Franca Valeri dies at 100, Italy’s pioneering comic actress
Franca Valeri, Milanese by birth and Rome by adoption, dies in Rome at 100. The Corriere della Sera cited her daughter Stefania Bonfadelli saying she died in her sleep nine days after turning 100. Valeri shaped post war Italian comedy with solo roles and parts with Sophia Loren.
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Italy
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Sergio Mattarella
Federico Fellini
Mario Monicelli
Milan
Alma Franca Maria Norsa
Benito Mussolini
Switzerland
ANSA
Lorenzo Soria dies at 68 leader of Golden Globes group
Lorenzo Soria, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and former editor of L'Espresso, died at his Los Angeles home. He was 68. Soria, Argentinian-born, moved to LA in 1982 and served as HFPA president since 2019 after two prior terms. A memorial is planned.
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Italy
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Carroll Hardy Dies at 87, Architect of Orange Crush
Carroll Hardy, a Colorado multi sport star and longtime NFL scout and executive, died at 87 from dementia complications. A CU record holder in baseball and football, he became a Broncos executive shaping the 1970s Orange Crush defense and later helped assemble 1986 87 title teams. He pinch hit for Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski in MLB.
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Tom Jackson
Louis Wright
Lyle Alzado
Otis Armstrong
Barney Chavous
Kamala the Ugandan Giant James Harris dies at 70
World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed the death of James Harris known as Kamala the Ugandan Giant at age 70. The Mississippi native rose to fame with a splash finishing move and headline rivalries against Junkyard Dog Andre the Giant and others in Mid-South Wrestling before appearing in WWE.
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Friday
Harris
WWE
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Snake
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