(Variety)- Actress Helen Beverley, who performed in Yiddish theater as well as in the Yiddish films "Green Fields," "The Light Ahead" and "Overture to Glory" and was the first wife of the late actor Lee J. Cobb, died of natural causes July 15 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund hospital in Woodland Hills. She was 94.

"Green Fields" (1937), in which Beverley was the female lead, was an adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play whose arrival, according to the National center of Jewish Cinema, "heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema."

Beverley also starred in "The Light Ahead" (1939), also co-directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, in which a consciousness of the danger looming over European Jewry was painfully apparent even though the film was shot in New Jersey.

The actress had a somewhat smaller role in 1940's "Overture to Glory," about a cantor seduced by secularism.

Thereafter Beverley had some roles in Hollywood films, including the Charlie Chan pic "Black Magic"; 1944's "The Master Race," which envisaged the dangers of Nazism even after after the fall of Germany; and the musical "Stairway for a Star," in which Beverly starred with Cornel Wilde.

In the 1950s she had small roles in "The Robe," "Playgirl" and "The Shrike"; she appeared on the smallscreen in a 1960 episode of "The Rifleman" and made her last bigscreen appearance in the Susan Hayward film "Ada."

Beverley married Cobb in 1940 but they were divorced in the 1950s.

She is survived by a daughter, actress Julie Cobb, who was formerly married to actor James Cromwell, and a granddaughter, actress Rosemary Morgan.

Independent Wrestling Manager Judd The Stud Passes Away
Posted by Wayne Daly on July 24th, 2011

It is with deep sadness to report that independent professional wrestling manager, Judd the Stud, real name Tim Frankenfield, who is best known for his time in Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling, passed away at 2am last night at Temple University Hospital.

Frankenfield underwent prostate surgery a couple of weeks ago, however his internal organs failed on him, including his kidney and his liver.

Frankenfield is also mostly known for managing a group in the early 90Œs called Generation X, which featured Sexton Hardcastle, Christian Cage, Reckless Youth and Lance Diamond. For those unfamiliar, Sexton Hardcastle and Christian Cage later went on to become WWE superstars Edge and Christian respectively.

Cards and condolences can be sent to his mother, Linda Frankenfield at 516 Oak Tree Lane, Nazareth, PA 18604.

Posted in Indy News, Wrestling News

Singer Amy Winehouse, who came to fame with her debut album Frank in 2003, was found at her flat in north London this afternoon, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed.

They say that they received a call at 4.05pm calling for help for a woman in Camden. Paramedics were called to the scene, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The death is "unexplained" but not thought to be suspicious, according to police. Sources have told the Sunday Mirror that an overdose of drink and drugs is the suspected cause of death.

Last month, Miss Winehouse cancelled her entire European tour, after an on-stage breakdown in Serbia. A statement on her website said "Amy Winehouse is withdrawing from all scheduled performances. Everyone involved wishes to do everything they can to help her return to her best and she will be given as long as it takes for this to happen."

Friends of the singer had reportedly voiced fears that she was drinking herself to death, according to the Sun. They said: "Her drinking is totally out of control. Amy is constantly out of control on vodka.

"She is rattling about at home in north London drinking herself into oblivion. Three times this week she has been so drunk she passed out."