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DIED. HERBERT ROSS, 74, choreographer turned film director who collaborated with Neil Simon on five films; in New York City. He jump-started the career of Barbra Streisand in the 1962 Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale and, in 1977, got Oscar-nominated performances out of Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine in Turning Point and Marsha Mason in The Goodbye Girl...
...laughter we will remember. JOSH BROLIN, crinkle-eyed son of actor James Brolin, and MINNIE DRIVER, Good Will Hunting's boisterous Brit, have split. After six months' betrothal, plans for nuptials at the Malibu home of Josh's father and stepmother Barbra--that would be Barbra Streisand--were shelved. The prospective mother-in-law, reports say, had written a song for the couple and was pushing favorite designer Donna Karan for Driver's dress (friends reportedly said that Driver preferred Vera Wang), along with a pricey celeb-studded bash, while Driver wanted something small. Smiles were left behind. Driver...
DIED. HEYWOOD HALE BROUN, 83, elegantly literate sports journalist and sometime actor; in Kingston, N.Y. A cbs commentator for 19 years, Broun covered such sports events as Secretariat's victory in the Triple Crown, authored three books and appeared in 14 movies, including For Pete's Sake with Barbra Streisand...
This year I'm working on a record on which I'll duet with a female singer from each Asian country. I've been planning on doing some duets with American singers, and I hope one day to sing with Barbra Streisand...
FIDDLE FOLK The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, vital forces in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk-music scene, blaze a trail for Irish music in America and inspire a number of other singers, including Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand...