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Comedy scribe Danny Simon (Diff'rent Strokes), 86, who worked on Sid Caesar's 1950s TV series Your Show of Shows with his playwright brother Neil, July 26, of complications from a stroke, in Portland, Ore. . . .Former Tonight Show writer Pat McCormick, 78, who appeared in three Smokey and the Bandit movies, July 29, of natural causes, in Woodland Hills, Calif. . . .Indie filmmaker Kayo Hatta, 47, whose Picture Bride won the Audience Award at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, July 20, in a drowning accident, near San Diego. . . .Broadway composer Robert Wright, 90, who won a Tony in 1954 for Kismet, July 27, of natural causes, in Miami. . . .1930s and '40s cabaret legend The Incomparable Hildegarde, 99, credited with starting the single-name craze among entertainers, July 29, of natural causes, in NYC.

Originally posted Aug 05, 2005 Published in issue #833 Aug 12, 2005 Order article reprints

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