Harve Presnell, whose booming baritone graced such Broadway musicals as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and “Annie,” has died at age 75.

The actor died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., said Gregg Klein, Presnell’s agent.

Although he was best known for his roles in musical theater, Presnell also is remembered as William H. Macy’s father-in-law in the Coen brothers’ 1996 film “Fargo.”

Rest In Peace, Harve.

The best explanation of the national debt that I have seen.

Are You Being Served? star Mollie Sugden died yesterday, aged 86.

The actress, who was best known for playing blue-rinsed, innuendo-spouting Mrs Slocombe in the classic BBC sitcom, passed away following a long illness.

Sugden, who lived in Surrey, was married to fellow actor William Moore, who died nine years ago. Her agent Joan Reddin said last night: “They were very much in love, she started to go down when he died.

Rest In Peace, Mollie.

Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage and screen made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97.

Malden died of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, they told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He served as the academy’s president from 1989-92.

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Malden and his wife, Mona, a fellow acting student at the Goodman, had one of Hollywood’s longest marriages, having celebrated their 70th anniversary in December.

Besides his wife, Malden is survived by daughters Mila and Cara, his sons-in-law, three granddaughters, and four great grandchildren.

Rest In Peace, Karl.

I almost forgot to post about everything going on this weekend.

Here are some links which tell you chronologically what happened this weekend.

It started with

Head Up – Eyes Open – Freedom To Speak,

which led to

An Open Letter To Kathleen Fasanella

and

Kathleen Fasanella Incubates More Than Fashion.

Then, some links were found on delicious, which were detailed in

Kathleen Fasanella Has Crossed The Line.

Just as I thought things were going to get back to normal, another delete key is pressed and

Kathleen Fasanella And Her Fashionable Dogpiles

was written to finish things off.

Is it done now? Who knows. I did learn one thing this weekend, though. Every time a delete key is pressed someone in the apparel industry learns a little bit more about their peers in the industry.

Fred Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose broad repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 66.

Travalena, who began being treated for an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2002 and saw the disease return last July after going into remission in 2003, died Sunday at his home in Encino, according to his publicist, Roger Neal. Travalena also was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003 but had been in complete remission since then.

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He is survived by his wife Lois; sons Fred and Corey and a granddaughter, Sophia.

Funeral services will be private

A public memorial service is being planned.

Rest In Peace, Fred.

Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television’s biggest stars on “My Little Margie” and “The Gale Storm Show,” has died at age 87.

Storm, who had been in failing health in recent years, died Saturday at a convalescent hospital, said her son, Peter Bonnell.

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Storm’s first husband died in 1987, and the following year she married former TV executive Paul Masterson. He died in 1996.

Storm and Bonnell had three sons, Philip, Peter and Paul, and a daughter, Susanna. Storm is survived by her children, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

Rest In Peace, Gale.

The OxiClean guy…

Television pitchman Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — died Sunday, FOX News confirms.

Mays was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Tampa, Fla., home at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Tampa Police Department.

Police said there were no signs of forced entry to May’s residence and foul play is not suspected. Authorities said an autopsy should be complete by Monday afternoon.

Mays, 50, was on board a US Airways flight that blew out its front tires as it landed at a Tampa airport on Saturday, MyFOXTampa.com reported.

Rest In Peace, Billy.

I was so caught up with the news I almost forgot to post this…

Michael Jackson died today.

Jackson, 50, died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.

Rest In Peace, Michael.