris to do interviews, author says: 'Part of the job of being president'

AUSTIN, Texas – The biographer of the late legendary broadcaster Barbara Walters says the iconic newswoman would expect Vice President Kamala Harris to do more interviews ahead of the presidential election. “I think Barbara Walters would be pursuing her,” author Susan Page told Fox News Digital in an interview at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival. “I think pursuing her with …

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Caleb Carr, military historian and author of bestselling novel 'The Alienist,' dies at 68

Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat, Masha, has died at 68. Carr died of cancer Thursday, according to an announcement from his publisher, Little, Brown and Company. CONSERVATIVE WRITER COMBATS WOKE REVISIONISM OF US …

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Fred Roos, ‘Godfather Part II’ producer and longtime Coppola collaborator, dies at 89

Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Godfather Part II” who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, has died. He was 89. He died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, a representative said Tuesday, just days after his and Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film ” Megalopolis ” premiered at the …

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Oscar-winning composer of 'Finding Neverland' music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek dies at age 71

Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, who won a 2005 Oscar for the musical score of “Finding Neverland,” died on Tuesday. He was 71. Kaczmarek’s death was announced by Poland’s Music Foundation which had been informed of his passing by the composer’s wife. Kaczmarek had suffered from MSA, a rare degenerative neurological disorder. PETER PAN’S NEVERLAND EXISTS AND THOSE NAMED PETER …

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Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy

Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy. People lined up well before the start of the service at the …

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Billionaire Arthur Irving, one of Canada's richest men, dies at age 93

Arthur L. Irving, one of Canada’s richest people and the son of Canadian industrialist K.C. Irving, has died at the age of 93 after a life spent growing the oil business his father founded. Irving Oil announced his death in a statement, saying he died Monday surrounded by his wife, Sandra, and daughter, Sarah. BILLIONAIRE FAMILY BANKROLLING BOTH ANTI-ISRAEL GROUPS …

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Nirvana producer Steve Albini, a pioneer of alt rock, dead at 61

Steve Albini, an alternative rock pioneer and legendary producer who shaped the musical landscape through his work with Nirvana, the Pixies, PJ Harvey and more, has died. He was 61. Brian Fox, an engineer at Albini’s studio, Electrical Audio Recording, said Wednesday that Albini died after a heart attack Tuesday night. In addition to his work on canonized rock albums …

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Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon, dies at 96

Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation Republican “in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt,” he often said, McCloskey represented the 12th Congressional District for 15 years, running for president against the incumbent Richard Nixon in 1972. He battled party leaders while …

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William Strickland, civil rights activist and friend of Malcom X, dead at 87

William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who worked with Malcom X and other prominent leaders in the 1960s, has died. He was 87. Strickland, whose death April 10 was confirmed by a relative, first became active in civil rights as a high schooler in Massachusetts. He later became inspired by the writings …

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