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Actor Richard Mulligan, 67, Sept. 26, of cancer, in Hollywood. The gravelly-voiced actor was best known for two Emmy Award-winning roles on long-running sitcoms. On Soap he played Burt, the rattled and addled stepfather of Billy Crystal's gay character, and on Empty Nest he was Harry, a good-natured, widowed pediatrician. Mulligan also turned in memorable performances in such big-screen fare as Little Big Man and S.O.B. He got started in show business as a playwright ... Screenwriter-turned-mystery author Robert Campbell, 73, of cancer, Sept. 21, in Monterey, Calif. In addition to scripting 1957's Oscar nominated Man of a Thousand Faces, he wrote the 1975 book The Spy Who Sat and Waited, and popularized the phrase ''La-La Land'' in his L.A.-based detective novels ... Veteran character actress Ann Doran, 89, Sept. 19 in Carmichael, Calif., after a series of strokes. During her eight-decade career she appeared in more than 500 movies, most memorably as James Dean's mother in Rebel Without a Cause.

— with additional reporting by Ethan Alter

Originally posted Oct 13, 2000 Published in issue #563 Oct 13, 2000 Order article reprints
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