Monday, February 14, 2011

The star of 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!’ suffered from heart failure.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tura Satana, who gained cult status for her role in the 1965 Russ Meyer movie Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! has died of heart failure at age 72.

The Los Angeles Times reports Satana's death was confirmed by her manager, Siouxzan Perry, who said Satana died Friday at a hospital in Reno, Nev.

In Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Satana played Varla, the leader of a trio of thrill-seeking go-go dancers who kills a man with her bare hands. The women then set out to rob a wealthy older man who lives on a desert ranch with his two sons.

Meyer has said the movie was an "absolute loser" when released but was rediscovered by the 1990s. It has since been shown at film festivals and art house cinemas.

Satana's other credits include the 1963 film Irma La Douce and the television shows Burke's Law and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Evelyn Page, Broadway Actress, Dies at 90
By Robert Simonson
Playbill
18 Feb 2011

Evelyn Page, an actress with several Broadway credits, died Feb. 6 in Manhattan, Variety reported. She was 90.


A native of Nebraska, she appeared as a resident of Greenwich Village in the original production of Wonderful Town in 1953, was a standby for several roles in Little Me, was Mrs. Hatch in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, and was the Miller's Wife in the 1969 musical version of Canterbury Tales.

She toured with Canterbury Tales, as well as Stop the World—I Want to Get Off, Me and My Girl and Anything Goes. Off-Broadway, Ms. Page was seen in Waste at American Place Theatre in 2000. Regionally, she performed often with American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA.

'Narnia' executive producer Perry Moore found dead in SoHo home after
apparent overdose
BY Simone Weichselbaum and Joe Kemp
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Friday, February 18th 2011, 4:00 AM

The executive producer of the "Chronicles of Narnia" trilogy was found
dead in his SoHo apartment on Thursday after an apparent overdose,
sources said.

Perry Moore, 39, was found unconscious in the bathroom at about 9:30
a.m. by his partner, Hunter Hill, inside the W. Houston St. home they
shared, the sources said.

"We're in shock," said the producer's father, Bill Moore, 69, adding
that he just spoke to his son the night before.

"He was in a great, great mood," he said. "No one was expecting this."

Moore - who with beau Hill wrote and directed "Lake City," starring
Sissy Spacek and Rebecca Romijn - was pronounced dead shortly after
responders arrived. The exact cause of death has not been determined,
but sources said it appeared to be an overdose of OxyContin.

"We're so sad," said his father. "He's been able to reach out and
touch a lot of people."

The "Chronicles of Narnia" series, which was based on the C.S. Lewis
novels, grossed over $1.5 billion and is the 16th highest-grossing
film series of all time, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.

The elder Moore said his son was awaiting news on a new screenplay.
"He was set to do some mighty good things," he said. "Parents are not
meant to bury their children."


Bridgett Rollins Hanne



HANNE Bridgett Rollins Hanne, died February 12, 2011, peacefully, and at
home with her husband, Paul, and sister, Yvonne, at her side. She was 54.
She bravely fought a 4 year battle with cancer. Bridgett was born
September 7, 1956 in Smyrna, Tennessee to John Evon Rollins Sr. and Ruth
Marie Hunt Kampa. She was raised in Paxton, Illinois. She began her
modeling career with the Lady Elaine Modeling Agency in Chicago. She was a
Playboy Centerfold. Her last modeling job was the Glamourcon 50 show in
Long Beach, California on November 13 and 14, 2010. Her greatest
accomplishment was creating the best home possible for her children. She
is survived by her husband of 21 years, Paul Kerby Hanne; daughter, Sara
Jane Stewart Cantwell and husband, Chad; sons, Evan Davis Stewart, Seaman
3rd Class, U.S. Navy, John Rollins Hanne, Private First Class U.S. Army;
grandchildren, Grace Elaine Cantwell, Abiageal Marie Cantwell and Orin
Peden Cantwell. She is survived by four sisters and two brothers, Elvira
Maria Gavilan Leon, Shirley Ann Gavilan Valez, William Allen Gavilan, Sr.,
and wife, Isabel, John Evon Rollins, Jr. and wife, Evelyn, Yvonne Marie
Rollins Sterner, Joy Rollins Abbuehl and husband, Dan; many nieces and
nephews; and her beloved dog, Dottie. The Family is greatly indebted for
the caring service from their beloved friend and Physician, Dr. David
Butler. A memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. March 5, 2011 in the
Sanctuary at Bethany United Methodist Church, 10010 Anderson Mill Rd.,
Austin, Texas, 78750. Memorial contributions may be made to The American
Cancer Society , www.cancer.org, or Hospice of Austin,
www.hospiceaustin.org. Condolences may be made at www.beckchapels.com.

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